Kingdom’s Bloodline

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The girl became visibly anxious. . lwxiaoshuo.

Selma's breathing became faster and faster, she shook her head subconsciously: "But, Earl, no..."

But her hesitation lasted only a few seconds, and the Grand Duchess raised her head again, firming her tone.

"Earl Nazel, you don't understand," she said incoherently, but the tough attitude contained in her made Lisbane frown: "Back then, without the help of Prince Thales, there would be no me, and Dragon Clouds City would not be where it is today. !"

Thales was shocked!

After saying this, the whole hall seemed to turn cold instantly.

The Earl of Lisbane sighed heavily, while Nazer's expression was extremely ugly.

The other earls were not far behind.

More and more Northlanders are turning back to Thales.

It's just that the eyes that converge on him are getting worse.

"Silly girl," Ian supported his forehead in frustration, poked Thales, and said in a low voice, "Yeah, maybe she can protect you from war..."

"However, if you want to sacrifice your prestige and power for this, and lose the support of the entire Dragon Clouds City..."

"Then what's the point of everything we've done today?"

Thales didn't answer, he just drove all the extra emotions out of his brain, and quietly looked at the Grand Duchess who refused to back down.

"Ma'am, Ms. Selma Walton, you say..."

The old Earl Nazer called her by her full name and narrowed his eyes: "Without him, would we not be where we are today?"

Nazel repeated Selma's words softly.

Selma took a deep breath, her face pale: "Yes, you may not know, but Charles is very clear..."

But the next moment, Earl Nazer opened his eyes wide and raised his voice suddenly:

"indeed!"

The loud voice shook the hall, and the old earl stood up from his seat!

The vassals were all moved.

Selma was stunned by the earl's sudden outburst.

Seeing Nazer's tense expression and stern words, people can't help but forget his age: "Do you think we don't know?"

"Six years ago, from Grand Duke Peifit's conspiracy, to the disaster entering the city, to the death of King Nun and the coronation of King Charman..."

"Yes, I know what role those despicable star people played in that tragedy!"

Discussions sounded again in the Hall of Heroes.

Selma looked at each other blankly: "Count Nazel..."

Earl Nazel looked at Selma coldly, and then at Thales: "Ms. Kashan explained very clearly: what followed this Prince of Stars was the disaster that shattered Dragon Clouds City! We are so desolate today!"

Lisbane was about to say something to warm his cheeks, but he couldn't help but startled when he heard this.

"Kashan..." The regent sighed, "It seems that you don't despise the hand extended by the black sand collar as you said."

"Old boy."

Nazel snorted coldly.

The old earl cast a sharp gaze that didn't match his age, which chilled the hearts of those who came into contact with it.

"It's been six years, and the disaster brought by this ominous prince has never stopped," Nazer paced slowly, and said to the slightly flustered female archduke:

"As a so-called hostage, he cannot be moved lightly, cannot be used, cannot be harmed, and yet he is still in the Palace of Heroes, eating and living with you!"

Selma was speechless.

"But none of that matters—I don't care how many pieces that prince gets chopped up."

"Because what I can't bear the most is not those ugly rumors, nor the prince's bad deeds in Dragon Clouds City," Nazel looked sharply at the Grand Duchess, and then at Thales, with an extremely serious expression:

"It's what I saw today: You, the majestic Grand Duchess of Longxiao City, let him influence your decision so easily, let him get so deeply involved in the internal affairs of Longxiao City?"

In the hall, the chattering voices of the vassals sounded again.

Many people turned their attention to Thales again.

And the prince just lowered his head slightly, ignoring Ian's murmured complaints beside him.

"It hurts me so much, I've never been so angry with Lisbane's dictatorship."

Lisbane looked at his old friend with a livid face.

"I hate to say that, but..." Nazel gritted his teeth, and there was more resentment in his words than before: "Dragon Clouds City has had enough."

"Whether it was the disaster back then or the current predicament."

"Whether it's the black sand leader or the star people."

"Whether it's by your side or far away on the battlefield of the Freedom League."

