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

In the royal capital, countless people were crowding on both sides of the King's Avenue, completely ignoring the stench of overnight swill and excrement on the ground and around them, waving their hats and shouting enthusiastically, welcoming a carriage that was slowly passing by.

In the carriage, Prime Minister Cordick opened the window and waved to the crowd. Many people saw Cordick waving at them and some even fainted with excitement.

When the carriage reached its destination, the Magic Academy in the royal capital, Codick slowly stepped out of the carriage, surrounded by the crowd, and the orchestra that had been waiting for a long time began to play cheerful and exciting music at the right time.

And Kotick started his speech directly in such an environment.

"I can feel that this visit to the Demon Tribe in the North is the greatest trip of my life. I once said that I would solve the problems in the North, and now, I have indeed done it!"

The surrounding students and nobles burst into enthusiastic applause.

"I believe this is just the beginning of a greater solution that will bring peace to the entire kingdom."

"Last month, as the prime minister of the kingdom, I held a meeting with the Demon King of the Demon Tribe. Now I have a document signed by both of us."

As Codick took out a document full of contracts and waved it around, the atmosphere at the scene reached its climax.

"Hail! Long live peace!"

There was constant cheering at the scene, and everyone was immersed in this cheerful atmosphere.

It wasn't until Codick stopped waving and pressed his hands down that the crowd around him quieted down.

"Some of you may have heard what's on this, but I wanted to read it to you anyway."

Seeing that the crowd had quieted down a bit, Kodick continued.

"On behalf of the King of Capet, His Majesty Augustine III, and His Excellency the Demon King of the northern demon tribe, we had an in-depth meeting a month ago. We both agreed that the relationship between Capet and the demon tribe is the most important issue for both sides."

"We believe that the previously signed agreement, as well as the Northern Withdrawal Agreement, symbolizes the wishes of our two peoples - never to go to war with each other!"

There was another burst of intense cheering from the crowd.

"War is very cruel. You won't be resurrected after you die. It's not like in the knight novels where you can still jump around after being stabbed a few times. You won't have time to lie on the ground and tell you your last words."

Kodick clenched his fists and said excitedly: "The enemy is not a criminal who has a deep hatred for you, but a farmer, a stonemason, a shoemaker, an ordinary person like you! Every time I swing the butcher knife, it only brings the mother's pain, the wife and children's cries, and the vested interests' grim smiles!"

Obviously, this vested interest group refers to the Lars family.

"You bullshit!"

Two civilian students from the Northern Territory stood up and shouted, "The demons are not innocent. They plundered our land, invaded our families, and massacred our people. How can they not have deep hatred? We only wish we could kill two more people on the battlefield!"

The two students pointed out the loophole in Kodick's words, that is, the war between the North and the demons was a war of self-defense, but Kodick cleverly described the war as a war in which both sides suffered fifty slashes.

Kodick frowned and scolded: "Don't you have any conscience? Don't you feel any pain for your dead companions? I understand. You must be the vested interests!"

After saying that, the guards immediately dragged the two troublesome students out.

Kotick cleared his throat and continued:

"So in order to avoid any more unnecessary casualties, we have decided to use consultation to deal with any other issues involving the relationship between our two countries."

Although Codick unknowingly acknowledged the establishment of the Demon Nation and put the Demons on the same level as a country in the conversation, no one noticed any problem because this is how it has been promoted all along.

“We will continue to work hard to bridge our differences and thereby ensure our contribution to future peace.”

"I brought a generation of peace to the Kingdom of Capet!"

As Kotick finished his last words and held up the contract in his hand, the crowd cheered louder and louder.

The bards in the capital constantly sang praises of the great achievements of Caudric and the king, some of which were exaggerated. For example, the Lars family in the north constantly used conspiracies and tricks to obstruct the peace talks between Caudric and the devil, but they were all cleverly resolved by Caudric.

Therefore, many people even went to the Northern Grand Duke's Mansion in the royal capital to provoke, and even some small nobles were proud of being the one who could provoke the Lars family to anger.

The contract that Codick brought was also specially bound and framed and placed in the college for students to see.

It can be said that now the whole country is celebrating except for the North.

However, Grand Duke Lars, who was in charge of the mansion, was not as anxious as the outside world rumored. The other three grand dukes and the king had already strangled the North, and there was no point in worrying about the lost territory. After the death of his eldest son, Lena's father, Grand Duke Lars had actually been pursuing a strategy of contraction and stability.

