Dele answered him in one sentence:

"We dealt with him."

The sentences are short, the syntax is simple, and the semantics are concise.

deal with

At that moment, Thales felt a heartfelt chill.

"you know."

I saw Dele gently opening his eyes and speaking indifferently:

"The warnings from the Bloody Year are not far away, the lessons of the Blade Leader are still there, and the Western Wilderness"

"We can't let that happen."

At that second, the Earl's eyes became extremely gloomy, and his voice was so tight that even the air could not flow:

"we can not."

so

baron amore

The whole family gets sick.

Unfortunately died.

This is how he died.

Thales only felt a slight numbness on his spine.

He couldn't help but think of what the Duke of Xihuang once said to him about nobility and royal power.

The fierce horse will not yield to the iron whip, the driver will not give up the whip, and the person in the carriage, no matter who it is, cannot sit and wait for it to fall apart.

Amidst the sound of horse hooves, the voice of Earl Yibao came slowly:

"cannot"

Thales took a gentle breath.

The prince's team is still advancing, and the single-winged crow with golden patterns shines golden in the sunset.

But in those few seconds, Thales had an illusion: The air between him and Dele, their two mounts, was so cold that it could freeze a Northlander to death.

After a while, Thales finally said with difficulty:

"You don't like it, right?"

"What my father has done over the years."

Hearing this, Dele took a deep breath.

Fortunately, it seemed that the rays of the setting sun instantly drove away the coldness on the count's body, restoring some warmth to his expression.

"It's hard to say whether you like it or not."

Dele's meticulous riding posture became a little looser, and he could only be heard saying quietly:

"It's just that I live here, feel here, and connect here."

"My subjects, my vassals, my family, everything I cherish is in the Western Wasteland."

"I have an obligation to them and to this land."

Dele's expression was slightly lost:

"When they live, I want them to live in peace, when they breathe, I want them to breathe smoothly, and when they die, I want them to die well."

The earl's eyes slowly focused:

"And if they are destined to disappear"

"I want them to go away peacefully, relieved, and without any regrets."

Earl Yibao exhaled slowly:

"Instead of being shattered into pieces in the unknown rolling waves."

There was another awkward silence.

At this time, countless thoughts passed through the prince's mind, but none of them could make him happy.

Thales could only sigh deeply.

Seemingly noticing the prince's mood, Dele smiled happily and took on a relaxed tone.

"But you know the most ironic thing about Grace Town?"

Thales returned a questioning look.

"Before the lords gathered their troops to welcome His Highness back to the country, Count Bozdov of the Castle of Heroes asked His Majesty for orders to obtain an order to lift the emergency period for the Town of Grace."

"but"

Dele's smile gradually disappeared, and he sighed softly.

"It's been eleven years. If you include the wars and recessions before and after the Bloody Year, the Herman family has been away from the operational center of Grace Town for more than twenty years and has become a wealthy gentry."

Thales's heart tightened.

"So, little Herman, who carried his father's last wish, discovered from the first day that everything from the execution of official duties, security maintenance, to system management, to the reserve of talents and the coordination of relationships."

"Poor, they have lost the ability to rule the current town of Grace."

Dele's voice was inexplicably weird:

"If a horse has not left its stable for twenty years, a raven has not flown out of its coop for twenty years."

At that moment, Thales suddenly felt a little chilly in his heart.

"After the first week of chaos and frustration, the residents are protesting endlessly, and everyone is dissatisfied."

Dele stared closely at the reins in his hands:

"In order to avoid chaos, Enci Town had to stay in office and even recalled some officials appointed by the royal family."

"After what happened at the Blade Tooth Camp, the Herman family even had to compromise with the royal standing army that was originally preparing to withdraw to prevent sporadic threats that might penetrate the defense line. After all, even the lords' troops in the Blade Tooth Camp were completely defeated.

Isn’t it?”

Dele's expression darkened:

"And then you saw, Williams came back."

"Everything is back."

He turned around and looked at the setting sun behind him, which was about to end over the Western Mountains, with a hint of desolation in his tone:

"Everything can never come back."

At that second, Thales unconsciously took a deep breath.

He recalled Cyril Falkenhauser's words not long ago:

For hundreds of years, from the succession of families, the rise and fall of titles, the ruling on tax regulations, the appointment and dismissal of officials, the judgment of laws, and the mobilization of the army, the Fuxing Palace has been gentle and step-by-step but unstoppable.

Slowly, but surely, snatched away from the lords

The speed of the team slowed down, and the sentry cavalry galloped back and forth more and more frequently. A large part of the cavalry had accelerated first and disappeared around the corner of the hillside ahead.

"So, sometimes I think, it would be nice if there was no desert war."

Dele seemed to have forgotten the existence of the prince. At this moment, he seemed to be talking to himself:

"Even further, it would be better if there was no bloody year"

If there was no bloody year

those many, many people

Thinking of this, Thales' eyes were lost in thought for a moment.

A few seconds later, Dele exhaled heavily, as if to expel all the anger he had felt for many days from his chest, and his tone became normal:

"Sorry, Your Highness, I lost my temper."

But Thales just curled his lips:

"No, thank you for your honesty."

The team turned around a hillside, and in front of them, a small town with a different style from Exeter and Blade Tooth Camp appeared in front of them.

The prince looked at the crowds getting closer and closer, his smile a bit forced.

"You are right, Lord Earl," Thales said with a complicated mood:

"Sometimes, what you experience personally is more interesting than what you read in books."

It's also heavier.

He said silently in his heart.
To be continued...