Act 148 Delphine, the Supreme Wisdom From the Empire

Time flashes back to three days ago, in a courtyard of Baron Ludwig's castle. ,ybdu,

Brando, accompanied by Nymesis and Charles, came to this villa. This villa is located in the courtyard behind the castle. The entire courtyard is shaded by the lush and huge oak trees. Under the oak tree, a A woman with black hair and shawl was sitting in a wheelchair, and the sun shone on her body through the branches. The woman remained motionless. Next to her, stood another silver-haired woman who was extremely tall. The silver-haired lady is none other than the silver dragon lady Mysriel. The woman in the wheelchair can be seen from her figure as a stunning beauty, but her exposed skin and face are extremely terrifying, covered with burn marks and pieces of necrosis. The brown skin is molting, and the new red skin left after the molting is extremely inconsistent with the fair skin elsewhere.

If any other woman had suffered such a blow, she might have gone crazy because of the great blow, but Delphine, the daughter of the prime minister, was sitting quietly in a wheelchair. She was already blind in one eye, and only one of her eyes remained. The eye socket shrank into a ball, but the other eye remained calm as usual. There was a deep light hidden in the purple eyes, as if this huge disaster did not happen to her and had no impact on her.

When Brando saw the prime minister's daughter again, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. The first time he saw this woman in the Ring of Trade Winds, she did look like this, but when he saw her again later , the prime minister's daughter simply turned into an unreasonable shrew. He couldn't help but be a little stunned for a moment, not knowing which one was the real her. However, this daughter of the prime minister is quite famous in history and is a famous genius in the empire. The female knight next to Brando, Nymesis, seemed relatively calm. Seeing that Brando was silent, she spoke on his behalf: "Delphine, do you want to see us?"

The prime minister's daughter raised her head, glanced at her and Brando, and nodded: "I want to negotiate terms with you."

"condition?"

Delphine did not mention what happened before. Brando knows that this woman is famous for her wisdom in history. If she doesn't mention it anymore, it means that she has figured it out. She doesn't bother to mention the past things again, because she knows that mentioning them again will not help and can't change anything. There is no way to recover the losses, it is a waste of time. Such a woman was terrifyingly calm, so Brando also became serious, cheered up, and wanted to hear what the conditions were in her mouth.

Different from the way most people speak, Delphine did not intend to tell the whole story, and skipped the beginning and said: "I can get here through a mercenary named Solinz, who is near the imperial capital. Quite famous. He also has a nickname called Owl. He has a subordinate named Bori Huozhi, who is a dwarf, but now I suspect that these two people are not the same people at all. I can leave the imperial capital and go to Yonghe Galaxy I found you nearby all thanks to these mercenaries. They were able to escape from the people sent by my father to chase me, and also bypassed the encirclement of Jogendigon's army. I found you as a small envoy. , I originally thought these people were quite capable.”

Brando hasn't reacted yet.

Nymesis replied coldly: "There are no such powerful mercenaries in the world. In other words, you can find them because someone wants you to find us." After hearing this, Brando couldn't help but He glanced at Nimesis in surprise, feeling that the tone in which Nimesis said these words was very similar to the senior sister he was familiar with.

"It's not someone. It was Her Majesty the Queen who wanted me to come to you. Later I found out that they have a boss named Rodney. This man is the earl of the empire. I believe you already know him--"

"Your Majesty the Queen? Why?"

Delphine didn't even have any extra expression on his face. As if stating something that has nothing to do with her: "I am also very curious as to why, for you are such a small Count Eruin, why does Her Majesty the Queen come to trouble you again and again."

"Three times?" Nymesis asked.

"And last time in Tony Geer." Brando responded this time.

