13 Accident
The mainland in winter is quiet and serene, and at least most people have stopped the war. It is said that this is also the summer of the Parsa people, which is in a prosperous period of grazing, so it will not start the war lightly.
Sus used to spend most of his time dealing with internal affairs, but now with the military aircraft department, he is much more relaxed. Unfortunately, before he could enjoy his rare free time, Lucia's affairs haunted him again.
In fact, there is nothing else. At the beginning, the diplomacy of Magic Sword City was basically a complete intelligence operation, and there was nothing on the scene that Xius needed to deal with, so he naturally did not have to come forward. Since the end of the war, Oga has still had a stubborn attitude, but Parsa's transformation has been very fast.
They quickly admitted the legitimacy of the Magic Sword City, but did not recognize the legitimacy of the Magic Sword Emperor.
Sius thought about it, and it was normal.
Parsa is a multi-ethnic, city-state pseudo-imperial. If the Magic Sword City is just a city, even a powerful lord like Qianlong Cliff can be absorbed. After all, the Parsa people are quite tolerant in this regard, and the guidelines proposed by the Holy Emperor are also superior to war. Of course, this idea will be despised by the Ogana group of nobles who hold blood and family background. They believe that Parsa is a group of unscrupulous hybrid monkeys, but the superiority can be seen by blind people.
Parsa treats himself as a powerful city owner, which is a matter of their face. Xius actually didn't bother to pay attention to it.
But when they proposed to exchange Kuran for a general, Suss had to face this problem.
This matter was facilitated by Hu Chiyo, although when Xiusi found her to question the specific situation, the girl lay in the wine cellar and refused to come out.
After she woke up, the military god girl explained it like this.
Because of the magic sword city system, nobles must be eliminated, that is to say, in this regard, Sus must be entangled with Oga to death. Therefore, the relationship on Parsa's side can't be too tight. At least on the surface, it should be eased. The exchange of surrender itself is to lay the foundation for diplomacy with Parsa. If you only use knives to talk, it is estimated that it will be the Magic Sword City that will suffer in the end.
In addition, it also gives Parsa a easing attitude. Parsa's politics means that he can't be as arbitrary as Oga, and people are factional at all times, which is also one of the means to make Parsa disagree.
Now Parsa is powerful. If one day they really destroy Oga, all the spearheads will definitely point to the Magic Sword City. On the other hand, if the Magic Sword City has an ambiguous attitude, one day when Oga is destroyed, the Magic Sword City will immediately bow down and surrender. Unless the Demon World invades, Parsa will inevitably be in civil strife, and it will not be too late to wipe out Parsa.
Listening to Hu Chiyo's analysis, Xiu Si was stunned. I didn't expect her to think so far.
No matter how perfect Chiyo's plan is, the biggest shortcoming is that she did not consider the idea of Xius. Compared with Oga, Parsa is the real murderer who killed Flora, which is a detail that Hu Chiyo did not know.
For the good news, Xius was not stupid enough to sacrifice the opportunity to save Curran for the dead Flora. For the time being, he could still do it. The teenager nodded and was silent.
After agreeing on the time and place of exchange with Parsa, Ellie and Lilia began to take care of the clothes for Xius. Anyway, they can't let the Magic Sword Emperor go out and be laughed at.
However, just as Sus went to negotiate with a worried mood, an unexpected news came.
A red-haired Oga came to Xius with a woman on his back. He claimed to be an old friend of Xius.
Recently, there has been so much work that his head is a little inoperative. Xius narrowed his eyes for a long time before he remembered who the red-haired Oga was.
"Is it George?"
Regardless of Lilia's obstruction, Xius climbed into the boots and ran downstairs quickly. It was George who waited in the hall. What surprised Xius was the woman on his back mentioned in the report.
"Lord Curran?"
Xius' eyes widened. He was still bargaining when discussing the exchange with Lucia, but in a blink of an eye, the person he wanted to exchange was sitting in front of him. At this moment, Kuran is a little weak, but he looks energetic, at least his red eyes are still energetic. Hearing that Suss still used the previous name, Curran couldn't help laughing and teased him:
"You are the emperor now. If you call me, I will float to the sky."
"Well, I'm used to it, so..."
