Chapter 300 (1/2)
Before dawn, eboden was shrouded in a diffuse mist until the sea breeze dispersed, and the lonely city hanging on the coast was not revealed before people's eyes.
Different from what the free nobles expected, his majesty Eckhardt's mission did not come with a big bang. It was only informed in advance, and even the imperial Legion responsible for the martial law of the whole city did not make any preparations in advance.
Without the letter and notice sent to the parliament in advance, they did not even know that the carriage of the mission had arrived outside the city, waiting to be greeted.
This excessive ”low-key” really made the nobles a little sudden and even at a loss - in order to maintain absolute authority in the vassal and vassal countries, the de saleon royal family never missed any opportunity to show the strength of the Empire. The imperial Legion blocking the whole city and the giant dragon still flying in the sky are the best evidence.
Many aristocrats with a long history of eboden have read that eboden was officially built and became a vassal of the Empire: the flags of three legions and six dragons arrived at the same time!
Their ancestors, one by one, fell on the ground in the roar of the dragons, shivered and kissed the emperor's ring, and vowed to be loyal to the saxophone Empire and the de saleon family forever.
Every time the emperor's mission visited eboden, the solemnity was comparable to that of the Midsummer Festival celebration - generous reward, extravagant pomp, carnival for four consecutive days, and grand ceremony held in the cathedral
The whole process aims at one purpose: let the subjects and nobles of the city never forget their ”position”. They are the ministers of the Empire and the emperor is their master.
For loyal officials and servants, the Empire will not be stingy to reward them.
For this reason, such an ”abnormal” low-key made many eboden's free nobles panic. They worried whether this would be some kind of ”omen”. They waited nervously in the hall of the free parliament, staring nervously at the door blocked behind by two Legion soldiers
”... in the name of his majesty Eckhardt II, the supreme emperor of the Empire, I extend sincere condolences to you and eboden. It is really regrettable that such a terrible disaster has occurred.”
Crow seith, sitting opposite corona, nodded with grief: ”I hope this ancient and dynamic city can recover as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a heavy blow to the Empire's trade and wizard class.”
The envoy of the Empire had thin cheeks but tall and straight figure. He looked only in his early 40s. His exquisite dark robe was decorated with dark blue silk and satin. On his collar was a cat's eye pure silver pin, and his dark green pupils seemed to be moving as if they could speak.
In the most common terms of the Empire, this is a ”pure blood” Saxophone who was born under the prince of Saxony and grew up in the imperial capital Golovin.
”The sincere feelings of you and your majesty have deeply moved the whole eboden - please tell your majesty that eboden will pay a lot of taxes and royal tribute this year.”
Corona nodded and answered, ”the Gold ship is ready to set off and can go to the capital Golovin with you of the mission; as for the tribute... The ocean fleet is on its way back. Please wait a few days.”
”However, I think your majesty specially sent messengers to eboden, not just for these things?”
”I also bring your Majesty's congratulations on becoming the consul of eboden, Lord corona.”
The sadness on crow seith's face was fleeting and turned into a spring breeze smile: ”Your Majesty has always respected the traditions of each vassal principality. I assure you that the consul elected by the free Parliament can definitely be recognized by the Empire!”
The determined tone and the indisputable sincerity - if we didn't meet for the first time, I'm afraid we would all be regarded as crona's old friends.
If others were not moved by his ”sincerity”, they could not help guessing whether the messenger had ulterior motives.
But corona was different. The old man just smiled and couldn't even see many changes in his expression: ”then I don't know how much we need to pay for the recognition of your majesty?”
”For example... Accept the permanent stationing of an imperial full Legion and bear their military expenses?”
”There is absolutely no such need, not to mention that the imperial Legion has more important missions - when eboden restores order and stability, the Legion will naturally withdraw. You can rest assured.”
Crowe ceyce smiled implicitly and put his hands on the table: ”of course, we must also face the reality. This turmoil has indeed had a great impact on eboden and changed a lot - for example, making the nine pointed star wizard tower the actual controller of eboden.”