Chapter 324

On November 6, 1991, the entire Gabela Imperial City was decorated with lights and colors, especially the road from the city's east gate to the central square, which was decorated in an exaggerated way, with colorful flags flying and artists playing music. The two sides of the street were crowded with residents, noisy and talking, and everyone looked towards the east gate from time to time. Not only inside the city wall, but also on the main road outside the wall, there was a long queue.

Today, everyone gathered on the street to welcome the soldiers returning from the expedition. The imperial tradition attaches great importance to military exploits, and the people did not hesitate to show their enthusiasm for the victorious army.

In order to maintain order, the city guards set up a sentry at intervals on both sides of the street to prevent the crowd from rushing to the center of the street.

At about 11 o'clock in the morning, no one knew who was the first to shout, "Here they come! Here they come!" The voice quickly spread from outside the east city gate to the streets in the city, and then all the way to the square in the center of the city.

A huge viewing platform has been built on the west side of the square. Emperor Bartley Griffin of Gabela led the royal family and court ministers to sit on the platform. Among them were his younger brother Prince Felton Griffin, his eldest son Prince Oliver Griffin, and his third son Prince Dicky Griffin, who was also born to the queen, but there was no queen beside the emperor. The ministers, led by Prime Minister Duke Dias and Royal Advisor David Aldridge, sat on both sides of the royal family.

The viewing platform was heavily guarded, and ordinary civilians were prohibited from approaching it. Only the nobles of the imperial capital were allowed to get a seat near the platform. Kevin and his senior teacher Mondeto's blessing and the aura of the Bachelor's Tower sat near the viewing platform. They sat on the newly built stepped seats.

Hearing the cheers from the east, Emperor Bartley stroked his beard and grinned. He was about to see his second son who had been away for a long time.

After about ten minutes, the sound of the horn came from far away, and the cheers of the crowd became louder and louder, like waves hitting the viewing platform.

Everyone on and off the stage focused their attention on the street in the east, and finally, a group of people appeared in everyone's sight.

Kevin stretched his neck hard to see what the legendary second prince looked like. His senior Mond next to him was already so excited that he could hardly sit still. But no one around stood up, and the two of them were embarrassed to be too rash.

The team gradually entered the square from far to near, and Kevin finally identified the person he was looking for - Antonio Griffin.

It was hard not to recognize him, he was so dazzling - golden hair, giving people a sense of brilliance, oval face, at first glance, he was a handsome young man, handsome but not abrupt, one point more taller and one point less short. Because there was still some distance, he couldn't see his eyes clearly, but Kevin was sure in his heart that they were a pair of proud and sharp eyes like an eagle - the Creator would not leave flaws on his most proud work.

It seemed that he existed to prove the saying "some people are born noble". He rode a white horse at the front of the team, and the people behind him followed him in two lines, which further highlighted his leadership temperament.

The second prince of the Gabela Empire left a deep impression on the residents of the imperial capital. Before, His Royal Highness had appeared in public many times, but basically accompanied the emperor to attend major events. Outside the heavy guards of the royal guards, ordinary people could only roughly judge that he was a good guy. Through the upper-class people who had contact with the prince, the fact that His Royal Highness was handsome and had an extraordinary temperament was spread, but in this era without photography technology, ordinary people could only rely on their own imagination to guess the appearance of the prince.

Senior nobles always disguised themselves when going to places where civilians gathered, and Antonio was no exception, so most residents of the imperial capital did not know his specific image.

Today, after entering from the East Gate, His Royal Highness walked the whole street under the close gaze of the crowd. The common people finally saw the legendary son of the witch.

Due to his amazing appearance, the title of "Son of the Witch" not only did not bring fear to people as before, but instead cast a layer of mystery on the prince, making people want to know him in depth.

Of course, the main reason is that Antonio has great military exploits. History is always tolerant of outstanding people and victors on the battlefield. No matter how cruel a person is or what dishonorable things he has done, people will always subconsciously ignore the bad side when evaluating him.

Antonio came to the front of the viewing platform and dismounted. Under the gaze of the crowd, he slowly walked up the steps, knelt on one knee in front of Emperor Bartelli, and said, "Father, I'm back."

The ministers on both sides of the emperor and the nobles in the audience stood up one after another. Bachelor Aldridge looked relieved, Prince Felton smiled slightly, and Prime Minister Duke Dias stroked his beard and didn't know what he was thinking. The eldest prince Oliver was also smiling, but it looked a little stiff upon closer inspection. The third prince Dicky, on the other hand, showed admiration on his face, and it seemed that he had no negative emotions towards his half-brother.

The emperor sitting in the middle seemed to be stunned for a second or two, then slowly stood up, stretched out his slightly trembling hand and placed it on Antonio's shoulder, and said in a slightly choked voice: "Son, now that you have achieved this, your mother will definitely be proud."

Antonio's shoulders shook, and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart. He said to the emperor: "Thank you, father."

"Get up, my child." Battery helped Antonio up. The majesty of the emperor immediately replaced the loving fatherly image. He asked in a deep voice: "Is Duke Macdonald okay? He was not there when you left. Did you tell me anything?"

"Everything is fine, Your Majesty the Duke. He will lead the remaining army back after reaching an agreement with the Nesta people. The old Duke said that our battle will keep the eastern border stable for at least ten years."

"Haha, okay!" Although he tried hard to maintain his dignity, the emperor felt happy in his heart to see who would dare to talk nonsense about the name of the son of a witch.

He walked over Antonio to the edge of the viewing platform and loudly said to the crowd in the square: "Subjects of the Empire! We have finally completely overwhelmed the Nesta people. This victory will keep them in peace for at least ten years!"

In response to the emperor's overwhelming cheers, shouts of long live could be heard endlessly.

The emperor continued to speak loudly: "The reason why we can win is all due to the sincere cooperation and unity of the heroes in the imperial army. The empire never hesitates to reward those who have made great contributions!"

He turned his gaze downwards, where the generals brought back by Antonio were standing at the foot of the stairs with serious expressions, many of them young people.

The emperor sighed in his heart: "They are all the future pillars of the empire!"

"Everyone, please come up. You are the protagonists today."

Upon hearing the emperor's call, the generals bowed from a distance and then climbed up the stairs. Some of the younger ones seemed very reserved.

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The first person to meet Battery was a young red-haired general.

"The boy from the Ephes family!" As Antonio's friend, Bartlett has known Siegfried for a long time. He held the young man's surgery and said: "I saw it from Macdonald's battle report. Your performance this time was the same. good."

Siegfried said humbly: "It all depends on His Highness the Prince's ingenuity and the Duke's command."

"Haha!" Battery patted his shoulder happily: "Please continue to help Antonio more in the future."

Siegfried nodded: "I will definitely live up to your majesty's instructions."

"Yeah!" Battery patted him hard with satisfaction and turned to the next general.

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As the welcome ceremony of the expeditionary force progressed, the atmosphere in the square became more and more lively. People started singing, dancing, and drinking. As they performed, the bards were already composing new verses to describe the victory.

As for the protagonist of the poem, he is naturally the prince who is as dazzling as the sun.