The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

"Pagoda suppresses the river demon."

Linde directly responded with the code in Mandarin.

"Odd changes to even and stays the same!"

"Symbols look at the quadrants!"

"Palace Yu Ye Liquor!"

"One hundred and eighty cups!"

I recognized him by his eyes; he was definitely from my hometown.

Lilith stated directly, "I'm from Z City."

Linde didn't react much and simply replied, "What a coincidence, me too."

"We might have even met before we time-traveled, so let's do it for the sake of being from the same hometown..."

Lilith tried her best to appear more pitiful, but for some reason, Linde thought of his sister who had made him stay up all night to help her play games and grind achievements, and immediately refused with a look of disgust: "No way!"

"Ok."

Lilith leaned back in her chair, looking slightly disappointed. Although she had expected this to happen, she was still a little disappointed when it actually occurred.

Judging from his previous attitude, this time traveler's attitude towards me was more like a competitive one. That makes sense, since he has the technology, why should he give it away to fellow villagers?

Transmigrators united? Forget it. If you actually get to another world and encounter other transmigrators, it's basically a dark forest.

"Actually, I didn't originally intend to ask you for any benefits just because we're from the same hometown."

Lilith isn't the type to be unreasonable, or rather, the current situation doesn't allow her to be unreasonable anymore.

"I just want to be frank with you, tell me straight, what level are you willing to go to?"

When Linde heard Lilith ask this question, he replied without hesitation, "After clearing out the demons and completely recovering the northern territory, if things don't go smoothly, I should at least take over the central region and the eastern territory. I need to ensure that the population is sufficient."

The disclosure is for the sake of potential cooperation; only after the disclosure can the time travelers from both sides have the possibility of cooperating.

Lilith nodded in agreement. To be honest, if conditions allowed, Lilith would even like to be a surrenderer. If she couldn't win, she would join the surrender. There was nothing shameful about losing to her fellow countrymen, since the capital was a mess anyway.

"Can I just surrender?"

Now that things have come to this, pride is no longer important when facing fellow countrymen, and Lilith simply gave a French military salute.

"impossible."

While pressing his Jingming acupoint and closing his eyes to rest, Linde refused. If the Queen were to run to the North now, the situation in Capet would instantly become chaotic, and the North would even be attacked from three sides. All cooperation would be out of the question, which would not be in line with Linde's current strategy of resting and recuperating.

Lin De didn't need to go to such lengths for a fellow villager.

"Ok."

Lilith sighed and continued to ask:

"What if everything goes smoothly?"

Lilith felt she had asked a question she already knew the answer to, since there could only be one possible answer. Sure enough, Lind answered without hesitation, "At least the entire kingdom."

Capet's choice of this location is quite good, and the borders are not entirely without natural defenses. After years of rivalry with Anjou, the defensive terrain along the borders has long been developed. If Linde really takes over in the future, he only needs to copy Capet's previous work and replace the old defensive equipment with new ones.

Even if Linde becomes complacent and spends his days indulging in a life of debauchery, he can still survive for a long time by relying on the Cape land.

"So what do you plan to do with me?"

Lilith's despair was less a matter of despair and more a matter of giving up.

"Who knows? Maybe one day you'll be on a boat and it'll just sink?"

Lind shrugged and continued, "That depends on your attitude from now on."

Sure enough, for this governor of the North, whether Lilith lived or died was unimportant; if she died at a crucial moment, she could even become an asset to him.

Surrender directly? That's impossible. Not to mention how much chaos it would cause, the other side would never agree to it.

Perhaps because the temporary venue wasn't well-ventilated, Lilith, wearing a velvet cloak, felt a bit stuffy.

Lilith slumped into the chair and said, "In my past life, I also had an older brother with the same name as you. I often think, if he were still here, even though he'd be a bit nagging, at least I wouldn't be in such a mess right now."

Lilith, while fanning herself with her collar, continued, "Okay, I'll cooperate, but there are some conditions. See if you can accept them."

