Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 470 470. Marriage Issues
The Nilfgaardian intelligence officer then reported.

“Sintra is the closest country to the north”

"Huh, country? What we have in the north are just a bunch of uncivilized savages."

Before Vatier could finish speaking, Duke Adal Aip Darcy let out a low sneer.

He has always looked down on the north. To be precise, the only people he can look up to are the 'pure Nilfgaardians'.

But then, Emhyr raised his eyes, and the sneer on the Duke's face gradually disappeared.

"Duke Darcy."

"I am here, Your Majesty."

When the emperor looked up, the Duke lowered his noble golden head.

"We are discussing military operations. You discriminate against the North, you discriminate in your villa, you discriminate in front of your daughter, it doesn't matter, I don't care either. But as a military commander, I ask you not to underestimate your opponent because of discrimination .”

"Do you have a problem with that?"

The Duke's bite muscles pulsed beneath the skin of his face.

"No, no problem, Your Majesty."

The emperor nodded and returned to his papers.

"Go on, Vatier."

The intelligence officer nodded calmly and continued his report.

"We just mentioned that Sintra is the closest northern country to us and the starting point of our conquest. Our troops are unstoppable, move quickly and are well-disciplined. Therefore, we spent a long period at the beginning of the conquest. There’s no need to think about what Kaedwin and Aedirn think for a while.”

"They are all on the east side of the North and are blocked by the Mahakam Mountains. It is not easy to get to the west side of Sintra. So the only thing we need to care about in the early stage is actually only two countries."

Vatier stretched out two fingers, and these two fingers retracted his fist as he called out names one by one.

"Temeria, Redania."

"The most important thing to pay attention to is Temeria. They are the closest to Cintra among the four northern kingdoms. At the same time, Foltest is also the ruler of the Soden region, which is very far from Cintra. Normally close. He could easily use the threat to this place as an excuse to intervene militarily in our operations in Sintra."

Another man who had been silent until now interrupted.

"If Foltest gets a legitimate reason to intervene militarily, that's troublesome for us."

The man who spoke had a mustache and was wearing a Nilfgaardian general's armor. The black plate armor shone as if it had been coated with a layer of glaze. The armor had a gold edge and a human face on the chest. The golden sun pattern is even more gorgeous and precious.

Menno Culhorn, an Imperial general who was loved and trusted by the Emperor.At this time, His Majesty the Emperor has not designated the command authority for this military operation, but all insiders are convinced that he must be on the candidate list.

"If Foltest gets a legitimate excuse to send troops"

The general said, carefully choosing his words.

"Then it will be difficult for us to use low-cost and efficient means such as diplomacy and espionage to divide their internal forces and prevent him from gathering troops. Legality will become a good reason for Foltest to integrate domestic forces that cannot be refused."

"At that time, we will have to fight with real swords and guns. It will be really expensive, Your Majesty."

In the eyes of those who initiated the war, the war was indeed just a social activity about "worthiness and worthlessness".

"That's why." Vatier said calmly. "We just decided to send troops in the autumn."

Menno Kuhorn looked at the intelligence chief with confusion. The two of them had little communication before.Because they are in the military and intelligence agencies respectively, it is really too long to live together if they are often mixed together.They also have to avoid suspicion.

"Count Stetha of Temeria was killed by a demon hunter, as everyone should know. The things we invested in him are now being stuffed into Foltest's mouth and chewed up. This matter It originally made us very passive. But bad things don’t necessarily turn out to be good things.”

Vatier showed a slightly smug smile.

"One of my informants is expected to become Baron Clore's confidant by the end of the summer."

"Krol?" Adal Aip Darcy recalled the name, "I remember he was under Stesa?"

"Yes, in addition to Foltest, Baron Clore inherited Stysa's largest inheritance. Handicraft workshops, manors, mills, as well as company shares, technology patents and so on. And in our Under his protection, his king couldn’t catch a scrap of his tail, so he had no excuse to attack him.”

Vatier spread his hands.

"But in late summer, I will give my informant vital and irrefutable evidence that Baron Clore has been involved with us for a long time and has committed treasonous acts. And the informant will Will offer belated loyalty to his king."

"Foltest will chew up the evidence and swallow it like a hungry mad dog. This cruel process may last from late summer to winter. After all, that is The piece of meat is really not small.”

"But at the same time, a mad dog with meat in its mouth cannot bite people for the time being."

Vatier smiled, as if there was a mad dog in front of him with meat in its mouth and wanting to bite people.

No threat, just a joke.

"Well done, everyone." After a brief silence, the emperor behind the desk nodded. "Just follow this schedule and inform the Senate. Those old guys won't say 'no'. The meeting is adjourned."

The three people went out from the emperor's office one by one, and then the palace steward Chirac walked in with Deura Trefen Broni, and then walked out alone.

The beautiful woman left inside was the wife of Count Broni. She was plump and graceful, with lovely blond hair.

She is also Emperor Emhyr's third mistress.

The three people who came out knew from this that this meeting made the emperor feel good and wanted to relax.

"it's a pity."

The three of them walked towards the outside of the palace. Adal Aip Darcy made a joking sound as he walked.

"Your Majesty is still releasing his precious energy on his mistress, rather than actually marrying a noble girl who is worthy of him and giving birth to an heir of noble blood."

The two people next to him had cold faces, not wanting to get involved in this topic.

Neither of them were old-school aristocrats, and the emperor's marriage had nothing to do with them.

But they knew very well that many people, including Duke Adal Aip Darcy, were already dissatisfied with the emperor.

The marriage of a Nilfgaardian emperor to an ancient noble woman was a sacred tradition in the empire.

It is no big deal to satisfy your desires on your mistress.But the emperor did not express his intention to marry, which was a problem.

Menno Kuhorn and Vatier left immediately after this topic, showing their attitude of not wading into muddy waters and focusing on work.

Adal Aip Darcy looked at the hurried backs of the two people and showed a condescending smile.

Perhaps in his eyes, these upstarts were somewhat self-aware in avoiding the issue of the emperor's marriage.

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