Chapter 393 "Do I look like Ellie?"

Upper den.

The upper dens and holiday villas in winter are covered with a layer of snow.

Nowadays, at least in the upper-class hideouts and holiday villas, everyone can go out freely in winter.

The believers and staff active in the upper-level hideouts, as well as the various staff members or civilians at the holiday villa, all have enough clothing to keep out the cold.

It might not be new, but at least it's warm.

Whether it is a fleece coat or leather boots, they can slow down the heat loss of their wearers in the cold winter when the snow is flying.

This is also one of the ways Rand increases productivity.

In the North, civilians often have to hide in their houses to survive the winter.

They had a hard time putting together enough clothing to keep out the cold.

Naturally, we can't work in winter.

But in the resorts and upper dens, they earned the right to work in the winter!

Instead of just staying at home and resting! And this winter, there is indeed a lot of work to do.

Before leaving the resort, Rand gave important instructions to the Earl of Moon Phase.

Vigorously produce bows and crossbows.

Now that the population of the Moon Phase Earldom is increasing year by year, Rand can start to expand his army.

The political atmosphere in the Frost Moon Kingdom is very tense, and Rand also needs sufficient military strength to maintain his voice and influence.

Due to the technical experience accumulated in making longbows, the crossbow technology in the hideout is also improving.

After that, you can form longbow troops and crossbow troops separately.

As an elite unit, longbowmen will be less in number, while crossbowmen will be more in number as regular units.

With a sufficient number of longbowmen and crossbowmen, the suppression force of Rand's army will be further enhanced.

And Rand actually wants to join the mage army...

There is still no sign of the Mage Tower, but Archmage Ellie’s influence in the mage world is growing.

We may hold a discussion and study session for lawyers at the resort later.

Ayesha went to work as usual today.

Today, the beautiful great alchemist Ayesha is also a mess.

Ayesha, who was once a beautiful and elegant perfume shop owner and the perfumer knight of the Frost Moon Kingdom, is now a mess.

It’s not because I really don’t have time to take care of my clothes.

But I really don't have the mood to take care of it.

She went to work voluntarily, but she still felt very resentful.

She carries Karin's cat to work.

The cat of the detective next door to her has a really soft belly. Ayesha is kind of tempted to compete with the detective who seems to be blind and has a very special status for the custody of the cat.

Ayesha, who was at work, had a sour face and stared at the alchemists in the alchemy workshop.

The alchemists are hard at work.

The alchemists looked very neat due to the dress code.

There wasn't much resentment on their faces because they had recently invited many of their former classmates to come work with them.

There are two recent work requirements, one is to extract dragon blood from dragon blood stone.

The other is the research on portable magic crossbow.

They have a lot of work lately, but soon some classmates will be here to share their misfortune.

"Horse archery is a very difficult task, and it costs a lot to train horse archers, so I want to develop a high-powered crossbow that can be held in one hand." This is how Rand told Ayesha about his needs at the time.

Ayesha wanted to say that she was a great alchemist, not a great engineer, but for the sake of the big bath and the fresh fish in the port, Ayesha gritted her teeth and agreed to try to develop it.

…

Frost Moon Royal City.

The Frost Moon Royal City is colder than the holiday resort in winter.

In the end, Rand listened to the advice of the Duke of Thorn and did not go through the trouble of kidnapping the second prince for interrogation.

Although with the current situation of cooperation between Grand Duke of Thorn and Rand, if Rand really does this, the Second Prince and the First Prince can only endure it.

Rand returned to his mansion.

Warm yourself by the fireplace with Elsa.

Today it's Elsa's turn.

Elsa looked at Rand mysteriously: "I prepared that thing."

Rand was a little confused: "What?"

"That's it." Elsa took out a dress and a brown-blonde wig from behind her.

"A qualified thief should be good at disguise." Elsa introduced, "The same goes for assassins. Assassins and thieves both need to hide their identities sometimes."

Sneaking, disguising, completing theft or assassination of targets, thieves and assassins belong to the same type of profession.

Elsa is an assassin, but she always likes to call herself a thief.

But then again, she was really good at stealing.

Is this akin to identity theft? Elsa put on a brown-blond wig and a dress that Ellie usually wore.

The purple-black eyes also changed color, turning into an ice-blue color like the ice and snow of the White Kingdom.

"Now, I am Ellie Calant." Elsa blinked and said confidently, "Now it's not stealing x."

