He broke the head of an out-of-town nobleman with a broom, and was suspended again by the director of the road maintenance department despite the begging and gratitude of his colleagues in the road maintenance department.

 The prince's classes continued, but Gilbert resigned from his teaching duties due to heavy government affairs. Thales was silent for a long time, but Huaiya breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, several teachers who worked in Wangli College also resigned. Baron Quentin had to post advertisements throughout the city to recruit bachelors, but there were still very few applicants. In the end, the highly respected Grand Bachelor Bona came forward in person to "recruit" at the college.

Several of his own students came to teach the prince.

 Thales didn’t know what the rumors outside had become, but he didn’t care much about these things.

 He knew that all this was destined to happen.

 And he has more urgent tasks.

In the name of the Duke of Star Lake, Thales hastily wrote a letter. Without even reading it a second time, he asked someone to send it to the Fuxing Palace and publicly sent it to Falkenhauser in the ruins. He grabbed the sword and did

Now that you have done what you can do, it's the other person's turn.

  Lord Cyril’s reaction did not disappoint him.

Falkenholz first replied to the letter, admitting his fault: without Baron Williams' timely rescue, the important town of the Kingdom of Xihuang was almost lost. For this reason, he requested the royal family to send more standing troops to the western front to "guide defense", and he was willing to donate part of the tax revenue.

Use them as military resources to defend the territory and make up for your sins.

I don’t know what the Duke of Xihuang did. In the span of a month since him, Bozdov of Heroic Soul Castle, Chroma of Wing Castle, and many other princes of Xihuang have written letters to apologize, not only to Fuxing Palace, but also to

In the Blade Tooth Camp, Baron Williams's gradually expanding military camp, there is an endless stream of guests and gifts.

In response, King Kessel replied graciously: I am very pleased to be loyal to the country. If you make mistakes, correct them. What is the crime? Border defense is an important matter, and we should be careful. We should recruit new troops and set off as soon as possible.

As for the Blade Tooth Camp, it is said that Legend Wings, who took the trouble to do so, waved his hand: the gift will be accepted, the person will be left behind, and he will be held in a cell in exchange for a ransom.

Along with Falkenhausz's letter, there was also a bunch of high-quality carriage bridle ropes that Lord Cyril named and sent to Duke Thales, with the inscription "Exquisitely crafted, of high quality, durable, and able to pull through a great deal."

According to Mr. Wyatt, His Highness was very fond of the bridle ropes and treasured them so much that he even refused to let them be stored in the warehouse.

A few weeks later, the Logistics Wing reported to Mallos that the sewer pipe in Mindis Hall was blocked by a tattered rope, and the watchman had to send someone (D.D was very angry about this) to work for a full hour to clear it.

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As for the debt dispute between Bailar and the Doyle family at the royal banquet, the result was quickly announced:

With the full cooperation of the Xihuang side, the Nobles Affairs Council, the Finance and Taxation Department, and the Judgment Hall jointly reiterated the case and ruled that the Doyle family illegally loaned money and occupied land. However, the Bailar family could not escape the blame, and the judge ordered both parties to bear their respective responsibilities.

loss, and reach a repayment ratio that is acceptable to both parties within their capabilities.

As for Anke Bailar himself, who was treasonous and offended the royal family at the banquet, he was deprived of his inheritance rights and was taken to the Prison of Bones and imprisoned for life. Thales could only attach a letter, asking everyone from the Duke of West Wasteland to the Wings of Legend, etc.

(He was very confident in the former, but he simply gave up on the latter, leaving only the sentence "for the sake of Ricky and the key").

 Thales originally thought that the matter would be over here, but he obviously underestimated the impact of the matter.

Within a few weeks, Mindis Hall became lively again, and the guests who came to visit were no longer people from the central area, but foreign vassals from all over the country, officials and even ordinary civilians who could afford the travel expenses.

It was okay to meet the tactful ones, at least they knew to ask for a report or send an invitation first, and then wait for a response, but more people rushed in blankly, with a heaviness as if the sky was falling, and were struggling with the Star Lake Guards

During the fight (D.D was aggrieved by this), he shouted at the window, "I have something to ask, prince, please listen carefully."

Thales was very interested in the beginning and insisted on seeing guests every day. He listened to things ranging from the squire and landlord "I met an old man collecting rent at home" to a certain knight "Your Highness, I want to report that my neighbor next door is a bandit. I need a gun."

"Army" and even "Your Highness needs a boss to owe us wages when looking at my daughter's portrait", which made him know a lot about the customs and folk customs in various places in the stars. But gradually, people from other places came to see the Duke of Star Lake.

More and more, Thales found that he was too busy at all, so he had to do it for him (D.D was indignant) to receive guests in advance and screen the guests. Most of the guests only left records, and only those with important matters were selected.

receive.

Sure enough, not everyone can play with the approachable way little flowery Zhan En does.

Facing these various guests, some Taylors only need to smile and listen. At most, Mallos can reply with a letter full of words of encouragement. All he needs to do is sign and stamp "The Duke knows it."

