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

Jefferson has also been a little irritable recently.

Jefferson, as a champagne noble, naturally received the invitation to join forces to attack the Lars family, and as a neighbor of the gray-collar workers, Jefferson was assigned a very important position.

But to be honest, Jefferson was somewhat reluctant, because the most direct beneficiary of the development of Gray Collar was the downstream town of Farson.

If things continue to develop smoothly like this, Jefferson will sooner or later surpass Wesker and become the leader of the Champagne nobles.

Once the gray-collar workers are destroyed, the best result is that the benefits will be divided up by everyone, and the worst result is that the Evans family will monopolize it.

By then, let alone being a champagne aristocrat, Jefferson would probably only be able to carry Wesker's shoes. No wonder that guy was not very interested in the gray-collar business before and only sent his least favorite youngest son over.

However, Jefferson now has a good opportunity to make a contribution. During his routine collection of taxes from merchant ships heading to Gray Collar, Jefferson accidentally discovered Ruby and the old butler Sebastian hiding in the cabin.

Although they were made up and looked like an ordinary grandfather and granddaughter, Ruby's acting skills were still a little lacking. Jefferson, who had met them once when he was out on business, still recognized them.

It was obvious that the two were heading for the Gray-White Collar where Lena was. According to the current stance of the Alliance and Jefferson, they should have immediately detained the two to seek credit.

But at this moment Jefferson hesitated. As a well-known fence-sitter, Jefferson hated to do risky things the most. Although everyone thought that Gray-collar could be killed in the blink of an eye, the old butler's hand had already reached behind him. Who knew what Lars could come up with with his last bit of strength?

In order to avoid a lose-lose situation, Jefferson pretended he saw nothing, walked out of the cabin as if nothing had happened, and let them go.

What's the point of living if you can't even get a share of the soup?

Jefferson's attitude is like his attitude towards these merchant ships. Although I don't know what is being transported, as long as you pay taxes, I will still let you pass. It doesn't matter whose money you make, right?

As the lower reaches of the gray-collar workers, Jefferson was not nervous at all. Only a crazy person would really fight with the coalition forces in the territory above. Jefferson believed that Lind was a smart man. Even if he did not surrender, he would most likely join the elves in the end.

The old butler in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief. Even though the magic props in his hand were enough to escape, he didn't want to cause chaos at this time.

The old butler looked more and more desperate at the situation along the way. The nobles in the western part of the Northern Territory did not hide the fact that they had united and were planning to eat the last piece of cake together.

Even these nobles in the western part of the North refused assistance from other places, saying that they wanted to rely on their own strength to get rid of the evil Lars family, but in fact they were afraid that forces from other places would come and take away the cake.

The old butler now only wants to take Ruby to Gray Collar safely, and then take the two young ladies to escape to the Giant God Mountains to seek the shelter of the elves.

But when the merchant ship sailed into Gray Collar, the old butler found something was wrong. The riverside was full of flat buildings, huge water wheels were turning slowly, and nuns wearing bird-beak masks were checking the hygiene of everyone on the merchant ship to prevent any disease from entering the territory.

Although he knew that Miss Reina would deliberately belittle the Gray Collar in her letter in order to get more assistance, and described the Gray Collar as the same as the streets around the royal capital, the old butler never dreamed that the real Gray Collar would be like this.

"Grandpa, are we there yet?"

In order to disguise herself along the way, Ruby had to call the butler "Grandpa", but it didn't matter, because Ruby originally called the butler "Grandpa".

"I am not sure."

When they entered the Gray Collar Port, the old butler still found it hard to believe that this was the Gray Collar Port.

The crew members nearby were no longer surprised and just thought that the other party was a country bumpkin from somewhere else.

"Name, age."

The cold voice of the nun in charge of registration brought the old butler back to reality.

The old butler then noticed that everything in the territory seemed to be under control. This feeling was very familiar to the old butler. This was the atmosphere that only appeared when a territory entered a state of war.

The old butler did not directly answer the nun's question, but took out a token with a North Wind Bear tattooed on it from his arms.

...

"Ruby!"

"elder sister!"

Sisters Reina and Ruby hugged each other and cried. This was the first time Reina cried out loud after learning the news of Grand Duke Lars' death from the merchants.

"Sister, I'm so scared. I'm afraid I'll be kidnapped again as soon as I fall asleep."

"It's okay, sister will protect you."

Reina cried and wiped her tears while taking on the responsibility of the eldest sister. Although Reina cried louder than Ruby, what she said didn't seem convincing.

Seeing Reina, who had been suppressed for a long time, finally burst into tears, Linde felt a lot more relaxed. The plot of this world had really been turned upside down. Linde never dreamed that Reina's uncles would really dare to kill Archduke Lars.

Linde was as surprised to hear the news as he was when he heard about Isa's rebellion.

Gray and white-collar workers also entered a state of preparation for war after this.

Although it was not stated explicitly, it was now a recognized fact that the Gray Collars had become the last remaining force of the Lars family in the western North.

Of course, strictly speaking, there are many people who can better represent the Lars family than Gray Collar, such as the Winter Castle that has not been breached so far, Reina’s two brothers whose whereabouts are unknown, and many resistance organizations.

But it is useless to say all this now. People just want to eliminate the last living force of the old Lars family. As for who this living force is, it doesn’t matter.

Even Linde, who had not yet married Lena, was inexplicably labeled as Lars's orthodox son. After all, Linde did not cut ties with Lena immediately.

Lind could only sigh: Oh no, I have become orthodox.

"Mr. Linde Roll, thank you very much for everything you have done for the young lady, but now I have to take the young lady to the elves. Of course, if you are willing, you can come with us."

The old butler still respected him very much. After all, Linde did not sell Lena immediately, and even put the territory into a state of war preparation, which was far beyond the old butler's expectations.

"Mr. Sebastian, do you want me to escape?"

Linde is not a coward, otherwise he would not have put the territory into a state of war preparation, but he is not the kind of person who would fight the whole world for a woman in a rage. His relationship with Rena is really similar to what Rena herself said, they are all brothers, at least that's what Linde thinks of himself at the moment.

Does it sound more normal to fight the whole world for a brother? Well, Lind just felt that he couldn't surrender, that's all. In the eyes of outsiders, Gray Collar was completely the territory of the Lars family. It was impossible to surrender. Even if you surrendered, the other side would just change you into the enemy's clothes and continue to fire.

"Sometimes running away does not mean failure. We need to accumulate strength and contact other righteous Lars people. We will always wait for the day of counterattack."

This is the safest approach. Reina's uncles all came to power illegitimately and are currently suppressing rebellions in their respective territories. In the opinion of the old butler Sebastian, it is impossible to defend Gray Collar alone, and it is even easier to blockade Gray Collar.

The best thing to do now is to escape to the elves together and seek their protection.

But if we just run away like this, wouldn’t all the weapons we made before be in vain?

Moreover, the number of gray-collar workers has now grown to thousands, and they cannot be taken away just because we want to.

Even if we only take away the core team, there is no guarantee that the technology will not be leaked, which may make it more difficult to fight.

Of course, Lind could also just give a French salute, but is there really any time traveler who would be so clumsy?

Just as Lind was thinking, another guest came to Gray Collar, and he really came to persuade him to surrender.