Grand Duke Ronnie stood behind Grand Duke Lecco, looking across the rectangular table at the boy. He looked at him trying to suppress his nervousness and excitement, and suddenly felt a little sad.

We will all... be in trouble?

He raised his lips slightly: How long has it been since I met a guy like this who spoke nonsense without any hesitation in front of several grand dukes?

The hall fell into an eerie silence for an instant.

All the archduke's expressions were very unnatural, and their breathing rhythms were disordered.

Rumba closed his eyes gently.

Thales tried his best to control his breath, and for a moment there was only the crackling sound of the brazier in his ears.

Three full seconds passed before Grand Duke Lecco slowly turned his head and looked at the others.

"We have given you a chance to speak, Your Highness," the old prince turned around from the exchange of glances and sighed solemnly: "We are not asking you to talk nonsense and make alarmist statements."

"You'd better speak more clearly, kid," Olesiu stared at Thales with an ugly face: "After threatening the Archduke in the Hall of Heroes, not everyone has the chance to walk out intact."

Thales was breathing in a daze, seemingly unaware of the uneasy questioning of the two Grand Dukes.

Calm down, Thales.

The more times like these, the more calm you need to be.

you can.

OK!

"Longxiao City."

"Lumba gave it to you," Thales said softly, and his calm look made several grand dukes slightly startled: "The proposal to annex Longxiao City is not based on any good intentions."

Trudida clicked her tongue.

"First send troops to the stars, and then to Longxiao City," the cunning Grand Duke showed a strange smile: "How on earth do you know these things?"

Thales breathed out.

How did I know that you were going to take over Longxiao City?

He said silently in his heart: Lomba promised Shres preferential tariffs around Longxiao City, it's that simple.

"It's not difficult to guess," but on the surface, Thales still looked as usual: "In order to gather people's hearts, in addition to a common threat, there must also be enough interests. There is no doubt that Longxiao City is a ready-made piece.

Unowned cheese is perfect, especially if it is used to cause contention and conflict."

Trudida frowned and looked at Lumba.

"After all, it is an act of breaking the oath of co-governance," the prince sighed: "The balance of power is no longer in balance. This has set a precedent for illegally seizing territory. In the future, every plant and tree, every inch of territory, will belong to them.

They will all become the trigger for the contradictions and conflicts between you. Soromba will only fan the flames. He hopes that you will conflict with each other and weaken each other..."

Olesiu interrupted him with a cold snort.

Selma, who was listening quietly, looked disgusted and glanced at him dissatisfied.

"Your words are not valid, little brat," Grand Duke Weiland's beard twitched and his tone was bad: "In fact, we have discussed this issue: in the face of a greater threat, Lombard has no reason to do this."

At this point, Archduke Lecco coughed and took over the conversation: "The threat from the stars is imminent and long-lasting. It cannot be solved in one or two big battles. At this moment, his chaotic behavior will only affect Aix

Very unfavorable.”

Thales's heart moved: "War, especially foreign war, is more likely to become the trigger point of conflicts between you..."

But at this moment, Lumba, who had been silent, raised his head and thrust his sword-like eyes at him.

"Don't you understand yet?"

Grand Duke Heisha spoke slowly, with emotions in his voice that were difficult to discern.

"This child is extremely smart. He is trying every means to stop the war and save his country." Lumba slowly walked to a brazier and blocked the fire, leaving only a shadow: "Save the country that will eventually be in his hands."

, a country that may make our descendants bow their heads in the future."

The princes all frowned.

"That's exactly what I want to say next," Thales smiled at him without showing any signs of weakness: "You also want to save your country, Charmaine Lombard."

Lumba frowned slightly.

"If you are so sure, why did our Grand Duke of Black Sand do this?" Seeing Lomba's fate, the silent Grand Duke Ronnie also joined this dangerous conversation: "He has the potential to cause conflicts between the Grand Dukes.

What’s the benefit? An extra piece of cheese?”

Trudida sneered in a dignified manner.

"And why is it that we are in trouble?"

