Earl Laval was walking quickly through the white courtyard of the Istani people, looking at the naked gardener working hard among the pink short roses, and felt a little disapproving.

He was really unwilling to appreciate this Casan Palace, which is known as the crown of the desert and is the best friend of Android. Besides, the courtyard that the Istani people are proud of is not worth mentioning in front of the magnificence of the Gorland Palace.

In the war just passed, the Kaolin people sent troops to defeat the Sand Thieves at the critical moment and gained the friendship of this ancient kingdom. As well as everyone in the envoys, they also received heroic treatment in Questak.

But this caused him trouble-

Because in that battle, people died in the regiment.

All the young knights in the regiment were after the high-ranking officials and nobles. They participated in this mission to experience and gilded. They had to protect them, rather than sending them to the battlefield in a cold-blooded manner to die. Of course, the young people were full of passion and no longer cared about the gains and losses of the starlight after receiving the flowers from the local girls, but the family behind them was not so easy to fool.

Maybe he has been called "cold butcher" or "ruthless killer" in China.

The key is that he has not been able to explain to His Majesty or the Prime Minister, because he sent troops to capture the traitor's daughter, but the thief who caught asked no one knew whether the poor girl died in the chaos, was taken away, disappeared or something else.

All of this is blamed for Florence, that hateful girl. He had no choice but to let the girl stay in the mansion, and it would be better not to go anywhere - the streets outside have not completely restored order, so he doesn't want to make any more trouble.

The sky in the distance was slightly white. Against this background, the towers in the inner city were built with an empty shelf. The sound of tinging and dinging sounds came from far away from the city. The Istanians were rebuilding their homes, which gave people the feeling that order was being reshaped.

He withdrew his gaze and quickly walked through the courtyard corridor. After turning a few turns in the shade of the green, he saw the waiter who had been waiting there.

The waiter was respectful, "Dear Mr. Envoy, Your Majesty has been waiting in Casan Palace for a long time."

"Take me over."

The two of them walked through the palm forest one after another, passed the winding bridge, walked over a bright lake, and walked up to the high platform formed by white rocks—

Not far away is the main hall of Kasan Palace.

...

There was silence in Casan Palace.

Alev wore a silver-gray robe representing the symbol of the King of Sands, sitting in the position where his father had sat, with his hands naturally next to the handrail of the throne, looking at his father's ministers on both sides of the left and right. At his hand was a snow-white letter.

The letter was covered with a silver stamp, with the Thorin anvil and the Morning Light Sword - the symbol of the Korin people. It was a decent letter with diplomatic rhetoric, but the content made him a little unhappy.

Right Minister Seishel stood aside, his eyes lowered, and his expression could not be seen on his face.

Alev did not speak, and there was also a silence in the hall. After Seneman's death and the death of the first king of the sand, this was the first time that all the ministers gathered here. However, although the crowd was silent, people's hearts were floating in private.

Alef naturally understood this. His throne was not stable and he was far from the reputation of his father. Fortunately, his elder sister and His Highness the Great Princess have been supporting him behind his back.

At this time, the light outside the main hall dimmed, and the waiter walked in with Earl Laval.

Laval saluted the newly promoted king of sand first: "Dear King of Istania, the master of the desert, I bring greetings from the people of Korlin and congratulations to our king."

His voice echoed over the hall.

Alef also thanked him and asked the ambassador to receive his meaning to His Majesty the young king.

After the two sides exchanged greetings according to diplomatic etiquette, he went straight to the point: "Mr. Envoy, I know that you have the purpose of coming in addition to greetings, right?"

Earl Raval raised his head, nodded, and spoke directly: "Your Majesty, we have received news that the daughter of a traitor has appeared in your kingdom."

He said loudly: "Miss Silvied Albert, although he has committed no crime, but because it is related to the whereabouts of his father, Sir Mawei, we must bring her back to our country."

"...I hope that the respected King of Sands will provide us with the whereabouts of this lady."

Alef's expression remained unchanged and denied, "But we have never seen such a lady, but if she remains in Questak, I can ask someone to help you find her whereabouts."

However, before the young King of Sand finished speaking, a sudden voice inserted in, "Your Majesty, we have actually seen this lady."

Alef frowned and looked in that direction. He actually knew that someone would betray him. If someone hadn't informed him, how could the Korlin man come so quickly and so straightforward?

No one stood up in the direction where the voice came out, but continued: "Your Majesty may not recognize this lady, but she was indeed in Casanne's palace that day, with us."

Alev clenched his fists. These people knew who saved Questak, but he did not expect that as an Istani, they could be so shameless.

He was about to stand up, but Seishel, on the side, stopped the young and impulsive king with his eyes, "Please be careful, your majesty." The old man said in a low voice.

Alef had to sit back again, feeling depressed.

Laval looked in that direction, then looked at the master above the throne, and asked, "Your Majesty, can I hear this?"

Alef nodded and signaled him to do so.

"I don't know who you are, sir," Laval faced in that direction, "but can you describe to me the image of this lady?"

The voice did not hesitate and immediately described Silmide's appearance. Although she later changed to a head of silver hair, she had no disguise before.

When Raval heard this, he realized that he had found the real master.

He turned his head and looked at the Istani master meaningfully, "Your Majesty, is what he said true?"

