Ryan was walking around the river. The sailors on the boat were still busy and unloading batches of food and food from the boat and loading them onto the big trucks to Derek City. The vehicles and pack horses were in a constant stream, and they were eager to deliver everything to the city as soon as possible.

The unloaded ships did not continue to stay, but raised their sails and returned to the way they came. There were not many ships that were originally gathered here now.

Before dark today, the most important food could be almost finished. Ryan thought, no, they had to finish it all. These insignificant little things had been dragged down for too long. When he thought of the plan his uncle had made, he couldn't help but tremble. A bold but feasible plan.

Of course, I'm a little sorry for Thomas. In fact, Thomas treats him well too... If there was no Eshu Rufate who suddenly appeared, actually...

Two days have passed since they conquered Derek. They repaired the city walls, dug deep into the trenches, and cleared out a small number of escaped enemies. These fragments have been completed. As the news of their victory spread, several Casillos lords have led their troops to join Thomas.

Tonight or tomorrow, Thomas will start the next plan!

A messenger attended before him, bringing the long-awaited news. Thomas wanted to see him after supper.

There is nothing wrong, everything is in the plan. Tonight, Thomas will decide the messenger who can summon the Knights of Casilos.

The identity of this messenger is very subtle. On the one hand, he can escape from the upcoming cruel siege, but he will not receive fewer honors and merits than those of the soldiers fighting. On the other hand, this messenger should be accepted by the knights of Casilos and must be familiar with the situation of the lords here.

In other words, among Thomas's subordinates, Ryan was the best choice—maybe not the only one, but certainly the best choice. His mother also belonged to Casillos' royal family.

Now, Ryan finally understood why his uncle had to stay and be his colleagues, William Daly and Leo. This was really a very clever arrangement. He was very glad that he followed his uncle's advice, otherwise he might not be the best candidate.

He was with the last team of trucks into the city. When he arrived at Thomas' room, several other deputy generals were already there. In addition to his three colleagues, there was a Prophet and a Knight of the Holy Grail.

The topic of this meeting started with the city defense fortifications, and then slowly involved the quantity of supplies, the enemy's possible movements, and the terrain issues in the nearby areas. Ryan listened patiently and seriously, trying his best not to show an anxious expression on his face.

"...We must send an envoy immediately to summon all the lords in the southeast of Casillos." Thomas looked at all his subordinates and guests seriously. "This matter is very important. We must ensure that they will come to reinforce the place at the end of winter."

Ryan's heart beat happily, but Thomas's next words made his heart cold.

"Miss Feier believes that I should send a Holy Grail Knight as an envoy. This will maximize the credibility of the envoy and avoid unreasonable suspicion."

"I think it's better not to," Leo replied. "The Holy Grail Knights are knights who dedicate their life and loyalty to God, and are not loyal to any human monarch. Although their identity can allow them to gain the greatest trust, after all... in some aspects... their purity makes it inconvenient for them to be messengers, especially when persuasion of eloquence is needed. You must know that what we need is to summon the army to the greatest extent. I suggest that it is very important to send an envoy familiar with the situation in various places, and to accompany a Holy Grail Knight."

This was the first time in such a long time that Leon felt that Leo, a slick country bumpkin, didn't look that annoying.

"I recommend Ashu Rufate." Leo's next sentence hit Ryan's heart like a ray of lightning. "Although he was shortly after he became the earl of St. Gene, he was proficient in heraldry, aristocratic genealogy and customs and languages ​​in various places..."

"I object!" Ryan shouted. He spoke so loudly that everyone else was startled. Feier looked at William Daly, with questions in her eyes. William Daly shrugged and made a meaningful move to the prophet.

Thomas was also slightly surprised. He looked at Ryan, who was loudly opposed. The latter was pale, his whole body trembled slightly, and his eyes were clearly burning with anger. His fist in his left hand was clenched tightly, and his right hand was placed on the hilt of the sword.

"Ryan!" Thomas scolded. Then Ryan moved his hand away from the hilt of the sword unwillingly.

"Ryan, do you think you are more suitable for this messenger's mission?" asked Thomas.

"Of course, how could an outsider like him really understand Casilos's situation?! Proficient in heraldry? Proficient in aristocratic genealogy? Are you also proficient in Casilos' chronicles? Proficient in aristocratic biography?"

