The King of Knights in a Different World

"Wash...hair!" Arturia's body tensed again, and the towel on her face fell off in fright at the sound.

"Yeah! Your golden hair has dimmed quite a bit on the battlefield before. If you don't take good care of it, it may wither like grass in the future. As a girl, it's okay not to take good care of your hair."

"Girls or something, I never thought about it before."

Arturia turned her back to Lucifer, not wanting her to see her red face. Reason told her that she should firmly refuse, but she had an extra expectation in her heart.

Ordinary girl, normal teenage life. She had never thought about it before.

"Hair is also a sign of femininity. How about learning how to live like an ordinary girl from now on?"

"Then, please."

This time, Artoria stepped out of the water obediently.

Lucifer skillfully wiped the juice on her hair, and a feeling of nostalgia inevitably arose in his heart. The scene in front of me seemed familiar, but the space at that time was not as big as it is now, and this person was not in front of me.

In the reincarnation of two lives, things are different and people are different. There is only a trace of the picture left in the past, and even the figure in the picture has long been blurred, only the feeling remains. He will miss, but will no longer be troubled by the past.

Thinking of this, the force in Lucifer's hand subconsciously used the wrong direction.

"ah!"

In the ear, the girl's voice was inadvertently mixed with a trace of temptation. Lucifer woke up from the memory.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, my ears are a little... a little itchy."

Hearing this voice, a different idea suddenly rose in Lucifer's heart.

"is it here?"

"Hmm. Ah! Please don't."

"Lia, you just said that you are not feminine. But your voice doesn't say that. I am very excited now, so excited that I want to act."

"Hey! Hey!!"

"It's this kind of voice again, with a bit of shyness in it, just like the inflection of a passionate note, it's hard to stop."

"Please don't say this kind of misleading words. My voice will make people want to stop or something. I have never had it."

"But, I've already reacted."

"Quick...quick...stop!"

"Whose fault do you think I have become like this. As a knight, I should take responsibility for the mistakes I made."

"Too cunning, this kind of reason."

Knight Ji gradually gave up resisting... *

no.49 crown

After several days of marching, the army finally returned to Wangcheng. During this period, Lucifer had already received a message from Semiramis, and Ross in the north had stopped gathering legions, and started to face the new wave of beasts in the country.

After Rome got the news, it also stopped the three legions that were originally aimed at Britain. However, with the trend of southward transfer, France was also putting pressure on diplomacy. At the same time, Macedonia also made moves. The threat to the north was also temporarily lifted.

However, in addition to this, there is another interesting thing that caught Lucifer's attention, that is, Prince Pepin from France who will be exchanged back to his country. The hero who had to surrender also emphasized the role of the prince in the subsequent negotiations.

After returning home, the prince also condemned the dead Lothar and Anses, and pushed all the crimes on the two dead people. He kept advocating Lothar's paranoia and Anses's insistence on going his own way, which worsened the original battle situation.

Even the funniest thing is that he also declared that it was because he already knew that Britain had destructive weapons, so he didn't want the Dragon Legion to go all-in, but Lothar insisted on letting him go all-in, which led to the Legion's attack. completely annihilated.

Now that this statement has already had results, it seems to make some sense. Anyone who understands it can see that this guy is talking nonsense. Sadly, the public never got it. As a result, France increased the condemnation of Lothar and Anses, and the prince became a hero and was praised by others.

When he heard the news, Lucifer felt that letting him go back might be the most correct decision in the previous negotiations.

Although I have long thought that with that guy's personality, he would definitely throw the pot away, but the emperor's backing support must be indispensable to do such a superb thing. At that time, I just thought that this funny force might mess up the country in France, but now it seems that his effect is far greater than imagined. I sincerely wish you a long life, Your Highness.

Turning his head, Lucifer unconsciously saw Artoria's face, and the latter subconsciously froze all over. After reacting, he reluctantly returned to his usual calm look. If there is anything to gain from the peaceful life these past few days, it is probably the relationship with the girl in front of him.

After several times of growing up, the girl who has softened in private seems to have a tendency to give up on herself. Of course, on the surface it was still the heroic and determined knight.

Guys like Gao Wen haven't found anything yet, but thinking about it carefully, with this guy's personality, even if he finds out, it's probably just a joke.

In the distance, the royal city of Britain came into view. The front gate of the king's city was wide open, and the imperial guards of the king's city were neatly lined up on both sides of the avenue. They held the king's flag and offered their highest respect to the king who had returned from victory.

Lucifer led a group of knights into the city. He waved his arms on the horse to respond to the surrounding people. Both sides of the street were already filled with cheering crowds. They shouted loudly and presented flowers in their hands to the heroes.

The enthusiasm of the people on the street extended all the way to the imperial palace. Although many people had never seen Lucifer before, there is no doubt that this victory made them recognize the young king in their hearts.

After dismounting, he walked up the steps of the imperial palace step by step. Lucifer reached the highest point of the steps. He turned around and opened his arms, facing the sea of ​​people below.

