"Why are you here?" Arnon City Archon Redwin was a little surprised when he saw Miranda appearing in front of him.

Although Redwin is also a branch of the Belmont family, the blood of his branch is extremely pure, only slightly worse than that of the direct Belmont family. It is precisely because of this that he was able to sit in Arnon City as a branch.

For the position of consul, you must know that in the past, only direct family members were eligible to hold this position.

This is not just because of the identity of the direct lineage, but more importantly, the issue of pure bloodline, because some of the most important protective methods and weapon devices in Yanon City require people with pure bloodlines to open them. These were built before Yanon City.

It was already arranged from the beginning.

Although the Kingdom of Teresa is very peaceful now, in such a world where wars are frequent, who can guarantee that an unexpected war will not break out around you at the next moment, so some proper defense methods are still necessary.

It is precisely because of their pure blood that their branch has a very good relationship with their direct family members. Compared with the almost superior-subordinate relationship of other branches of the family, they and their direct family members are more like companions or brothers and sisters.

There is no need to be too polite when talking.

For example, now, when Miranda Belmont, an important member of the direct clan, appeared in front of Redwin, Redwin asked the other party completely as an equal, without even standing up from his chair.

Hearing Redwin's inquiry, Miranda frowned slightly. Obviously she didn't like Redwin's attitude. In her opinion, a side branch is a side branch, no matter how pure the bloodline is, it is still a side branch. When seeing the side branch,

There should be proper etiquette when having direct relations.

However, even though she was dissatisfied, she still did not show it. She just responded calmly: "I am here to pick up two guests. These two guests should arrive in Yanon City in the next two days."

"Guest?" Redwin was stunned, then asked: "From the royal family?"

In Redwin's memory, guests who could send important people like Miranda to receive them would all go to the castle, and the only people who could enter the castle were members of Theresa's royal family.

In his memory, the royal family has recently been busy mediating some war conflicts in the countries surrounding the kingdom. The Belmont family has never been involved in such wars and conflicts outside the kingdom, so the possibility of the royal family sending someone over is very small.

"No." Miranda shook her head, denying Redwin's guess, but she did not explain further.

It's not that she doesn't want to explain, but she doesn't have anything to explain, because she doesn't know much more about the two guests than Redwin does.

Before she set off, she asked about the guest so that she could identify the authenticity after seeing the guest. The answer given by the patriarch was simple, she would know it after seeing the guest.

Later, she inquired some information from other members of the family and learned that the guests were from the Academic City. They met the patriarch Duke Belmont and Queen Teresa after they went to the Academic City not long ago, so she guessed that they were probably from the Academic City.

Scholars of the city.

However, she does not have much confidence in this guess, because in her memory, the family members do not have a good impression of scholars from Academic City. It seems that this is because they have cooperated with scholars from Academic City many times in the past.

Various problems arose in the special research, which ultimately ended in failure. Therefore, most scholars within the family have an extremely negative view of the scholars in the academic city, and when referring to them, they will be referred to as idiots with high ambitions and low abilities.

Seeing that Miranda didn't say anything, Redwin didn't continue to ask. He knew very well that you shouldn't ask about things you shouldn't ask, so he asked instead: "What do I need to do?"

"Get the Stormhawk ready," Miranda demanded.

Hearing Miranda's request, Redwin couldn't help but froze, then showed a troubled look and said: "You should know that if you want to use the Storm Eagle..."

Before Redwin could finish speaking, Miranda took out an order signed by the Duke of Belmont and handed it over.

Redwin finally ordered to check the authenticity, then nodded and said: "I understand, how many do I need to prepare?"

"Five." Miranda gave the number, then thought about it and said, "We need to prepare a driver."

"Understood." Redwin quickly signed a document, then shook the bell on the table, handed the assistant officer in, and then asked him to send the signed document to the nearby Storm Cliff and have him hand it over there.

The Storm Eagle Supervisor.

