Chapter 322

In recent days, in response to the orc tribe that continues to be active on the eastern border, the emperor invited the six great dukes to a meeting in Saint Laurent City to discuss related matters.

Since it was an invitation from the emperors, no matter how busy the dukes were, they could only find time to come to the imperial city.

Moreover, the problem of orcs should not be underestimated. After all, eighteen years ago, orcs invaded the empire and burned, killed, and looted wantonly on the territory of what is now the Duchy of Antica, causing great damage to the empire.

At that time, the empire relied on Lucius's command to drive the orcs back to the desert where they originally lived, but they were unable to pursue them.

In the past ten years, although the orcs and the empire have still maintained a hostile attitude on the border, and some people are killed and injured every year due to small-scale military conflicts on the border, the recent movements of the orc tribes are obviously not right, and the number of conflicts on the border has increased significantly. Therefore, Lucius was previously worried about the army.

"So, have everyone here thought about it? Regarding the issue of border orcs."

"Your Majesty." At this time, Lucius stood up. "The areas infested by orcs are mainly our Antica region. As the eastern barrier of the empire, the Antica region has protected other areas of the empire from orcs for more than ten years."

He paused and continued: "However, at the same time, the development of Antica has been delayed. We can gather soldiers, but we cannot provide them with enough weapons and equipment, or even military pay and food."

"I understand." Odysseus nodded after hearing this, and then looked at the other Dukes. "You also know how much disaster the orc invasion brought to the empire eighteen years ago. If Duke Lucius hadn't driven away the orcs at that time, your territory would not have been easy."

"Your Majesty, one code should be the same, right?" At this time, Giovanni, Duke of Naples, suddenly said. "Although Duke Lucius had merit in repelling the orcs, he also became a duke after all. This is an unprecedented compliment. Duke Lucius has been governing the Duchy of Antica for more than ten years, but now the border issues cannot be solved. Solve it yourself, isn’t this Mr. Lucius’s mismanagement?”

"..." Lucius stared at Giovanni without saying a word.

It is true that he is not good at internal affairs, but he delegates power to those who are good at it, and his governance is not bad.

It's just that the Dukedom of Antica was indeed rebuilt after the war, and its foundation is not as good as others. In addition, in order to guard against the orcs, military expenditures have always been high.

This was something that everyone present knew, but Giovanni kept silent about it and only talked about Lucius's problem.

"Okay, okay, we all know the difficulties of the Duchy of Antica." At this time, the kind-looking Duke William of Prussia came forward to help Lucius resolve the embarrassment.

"We all know that the Duke of Antica has

It is very difficult. Once there is a problem with Antica, our territory will also be affected. Then we should help them and work together to overcome the difficulties, right? "William said this and gave his own proposal. "My suggestion is that the rest of us help Lucius share some of the pressure and provide some war supplies to Duke Lucius. "

"Duke William." At this time, Giovanni spoke again. "I don't mean to question Duke Lucius, but are you sure that if we provide supplies, it will be able to resist the orcs?"

"I'm not pessimistic, but as far as the current situation of the Duchy of Antica is concerned, it's hard for me to believe that our supplies can actually reach the front line. It is very likely that they will be corrupted before they reach the front line. Duke William, you can't do it because of Lucius The Duke is your relative, so you should protect him like this."

"Your Excellency Giovanni!" At this time, Lucius couldn't sit still. He knew that he and Giovanni had a feud when they were young, but he didn't expect that he could actually put the safety of the empire at risk because of this feud. "If you don't trust me as a person, I am willing to use my reputation to guarantee that every batch of supplies delivered to the Duchy of Antica can be used to resist the invasion of the orcs."

"No, no, no, no, Duke Lucius, I'm just saying that, there's no need to do this." Antika said, and then teased: "Speaking of reputation, Lord Lucius, I heard that you It seems that my son Lee Teuk was arrested for molesting a female classmate, right?”

"That's just a rumor!" Lucius said.

"Well, of course I believe this is a rumor, but flies don't bite seamless eggs." Giovanni said this with a hint of mockery in his tone.

At this time, Odysseus, who was sitting in the middle, patted the table and motioned for the two of them to be quiet.

"We are here to discuss national affairs, not gossip about whose son has done something." Odysseus said this and looked towards the audience. "Then let's vote next. Those who agree to support the Duchy of Antica, please raise your hands."

Saying this, Odysseus was the first to raise his hand.