The words of the prime minister's daughter immediately planted seeds of doubt in his heart. Yes, it could be said that Constance came to trouble him after the explosion in the center of the Dead Frost Forest. It could also be said that she came to test him because of the Azure Spear. But before that, he and this Her Majesty has no connection at all. Although he caused the Temple of Flame to suffer a big loss in Amperesel, everyone knows that the Temple of Flame is the Temple of Flame, and the Empire is the Empire. The Silver Queen should still thank him, let alone It's impossible to trouble him. The enmity between Delphine and him was forged during the Ring of Trade Winds. Such a thing should be considered a trivial matter to a person of Constance's height, but she not only noticed this trivial matter, but also She took the trouble to take advantage of it, which was simply not what an empire supreme should do, unless she was free enough to pay attention to the daily activities of the nobles in the small country around her.

It is possible to say that there were several emperors who were ostracized by the temple in the history of the empire, but the Silver Queen is definitely not such a person. Now it seems that not only does she have the government affairs of the empire to deal with, but she also has a lot of things to do privately. Prepare.

How could she find time to pay attention to such an insignificant existence as herself?

This was obviously premeditated.

But the problem that puzzled Brando was how the Silver Queen knew about his existence. She obviously had only one reason for targeting him, and that was that she already knew that he had the inheritance of the Dark Dragon, but she How did you learn that? Or is this a secret connection between the inheritors of the Dark Dragon? But this is obviously nonsense. How come Her Majesty the Queen has feelings for him, but he has no feelings for Her Majesty at all. And it is impossible to say that it is because he is the grandson of Darus. The gray gem in her grandfather's hand was obviously absorbed by Constance herself. If she pays attention to her old friend, it is not possible. It should be out of repayment of gratitude.

Of course, Brando doesn't expect Her Majesty the Queen to remember her grandfather's kindness to her in the past. As long as the other party doesn't cause him trouble, he will be thankful. He shook his head and suddenly remembered what Delphine had said before. The daughter of the prime minister said that she wanted to negotiate terms with them. She must have some ideas about the ins and outs of the whole invitation.

This is her condition.

When Delphine saw Brando's eyes returning to her, she knew that he had thought it through clearly and said bluntly: "This is my condition."

"What do you want?" Brando thought that all the prime minister's daughter wanted was freedom. After this time, the hatred between her and him was extremely deep, but she obviously couldn't take revenge here. She had to find a way to return to the Imperial Capital, or at least get out of this supervised environment. But what Brando never expected was that Delphine replied: "I heard that you have a staff in Eruin. I met that lady once in your territory. She is an outstanding noble. I believe You can also run your territory in an orderly manner. But with this kind of ability, you can only be considered an excellent female officer at best. As a staff member, it is far from qualified."

When Brando heard this sentence, he didn't react for a while. When he finally understood the true meaning of this sentence, he was stunned and stared at the prime minister's daughter in astonishment.

"What do you mean when you say that...?"

"What I mean is very obvious. It's just that you don't want to believe it. There is a best candidate in front of you. It depends on whether you are willing to accept it." Delphine replied calmly, her voice a little hoarse. , I don’t know if it’s because of the burnt vocal cords before: “I am very confident in myself. I believe that in the entire empire, there is no one better than me.”

"But..." Brando was a little dizzy for a moment. The prime minister's daughter became like this today. Although he was not the direct cause, he wanted to express his anger. There was absolutely no way to escape the relationship, not to mention that he had 'killed' her fiancé before - at least he knew that Delphine definitely thought so before. Putting himself in his shoes, Brando felt that if it were him, he would definitely want to stab his enemy to death. Even if he couldn't stab him to death, he would never say anything nice to him. But the idea of ​​the young lady in front of me is obviously a little different from ordinary people. Brando originally thought that his idea of ​​a time traveler was already unique in this world, but compared with this lady, it was simply too vulgar.

"Why did you do this? What's your motive?" Nimesis on the side asked him the question he wanted to ask most at the moment very calmly.

"I thought about it. Her Majesty the Queen prompted me to leave the imperial capital. There are two reasons," Delphine still said in the same way: "The first is to send a message——"

"Signaling?"