…

Rand pulled off Elsa's dress and the underwear she was wearing. "Countess Ellie, are you ready?"

"Ellie" nodded, shyly covering her chest and legs with her hands, then slowly moving them away, exposing her strong and muscular body to Rand.

Rand's fingers left red marks on her delicate skin.

…

The next day, Rand appeared on the streets of the Frost Moon Kingdom as usual.

Today, Earl of the Stag and Shelan have arrived in the royal city.

Rand met with Count Stag.

The Earl of the Stag was not much affected by the events in the royal city.

Since the ban currently prohibits banquets, he interacts with the maids in the mansion.

In order to make it easier for his father, his son Shelan bought another mansion and moved out.

When Earl Stag saw Rand coming, he wiped the greasy and wet marks on his hands with a tissue, then frowned and asked, "Does your church school have any teacher uniforms?"

Rand nodded: "What's wrong?"

"Well, I always feel that my son's tutor's uniform is not very standard. Can you sell me two sets of teacher's uniform?" said the Earl of Stag.

Rand held his forehead with his hand and said helplessly: "I'll arrange it for you when I get back."

"What's the situation now?" The Earl of the Stag finally returned to his serious state.

Rand said, "If we keep the situation under control for a few days, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Rand has been paying close attention to the development of the situation.

During this period of time, as long as the third prince does not cause trouble, everything will be basically peaceful.

This time, the Duke of Thorn also sacrificed some of his own lives.

Grand Duke of Thorn cleared the Second Prince of suspicion, but failed to clear his own. According to procedure, Grand Duke of Thorn will be tried in the noble court today.

Today Rand came to meet Earl Stag and invited him to watch the "trial" of Lord Thorn together.

…

Court.

Baron Orchid stood in the jury box somewhat nervously.

He was not a noble of the Frost Moon Kingdom. He came to the Frost Moon Royal City to visit his relatives and ended up getting involved in this matter.

The Duke of Thorn actually stood at the seat of judgment.

Baron Orchid knew very well who the Grand Duke of Thorns was. He was the only Grand Duke with real power in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

Will he be put on trial? The Duke of Thorn is indeed a suspect.

But as the situation has developed to this point, everyone knows that Grand Duke Thorn could never be the assassin.

If the Duke of Thorn really wanted to assassinate the king, there are ten thousand other ways to do it instead of having to be tainted with suspicion like he is doing now.

Even the Grand Duke of Thorn doesn't need to pay attention to the summons from the Noble Court.

Even before the Noble Court held this trial, it had to ask for the opinion of Grand Duke Thorn himself.

In the Tribunal, Grand Duke Thorn has already arrived.

After the nobles serving as jurors arrived one after another.

The people present were a young man with black hair and black eyes, and a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes.

Baron Orchid knew Rand. When the orc invasion was at its most intense, Rand passed through the road now named the Specialty Road and headed to the White Kingdom. At that time, Baron Orchid and Rand met.

Now his nephew is still attending the church school in the holiday villa.

As for the blond and blue-eyed middle-aged man, Baron Orchid also knew him, the Earl of Stag. In the past, this sociable Earl often appeared at various banquets.

However, he has been less active in recent years, as he seems to have been busy with territory affairs.

After the young man with black hair and black eyes and the middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes sat down.

All the nobles in the jury box sat down.

This was a boring trial.

The presiding judge asked, the Duke of Thorn denied it, and then the jury agreed.

After a few questions, the trial was over.

The Duke of Thorn successfully cleared himself of all suspicion.

Then the trial was over.

The young man with black hair and black eyes and the middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes left.

Lord Stag returned to his mansion.

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And Earl Rand continued to patrol the royal city.

Baron Orchid also returned to his residence after the trial.

Then it was night time as normal.

The night was filled with explosions of magic and shouts.

There was the sound of horse hooves and armor rubbing against each other.

Baron Orchid was very familiar with this voice.

They are Count Lander's personal guards.

Many nobles were awakened that night.

But the knights who occasionally ran past their carved windows made them choose not to leave their houses.

…

The next morning, Rand, with dark circles under his eyes, talked with the Duke of Thorns under the Pillar of Triumph in Frost Moon City.

"It seems that the eldest prince is not very obedient." Rand complained.

"We have done everything we can." Duke Thorn said helplessly.

The eldest prince's abilities are good in a sense. He is quite good at both forbearance and winning over others.