Looking at the way Xius hurriedly explained, Lilia and the maid who followed him showed a surprised expression. After all, they had never seen such a thing. Kuran just smiled at this. In order to cover up his embarrassment, Susi quickly changed the topic:
"Kurlanda, er, Kurland, how did you get here?"
With this, Sus looked at the red-haired teenager standing aside. George had several obvious bandages, but he still smiled big at Xius.
"Yes, it was George who rescued me. I heard that you had to exchange me for a surrender after winning Parsa, but George, a clever boy, saved me during the escort. I didn't want to bother you here, but George said he would at least come here to see you. He was killed by Parsamon during the provincial negotiations, so I followed him.
"Haha, I didn't expect to have a chance to save adults when I surrendered. After all, everyone is Oga..."
George just wanted to play ahaha, but when he thought about it, he couldn't help slowing down his voice. In response, Susi just shook his head slightly and looked at the dusty two. He also felt that this was not a place to talk:
"Lilia, go and help them prepare the room and change clothes. Call Lucy and Chiyo at dinner. I'm going to prepare a dinner to pick up Lord Kuran."
"Good brother."
Now Lilia, who is basically in charge of internal affairs, nodded deftly. She walked to Curan and smiled cleverly:
"Lord Kuran, please come with me!"
The girl's gentle smile is as warm as a flower in winter. However, Sius accidentally noticed such a detail: from the time he came in, George stared at Lilia intentionally or unintentionally, and it was still the kind of wanting to see it and pretending not to see it. Xiusi narrowed his eyes and tilted his head with interest, with no obvious expression on his face. So Curran naturally didn't notice this. She stood up, responded to Lilia's smile, and said to Xius:
"Naseus, we'll go first."
"Hmm."
Sius nodded. Now he unconsciously has a superior demeanor, which is also because George has not dared to speak much since just now. Xius knew that this sense of class would be deeply rooted, but there was nothing he could do, because it was George's own grudge. However, if this guy can catch up with Lilia, he will have something on his mind. Let's put this matter aside and wait to see how Lilia will react!
In fact, the so-called dinner is a simple family banquet.
It's just that there are not many people in the Magic Sword City who are qualified to sit in this family banquet.
Except for the lonely pity of not eating human fireworks, the main cronies of Seus are basically here. Hu Chiyo and Lucia sat on the left, and Lilia and Ellie sat on the right. George saw this and sat down next to the right, but there was a longan maid between them. Kuran sat generously opposite Xiu. Seeing the battle in front of her, she smiled unconsciously:
"Seus, you are still so popular with girls!"
"Well, no, they are all necessary for me."
In front of Curran, Xius unconsciously became stammered. Girls all have a glazed heart. Hu Chiyo and Lucia looked at each other and instantly understood the sense of crisis in each other's eyes. The two turned their eyes to Kulan at the same time. Although it was not ** naked hostility, it was definitely not a kind look.
Kuran himself hasn't noticed this matter, so he still laughed. It seemed that only Lilia was the first to notice the subtlety of the atmosphere. For the sake of her brother's face, she quickly stepped in.
"Brother, you haven't introduced us yet!"
Huh? Oh, I think you all know this, Lord Kuran, the last time you met. This is George Black, my comrade-in-arms when I was in Olsen, and he also saved me during the Silin Pass.
After a simple introduction like a girl, Sius coughed a little,
"Well, these two are my assistants, Hu Chiyo and Lucia Ri Blindan." After saying a good word with his two ambiguous relationships, he straightened his expression: "This is my sister, Lilia."
When Sus introduced Lilia, he deliberately paused, which made others a little strange. At this time, Sus said:
"Well, it's my proud sister, um, that's it."
This sentence is very inexplicable. Hu Qiandai lay on the table and raised his eyelids to look at Xius, Lilia, and then at George, who was not familiar with him. The samurai girl who seemed to understand something suddenly laughed. When Lucia saw Hu Chiyo's appearance, she soon understood and smiled together. In this way, everyone laughed.
It's just that several of them have no reason to laugh.
"What a stupid brother."
Kuran smiled and revealed the mystery. Lilia, who understood something in an instant, glanced at George. Under the boy's nervous eyes, Lilia just nodded slightly politely and never spoke again.