Chapter 229 Along the Rhine
The next day, Alison sat in Salinburg's carriage and prepared to set off. After bidding farewell to her mentor, Wood specially spoke to Alison alone.
"Sir, the great black goat has sprouted in the past few days." Wood said softly.
"It's a good thing it's so fast." Alison was delighted when she heard this. Since it sprouted, it meant that her bodyguard and horse were about to be unearthed.
"Well, I don't know how long it will take to grow." Wood smiled sarcastically, "Then if it comes out, can you let it come to you?"
"Of course, it's not safe to sleep in the wild without Him." Alison nodded, looked at Wood and said, "I'll leave it to you at home."
"This is what I should do." Wood bowed his head and saluted.
"Well, that's it."
Alison said.
Although this trip was not for a war, the three maids were not taken with him. Although the cavalryman guaranteed the reputation of the Consulate, there are many people who have compromised their reputation throughout the ages.
But she didn't bring anyone with her, for example, her junior sister followed.
McKenna didn't listen to anything she said. She acted coquettishly and insisted on following her to serve Alison. The instructor looked at her and shook his head. In the end, he said the same thing, you are so powerful, it's okay to take her with you.
Alison felt that her tutor was a bit shady and had never praised her before. Is this because of the Spice incident?
But at least the two of them were not lonely on the road, and although the junior sister was too poor to have any cursed items, she had taken potions that concealed the witch's aura, and she had a diploma from the Imperial Knight Academy, not the kind she bought.
The two junior sisters chatted very well along the way. The junior sister told Alison about electric lights, gorgeous carriages, airships and telegraph offices. Alison also told her about the period of her life in the Knights where she was dominated by others.
"Those nobles are all greedy guys. Senior Sister should have less contact with them." McKenna clutched her torn gloves and said, "My mentor and I used to have contact with them in the middle of the night."
"Ah?" Alison was a little surprised when she heard this, "You are so young, and your tutor actually takes you out?"
"Knock on the sap, you have to prevent the prey from escaping. At that time, street lights were not popular yet, and there were not enough lamplighters. There were also many nobles attending salons, so there was always a lot to gain." McKenna pouted, as if
I miss that time very much.
"That's right." Alison breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Sister, don't you think our behavior is bad?" McKenna turned to look at Alison, her eyes filled with mist, and she said pitifully.
"Uh, no, you are also trying to survive. In this world of the jungle, even if they meet you during the day, they will grab you and want to be cremated." Alison shook her head slightly and looked out the window. The previously arrogant Earl Ratched was standing there.
Waiting for you on the road.
"That seems to be a great nobleman." McKenna pressed her little face against the window and looked out.
"Ignore him." Alison squinted her eyes and looked outside. "No one knew what I did. Even the royal capital knew about my help for him."
"Oh, then he is really hateful." McKenna's eyes suddenly turned gloomy after hearing this, "He must also be going to the royal capital. There will be many thieves along the way. It is not uncommon to die on the road."
Alison raised the corner of her mouth after hearing this, and then shook her head slightly. She touched McKenna's little head, "It's too cheap for him to die. When he feels better in the future, we just need to stay away from him."
Alison's carriage kept moving forward and did not stop when it passed Earl Ratched. Ratched's face suddenly changed after eating a layer of ashes, but he still caught up immediately.
"Baron Alison, wait!" The Earl and his knights stopped her carriage. Alison couldn't help frowning when she saw this. She opened the window and stuck her head out, looked at Ratched and asked, "Earl
What's wrong, sir?"
"I'm going to the royal capital. You have to protect my safety on the way there and back and while I'm in the royal capital." Ratched raised her chin and said, "This is the duty of a vassal."
"I'm sorry, Legmi is a free town. I got a nominal baron from you after I conquered it. It was not obtained from you, and even so, it was because I helped you conquer those territories.
, so I also received the attention of the royal capital, and even a personal threat letter from Duke Caimon."
Alison narrowed her eyes as she looked at Ratched, "Looking at our past cooperation, it's kind enough that I didn't trouble you. I would also like to ask Mr. Earl to pay attention. There is no relationship between us anymore."
