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Chapter 148 It’s okay to have more children (4k2)

Duchess Alexandra stared at Luo Gesi quietly, while Luo Gesi blinked his eyes and immediately activated the [Enlightenment Special], his thoughts were running rapidly, and he analyzed the current situation extremely quickly.

First of all, there is no doubt about the power or ability of the Grand Duke in front of her. It can be easily judged from the attitude shown by her father and the prince towards her.

Secondly, the fact that the other party can directly propose marriage negotiations in front of Alina's father shows that the other party's behavior is extremely strong. If he is too obvious, he will most likely get into trouble.

Finally, both the duchess and the prince have clearly leaned towards their own families. The interests between the nobles are much stronger than friendship, so there is no need to be too careful about it.

But he also knew in his heart that he couldn't put all the responsibility on Lufia, and easily push Lufia out of the way to prevent the disaster, so as to avoid the trouble that was not big or small in front of him, because that would definitely arouse the displeasure of the duchess.

Rogers quickly cleared his thoughts and was clearing his throat slightly, trying to exchange sincerity with his usual sincerity, when he immediately noticed someone approaching behind him.

"Mother...I, I forced myself to sneak here, please don't blame Logos." Lufia lowered her head and spoke softly, looking pitiful as she lowered her eyebrows and prepared to be scolded.

The duchess raised her slender hand and pushed the door gently, making a creaking sound, making it open wider. The expression on her face remained unchanged as she cast her gaze at Lufia, who was behind Rogers.

"This is not entirely the responsibility of Her Royal Highness, I..." After Luo Gesi sorted out the current situation again, and was about to add something, a chuckle appeared on the face of the duchess, and she pressed her hand to indicate that he did not need to say anything.

"I won't blame you, because I know Lufia's naughty nature." The duchess's tone was tolerant and kind. She tried to keep her tone as light as possible and continued:

"But now that you have developed to this level, I believe that Earl Breed will no longer have an excuse to delay the marriage. As long as our two families make good preparations, we will be able to wait until the winter vacation of St. Helte this year. Hold an engagement ceremony..."

When the duchess revealed her plan, her eyes continued to move back. When she saw the two girls who came slowly to raise her skirt, her face gradually became subtle and stiff. She was in the middle of her explanation. The voice gradually died out.

Logos was not surprised at all by this situation. When the Duchess could say the word marriage, he expected that Alina and Alice would definitely get out of it.

Even if the duchess has already cast her eyes directly on him, this situation doesn't matter to him anymore. He can just let it go. There won't be any worse results anyway, not to mention the initiative of the two of them. Appearing to some extent can also confuse things and disrupt the duchess's coercive posture.

"What step have you reached?" The duchess was silent for a while and asked in an unclear tone.

"I don't quite understand what the Duke is asking. If I venture to guess that you are referring to that aspect, then I can only say that I am still a child."

Rogers opened his clear and innocent eyes and spoke to the duchess very frankly.

"Saint..." The duchess slowly moved her gaze. She wanted to say something to Alice, who seemed to be trying to defend Rogers, but she swallowed her words because of the complexity of the matter.

"I will still take Lufia to visit Braidland during the winter vacation this year. I will have a good talk with you and your father then."

After finishing her words, the duchess took a deep look at Luo Gesi, then said goodbye and left. She did not ask too much about the current situation, or even gave instructions or admonitions to Lufia.

Luo Gesi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Although the other party was strong, he was not the kind of unreasonable person.

In addition, the other party already knew that Lufia had come to the imperial capital, and some of his original concerns were relieved.

After he closed the door again and casually comforted the guilty Lufia, he sat back on the bed as if nothing had happened and looked through the various letters and documents generated by his actions in recent days.

"As you said, you will be fifteen soon, so what do you think about marriage?" Alina sat beside Luo Gesi, stared at him, and asked this question that had been buried for a long time.

When Alice heard this, she also looked at Rogers from the other side, obviously also wanting to know the answer.

"Marriage between nobles is nothing more than the combination of wealth and power, the maintenance of status and lineage, the expansion of political rights, and most importantly, the protection of alliances."

