Chapter 603 – The Changes at Gambella 1
Chapter 603 – The Change of Gabella 1
“Your Majesty, I’m going!”
MacDonald bade farewell to his sovereign, Bartlett Griffin.
Emperor Bartley patted the old marshal’s shoulder and said with great relief, “The northern frontier of the Imperial Lands is counting on you, MacDonald!”
MacDonald nodded.
They were at the northern outskirts of the imperial capital of Gabella, and above the main road, a whole 30,000 soldiers had already formed up, and there were infantry, cavalry, archers, and all kinds of auxiliary military personnel.
Soldiers formed a long line, in order to the first and last convergence, the imperial capital to the north of the road occupied technetium full.
At the end of this procession, there were also a large number of oxen, horses, and vehicles loaded with food, ordnance, and other supplies.
Those who came to see off the old marshal and his team, besides Emperor Bartlett, there were also ministers and important members of the royal family, Chancellor Duke Diaz, First Prince Felix, Second Prince Antonio, Bachelor Aldrich and Bachelor Jarvi of the Bachelor’s Tower, were all in the procession.
MacDonald spoke to the Emperor for a moment before respectfully bowing to him and straddling his own warhorse.
After settling down on his horse, he looked over at the two imperial sons, Felix with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and Antonio with a serious look on his face.
It must be that Felix is very happy in his heart right now, the biggest dependency of Antonio in his mind is gone, can he not be happy.
“Depart!”
MacDonald waved his horse whip and ordered the army to start.
With his order, the originally quiet army quickly moved, wandering toward the north like a long snake.
“My dear brother.”
Felix said as he looked at Antonio.
“You must be prepared as well, maybe our father will send you to the front lines one day as well.”
Antonio didn’t look at him and just replied, “Naturally, I am always ready to share my father’s worries.”
“Oh? That’s good then. “
Emperor Bartlett waved his hand, “Let’s go back. MacDonald will surely return with a wagon full of orc heads to give us as a gift.”
He led the royals and ministers back to the imperial capital.
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As soon as Felix returned to the city, he went to his grandfather, Duke Diaz, to discuss the matter.
“A great opportunity has come, a great opportunity has come, dear Grandfather.”
He walked excitedly around the floor of the house, “Now Antonio is like a tiger that has lost its teeth and claws and is at our mercy.”
“Be patient!” Duke Diaz looked at Felix’s current appearance and droned somewhat sternly.
“MacDonald is not far away now, we have to wait until he is far away before we can make our move.”
“Damn it, when exactly.” Felix was a bit impatient.
“It will take at least seven days.” Duke Dias returned to his usual demeanor, looking a bit cloudy.
“During these seven days, it is necessary to gather all of our earthly strength into a hard fist, so as to be more powerful.”
“But in case of any accident …… ” Felix was about to argue.
“Your Highness!”
Ms. Coleridge, who had come with Felix, spoke up to warn.
“We should trust His Excellency the Duke’s judgment.”
“Fine, I’ll wait!” Felix clenched his teeth hard. Duke Diaz glanced at Ms. Coleridge with some surprise, a beautiful lady with silver hair that every man would have fantasies of wanting to do something when he looked at her.
But the Duke knew that this was a beautiful flower with deadly poisonous thorns, Coleridge was a female assassin recruited by the Dias family, she had unbelievable skills and was an incomparable sharp blade.
After passing the loyalty test, Coleridge was sent by Duke Diaz to his grandson’s side as a courtesan, first to protect Felix, and second to serve as a sort of watchdog.
But today the Duke realized that his own grandson Felix, who has always been a bit impatient, was actually persuaded by a single word from this woman.
The attitude of Felix towards Coleridge that he had seen on weekdays slowly surfaced in the Duke’s mind.
He suddenly had a conjecture – could it be that Felix had fallen in love with this female assassin.
This is a dangerous sign, the Duke Lord thought this in his mind, “The throne of the future Empress of the Gabella Empire can’t be left to a female assassin, the Empress should have a more noble bloodline to help the Emperor stabilize the Empire’s rule.”
But the way Felix looked at her – and the more closely the Duke of Diaz watched, the more he realized his suspicions were correct – it was obvious that he was invested in a lot of emotions.
It looked like he would have to find time to counsel his grandson on how a ruler of a nation could let a woman stuff her insides.
Don’t be like that father of his, who even fell in love with an evil witch.
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After coming out from Duke Diaz’s residence, Felix took advantage of the carriage to return to his own place.
Ms. Coleridge shared the carriage with him.
Felix’s heart was still agitated at this moment, he had a vision of himself wearing a crown and receiving congratulations from the crowd, and then he was surrounded by a group of soldiers and was eventually outnumbered and killed.
His fate would be decided within this month.
If he won, he would be the supreme Emperor of Gabella, if he lost, he would have nothing, not even his life.
Nervous and excited, he couldn’t help but reach out his hand to shake the alabaster wrist of the lady across from him, but Ms. Coleridge avoided it with decency and grace.
“Your Highness, now is not the time.”
“Haha, sorry, Coleridge.”
A smile piled up on Felix’s face, he had been mesmerized by this beautiful lady a long time ago.
“I swear, Coleridge, when I take the crown, I will make you Empress of the Empire, so that you can share the power and glory of my land with me.”
Because he was about to raise his hand, he spoke the words that had been buried inside his heart for a long time.
Ms. Coleridge burst into a fit of giggles, causing Felix to be enraptured for a moment.
The lady whispered, “Your Highness is so jocular, when you do ascend to the throne, all I ask is to be able to accompany you every day as I do now, and I will already be satisfied.”
“Oh! Coleridge, your character is as noble as the moon in the sky.”
Felix praised, “I am more and more determined in my heart, yes, that position is only worthy of you.”
Coleridge just smiled lightly.
“Your Highness, right now you should be undistracted and do the things at hand well, only when you succeed will you be qualified to plan for the future.”
“Ah, Coleridge, what you say always makes so much sense.”
Prince Felix said heartily.
A little stuck on the text lately ……
(End of chapter)