The First Magic World War

Chapter 407: 379, the Countess is Zimmerman’s great aunt!

Princess Akso was silent for a long while before she sighed and said, “I do envy you two young people a bit.”

Anne Brittany leaned gently into Mama Karen’s embrace, her shoulders trembling slightly, overwhelmed with emotion. Tears streaked down her lovely face as she whispered, “My Mister Charles Meklen.”

Mama Karen gently caressed Anne’s back, feeling deeply comforted herself.

After a moment, Princess Akso Axel said, “In my capacity as the princess of the Fars Empire, I bestow upon Lord Meklen the role of envoy to the external diplomats of the Lionheart Dynasty, serving as the Fars Empire’s cultural commissioner to the Lionheart Dynasty.”

“Your duty is to protect Miss Annie Brittany!”

Charles was not overjoyed, but he was quite happy nonetheless. Although he did not truly need this diplomatic title and would have preferred to follow the team and protect Anne silently, having an official role to openly protect her seemed quite good too.

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He thanked Princess Akso for her grace, and the princess waved her hand and said, “The unlimited sniper warfare of the people of Byron is indeed too insidious and vile. Take care to protect yourselves on the journey; our mission needs you all alive upon reaching the Lionheart Dynasty.”

The princess dismissed all the attendants but kept Charles and Anne with her.

Charles was feeling somewhat uneasy when he saw Anne affectionately run up to Princess Akso’s carriage and whisper, “Aunt Akso, why do you scare Charles like that? He’s really not very brave!”

Mama Karen approached Charles and whispered, “The Countess is the elder princess, and Annie has been very close to Princess Akso since she was young. Her Royal Highness was actually joking with you.”

Charles was truly stunned for a moment before he realized, in terms of family relations, Princess Akso was indeed Annie’s aunt.

Well, the Countess is Zimmerman’s great aunt!

This relationship is really quite complicated!

Charles had always known that nobles often were related through intricate familial ties, but this was his first time seeing such a complex interconnection firsthand.

It was also his first time learning that Earl Brittany was even the son-in-law of Julius Axler VI.

Before now, Charles never really thought much about his own origins, but at this moment, he truly felt the network of noble relationships was indeed an “advantage” beyond the reach of ordinary families’ youths.

He also understood a bit why the Emperor, despite being somewhat wary of Earl Brittany, still granted him tremendous power.

After all, they are family.

The attitude of Princess Akso toward Anne was like that of a kind elder to a lively and lovable younger family member, expressing very ordinary family concerns and even keeping Anne and Mama Karen there, letting only Charles go back alone.

Although Charles was left behind, Princess Akso actually had no intention of discussing anything with him; it was all for Anne’s sake.

As he left the princess’s caravan, he suddenly had a thought. “Could it be that Princess Akso has also realized that Black Dragon, Qiudelo, and Old Goat are all under my command?”

With this in mind, Charles chuckled silently, “This diplomatic mission to the Lionheart Dynasty is going to be very interesting indeed!”

“If even the princess covers for me, who else is there to worry about?”

The diplomatic mission had been traveling for over a month before they finally left the territory of the Fars Empire and entered the land of Saint Mabiga.

Located at the northernmost end of the continent, the Lionheart Dynasty bordered Byron and six smaller states, but not the Fars Empire. Obviously, the Fars Empire’s diplomatic mission could not possibly cross through Byron’s territory, so they chose to pass through Saint Mabiga and Modova on their way to the Lionheart Dynasty.

Both these countries had opted for neutrality and maintained a friendly attitude towards the Fars diplomatic mission passing through their territories. Saint Mabiga treated the Fars diplomatic mission as state guests and provided an escort in the form of a knighthood, ostensibly for protection but in reality…it was also for protection.

Saint Mabiga certainly did not want any incidents involving the Fars diplomatic mission within their borders.

Along the journey, Charles actually found it inconvenient to meet with Anne, and he chose to earnestly cultivate in the dark luxury, occasionally letting Mama Karen set up a dream environment to pull his three Sacred Order subordinates for a “match”.

Of course, the happiest was Old Goat; he could playfully overwhelm Charles.

The most serious was Black Dragon, who earnestly guided Charles in his training.

The most perfunctory was Qiudelo, who would directly eliminate Charles with just one move every time.

Saint Mabiga was a small country, and it took only seven to eight days to pass through its entire territory; thus, the Fars diplomatic mission quickly moved into Modova.

However, compared to the peaceful journey through Saint Mabiga, Modova was much more chaotic.

On their first day in Modova, they encountered mountain bandits attempting to rob them.

Actually, bandits were quite common on the Old Continent, but since Charles had lived in Strasbourg for many years, he rarely encountered bandits and instead experienced the greatness of the sea pirates during his mission to Inglima.

Indeed, the most formidable pirate he had encountered was now acting as his steward!

What Charles did not expect was that, although the diplomatic mission had their own knighthood, with the Royal Knights Order deploying five hundred men, the Brittany Family deploying fifty elite family knights, and even the Priest having a two hundred-strong guard unit, it was Princess Akso Axel who specifically assigned Charles to confront the blocking bandits.

Charles had no choice but to take only three subordinates to the forefront of the group.

This time, he hadn’t brought any soldiers from the Westwind Knights, as it wasn’t a major battle situation, and three Sacred Order members were enough.

If these three Sacred Order couldn’t handle the situation, it was likely that even tens of thousands of Westwind Knights wouldn’t manage it either.

In this world, the mighty were revered, and battles were primarily determined by powerful individuals, with ordinary soldiers playing a minimal role.

The number of Modova mountain bandits was substantial; after all, the diplomatic mission also had many members. With fewer numbers, would this gang even dare to block the road? There were over two thousand bandits, with a very formidable presence, and what made Charles feel their audacity the most was that this band of bandits had even kidnapped the official Modova reception team, suspending more than ten Modovan officials from poles, waving like flags within the bandit ranks.

Of course, these officials were too overweight to float by themselves; what floated were primarily their robes.

Faced with such a bizarre scene, Charles couldn’t help but shake his head and said to his three subordinates beside him, “This time, I didn’t bring many people, so don’t be too harsh when you strike.”

Though Black Dragon and Qiudelo had been with Charles for only a short time, Golden Ram Herolf had been with him quite long and knew well that the head of the Mecklen family excelled at “exploding troops.”

Moreover, he was always quick to assimilate surrendered soldiers.

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