Then, off the court, Lucius, William and Francois Toulouse, Duke of Orleans, all raised their hands.

Seeing that there were already four votes, Leon Lisanus, Duke of Aragon, and Ivan Petrov, Duke of Lucia, also raised their hands.

Then, everyone looked at Giovanni.

"What are you looking at?" Giovanni shrugged and then raised his hand. "Since this is the opinion that everyone has discussed, I definitely agree with it."

"Okay, then, let's take a rest first, and we will discuss in detail the amount of supplies provided by each region later."

…

Half an hour later, everyone gathered in the conference hall again and began to discuss the quantity of supplies. At the meeting, everyone continued to bargain, and the meeting finally ended for an hour and a half.

In the end, the Royal Domain and the Duchy of Prussia contributed the most, while the Duchy of Naples contributed the least.

After the meeting, as usual, everyone will attend a dinner.

Just when Odysseus was leaving the meeting hall with the dukes and preparing to attend the dinner, a man ran towards him on the street.

In order to prevent it from being an assassin, the guards quickly pushed the man to the ground. Unexpectedly, the man kept shouting Duke Giovanni's name.

"Let me go! I want to see Lord Giovanni!" Seeing this, Odysseus quickly asked the soldiers to let go of the man, and then motioned to Giovanni behind him to come forward.

"Your people? Why are you so uneducated?"

"..." Giovanni didn't dare to say anything. He didn't know the person in front of him, but since the other person recognized him and was in a place like the Imperial City, he must be his son's subordinate.

Thinking this, Giovanni looked at the other person and asked: "What's your name? Why did you come to me?"

When the other party saw Giovanni, he felt as if he had seen a savior. He ignored the people standing next to him and shouted loudly: "Lord Giovanni, please, please save Master Downey!"

With that said, he continued to shout: "Master Downey was arrested by the student union!"

When Giovanni heard what the other person said, he quickly slapped him and knocked him to the ground.

"Asshole! Do you know the price for lying in front of His Majesty the Emperor?!"

He did this not because the other party really told lies or anything like that, but simply because the other party publicized the matter in front of so many people.

If he knew it alone, he could put pressure on the academy, but Odysseus was still there when the other party said this.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Odysseus came over.

"Duke Giovanni, what is going on? Why was your beloved son arrested by the student union of the academy?"

"Sorry, Your Majesty, I really don't know."

At this time, the man who fell on the ground saw Odysseus, as if he had seen a savior. He shouted again: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, they are going to hold a hearing tonight! Mr. Downey is innocent, you must Go and make the decision for Mr. Downey!”

When Giovanni heard this, he glared at the man fiercely. He had already memorized the other person's appearance and wanted to show it to him when he went back later.

Obviously his slap had already hinted to him not to involve others, but he still wanted to drag the emperor into this whirlpool. He really couldn't understand people's words.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Princess Elsa also serves in the student union, and she will also participate in this hearing as a spectator."

Odysseus heard this and looked at the dukes behind him.

"It seems that we need to change our itinerary, my vassals."

Others nodded.

In addition to Lucius, Leon and William's children are also in the Imperial Academy. Even if there is another vote, the emperor and the three dukes already have a majority.

After watching the team go away, the messenger smiled and then walked into an alley.

"How is it?" In the alley, Virgil leaned against the wall and looked at the messenger who came over.

"His Majesty the Emperor has agreed to go to the academy."

"Okay." Virgil nodded, then took out a bag of gold coins and threw it to the messenger. "Take this money and find a small city on the border to cross. The people in Napoli who stay here will hunt you down."

Unexpectedly, the messenger just shook his head. "I don't want the money, Mr. Virgil."

"Oh?" Virgil showed a dangerous smile when he heard this, "Then what do you want?"

"I want to be your subordinate, and I will only do things for you from now on, sir." The messenger said, preparing to hand the money to Virgil.

Virgil was a little surprised when he heard this unexpected reply, but he still shook his head. "It's very dangerous to do what we do. If you make the slightest mistake, you'll be dead."

With that said, he walked out of the alley.

The messenger lowered his head, obviously disappointed.

"However, if you really think about it and have this awareness, come back here tomorrow. I will give you a chance then."

After saying this, Virgil disappeared into the night, and the messenger's face regained its look.

And Vergil has another thing to do, which is to escort Tyrell back to school.

…

At the conference, Tyrell walked to the table step by step and firmly, and then sat in the witness seat.

