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Albrecht sits on the throne of Hall and Throne of Throne in the castle of Grossburg. And there sat Elizabeth, now five months old, in Albrecht's arms.
“Bubba bubba."
Elizabeth's arms and legs plummeted and burst, and she tried to pull Albrecht's beard with a childlike movement not months old.
Beneath the altar of the throne were Richard and Einhardt, Salvatore, and several knights and guild leaders.
Farther away from them, a knight in a black cloak and a coat of chain armor kneels before Albrecht.
The circus was painted with a white lily crest on a blue background, which meant the Banhenheim family. The one on his knees was Roysen.
“Roysen of Banhenheim to see the king. ”
It was not a pleasant first meeting, but I saw it after a long time, and a smile appeared on Albrecht's mouth.
“It's been a long time. How have you been? Yeah, he's an assistant at Sigmund's. ”
As Banhenheim joins the bishop of Carpen, Roysen becomes a sleepless knight.
He was originally a champion family who lived in a duel, so Karpen had him pegged as an assistant to Zigmunt. Zigmunt had many deputies, and Roysen was one of them.
Now he too was on the battlefield, bleeding and raising a ball, to revive his family.
Roysen had thick red-brown eyes before and now. Albrecht doesn't answer.
It was clearly rude to remain silent at the king's salutation, but he didn't know what to say. It was because I was not a person who grew up learning normal human communication.
Albrecht knew it well, if anyone else. So I didn't point out any disrespect, I just laughed and said.
“You want to talk about business. You may rise. What brings you here? ”
Roysen said with the eyes of the king's neighbours and guild leaders, keeping his hair neat and reddish-brown, which is unique to the Banhenheim family.
“We are halting our march on Lauren. Lorraine is Lewis von Nancy, who is not stuck in a castle on a carved canyon. Even though the terrain is difficult to push the troops away because of the canyon, Lewis' allies in Veles are in a standstill with 6,000 troops leading to salvation. ”
It was truly unexpected news. The troops led by Zigmund totaled 30,000 troops, which had never been seen before on the North continent.
Nevertheless, Albrecht himself had struggled in the canyon, so he knew that he didn't have the full force.
Moreover, the central and veless boundaries were ambiguous, and the boundaries were intricately intertwined into alliances.
The throne was in an agile age, according to the king's individual abilities, so it seemed that the lords of Veles had come to the aid without the king's permission.
Albrecht remembers that the current king of Veles is the son of the hero King Kiyom, who was very young. I thought I'd be 10 years old if I was still alive.
Elizabeth bends her arms to catch Albrecht's beard, but Albrecht slips away.
“Enemy allies arrived during the siege? Shouldn't we split up and hold off the rest of the siege? ”
“Not even close. It was a narrow terrain for troop deployment, with 6,000 versus 6,000, but we confirmed that both sides were not as strong. There weren't a lot of casualties. The siege has been lifted, and we are in the middle of a battle. ”
Albrecht scratches his chin with his opposite arm holding Elizabeth. Elizabeth grumbles to see if she's upset. Albrecht gives you a beard in a hurry. Soon I calmed down.
“Bring me a map of Lauren. ”
Albrecht says that the guild leader of the adventurer guild in the intestine gestured to his assistant in the back.
Several advisors each carry a large scroll of paper, one of which approaches the Guild Master with a map of Lauren.
The guild leader makes sure it's the right map, then comes to Albrecht and politely unfolds the map.
It was still incomplete, but it developed a lot on the map, which was an existing kindergarten drawing level. Altitude and forests, roads, rivers, etc. of roughly terrain were described in detail.
Looking at the map, Elizabeth's interest draws her to you. Albrecht hugs Elizabeth. He thinks he shouldn't bring her in the next time he finds out.
Albrecht looks at the map and, as Roysen has said, Lauren is not a suitable terrain for mobilizing troops.
“How far have you conquered, aside from Regional Lauren? ”
“We've captured all the areas facing Velez on the Rin River border. Only the province of Lauren remains. ”
Albrecht's thoughts deepen. Regional Lauren was, after all, a strategic point. If it occupied Velez, it was useful to move into the middle, and it was the same for the middle position.
However, Lauren's Lewis was an independent lord and belonged nowhere else. Albrecht takes his gaze off the map and looks at Roysen, saying,
“Didn't you come to an enhancement negotiation? How long have you been fighting? ”
“It was a month ago when I left. It's been a month or two now. The reinforcement negotiations have already been made several times by Louis, and Duke Zigmund has sent me to ask the king for his opinion. ”
Albrecht shakes his hand and bites the guild leader of the adventurer guild, looking at Roysen and saying,
“What kind of terms did you make? What do you think of Sigmund? ”
“I pledge allegiance to the king. Instead, they asked us to preserve the family and ensure the rights to the territory. Duke Sigmund said it was too strategic, so it's best to take it when you have the chance. ”
Albrecht thinks again. Lauren was a very important point, but also a difficult and impregnable area to capture.
