Divine Kingship

Chapter 207: Olenna Joins
Just when several high-level officials in the den were still discussing matters, Olenna came back.

As a high-ranking official in the den and one of the people Rand trusted most, there was naturally no obstacle for Olenna to enter the lord's hall.

Then Olenna saw the maid Elsa, who had a cold and slightly disgusted look on her face, the maid Ellie, who looked indifferent and worked hard, and Lysa, who looked superior no matter what she wore.

Lisa was the only one present who had the standard maid demeanor.

But she is the least like a maid.

Lisa's maid outfit is relatively more practical, that is, the design style is relatively more classical. She folded her hands in front of her belly, and her expression was very calm when she participated in the discussion and quoted classics.

But it just gives people a feeling of superiority. He obviously doesn't raise his head and look down on others, and there is nothing offensive in his language.

Maybe he was born noble.

Seeing Olenna coming in, Elsa's eyes lit up. She thought she had escaped from the disaster, but now it seems that she had not.

Olena glared at Elsa, whose expression changed from cold disdain to sniggering, and did not talk about business first. Instead, she asked helplessly, "Where's my share?"

Seeing this, Olena knew that she would not be able to escape.

Elsa pointed to Rand's bedroom, and Olenna went into the inner room first.

Everyone stopped discussing. Since Olena was back, it was a good time to wait and listen to Olena's opinion.

Olenna quickly changed into a maid outfit and came out.

Originally, Rand thought that Olenna would have the most maid-like temperament, but in fact, she was not.

Although she was wearing a not very practical maid outfit and Olenna did not make any special expressions or movements, she did not look like a maid, but more like a class teacher in a maid outfit.

Or a university professor in a maid outfit?

Maybe it's because Rand hasn't seen many maids of this era, but he always feels that all the high-level people in the hideout have obvious personal styles.

After thinking for a while, Olena said helplessly, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Rand gave him a brief introduction to the Full Moon Territory, and Olenna felt that their decision was correct.

And then there’s the question of reputation now.

"Do you plan to win over the pioneer knights who will emerge in the future?" asked Olenna.

Rand nodded: "If possible, I do want to win over some of them."

Rand wanted to swallow up most of the land that could be developed, and then integrate it with his Crescent Territory and Crescent Territory to form an earldom.

This inevitably led to the need for him to enfeoff some small nobles.

The vast majority of benefits will definitely go to their own people, but it is also very necessary to win over some domestic knights.

“Then I suggest you arrange for some people from the hideout to participate in the Knights’ Conference,” Olenna suggested.

"How to say?"

Olenna was born into a noble family. She was good at using the swift sword which was most suitable for duels. She also went to college and knew something about the Knights' Conference.

"The Knights' Convention is essentially a competition of knights' abilities, and it also includes a duel component," Olenna introduced. "Essentially, it's a show of force."

This world still values ​​personal force. Although personal strength is insignificant in front of the army, bravery is still respected by the nobles.

A brave nobleman is more likely to gain the followers of others, and it will also be easier to rule the territory.

This is especially true in the Northern Union.

At least the knight class, if they do not have personal bravery, they are completely unqualified to protect their own interests.

The great nobles did not have to show off their military power themselves, because their subordinates would prove their military power on their behalf.

Rand still belongs to a minor noble family, but he has many talented and capable generals under his command.

"You mean I can arrange for some people to attend the Knights' Conference?" Rand asked.

Olena nodded. "Yes, knights also worship the strong. If your knights can win the final victory or get a good ranking in the knight conference, our status in the hearts of the knights will definitely improve."

Rand thought for a moment and asked, "Tan'er?"

The four maids present, Ellie, Olenna, Lysa and Elsa, all rolled their eyes.

Rand does have some misunderstandings about the common sense of this world, and everyone knows this, but when Rand says something that is obviously inconsistent with common sense, it still makes people feel interesting.

Olenna was not surprised at all. As someone who had been with Rand for many years, she was much more familiar with Rand's situation than the others.

She continued to explain calmly: "Having a top-level professional performer appear will only have the opposite effect. It will only make people think that you have spent a lot of money to hire someone to fill the void. After all, in their eyes, at least, you should still be a 'little noble'."

Olenna didn't mean that Rand couldn't prove that Tanner was a knight who had followed him for a long time. Knight Tanner was also quite famous, but after all, he was just a general under Rand, and his popularity among the small and medium-sized nobles was really average.

