In hindsight, Loren couldn't remember how he came back; Because when he returned to God, he was outside the red blood castle.

From the cloud peak to the bain border, and then from the border to the count of the red blood castle in the North Central... When she returned to the red blood castle alone, dusty and disheveled, Charlotte Turin, the Countess of the red blood castle, seemed to have expected that he would arrive at this time and stood "waiting" outside the palace gate.

Just below the gate, the countess in a long black and red dress, with a meticulous expression, stared at Duke Byrne, who looked like a wandering knight. Her head was raised and her sharp eyes looked down slightly, as if they could pierce his face.

Cold eyes, serious expression, arrogant posture, dignified and murderous atmosphere... It's almost as bad as carving the words "strangers are not allowed to enter" in front of that bright and white forehead.

Such a scene is somewhat similar to the first time they met.

"Your Excellency, today is the 64th day of your 'expedition' to Yunling kingdom."

Charlotte looked at the dark haired wizard calmly and embarrassed, with no emotion in her voice: "remember... What did you promise me before you set out?"

"Er... Vaguely remember some." strong pressed the "bouncing" heart, Lauren showed a slightly flattering smile: "I promised for up to two months, that is to say..."

"You're late... Four days." Charlotte still stared at him without emotion and looked straight. "Did I remind you that we should negotiate with the Holy Cross in two months to decide the candidate of bishop Byrne?"

"Er... It seems that there is such a thing..."

"Did I tell you that the messenger of Duke Arles will come back at any time to discuss the joint encirclement and suppression of trolls, heretic groups and trade routes?"

"Should... Should..."

"Did I also say that his highness Brandon's people have come to urge us several times to solve the supply route of the saxophone Legion in Boyi as soon as possible?"

"I remember this! Lucian reminded me!" the flattering black haired wizard quickly added, asking with great concern:

"How's the situation? Is it serious? I'm not here... Did they make it difficult for you?"

"Look what you said, how could it be... They are all kind elders who are easy to talk."

Charlotte said faintly, turning her steps lightly and giving way to the door by mistake: "please come in quickly - seeing such a embarrassed and unimaginable Duke of Byrne will really damage the face of the Turin family and Byrne and make the people and nobles lose confidence in the Turin family."

"In addition, the messenger of the church has been waiting for a long time. Please rectify it as soon as possible and prepare to meet them."

"Uh... Okay."

Although he felt something was wrong, the obviously unjustified black haired wizard could not say anything at this time. He could only follow the countess and enter the castle.

Almost as soon as I stepped into the gate, I heard a loud roar from the door shafts on both sides.

"Hoo - bang!"

Loren was startled and saw that the door behind him had been tightly closed!

The two guard Knights stood on both sides of the door like sculptures, turned very "wisely" to face the door, resolutely executed the order of the Countess of red blood castle, and pretended not to see their Duke.

There was no way back, and there was a pursuer in front - the careless Loren found himself in a trap.

"Xia, Charlotte, what are you going to..."

Just as the surprised Lorraine turned his head, he saw the countess who looked like frost staring at him dead; Some familiar memory suddenly goes back, which makes the black haired wizard instinctively retreat

Dong -!

Duke Byrne, who escaped a slap in the face, was still hit by the slender riding boots under his long skirt.

"Hmm --?"

The black haired wizard who ate the pain almost jumped up and jumped several times in pain. He performed "Golden Rooster independence" in public.

Leng hum took back the protruding boots, loosened the gently pinched skirt, and Charlotte quietly returned to the original state, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Lord Loren Turin... Do you know why?"

There was no beginning or end, but Loren could hear some deep resentment.

"Uh... I know."

The black haired wizard who twitched at the corners of his mouth tried to control himself from shouting and smiling.

"It's good to know, so I don't have to try to explain..." slightly nodded, Charlotte narrowed her eyes, and the exposed veins in her temples proved how much anger she was enduring.

Three years ago, she would have been desperate to swallow Loren Turin's belt tendons alive, and she didn't even have to spit out bones.

But three years later, the Countess of red blood castle has learned how to vent her anger and dissatisfaction "without losing grace" on the premise of maintaining her manners.

"Well, Lord Laurent Turin, the leader of the thirteen leaders of Byrne and the successor of the Turin family..."

Every time the murderous Countess said a word, she took a step forward. The syllables between the words were spitting out from the cherry lips, but they were like the products of the bloody mouths of the great beasts:

"If you dare to abandon your duties next time, take risks alone, and throw the burden of the whole principality to your ministers..."

"She had to face the cold eyebrows and arrogance of the church; the disappointment of the Duke's envoy and the urging of the prince step by step..."

"She had to please and comfort again and again, and did everything she could to entertain these important envoys who felt that she had been neglected and ignored. She made up all kinds of lies all day to deceive them not to leave..."

"Four days, four days... If you dare to let me experience such four days that life is worse than death and life is like a year..."

Step by step, Charlotte, who finally stood in front of Lauren with a "pa!", was so enthusiastic that almost the whole person attached to Lauren.

Of course, it is the "enthusiasm" that wants to cut him thousands of times.

"In the name of the Knights of the Turin family, I promise you as the count of red blood castle..."

Lorraine, who dared not move, stood still. Looking at Charlotte's elegant and cruel voice, she calmly threatened:

"The red blood Castle palace will not leave you any place. Don't forget that this is my castle - just get ready and sleep on the street!"

With a heavy cold hum, the riding boots suddenly turned back and made a clear sound on the slate. Ten steps away, you can feel her "resentment" around her delicate body.

A "sinner" Duke could only stand where he was and was slapped by his suddenly turned hair - but he still couldn't hide.

"What are you doing there? Are you going to stand in front of the door for a day?"

