Chapter 398: Stealing Love
Although she was a commoner, Vendatil was highly respected among the Noldor elves. After all, she was the teacher of almost all young Noldor in the past hundred years.
Basically, children of both nobles and commoners would learn martial arts from her.
When a person becomes the teacher of most children in an entire ethnic group, he or she will naturally have a transcendent status and will not be bound by anyone.
Wendatil was not someone who was easy to restrain. She already had a position, had no pursuit of power, and had no other desires or hobbies - such a person was difficult to restrain.
She only listens to Wendy's arrangements because she dotes on Wendy. Wendy lost her parents when she was just born, and it was Wendatil who took care of her until now. The relationship between her and Wendy is more of a family relationship.
In other words, although Wendy can assign work to Wendatil, she cannot completely assign Wendatil to do things that she is not willing to do, and basically she can only rely on acting like a spoiled child.
Fortunately, Vendatil was a responsible person, otherwise she would have given up long ago if she was always asked to deal with Aldarian - she actually had a very bad temper, and even Islandil didn't dare to provoke her.
This situation where there is no assignment based on the hierarchy but only a relay arrangement of tasks cannot continue forever, so Wendy decided to seek Leon's help to solve this problem.
But before the troops reached Fort Ameila and met Li Ang, problems arose...
"Wendy, Aldarian doesn't plan to go to Almera Castle. He said he would go to Walven first to meet up with Islandir, and then attack the City of Knowledge... I guess he wants to prove his strength to His Majesty Leon - His Majesty Leon failed to capture the City of Knowledge, and Aldarian thinks he can do it..."
Wendatil found Wendy helplessly: "I can ask him to send troops to cooperate, but I can't interfere with his specific tactics."
"Alas... this idiot. It's not that Leon can't capture Boshi City, he just doesn't plan to occupy Boshi City. After all, now he has to fight against the Snake Worship Cult together with the people of the Bacchus Empire. He can't really destroy the Bacchus Empire..."
Wendy shook her head and looked at Wendatil: "Besides, I think Aldarian probably didn't want to prove anything to Leon, he probably wanted to show you how powerful he is... Teacher Wendatil, just like stags fighting each other when they are courting..."
Wendatil rolled her eyes at Wendy, but she knew that what she said was also one of the factors that led Aldarian to attack the City of Knowledge, just like a stag bleating and shaking its horns...
But this is definitely not the main reason.
"Let's get to the point, Wendy. Aldarian knew about this plan, he just didn't want to cooperate with the Bacchus... and he also didn't want to cooperate with His Majesty Leon's troops - he still didn't trust humans. I think he was planning to destroy His Majesty Leon's cooperation with the Bacchus Empire. He might want the Bacchus Empire and His Majesty Leon to really continue fighting..."
Vendatil actually knew Aldarian.
Sometimes, many seemingly stupid behaviors are just the result of a little thought from a few people.
Aldarian did have a motive for doing so.
Leon did not hide this plan from the Noldor elves, because there would be no Snake Cult spies among the Noldor elves, and in order to avoid hostility between the Noldor elves and the people of the Bacchus Empire, Alina's plan must be made clear to all Noldor leaders.
Of course, Aldarian also knew that the New Pendor Kingdom was going to stage a war drama with the Bacchus Empire to lure out the Snake Cult's large army and then carry out a siege.
But for Aldarian, this plan does not conform to the philosophy he has always adhered to...
Aldarian had higher goals than the other Noldor.
He has been watching the fights between humans all along. He hopes that humans will continue to fight each other, preferably until all of them are crippled and the ground is scorched. In this way, the Noldor elves may have a chance to control the entire continent...
But now that the Principality of the Noldor has been established, the Noldor people have "submitted" to the new Kingdom of Pendor and are ruled by the human kingdom. Aldarian is actually a little unwilling.
Aldarian is not a fool. He knows that the marriage between Wendy and Leon is to save the entire tribe. He will not hate Leon, nor will he be dissatisfied with Wendy becoming the Queen of the Noldor - Wendy is his fellow tribesman and the daughter of his best friend. Aldarian himself also thinks that Wendy is the best choice to become the Queen of the Noldor.
He also did not intend to become the King of the Noldor - in the three hundred years when he established his own tribe, he did not call himself the King of the Elves, nor did he do anything to harm the weak House of Finwë.