Ratched's expression changed when he heard this, he lowered his head and took two deep breaths. After a while, he raised his head and looked at Alison, "If that's the case, then let's go all the way without disturbing you, right?"
"Of course, but I will not take action if there is danger against you."
Alison smiled and said, "Speaking of which, why do you want to go to the royal capital? You can completely ignore them."
"How did I know that they could do this? They really won't send troops, but they asked me to go to the royal capital to receive commendations. Especially since Duke Caimon gave me a personal letter. I originally thought that I would just pretend to support him."
Ratched recalled what she said when she met Alison a few days ago, and everything seemed so ridiculous today.
Alison couldn't comment after hearing this. If you don't want to go, you can pretend to be sick.
Of course, Alison wouldn't say this. Who knew if this trick didn't work, he asked himself what to do.
He ordered the knight driving the carriage to continue moving forward, and saw that the count quickly gave some instructions to his knight, and then got on the carriage and followed him. About half an hour later, he saw thirty knights in full armor following him.
"If you had just agreed to him, I'm afraid he would have even saved the carriage fee for the escort." McKenna looked at the Earl's team following behind her, turned back and said to Alison, "How did you make friends with the nobles before?
, they seem to have ignored our identity."
Alison shook her head slightly after hearing this, and then tugged on her red cloak, "This is a cursed object that can defend against magic and physical attacks, but the negative effect is that it makes people feel that good people can be bullied. When I first put it on
, even a serf dares to attack me."
"Isn't that inherently provocative?" McKenna was slightly surprised when she heard this, "That will cause a lot of trouble."
"Yeah, it's really distressing to see those guys who are very weak but are always showing off their power in front of you."
Alison nodded in agreement, "But now the effect seems to have been reduced a lot."
The two cars drove all the way towards the royal capital. They met many nobles along the way. The first one they met was the Crystal Earl Duvik, who had worked with Ratched to establish the country.
"I didn't expect you to bring her here, Rachel. Now I feel relieved. If anything happens, we can use her to escape."
Duwek looked at Ratched who was traveling with him and said happily, but Ratched was not happy.
"She was Baron Salin's secret attendant at that time, so she would naturally help. Now she has nothing to do with us." Rachel shook her head.
"Ah." Duwek frowned when he heard this. He looked to the left and right and asked, "Why didn't Baron Salin come? Is he dead?"
"Not dead." Ratched looked at the large group of nobles around him, "Didn't you notice that no matter the rank of those who went this time, even if they are high knights, we all have one thing in common."
"What?" Duwek asked confused.
"That means we don't have any lords above us." Ratched narrowed his eyes and said, "For example, our county, those knights' free villages, and those black barons."
Duwek blinked when he heard this, "We have Duke Camon above us."
"Forget it, that old guy who has been serving in the palace for many years is just here in name." Ratched snorted.
"But it's this name that kills people." Duwek slowly shook his head.
After several days of traveling, everyone finally arrived at the south bank of the Rhine. The palace etiquette officer and now the receptionist were already waiting here. He looked at the approximately 30,000 people gathered here and couldn't help but frowned. At that time, Camon
After the Grand Duke's summoning order was issued, not so many people came.
"There is an order from the government that the royal capital is an important place and no troops are allowed to pass through. Each noble can bring no more than two guards, and our ship cannot accommodate so many people," the receptionist announced.
"There are so many of us and you have prepared ten ships. Have you deducted the funds for the ships?" The nobles shouted dissatisfied.
As soon as these words came out, the receptionist was almost furious. At the beginning of the New Deal, he had to think about his own head even if he had such thoughts. Looking at the noisy nobles who were full of complaints, the receptionist looked stern.
"This is the normal hospitality standard of the Consulate. Ten ships are enough for you to use. The extra ships are all because you brought an army. If you brought an army of 100,000, do I have to build a bridge for you?"
The receptionist looked at the nobles on the bus and said, "The boat leaves at ten o'clock. This is the only trip. If anyone is delayed, please find a way to cross the river. But at tomorrow's canonization banquet, if anyone is late,
Chapter completed!