Chapter 390： New drama unfolds

The news that the southern rebellion was quelled quickly spread throughout Aldo. The royal government announced that it was a big victory, and the two rebels, Giles and Veblen, cooperated very well and did not say anything.

On the surface, the Aldo kingdom seems to have returned to its previous peace, and the rule of the Rodney dynasty is still as stable as a mountain. However, some people with ulterior motives have discovered that although the royal family has won on the surface, it is secretly victorious. Lost a lot.

His Majesty's government began to turn its attention to tackling the infested goblins of the west coast - a scourge left behind by pirate incursions - and word of the end of the civil strife in Aldo spread farther and farther to the rest of the continent.

Nissberg, the capital of the Horn Bay Alliance, is different from Aldo, which is further north, which has already started to snow. The sky here is now pattering with light rain.

A carriage was driving slowly on a path in the forest on the outskirts of Neesborg. Two years ago, wild wolves gathered and attacked humans in this forest. All the passers-by were in danger. Later, the city hall organized city guards and adventurers to clean up the suburbs on a large scale. Only then did they recover. Normal traffic.

It was already some distance away from Nissberg, the carriage turned into a fork and stopped in front of a hidden manor.

The car door opened, and Edward stretched his legs and stepped on the bluestone bricks at the gate of the manor.

"Damn the weather! It's been raining for so many days."

He looked at the dark sky and complained, pulled the hood of his cloak to block it tightly, then came to the gate and patted hard.

"Who is it?" A small window on the door opened, revealing a pair of alert eyes.

Edward remained silent, just handed in a wooden sign, and a moment later, the door of the manor opened.

He wrapped his cloak and walked along a gravel path through the courtyard and into the mansion in the manor.

He took off his cloak and handed it to the welcoming waiter. After a haircut, he entered the chess and card room on the second floor.

There are already two people waiting inside, one is a young mage named Nathan, who is fiddling with a deck of cards boringly, and the other is a woman, dressed in casual clothes, standing in front of the window watching the rain falling all over the sky .

Edward first nodded slightly to Nathan, who responded by nodding without raising his head, and continued to play with the cards.

Edward didn't mind at all, he had known this young man's temperament for so long. What's more, there is another existence in the house that has a lot to do with Nathan.

Edward bowed cautiously towards the woman standing by the window—although the other party couldn't see his salute at all.

"My lord, there is definite news from Scott - Aldo's civil war is over."

"civil war?"

The woman turned her head and showed a beautiful face. Although she looked young, there was a sense of vicissitudes in her expression. This kind of vicissitudes gave her a mature charm that other young women did not have.

"Yes, civil war. Giles and Veblen have returned to the crown."

Edward explained it this way.

"Haha!" Nathan, who was fiddling with cards, sneered, "So Scott and his gang are wasting their efforts?"

"No!" Edward shook his head: "Although the Aldo royal family has won the face, it has lost the face—the families that were loyal to the king in the south and east have been uprooted by Giles and Veblen respectively. The world is out of the control of the royal family."

"In this way, our plan is 90% successful."

"As far as the actual effect is concerned, it is 100%. After such a toss, the Aldo Kingdom is no longer able to interfere in external affairs."

Nathan dropped the cards, rubbed his chin and said, "Hmph, the royal family of Aldo should be thankful. They should have lost more. If Master Barnett's plan in the Northwest Gulf is successful, the kingdom will be out of the control of the royal family." But it’s not just the south and east.”

"That's too much force!"

The woman in front of the window interrupted suddenly.

"Uh...Mom!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Nathan and Edward stopped discussing.

The woman said in a somewhat admonishing tone: "Remember, our purpose is not to create chaos. Now that Aldo has lost his power, it is just right."

Edward lowered his head, as if he was taught. Even if he disagreed in his heart, he didn't dare to show it on his face. The other party was one of the top ten members of the Secret Law Society.

After he presided over the invasion of Aldosi Port, he was sternly warned by this lord not to confront Aldo's military forces—after the destruction of the Westport Fleet, it was mainly the Qin King Fleet sent from the Northwest Gulf. It can be done in the form of harassment by small groups of forces.

The reason is that it is not allowed to use too much force just now. However, judging from the current results, the lord's claim at the time was correct.

What if Giles hit Jingyao if the disturbance was too severe in the rear of the kingdom? The purpose of the Arcane Society has never been to support Giles to unify Aldo, but to create a divided Aldo so that various forces cannot be twisted together.

Nathan said with a smile: "Giles may be resenting us for not giving enough support now? This guy's dream from the beginning was to wear the crown, and it is by no means as simple as the side that splits the ground."

The woman smiled disdainfully: "If you want to hate it, hate yourself for being incompetent. The crown won by other people's strength is very heavy even if you wear it."

Then he said: "Okay From now on, let's not interfere with Aldo's affairs, especially the Northwest... well, in short, let's do it like this."

A trace of excitement appeared on Nathan's face: "Haha, a new show is about to start."

The woman sighed: "Why did I give birth to your troublesome son?"

Nathan walked to the window and looked at the hazy forest in the distance, "Nesta has succumbed, Aldo can't take care of himself, the next step is to contain the power of the Holy See in the corner, and then His Royal Highness' plan can be truly implemented .”

Edward stood behind him, with longing for the future in his eyes: "In this way, we will be able to walk among the world with integrity."

The three were silent for a while, and the woman suddenly asked again: "Have you got in touch with those escaped?"

Nathan replied: "Contacted, but a lot of them seem to be hesitant."

A look of reminiscence appeared on the woman's face, "Leaving the place where I have lived for a long time is indeed a difficult choice."

Nathan was very disdainful: "A group of short-sighted people."

His mother glared at him: "Don't laugh at our fellow citizens. And put them in such a dangerous situation, we... are responsible."

Nathan stopped talking, and it took a long time before he muttered in a low voice: "This is all for the great cause, the necessary sacrifices... have to be done."

His mother shook her head and turned to face the window again.

"Try to take them to our side..."

The rain outside started to fall heavily.