Hearing the speech, the black haired wizard was shocked and hurried to follow up, with a relieved expression on his face.

After all, Charlotte will be angry, rather than anxiously drag herself in directly, which shows that the problem is not serious enough to get out of control; Getting angry is just to express your dissatisfaction with your lack of punctuality and your resentment over this period of time.

In other words, she will pour out her resentment and clean herself up "without leaving any face" only when things are handled almost or there are proper solutions - otherwise, even if she has a great grievance, she will not show her half in front of outsiders.

While complaining about yourself, silently tidy up all the mess, quietly wait for yourself to come back, and then complain about yourself when there is no one

"How's it going?"

The black haired wizard who hurriedly followed asked cautiously - even if he knew it was all right, he still pretended not to know and maintained the most sincere attitude of "confession".

Well... It's a tacit understanding between the two.

"The most troublesome part has passed, and it has basically been properly handled." the countess raised her chin proudly, and did not squint:

"Otherwise, if everything had to be handled by your irresponsible Duke, the Principality of Bain would have been torn apart."

Lauren, who dared not say more, could only smile and nod beside him.

"First of all, his highness Brandon de sallion's Legion logistics - of the three things, this is the easiest to deal with."

Charlotte's voice returned to its normal tone, dignified and serious: "it's too hard to rely on Byrne for supply, not to mention 50000 people stationed in POI, but rely on Byrne for logistics - the loss of road alone is equivalent to the total supply."

"So I discussed with the person in charge of his highness Brandon and decided that Boye would provide half of the supply in the future, and Byrne would take out some mineral and silver assistance to subsidize Boye, so that it can be basically maintained."

"Anyway, both minerals and silver were abducted from Yunling kingdom by our Duke Byrne; it was idle to pile in the vault, and Byrne had no loss."

"Put Boyle in charge?" Lauren's face showed a confused expression. "Can Sally Jonah promise?"

"Of course she won't agree, but she must agree - to rebuild Qianzhang City, revive daboi, new silver armor cavalry and Hussars. These are money, excellent iron ore and a large number of skilled craftsmen."

"Sarika Jonah is a cunning female monkey, but bargaining is not the strength of the female monkey... She will take advantage of it."

Charlotte suddenly looked back and glanced at him coldly: "or is it that our Duke can't bear it and is ready to... Pity her?"

The black haired wizard can be sure that the sentence just now is definitely satirizing himself.

"What you say is what you say..."

After whispering, Loren quickly changed the topic: "what about Brandon? Almost all the supplies of his legion have to be raised by themselves. Won't it be a problem if we suddenly interrupt the supply?"

"My Duke, do you really think the prince would be stupid enough to hang on a rope - in three years, Sally Jonah had already made a private alliance with Brandon, and only the mother monkey would be stupid enough to think that others knew nothing about it!"

The helpless black haired wizard could only nod.

"Your Highness the prince who makes trouble and the mother monkey who makes trouble are easy to solve..." Charlotte said slowly:

"The Holy Cross Church, the messenger group of Archbishop innocent, can't be so easy to send."

"Know a little..." the black haired wizard put away his smile and looked at her solemnly: "it's for the candidate of bishop Byrne, isn't it?"

"Bishop's choice..." with a soft hum, the countess's eyes showed a trace of dissatisfaction:

"It should be said that it's right to take the opportunity to make trouble!"

"Huh?"

Loren was stunned.

"Three years ago, because of governor Byrne and the blood church, the whole church power of Byrne was almost destroyed to the point of one out of ten." Charlotte said in a deep voice:

"Not only the red blood castle, the churches led by the earls and the rural monasteries have been damaged to varying degrees, and the priests and nuns have been killed and injured seriously."

"During this period, in order to rebuild the Byrne church and calm the people's emotions - of course, more to ease the contradiction between Byrne and the heavenly palace and prevent them from making trouble; we accepted almost all the conditions of the church and restored the vitality of the whole Byrne Church in only three years."

"Three years... The number of priests in Byrne can't rebuild the church in three years?"

"Therefore, there are a large number of churches and monasteries, which are filled with priests and nuns appointed and installed by the Holy Cross Church, or Archbishop innocent, foreigners and local priests. The number is almost half to half, in other words..."

"Compared with the interests of Byrne, Byrne church is more subordinate to the Holy Cross Church in the imperial capital, or... Archbishop innocent." take a deep breath, and Loren took Charlotte's words: "is that so?"

"... that's right."

After stopping, the countess turned slowly and faced the black haired Wizard: "today's Byrne church is full of priests from saklan, Golovin and lottel. All of them are appointed by the Archbishop - they will execute any order of the Holy Cross without conditions."

"Although the Lords of all principalities have the right to speak about their own bishops, the premise for this is that their own churches stand on the Duke's side; otherwise, you can only choose their people."

"So if they really want to choose a bishop who is absolutely obedient to the archbishop, or... Bishop Byrne who is against you everywhere, we may not even have room to refute."

Lauren's face sank.

Although the power of the Holy Cross in Bain is not stronger than that of lottel and the imperial capital, and the strength of the wizard class in Bain has become stronger and stronger in the past three years, the church still has a great influence and voice for the civilian class; If they really oppose themselves everywhere and oppose for the sake of opposition, it is still very difficult.

It can disgust you even if you can't beat you down. That's almost the case.

"Of course, the problem of the church is no longer a problem - what you have to do is to choose a bishop of Byrne who suits your heart as soon as possible." Charlotte said faintly:

"The rest has been solved."

"It's all solved?!" Lauren looked at her incredulously and blurted out subconsciously: "who solved it?!"

Charlotte rolled her eyes a little quietly and turned away from him.

The shocked black haired wizard was slapped by the long hair.

"Pa --!"