She Is Not a Witch Chapter 356: Under the tide

Eastern part of the Empire, Landsworth House.

The famous family in the empire that has been passed down for thousands of years, the family of poets, the guardian of the east, and the Duke of Unicorn, all these titles describe the nobility of this family. Walking through the garden full of roses, you can see As far as the white statues erected in this mansion, many of them were made by Landsworth's ancestors, including carved white horses, flying dragons, women, saints, angels, etc. time and author.

Compared with the other dukes, the Landsworth family is indeed the most gentle and cultural duke family, and there are always a few painters and poets among members of each generation.

Now, in the back garden of this secluded mansion, a blond woman is sitting quietly under the pergola.

A lady, accompanied by several maids, walked quickly through the corridor and the path of the courtyard, and came to this garden full of white roses.

When she saw the sitting blond back, her steps slowed down, as if she was looking at it for a long time and couldn't believe it, before slowly approaching.

"Is that you, Frocia?" Her daughter is the pride and regret of her life.

"Yes, my lord."

The blond woman stood up and turned her head, revealing her still young and beautiful face, her blond hair shone like brilliance in the sun, reflecting her fair face.

"Oh—it's really you." She stepped forward a few steps, hugged this familiar figure, and held her tightly in her arms.

"You child... really... your father lied to me saying that you are no longer here, so let me stop thinking about it. He is so cruel that he even hides it from me..." the mother's voice In the middle of the mouth, he swallowed more, and touched the other party's forehead, slowly rubbing against each other.

"It's because I was too self-willed. I didn't come back and made my mother worry. There is nothing my father can do about it." Frocia put her arms around the lady in white and blue, and slowly patted her on the back , to appease the excited emotions.

The two continued to embrace for a while before slowly separating.

"It's good to come back, and mother will never let you marry again." Looking at the daughter who had undergone a shocking change, the lady said distressedly.

"It will probably disturb mother for a long time." Frocia replied with a smile.

Then the two held hands and walked in the garden, talking about these years.

"After you disappeared, a lot of things happened in the empire, but your father has always restrained the nobles in the eastern border, not to get involved in the affairs of the imperial family, even that important western expedition was just a support Food and supplies were provided, but no personnel or teams were sent.”

"Later, alas, a lot of cruel things happened in the royal family. If I had known about this, I would have stopped your father from agreeing to the emperor's marriage." With the backlog of boredom and sadness this year.

Frocia answered one by one, opening her mother's mind, until the two walked around the garden several times before slowly stopping.

"This garden is still the white rose you planted when you were an adult, because the marriage was settled at that time, and everyone thought you would become the future white queen of the empire."

"Something happened later, but because I missed you, I let them maintain it."

"Mother..." Frocia stood quietly.

In the next few days, Frocia continued to accompany her mother until the urgent report from the front came home.

"What, you said the Grand Duke is now trapped in New Rose Castle?"

"Yes, ma'am, the duke originally protected Her Majesty the queen and went to the central provinces to announce the future restructuring, but he didn't want the nobles in the east to raise troops, tore up the agreement, and planned to **** the queen away."

"What happened next?"

"My lord duke led the team to fight and retreat. Fortunately, the garrison of New Rose Castle is loyal to Her Majesty the Queen and has not rebelled. This is why we persisted according to the castle."

"Now Lord Hullier has led the family's 80,000 army to rush there in an emergency, and Lord Voy is also organizing reinforcements." Hullier is Frocia's elder brother and the eldest son of the family, and Voy It is Frocia's third brother, both of whom are new stars of this generation of the Landsworth family.

"Huh, that's good." The lady was relieved when she heard the news that the two sons were leaving.

"Let me go too, my lord mother." Frocia on the side said.

"No, you're a girl, so don't get involved in such a dangerous matter. It's finally coming back this time." She shook her head and directly refused.

"Don't look at me in the past, mother." Frocia shook her head.

"Although I have lived in seclusion for several years, because of this, the practice of Transcendental Sequences has improved a lot." He completely settled down to practice, so he quickly recovered the strength of Sequence 7, and was stepping into the exploration of Sequence 8 step by step.

"It still doesn't work. I've already lost you once, and I don't want you to go again. Besides, you're a girl, and you haven't been on the battlefield. Going there will only add to the chaos."

"No, in fact, I still know about the family's knight order..."

Frocia's words did not move the lady, she seemed determined not to let her daughter leave.

But things turned around a few days later.

"Master Shulier's army is trapped by the enemy." The soldiers sent news from the front line.

