Chapter 150: It's all a trick from beginning to end
"Your Majesty Klaus, I'm still young and can become stronger. But becoming stronger requires focused training, so I don't have time to waste on troublesome matters. And as long as Sid and Princess Alexia's marriage does not change, I will always stand on the side of the royal family." Claire explained calmly.

"Can you become stronger? Sure!" Klaus agreed immediately.

After all, Claire said so, and Klaus couldn't force a strong person like Claire to always act as Alice's bodyguard, because this was not the right attitude to treat a strong person.

"The second condition is that I will not participate in wars of foreign expansion. If anyone dares to invade the Kingdom of Midgar, I will make them taste the bitter fruit of failure, but I don't want to take the initiative to create killings." Claire continued.

"I promise!" King Klaus agreed before anyone else could speak.

"Your Majesty." Just as King Klaus agreed, a noble spoke up.

"That's enough. The Kingdom of Midgar has always been committed to peaceful development, so there is no need for outward expansion." King Klaus said in a decisive tone at this moment.

After all, he didn't want to give the Diabolos Cult the impression that the Kingdom of Midgar was unwilling to be lonely.

If it weren't for the Diabolos Cult and the organization that had recently been against the Diabolos Cult, King Klaus would definitely have some ideas.

But the behemoth of the Diabolos Cult alone was enough to make King Klaus have no other thoughts. The only thing he had was to protect the Kingdom of Midgar, so he very much agreed with Claire's conditions.

"The third condition is that I will not accept any form of marriage after graduation. If you want to marry me, you only need to meet one condition, and that is to defeat me head-on." Claire continued.

"Claire Kageno, marriage between eligible nobles has always been the rule." A noble couldn't help but speak up.

"There's no way I'll accept a trash as my husband." Claire looked at the noble and replied coldly.

The other party immediately felt the heavy pressure coming towards him, and cold sweat instantly broke out from his forehead.

"Father, we should respect Claire's wishes." Alice said before the other nobles could speak.

Klaus certainly understood what Alice meant.

Because unless Claire is willing to marry someone from the royal faction, if she marries someone from another faction, it will not be good news for the royal family.

Instead of this, it would be better to agree to Claire's request.

In this way, as long as no one can defeat Claire head-on, Claire will always lean towards the royal family because of her brother.

"If this is your wish, then so be it!" Klaus said directly.

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty!" Claire replied immediately.

"Get ready. After you win the Martial God Festival tomorrow, I will hold a knighthood ceremony for you," Klaus added.

In the past, the investiture ceremony would never have been so hasty.

But Klaus can't wait!

If it was delayed any further, he was worried that something unexpected might happen.

After all, after Claire demonstrated her powerful strength, Ronald, who was beside her, had already shamelessly offered to poach her. It is conceivable that once the news spreads, it will almost be a foregone conclusion that other forces will invite Claire.

During this period, if any unexpected events occurred, such as something happened to Reed, the key figure, then the three conditions that Claire agreed to at this moment would be completely invalid.

In order to avoid any more complications, Klaus made a decisive decision and decided to decide on the title without any hesitation.

As for the omitted steps, they will be made up slowly later.

After hearing what Klaus said, everyone present felt his urgency.

Although some people really wanted to delay time with some reasonable excuses, no one dared to speak up.

After all, this time things are very different from the past.

One is that Claire is a strategic-level powerhouse who can influence the outcome of a war. Anyone who dares to push her away or delay the Kingdom of Midgar from winning her over would be committing treason.

Although Klaus is usually very cautious and timid, but in this matter, whoever speaks out will have to bear his wrath.

Another thing is that Claire had already made it clear when she put forward the first condition that she would not participate in the struggle for political power in the Kingdom of Midgar.

Even if her joining will make the royal faction more powerful, the impact is just an impact. As long as she does not personally come forward to fight for power, it will not be considered to destroy the political balance within the Kingdom of Midgar.

Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye knows that once Claire becomes a member of the royal faction, there will be serious consequences in the future.

But the royal faction will insist on one point, that is, there was no change in power within the entire kingdom before and after Claire joined.

As for the future, that is a matter for the future. After all, people are still born, grow old, get sick and die.

Moreover, the kingdom is permanent but the ministers come and go, so isn't it normal for power to change?

Of course, the most important point here is that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.

Who can guarantee that Claire will not hold a grudge against you if you stand up and delay the knighthood ceremony?

If you were hated by such a strong man, would you still be able to sleep at night?
Overnight, everyone in a mansion disappeared. I'm afraid it's not a difficult task for such a strong man.

It was precisely because they had personally experienced Claire's strength and understood the intimidation of a powerful nation-guarding warrior that those opponents could only keep their words to themselves at this moment.

Without opponents, things settled naturally.

Although the fight in the second match was very exciting, it was not as shocking as the first one. For most audiences, it was okay. Since they came, they would definitely watch the whole show before leaving. After all, they can only see it once a year.

But the people in the VIP room left one after another as soon as Claire finished her conversation with the two kings and the two kings got up and left.

After all, what happened today will definitely have a great impact both inside and outside the Kingdom of Midgar.

Internally, with a super strong person like Claire joining the royal faction, other factions must discuss future countermeasures carefully, such as how to deal with Claire, or how to make Claire fall out with the royal family.

After all, super strong people are no joke. If you don’t think of countermeasures in advance, it will be too late when the royal faction takes action.

Externally, given Claire's strategic role in the war, neighboring countries have to re-evaluate their relations with the Kingdom of Midgar.

Of course, how to evaluate is definitely the responsibility of the top leaders, but reporting back what was seen and heard at the Martial God Festival is something that must be done immediately.