What Aldarian pursued was not power for himself, but the status of the entire Noldor people in the continent of Pendor.
He wanted the elves to become the direct ruling class of the entire continent, rather than being vassals of the new Kingdom of Pendor and being at the mercy of a human king.
Aldarian thought so mainly because of the lifespan of humans.
In his opinion, Leon might be a good king, and a king who could treat humans and elves fairly. In addition, since Leon had the blood of the Noldor elves, there was really no problem for him to become the co-lord of humans and elves.
But Leon will die sooner or later.
The hybrids of elves and humans cannot have the lifespan of pure-blooded elves. This can be seen from their growth cycle. King Kavala of Pendesan was a hybrid of the two races, but he only lived to be over eighty years old - this is a long life for humans, but for elves, they just reach adulthood at the age of seventy or eighty.
What will happen to the New Pendor Kingdom when Leon dies decades later?
The system of the new Pendor Kingdom is a feudal system of independent principalities, which means that the sphere of influence of the Duchy of the Noldor has basically been limited - Leon has assigned several castles outside the Noldor Forest to the Duchy of the Noldor, which is equivalent to clearly marking the sphere of influence of the Duchy of the Noldor.
That is to say, it is based on the Noldor Forest, and is roughly equivalent in size to the entire eastern region of the original Kingdom of Sarleon. In terms of territory alone, it is as large as one-tenth of the entire Pendor continent. This is indeed the standard for the territory of a powerful duke.
For most of the Noldor, this was a very satisfactory result.
But for Aldarian, this meant that it would be difficult for the Noldor elves to become the rulers of the continent.
The number of humans is overwhelmingly superior. The total population of the Noldor elves is only more than 10,000 people. They have always been a minority group, and their territory is limited to the Noldor Forest. If the new Kingdom of Pendor can unify the continent, the Noldor elves can only live in a corner.
In addition, Leon's wife is not only Wendy, and Aldarian knows that Leon and Amy have been together for a longer time, which means that the descendants of the Noldor elves will most likely not rule the new Kingdom of Pendor in the future.
Greed is the norm in human nature, and Aldarian is no exception. He wants to give the Noldor elves a more advantageous situation.
——What if the direct forces of the New Pendor Kingdom become weaker?
In other words, what if Leon can only rely more on the Noldor elves in the process of unifying the continent and cannot gain the widespread trust of humans?
In fact, Aldarian recognized Leon's ability more than most Noldor elves. He believed that even if he temporarily lost the support of some humans and relied more on the Noldor elves, Leon would still be able to unify the continent.
So in the future, will the ruling class of the new Pendor Kingdom be mainly composed of Noldor elves?
Since Leon wants to act in partnership with the Bacchus Empire, if the fake play becomes real and the City of Boshi is captured, it will definitely cause Leon to lose the trust of the Bacchus people and trigger a real full-scale war between the Bacchus Empire and the New Pande Kingdom.
Especially now, most people in the Bacchus Empire still don't know about this fake war and real cooperation plan. If we attack Boshi City at this time, the Bacchus people will definitely think that Li Ang is planning to kill them all...
As for whether the real enemy would take the opportunity to grow stronger, Aldarian didn't care - his troops had already combed the interior of the forest a few days ago, and there were indeed no enemies in the forest.
Since the Snake Cult or other enemies have not entered the forest, they are still within the territory of the Bacchus Empire.
In Aldarian's view, as long as they could ensure that the enemy did not enter the forest and turned the territory of the Bacchus Empire into a scorched earth, the Snake Cult would naturally be dragged into the war. Anyway, both the Bacchus and Leon would deal with the Snake Cult, and the enemy could be solved in the same way.
That's true, but a lot of people will die.
But Leon and Marius would consider as few deaths as possible, while Aldarian would rather more humans die...
If it were in the past, Aldarian would not have thought so, because the safety of the tribe must be prioritized.
But now, the Noldor elves have taken all the castles outside the Noldor Forest, and the army of the Bacchus Empire has been defeated. The safety of the Noldor elves is actually guaranteed.
However, this will inevitably put Li Ang in danger.
But Aldarian didn't care... Even if Leon could not accomplish the great cause of unifying the continent, or even if he was defeated and died, it didn't matter - if Leon's forces continued to fight the Bacchus Empire, then the Noldor elves could sit on the mountain and watch the fight, and find opportunities to gain greater benefits after the two human countries were both defeated.
