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

Codick rarely kept his promise. After Grand Duke Lars finished reading out his "crimes", the court immediately signed a decree. The Grand Duke of the North, who had been trapped in the royal capital for many years, could finally return to his territory.

Theoretically, if Grand Duke Lars wanted to leave, no one could stop him, but out of loyalty to the royal family, Grand Duke Lars stayed in the royal capital obediently.

The elderly Grand Duke Lars keenly noticed the change in the king's attitude towards the North, but as a veteran knight family, Grand Duke Lars still followed the old king's orders. This was a kind of blind loyalty out of chivalry, but also a way of lowering his posture, wanting to tell the old king that the North was not an enemy.

At least that's what Archduke Lars thought.

But now, no matter how old-fashioned and loyal Archduke Lars was, he could realize that Augustine no longer regarded Lars as his vassal, but as an enemy.

Being able to use the other party's children as a threat has exceeded the bottom line of the aristocratic politics of this era. Perhaps you would say that real politics is even more unscrupulous than this.

At least in this era, nobles still have to save face, especially in wars between nobles. Even if the fight is bloody, except for mortal enemies, basically as long as the ransom is paid, it will be fine. They can do things without bottom line, but they cannot be so shameless.

Grand Duke Lars held Ruby in his arms and took a last look at the royal capital from inside the carriage. It was still as old, smelly, dirty and messy as before, but also still so full of vitality.

"Master, it's time to set off."

The old butler who was driving in front gave a reminder.

"Well, let's go to our base, Winter Castle."

"Aren't we going to Master Sean's river valley first?"

The butler has been with the Lars family for decades, and his relationship with Grand Duke Lars is more like friends than master and servant. Naturally, he knows how much Lars loves his grandchildren. Now even Ruby can be easily captured by the royal family, so Sean should be in even greater danger now.

"That's too late."

Grand Duke Lars sighed and said, "Whether Sean is in trouble or not, we must go to Winterhold first. Only when we are there can we truly take control of the situation."

According to Ruby, the king was captured because of an internal rebellion in the territory. Some knights of the Lars family rebelled. Grand Duke Lars knew with a simple thought that it was his troublesome sons who had joined forces with the royal family to start the action.

However, Grand Duke Lars did not expect that his sons would become so bold and start to learn the conspiracies and intrigues from the royal family.

However, as long as he returned to Winterhold, these bastards would not cause any waves in the eyes of Grand Duke Lars. As long as he was still alive, the knights of the Lars family would know who they should be loyal to.

"Let's go back to the North."

Just like that, the ruler of the North left the capital on a bitterly cold morning. Even Grand Duke Lars did not dare to make it public. He only brought a team of guards with him and even secretly erased the family emblem of the North Wind Bear.

Because once you get the tattoo of the Borean Bear's family crest, people along the way will throw rotten eggs or fresh roadside feces at you.

At the same time, in the capital, the king's castle, Augustine III, lying on his sickbed, held a piece of intelligence in his hand and asked Kodik, "Is everything arranged?"

"It's all arranged. Your Majesty, don't worry. The demons will assist us in this plan. It will be absolutely foolproof. Grand Duke Lars will be killed without a burial place!"

"That's good, ahem! Don't leave any trouble for the future. All of Lars's brats must be dealt with, as well as their uncles. After they get rid of those brats, give them a position to lead the North and let them fight among themselves. Then find an opportunity to get rid of them all at once, ahem!"

Augustine III coughed violently, but continued with his thoughts.

It is difficult to completely kill a family like the Lars family that has ruled a place for hundreds of years. In addition to physical destruction, their influence must also be eliminated.

And differentiation is the best way. Support a force that depends on you, instigate, plot, and fan the flames. When this force becomes stronger, you will continue to use this combination of punches.

At that time, we only need to acknowledge those bastards of Lars that each of them is a legitimate member of the Lars family and that each of them has the right to claim the North. Then those bastards will beat each other to death. Add to that the demons outside the country who are eyeing the North covetously, and the royal family will not even need to intervene to destroy the North.

Moreover, the Lars family will be in a state of fragmentation and will no longer have the possibility of unifying the north.

As he was thinking, Augustine III suddenly realized that something was wrong.

It’s not that there’s something wrong with my thinking, but that the surrounding environment suddenly started to become blurry.

Where was the maid? Where was the attendant? I had been coughing for so long, why didn't a servant come in to bring me water? Before I knew it, Augustine III and Cottic were the only ones left in the room.

In a trance, Augustine saw a cold smile on the corner of Codick's mouth. At the same time, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, as if he was about to be attacked by a nightmare.

"Uh-huh!"

Augustine III wanted to call for his guards and activate the magic device on his body, but found that he could only utter two simple syllables.

"Your Majesty, you should rest."

As Kotick finished his words, Augustine III closed his eyes.

"Has everything been arranged?"

A seductive woman in a slit nun's uniform walked out of the void behind Kodick, holding a lantern.

"It went so smoothly that he didn't even know he had fallen into a dream in the first place."

In front of this woman, Codic no longer had the demeanor of a heroic prime minister, nor was he as servile as he was before Augustine. Instead, there was only deep fear and obedience.

As soon as the magic props on Augustine III reacted, they were suppressed by the black gas emitted by the lantern in the hand of the charming woman.

"You did a great job. To be honest, we didn't expect someone as shameless as you to be able to do this."

The charming woman's words were full of thorns, and she seemed very dissatisfied with Kodick's cruel methods.

"We do want to provoke conflicts, but we don't want them to get out of control. You've done a great job. Some conflicts are beyond the control of our Lantern Dream. Do you understand?"

Codick stood there trembling with fear, not daring to say a word in rebuttal.

"You should keep a low profile from now on and don't do such risky things again. The bishop doesn't like you bringing in the demons."

Before Codick could react, everything that had just happened ended abruptly, as if it were a dream.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty!"

Maids and attendants suddenly appeared, constantly shouting at the bedside of Augustine III. Beside the sweaty Codick were the equally sweaty royal doctors and the best professors of the Royal Capital Academy.

On the day when Archduke Lars left the capital, Augustinus III, who had ruled the Capetian Kingdom for decades, lost consciousness. However, according to information from the outside world, Augustinus III died peacefully in his sleep due to overwork.

Because the crown prince had already been appointed, Clan Augustine immediately stepped forward to stabilize the situation and prepared to ascend the throne.

However, because the old king's death was so sudden, the capital was still thrown into chaos.

Moreover, according to the rumors among the nobles, there were many doubts about the death of Augustine III. Some even said that Augustine III was still alive and breathing normally, but his consciousness seemed to have sunk into the ocean and fell into eternal sleep.