And he also did a good job in planning conspiracies.

Unfortunately, the judgement is so poor.

Last night, Grand Duke Thorn breathed a sigh of relief as he had successfully helped the Second Prince to eliminate suspicion.

Rand continued to maintain law and order in the entire royal city as usual.

Then there was an incident where the eldest prince's guards attacked the third prince's residence.

In fact, Rand's crow Coke saw the eldest prince sending people to the third prince's residence, and rushed there as soon as possible.

But it's no use anymore.

The eldest prince is really like his father. He cannot accept that power will not belong to him for a long time in the future and that his half-brother is eyeing his power.

Unfortunately, the eldest prince looks like his father when he was young. At that time, his father was still trying to win over the surrender faction and try to establish a balance in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

Rand leaned against the Column of Triumph.

The third prince is also capable, and he is on guard against the eldest prince.

So he did not live in his own mansion.

After discovering the eldest prince's intention that night, the third prince fled from Frost Moon City surrounded by his supporters.

It is estimated that an attack on Frost Moon Royal City will be launched soon.

After what happened, Rand and Grand Duke Thorn could no longer support the Crown Prince.

Because if they did that, they would be sure to lose the victory, and the nobles who supported the third prince would definitely attract foreign aid, or even simply defect to other countries.

Then the Frost Moon Kingdom might be divided.

It directly turned from a civil war into a foreign war.

But anyway.

Rand's plan to stabilize the country was completely ruined.

"Stupid x...*&...&*()" the Duke of Thorn cursed.

Rand cursed along.

Grand Duke Thorn felt that there were too many bad things in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

After Rand and Lord Thorn finished cursing, he said, "I'm going to slip away."

"Together." Duke Thorn said helplessly.

The eldest prince has the advantage in terms of the number of supporters, but after what happened last night, that may no longer be the case.

The third prince's mother, the Queen Mother of the Shimokatsuki Kingdom, is still alive. His mother is also a princess of another country and has considerable power.

In order to prevent the Frost Moon Kingdom from splitting, Rand and Grand Duke Thorn could not openly support the Crown Prince.

In fact, these two people were unwilling to support the eldest prince.

Rand and Lord Thorn were both very depressed, as now they had to perform a civil war drama in front of foreign countries.

It is estimated that it won’t be long before the Third Prince’s troops will surround the Frost Moon Royal City.

Then came the battle to defend the royal city.

I just don't know how long the fight will last.

Rand and his guards arrived at the gate of Frostmoon City.

There were already some nobles at the city gate who supported neither the eldest prince nor the third prince.

They planned to take advantage of the convoy of Count Lander and Duke Thorn.

Of course there were also some businessmen and foreign nobles.

Now the Frost Moon Kingdom is suddenly going from a peaceful and tranquil state to chaos.

Rand and his guards signaled the guards to let them pass.

The guards actually received orders to seal off the entire city.

But should we stop Count Moon Phase now? Or should we stop Duke Thorn?

Come on.

Rand left the cold steel-colored city.

Those nobles who were originally unable to leave the city also successfully took advantage of Rand and Grand Duke Thorn's face and left the city.

…

A month later, Rand returned to Crescent Territory.

The city is still busy, but there is not much tension.

Except for one place.

Church school.

Shelan did not return to the church school.

And batches of students graduated early.

Originally they would have spent a few years in a church school.

But now, their family is calling them.

The director of studies, Vanilla, has less work to do now, but it is a bit troublesome to arrange graduation for batches of students.

In fact, many students drop out.

But Vanilla still gave them their diplomas.

Church schools are a bit deserted nowadays.

Vanilla sank into the plush recliner in the office for the first time in a long time, half closing her eyes with a relaxed expression.

Now the newly built Alchemist Academy and Torch Church Academy have persons in charge, so she doesn't need to worry about them.

I heard that a magician academy will be established in the future, but that is a matter for the future, so I will leave it to my future self.

And compared to the vanilla that enters the idle state.

Ayesha was very resentful.

The military factory has received the news and started operating at full speed.

Civil war is inevitable.

Ayesha wasn't sure what Rand's decision would be, but she was sure she had something to do.

…

And at the same time.

The first large ship in Crescent Moon Harbor, a large ship with thin iron sheets in the interlayer, is about to go to sea.

Soon, this big ship will bring a large number of people to Crescent Moon Port.

(End of this chapter)