Chapter 46 Truce is not Peace
After a day of negotiation, France and Britain finally officially signed a truce contract. At the same time, they also announced this contract to the world.
France and Britain formally truce for five years. France paid a total of 700,000 gold coins in compensation to Britain, first paying 400,000 and then paying 300,000 in installments. At the same time, the two countries re-divided their borders with the Rhine River as the boundary. France does not pursue the death of the Holy Sword and the Marshal.
In exchange, Britain will release all French prisoners, including Prince Pepin of France. They also returned their armor and weapons. What is interesting is that this small back door originally left by Lucifer is also one of the bargaining chips. Bismarck has also seen this and will add this condition.
Thanks to this, the more than 30,000 captured French soldiers can finally get their weapons back, so that they will not have to spend a lot of money to buy them again. Of course, those who died in battle were naturally confiscated as war spoils.
About five days later, the army with nearly 100,000 wounded and exhausted returned to its own country through the barely repaired framework bridge. After going back, Bismarck took down the bridge again with a tacit understanding, and tore it down to the pier on the French side.
In response, Lucifer just smiled, and did not demolish the bridge, but erected a stone monument beside the bridge. It says the testimony of the friendship between the two countries.
In this way, a war between nations came to a close temporarily in a manner acceptable to both parties. Lucifer led the army on the way back. On their way back, they saw Siegfried who was repairing the White Rock Fortress, and then returned to the Dragonscale Fortress to take a rest.
When he returned, Lucifer walked down the street and received heroic cheers.
Now almost everyone is completely convinced by Lucifer, the new king. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lucifer used his prestige and the king's power to forcibly integrate this force and put it under his command.
In this regard, the people below did not feel that there was any problem. On the contrary, they felt that it was a very honorable thing to fight for the king. After a few days of fighting, Lucifer temporarily let the army rest while telling them that they might go north or east, so that they did not relax while resting.
After dealing with a bunch of affairs at hand, the night is getting deeper. In the brightly lit corridor, Lucifer was walking towards the large bathroom in the distance.
The pool in the large bathroom looks like a swimming pool, surrounded by white marble columns, matched with the ribbons falling in the sky, and the whole looks like a Roman style. It is said that this place was built when the first king came to the fortress to fight for the royal family's exclusive use. The design style is based on the Roman architecture.
At this time the water in the pool had heated up, put down his clothes, and Lucifer lay down. The moment the body came into contact with warm water, the whole person's spirit seemed to relax. He put the towel on his eyes and meditated on the fruits of these days alone.
For now, Britain's greatest external danger has basically been resolved. France has been defeated and Irish will naturally not move. Rome will also reconsider its own combat power and give up taking advantage of the fire.
Compared with the already stable external situation, we should turn our attention to the domestic situation. With this victory, royal family will no longer question my ability as a king. But the presence of former royal family members does not rule out that some people with ulterior motives will jump out and make big news.
Taking into account the situation in the mainland afterwards, the aristocratic system may be a big problem, and sure enough, a centralized strategy should be adopted. As for Princess Morgan... forget it! I haven't seen this princess.
If Altria is willing to reveal the identity of her as illegitimate child, letting her as a queen is the best solution to stabilize the current situation in one fell swoop. Ugh! What am I thinking, she will not agree with this decision.
Think about it, she also has the ability to draw swords, and is the king's illegitimate child. But the country now does not need two kings. She wants to survive as a knight more than something like a queen. However, Altria's wedding dress... this kind of scene is a bit exciting.
Thinking of this, Lucifer was still considering whether to find a time to abuse his power in private in the future, when he suddenly sensed the familiar breath behind him. That is his guardian knight.
Lucifer turned his head back, and the one who fell into the line of sight was the knight girl. She has changed her armor and is wearing a blue and white dress.
Suddenly seeing Lucifer undressed, Knight girl expression was very shy.
"That..." She turned her head, as if she didn't dare to look here at all.
"Come down! Where did I just want to go as a personal guard?" Lucifer directly invited the girl.
"Come down?" Altria was stunned.
She looked at the pool, somewhat unsure whether Lucifer asked her to go into the water. then…
"Yes! After these days of fighting, you should also be very tired. The water temperature here is just right to relax the previously exhausted mind and body."
"I…"
Altria originally wanted to refuse, but after seeing Lucifer's eyes, she understood that continuing to refuse might become an order. She thought for a while and decided to comply.