536: The essence of politics lies in the ga, commonly known as jumping between left and right_1 536: The essence of politics lies in the ga, commonly known as jumping between left and right_1 Marshal Loren received a promotion, encompassing not only his military rank but also his noble title.
The title of Baron Frederick inherited from his mother was promoted to Earl by King Louis, but he didn’t receive any lands with it.
This was not due to the king’s lack of generosity, but because Marshal Loren had half-dwarf blood.
Even though the king trusted him greatly, giving lands to a person of mixed blood might cause unnecessary waves in the future.
Besides, silver dwarfs already have extensive ancestral lands in West Lan Kingdom.
Despite Marshal Loren’s profound hatred for his irresponsible dwarf father, as the grandson of the supre duke of the Silver Dwarfs, the “hereditary lands” he owned in the mountains near Silver Fort were much richer than those of an average human earl.
Once he marries his cousin, Rivrosa, Heart of Silver, who is also the granddaughter of the current supre lord of the Silver Dwarfs, he will possess eleven vast ranges stretching from Bourbon to Angers as his territory.
The area is comparable to the entirety of Transylvania – a hundred years ago, it would have been considered a duchy.
Therefore, the marshal does not need any of these external things.
The marriage, however, was…
Difficult to settle.
Even though his cousin was only three years younger than him, only 68 this year, she was still considered underage by dwarven standards.
Marshal Loren found it challenging to take that step…
Having grown up in a human society and, despite receiving traditional dwarf education, certain human moral views had constrained him from accepting this marriage he didn’t truly dislike.
Moreover, although Marshal Loren has embraced his bloodline and, due to his brilliant track record, is viewed with pride by the Silver Dwarfs, his relationship with his grandfather, the supre lord of Silver Fort, is anything but good.
In his younger years, Marshal Loren entirely blad his grandfather for his mother’s tragic end.
He believed his grandfather caused his father’s exile, which consequently led to his mother dying alone in profound lancholy.
However, with age, Loren began to understand his grandfather’s plight, especially after fighting under King Louis and holding high office.
He ca to understand that many decisions of those in power are not personal choices.
However, dwarfs are infamously stubborn.
A sincere apology from him wasn’t likely possible.
At the sa ti, as the Marshal was frustrated, this terrible emotion seed to have reached another unfortunate one who was struggling to climb higher in his position.
“What?”
In the office of the Blood Eagle Corridor, Morphy looked perplexed as he looked at the Crimson Regent who had personally run to deliver this news.
He asked the panting Milian:
“Say that again.
Who wants to talk to remotely?”
“Marshal Loren ‘Steelheart’ Frederick, the Commander of the Exploration Corps and the commander of the Eastern Front of the Golden Flower Kingdom.
The last ti we heard about him, he was a general.”
Milian was equally confused.
But understanding the importance of the matter, she said with utmost seriousness:
“Major Fraser of the Pioneer Fortress just sent an ergency ssage to my Calculating Pearl, ntioning this matter, Marshal Loren wants to discuss with the lords of the Transylvania region.
He reportedly wants to discuss Black Disaster defense issues and plans to deploy so soldiers from the Golden Flower Kingdom to assist in constructing a defense line in southern Transylvania.”
“Are you talking about that half-dwarf butcher who gave the order to destroy Cardman City?”
Maxim asked with intense emotion:
“Is that bastard here to provoke ?”
“That’s a war act!
Even though I too have my reservations about it, I must emphasize here that the nature of this matter is serious and directly related to the Lord’s authority and rule,”
Milian pulled out a chair and sat at the edge of the map-covered table, explaining to her lord and colleague:
“Before coming here, I discussed this with Professor Malcolm, and he thought it was not enough for Lord Morphy to just get the title of Governor appointed by the Queen of the Nordtof Kingdom!
Considering the current environnt, the governor of the Transylvania region must also be recognized by the Golden Flower Kingdom to establish Transylvania’s neutral status between the two countries.
Having two governor commissions will be enough for Lord Morphy to establish an indisputable strong claim in Transylvania!
No one will be able to dispute Lord Morphy’s legal rights to rule this land.
This point is critical for the later developnt of our territory.
Only with adequate legal authority and claim can your subsequent decrees and laws be accepted and obeyed by the residents of the other two countries.
To put it more seriously, this may have to do with the ‘dignity’ of the nation.”
After saying a lot and taking a sip from her water glass, Milian finally turned to Morphy and said softly:
“So our suggestion, although the other party demolished your old ho, we still hope that you can restrain your inner anger and emotions and complete the remote eting with Marshal Loren tomorrow.
Their psychic will be responsible for constructing a special psychic communication conduit, and our psychic just needs to cooperate with the spell.”
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