Thelma stared at him blankly, not knowing how to answer.

There was a sound of approval in the hall, and a pair of eyes came, full of hostility towards Thales.

Curtsen and Count Linna exchanged glances, Hearst and Count Kierkegaard bowed their heads in silence, and Regent Lisbane frowned.

After a long silence, Nazel coughed heavily.

"Sorry, I overstepped."

Nazel's voice lowered, as if he had returned to the appearance of the old earl.

"But if you are still so naive," he shook his head, his eyes sad: "Especially in the situation where Xingchen is involved, please forgive me to reconsider the decision to send troops——Maybe Dragon Clouds City should also stay away from these things, Even if it hurts your reputation."

"Please understand: We came here in response to the call, not to satisfy a child's willful protection of childhood playmates."

These merciless words instantly made the whole hall enter the cold winter.

The Earl of Lisbane clenched his fists tightly and looked at the Grand Duchess hesitantly.

Earl Hearst hesitated to speak, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

Earl Linna and Curtson exchanged a glance, meaning unknown.

The breathing of the vassals gradually became disordered.

"Please make a decision—a decision that a wise grand duke should make." Nazel said flatly, and sat down again.

No one speaks.

Everyone was waiting for the girl who sat at the highest place in the Hall of Heroes, maybe the highest place in Dragon Clouds City.

Thelma trembled slightly, looking at Nazel in disbelief.

No.

Her heart was struggling, and her eyes slowly turned red.

"Naive? Willful?" She murmured:

"Protect your childhood playmate?"

She raised her arms, as if she wanted to grab something, but in the end she could only hang powerlessly on the seat.

The girl looked at Thales sadly.

But Thales didn't respond to her.

After a few seconds, her eyes turned back to Nazel again, looking at the Earl's sad and unhappy face.

"A decision that a wise grand duke should make?"

Her expression slowly became angry.

"To put it simply, Earl Nazel," the girl's breathing gradually accelerated, "You're not there, Nazel."

Count Nazer's face showed doubts.

Selma took a deep breath.

"Six years ago, when the disaster happened."

"You're not there."

She said it quite hard.

Earl Nazer frowned as he listened to the Grand Duchess' words.

Beside the prince, His Excellency the Viscount of Qiyuan City pulled his sleeves angrily: "Did you see her expression?"

"I don't think so."

Thales nodded expressionlessly.

He suddenly had a premonition that Selma was going to say something.

An inexplicable emotion broke through the blockade of the crime of prison river and rushed to my heart.

"Ma'am," Count Nazel sighed, "Now you..."

"King Nunn!"

Thelma raised her head and interrupted him loudly: "When King Nun passed away unfortunately."

This name made many vassals feel tight.

Many people thought of His Majesty and bowed their heads.

"That bloody plague, when the shield area..."

"When the Queen of the Sky comes."

"You weren't there at those times."

Thelma slowly curled the corners of her mouth with a sad expression.

more than.

Also, when King Nunn put Alex...

when he put that ring on my hand

When I was captured by that monster.

When the rumbas appeared and surrounded us.

The vassals looked at the girl's appearance, doubts and bewilderment slowly crept into their hearts.

"Miss?"

Lisbane coughed and reminded softly: "Maybe you should think twice..."

But Thelma ignored what he was saying.

how do you know.

How can you know?

"So, you don't know."

The girl gritted her teeth fiercely: "At that time, at that time..."

The one who was really by my side at that time...

"It was him who saved my life."

And gave me a different life.

At this moment, Thales, who was in the center of the storm, slowly curled the corners of his mouth.

The words of the girl and Nazel reminded him of the past.

Those... things that he will never forget.

He watched the Grand Duchess struggling and hesitating from a distance, and sighed softly.

Thelma held her head high and leaned on the arm of the chair, the anger in her eyes slowly turned into relief.

The expression on his face also changed from the initial annoyance to indifference.

"Nazel," she said indifferently, "do you think Dragon Clouds City lacks a real Grand Duke?"