With some small gifts, the other party often goes back satisfied, but some problems are really serious and require Thales to enter the palace again to face the king (most of the time it is his "go away") to get the answer.

Even if it can't be solved.

But the really troublesome thing is other people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to surrender and join the Duke's command. For such people, Mallos rejects them on the spot on the grounds of "insufficient funds" or "full staff", but even some others

Thales also found it difficult to refuse.

“My name is Paul Bozdorf, from the Black Lion family of Heroic Castle. I believe we have met before, everyone.”

The young nobleman in front of him had a bandage on his head, carrying his own luggage, and bowing dumbly.

This is Paul, who had led the Black Lion Infantry to escort Thales back to Eternal Star City from Gift Town on his father's orders. He appeared in front of the prince again, as dull as ever:

“My father wants me to join your guard and follow you around. In fact, I can be your flag bearer. Where is the flag he gave you?”

 Confronted with the obvious intention of Earl Black Lion to send the heir, Thales expressed that he had a headache.

“Oh, that flag,” the prince said awkwardly, “By the way, what happened to your head?”

"Sorry, there was a carriage that wanted to overtake, so I responded to him in the old way, which is very common in the Western Wilderness." Paul touched his broken head, his expression unchanged, "But there was a street sweeper at the gate of the city.

have a finger in the pie."

Thales refused repeatedly and had no choice but to agree, and Tomaros found a place for Paul in the Mindis Hall (D.D volunteered, but Glover was eventually assigned as Paul's introducer).

 But even inside Mindis Hall, problems are not small.

In addition to rumors spreading and people panicking, Mallos had to convene a disciplinary meeting. In addition to the old Dragon Sky City Department ("those fake Yankees" D.D's catchphrase) and the Star Lake Guards ("those city people" soldier Willow's

Complaints) The integration was not as smooth as Thales imagined:

Wyatt is Gilbert's son. He tries hard to blend in with everyone. However, D.D's talent is not shared by everyone, so everyone still keeps a distance from him. Rolf's equipment and appearance clearly indicate that he is not easy to mess with.

In the past few days, people have been mistaking him for being arrogant and unwilling to speak, and he almost got into a fight with Zonevide; Genard is a veteran in the army and seems to have an old grudge with Conmuto; Willow has been in Longxiao City for several years.

The 20-year-old rural soldier in the northern border always made everyone in the guard look at him with his informal behavior.

Therefore, in order to speed up the familiarity between the two sides, Marius decided to start from standing guard, disperse the people and regroup them, starting with Thales' personal bodyguards.

 And this is a bad idea.

The combination of D.D and Huaiya made Thales feel tired. On the one hand, D.D knew Huaiya's identity and deliberately talked to him, and his words were flattering and funny. However, Huaiya was serious and felt that he had to answer every question out of politeness.

 The two people go back and forth, creating a scene called Nao Noisy.

“So, Mr. Huaiya, you have stayed in Longxiao City for the past six years, eating and sleeping with the prince without leaving each other?”

“No, Sir Doyle, I occasionally leave my post, sometimes for His Highness’s duties, and sometimes for normal holidays.”

“Oh, do you go home a lot?”

"Not much, Mr. Doyle, as I said, I am not close to my father."

“Oh, alas, we young people don’t like to be close to our parents...”

“I don’t believe so. I have friends who have good relationships with their parents.”

“Well, I have had a stepmother since I was a child, and where is your mother?”

 “She... passed away.”

 “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to...”

 “It’s okay, I understand.”

“Then Count Cassel doesn’t want to marry again?”

Thales, who was concentrating on doing the exercises, couldn't bear it anymore and slammed the table angrily:

 “Can you shut up?”

 Waia and D.D both stood at attention.

 “Yes, Your Highness!”

 “I’m sorry, Your Highness!”

So the two lowered their voices and spoke with anger:

 “Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”?”

“Well, Your Highness asked us not to talk... My mother named it after her young brother who died young..."

“I see, no wonder it sounds so good. Hey, are you an only child?”

“I think it’s best for us not to talk...Yes, my mother wanted to have a second child before she died..."

Thales was so angry that he fainted in the book.

 Glover is not good at talking, and Rolf can't speak at all. They should be a very quiet and comfortable combination, but the two people who were born on the street have a problem:

They stood behind Thales, one on the left and the other on the right. Sometimes they would accidentally catch each other's eyes. At this time, neither party was willing to show weakness, so one party's eyes became dignified and deep, and the other party's eyes became cold and sharp.

, then one side becomes more profound and solemn, while the other side becomes sharper and colder. This side retaliates harder and harder, and the other side refuses to retreat even an inch and retaliates even more...

As time passed and the two looked at each other silently, murderous intent gradually began to fill the air, and a chill filled the air.

 The atmosphere is ominous and heavy.

Every time Thales looked up from his book, he felt like he was between two magic guns, making it difficult to breathe.

 It's like being at a funeral.

 “Can you stop staring?”
To be continued...