Logos replied simply, but when he saw that Alina didn't respond and continued to wait, he shrugged slightly, combined his experience of playing a certain game in his previous life and reading some historical books, and connected it with what he saw in his current life, and continued to speak. :

"Let's put aside the facts. From a practical point of view, the solution to this problem is actually very simple, it is nothing more than heirs.

"As long as you and I both have a few children, and then discuss the order of marriage with the major families, and divide the inheritance of territory and power to a certain extent, it will be fine.

“The most troublesome part is who to marry first and how to handle the situation of remarriage after divorce.

"But I think there are other ways to avoid us having to face this kind of unknown choice. In the final analysis, this is ultimately a matter of strength and power. As long as we have enough power, we don't need to worry about these troublesome rules at all. , you can even make rules that suit your own needs.

"For example, if many of the things I am currently doing are really successful, with their power and prestige, they will be able to show the world a political group with a completely different underlying structure. At that time, the nobles will find that besides marriage, there are many ways to guarantee power. Ways to Divide Reliability…”

Rogers shook the document in his hand a few times, indicating that there was no need to dwell on this non-issue.

"With us?" Alina's eyes gradually narrowed, her brows furrowed, her hands clenched into fists, and she chewed Luo Gesi's words in her mouth.

"How many children?" Alice's eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly. She tried to straighten out her thoughts, but her thoughts were extremely confusing and she could not calm down at all.

"Ah? No, your focus is a little distorted. The key point is what I will talk about later. This matter is not necessary at all..."

As Rogers was talking, he, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere extremely keenly. When he was explaining, he reached out and grabbed Lufia who was listening with interest.

Just as Alina leaned closer and closer, he decisively jumped behind Lufia. Regardless of Lufia's confused look, he grabbed her arms tightly and protected her firmly. In front of you.

Alice also saw that the situation was different and instinctively leaned forward to prepare.

For a moment, the bed shook and made a loud creaking sound. Several figures could be vaguely seen shaking among the bed curtains as the quilts flew around.

Until the night fades, a ray of morning light falls on the earth, and the coolness of autumn rises with a little moisture, giving people a refreshing feeling.

Rogers leaned on a cane, stretched his body with one hand on his sore waist, and yawned slightly.

At this time, he had already arrived outside the gate of the Magician's Mansion, and beside him was the First Prince Pertus.

Under the guidance of the attendants, Pertus and Logos boarded the unmarked carriage one after another.

Pertus did not come here to take Luo Gesi to the palace, but in his own name, he wanted to invite Luo Gesi to have a conversation.

Logos didn't want to talk to the other party at first, but after thinking about Pertus's persistence towards him in the past and the fact that he was currently on the other party's territory, he knew that there was no point in delaying, so he simply accepted the appointment. Although no matter how you look at it, neither the emperor nor the prince can do anything to him at this time, let alone have the intention to harm him in the imperial capital.

However, Rogers still took Alice's silver ring and silently operated the spiral sword at all times to prevent unexpected events.

After all, there are many factions in the imperial capital, and it is inevitable that some stupid wolves will want to use this to cause trouble and profit from the chaos.

"It's not a big problem, just a little trouble for a person who is about to enter his youth."

After hearing the concerned words from Pertus on the other side, Logos explained casually.

The carriage he is currently riding in has special magic settings. The bright windows can clearly see the scene outside the carriage, but people outside the carriage cannot glimpse the scene inside.

“I have carefully studied the “Summary of the New Civil Protection Bill” proposed by you, and I can clearly see that you have similar ideals to me, and I am willing to work with you to implement such matters.

"But haven't your actions in recent days gone too far? Breaking the balance will not only bring about innovation, but also possibly unpredictable disputes.

"Originally, with the Dawn Movement you launched, the lower class gentry and nobles were already fighting for various interests. Now, what exactly do you want to do by forming a faction with magicians as the main body?

"Father has summoned me frequently in recent days, and out of every ten things we discuss, your name will be mentioned in seven or eight of them."

