Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

The round table meeting did not make any real progress. Everyone was just pretending to discuss how to fight against the Kingdom of Anjou, but everyone knew that the problem in the north was the key now.

Only Judith thought about it seriously and suggested moving the church's power to the southwest to support the war in the southwest.

However, this point was not passed. Although the church is now in decline, it will not easily go to war with a country. After all, although Anjou mainly believes in the god of war, it also has many believers of the goddess. Alberto himself is very respectful of religion. The church has no reason to come out to help.

At most, we can ask the monks to give some help.

In the end, Lilith allowed each noble to spy on the North on their own, almost implying that how to contact the two forces in the North was up to the nobles themselves, as long as it did not involve the capital and the royal family.

I've made my move, you guys can do whatever you want.

The meeting ended with voices praising Lilith, and the nobles with different thoughts left the palace.

After leaving, Claire visited various nobles as usual and collected their opinions for Lilith, and finally pretended to contact Monroe.

"Your Highness, aren't you tired of doing this? Every time you talk to me, you have to chat with other nobles first."

The charcoal in the fireplace was crackling. It seemed that the charcoal had been processed through alchemy, producing no smoke at all, and even the smell of burning had a fresh fragrance.

Although it seems to be more cost-effective than activating the magic circle for keeping warm, in fact, these special charcoals are more expensive to burn.

"There is no other way. Only in this way can His Majesty feel at ease to entrust some matters to me."

Lilith was more cautious than Claire, but after all, Lilith was alone and weak, and there were actually not many people available, so even if Lilith had doubts in her heart, she could only trust herself for the time being.

Claire put down her teacup and chatted, "This northern governor is really careless. At this time, he still wants to stir up this muddy water."

When Claire learned that the Gray-Collar Army had suffered a rout in the Golden Ear Plains, she was still very excited. When she learned that Lind had personally arrived at the front line, Claire began to look forward to the scene of Lind's defeat and life and death.

But the intelligence Claire was expecting was still not coming from the North. Battle reports could be deceiving, but the battle lines could not. Now the battle lines were stuck at the Golden Ear Plains. Claire wouldn't believe you if you said something had happened to the governor.

The main reason why Claire found Monroe this time was that she wanted to know the battle situation in the Golden Ear Plains. To a certain extent, Claire had begun to doubt whether the demons could succeed.

"Isn't it? You're already in a hurry, and you're still thinking about making money."

Monroe leaned back on the sofa, his body splayed out in a loose spread, looking very relaxed.

"Oh? Is the situation really urgent?"

Claire looked out the window. It was already full of fog, and there had been intermittent snowfall in recent days. When the demons provided intelligence to Claire before, they were very confident and believed that the gray-collar workers would not survive the winter. They asked Claire to prepare in advance, and then advised Lilith to change her policy.

However, after Linde's letter was sent this time, Claire began to re-examine the situation, especially the information about the demons which began to become unclear.

This inevitably made Claire a little worried. Is the demon clan really worth investing in?

"Don't worry, these are just technical adjustments."

Monroe sat up straight and explained, "Your Highness, I believe you have also heard about the horrible monsters created by the demons in the intelligence."

"And those monsters are stronger than you and I imagined. I can say directly that no human can resist the attack of those monsters now, not even the small Kingdom of Anjou in the southwest."

Claire was a little unconvinced and retorted: "Wasn't the gray collar blocking it?"

"That's only temporary. After all, as you know, Your Highness, the Gray Collar's firearms have always been ahead of ours. According to the intelligence from the demons, the Gray Collar has even stronger artillery. But even such a Gray Collar couldn't defeat those terrifying monsters in the first fight, right?"

This is true. After all, based on the intelligence the royal capital has obtained now, no matter how you look at it, the Gray and White Collars have been defeated, it’s just a matter of the extent of their defeat.

But Claire sensed something was wrong, because Monroe's eyes were too fanatical. Monroe should be a collaborator of the demons, so why did he become as fanatical as a cultist now?

"And do you know how those monsters were created? If you knew, you wouldn't have any doubts about the demons' victory."

The Grand Duke of the East actually preached to Claire like a fanatical pagan, but Claire still maintained her elegant demeanor and asked, "Oh? How did that come about?"

Monroe asked calmly, "Your Highness, do you remember what I told you about the demons digging out their god in the eternal frozen ground?"

Claire nodded: "So?"

In Claire's opinion, even if the demons were not deliberately making things mysterious, they were most likely digging up some evil cult statue or something like that, so there was nothing to worry about.

"Those monsters were created by their gods! Their gods used their own flesh and blood to transform the demons into these monsters!"

Hearing this, Claire immediately understood why Monroe's attitude towards the demons had changed and he became so cautious.

This sentence contains too much information. First of all, the demon god of the demon race does not need any oracles to ask his believers to do things, but can directly interfere with the world. Secondly, dividing his own flesh and blood shows that this god has a physical body, rather than an illusory symbol.

But Claire quickly found the loophole in this logic. Since the gods could directly turn the demons into monsters, why didn't they take action themselves and destroy the gray-collar workers directly?

It is obvious that the demons are still hiding some information from Monroe.

Claire immediately thought of the lantern dream. The demons were most likely the same as in the lantern dream, using some method to steal the power of God, and the so-called flesh and blood were just the medium.

After thinking carefully, Claire licked her lips. Unlike Monroe, Claire did not become more afraid of the demons or fanatically convert to the demons after learning the origin of the monsters. Instead, she immediately thought about how to borrow or even control this power.

Seeing Claire's strange expression, Monroe thought she was frightened, so he continued, "So you understand, Your Highness, how can humans compete with God? Unless the goddess appears again, the gray-collar workers will lose. We'd better make plans early."

Claire nodded. She should have made plans earlier. After learning the source of the demons' power, Claire felt that the demons might not be able to defeat the gray-collar workers.

After all, even the so-called lantern dream was helpless against the Northern Governor, and even took the initiative to seek cooperation. The Northern Governor might have some special power, so the ease of the Governor in the letter can be explained.

The more Claire thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and she immediately made a new plan.

Now Claire even looks forward to seeing the demons defeated, because only a weak demon can be better controlled by her.

Finally, Claire carefully analyzed the current situation in her mind. Neither Anjou nor the demons were very friendly to the capital. Even the gray-collar workers who were superficial allies were mostly concerned with maintaining a balance. As for brothers and sisters, only a child would believe that if something happened to Her Majesty the Queen, Governor Linde would rush to rescue her at all costs.

Adults only care about interests.

A new plan that can balance the interests of all parties gradually takes shape in Claire's mind.

"Your Highness, have you thought about it?"

Monroe thought Claire was considering whether to completely side with the demon clan, so he frowned slightly and urged her. In Monroe's opinion, this was something that did not require any hesitation at all.

"Sir Monroe, do you remember what I told you? Why can't an orthodox like me sit in that position?"

Claire narrowed her eyes and stared at Monroe: "You will support me, right?"

Monroe's hair stood on end instantly, as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake, but he still replied: "Of course, Your Highness, the Capetian Kingdom will always need a new leader when the time comes, and no one is more suitable than you."