"People of Britain, my name is Lucifernoctis, Lord of the Holy Sword, and your king. Not long ago, we won the battle with France. Just like this victory, from today From now on, I will lead this country to a new life as a king." Lucifer's voice was filled with magic power, and it was magnified many times in an instant.

In the huge square in front of the palace, everyone seemed to be in the echo. The new king led the country to a great victory, and at the same time won the support of the people in one fell swoop. This is Lucifer at this moment.

In the square under the steps, the crowd erupted in huge cheers, and they shouted the same name together. .

"Knight King!"

The king who was born in the kingdom of knights was dubbed the title of knight king, and it has been passed down to the world ever since. Taking advantage of this excellent opportunity in front of him, Lucifer spoke out the important decision he had planned before.

"As the King of Britain, I hereby announce two decisions. First, in order to commemorate those brave men who gave their lives for the country in the war, I will erect a stone monument under the Tudor Hill to the west of the king's city. It will record all those who died in battle. Names. Warriors, even if some of you die, your stories deserve to be remembered in history."

Compared with titles and money, for the traditions of the country in front of him, glory may be something far beyond it. And Lucifer's approach is undoubtedly to preserve this glory in history in the form of kingship.

The treatment that should have been given only to nobles and kings is now shared by the king with the world. For a moment, whether they were civilians or soldiers, whether they were knights or military officers, they all looked at Lucifer with respect in their eyes.

This time, no other conductors were needed, and no advance preparation was required. All the soldiers held up their weapons in unison, and offered their utmost loyalty to their king.

"king!"

This kind of cheering lasted for a long time, until Lucifer lowered his arm to make a stop gesture. After everyone saw this gesture, it was almost as if they were enchanted, and they stopped all actions consciously at the same time.

The originally bustling square suddenly became quiet, and this cohesion is amazing. At the same time, many nobles lamented that it was this king who had never appeared before.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lucifer continued to announce his second decision.

"Secondly, this victory does not belong to me alone. In the war, I saw many warriors who fought bloody for this land. Some of them were civilians, some were illegitimate children, and some could not even become knights. They have achieved our great victory. I firmly believe in the meaning of their struggle. Therefore, I declare that I will issue a decree to let people get the justice they deserve."

"king!"

Taking this as a starting point, everyone officially recognized Lucifer's status as king, and at the same time recognized him to rule the country.

With Lucifer officially moving into the palace, the princess who was originally in the palace was also moved out. She and her former servant were arranged to live in a noble mansion, which was originally a duke's courtyard, but was confiscated by the king, and now Lucifer gave it to Morgan. *

no.50 Want to leave? First find someone to take the blame (asking for tickets, asking for flowers)

In a few days, Lucifer took advantage of the popularity of the people and quickly launched a reform plan. In addition to promulgating just decrees, there are also things like military merit promotion for everyone. In general, Lucifer put the adjustments of [Qin] and [Han] systems into this country. It's just that the law did not use the unacceptable Qin law.

Among all the reforms, one of the most important is that the lands of the nobles are not only inherited by the eldest son, but will be equally shared by all children, and the eldest son will take back their respective domains from other children after the equal distribution One-tenth as preferential treatment for the eldest son.

This decree was produced by Lucifer in imitation of the Tweeting Order of the Han Dynasty. The point of the Tweeting Order is to build more vassal states, so as to reduce their power so that they cannot pose a threat to the central government.

Because Lucifer had created momentum before and expressed his sympathy for those soldiers, this condition now looks like Lucifer is practicing what he said. And his reasons are almost impeccable, making people unable and afraid to resist.

Although many nobles resisted this decree, they just thought that the new king was a bit too fair, even straightforward, and they even looked forward to seeing Lucifer's good show later. After all, in their impression, once there is another war, they still need to rely on nobles like them.

However, these people never imagined that this was just Lucifer's first step. The purpose is to disperse their power and lay the foundation for subsequent centralized reforms.

After working day and night for several days, Lucifer finally released all the decrees in the first step. At night, the lights in the palace chamber were still on. The others had already dispersed, leaving only two figures in the hall.

"Phew! It's finally done, and it should be easy for a while." Lucifer put down the document in hand.

Thanks to studying government affairs with the demon king Osloes in a certain time and space in the previous life, Lucifer is not a novice now. Although the demon king was finally addicted to cultivating immortals and couldn't extricate himself, but he had to admit that before that, he was still a good king.

"I'm sorry, I can't even help you." Artoria's expression was a little guilty.

Since the afternoon, she just stood there watching Lucifer skillfully handle the affairs. She didn't know what to do at all.

"You can stand there is the greatest help to me. Besides, at night, thanks to Leah, I can get a little bit of relaxation from my exhaustion."

As soon as Lucifer's joke came out, Arturia changed into a serious face.

"King! Now is the official time, please don't make such bad jokes. Otherwise I will perform my duty."

That's right! Due to the previous agreement, Artoria, as a knight, is also Lucifer's admonisher. If there is anyone in this country who dares to preach to Lucifer in front of him, it is only the girl in front of him.

This is the duty Lucifer gave her, in order to prevent Lucifer himself from making any irreversible actions on a whim due to the possible influence of the abyss. So far, she's doing well.

