Chapter 27 The Wheel of History
If there were no special changes, the brother and sister would die like the people who sacrificed their lives to protect what they cherished during this period, and the village would only be left with ruins. However, since "if", things still have a turning point.
This turnaround was Alice and the others who exploded the attack on the bandits shortly after the bandits began to siege the village.
Bullying the weak and fearing the tough is the characteristic of a bandit. The only thing they see is the strong man at the entrance of the village. Although he will shoot an arrow from the tree behind from time to time, it is still not worth mentioning compared to money, food, and the desire of a legendary beautiful village girl. Because of this desire, the bandits shouted loudly, which can be said to be sieging the strong man wholeheartedly.
At this moment, the minions who were cheering on the outside suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves and looked back in shock. The three knights were charging towards them! Although they only saw three knights, they still knew the emblem on the shield of the Paladin, which was the arrow. Isn't it the emblem of the local lord Aesfell's family? More importantly, although they couldn't see clearly, judging from the smoke and dust rising behind them, it was definitely a knight order led by the Paladin!
As I said just now, bullying the weak and fearing the strong is the characteristic of the bandits. Faced with the well-equipped Knights, one of their own mobs has no chance of winning. All they can do is escape. They are bandits and the other side is cavalry. As for those who escape to the mountains, they will not die! As for those who are caught up in this place... Anyway, as long as they are not themselves.
The bandits thought this way, regardless of the strong man who was already covered in blood. What money and beauty are completely unimportant compared to their own lives. They were just half killed by the tail. When they were about to run into the mountains, they saw a man with brown hair, wearing a blue samurai suit and a blue cloak behind them standing with a sword on the way they could enter the mountains...
Under the pursuit of the heroic knight and the intercepted by Mr. Roy alone, all the bandits were killed and none of them could escape. For this reason, Xiaocun held a banquet for these heroes that night. Although in terms of results, the food consumed by this banquet was no less than that after being robbed by robbers, the identity of "Mr. Roy" was a shiny Buddha in the eyes of these simple civilians!
...Okay, there is no Buddha in this world, it should be called a statue of gods, but no matter what, the villagers are very happy to be able to entertain Alice and the knights.
“Did you decide?”
“It’s decided.”
"Where is Nina?"
"She will follow me."
"...I just hope you won't forget this place."
The above is the conversation between the village chief’s family, the strong man Farr and the village chief after the banquet. Obviously, no matter what aspect it is, after the attack of these bandits, it is inevitable that he and his sister will leave the village - after all, there are ones and two, and who knows when the next wave of bandits will come, and it is also unknown when "Young Master Roy" will regain power. Among them, "following the footsteps of the lord's heir" is the best choice.
It is natural to learn civil and military skills, sell goods to the emperor's family, and use your own abilities to gain a future. Moreover, adding icing on the cake is comparable to helping you in time. If you really succeed, you can even be called a "member of the dragon". Although you risk your life, you can still seek wealth and honor...
The above are the thoughts of a strong man. The old village chief thought more, but it was not just said that.
The next day, the "Restoration Team" set out again. Alice naturally accepted the joining of the strong man and his sister. After all, this is a fact that they are seriously insufficient in manpower now. From the last battle, it can be seen that the two of them are indeed quite combative, and at least they will not drag their backs.
As a newcomer and originally a civilian, the brother and sister who just joined seemed more restrained, but I don’t know whether it was because of their personality or something else. My sister Nina quickly regained her naive and lively nature. At noon, she even found that "in addition to herself, she was just a group of big men who didn’t know how to take care of herself." After she took the initiative to "snatch" the right to make dinner and some arrangements for the camping site.
Everyone just smiled. Perhaps because of habit, the always silent brother Farr just glanced at his sister and did not interfere. After dinner, the old knight Kendo began to explain to the two newly joined members - what to explain? As two people who have decided to join the principality system, they naturally need to know some necessary information in the principality, such as the power composition of the principality, the role of the principality in the Ilya Alliance, the situation of neighboring countries, the relationship between neighboring countries, etc., which focused on introducing the situation of the neighboring country Osdia, because the previous generation of the monarch and the current monarch of Osdia were close to life and death. The two countries are also the most influential countries in the entire Ilya Alliance. Lilina, the only daughter of Osdia, is the childhood sweetheart of his son Roy. The two had already made a marriage contract when they were very young.
"In this case, I believe that with the help of Osdia's power, we can soon help the young master become the ruler of this country again?" After listening to the old knight's introduction, Farr's voice was still low, but he said with confidence.