The reason is not complicated. Those nobles who united to rebel naturally expected the reinforcements from the Landsworth family and set up ambushes and obstructions on the road. Under such circumstances, the army led by Hullier naturally moved forward Slow, there are always various harassments and attacks on the road, and once you want to chase the opponent, you have to spend a lot of time and manpower, then it will be too late to support New Rose Castle.

"What happened to the legion that Voy summoned."

"The family soldiers assembled by Mr. Voy currently have about 160,000 people. They are going to divide into three routes and march westward. This way, they will not be easily blocked, and the supply pressure will be much less." The officer explained.

After hearing this, Frocia said, "Let me go along with it."

"Don't rush to refuse this time, now is not the time to worry about personal safety."

After finishing speaking, Frocia closed her eyes and opened them again, and a pale golden magic shattered light overflowed from her body, and her whole body seemed to become hazy. Ripples of magic power are emitted by the suspension of pale gold particles.

The family members in the hall were amazed at the powerful magic power visible to the naked eye of the Seventh Miss, and they no longer stopped her at this moment.

"Okay, it's up to you this time." The mother nodded helplessly.

"You bring the reindeer guards at home. They used to be my personal guards, and now I leave them to you to lead. They are strong and will protect and follow you well."

Frocia's grandfather, that is, the family her mother grew up in, was a great nobleman with antlers as heraldry. In order to make her daughter not have nothing to rely on in the Landsworth family, he married this 2,000-person The personal guard team still guards the mansion today.

"Yes, mother." Frocia was also relieved to hear that her request was finally granted.

In the afternoon, Frocia was in the room putting on her armor and the things she was preparing to accompany the army. There was a slight knock at the door, and then two petite figures slipped in quietly.

Hearing the familiar footsteps, Frocia immediately knew who it was.

"Sister Frocia~" Sure enough, the two younger sisters gathered around the vanity mirror, looking at Frocia who had changed into a white underlay.

Before wearing armor, a suitable underlayment is necessary, and Frocia has already put on the silver armor on her upper body at this time, and is changing into her skirt armor and leg armor.

"It's so beautiful~" Looking at the shiny silver armor and the white patterns branded on it, the two sisters were envious.

"I've never seen it before." The two asked curiously.

"Because it was prepared a long time ago, it would be very early." Frocia recalled the scene in her memory, which was a birthday present given to her by her father when she was in the second grade of school in Emenas.

"I was going to give you an elixir to keep you young and beautiful, but your blood is special, so you probably don't need this kind of thing, so I changed it for you."

"I know you are a girl, so someone specially designed this set of armor, which is both beautiful and practical." The father touched her head lovingly, and then revealed the set of white rose armor behind him.

"You are a child of the Landsworth family. You are already beautiful. You are more likely to be envied by others when you go to the royal family. Only by showing a strong part occasionally can you dispel the idea of ​​others offending you. This armor can be used for hunting on horseback. It can be regarded as another court dress.”

The atmosphere in the empire is to be respectful and strong. Although the Landsworth family has a good reputation, it sometimes gives people the impression of being weak, which is easy to attract temptation and jealousy. Father has considered a lot for her future life.

'I don't want to, but I used it here today. ’

After changing all the armors, Frocia finally put the helmet on slowly. The golden hair protruded from the lower edge of the helmet, like a waterfall of bright silk and satin, which contrasted with the armor.

Then, let's go, maybe we should also try what we have learned in these years to see if we can stand the test.

In front of the square, this jewel of the Landsworth family had a snow-white unicorn on it. As the flag embroidered with gold on a white background was raised high, teams of reindeer cavalry followed immediately, and they carried it with them. With bows and arrows, long swords and shields hanging on the saddle, they are ranger cavalry jumping in the forest.

The sound of horseshoes vibrated, and the team quickly disappeared into the distant mountain path.

The civil war in the eastern border has also begun. The ideas and interests that deviate from each other, the old forces that are about to die, and the new forces that yearn for the future are all in the final struggle and madness.

Meanwhile, the other side of the Empire.

On the mountain road in the western region of Antlers, on the deep green forest leaves, groups of soldiers full of exhaustion and injuries marched northward, some of them were carrying guns, some were supporting teammates, and some were dragging A pack horse that pulls supplies.

These soldiers were the remnants of the Western Region Allied Forces. After a difficult battle, they temporarily broke away from the pursuit and retreated all the way north.

Isaiah also followed these soldiers on horseback. He was the supreme commander of the team, and it was also because of his direct descendants that the morale of the team did not collapse and surrender.

However, this situation cannot last long.

Even though he is a rare military genius in the new generation of the empire, some problems cannot be solved by fighting alone. Most of the soldiers' hometowns are in the western region. The promised nobles are gone, and these people have almost no support to fight on.

