She Is Not a Witch Chapter 109: The Blood Front General
It is already the end of November, the Rose Palace is decorated with frozen green branches and leaves, and the top of the courtyard is covered with snow. .
Lily is sitting in the study at the moment, and there is a brazier next to it, emitting warm red heat. Although there are magic circles and facilities to maintain temperature in the palace, she is still used to such flames, which makes people feel a little warmth, instead of facing the cold and unchanging decoration around her.
Placing an orange next to the brazier, Lily gently rocked the cradle beside her, seeing her child still sleeping peacefully in it, felt a lot of happiness in her heart. I remember that she was like this when she was a child, sitting around the fire with her family, talking about the happy things that happened to them.
Although they came from a noble family, Lily's family is not that kind of big noble family, but an ordinary family of small nobles. The family's fief is only a small piece of land, and it can only raise two knights. And the most valuable among them is the vineyard on the plain at the foot of the mountain.
Relying on the brewed wine, the family can get a stable income every year, and on the day of the winter festival, the father will also buy various gifts for his brothers and sisters.
Compared to those constrained big family ladies, Lily's life was much easier when she was young, because she was the youngest and was taken care of by several older brothers and sisters. She didn't have high expectations and heavy responsibilities.
In my father's words, as long as she grows up healthy and gets married, it's fine.
A few older brothers are involved in the business of the family, and some of the maintenance or establishment of family relationships have been completed by her older sisters, and they are all doing well, so there is nothing to worry about. When she was a child, she often visited the homes of several brothers-in-law, playing around and seeing the scenery, which broadened her horizons a lot.
As a result, Lily is neither eager for power and status like those children of endangered nobles, nor is she full of fantasies and high expectations of the outside world like those young ladies who have been in the boudoir for a long time.
Well, anyway, I don't have too much pursuit. Lily has been living a life like a salted fish. She doesn't have too high expectations, and she is very satisfied.
It's a pity that the development of reality is too fast. During the two or three years of her marriage with Aimanke, she often woke up from her dreams, wondering if everything was true.
I'm just the daughter of a small rural nobleman in the south of the empire. How could I suddenly become the highest-ranking empress in the empire? What happened in all of this?
Sitting beside the quietly burning brazier, Lily gently rocked the sleeping basket, her pupils followed the flames, thinking about the figures of the past.
"Your Majesty, Sir Severe is here." A maid in the study reminded softly in the Queen's ear.
"Well, let him in." Lily straightened the folds of her clothes a little, then sat on the wooden chair beside the brazier and waited.
After a while, the maid gently opened the door, and then a man in military boots came to the door, first saluted, and then slowed down his voice and introduced himself after seeing the queen and the cradle in the room.
"Your Majesty and Your Royal Highness are well. I am the commander of the 56th Legion of the Empire, Severai. It is a great honor to meet you."
"Come in, Junior Severl." Lily smiled, then waved.
Then the officer came into the room, he was a little restrained for a while, he didn't know whether to stand or sit, even though the maid had already placed the chair thoughtfully.
"Let's just sit down, so I'll be tired when I look up and talk to you." Lily looked at Severy, and calmed down.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The legion commander sat down excitedly.
"I called you here while I was busy, and I don't know if it disturbed your work." Lily asked the maid to bring hot tea to the officer.
"Thank you, I was not disturbed, but very honored." He took the teacup and carefully placed it on the coffee table in front of him.
Sifley used to study in Emenas and was also a student of the Walled City College. After Lorraine and Bumansha graduated successively, Lily, the elder of the society, served as the president for a short period of two years.
Although she feels that she is far inferior to Lorraine and Bumansha, but fortunately the foundation of the society has been laid, and she only needs to maintain it simply. And this Junior Severai was the rookie genius of the Walled City Academy in those two years, and won the third place in the Winter Festival Gala.
"I am very grateful to Senior Sister Lily, who accepted me into the club and gave me a lot of help." Severy recalled the past and said with emotion. Although he was a genius, he started too late. With a low status, he has always been a marginal figure in the Walled City Academy where there are many aristocrats.
It wasn't until later that he joined the 'Black Water Lily' club. Since then, he was recognized by many students in the same college, and gained rare experience exchanges, discussions, assistance with extraordinary potions, etc. During those two years, his strength has grown rapidly. Growing up, he became famous at the Winter Festival Gala.
Although some senior students have a mediocre attitude towards Lily, the president, in his heart, this senior has always been a person worthy of respect.
"It's all in the past, and it's also inseparable from your own efforts." Lily shook her head and said what Lorraine had said to the club members. She had little experience at that time, and many methods and words were imitated from the notes left by Lorraine.
"Actually, I called you this time because I hope to get your help." Lily said slowly.
"I am willing to go through fire and water for Her Majesty the Queen." Hearing this, Severly stood up at attention, because the sound was too loud, and the child in the cradle was also awakened.
"Good boy, it's okay." Lily comforted her child in a low voice, and then gestured for Severy to sit down first.
"Actually, it is indeed a dangerous and arduous task." Seeing that the child had stabilized, Lily asked the maid on the side to continue rocking the cradle, and then turned around to talk to Severy.
"Because the current situation has changed a lot, I need a group of loyal people to defend the Rose Palace."
"Don't rush to agree, I want to tell you that you may face many dangers in this task, and sometimes I may implicate you because of my identity." Lily explained in advance.
"I understand." Severy nodded calmly at this moment. He is not a hot-blooded young man. After undergoing military training, he is naturally keenly aware of the changes in the empire today.
When the emperor was still alive, the only object of allegiance of the legion was the emperor Aimanke, but after the death of His Majesty Aimank, this faced a big problem. It has been more than ten years, and at this time, should he be loyal to the weak queen, or obey the orders of the regent, another highness who should have sat on the throne.
The Regent is undoubtedly stronger and more reliable than Her Majesty the Queen~IndoMTL.com~ However, people are different. He graduated from Emenas and was once a member of the 'Black Water Lily' club, so he was naturally labeled as Queen Lily.
Instead of avoiding the label of being inhuman, it is better to embrace this identity and become a loyal partisan of Her Majesty the Queen.
There are not so many options to choose from in the world, and Severy has undoubtedly embarked on the only path available, and he will also try his best to protect Her Majesty the Queen and the prince so that they can truly become the rulers of the empire. In this process, I will also reach the pinnacle of life.
"If that's the case, then I'm at ease." Looking at the legion commander who swore allegiance in front of her, Lily pressed her fingers on her chest to express her relief.
"Before the end of the year, you and your legion will be transferred to the vicinity of Titania, and then I will trouble you."
"The star of the empire's army, Lord Sifry, the "Blood Front General" who sympathizes."
After that, this extraordinary man of Demon Sequence 7, which is rare in the empire, slowly retreated.