Several major events have happened recently in the Horn Bay Alliance's capital Niceburg.
First, Duchess Finnie, the sister-in-law of the visiting Grand Duke Eton Duchy, was kidnapped, which almost caused all the agreements that had been negotiated between the Horn Bay Alliance and the Eaton Mansion to fall through. Fortunately, the gangsters who kidnapped the Baroness were stopped by Eaton's Royal Guard when they tried to leave Niceburg. They rescued Duchess Finnie, who had been kidnapped for several days, and the negotiations between the two countries were able to continue. However, the specific identity of the gangster is still a mystery, and Eaton has not disclosed it to the outside world.
Then there was the wolf howling incident that day. The wolves in the forest outside the city suddenly howled together in the middle of the night, which reminded many locals of the ancient legends from a hundred years ago. Adults began to use this incident to scare children, saying that if you don't obey, you will be snatched away by wolves. Fortunately, the wolf cubs only howled twice and did not attack the human village as described in the legend.
But there are still unlucky people. Several pedestrians and their horses were killed by wolves in the middle of the night. Only a skeleton was left after being torn apart. Judging from their remaining clothes and armor, they should be the knights of Church. Large-scale wolf activity traces were found in the area near them.
In order to appease the panicked people and business travelers, both City Hall and Church issued bounty missions, calling adventurers to hunt wolves outside the city. For a time, adventurers from all over the country gathered in Niceburg, and the wolves outside the city were in trouble.
There is another major event. Horn Bay Alliance has sent invitations to many countries in the region, asking their leaders to hold a multinational conference in Niceburg. The conference Lieutenant General has reached a series of political and economic cooperation. The conference is currently being prepared in full swing.
Queller obviously feels that his father is smiling more and more recently.
Marquis Foster is of course happy that Eton Grand Duke's sister-in-law has been found. Initially, the council was worried that the Grand Duke's family would just leave, but now it seems to be unnecessary. Eton Grand Duke will continue to stay in Niceburg to carry out various negotiations with the Council, and Ping will participate in the multinational conference to be held later.
A particularly important point is that Eton Grand Duke hates Church. Before, he was hesitant and undecided about the cooperation between the two countries against Church. However, when the new round of talks between the two sides began, the Grand Duke directly cursed Church. During the meeting, the Grand Duke revealed two things. It was Church who kidnapped his wife and sister. It seems that Horn Bay Alliance's plan to unite all countries to fight against Church has been leaked. However, he was not ready to join the alliance yet, and Church actually used this despicable method to deal with him.
The young and energetic Eton Grand Duke was directly angered and decided to side with the Alliance without hesitation, and was ready to work with the Alliance in the next multinational meeting to urge the leaders of various countries to resist Church.
However, due to various reasons, Eton Duchy has not disclosed to the outside world that the person behind the kidnapping case is Church.
The members of the Alliance Council couldn't help but feel happy. Church had really shot themselves in the foot. Plans leaked? If it's leaked, let's leak it. Anyway, the conflicts between the two sides are increasing day by day and it's already a semi-public thing.
With the pressure from official matters lessened, Marquis Foster began to turn his attention to his own personal matters. He also took the time to meet with Quirk and several business representatives, and everyone praised the various commodities in the northwest and hoped to further strengthen cooperation in the future.
Several business representatives were flattered. This was the first time they had seen such a high-status noble. Although in Jiaowan, as long as you have money, you can get yourself a noble title for fun, but this time the person who met them was a member of the Alliance Council, a high-level national official who holds substantial power.
They enthusiastically fawned over Marquis, and tried their best to flatter him lamely with the few Horn Bay language they had just learned, making Captain Quirk who was accompanying him feel ashamed.
Several business representatives were immersed in the alternating cycle of happiness and disappointment during these days. They inspected the business industry of Niceburg in detail. Fortunately, the business opportunities here are so huge, but what they were disappointed with was that the business environment of Northwest Bay lags behind by many years compared with here.
After staying in Niceburg for five days, Captain Quirk decided to return. Everyone hoped to return to Northwest Bay before Advent Day at the end of the year. Although Jiaowan was prosperous, it was not his hometown after all. It was more comfortable to spend the holidays in his hometown.
"Laddie, are you really unwilling to stay with me? Jiaowan is also your hometown after all. I heard that Northwest Bay..."
In the back garden of Eton Embassy, Grand Duchess Helen once again persuaded his school girl to stay.
Laddie came to say goodbye. The next day she and her mother would take the Nanfang to leave Cape Bay.
"I am now the consultant of Earl Greiman. It is really irresponsible to leave after only a few months. And the atmosphere here..."
"Alas..."
Helen sighed. She knew that the other party was referring to Church's oppression. Even as her own sister, they dared to take action. What else could others not dare to do?
"I won't force you to stay. Now that you have found your own life, cherish it."
"Thank you, senior. You should be careful yourself."
"Well, I have my own sense of discretion."
"Laddie sister!"
A pink little girl ran over and shouted Laddie in a milky voice.
"Our little Finnie is here!"
Laddie picked up the little girl and spun her around, giving her a kiss on her pink and tender face.
Finnie said coquettishly, "Sister said you are leaving. Don't leave, please stay with me, okay?"
Helen said with a serious face, "Finnie, don't mess around. Sister Laddie has her own things to be busy with."
Seeing the little girl's reluctant look, Laddie touched her head and said, "I will come back to see you. You have to listen to your sister obediently."
After the opening of the route between Northwest Bay and Jiaowan, there will be more opportunities to travel between the two places, and taking a boat is safer and faster than taking the land route.
"Yeah." Finnie nodded obediently.
Because she was kidnapped this time, she caused a lot of trouble for her sister and brother-in-law, and also sacrificed the lives of more than a dozen guards. This left a big psychological shadow on Finnie, who has been feeling self-blame in her heart.
Although the other party's method was unexpected in advance, she also had her own reasons: out of curiosity, she secretly experimented with her strange abilities without telling her sister, and the result was accidentally discovered by someone who was interested.
After playing with Finnie in the back garden for a while, Laddie said goodbye to Helen.
"You still have a group of adventurer friends to say goodbye to, right? Are they your former adventure companions?"
"Yes, we have made an appointment to have a dinner tonight."
"Go ahead, I will go to the dock to see you off tomorrow morning."
Helen reluctantly escorted Laddie out of the embassy in person.