Delphine explained carefully: "Obviously I can't really cause you any trouble. Although I thought I could before, I failed to clearly understand your strength at that time. I will not deceive myself. At least from today's point of view, my thoughts at that time were quite naive. Since I can see this today, Her Majesty the Queen must have known this, so did she let me come to you just to make you sick? ? I think Her Majesty the Queen does not have this leisure, so there is only one possibility. She asked me to appear by your side for some other purposes. I carefully recalled the entire process of my actions. During my actions, it seems that I did not cause any harm to you. Any trouble, therefore either Her Majesty's plans have failed, or else she must have achieved her purpose by some means which I could not have imagined in advance."

"Lord," she changed her title inadvertently: "You have to know that reality is not a bedtime story. In reality, the more complex a plan is, the greater the chance of failure. Since Her Majesty the Queen has taken the trouble to arrange for me to do this, A chess piece obviously does not aim for failure. Therefore, after careful argumentation, I came to the conclusion that in Your Majesty's plan, as long as I appear in front of you, her plan will succeed."

Brando was like reading a book from heaven, and it took him a while to straighten out the logical relationship in this sentence: "You mean, you have already conveyed a certain message by appearing next to me." Before he could finish speaking, suddenly He frowned. If Delphine's words were not aimless or deliberately misleading, then there would be a big problem here. What message did Constance send, and to whom did she send it?

This means that there is probably someone placed by the Silver Queen around him.

He immediately remembered what Delphine had said before. If Constance had an informant around him early on, then her subsequent actions would make sense. Why would she be so mean to a little person like him in a remote area? He is interested and keeps causing trouble for himself. It is obvious that the other party has known about his existence for a long time. Brando suddenly realized that the Silver Queen had obtained the inheritance of the Dark Dragon for nearly twenty years, compared to him. She obviously knows more about everything about the Dark Dragon. In such a short period of time since he received the inheritance of the Dark Dragon, witches have come to him, so there is no reason for Constance not to have witch followers.

Therefore, it is very likely that the Silver Queen had placed spies among the witches early on. When Babasha was promoting the emergence of his successor as the Dark Dragon, she had already come into the sight of Her Majesty the Queen. The more Brando thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible. Recently, he had a vague feeling that someone behind Fatan Port was inciting the nobles to cause trouble, but the culprit was never found. It was not until today that he suddenly understood.

Brando was silent for a while, frowning. There was a traitor around him, but it was not clear who the traitor was. Because there are too many possibilities, it could be a mercenary, it could be an adventurer, it could be a witch. The components of the power controlled by the Fir Territory were too complex, but there was nothing that could be done about it. Apart from the planeswalker's cards, in the early stages of Tonigel's development, he had no one of his own to use.

Seeing Brando's expression, Delphine knew that he had figured out the cause and effect. She remained silent until Brando continued to ask: "Miss Delphine. What do you think the message Her Majesty the Queen wants you to convey?" What is it?"

"I said before that Her Majesty the Queen prompted me to leave the Imperial City for two reasons. The second reason is to let me leave my father and my grandfather. In fact, this is a private secret. The current Niedwen family has actually always been I am at the helm. My grandfather is old and my father is far less capable. In addition, I have a very important status in my grandfather's mind. If I leave the imperial capital, it will be equivalent to falling into the control of His Majesty. If she If you use this as a threat again..." Delphine paused for a moment: "I haven't received news from the outside for many days, but I guess the lord should know what the current situation is in the imperial capital."

After hearing what she said, Brando couldn't help but feel waves of turmoil in his heart. The fate of Nidwen, the largest aristocratic family in the empire, is secretly in the hands of this girl who is not yet twenty years old. And she knows her importance, but she dares to leave the imperial capital to seek revenge on herself. To say that this is Reckless, this was indeed considered reckless. He had even experienced this kind of recklessness himself. She had repeatedly sought revenge on him, causing him a lot of trouble.