Just after Redwin ordered someone to send the documents out, Miranda's escort hurried in from outside. After saluting the two, he told Miranda that the guest had arrived at the family's station in the city.

After hearing this, Miranda immediately asked the escort to lead the way and hurried out of the room without even saying hello to Redwin. Redwin thought for a moment and followed quickly.

Soon the group arrived at the Belmont family's station in Arnon City. Although the Belmont family was the actual controller of Arnon City, the army and government officials here nominally belonged to the Kingdom of Teresa, but in fact

It is indeed the private armed forces and managers of the Belmont family, so in order to look better on the outside, the Belmont family also established a station in the city like other outsiders, and required all Belmont families or those who work for the Belmont family to

After arriving in Yanon City, you can only live in the hotel built at the station, and you are not allowed to live in the consul's official residence in the name of your family.

Although there is some suspicion in doing this to cover up the situation, the effect is pretty good. At least in the eyes of most ordinary people, Yanon City is one of the cities belonging to the kingdom, rather than the private domain of a certain family.

On the way to the station, Miranda also asked her accompanying officer who the two guests were and how she knew they were guests.

However, the accompanying officer's answer was a bit hesitant, and there was a strange expression on his face. In summary, his answer was that you will know if the other person is the guest to be received on this mission once you see him.

So, when Miranda returned to the family residence, she immediately saw the guest mentioned in the mission, and immediately instinctively saluted the woman among the guests, and Redwin, who followed behind, also greeted her very formally.

salute.

When Miranda and others were saluting, the female guest seemed to have faced this kind of scene for the first time. She immediately explained: "You are mistaken, I am not Queen Theresa, I just look a little like her."

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Hearing the female guest's appearance, Miranda and Redwin couldn't help but stand up and looked at each other's appearance carefully, with strange expressions on their faces.

Although they could not see any abnormalities in the other party's appearance, the other party was exactly the same as Queen Teresa in appearance, but they still found some differences, the biggest difference being that the other party was exuding all the time.

An inexplicable aura, and the moment they felt that they were enveloped by this aura, the blood on their bodies was suppressed to varying degrees, and this kind of aura alone made them feel the pressure on their blood.

The abnormality seems to only occur between tribesmen with the same blood but different concentrations. This is the bloodline suppression that tribesmen often feel.

Both Miranda and Redwin have seen Queen Theresa more than once. Although they can also feel the bloodline suppression from Queen Theresa, the suppression is very weak, which means that Queen Theresa's bloodline

Development is just a step above them.

But now, the female guest who looks exactly like Queen Theresa in front of her is always exuding bloodline suppression that doubles the pressure on Miranda and Redwin. This is even when the other party is deliberately restrained, so this point alone is enough to prove

As the other party said, she is not Queen Theresa.

"I am Sylvia Belmont, and this is my husband Leo Dodd." In order to prevent the other party from continuing to make random guesses and waste time, Sylvia took the initiative to introduce her identity.

After hearing Sylvia's introduction, Miranda, who has stayed in the castle all year round, did not show any abnormality. She was not surprised even when she found out that the person in front of her also had the surname Belmont. After all, how could someone with such pure blood not be?

family members.

On the contrary, Redwin looked surprised after hearing Sylvia's introduction, but his surprise was not caused by Sylvia, but by Leo.

I saw that Redwin couldn't help but be curious and confirmed: "Are you Master Leo Dodd, who is known as the incarnation of the spirit of knowledge?"

As an important member of the branch, Redwin, like most of the other branch members, went to the Academic City to study for a period of time.

Unlike the rest of the family, who took this study trip as a pass and treated it as a routine, he was really serious about learning various knowledge in the academic city. Because of this, he did not agree with the majority of the family's view of academics.

He believed that the scholars in the city were just exaggerated idiots, but he really believed that the scholars in the city were knowledgeable seekers.

It was precisely because of his experience in the Academic City that he felt extremely incredible after learning about the rumors about Leo. He was even more curious about Leo, a person who was so highly regarded by all the scholars in the Academic City.