If it was an era of chaos and multinational co-existence, Isaiah might still be able to rely on the team in his hand to occupy one side, and even survive, but it is not such an era now. With the abundant military strength in the southern border and the system He will quickly bring the western region into his arms, and then advance northward step by step, until the coldest cold leaf collar in the empire.

It is no longer the past. The empire has existed for nearly a thousand years. Under such a time, the people in the country gradually recognize this identity and no longer reject it. There are hundreds of countries like the beginning of the third era. Whoever wants to unify has to Faced with various obstacles.

After turning these thoughts in his mind, Isaiah also laughed at himself that he was born in the wrong era. If it was the era of the red and white princes, it may not be impossible to achieve great achievements.

As the team slowly climbed to the top of the hill, the vast scenery behind the hill also came into view.

After crossing the mountains, there is an endless field of flying catkins. There are water nets crisscrossing the land, and many reeds and aquatic plants are scattered here. This is the junction of the west and the north. It's not too cold. After passing this grassland, there is a sparse coniferous forest, and then there are black peaks where Mole County is located, where there will be snow-capped mountains, and the ground is often frosty.

The wind blew over the white reeds and the sea of ​​grass at the foot of the mountain, creating waves and ripples. After experiencing the heat of midsummer, these soldiers rarely felt a kind of coolness, and even their previously depressed mood improved a lot.

Some soldiers put down the things on their shoulders and stood on the hillside to vent their roars. The sound was carried far away in the field, and some gray geese were startled from the water plants and flew towards the distant lavender sky.

"Looks like I can order extra meals tonight." Isaiah also parked his horse on the hillside, feeling the suddenly enlightened world.

It was night, and this team of 20,000 people camped in the wilderness where the reeds and water plants were, cooking fire and settling down for the time being.

Orange bonfires adorned the ground. Soldiers sat around the fire, eating rare hot food and drinking boiled soup, a faint sense of satisfaction surfaced in their hearts.

Although the road ahead is still bleak, at this moment, I finally got some settlement and rest.

In the spacious tent, Isaiah was also sitting in front of the simply built bed, eating the roasted gray goose meat prepared by the soldiers, and slowly flipping through the books in his hand.

This book is about the topography and customs of the northern border. It can be regarded as a temporary make-up class. His memory of many knowledge about the northern border has been blurred.

"Lord Isaiah." An adjutant raised the curtain and approached the tent.

"This is freshly cooked hot soup, you can enjoy it after your meal."

The soup is white in color, and it seems to be cooked with milk mixed with vegetables and meat, with a faint fragrance.

"Thank you, let's go to bed early today, don't let too many people watch the night."

"I know this will be more dangerous, but it is more important to restore energy now, and in our current situation, if the enemy really catches up, it will be futile to counterattack." Many weapons and supplies were lost during the retreat. Only the team has long lost its combat effectiveness in the past.

"Yes, my lord."

With the fall of the Griffon Land, the coalition forces of nobles in the western region were scattered and defeated, and the coalition forces in the southern region began to gradually take over the towns in the western region. Under such circumstances, there were fewer and fewer teams chasing Isaiah's army, and in the end they simply let the other party leave the land of the Western Territory.

When the end of the year was approaching winter, the team led by Isaiah finally arrived in the middle of the northern border, and with Duke Raven's consent, they settled down for the time being.

The 20,000 remnant soldiers could not make a single drop of waves in the vast northern border, and melted into the white cold soil and wasteland like grains of sand, but what Duke Raven really cared about was the officers and commanders in this team personnel.

When there was chaos in the west and fighting in the south ~IndoMTL.com~ the north was also cleaning up internal problems, the silence of the jackdaw lady caused the black feather witches in the north to be severely suppressed by the nobles, and many followers The witches of Lady Jackdaw were expelled from the northern border, or were imprisoned under house arrest. The nobles supported the witches of other small factions and began to integrate internal problems.

Different from other borders, the nobles and civilians in the northern border are peaceful and do not have too much conflict. In many cases, they even share weal and woe. This is due to the difficult living conditions in the northern border. The nobles have indeed fulfilled the important responsibility of protecting their people . Therefore, when the theories of the southern border and Clancia spread to the northern border, even though some discussions were triggered, the people did not respond strongly, and everyone still lived a similar life in the past.

It is a pity that the northern border is not an isolated island from the world, and the wave sweeping across the empire is destined to spread to every piece of land, on top of every person, and everyone must make their own choices in this wave.

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Frocia's armor, probably looks like a white Lily? Joan of Arc (Poetry of Shadows version) is pretty good too, but in my setting, Frocia's face is more like an elf, 233

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