The fact that you're from the same hometown isn't entirely useless. At least, proposing cooperation based on your hometown connection is much more reliable than the cooperation between Her Majesty the Queen and the Governor of the North.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Lilith saw the Governor of the North staring at her with a look of utter disbelief.

Indeed, he looked as if he had seen a ghost. The queen, who was sitting slouching, had her cloak off, was holding her collar to cool off, and had her legs almost up on the table, looking like she was about to die, gradually overlapped with someone in Lind's memory.

"You said before that you were in Z City before you traveled through time, right?"

Upon hearing this question, Lilith replied seriously, "Yes? What's wrong? You remember me? But I haven't mentioned my name yet."

Without realizing it, Lilith felt that the Governor of the North's expression was becoming more and more nagging, just like seeing her older brother who was on vacation at home wearing only a tank top.

Linde sighed and asked:

"Are you Lin Li, born on [Date], and attending Z City No. 1 High School?"

I'm super, box!

Lilith, whose box had just been opened, immediately recognized the face and cautiously asked, "Brother?"

"..."

Lind's current mood is like being in a heated online battle with someone, about to break their defenses, only to find out that the opponent is one of his own.

Lilith, on the other hand, is like someone who has transmigrated into the body of a queen of a fallen kingdom, only to discover that the enemy general is her own brother.

That's certainly the case now.

After confirming that the Governor of the North in front of her was indeed her older brother, Lilith cautiously probed, "Brother? How come you also time-traveled?"

Lin De slammed his fist on the table and yelled, "I should be asking you that! How did you manage to travel ahead of me?"

Now it's Lind's turn to break through the defense.

"I can't come!"

Lilith mimicked Lind's earlier gesture, spreading her hands out.

Lilith is even in the mood to make jokes now.

Lin De felt a throbbing pain in his temples. This was too eerie. The two confirmed with each other that Lin De had indeed died first, and then Lin Li had transmigrated.

But now is not the time to dwell on this.

"You're not allowed to go back later. You're coming straight back to the North with me!"

Linde slammed both palms on the table forcefully, his tone leaving no room for argument.

"I do not want!"

Lilith slammed her hand on the table, her action exactly the same as Lind's.

"Run away now? Dude, you're not kidding, are you? Do you know what will happen if I run away now?"

"The entire capital, the entire central region, no, the entire kingdom will be plunged into chaos!"

The situation on the scene took an extreme turn. Lind demanded that Lilith surrender and come to the North, but Lilith refused.

From Linde's perspective as the older brother, encountering his younger sister from his past life in another world would naturally make him feel safe to place her on his own turf. Lilith, however, felt that since the Governor of the North was indeed her older brother, shouldn't the two of them join forces? How could she abandon her status as Queen and become a surrenderer?

The game suddenly went from hellish difficulty to a fun game, and now you want me to just AFK? Whether from an emotional or rational perspective, Lilith has no way of obediently going to the North.

Upon hearing Lilith's words, Lind quickly walked to Lilith's side, intending to lift her up, while Lilith kept running around the table, trying to evade Lind.

Linde cursed as he walked, "You little brat, you think you're all grown up now! Don't you know how dangerous your position is? Several people are already eyeing you!"

"Show me some respect! I am now the Queen of the Capets! And you are just a mere Governor of the North!"

Upon hearing this, Lin De's face immediately turned red. This little brat was really taking advantage of his kindness. He turned around and looked around to see if there was anything he could get his hands on.

Upon seeing Lind's familiar gesture of turning around to search for his weapon, Lilith immediately shouted, "Don't do anything rash! I'm going to call for help!"

After saying that, he took out a rune scroll that he had prepared in his pocket.

Upon seeing the scroll, Lin De realized that he and his sister had both traveled through time, and then calmly sat down again.

Seeing that Linde had calmed down, Lilith didn't dare to provoke him anymore and instead asked, "Brother, what do we do now?"