Of course, we have to exclude the small and medium nobles who fought alongside Rand, Tanr, and Fenris during the War of the Line.

"This is going to be difficult." Rand stroked his chin. "It seems that there are no warriors or knights skilled in my territory."

Olenna thought for a moment and said, "We can ask some of the White King's personal guards to fight."

"Can this be done?" Rand asked doubtfully.

Olenna said easily: "Of course, no one can tell if you change into a new set of armor." As she said that, Olenna also glanced at Ellie beside her.

Ellie, who had never blushed even when wearing a cute maid outfit, now blushed a little.

The nature of the White King's personal guards was actually not the ordinary reinforcements that Rand had imagined.

At least not anymore. Now they are more inclined to be a team of knights loyal to Ellie.

Just like the princesses of some countries, there will be some princess knights fighting for them.

As the only blood relative of the White King, Ellie naturally has a fiefdom and loyal knights.

It's just that Ellie has never been interested in those things, so they are all taken care of by someone else.

But if Ellie really married Rand, then all these powers would become part of Rand's power.

Legally speaking, even if the two parties are married, the princess knight who is loyal to Ellie does not belong to Rand's subjects, but is part of the common strength of both parties. At least there is no problem for him to represent Rand in the Knight's Conference.

Olenna obviously assumed that Ellie would marry Rand.

In fact, if Ellie married Rand now, Rand's power would expand unprecedentedly, surpassing many earls in the country.

Because it is obvious that the strength of Ellie's territory can easily crush Rand.

Rand didn't think about these complicated things. Since the senior executives present thought there was no problem, he also thought there was no problem.

He fully recognized the strength of the White King's personal guards, so it seemed there was nothing to worry about now.

Rand has trained his own guards until now, and except for loyalty and bravery, their qualities are not as good as those of the support knights sent by the White King.

"I have another question." Rand suddenly remembered something. "I actually did something to try to improve the reputation of the hideout."

All the "maids" present looked over. Rand must have done something rather odd for saying such a thing.

Rand scratched his face and said awkwardly, "The great alchemist and perfume shop owner at the holiday resort wanted to attend the Knights' Conference, and I sponsored him."

Except for Olena who was away, the other high-level officials in the dens all knew about this matter.

"What's wrong?" The "maids" present didn't think there was anything wrong.

"I made her a cape." Rand scratched his face. "It's embroidered with the resort's promotional materials and the logo of the resort's store."

……

The air in the lord's hall froze for a while. This was indeed a magical idea.

"It should...it shouldn't have much of an impact." Olenna said this with a guilty conscience. "How is the fighting ability of the great alchemist? If it's okay, it shouldn't have a negative impact on our reputation. At most, people will think that you are eager to make money."

Being short of money does not give a good impression, but it would be strange if Rand was not short of money, so the overall negative impact is not significant.

Rand looked at Elsa: "Do you know her level of strength?"

Elsa was silent for a while: "He should be a senior professional."

Elsa recalled the great alchemist's turbulent waves for a moment: "But it may not be so suitable for a knight duel."

That shouldn't be a big problem.

So, we have basically finished discussing the matters concerning the Knights Conference.

Rand looked at Olenna and asked, "What's the situation with this bandit suppression?"

"The bandit group in the Burning Land has deals with some local nobles." Olenna quickly summarized, "I captured many of their core members, but because we were in a hurry, I didn't interrogate them too much."

Rand said he understood.

The Burning Land is located slightly to the south, in a no-man's land on the border between the Kingdom of Lensa and the Kingdom of Bolun.

If Rand's Full Moon Territory develops fast enough, it will border this area.

Rand's original plan did not include swallowing up this area.

The people in this area are fierce and greedy.

Moreover, this area has a good specialty, Dragon Blood Stone. Legend has it that this is the place where a giant dragon fell. Dragon Blood Stone can have a certain improvement effect on warrior-type professionals, but not much.

The strength of the entire Burning Land is stronger than that of Rand today, but they are not united.

Since it is a lawless area, there is no unified lord, and most of the people there like to roam around and become bandits.

Rand could actually cooperate with this group of bandits, but he didn't intend to do so.

Maybe he could use the bandits to disgust his enemies, such as Count Flying Fox, but Rand believed that cooperating with such a greedy and vicious group of people would not end well.

"So how many people did you catch?"

"Twelve superior fighters, twenty-five elite fighters."

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(End of this chapter)