Chapter 412: Next Generation Weapons Part II (2/2)

As such, Otto sent these documents over to the proper departments. With these weapons, by the time the Crusaders Arrived in their lands, they would have the means to defend against many times their army's numbers.

After approving these documents, Otto sighed heavily before hearing a knock on his door. A familiar voice resounded from the other side as they asked for permission to come in. The very presence of this voice greatly shocked Otto as he was not expecting her visit.

”Can I come in?”

Otto immediately rested his forehead in the palm of his hand before collecting himself; after doing so, he allowed the entry of his uninvited guest.

”It is open!”

After saying this, a buxom beauty entered the scene; she had long golden hair and blue eyes like much of her family. This young woman was none other than Adela's eldest sister, Ava. She had a pouting expression on her face as she entered her father's study. Seeing his most mischievous daughter enter the room, Otto quickly concealed the documents on his desk; if such knowledge were to be seen by the woman, he had no idea what she would do with it. Ava immediately broke out into an outcry as she saw her father.

”Daddy! Little Adela won't let me into the Royal Palace! I have come all this way to see how she is doing now that she is pregnant and the bitch won't even let me in! Can't you convince her to let me stay in the Palace!”

Otto immediately frowned when he heard this, his eldest and youngest daughters had never gotten along, and he knew whatever brought Ava to Kufstein was nothing good. As such, he shook his head and sighed before declining his daughter's request.

”Adela is the High Queen; if she does not want you in her home, then that is something I can't change. At most I can speak with her when I next see her, however, she is dreadfully busy introducing cultural reforms at the moment. The people seem to love her, and her efforts! If only you were more like your sister, I wouldn't have to look. However, and your family these days!”

Upon hearing this Ava wanted to throw a fit, but she knew better than to do so in the presence of her father, who now held a powerful position in the new Kingdom of Austria. Ava regretted more than anything that she had not established an affair with Berengar when she had the chance. If she knew what she knew now, she would have invited him into her bath and taken advantage of his inexperience to make him her own.

However, she now no longer had such options. Thus she had decided to do everything she could to mend the relationship between her and her youngest sister; after all, if Adela put in a good word for Ava and her husband, then they would thrive much like the rest of her family. Thus she put on a distressed facade as she once more tried to convince her father to aid her in her efforts.

”Daddy, please! I know I messed up, but Adela is my sister, and I want to fix our relationship. Please help me get in touch with my darling little sister!”

Seeing his daughters' sad expression, Otto sighed once more before acquiescing to her demands; maybe it was because he spoiled Ava so much that she turned out this way. However, there was not much he could do about that now, and he hated seeing his two Daughters at each other's throats. With a heavy heart, he begrudgingly accepted Ava's request.

”The most I can do is set a time and place for you two to discuss your differences. However, if you screw this up, your sister will likely never want to speak to you again, so be sure to mind your manners. Adela is no longer the little girl you used to bully, she is the High Queen of Austria!”

Upon hearing this, Ava immediately smiled once more and hugged her father before thanking him for his efforts.

”Thanks, daddy!”

After saying this, she left the room; leaving the older man in his seat with a confused expression. He had no idea how he was going to pull this off.

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