"No, we have to rely on our own strength!" Alice said firmly on the other side.
The reason why I am so confident is that Alice has a very safe plan, that is, hiring mercenaries. Here we have to talk about the composition of the world, the country or power, there are seven major forces in this world. The Principal Alliance where Alice is located, and the Ilia Alliance is one. Their enemy, the invader Bain Empire is another, and there are also grassland tribes, the Western islands, the Southern Desert Empire, the Holy See, etc. The more special one is the mercenary country in the north. Because it is covered with snow all day long, it is almost impossible to produce any crops, but it produces a lot of Pegasus, so there are many Pegasus knights. Therefore, most of the women in the Mercenary Country ride pegasus, holding spears, and fighting with their husbands as mercenaries to supplement their family income.
Even if Alice's Principality, Esfer, is the last military strength in the Ilya Alliance, otherwise it would not have been easily captured by the Bain Empire, and there was no chance of being rescued by the neighboring Osdia - of course, this is also related to the military strength of the Bain Empire, the specialty Dragon Knight, which is the most famous of the Acefer's Principality, which is almost the money bag of the entire Ilya Alliance. It is precisely because of this that it often cooperates with the mercenary country and established good relations.
This time, as the only heir of the Principal of Aesfell, "Prince Roy" sent an invitation to the mercenary country to ask for help in the battle to restore the country. With the reputation and money, the mercenary country will not refuse. This is why Alice is not in a hurry to rush back. After all, even if he agrees, it will take time to assemble troops. As for whether the mercenary country will anger the Bain Empire, I am a mercenary, and I will do whatever I give money. What's more, you have offended the Ilya Alliance now and provoked my mercenary country. Whoever has no relatives like the seven aunts and eight aunts? You are the first in the military in the mainland, but if it is too much, the whole continent will encircle you and see if you die!
Of course, Alice's plan relies on not only mercenaries, but also the Holy See, and has already sent contacts. The Holy See in this world does not seem to be much different from other worlds, but it looks relatively clean. At least the priests and nuns are willing to go down to the fields and face the ordinary people. Their healing spells can relieve the pain of the people in this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, which makes them very popular among the ordinary people. The upper class of the Holy See also has no intention of interfering in secular regimes at all, which gives the Holy See a nearly transcendent position.
Originally, in terms of name or strength, Alice's plan to restore the country was almost impossible to fail. If it was introduced to the Holy See, it would not only be a supplementary approach, but it might even lead a wolf into the house. It was just that Alice had her own considerations. As an angel, for a church that believed in the Holy Light, Alice had always been the principle that it would be convenient for the convenience of the church that could be convenient, and the restoration of the country was not the end. Will the hatred of killing the father and the hatred of killing the brother be revenged? What's more, she thought that her father's original policies were not very good, there were not many troops, she only cared about developing business, and hoped to rely on the power of allies to protect herself. This time Bain's surprise attack was a bad result.
Having said that, although the Holy See basically does not interfere in the politics of other countries, its huge connections make it a great appeal for many folk masters. Alice believes that even in her own commercial country, there will be many folk masters. If it is not enough, as long as the strength of the Farr brothers and sisters is enough, as long as you recruit a sufficient number of people and spend sufficient funds, you can quickly train a unit with good combat effectiveness.
Discovering and selecting talents from the countryside is one of the reasons why Alice chose to go back slowly. In addition, continuous victory and regaining lost territory can also allow him to quickly gain popularity and facilitate his rule after restoration.
However, many times, there is always a situation called "accident".
"...Miss Ginevia, although I really hope to believe you, don't you think... this is really... too absurd?" Looking at the beautiful girl wearing a long red princess dress, with long golden hair and a slightly melancholy look between her eyebrows, Alice said this with great effort - there is no way, what the other party just said was too exciting, and it is not an exaggeration to call it Tianlei.
"I also know what I said is quite absurd, and I also know that what I have done over the past period is simply absurd, and I have no evidence of taking action, but I am indeed the princess of Bain Kingdom and the only sister of Saifel, the king of Bain Empire. Of course, I have no evidence to prove this now." Facing Alice's question, the girl said quite frankly.
"Your Highness Princess!" A young woman wearing nun's clothes, probably a maid, said anxiously beside the girl, and her colleague looked at Alice sitting opposite her.
There is no way. Now the two are on the enemy's territory. Although they have just been rescued by the person in front of them, the father of the person in front of them was only killed by his lord not long ago. Then the princess...
Chapter completed!