Chapter 153 The White King's Troubles

If the fighting, looting and counterattacks between the Frost Moon Kingdom and the Lensa Kingdom were still in the stage of minor skirmishes, then the war between the coalition forces of the Northern Union and the two alliances of the Southern Kingdom was already a formal large-scale war.

The Northern Alliance coalition forces currently have the upper hand, and they have also looted a lot.

But unlike the Frost Moon Kingdom, the main purpose is just robbery.

In a sense, revenge has been completed, and the coalition forces do not want to go too deep. After all, the hatred is not that deep, and there is not much benefit in continuing to fight.

In fact, there are benefits to continuing the war, but the benefits favor those members of the Northern United Nations that border the Southern Kingdom.

If a major victory is achieved, these neighboring member states will be able to expand their territories, but the remaining non-bordering Northern United member states will only be able to get some money that is better than nothing.

Due to the lack of overall interests, the outcome of the war was just like this.

The resistance of the Southern Kingdom was not particularly fierce, because the two alliances had to guard against each other to avoid being stabbed in the back, and the gold mine war had not yet come to a conclusion.

And they actually knew that the Northern Alliance was just like that. Most of the time, the two coalition forces were defending the city to prevent the Northern Alliance's troops from penetrating too deeply, and they didn't care much about anything else.

Autumn is coming soon, and the Northern Alliance will definitely withdraw its troops to defend the orcs and trolls in the north. Once the Northern Alliance withdraws its troops, the civil war will return.

Although they were very annoyed by the invasion of the Northern Alliance, at least for now, the interests of the gold mines were more important.

The White King sat on the throne and had just finished reading the coalition's battle report. She naturally did not need to lead the army in person to fight for revenge against the Southern Kingdom, so she handed it over to her commander-in-chief.

Her throne was made of much better materials than Rand's lord chair. Although it was also made of stone, it was pure white and had exquisite carvings on it.

But her throne was much more boring than Rand's, because the people below were all his subjects, and she felt quite lonely.

Rand has many partners who work with her, including her sister.

As the White King, it is naturally impossible for her to humble herself and communicate with her subjects on an equal footing and work together with them. This would affect her majesty and thus her rule.

And the subordinates under his command will also be extremely terrified.

In the past, after finishing my work and returning to the residential area of ​​the palace, I could make my sister happy. But now my sister has been kidnapped.

I feel like the more I think about it, the angrier I get.

Since she obtained the artifact from the ruins, the original trouble was finally solved, but new troubles emerged.

And she has no way to solve this problem.

It's not like the orcs and trolls in the North, or the coalition of southern kingdoms, which can be solved by national strength and military force.

That is her marriage problem. Many ministers have given her advice, and some have even hinted at it.

At the beginning, due to the early death of his parents, in order to prevent the two weak girls from being bullied, the White King always presented himself as a man.

After she became the "king", there was no need for this, but the male identity was indeed much more convenient in many cases, and she didn't know how to explain that she was actually a woman.

So I never took care of this matter.

Only now, after "that" threat was resolved, many ministers began to care about her marriage.

Many nobles in the country who claim to be qualified want their daughters to become princesses.

Now that the White King is still young and in his prime, the wealth and power that the princess can enjoy will last for a long time.

Moreover, the White King is a "king" level professional. He is very good at both external martial arts and internal affairs, and his throne is as stable as Mount Tai.

The great nobles in the country are all trying their best to form a marriage alliance with the White King, especially since the White King has made it clear that she will not marry Ellie.

In the royal family of the White Kingdom, a long time ago, brothers and sisters or sisters and brothers would marry to maintain the purity of their bloodline. Later, when it was discovered that marriages between close relatives could easily give birth to cursed children with congenital defects, this situation decreased.

But the White Kingdom’s royal family did not completely eliminate it.

The White King's parents are siblings. Fortunately, she and her sister Ellie have no problems. Instead, they have extremely exaggerated talents.

But she had no intention of marrying her own sister. First of all, she was very sure that her sister would not be happy if she married her and stayed in the White King's palace for the rest of her life.

Secondly, she can't get married. Although she always appears as a man, it cannot change the fact that she is a woman. You can't have children if you marry a woman.

This is where the problem comes in.

What about the heir to the throne?

But so far it's just a worry. As a "king" level professional, her life span will be much longer than that of ordinary people. In theory, there is no need to be so anxious.

But the great nobles were anxious.

The White King's ice-blue eyes swept across the meeting hall of the royal court. Today's affairs had been almost dealt with and all the ministers had left.

