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

In the conference room, Linde looked around and found that the elders of the Lars family were really a group of old men.

He has a very stereotypical appearance, and you can tell at first glance that he is a highly respected elder.

Reina was a little nervous around Lind, probably because she didn't learn etiquette when she was a child and was often scolded by these elders.

Sean is much more confident. After all, he is the most promising next generation of the Lars family, and his status as the future head of the family is much higher than those elders.

Colin and Ruby seemed to be just there for show. No elder would support Ruby who was unable to manage the territory on her own. Colin also had a criminal record and his previous management of the territory was a mess, so there were fewer elders who supported Colin.

Although these elders have different thoughts, the chief elder like Gandalf has a kind face.

"On behalf of the Lars family, I would like to thank Viscount Lind Roll for his just act. The Lars family will remember your kindness."

"Let's skip the polite words and get straight to the point."

After calmly accepting the etiquette of the elders, Lind spoke directly. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with these old men. These ineffective aristocratic etiquettes were a waste of precious time.

Every minute of the victory is extremely precious, and every second determines the future direction of the western North.

Many elders were very dissatisfied with Linde's disrespect for etiquette, but the chief elder was very cooperative and omitted most of the etiquette.

If the original plan is followed, Winterhold will transfer the remaining population, territory, resources and power of the Lars family to the name of Gray Collar.

After all, white-collar workers are nominally joint assets of the couple.

This would allow Linde to gain actual power while ensuring Reina's position.

But since learning the news about Sean and Colin on the ship, the elders have become divided.

Lind opened the map and drew a big circle in the western part of the North.

This circle basically includes all the nobles who are going on this expedition.

"This area will all be Lars's territory from now on, but I need people and troops to help me control these places."

An elder jumped out and said, "Isn't this natural? These nobles were originally vassals of our Lars family. Now it is just that we Lars want to take back these territories."

This is to weaken Lind's achievements, because these places were originally Lars's places, so Lind did not defeat the enemy, but helped to retake Lars's territory.

"We will definitely help to recover these territories, but whether it is the enfeoffment of new lords or the stationing of troops on the land, it should all be the responsibility of our Lars family."

This directly excluded Lind from the Lars family. Before the war, everyone hoped that Lind could raise the banner of Lars' orthodoxy, but after the war, no one wanted Lind to truly become Lars's person.

"Lord Rawl, your territory is probably limited to this area."

Another elder stood up and drew a line on the map. This elder thought that he was quite fair. After all, the new territory marked out for Lind on the map was several times larger than the Gray Collar and Fassen Town combined.

Lind refused directly: "No, you may have misunderstood. We are not dividing the territories. What we should do is to connect all the territories. These territories should only obey one order. Of course, the same goes for the army."

Seeing that the elders hadn't reacted yet, Lind continued, "You can understand that this large area will no longer be divided among noble lords, but will be directly managed by officials. In the future, the noble titles will only be honorary titles, and they will not hold real power or control the army."

Upon hearing this, the elders immediately reacted and realized that Linde wanted to become a great lord, take over an entire territory for himself, and even planned to establish a country within a country.

These elders had no idea what Linde was thinking. The so-called division of noble titles and real power was also considered by these elders to be just a means of dividing Lars' power. After all, the Lars family might have the most noble titles.

Immediately, an elder stood up to oppose, and the voices of opposition grew louder and louder. They had originally thought that everyone was here to discuss business, but unexpectedly, Linde was going to take all the benefits for himself - even though these benefits were originally earned by Linde.

The most common way to divide the cake in this world is to divide it into fiefdoms. In the eyes of these elders, Lind refused to divide the territories of these nobles for fiefdoms, which meant he refused to divide the cake. They all came with the mentality of being able to manage the territories, but Lind told them that it was impossible.

But the kind elder narrowed his eyes at this time.

"In any case, even if we really do as you say, the one who should manage this large territory should be the heir of our Lars family! Are you trying to take over the Lars family for yourself?"

An elder who was slightly younger than the old men stood up and loudly accused Lind.

At the same time, many people began to agree: "That's right, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are a descendant of the empire! The chief lord should be the legitimate heir, Lord Sean!"

Linde was helpless to complain, how come even the elders knew about this? However, this was also within Linde's expectations. It was unlikely to swallow up the entire Lars family in one go, so he had already prepared to bargain with the elders.

But at this time, Reina stood up, took out a battle axe from somewhere, stepped on the negotiation table and shouted: "Linde is my husband, how come he is not Lars's man?"

Perhaps it was because Reina's action was too threatening, the noisy meeting room suddenly became quiet.

"You all didn't support my brother in the beginning, but supported my uncles. Now you are clamoring for my brother to be the heir. I have finally understood that it doesn't matter to you who is the heir."

"You just want our Lars family to quarrel as long as possible. The longer the quarrel lasts, the higher your status will be, and the more things you can get."

"You are a bunch of good-for-nothing beasts in human form. You couldn't see through the conspiracy when Grandpa was alive, and you didn't even go to rescue Grandpa when he was in trouble. How dare you represent Lars?"

The old butler Sebastian, who had been in the corner, nervously pulled Reina to his side and whispered, "Miss, at least they didn't surrender."

But Reina ignored the old housekeeper's dissuasion and said directly: "I don't want the title of Lars's heir. I just want to choose my husband as the heir of the Lars family. After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

The elders looked at each other in bewilderment. The last time this happened was during the royal family of the previous dynasty and the Augustine family. Although the Augustine family did manage to turn the tide in the end, the royal family of the previous dynasty also retreated behind the scenes. How could these elders not be worried?

At this time, an elder looked at Sean who had been silent, and said loudly: "I object! The heir should also be inherited by Master Sean. Miss, you have never participated in the Heir War before, so what qualifications do you have to be the heir to your husband?"

Before the elder could finish his words, and even before Lena raised her axe, Sean stood up and slapped the elder in the face.

The elder turned around and rolled in the air and landed freely, looking at Sean with a puzzled look on his face.

Sean said directly: "I agree that my brother-in-law should be the heir. He is the one that everyone wants."

When these words were spoken, many elders showed expressions that said, "We are ready to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?"

But the elder who had been thinking about something finally spoke up: "Miss is right. Thanks to Mr. Linde, we were able to resolve this crisis. I also agree with Miss and Master Sean. From today on, Mr. Linde Roll will serve as the head of the Lars family and become the new leader of our Lars family."

Although the Great Elder still had a smile on his face at this time, the other elders chose to bow down when they saw the Great Elder speak.

The head of the family is actually the position that Grand Duke Lars held in the Lars family. In aristocratic families, status is not determined solely by official titles, but rather by seniority within the family. It can even be said that Linde's status transcends the original position of heir, and he directly became the supreme leader of the Lars family in one step.

Even in the future, when talking with the so-called new Lars on the other side, Lind would have to sit in the main seat.

Linde looked at the Great Elder with some surprise, but the Great Elder just smiled and nodded.

The meeting ended in a weird atmosphere, and many elders left in disappointment, but Colin stopped the elders who had accused Lind after the meeting.

The elders who were stopped by Colin were a little nervous and excited. After all, in the impression of these elders, Colin was cruel and ruthless, and he levied heavy taxes. He relied on being the most favored youngest son to beat up the elders many times.

This is not a positive character. The elders speculated that Colin was dissatisfied with his brother-in-law and was ready to start making trouble.

But Colin looked at these elders, took the whip handed over by the servant, and said in a cold tone: "You seem to be a little too disrespectful to your brother-in-law."