Grand Duke Lars felt that he was really old. If he were younger, he would definitely go and fight the instigators of this show to tell them the real situation in the North. The demons have become a little crazy, and part of the territory in the North cannot satisfy their wolfish ambitions at all.

But after losing his son in his late years, Archduke Lars no longer had the energy to do such a seemingly meaningless thing, and the power to speak in public opinion was no longer in his hands.

Moreover, Grand Duke Lars was somewhat influenced by public opinion in the capital and felt that this contract could really alleviate the external pressure on the North, which was being attacked from both sides.

What made Archduke Lars even more upset was that the War of Succession had yet to be decided.

The current Grand Duke Lars is more like an old man, no longer caring about the situation in the outside world. He only hopes to find a suitable successor within his own family as soon as possible.

Of course, Grand Duke Lars could directly and forcibly declare that the original heir, Reina's younger brother Sean, won because his territory was the largest and the richest, but Sean's uncles seemed to have formed an alliance without realizing it, and their overall strength was not much weaker than Sean's.

What's more, Sean's territory was originally the richest, and such a forced appointment would not convince the people at all. Lars is a large family, and Grand Duke Lars has the greatest power, but that does not mean he has the final say within the family. Without sufficient prestige and evidence, forcibly elevating Sean to the position of heir will only bring disaster.

This is not the most difficult part for Archduke Lars.

From the letters sent by various lords and heir candidates in the North, Grand Duke Lars finally discovered something that he had previously overlooked.

Reina is out.

Grand Duke Lars had known about the sugar sales for a long time, but he did not care much about it. He just thought that his grandson-in-law probably had some secret recipe within the family and used it to make some extra money for the territory.

Even if a territory of hundreds of people can produce snowflake candy, how much can it earn?

It was not until the information about the Gray Collar came in from the fragmentary words of the various lords that Grand Duke Lars realized that something was increasingly wrong with the Gray Collar.

Originally, it was thought that there were only a few hundred people, but unexpectedly, the Gray-White Collar was constantly absorbing refugees. Now it has developed into a normal viscountship with more than a thousand people, and it is still increasing.

Next was the magic stone mine. When Grand Duke Lars heard the news, his first reaction was to take over Gray Collar directly and ask Lena to come back. He then transformed Gray Collar into a territory dedicated to mining to prevent the important magic stone mine from being taken away by others.

But then he saw the news that the magic stone mine of Gray and White Collar was being mined jointly with the Goger Empire, that is, the elves. Anyone who attacked the magic stone mine would be directly regarded as attacking the elves' rangers.

No one dared to take advantage of the old-fashioned elves. The surrounding lords could only stare at the gray-collared magic stone veins, even Grand Duke Lars.

The most important thing is that this news was obtained by Grand Duke Lars from other lords. Reina's letter did not mention this matter at all. Even the monitors arranged by Grand Duke Lars to be around Reina were covering up this matter.

It was only then that Archduke Lars realized how foolish the vassal system was, in which the vassal of my vassal was not my vassal, and even my vassal was not necessarily obedient - Gray-Collar was in fact independent.

Reina is fully qualified to participate in the War of Succession, but has always been on the sidelines due to personal reasons. And when the magic stone vein was discovered, it was no longer Reina's decision whether to participate in the War of Succession.

Grand Duke Lars knew with his toes that it was the work of his grandson-in-law. If his granddaughter had such ambition and strength, why would he start a war of succession? With his granddaughter's brain, Grand Duke Lars seriously suspected that she was sold by her grandson-in-law and helped him count the money. After all, this was not the first time.

Especially when Grand Duke Lars saw that Gray-Collar was still producing recovery potions and no longer needed his financial assistance.

There are already voices within the Lars family saying that there is no need to send resources and materials to the gray-collar workers anymore, and some people are beginning to see Reina as a candidate for succession.

After much consideration, Grand Duke Lars decided to continue aiding the gray-collar workers, but only reduce the amount of aid materials.

No matter what, the war of succession must be accelerated now. Lena and Sean are siblings, so they are naturally in the same camp and can fight against those uncles who are ready to make moves.

In Grand Duke Lars's idea, Lena should be the brother-supporting goddess and make her grandson-in-law bleed.

Even if he gained independent capital, it would ultimately be just the size of a viscounty. Sugar, magic stone mines and potions were all highly profitable industries, but they could not compare to the Lars family's century-long accumulation. Could a young boy really make any waves?

Although the progress of the War of Succession in the future was not as smooth as Grand Duke Lars had imagined, and it could even be said to be the opposite of what Grand Duke Lars had imagined, at least that is what Grand Duke Lars thinks now.