Pertus stared at Logos with a solemn expression, and said in a low and steady voice.

"If I say that my original intention in doing this is to be safe and not to cause disputes, would you believe it?" Luo Gesi looked sideways at the bustling pedestrians outside the window and replied helplessly.

He probably already knew that the prince was looking for him just to make him stop his current efforts.

But from the tentative germination of this idea to the real experience of the benefits brought by power, and even the visit of the Duchess last night, they all deepened his desire to advance this matter.

Even without these sweeteners, just gathering a large number of magicians and constantly spreading his skills through high-frequency communication is an irresistible temptation.

After all, the achievement of shaping an era of magic, even if it cannot push the [Enlightenment Special Ceremony] to a miracle, can still be used as a great symbol of a grand sacrifice.

The benefits that can be obtained cannot be explained clearly in one or two words, not to mention that he does not feel that the royal family will really be friendly to him after he keeps to himself.

"I believe your words, Logos, I believe you." Pertus showed his empathy and nodded slowly, and then he commented very firmly:

"However, after looking at the places you have visited in recent years and the subsequent turmoil caused by those places, I came up with an idea.

"Even if I admit that you have no intention of causing strife, I can also confirm one thing more and more. Rogers Braid, you are the strife itself."

The footsteps, chatter and laughter of pedestrians filled the air, and the faint clatter of wheels and the rhythmic hooves of horses on the ground were heard inside the carriage from time to time.

Logos did not reply. He looked out the window silently, and Pertus also looked at him silently.

After a while, Pertus sighed and asked an inexplicable question:

"Before you became a magician, had you ever killed anyone yourself? How did you feel when you killed someone?"

He didn't seem to expect Rogers to answer immediately. He paused for a moment and then continued speaking on his own.

"I have killed before. When I was young, my father scolded me for being too kind and forced me to execute a death row prisoner myself.

"My father kept telling me that the emperor wants to kill people, and an emperor who doesn't kill people can't wear the crown at all.

“I have always remembered the feeling I had at that time, the feeling that made me sick and disgusted. Although when I was dealing with government affairs later, I deeply understood that even if I don’t have to do it myself, just casual words can make people unknowingly Kill others in time.

"But I still don't like killing people, no matter how despicable they are, I think it's fine as long as they are handed over to the court for trial instead of having to speak out.

"Logos, what about you? What do you think of this?"

After hearing this, Luo Gesi slowly turned around and looked squarely at the person who had revealed his heart to him.

He calmly recalled that the first time he attempted to kill someone in his two lives was the saint's brother, but he didn't feel too much at that time.

Because of his experience of being alone in his previous life, he learned a skill very early, which was to withdraw from high emotions.

At first, he tried to get calm by withdrawing from the huge negative emotions such as loneliness, sadness, fear, etc., but slowly, he discovered that over time, not only the negative emotions, but also many times even when he was in positive emotions, he began to learn to Calm in the turmoil.

"Being disgusted with killing is an instinctive reaction of human beings." Rogers said flatly without answering Pertus's question directly.

"Do you still remember what I once told you, that I hope you can stay in St. Helta? Also, can you promise me that you will not do anything to stir up disputes again?" Pertus stared sincerely. Looking at Luo Gesi, his words even took on a slightly pleading tone:

"I want to be very, very good friends with you. I hate killing people."

Before Rogoth could respond to the question that made him feel overly naive, Pertus frowned slightly and took out a small compass-shaped magic item from his jacket pocket.

"The editing and printing office of the Imperial City News was sneaked in. Those people set fire to the newspaper office wantonly and killed several contributors."

After reading the information, the prince looked at Luo Gesi again and spoke slowly.

"You don't think this chaos has anything to do with me, do you?" Rogers' mouth twitched slightly and he asked with a bit of laughter.

"Sorry, I'm overthinking it. Maybe I'm so sensitive because I've thought too much about you in recent days. After all, the guy who broke into the newspaper office is a cultist." Pertus straightened his expression and apologized. road.

After hearing the prince's explanation, Luo Gesi silently turned his head and looked out the window.

(End of this chapter)