That means that even if Lauren's lord breaks his promise like he did at the time, there's nothing we can do about it.
Moreover, they supplied 30,000 troops for a year. There was nothing the royal finances could not handle, but the opportunity cost was inexpensive.
Albrecht made a firm decision.
“Have a man named Louis come to the king himself and swear his allegiance. Then tell him to accept the terms. If he refuses, tell him I'll go to Lauren myself. ”
Albrecht said he was going to Lauren himself. He wanted to reinforce it and kill everyone.
But Albrecht didn't want to leave the inner kingdom. It was because I still wanted the kingdom to be firmer.
Anyway, the question of whether Louis dies or lives is up to him.
Elizabeth is not interested in how the world works, and continues to spread her hands toward the map. Albrecht stops his body from moving toward you, and he grumbles again.
“Salvatore, fetch the nanny. ”
Salvatore bows her head and gestures at the sidekick behind her. Then the servant went somewhere, and the nanny quickly came out of the door connected to the throne room.
The nanny quickly approaches Albrecht and hugs Elizabeth.
“Ow!”
Elizabeth bursts into tears as she falls away from Albrecht. The nanny calmed Elizabeth down and hurriedly escaped the crowd.
As the nanny closes the door and leaves the hall, you hear Elizabeth's cry.
Albrecht thought long and hard about the problems he faced, but he came up with something that didn't fit the situation.
He said, looking down at Roysen, still with a bold look in his eyes.
“Come this way. Do you have a territory you want? ”
Albrecht came up with the problem of the Great Territory to quickly turn him into his own personal bodyguard before Siegmund made him a pretender.
When Roysen's position is still ambiguous, it was disrespectful for the high lord to approach the body of the body or the body of the body.
“Hey, bring me every map of the Midwest. ”
Albrecht says the guild leader of the Adventurer Guild looks back at the advisors behind him.
Soon after, the guild leader collected several maps of the Midwest and laid them on the floor because they were so big.
Albrecht gestures at the map and says to Roysen,
“Tell me, do you like your territory? ”
Roysen looks back at the map and points to one side. Clevera, in the vicinity of Kalnitz, was but one Earl.
It was mostly flat, and it was a good farming area with a river passing by.
As Roysen points at him with his free will, Albrecht looks at him and smiles.
“Why do you want the territory? ”
“I'm close to my family. ”
“Fine. From now on, that land is your land. ”
Albrecht had a good look at Roysen because he had passed his bar skills, and secondly, he had just described the tactics as liquidating oil.
At the time, Randolph was bare handed, but he was good at getting Randolph to draw his sword.
And even though he had simply come as a messenger under the command of Zigmund, he seemed to be able to read the whole judgment.
That's why Albrecht confiscated his face and quickly became his own envelope.
“Salvatore, bring Cleve's Seal Ring. ”
When Albrecht told me, Salvatore didn't ask anyone below, but headed somewhere for himself.
The signet ring was because it was something that nobody could touch without authority or weight.
A few moments later, Salvatore brings a box with a signet ring, and Albrecht appoints Roysen to be the Earl of Cleve.
I thought it might be too spontaneous, but the territory is full of garages. He could not be sown carelessly, but Roysen had enough qualifications to be appointed an Earl.
Richard looks confused as he sees Roysen being appointed Earl.
The reason I swore allegiance to Albrecht in the first place was to reclaim the rights of Montfort, my hometown.
It was an honor to serve the king from afar, but it was a shame that he was a man.
Albrecht immediately noticed the look on Richard's face. Then he smiled and said.
“Stay with Richard and everyone back off. Ah, Einhardt will be... okay. You can stay. Roysen and Salvatore, stay here. The rest of you, get out there and get to work. ”
Then, the knights, guild leaders, and their aides, who were standing on either side of the throne, left the hall.
Albrecht grabs Richard's hand and pulls him forward, telling him.
“Why? Are you disappointed? ”
Richard, with red hair, shakes his head.
“How dare I feel sorry for you. It just reminded me of home. ”
Albrecht comforts Richard by gently grabbing his hand with one hand and sweeping the back of his hand.
“Montfort, I see, is a very rural area. It's too small for my assistant. ”
Richard looks at Albrecht to understand the king's meaning. Albrecht smiles, looking up at Richard, who is sitting on the throne.
“Don't you want to be king of Veles? I will make you king. ”
Then Richard's eyes widened. Einhart forgets to put it on paper for a moment and opens his mouth.
Even Roysen, who was clumsy and expressive, opened his eyes wide, and Salvatore, who was always neat as a sword, smiled dumbfounded. Made out of what?
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