Chapter 700: Their respective choices
“This is impossible!”
Lakshata’s eyes widened, Jeremiah, Veretta, Joan Luo, Gino, Odd Lin Fengze and others stood up in shock. Only Ania, Monica, and Orpheus Fengze looked at the others in confusion, wondering what the reward Yang Hui received meant.
"Do I dare to joke about this kind of thing?" Yang Hui spread his hands and looked at them with a smile on his face, "And what good will it do me to lie to you?"
" ...But Your Highness Yang Hui, you are decentralizing power in His Majesty's hands, and His Majesty cannot agree to this." As the only nobleman present who has inherited the title, Jeremiah knows the rules of the upper echelons of the empire best. This is simply not true. It's impossible.
"This only shows that you don't understand his old man's self-confidence and arrogance."
"This..."
"Okay, this is already a fait accompli, and the formal order will be issued soon. It's pointless to argue now."
"...Yes, your highness."
"As for why you were summoned..." As he spoke, Yang Hui looked around at the people present. Everyone raised their lips and said, "...This army is my knights. Are you willing to be members of my knights?"
"This! Yes, yourhighness!"
Villetta and Joan Luo knelt down on one knee and swore allegiance to Yang Hui immediately without any thought or hesitation. They are both outstanding students of the Royal Military Academy. Yes, but they were all born into small families and were marginal figures in the aristocratic circle.
In the past, they would definitely have looked down upon [Nanny Prince] Yang Hui, but after hearing about his glorious deeds in Africa, they would absolutely not be able to refuse Yang Hui’s solicitation, and now that they have obtained the privilege, it is equivalent to The emperor has taken a share of the power. Now is the beginning, and the future is definitely bright.
“Yes, yourhighness.” Next are Gino, Orpheus Fonze and Monica Kulusevsky. They have no other choice. One is a side branch that has been ignored by the family, and the other is One is an orphan who was abandoned by the family, and the other is the illegitimate daughter of the emperor who no one cares about. Their own ideas are not important. Even if they don't want to, they have no right to refuse.
Then came Ania. She didn’t answer with words, but followed the three of them and bowed. She is still in the stage where Mariana’s soul has just been penetrated, and her brain consciousness is not very clear yet. I don’t even have the memory of the past, so I can only do as I’m told.
"Little... uh, Your Highness, Fourth Highness, can I ask, why are you looking for me? What you are looking for is a knight, I am just a doctor with no power." Lakshata asked .
“Of course it’s Knightmare, Rakshata, I’ve read your paper, it’s very good, if it weren’t for your youth and seniority, you should have taken over the Empire’s Knightmare development department now. As the pace of the war accelerates, A new round of military competition will begin. The fourth generation Knightmare Glasgow can still maintain a certain leading position, but... only a little bit.
My Knights will be. The sharpest sword, the enemy you face is the strongest, the mission you perform is the most difficult, and the battlefield you go to is the harshest, but I don’t want my people to die on the battlefield because of equipment problems, so the new generation is powerful. Knightmare must be put on the agenda."
"I can understand that... I am responsible for the special machine of the Knights, right?" Lakshatta raised her lips. She was a genius, so she would not ask. Asking stupid and useless questions, she already guessed what Yang Hui asked her to do from the beginning. She just wanted to negotiate terms.
"You, and Lloyd Asplind."
Hearing this, Lakshatta's face darkened and she stood up to leave. Before Yang Hui sent someone to find her, she had conflicts with Lloyd because of her inconsistent ideas and was preparing to leave the empire. Now there is a new choice in front of her. It was enough to support her in defeating her old rival, but in the end she was told that she still had to work with Lloyd, which she couldn't accept.
"What? Do you want to escape again?"
"What did you say!?" When Lakshatta was about to pass Yang Hui, Yang Hui's sarcasm made her furious.
"Isn't it?" Yang Hui spread his hands, with a joking and disdainful smile on his face, "The conflict between you and Sir Lloyd is just a disagreement in ideas. No one can convince the other, but you did not choose to take Defeat him with outstanding results, but choose to leave. This is not an escape, what is it?"
"You..."
"Leaving and continuing to escape shows that my vision is wrong and you are just a coward; stay, compete with him, and prove that you are better than him with facts."
Lakshata was shaking with anger, but Yang Hui's words echoed in her ears like the devil's whisper, but she was too angry to leave. That was escaping and admitting that she was inferior to the other person.
Stay and fight the opponent head-on, using facts to prove your excellence, but you don’t want to see the other person’s face.
What to do? How to choose?
The others held their breath, Yang Hui waited for Lakshatta's choice with a smile on his face.
A few minutes later, Lakshata closed his eyes, suddenly opened them and looked at Yang Hui: "You will give me enough research space and treatment, right?"