The motivation for many things comes from this kind of thinking. It is not purely evil thoughts and selfish desires. In a sense, it is indeed for the benefit of the entire ethnic group.
People are always greedy and never satisfied, and this is not just reflected in personal desires.
"If Aldarian does this, it will definitely bring disastrous consequences... Teacher Vendatil, we must stop this idiot!"
Wendy said anxiously.
"But how do we stop him now?"
Vendatil didn't know what to do. Aldarian had done nothing wrong as far as the Noldor were concerned, and he hadn't even started his march towards the City of Knowledge yet.
"If only Li Ang were here, he would definitely have a solution..."
Wendy sighed, thought for a moment, then turned to look at Wendatil: "Now I can only rely on you, teacher. You may have to make some sacrifices..."
"What do you mean? You don't want me to kill him secretly, his troops will riot!"
Wendatil blurted out that it seemed that she had thought about secretly killing Aldarian...
"No, no, no, I plan to ask you to go find Islandil... Islandil has just been named Lord of Walven. You might as well try to tell Aldarian that you will not go south to fight, and you have decided to help Islandil manage Walven..."
Wendy tilted her head and looked at Wendatil as she spoke: "I plan to give you the brocade robe I wore at my wedding..."
"What do you mean? Me? To take care of Walwyn? I am the tribune of White Hart Castle..."
Wendatil didn't understand Wendy's intention.
"That is to say, you have to show that you have that kind of intention towards Islandir... I will make Islandir cooperate with you."
Wendy had to explain it more clearly.
"Ah?! No no no...this won't work! And Islandir already has a wife!"
Vendatil shook his head like a rattle.
"Ahaha... Leon just issued a decree that the new Pendor Kingdom allows everyone to have three spouses, as long as the previous spouse allows it..."
Wendy laughed: "It's normal for His Highness Islandil to marry more wives for such an outstanding man... Besides, he is the only one in the entire Noldor tribe who is worthy of you!"
“No, no, no…”
Wendatil's face was full of panic: "No..."
"If Islandil can't do it, then only Risadilan can..."
Wendy spread her hands: "But, are you willing to marry your student?"
"I'm not saying that I can't get married, I'm saying that I don't plan to get married!"
Wendatil was about to go crazy: "Wendy, what on earth are you planning?"
"Oh, I was planning to get Aldarian to focus on you, like going to Walwyn Castle for a 'family dinner' or something. Anyway, he was planning to go to Walwyn to join Eslandil, wasn't he?"
There was a hint of cunning in Wendy's big eyes.
"I'm afraid he will duel with Islandil..."
Wendatil sighed, now she knew what Wendy meant.
She also knew Aldarian, that guy also had a hot temper and would most likely initiate a duel.
In fact, Lisadilan had a private duel with Islandil's nephew for the girl he loved, but the ending was tragic. Lisadilan won, but the Noldor girl did not intend to associate with a criminal who killed her people...
"I just want to force him to challenge me to a duel... Don't worry, His Highness Islandil always abides by the law, and he will definitely not engage in private fights. Besides, you can stop them..."
Wendy took Vendatil's arm and said with a smile: "My teacher is such a beautiful lady, and a master of swordsmanship. It is only natural that she is pursued by two great lords in a duel..."
Wendatil sighed again: "I told you not to read knight novels... I really don't know what His Majesty Leon taught you..."
…
Two days later, Walwenberg.
An impromptu 'family dinner' is being held.
This informal banquet only had one table. After all, it was not a public banquet, so there were only five people participating.
The leading actor Islandil, the leading actress Vendatil, the second male lead Ardarian, the director Wendilf, and the extra Risadilan who came to deliver the message and just happened to get a free meal.
At the dinner, Islandil expressed his intention to formally pursue Wendatil, and Wendatil also showed an attitude of wanting to refuse but also to welcome...
Then, Islandil said that thanks to the new decree of His Majesty Leon, he could express his feelings at this time, but he had not yet obtained the consent of his wife at home, and hoped that everyone present would give him some help...
Aldarian exploded on the spot - everyone in the entire Noldor tribe knew that he liked Vendatil, but he didn't expect that bastard Islandil actually planned to sneak across? !
Stealing someone's love...how can that be possible!
Duel! This must be a duel!