There was even a time when he thought about taking a leave, going to the academic city, meeting Leo, and trying to see if Leo could answer some of the questions that had troubled him for many years.

Although Redwin showed a very different enthusiasm from Miranda, Leo still just nodded calmly, which was regarded as a response.

After meeting Redwin, he probably realized that now was not a good time to ask questions, so he suppressed his curiosity and did not continue to ask.

Miranda didn't understand why Redwin paid special attention to Leo. In her eyes, Leo was just an inconspicuous follower. If Sylvia hadn't introduced him, she wouldn't have even looked at him, even before introducing him.

The moment she met her husband, she was more surprised, wondering why Sylvia would marry such an inconspicuous man. Even this emotion made her subconsciously block the information about the incarnation of the spirit of knowledge.

statement.

However, even though she was disdainful of Leo in her heart, she still showed the courtesy that a receptionist should have. After Sylvia introduced him, she saluted Leo, and then asked Sylvia if she needed anything.

Let’s rest here for a day and then hit the road immediately.

"Let's go now! We're not tired, and we really want to see the legendary Belmont Castle." Sylvia quickly answered.

Hearing this, Miranda didn't say anything, or it was just what she wanted, but Redwin opened his mouth, as if he wanted to persuade the other party to rest here for a day, so that he could have the opportunity to show off to the so-called

Leo, the incarnation of the Spirit of Knowledge, sought answers to some questions, but in the end he still did not speak out.

Afterwards, Miranda and the others led Leo and Sylvia out of Arnon City and rushed towards the Storm Cliff outside Arnon City.

On the way, Miranda also introduced the Storm Eagle, the vehicle they were going to take later.

The Storm Eagle is not a creature native to the Source Continent, but a giant creature from the depths of the New World. The early pioneers of the New World once went deeper into the New World and discovered some huge creatures there. They classified some of these creatures as

The cubs were captured and brought back to the source continent, and the Storm Eagle was one of them.

However, these giant creatures died one after another after leaving the New World, perhaps due to acclimatization. Only the eggs of the Storm Eagle were preserved under the protection of divine power.

Later, these eggs fell into the hands of the Belmont family, and the patriarch of the Belmont family at the time used a special method to safely hatch them. Later, under the careful cultivation and care of the Belmont family of all generations, these storm eagles born in the Source Continent were able to

They multiplied and eventually became the group of Storm Eagles that now exist on Storm Bluff.

Perhaps it is because of the population mutation caused by leaving the New World environment, or perhaps because the methods used by the Belmont family were mixed with some abnormal methods during breeding. In short, the current storm eagles of the Belmont family are smaller in size than the storm eagles of the New World.

There are a lot of them, but they have a stronger desire to attack than the storm eagles in the New World. Even the eagle people who specialize in taking care of the storm eagles are easily attacked by them, so it is difficult to train these storm eagles into obedient aerial mounts.

Over the years, the number of Storm Eagle mounts that the Belmont Family can control has never exceeded ten. This has also resulted in the Belmont Family rarely putting Storm Eagles on the battlefield, and the outside world knows very little about the Belmont Family Storm Eagles.

Soon the group came to the Eagle Village under the Storm Cliff. The people living here are all professional Eagles who are responsible for taking care of the Storm Eagle, and their professions are inherited by the family. If the father dies, the son will inherit his position.

, most of these people can trace their bloodline back to the Belmont family, so they can be regarded as distant relatives of the Belmont family with extremely thin bloodline.

When everyone arrived at the Eagle Village, the documents signed by Redwin had just been delivered. At this time, the Eagles were preparing a special eagle saddle and erecting an eagle whistle like a horn on a high platform.

Blow it.

After a while, I saw several black spots swooping down from the sky. When they were about to reach the ground, they suddenly spread their huge wings and stirred up a whirlwind, which supported the falling body, and then landed lightly on the one in the village.
Chapter completed!