The reason why Lakshata chose to leave was, besides In addition to the conflicts, there is also her identity. She is not a native Bunitalian, so she is excluded and discriminated against in the research institute. No matter how outstanding her abilities are, the empire cannot give her fair treatment, so she Her ambitions had nowhere to show, leaving her without a platform to compete with Lloyd.
“Of course.” Yang Hui knew it, and said, “I am not one of those idiots from the pure-blood sect. Excellent talents are an asset no matter where they are. You will get exactly the same treatment and support as him. , this is the stage I provide for you."
"..."
"Of course, this is just the beginning. I will adjust your results as you each produce them. Status and remuneration, there is only one position for the director of R&D department.”
"Haha." Lakshata sneered, but her eyes were filled with confidence, "Really? Then I will decide on this position!"
"Then...your answer?" Yang Hui did not speak arrogantly. Asking Lakshata to surrender, he extended his hand to her instead.
Lakshata shook it and gave her own answer: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
"It's a pleasure to cooperate."
Lakshata has done it, and the rest is Yes, only Jeremiah has not replied to Yang Hui. Yang Hui also knows what Jeremiah is struggling with, so...
"You go down first, Regeta, arrange them, and you will tell them what to do in two days. Jeremiah stays." "Yes, yourhighness."
The others left, leaving Yang Hui and Jeremiah alone in the living room.
"Your Highness Yang Hui, forgive me for not accepting your invitation." After everyone had left, Jeremiah gave his answer. This was also to protect Yang Hui's face, after all, in front of other people Rejecting Yang Hui directly in front of him would be a slap in Yang Hui's face.
"Is it because of Princess Mariana?" Yang Hui sat down and asked him directly.
"...Yes." Jeremiah was Mariana's knight and a very loyal person. After Mariana married Charles DI Bunitalia and quit the Knights of the Round Table, he was also Mariana's. The retainer gave all his loyalty to Mariana. Now that Mariana is "dead", his allegiance becomes Lelouch and Nunnally.
“You know my relationship with Lelouch and Nunnally, right?”
“Yes.”
“You know Lelouch and Nunnally The current situation?”
“Yes, I know”
"But you still insist on your choice?"
"Yes."
"Then... Sir Jeremiah, I am now Hui Y. Bunitalia's I ordered..."
Hearing this, Jeremiah was shocked and immediately knelt down on one knee to wait for Yang Hui's order. If he was asking for his opinion before, then now he is ordering him as a royal family. He had to listen.
“...Jeremiah Goldbald immediately became my trainee knight and joined my knighthood. Three years later, he met my requirements and became Nunnally’s exclusive knight. Guard Nunnally."
"Your Highness Yang Hui!" Jeremiah raised his head in surprise and looked at Yang Hui in disbelief.
His heart felt cold after hearing the first half, because Yang Hui did not intend to fulfill his loyalty and wanted to force him to be loyal to Yang Hui as a royal family member.
But in the second half, it was to fulfill him and let him become Yang Hui's trainee knight, just because Yang Hui thought that his ability was not enough to protect Lelouch and Nunnally.
"Your loyalty is worthy of recognition, but your ability does not match your loyalty. Follow me for the next three years, and I will make you a qualified guardian."
"...Excuse me, Your Highness, why is it the knight of His Highness Nunnally and not the knight of His Highness Lelouch?"
"Lelouch, I have other arrangements. He is different from Nunnally. He has his own way to go."
"His Highness Lelouch and His Highness Nunnally are now..."
< br>"I have made arrangements, so there is no need to worry about their safety."
"I see, I am rude, His Highness Yang Hui."
"It doesn't matter, let's go down first, these two Have a good rest. When the emperor's order is officially issued, everything will be ready. It will be difficult for you to rest. "
"I will live up to His Highness's expectations!"
"Well, go down."
"Yes, your highness."
After Jeremiah left, Yang Hui also Instead of staying long, they came to the study and began to formulate a plan for the formation of the Knights, as well as a training plan for them. Jeremiah, Veretta, and Joan Luo only needed to follow the previous routine. , no specific arrangements are required, but others need to think carefully about it. They are still children, including schooling, training, etc., and they need to make detailed training plans.
"Well, their situations are all different. They can't follow the route I set for her. She needs to think about it carefully, but... I don't know how that girl is doing. It seems that she hasn't been in contact for a while. If you pass her, you will be scolded, right?" Thinking of this, Yang Hui smiled bitterly and shook his head.
It was at this time that Regeni Rejeta came back.
"Mr. Yang Hui, everything has been arranged."
"Well, you should also take a break these two days, wait..."
"I'm afraid not, Mr. Yang Hui ."
"What's wrong?" Yang Hui's eyes became fixed and his temperament became thick.
"Clovis has sent an invitation, inviting you to the afternoon art exhibition and tonight's dinner."
"Clovis? This guy..." Thinking of his cheap brother, Yang Hui shook his head invalidly, "...Okay, I understand. Reply to him and I will go to the appointment on time."
(End of this chapter)