Nazel's eyes were serious, and he subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

"Do you think it's inappropriate for us to send troops against a female grand duchess?"

Lisbane's breathing became faster and faster, and he looked at the Grand Duchess in surprise.

Thelma let out a breath and said coldly: "Okay, I can do what you said..."

"In the vassal family, it's okay to choose a husband and son-in-law, give birth to an heir, even if you get married tomorrow-if this can get you to go out and get your cooperation."

"Then I'll do it."

The Grand Duchess showed a mournful smile, and she breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had just let go of a burden.

The earls were all moved, and the earl of Lisbane was even more shocked!

What?

It was as if boiling water had been poured into the hall, and all the officials suddenly exclaimed!

"What's the matter?" Ian didn't seem to be able to react, he dragged Thales blankly: "She she she..."

However, amidst the surprise and shock, Thales still had a flat expression.

He just looked at the girl quietly.

That little slick.

Like nothing ever happened.

"But Thales, he is my friend in times of trouble."

Selma's cold and arrogant voice was like a bright light in the dark night, ignoring all interference, and spread it clearly and unmistakably in the noisy voice:

"As long as he is in Dragon Clouds City, he will not be harmed!"

"I will not send him to the front line as a sacrificial pawn because of my fear of the stars."

She cast a warning glance at Curtson and Count Linna, and the two counts looked away unnaturally.

Monty, who was watching, had a serious face, but there was some other color in his eyes looking at the Grand Duchess.

"This is my promise, and it's the kindness I owe him," Selma glanced at Thales, with unspeakable emotion hidden in her eyes:

"A kindness worth repaying in a lifetime."

The discussions among the ministers became louder and louder, and the faces of the earls all turned green at the same time, and Earl Hester turned his head angrily.

Thales looked back at her silently.

A second later, the prince showed a faint smile.

Same smile as before.

Completely ignoring the glaring gaze of Nicolai beside the Grand Duchess.

Thelma seemed to be encouraged, and her expression became vivid.

The Grand Duchess looked up proudly and looked at the entire hall:

"Everyone, how about this deal?"

Count Nazer stared at her blankly, as if shocked by the girl's determination, he was speechless for a while.

"Miss!"

The Earl of Lisbane, who couldn't bear it anymore, yelled loudly: "Enough willfulness!"

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

Thelma turned her head slowly and looked at the regent who had accompanied and cared for her for more than six years.

"She is losing the game, losing the bargaining chip of being the Grand Duchess," Ian looked at His Royal Highness with a complicated expression off the court, and there was no lack of sadness in his voice: "Let us worry about her in vain."

"Just to protect you?"

I really don't understand.

Ian snorted coldly.

Thales was slightly shocked, and he slowly turned his head.

"No."

Thales said coldly, interrupting Ian: "She didn't lose."

Facing Ian's suspicious eyes, Thales took a deep breath, tugged at the neckline, and brushed the nine-pointed star logo.

Can't lose either.

At the same time, everyone was either shocked or angrily waiting for the Grand Duchess' response.

That important decision that may determine the politics of Dragon Clouds City in the future.

The Grand Duke's hands trembled more and more, but her eyes became more and more determined.

"Of course I know what I'm talking about, Charles, thank you."

Selma said coldly: "But I am a Northlander, and Northlanders are never ungrateful."

"Even if it costs my life."

At that moment, all the people in the North were staring at their lord, but everyone looked solemn.

In the corner, Thales pressed his hand on his belly pocket.

Hidden there is a pair of old black-rimmed glasses.

The prince looked at the stone carving of the Dragon Spear in the Cloud at the top of the hall with a firm face.

"At least, with me here, she won't lose." He said calmly to Ian beside him.

Ian froze.

"What's the meaning?"

Ian figured out something, he became nervous: "Thales, what are you going to do?"

Thales slightly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

"As I said," Thales seemed to be feeling a little bit emotional, he chuckled and said, "The backhand."

In the field, the Grand Duchess looked at Earl Nazer coldly, and opened her mouth gently: "Instead of sitting in this position with guilt in the future, thinking back to today..."