Under the astonishingly oppressive gaze of the Duke of Black Sand, Thales silently adjusted his breathing and thought about his next words.

"You all know the past of the Grand Duke of Black Sand," Thales raised his voice and looked at the Grand Dukes seriously: "The past incident of killing his brother with his own hands made him become hard-hearted and mentally resolute. His relationship with King Nun

The enmity was forged from then on."

As soon as he said this, Lumba's eyes became sharper, and Thales even felt that the air around him became a lot colder.

The princes looked at each other understandingly.

Thales took a deep breath, stared at Lumba's rough and rough face, and said the next sentence firmly: "But you, Charmaine Lumba, your behavior of killing the king and leading the troops to force the palace was neither for revenge nor for revenge.

Protect yourself.”

"Because the object you really hate and care about is neither King Nun nor Longxiao City," Thales said in the calmest tone, "but the heroic tradition that the people of the North are proud of.

It is the glorious history of Exeter..."

The prince whispered the answer: "Nikaru's oath to rule together."

In Thelma's uncontrollable exclamation, the princes were all startled.

Lecco started rubbing his hands again, Trudida was thoughtful, and Ronnie immediately looked at Lombard with suspicious eyes.

"What on earth are you going to say?" Olesio tapped the table impatiently: "Oath of co-governance?"

Thales had no expression on his face and nodded slowly.

"Lumba's whole life, he has endured torture between his mother's family and his father's family, between Longxiao City and Black Sand Territory, between the power of the monarch and the grand duke." Thales said with great seriousness, word by word: "Of course, everyone here

The Grand Duke is almost the same."

Grand Duke Lecco's hand tightened slightly.

"But what is different from what you are used to is..."

Thales looked at Lumba's deep and complicated eyes, gritted his teeth, and said the following:

"Charmaine Lombard, when your father forced you to challenge your eldest brother, when you thrust your sword into your eldest brother's chest, when your mother committed suicide in depression, when your father died on the battlefield...

You have made up your mind."

Every time he said a word, Lumba's eyes became colder.

Thales took a deep breath, and the image of Lumba stroking his sword coldly on the carriage appeared in front of his eyes.

He rubbed his hands in the cold air and kept his tone calm:

"You are tired of the endless fighting from the bottom of your heart. You think you have seen through the unsolvable and sad cycle behind it. You hate the current situation of the Kingdom of Exeter behind this kind of compromise and tacit understanding. You believe that as long as that paper oath is

It will still exist for one day, and your superstition on it will still exist for one day..."

"You, and the tragedy behind you, will never go away."

Thales said quietly.

"That's right, everyone," under the disbelieving looks of several Grand Dukes, and amid Thelma's uneasy pull, the Prince of Stars still looked straight at the face of the Grand Duke of Black Sand that was about to freeze into ice, without any obstruction or interference.

, spoke with great determination: "As early as twelve years ago, Charmaine Lombard decided to completely destroy the oath of co-governance for more than 600 years and end the constant back and forth between the king and the grand duke..."

"...Smash the peaceful co-governance of the ten princes to pieces!"

After Thales finished speaking, he closed his eyes and lowered his head.

The hall fell into dead silence.

Listening to Thales's words, almost all the Grand Dukes stared and opened their mouths, showing expressions of either extreme surprise or disbelief.

Their eyes were all directed at Lumba.

After several seconds, the silence was broken.

"What on earth are you talking about?" Trudida took a long breath, frowned, and looked at Thales with a confused look: "Dissatisfaction is one thing, but... destroying the oath of co-governance?

This, how is this possible?"

"absurd!"

Enduring the inexplicable looks from others, Lomba coldly rejected Thales's words: "How can I destroy the oath of co-governance against the faith and belief of 10 million Northlanders? Kill all the grand dukes here.

?"

Thales suddenly raised his head and opened his eyes.

"You are already doing it, aren't you!" The prince said solemnly: "When you killed King Nun and forced the grand dukes to ignore your crime and endorse you, the oath of co-ruling was already broken.
To be continued...