Grand Duchess Veronica's subtle change of heart couldn't escape the attention of Count Stephen in the audience. He thought to himself, "No way! Could it be that Krober really is so favored by the Grand Duchess? To think that even when faced with such a crucial issue concerning the situation in the entire western region of the Duchy, the Grand Duchess still considers Krober's personal feelings!"
Thinking of this, Earl Stephen frowned slightly, with a look of confusion and thought on his face.
In fact, this was also a misunderstanding. Grand Duchess Veronica was not considering Krober's feelings, she was just thinking about the Golden Rose Family's loyalty to her.
The Golden Rose Family is one of the founding families that followed Grand Duchess Veronica in establishing the country. If their family had been a little stronger, they might have been conferred the title of Marquis in the first place.
After all, the entire principality was vast and sparsely populated at that time, and there was a large amount of unclaimed land available for reward.
Looking back at the history of the Golden Rose Family, Grand Duke Veronica had some confidence in their loyalty, but she also understood that she could not allow this family to monopolize the western region and that she had to find a competitor for them.
This is the most basic quality that a ruler should possess, because no matter how loyal a family has been, once its strength and status are improved, it will inevitably breed greater ambitions and gradually climb to higher levels, and will eventually pose a threat to her rule.
After all, on this vast continent, although dragon knights are rare, their number is by no means small.
And those who are gifted and talented are endless like a swarm of fish in the river.
The Golden Duchy is not without enemies. There are also several powerful countries in the north of the continent. The spies and intelligence personnel they have dispatched have been trying to infiltrate the Emerald Kingdom and the Golden Duchy. If a situation where the nobles dominate the western part of the kingdom appears, they will definitely come to the western part of the Duchy to sow discord and cause civil war to consume the Duchy's strength.
In order to resist the potential threats and negative impacts of external hostile forces on her own principality, Grand Duke Veronica, after careful consideration, decided to take appropriate measures to suppress the Golden Rose Family, which was at the peak of its power. However, she was careful not to go too far. After all, the family had made great military achievements and hard work over the years, so a title of Marquis was naturally indispensable.
However, when it comes to dividing the territory, Veronica might consider expanding the Golden Rose family's existing fiefdom to the minimum standard required of a marquis.
In addition, the newly awarded land is located in the border area outside the Moyi Forest. Compared with its core hinterland, both various resources and the number of magical beasts there are relatively scarce.
In this way, although the overall strength of the Golden Rose Family can still be improved to a certain extent, it will never develop into a dominant position in the entire western region.
By then, Grand Duke Veronica also plans to appoint one or two more earls in the territory that originally belonged to the Great Moy Forest. In this way, the situation in the western part of the principality will surely become more stable and peaceful.
As for Stephen's Moonlight Mushroom family...
Although Grand Duke Veronica does not like this family, Earl Stephen's advice is indeed meritorious. Veronica may give him a fiefdom the size of a viscountship, which will add a lot of foundation to the Moonlight Mushroom family.
However, Grand Duchess Veronica did not appear to agree with Count Stephen's advice. Instead, she sent him away with a few vague words and continued to meet with the nobles behind her.
Since only earls and marquises were received, the audience ended quickly.
Grand Duchess Veronica also returned to her room to rest. Krober was unlucky. He had to stand guard at the door of the Grand Duchess' room and keep his ears open to listen to any orders the Grand Duchess might convey from the room.
Because the task of standing guard is extremely heavy and requires a lot of time and energy, almost all of Krober's daytime time is occupied by standing guard.
However, the diligent Kroeber did not give up on the road of self-improvement.
After a long period of exploration and practice, he created a unique practice method - he could practice fighting spirit while maintaining a standing posture!
Although this method is not as fast as practicing with full concentration under normal circumstances, Krober's advantage is that he can persevere and use the time he spends on guard duty to practice day after day.
Over time, the accumulated results are quite impressive.
Kroeber shared this method with Dylan and others, hoping it would help them.
Unfortunately, after trying it themselves, Dylan, Foster, and other companions all expressed difficulty entering the cultivation state. Perhaps this method was truly only suitable for Kroeber.
At this moment, Grand Duchess Veronica, who was in the room, was actually well aware of what Krober was doing outside the door.
You have to know that she is a dragon knight. In fact, a dragon knight can no longer be considered a human being. After merging with the dragon, she is more like a human with half the physique of a magical creature.
With her keen perception, she could naturally sense that Krober outside the door was absorbing the golden magic power floating in the sky and earth, circulating the magic power in his body and converting it into fighting spirit.
Because the dragon knight, like the dragon, will also permeate the surrounding environment with his own body, but the dragon knight's permeation is more gentle.
Normally, some ownerless golden magic would leak out of Veronica when she breathed, but it was not because of any physical problems.
Just like humans exhale air, Grand Duchess Veronica, as a dragon knight, also exhales ownerless golden magic through her breath, which is a normal sign of a high-level life form.
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