Because of this, when the second game started, only a few people remained in the huge VIP room.

As for the others, they all left the arena in a hurry.

Li De and Alexia were no exception. As for Claire, Alice took her to the palace. Since Klaus had said that the knighthood ceremony would be held tomorrow, he would have to explain some things to Claire today.

There are also some trivial matters regarding the title that Claire needs to understand, and then complete the procedures after the title is conferred.

For example, the emblem of the new family. You have to know that after Claire was knighted, she became independent from the Kagenau family.

Although the surname has not changed, the previous coat of arms cannot be used, so a new one must be prepared.

There are many trivial matters like this. If it is not a special situation, the process of conferring a title from the proposal to the final completion of the ceremony will take a long time.

It may take a few months at the fastest, or more than half a year at the slowest. If there are people getting in the way, there may be delays and it may even take longer.

As Alexia said before, operating a title is not an easy task.

It was precisely because of the trouble that Alice was able to do Claire a big favor in the process.

From this, it can be seen that Alexia had indeed anticipated from the beginning that the operation of the title would definitely not be smooth sailing.

But no one expected that Claire's strength growth rate was too exaggerated.

If she had not been taken in by Li De and had not obtained Li De's resources to improve her strength, relying on her previous strength, even if Blood Moon went to the city to wipe out the vampires in the Crimson Tower and achieve certain results, it would definitely not be so easy for Alice to help her become a baron.

On the contrary, after the strength increased and the overwhelming strength was demonstrated, everything became easier.

Talented people are welcome everywhere.

Especially special talents, they should receive equal treatment wherever they go.

"I'm so tired!" At night, Claire returned to the villa and lay on the sofa without any ladylike manners and said.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister." Li De said with a smile.

"With Sid's comfort, it's all worth it no matter how hard and tiring it is. I just didn't expect that this knighthood will be much smoother than I imagined." Claire sat up and said.

"Isn't this natural? After all, a king has personally invited us. If the Kingdom of Midgar does not take it seriously, then it's fine to go directly to the Kingdom of Oriana." Reed replied with a smile.

"Indeed, maybe the bald man would be happier. But the title that Rose and Ronald mentioned last night was not the Duke, right?" Claire asked.

"No, when I was with Rosette, I was a viscount. As for why I became a duke, I guess it was because your domineering color was too shocking, sister. But this effect is better, isn't it?" Li De nodded and said.

In fact, every scene today was directed by Li De.

The reason why Ronald spoke was because Rose had communicated with him the day before.

If there had not been such communication, how could Ronald, as the king of a country, casually ask to poach people in front of another king?

Of course, Klaus was also aware of this, so to outsiders, it might be the temporary rise of the two kingdoms, or even a bit of a fight, but in fact it was all a routine.

In this stage play called "Battle of the Strong", Li De was responsible for the script, Rose and Alexia were responsible for communication and coordination, and finally the two kings were asked to star in it.

The purpose is to confirm Claire's title in advance. After all, there is no better opportunity than this.

This is also the reason why Reed designed this script. After all, only in this way can it be ensured that Claire's title can be confirmed in a short period of time.

The invitation from Ronald, King of Oriana, was not surprising to those who cared. After all, his current situation really required a powerful person to defend his country, so even if he was very eager and the conditions he offered were outrageous, it was understandable.

If the vacant dukedom of Doem could be used to recruit a powerful national defender, it would definitely be a good deal for the Kingdom of Oriana.

After all, if they can’t survive this, the Kingdom of Oriana will be gone.

So what we are afraid of is not that the title is wasted, but that the seat is empty but no one comes.

As for Ronald's urgency, anyone who knows the inside story will understand what is going on, so they will not think there is anything fishy about it.

In fact, with the strength Claire has shown so far, many people want to recruit her.

Especially the move of Conqueror's Haki, which can be regarded as a unique skill to clear out the small fry.

It directly elevated Claire's role in the war from the tactical level to the strategic level. It was for this reason that Reed dared to write this script.

You have to know that if your Kingdom of Midgar doesn't want a strong person like Claire, there are many other kingdoms that would be scrambling to get her.

Moreover, the cost for the Kageno family to abandon the Kingdom of Midgar was not high, just a barony.

In other countries, it would be absolutely no problem to start as a viscount in terms of territory.

Precisely because the cost of changing jobs is not high, the chance of being poached is high.

It is precisely because the chance of being poached is high enough that the Kingdom of Midgar does not have enough time to think.

This gave Klaus an excuse that no one could refute.

After all, no one wants to become Claire's enemy, let alone become an enemy from a teammate.

"In fact, the effect is better. After all, the original target was only the baron, but now it's the marquis." Claire nodded.

"By the way, sister, after the investiture ceremony tomorrow, you can find an excuse to leave. I plan to go on the next mission." Li De said.

"Sid, so fast? How long will this date take?" Claire asked Reed after Yan Hou asked.

"This time I go to the mission world, and I may have to spend a few years there." Li De said after thinking about it.

"A few years? Sid, wouldn't it take a long time to come back?" Claire asked in surprise.

"Don't worry, sister. This time is different from before. The time flow rate has been adjusted. One year in the mission world is only one day here, so it will only take a few days. We should be able to come back before the end of the autumn holiday." Li De continued.

"Sid, why did you suddenly adjust the speed of time?" Claire asked again.

"It's not a sudden adjustment, sister. It will be adjusted after every ten tasks. After I complete ten tasks, the time flow rate in the two worlds may be faster after the next adjustment." Li De explained slowly.

"I see. That's how it is. That's no problem then. By the way, what is the mission this time?" Claire nodded.

"Picking up girls in compliance with the emperor's order!" Li De said with a grin.

(End of this chapter)