Of course, Artoria's greatest role is to remind that the real decision is still in Lucifer's hands.

"Ah! Leah, who is too serious, is really strict."

"The king is too lazy."

"Just let me go, Leah. Don't let me make jokes with this level of workload every day, I'm afraid I will die from overwork one day." Lucifer saw that the girl in front of him was somewhat stern and selfless, Turned on the miserable mode.

"It's my negligence. If the king wants to relax, I won't stop it, but please do it during non-'king' time." Leah was also thinking secretly if she was too strict.

At this moment, a report from the guard came from outside the hall, saying that Prime Minister Semiramis was visiting. Hearing this news, Lucifer also put away his joking expression, he signaled Leah to return to his position with his eyes, and then asked the guards to bring Semiramis in.

After a simple opening on the circular tabletop, Semiramis directly entered the theme.

"King! I came here today to return this badge."

Semiramis pushed a special badge in his hand towards Lucifer, the badge slid across the table for a certain distance, and finally came to Lucifer's hand.

"Leave it. I have no plans to take it back for the time being."

Lucifer didn't even look at it, he pushed back the badge representing the prime minister. Semiramis picked it up and looked at the king in front of him.

"You really intend to keep me as Prime Minister?"

"Besides you, are there any other suitable candidates here? If so, recommend one to me. Otherwise, I won't take it back."

Lucifer's words are already very clear. If she can find a suitable replacement, she can retire at any time, but until then, do me a favor.

There was no need to say much about the tacit understanding between them, Semiramis put away the badge with a smile.

"It's really a rascal's way. However, it suits my appetite. Since I am still the Prime Minister, I can now say the purpose of this trip."

At this time, Semiramis began to describe the purpose of this trip. The previous voluntary dismissal of the prime minister was originally a means of retreating. If Lucifer agrees, it means that he doesn't trust her enough, and he can't tell the next thing.

On the contrary, it means that there will be no problem in telling the next thing. *

no.51 The way to deal with the princess (asking for tickets, asking for flowers)

Lucifer listened to her words quietly, and also understood her meaning. He noticed that Semiramis' eyes were still looking at Arturia who was on the side.

"Well, you are my Prime Minister, there is no need for hesitation between us. Similarly, Leah is the person I trust the most, there is no need for us to hide."

This is Lucifer's attitude at this time.

"Then I'll be straight. About the royal family, maybe it should be called the former royal family now. Regarding her arrangement, I have a very suitable proposal here."

Before Semiramis' proposal was spoken, Lucifer already understood what she wanted to say.

"If what you want to say is to marry Morgan and take full control of the country in a reasonable and legal way. Then forget it, this proposal is rejected." There is unquestionable determination in his calm tone.

"Wang can say this, which proves that you have thought about this proposal. But why do you want to reject it? Please forgive me, although you now have the support of a large number of newborn nobles and even the army and us, but there are still many old ones. Nobles, they miss the royal blood in their hearts. If you want to get their support, the best way is to marry Princess Morgan. In this way, you will be the real king of Britain."

The current situation in Britain is a bit complicated. The old aristocratic faction, also known as the old royal family faction, is not loyal to the royal family. They just need a spokesperson to represent their interests. These people still have a lot of energy. Lucifer's reform might touch their nerves, and the best way to get their support is to marry Morgan. In this way, even if these people are dissatisfied, they have no right to object.

"At this moment, I am already the king of Britain, the only king. There is no truth or falsehood, and I don't need them to admit it. If they don't want to accept the reality and are still addicted to the past, then I can only bury them with the past. This country seems like It is not easy to see the hope of new life, and I will not show mercy to those who dare to destroy this hope, even if my hands are stained with blood."

"You haven't answered me yet, why?" asked back.

"You didn't choose Morgan as the king to come to Britain before, why?" Lucifer also responded with a rhetorical question.

"She doesn't have that ability."

"That's right! She doesn't have that ability, and she can't be recognized by the holy sword, so she can't become a king. If I marry Morgan now, those so-called old nobles you mentioned will definitely want to use Morgan to influence my decision. When the time comes Whether she wants it or not, she herself will be caught in the coming storm." Lucifer spoke in a calm tone about a fact that might materialize.

Morgan didn't have much talent. If she was elected by the old nobles to become a banner against her new king, it would not be her who would benefit in the end, but those old nobles. She will only become a puppet in the hands of those old foxes.

Even if the confrontation fails, those old aristocrats can put all the crimes on Morgan, let her become the witch of the bewitching king, and then impose the death penalty to clear themselves. In the end, no matter whether she succeeds or fails, she is doomed to no good results.

"..." Semiramis fell silent.

She didn't expect that the reason why Lucifer didn't accept this condition was not because he hated Morgan, but because he was worried about hurting Morgan.

"I once promised Duke George that I would treat the former royal family well. If things turned out like that, even if I didn't want to, I might face the situation that I would not have to kill her. The best way to treat the royal family well is not to involve her in this Instead, let her stay away from the political circle in Wangcheng. As long as she doesn't have anything to do with me, she will be fine." Lucifer continued to speak calmly.