"The Kasan Palace was in chaos that day, with many people coming in and out, and there were people from the Church and the Alchemy Association. I didn't notice everyone's appearance one by one," Alef replied faintly, "Maybe it's true, maybe it's just a mistake, maybe it's just two people with very similar appearances may not necessarily be."

"Forgive me, your majesty," Raval asked, "that is, those people did not stay in Casanne Palace in the end?"

“That’s true.”

Laval couldn't help looking in that direction again. However, this time, there was no voice to answer again. Not many people knew where the Seven Seas Brigade went after leaving Questak.

The Count looked around the hall for a week and realized that he could not get more here. He looked at the man on the throne deeply and then spoke:

"Your Majesty, I have obtained the answer I want, and I request that I say goodbye and leave--"

Alev was determined to keep the other party, but he couldn't find a suitable reason for the moment. He was not his subject after all. Moreover, compared with the strength of the Kingdom of Kaurin and Istaniya, he could not force the other party to stay.

He could only nod in silence.

Seeing the Count turn and leave, the temperature in Casan's palace seemed to drop suddenly several degrees.

The young King of Sand's face turned cold, and he looked a little like Babaltan. Alev looked at a corner of the hall, the direction of the sound that had been made before.

The owner of the voice probably realized that he could no longer hide, so he simply separated the crowd and walked out. Alev looked at the leaders, and had actually heard the other party's identity from the voice before, and was still the princes and nobles who had always opposed him and his father.

In fact, in that battle that day, he should have cleaned up these timid and cowardly people, but he was kind at the time and did not want the Istani people to bleed again - but he did not expect that at this moment, they would lead the sharp blade in their hands to the Istani people's life-saving benefactor.

"I hope you remember that the Istani hates traitors the most."

Alef looked at these people and said coldly.

But these nobles were not afraid of anything, and like a speech, they spoke to the Tongji people in the hall: "Your Majesty, you have done what we have done now. Do you want to deny the achievements of your father and your grandfather?"

"Your grandfather once said that the Istanians and the Kaurin are one, and only when the two countries are united can the Istanians have a bright future. And the Earl of Laval has also helped us in that battle. Should the Istanians be ungrateful?"

As soon as this said, the ministers in the hall all turned their faces. They could naturally hear the subtext of these people - the Penelope royal family relied on the Kaurin people in the past, and why couldn't the others?

Alef was also furious, but he was about to attack, when Seschel reached out to hold him down. The young King of Sand looked at the old minister's calm gaze and couldn't help but wake up suddenly.

These people are so arrogant, there must be a Kaolin people who endorse them. If he really takes action, it would be like standing on the opposite side of Kaolin people. These people are intentionally irritating themselves to lose Kaolin's help.

But for this throne, would he betray his brother? Alev gritted his teeth, and he couldn't help thinking, what should he do in this position if his father was?

But while he was silent, there was a sensation of "swinging" footsteps outside Casan Palace.

In a moment, rows of guards appeared outside the main hall covered in hanging areas. When the ministers saw this scene, they looked disgusted and thought that these people were so arrogant that they wanted to seize power with armed forces.

But in a blink of an eye, the princes and nobles who were outstanding were also stunned. The next moment, Princess Rupert, dressed in military uniform, emerged from the guards, pressed his sword in his hand, looked at the people, and shouted coldly:

"Take these traitors!"

"Wait, wait--"

Before the princes and nobles could find out what was going on, the guards responded in unison, rushed up together, cut the men's hands and pressed them to the ground.

These pampered princes and princes have never experienced this. For a moment, they let out howl like a pig slaughter, and how they looked decent before? But they obviously still refused to admit defeat, and they were there with tears in their noses and tears. At least they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts - they hope that the Kaolin people could deter the princess.

But Princess Rupert didn't even look at them.

She only said directly to Alef: "Don't worry about these people, they had colluded with blind followers before, enough for them to die ten times."

"Then the Kaorin?" Alef asked.

"The people of Kaolin can't take care of themselves," said Princess Rupert lightly: "I just received the news that a rebellion broke out in the southern border of Kaolin. Since the White City, thirteen towns have declared independence. They can't take care of us now, and the war between the north and the south is about to break out-"

There was a silence in the hall.

No one expected that such a thing would happen at this moment.

When the princes and nobles heard this, they collapsed directly on the ground, their faces were pale and trembling. The courage they had previously plucked up because of the Kaolin people disappeared at this moment.

And in the silence, Seschel spoke: "Your Majesty, you must inform Ed and the others immediately."

Alef turned around and the old patriarch of the Swearing Clan said: "The Kaolin people are prepared. Although there are not many people who know Mr. Ed and the others' whereabouts, if Laval intends to investigate, I believe that it will not take long to know where the Seven Seas Brigade went that day-"

He just finished speaking.

A messenger outside the door hurriedly ran in. As soon as he walked into the hall, he was shocked to see the situation inside the hall and stood there a little at a loss.

Alef winked at the man, signaled the other party to come forward, and asked, "What happened?"

The communist immediately lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, let me monitor the movements of the Kaurin people, and I found that their airships were heading south not long ago."

south--

Alef turned around and looked at each other with his elder sister. That was exactly where Tansneer was.

The Kaolin people were moving so quickly.

At this time, Seishel was suddenly shocked: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, it's not good... If I remember correctly, because of the huge dust storm not long ago, there was a fleet of the Cowliners replenishing supplies near Tansneer..."

"If they pass us and order the wise men..."
To be continued...