After the nobles left, Grand Duchess Veronica slowly stood up from the throne. From her expression, it could be seen that she was not in a very good mood at the moment.
"Krober..."
Hearing his lord calling him, Krober stepped forward, bowed slightly, and waited quietly for the Grand Duke's order.
"Do you know what the most basic thing is in running a country?"
Krober frowned and pondered for a moment. He felt that the Grand Duke's question seemed to have a deeper meaning, but he had to answer it, so he could only answer in the most mediocre way:
"Is it strength?"
"Oh!"
Krober clearly felt that when he said the word "power", Grand Duchess Veronica had a sarcastic sneer on her face.
"If power really worked, those guys wouldn't have dared to openly question my decision.
"You are still too young, Viscount Krober."
"Watch carefully, learn carefully, and see where those nobles got the courage to defy my orders, and how I should make them submit."
Grand Duchess Veronica shook her head.
Although Little Rose herself had also gone through some hardships, she still seemed a little immature compared to other nobles.
Maybe this expedition on my own is a good opportunity.
It can make him grow up quickly.
Thinking of those island nobles, Veronica had already made some decisions in her mind.
"Alright, go back and rest. You've just become an Earth Knight, so practice the fighting techniques I taught you. They'll be useful to you in the future."
Since she had decided to start training Clober in all aspects, Veronica naturally would not be stingy and taught Clober several fighting skills that she had learned during her time as an Earth Knight.
"Yes, sir!"
Krober bowed and slowly stepped out of the throne room and back to his room.
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After Stephen Moonlight Mushroom left the throne hall, he quickly wrote two letters, one of which was sent to Moonlight City via the ravens in Saint Gold Castle.
The other letter was delivered personally by his captain of the personal guard to the Broken Wheel Tavern at the foot of the mountain.
He knew that the Golden Dragon Vivian was able to monitor the entire Saint Gold Castle, so he was very casual when writing these two letters.
The Broken Wheel Tavern at the foot of the mountain is one of the Moonlight Mushroom family's businesses, mainly responsible for collecting and transmitting intelligence.
After writing the two letters, Earl Stephen sealed them with fire and handed them to the guard beside him.
"Go ahead."
The guard nodded expressionlessly, turned and left the room.
Only Earl Stephen was left sitting at the desk with a gloomy expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
In other places in Saint-Golden Castle, this situation also happened to other nobles. Only a very small number of nobles honestly wrote letters to their families to mobilize troops.
Most of the others wrote two letters, one of which was delivered to their own intelligence personnel, and the other was sent to their respective territories via the ravens of Saint Gold Castle.
Vivian naturally discovered this and told Veronica about it through the mental contract.
"Don't worry about them. Just pretend this doesn't exist. We still need the strength of these guys right now."
A national war was imminent, and she needed all the forces she could organize to accompany her to the battlefield. That group of nobles could not cause any trouble on their own.
The old guy they were secretly contacting didn't dare to put his hand into his pocket at this time.
In a flash, a week passed.
Krober had left Saint Gold Castle and rode Griffin back to Amethyst Island, while some nobles whose territories were closer had gathered their soldiers and set up camp near Saint Gold Castle.
At the foot of the mountain, the Broken Wheel Tavern.
Earl Stephen, dressed in a moon-colored knight's uniform, came to the Broken Wheel Tavern at the foot of the mountain.
As soon as he entered the door, he was grabbed by the barmaid standing by the bar and taken into a room.
"My Lord, the guests are waiting for you inside."
The maid bowed and left the room at Earl Stephen's signal.
Inside the room sat a middle-aged man in plain clothes.
"Here you are, Earl Stephen, please take a seat!"
The middle-aged man looked very familiar, as if the owner of the tavern was not Earl Stephen but him.
And Earl Stephen actually sat down obediently, without any anger at being offended.
"Oh, how did you create such a big trouble all of a sudden?
So many noble families wrote to us that I had to bring a negotiation team with me when I set out."
The middle-aged man kept talking like a chatterbox, and Earl Stephen just sat there listening until the middle-aged man asked that question.
"Count Stephen, what is the matter with you writing to us? You should know that we are all people who grew up bathed in the light of the Emerald, and we should help each other."
Upon hearing the words "Emerald Light", Earl Stephen clenched his fists, as if he was obsessed with these four words.
"Don't use the Emerald Light to pressure me, Les! I'm no longer a noble of the Emerald Kingdom. I'm now the Moonlight Mushroom Count of the Golden Duchy!"
"Ah, yes, yes, then may I ask, Count Moonlight Mushroom of the Golden Duchy, what kind of help are you seeking by writing to us?"
Rice was not frightened by Earl Stephen's anger at all and still had a smiling face.
"call……"
Earl Stephen took a deep breath. Normally, with his sophistication, he would not lose his composure like this, but he had been under too much pressure during this period, so he could not control his emotions.
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