The White King stood up with his chin supported by one hand, picked up the sacred sword next to the throne, put it on his waist, and walked out of the palace.

The palace is located at the highest point of the White Kingdom's capital. When you walk out, you can overlook most of the capital.

The cooperative factory with Rand has been opened and is now in the testing phase. We will first see how accepting the nobles and citizens of the royal city are to the blended fruit juice and distilled beer. If it is good, the factory will be officially put into operation.

Anyway, the White Queen really likes to mix fruit juices, and she doesn't like alcohol. However, the nobles, both big and small, in the country like that thing called distilled beer.

Although some of the money earned had to be distributed to Rand as technology dividends, overall, it was still a huge profit. She had always been trying to get some money from the great nobles for the construction of the White Kingdom, and now she finally had a solution.

Luxury goods are a really good way to bring money back into the economy, but unfortunately the prices of blended fruit juice and distilled ale are a bit too low at the moment. Although the daily sales are good, they are not really luxury goods.

The White King was somewhat looking forward to whether Rand could come up with something new.

Nearly one-third of the road leading to Crescent Moon Territory has been built, and it is estimated that it will be completed next year. By then, the road between the White Kingdom and Crescent Moon Territory will be connected.

It will be much more convenient for her to visit her sister, and trade between the two territories will be a win-win situation.

Although Crescent Territory is just a small barony.

Many nobles in the country did not understand her behavior. There were suspected remains of the White King's family there. It would have been fine to send the White King's personal guards to support, but she actually wanted to build a road.

It was just because of the White King's prestige that no one objected.

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But the White King was at a loss to explain what she had seen and heard in Crescent Territory, with her sister also there.

But at least most people's eyes were on her, and no one dared to ask her where Ellie was.

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In the capital of the Frost Moon Kingdom, Shelan, the eldest son of Earl of Stag, elegantly finished the simple breakfast provided by Rand.

He had never dealt with breakfast like this before, but now he felt it was actually quite good. Milk, steamed buns and egg rolls were simple and comfortable.

Maybe there's really no need to eat those sticky cakes and steaks for breakfast.

It is relatively troublesome to have a meal with an elder who needs to be respected. At least Shelan needs to strictly control his behavior and maintain the standard aristocratic dining etiquette so as not to offend Viscount Lander.

Fortunately, Viscount Rand was not arrogant and was at least very easy-going. After he finished eating, he seemed to notice his shyness and signaled that he could leave at any time.

After sending Shelan to the door, Rand saw Shelan's guards who had been guarding the door.

He frowned and asked, "Didn't you bring more people?"

Two senior professionals are already very high-level guards, but now is a dangerous period.

Shelan nodded. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Such guards were already quite good. Besides, this was the royal city. The possibility of a gang committing crimes continuously was very low.

Moreover, high-level professionals are not common. You know, a regular earl's family can only employ one or two top-level professionals, or even none at all.

As for the senior professionals, there are probably only a dozen or so of them under the Marquis and the Earl.

The two assigned by Earl of the Stag to be by his son's side were more than enough. The security in the royal city was also quite good, so if there was any danger, it wouldn't be that serious.

Shelan nodded: "Yes, Lord Rand, just two guards."

"Then let me see you off," Rand said.

Although he felt it was unnecessary, since Rand cared about his safety and was well-intentioned, Shelan naturally would not refuse.

Sheran is unaware of the current situation.

But Rand was aware of the threat posed by the Scourge, and therefore knew very well that the Scourge was fully capable and might come and cause trouble.

Unlike the God of Struggle, the philosophy of the God of Struggle sect is to advocate all conflicts. Even in newspapers, when authors on both sides use words to insult each other, it is considered a sacrifice to the God of Struggle.

The Scourge Cult advocates pure death, and they are interested in any method that can create death. Their philosophy is that there should be silence, and only the world of the undead is a truly perfect world.

So sometimes, the Cult of the God of Struggle and the Cult of the Scourge would cooperate, but due to the natural mutual exclusion of the power of the gods, the cooperation between the sects was destined not to be very close.

But looseness does not mean inability to fit.

Fortunately, so far, no trace of the God of Struggle Sect has been found in the royal city.

Rand, along with Ellie and Olenna, who were wearing masks, walked side by side with Shelan on the main road of the royal city.

The royal city strictly distinguishes between the upper city and the lower city, but the smell of horse manure on the roads in the lower city still spreads to the upper city from time to time.

It's somewhat difficult to breathe.

I don’t know how these nobles and royal families are used to it.

(End of this chapter)