Eastern part of the empire, Landsworth's home.
A famous family with a thousand-year-old heritage in the empire, a family of poets, the guardian of the east, the Duke of the Unicorn, all these titles speak of the nobility of this family. Walking through the rose-filled garden, you can see the white statues standing in the mansion, many of which were made by the ancestors of the Landsworthy family, including carvings of white horses, flying dragons, women, saints, angels, etc., and the time of creation and the author are also engraved below.
Compared with other dukes, the Landsworth family is indeed the most gentle and cultured ducal family. There are always a few painters and poets in each generation.
Now, in the quiet back garden of this mansion, a blonde woman is sitting quietly under the vine trellis.
A noble lady, accompanied by several maids, walked quickly through the corridors and courtyard paths and came to the garden full of white roses.
When she saw the sitting blonde's back, her pace slowed down, and she seemed to be looking at him for a long time and in disbelief before slowly approaching.
"Is that you, Frosia?" Her daughter was the pride and regret of her life.
"Yes, Mother."
The blonde woman stood up and turned around, revealing her still young and beautiful face. Her golden hair shone brightly in the sunlight, complementing her fair face.
"Oh - it's really you." She took a few steps forward, hugged the familiar figure, and held him tightly in her arms.
"You kid... you really are... Your father even lied to me and told me that you were gone and asked me not to think about you anymore. He was so cruel that he even hid it from me..." The mother's voice was choked with sobs, and her forehead touched the other's, rubbing slowly.
"I was too willful and didn't come back, which made mom worry. There was nothing dad could do about it." Frosia hugged the lady in white and blue, patting her back slowly to calm her excited emotions.
The two continued to hug for a while before slowly separating.
"It's good that you're back. Mom will never let you get married again." The lady said with heartache when she saw her daughter who had suffered such a shocking change.
"That will probably disturb Mother for a long time," Frosia replied with a smile.
Then the two of them held hands and walked in the garden, talking about what had happened over the years.
"After you disappeared, many things happened in the empire. However, your father always restrained the nobles of the Eastern Territory from interfering in the affairs of the imperial family. Even during that important Western Expedition, he only provided food and supplies, and did not send any personnel or troops."
"Later, alas, many cruel things happened within the royal family. If I had known this at the time, I would have stopped your father from agreeing to the emperor's marriage." Then, the noble lady continued to ramble on and on, venting the frustration and sadness that had accumulated over the years.
Frosia answered all her questions one by one, comforting her mother, until the two of them walked around the garden several times before slowly stopping.
"This garden is still filled with white roses planted when you came of age, because the marriage was finalized at that time, and everyone believed that you would become the future White Queen of the Empire."
"Something happened later, but because I missed you, I asked them to keep it going."
"Mother..." Frosia stood quietly.
In the following days, Frosia continued to accompany her mother until urgent news from the front line reached her home.
"What? You said the Grand Duke is trapped in New Rose Castle?"
"Yes, madam. The Duke was originally escorting Her Majesty the Queen to the central provinces to announce future reforms, but he didn't expect the Eastern Territory nobles to rise up in rebellion, tear up the agreement, and even plan to abduct the Queen."
"And then?"
"The Duke led his troops in a continuous retreat. Fortunately, the troops stationed at New Rose Castle were loyal to Her Majesty the Queen and did not rebel. That's why they were able to hold on to the castle."
"Now Lord Hurriel has led the family's 80,000 troops to rush over urgently, and Lord Woy is also organizing reinforcements." Hurriel is Frosia's elder brother and the eldest son in the family, while Woy is Frosia's third brother. Both of them are rising stars of this generation of the Landsworth family.
"Phew, that's good." The lady breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the news that her two sons had set off.
"Let me go too, mother." Frosia said from the side.
"No, you're a girl, it's better not to get involved in such dangerous things. You've finally come back this time." She shook her head and refused directly.
"Don't look at me with the same old eyes, mother." Frosia shook her head.
"Although I've lived in seclusion for a few years, my Transcendent Sequence practice has actually improved a lot because of this." She had good talent to begin with, and with the lack of the distractions she'd experienced in the past in the forest, she was able to completely concentrate on her practice. Therefore, she quickly recovered her Sequence 7 strength and was gradually exploring Sequence 8.
"No, I've already lost you once and I don't want you to leave again. Besides, you're a girl and you've never been to a battlefield. Going there will only cause trouble."
"No, actually I do know something about the family's knight order..."
Frosia's words did not impress the noble lady, who seemed determined not to let her daughter leave.
But things took a turn for the better a few days later.
"Lord Xu Lier's army is trapped by the enemy." Soldiers brought news from the front line.
The reason was not complicated. Those nobles united to rebel, and naturally anticipated the reinforcements of the Landsworth family. They had already set up ambushes and blockades on the road. Under such circumstances, the army led by Hullier naturally advanced slowly, and was always harassed and attacked on the road. Once they wanted to pursue the other side, it would take a lot of time and manpower, and there would be no time to support New Rose Castle.
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