"That's right!" Leo raised his brows. Ryan's attitude greatly aroused the young knight's disgust. In fact, he has always been disgusted with Ryan. He is slightly older than Ryan, and he won his own knight title and territory in a bandit suppression battle. He is very disgusted with Ryan's reliance on his relationship and backdoor to win the title of Knight.

Since Ryan tried every possible way to make himself a disciple of Thomas, Leo hated the other party even more. Fortunately, this was mutual - Ryan looked down on the "country buns" in this remote province at all.

"Ash Rufate, what do you think?" Thomas asked Assh Rufate who had not spoken out. In fact, Assh Rufate really didn't care about the mission of this messenger at all. If he had to choose, he would choose to stay with Thomas and fight for him. However, Ryan's attitude also made him very disgusted.

"If Knight Ryan doesn't trust me, then you might as well give it a try." Ashu Rufate replied.

"It's fair." Thomas looked at his two subordinates. He sighed secretly. Ryan was too young after all. "But we don't have much time. So let's do a simple test. Ryan, you ask three questions, answered by Ashu Rufate. Then Ashu Rufate asked three questions, answered by you. Here is a Holy Grail Knight, let him make a fair judgment and see who is more suitable for this mission."

"The first question, what is the nickname of Casillos' third king?"

"'Particulent' Francisco." Asu Ruffatt replied. In fact, this game is meaningless. It should be said that it is an unfair cheating game. He has Carrie in his mind. Any book, even those dazzling heraldry emblems, those linguistics that make people trouble, or any knowledge, skills or skills that can take an ordinary person a long time to master, will always remember it once.

"...The three questions have ended, and now it's Sir Ashu Rufate's turn to ask." said the Holy Grail Knight, who was in charge of the competition judgment. Ryan's face was full of reluctance and anger, but he had to admit that Ashu Rufate had correctly answered all three of his questions.

"...There is a knight of Casillos, whose emblem is decorated with deer antlers, but his territory has nothing to do with the forest. The knight did not hunt deer in hunting. Who is this knight?" Asu Rufate asked. In fact, this is not an issue of Asu Rufate, but Carrie's question. It was Carrie's question for Ryan to preliminarily inferring the range of knowledge points that Ryan mastered, and computing and analyzing the most unlikely question Ryan could answer.

Ryan was speechless and could not answer for a long time. Leo's face was full of ridiculous expressions, and he looked at Ryan with malicious intentions. The look of pride on his face was much stronger than that of Asus Ruffat.

"There is no such thing at all..." After a long time, Ryan struggled to answer.

"The knight was named Allen. The king gave him the trophy of a hunt to reward him for his service." Ashrufate replied. "So he decorated his emblem with antlers to commemorate the reward. Casillos's 'Northern Biography' records this little thing."

The Holy Grail Knight made a gesture universal to Thomas, indicating that the game does not need to continue. The victory or defeat is clear at a glance.

"Very good, then there is no need to argue about our messenger candidate." Thomas made the final decision. "Ashurufat, you must remember that after you have assembled your troops, you must be in time..."

The door of the room suddenly closed and made a loud noise. It was Ryan slamming the door angrily.

Ryan ran a short distance in the cold winter wind, and his brain became a little clearer. No, it couldn't end like this, how could it end like this?! He immediately turned around and ran towards the other side of the castle. He remembered it very clearly that Ruke lived there.

"Uncle!" He pushed open the door of Ruke's room, who was reading a book carefully at this moment. Seeing Ryan's expression, Ruke put down the book.

"Lian, what's wrong? Things have changed beyond our expectations?" Although Rian was anxious, Luke's smile remained unabated. "Let me guess, is it not you who chose the last messenger?"

Maybe it was Ruk's smile that gave Ryan a little confidence for the moment, maybe it was because Ryan realized that he looked quite ridiculous, but when he came to Ruk's table, his expression calmed down a little.

"Did Thomas choose the Holy Grail Knight?" asked Ruke. "Actually, this is not wrong."

"No, Thomas chose Ashu Rufate as the messenger."

"Oh, this is something unexpected. But it doesn't matter. Actually, I have considered the possibility of such an accident. Thomas shouldn't see our real plan, but there are always so many accidents in the world. Do you know that if you are purely inferred by logic, no matter how you calculate it, there will be at least three accidents that you have never expected, and at least one of them is something you don't want to see."

"Uncle, what should we do?"

"Actually, the method is very simple." The smile on Ruke's face slowly faded, and a rare look of intriguing appeared on his pale and thin face. "And you know exactly what to do?"

"I...but..."
Chapter completed!