Chapter 74 Surprised
After Valed finished saying this, the room was silent and the needle fell to the sound of it. Valed had already said what he wanted to say. And Madame Windsor was surprised and didn't know what to say.
The lady looked at her son, Vared's stubborn and arrogant look. Only then did she feel that he had really grown up. This kind of "growth" is not physical, but psychological.
Madame Windsor felt that she could no longer feel at ease and hugged Vared in her arms. She could no longer look at him pamperedly like a child. He would gradually move away from his life, carry out his own career, and start his own life... and then, there was almost no intersection between himself and him.
Thinking of this, Madame Windsor felt very sad. Thinking of her and Tracy being alone yesterday, she acquiesced to the matter between her and Valed. The Madame felt a little jealous for no reason...
"So...what do you want to do?"
After a long time, Madame Windsor recovered and said that she no longer had the taste of teaching a lesson to the child. Instead, she discussed completely, and even felt a little exploring and asking for advice.
"Keep waiting for the opportunity." Vared said: "After the increase of the territory of the border prince, the power of the Earl of Castein will increase a lot.
I think the next step is to develop the border prince territory in a large scale. At least this territory must be developed to the average level of Sylvania. In terms of governance, I think three to four hundred vampires can be dispatched here. In this way, there will be no shortage of basic administrative personnel.
Next. In terms of diplomacy, I think we should still maintain balance with the Sigma Empire. Try to maintain certain restraint in border conflicts. Don’t overdo it. Also, if possible, I think we should seek other allies from the outside. Looking around, almost all races in the entire Old Continent are maintaining hostile relations with us. Sylvania is so lonely.
In terms of internal affairs, I think we can carry out a technological innovation. In the past two years, for the improvement of skeleton soldiers, a lot of new undead executions have been edited with magic. I think these technologies can be put into actual production. We send undead troops to reclaim land and level out those deserted mass graves with faster efficiency.
At the same time, using the undead for mechanized production can also increase the efficiency of our magic factory. We will produce more commodities and trade with other countries - this is a matter of complementary to the previous point of searching for allies and ensuring peace with the Sigma Empire.
We need these markets in exchange for the resources we need - especially metals and magic crystals, and various other raw materials to maintain our production and even expand the production scale...
There are more troops to form.”
In the previous paragraph, what Valed said was relatively quiet and peaceful things such as restraint, peace, allies, trade, production and farming. However, the tone suddenly changed and became an army. This made Madame Windsor, who listened carefully to what Valed and carefully considered feasibility, stunned.
"Yes, form more troops, lay new territory, increase cultivated land, and expand population. This is the basis for increasing the undead. Getting more resources through trade is to provide us with enough arms raw materials. Finding allies is naturally evil people who are as ambitious as us and want to expand their territory. While trading, while interacting with other countries, we also have to buy their confidentiality and send spies to collect intelligence to meet the intelligence support we need to launch wars in the future."
After saying all this, Valed summarized: "What I want is a country that is martial, pioneering, and has superior competitiveness, productivity and science and technology.
What I want to build is a complex country of military, industrial and commercial, an efficient war machine. And when everything is ready, we have obtained enough resources, armed enough troops, obtained enough intelligence, and made powerful allies-
It was when the fourth undead holy war began.”
"Is this what you are looking forward to?" At the end of his hearing, Mrs. Windsor sighed secretly in her heart, and then asked this question almost in a reckless manner.
"Of course! All vampires are looking forward to this! I will spend a hundred years and even more time to reserve and plan. Plan a real sacred war of the undead, destroy all enemies that block my progress! Dominate all countries and races on the earth. In the end, I will establish the rule of eternal and correct order!"
Vared's face turned a little flushed and frenzied: "This is the meaning of my existence in this world. It is the meaning of my birth here! I came here for this purpose! This is the answer I have come up with over the past fourteen years! We vampires--"
At this moment, Valed suddenly realized that he was not a fanatical audience, nor a member of the Blood Brotherhood, but his mother. Therefore, he decisively interrupted the following bold words and other brainwashing words - although these were true.
After identifying with the vampire race and being glad that he is in this life, Vared then found his life goals and meaning. In this way, he was completely separated from his previous life and completely integrated into this world.
So, traveling through time or something, saying that it is completely integrated with this world does not mean "finding your beloved girl" or "having a child" so that you feel that you have a "root" or something. It is not that you shouted at the Heavenly Dao: "In the future, there will be only circles, no forks."
These are all relatively low-level and are wrong. What can really make the time traveler merge with the world is when he finds the meaning of appearing in this world. When his outlook on life, values and worldview are all integrated with this world, it is the moment when he merges with this world.
Although Valed stopped halfway through the speech, Madame Windsor could still see that the child was serious. He really wanted to launch a sacred war on the undead. He really wanted to establish a utopian world in faith that the vampires have passed on for countless years, the so-called "absolutely correct, eternal order."
"It's really worthy of being the Castein family..." Mrs. Windsor laughed: "When I talk about these things, I'm exactly the same as him."
Although Madame Windsor did not mention the name, Vared could also guess who the "he" she was.
"This is the mission given to me by my family, my people, and my people." Vared lowered his head and said, "I beg you, my mother, to support my plan. It is not for me, or for the Castein family. But for Silvania, our vampires."
After hearing Valed say this, Madame Windsor's smile became helpless. She stretched out her hand, hesitated for a while, and finally held Valed in her arms as usual. Then she said, "My son, what you said is very good, whether it is the plan, the ambition, or the starting point of your life. It is very good... but you were wrong."
"What am I wrong?!" After hearing Madame Windsor say this, Vared raised his head in surprise. Then he saw Madame Windsor's smile become much brighter.
"As you said, you are fifteen years old and have made such brilliant achievements. So you have already been qualified to formally inherit the Earl of Castein. It is your right to do these things. I don't need my support at all."
After hearing Madame Windsor say this, Valed was stunned for a moment, and then realized that—indeed, as she said. Although the age required to formally inherit the Count is sixteen years old, the law also stipulates that in extraordinary times, or when the heirs have made special merits, this period can be advanced at the discretion.
As mentioned before, Sylvania has not been able to expand its territory for a long time. The princes on the border are almost half the size of Sylvania. If Valed's merits are not enough, then there is no way to say what kind of merits are enough.
"That's right..." Valed nodded, and finally realized it suddenly. Looking at his mother, he didn't seem to be too happy, and he pushed himself to others. He thought it was Madame Windsor who felt that he had seized his power, so he was unhappy. So he immediately changed his words and said:
"Even so, your support is still very necessary for Mother. You have received prestige at Count Castein. Putting aside you, many things cannot be implemented. And your political experience is also something I want to rely on. I still have many things to ask you in the future."
"No need." After hearing Valed say this, Madame Windsor smiled angrily: "Why do you have such an idea for me? What kind of brotherhood should you form, develop an army, and lead the prince from the border south... Which of these major issues have you come to ask me for advice?" Vared asked with a blush and couldn't speak.
Seeing him like this, Madame Windsor finally found a little "looking at the child". Her mood suddenly became much happier. Her strength to hug Vared a little more, and she stretched out her finger and gently tapped Vared on Vared's forehead.
"If it really doesn't work, let Alice help you. That girl has been studying with me for more than half a year. I didn't expect that her political talent is quite good. If you manage your territory, she will definitely be able to help you..."
"Alice... I haven't seen her for a long time." Vared thought so. Then Madam Windsor clicked:
"Then let's clean up and let's go back to Dekenhof. After you go back, you will be able to meet again." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!