However, before Thelma finished speaking——

"Hahahahaha!"

A loud laugh that didn't hide its volume resounded out of thin air in the Hall of Heroes.

Interrupted the emotional words of the Grand Duchess.

It also broke the solemn atmosphere.

Selma, who was about to speak, was stunned.

"Hahahahaha—"

The laughter continued.

Many vassals were also stunned: Lisban frowned, Nazer turned his head in surprise, and more nobles turned their eyes unhappily, looking for the idiot who had no respect and didn't look at the situation.

"Hahahahaha—"

The laughter came and went, echoing with impunity.

It seems that something really funny happened.

Thelma frowned together with the other vassals, looking in the direction of the laughter.

The Grand Duchess was stunned.

Others, including Ian, were also stunned.

They looked at the man who continued to laugh in disbelief.

Everyone in Dragon Clouds City didn't react and let their laughter last for quite a while.

The laughter continued.

"Hahahahaha—"

Until the captain of the Grand Duke's Guard who was in charge of maintaining order, Meteorite Nikolai shouted angrily:

"Shut up!"

The Meteor's roar overwhelmed the laughter and echoed in the hall.

Finally, His Highness Thales Canxing, the second prince of the Star Kingdom who was laughing profusely and leaning forward and backward, stopped laughing.

He slowly retracted his raised head.

Regardless of the angry gazes of others, Thales straightened up from the back of the chair comfortably and leisurely.

As if it was just an outing.

In the eyes of the Beidi people in the hall, this young man was squinting his eyes, with the most disdainful expression, sternly staring at everyone who was staring at him.

"Little Prince," the meteorite said angrily, "Shut up, or I'll have someone 'invite' you out now!"

"Forget it, Meteorite, haven't you noticed yet?" Thales snorted coldly, and glanced at Ian who was trying to hold him back, "In this hall, your roar is as prestigious as the Grand Duchess : It's useless."

Nicolai was stunned, and then showed an expression of resentment.

Thales seemed to be amused by himself, he stood up slowly, and laughed again: "Hahahaha..."

Although his shoulders couldn't stop shaking, there was no smile in his eyes, and they were even cold.

Selma stared blankly at Thales, who was behaving abnormally, not knowing why.

None of the people in the North seemed to appreciate the prince's sense of humor.

They looked at the presumptuous prince tacitly, with malicious intent in their eyes, and the sounds of fists clinking and teeth gnashing were endless.

"We're talking about saving—or taking your life."

"And you think that's funny, don't you?"

Earl Curtson turned his gaze sideways and stared at Thales coldly: "Imperial man?"

Hearing this, Thales not only didn't stop laughing, but laughed even louder: "Hahahahaha——"

Amidst the prince's laughter, the expressions of the people in the Northland became more and more ugly.

"Have you heard that story?"

Thales, who couldn't straighten up laughing, waved his hands, and managed to choke out a smooth sentence:

"A fisherman and a woodcutter sat down for lunch under a tree... they were poor and had never tasted beef, so..."

"So they figured out a way... imagine the black bread on their hands as beef...hahaha..."

Thales laughed so hard that his face was contorted, he clutched his belly, and said with a smile: "Then...then they were discussing: Hey, look at this piece of beef in my hand, should I bite it horizontally or vertically?" biting..."

His words echoed around the hall with laughter, and also aroused more and more irrepressible anger from the Northlanders.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The Earl of Lisbane and the Earl of Nazer looked at each other in surprise, and tacitly confirmed that this was not the method of the other party.

Selma stared blankly at Thales who walked out of the seat, speechless.

Earl Curtson couldn't bear it anymore, he gritted his teeth and glared at Thales:

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Thales stopped laughing, let out a breath, and shook his head: "Don't you understand?"

The prince walked to the center of the hall, and under the eyes of everyone, he glanced contemptuously at the surrounding vassals: "Look at a group of self-righteous guys, self-righteously talking about fantasies that they can't even do."

"Isn't it funny?"