"Wait a minute, Tyrell! Aren't you expelled from the academy? Why can you come in?" Donnie said, pointing at Tyrell.

At this moment, no matter how much he wanted to remain calm in front of the emperor, he could not do it.

"His Majesty the Emperor gave him permission to come in." At this time, Luka added.

It turned out that before Odysseus entered the academy, Virgil had already appeared at the entrance of the academy with Tyrell, and then Tyrell took the initiative to ask for Odysseus' permission.

Although Giovanni kept persuading Odysseus not to let Tyrell enter the academy, otherwise he would break the rules, but Odysseus, who wanted to have fun, of course wanted things to be as big as possible, so he was allowed to Enter the academy.

After receiving the emperor's permission, Tyrell followed them outside the auditorium.

Then, when Donnie was quibbling, he appeared at the right time, and his appearance became the last straw that overwhelmed Donnie's psychological defense line.

"Tyrell! How dare you disobey me!?" Donnie couldn't help but threatened him before Tyrell opened his mouth.

"Donnie, please don't threaten the witness. You have seriously violated the order of the hearing. I warn you once." At this time, Olivia, who was in charge of presiding over the hearing, said seriously.

Seeing that Olivia could still remain 100% serious and not be stage-frightened in front of so many important people, especially when Donnie's father Giovanni was present in person, Odysseus couldn't help but nodded.

"Duke William, your eldest daughter has your style." He praised.

"Haha, Your Majesty, you are joking. Compared with Her Highness Elsa, Olivia is still a chick and a phoenix." William heard the words and was also polite.

Listening to the two people's politeness, Giovanni couldn't be happy.

He had just mocked Lucius's child before, and in the blink of an eye, his own child had committed a crime.

Now Giovanni wanted to go on stage and slap Donny twice to make him sober up.

Threatening others in front of the emperor, you think your reputation is too good, right?

At this time, Tyrell on the stage took a deep breath, then looked up and looked at Donny who was staring at him.

Then, he turned his head and looked at the audience.

"I, Tyrell, am now in a normal physical and mental state, and I have not been bewitched by magic. Everything I say next is true and can be used as a confession."

With this, Tyrell disclosed all the details of what Donny asked him to do at that time.

Among them, the details of each thing, including how Donny and himself designed it, how Donny gave him money and manpower to let him implement it, were all told without missing a single thing.

"Tyrell!" Donny couldn't help it, and shouted to interrupt Tyrell, but he didn't expect that Tyrell was as unmoved as if he was deaf.

Instead, Donny was scolded by his father Giovanni.

"Donnie, what did I teach you before? Maintain the demeanor of a noble!" Giovanni said sternly.

Under his father's reprimand, Donnie calmed down.

He thought about his situation at this time.

He was now surrounded by enemies. Orson had set up a big situation for him and even brought Emperor Odysseus here. In this situation, even if his father wanted to protect him, he might be powerless.

Thinking of this, Donnie felt sad.

As Tyrell finished speaking, and he took out the account book record of Donnie's money, Donnie was undoubtedly in a dead end.

"Your Majesty..." At this time, as a father, Giovanni could not sit still and wanted to plead for Donnie through Odysseus.

But Odysseus just shook his head and looked at Luca.

"Dean Luca, you know that the royal family has always been very supportive of the independent development of the Imperial Academy. We will not interfere. Just follow the rules."

Odysseus' words were said to both Luca and Giovanni, completely cutting off Giovanni's thoughts.

The royal family has always supported the Imperial Academy, which means that if anyone dares to put pressure on the Imperial Academy, it is against the royal family.

Although the dukes have greater power in the local area, this is Saint Laurent City, the most dazzling jewel on the emperor's crown, and every resident here is loyal to the royal family.

"I know." Luca heard this, stood up and walked to the stage.

Then, he looked at Donnie.

"Student Donnie, do you have any rebuttal to Tyrell's accusation?"

Donnie didn't say anything, just shook his head disappointedly.

"Okay." Luca heard this, nodded, and then looked at Orson under the stage, and he pointed at Orson.

"Then, please let the student council president Orson tell us how to deal with Donnie according to the college rules."

Orson was a little surprised when Luca pointed at him, but he nodded and walked to the stage amid the cheers of his classmates.

Luca's words were actually quite clever. If he were to talk about the guilt Donnie would suffer, there is no doubt that he would be hated by the Florence family.

If Orson were to talk about it, then the hatred would only be limited to the Stranik family and the Florence family.