But to say that this woman has no brain, all this has now proved that even if Brando has no brain, this Miss Delphine will definitely not be without brain. This can only explain one thing. How important the guy named Viscount Elman who died in the Ring of Trade Winds was in this woman's heart. He couldn't help but feel a little jealous for a moment. He could let such a genius... The girl fell in love with him, that guy was really lucky.

He was silent for a moment and then nodded: "Your grandfather and father were both put under house arrest. Like other nobles who opposed Her Majesty the Queen, the entire imperial capital is now under the control of the Silver Queen, and there is no second voice."

Delphine was not surprised by this. She nodded: "This is my motive. I am a member of the Nidwin family. I can't just watch it fall. Although it is indeed my fault that it has reached this stage. Inside, but now that I have calmed down, I will no longer have my own way."

Brando remained silent.

Delphine has a good reason and a very good motive, but this woman is really too smart. How can he guarantee that everything she said is true, instead of waiting for an opportunity to give him a fatal blow in order to gain his trust? Woolen cloth? In the final analysis, compared with Delphine, he can only be regarded as a mortal. He asked himself that he could not let go of hatred so freely, especially when looking at the criss-cross scars on this lady's face. It was absolutely impossible to keep her by his side. It's a ticking time bomb, and the most terrifying kind.

He thought for a while and replied: "You can join forces with me temporarily, but besides me, you actually have better candidates."

"You mean the eldest son of the emperor?" Delphine shook his head: "Compared to him, I still think more highly of you. The eldest son of the emperor has Ludwig's military nobles who support him, and the Niedwen family cannot help him at this time. What a favor, even if I stand on his side, it will only benefit me alone. This is not the purpose I want. On the contrary, it is you, the Earl. Although you are a foreigner, you are now considered a decisive force in the empire. With the power of the outside world, I hope that as long as you, Lord, are strong enough in the future, you can ensure the influence of the Nidwin family in the empire. In turn, if the Nidwin family can maintain influence at the top of the empire, the same can be said. Consolidate your position in Eruin, Earl, this is a win-win alliance."

"You also know about the eldest son of the emperor?" Brando was shocked and almost thought that there was another traitor around him. He didn't even tell the witch about this, and only the closest people around him knew about it. .

"It's not hard to guess. I followed the lord all the way from Loen Port. I watched the lord reach this point today. It is already a desperate situation. There is almost no way to break the situation. But the lord is still confident. It has obviously already been You have a trump card. After summarizing the recent events, I can only conclude that the eldest son of the emperor is still in your hands." Delphine replied quietly.

As soon as she said these words, Brando and Nymesis immediately frowned, but Delphine seemed to know what they were worried about, and said: "Lord, please don't worry, I followed you all the way, so I can Guessing this, the Silver Queen thinks that she has placed people around you to take advantage of you at every step, and may not have expected that you have a back-up plan."

"But, didn't you say before that she had an spy by my side?"

The daughter of the prime minister smiled and said: "The lord must have monitored his lord very closely. Her Majesty the Queen's spy can't convey information to her ears all the time, otherwise she would not have arranged such a plan for me to come. To pass on information, it can be seen that this spy is just a secret move that she has arranged in advance for the Lord, and this secret move has not yet come into play."

Brando thinks about it. His territory is very different from the territories of other nobles. He has many mages under his command. It is not easy to quietly convey any news through magic from the Fir Territory. . Thinking about it this way, the Silver Queen placed her spies around her, so she probably really knew that a person like her existed, but she probably wouldn't have too many secrets about herself.

He nodded, and the question returned to the original one.

"But," Brando asked: "How can you prove that what you are saying now is true? I am a layman, and I really don't trust having an enemy by my side. I may let you go, but as a Staff...you know, there is nothing more than enmity between us."

"I have no way to prove it." Delphine replied quietly, her remaining eye radiating bright light: "But I have what you want. The Silver Queen has obviously decided to use it. The secret chess piece beside you is gone. She is secretly targeting you, Lord, but Lord, you don’t seem to have a clue about how to deal with it yet—"

Brando took a deep breath.

...(To be continued...)

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