Chapter 474 Allegiance 1

"Your Highness."

Old Marshal McDonald placed the chess pieces in his hands on the chessboard, raised his head and asked.

"You came to me today not only to play chess, right?"

A smile appeared on Antonio Griffin's face.

His Highness - the second prince of the Gabela Empire - possesses unparalleled beauty. His face is like a sculpture master with obsessive-compulsive disorder who spent his life carving it. Every detail explains what perfection is. things.

The prince's smile was extremely lethal to anyone who faced him, including men.

The old marshal who was playing chess with him was no exception.

What a mesmerizing face.

The old marshal sighed secretly in his heart, he really inherited his mother's beauty perfectly.

Thinking of the prince's mother, Macdonald fell into long memories for a while.

"Sir MacDonald, can't I invite my comrades who lived and died with me on the front line to have a little gathering together?"

Antonio's answer interrupted the old marshal's recollections.

He said: "Please forgive my bluntness, Your Highness, because of your identity, my identity, and this sensitive moment, you do this... Your Highness, maybe in your eyes, I am a warrior who can only lead troops to fight. But I also have my own thoughts on politics.”

Antonio smiled and said, "Haha, if you were a warrior in my heart who could only lead troops to fight, you wouldn't be sitting here today. Your Excellency, in my heart you are undoubtedly one of the most important pillars of the empire, whether it is Military or political."

He looked at Macdonald sincerely and said, "Old Marshal, then, what kind of person am I in your heart?"

"Uh..." McDonald hesitated.

"Please tell the truth, old marshal."

"Well, Your Highness. You are undoubtedly an outstanding person in my heart, even the most outstanding person I have ever met. I am the general of the empire, but in the military aspect that I am most proud of, what you The talent you displayed is something I deeply admire, and the time when I fought side by side with you is one of the most memorable honors in my life. But..."

The old marshal carefully considered his words.

"Based on my decades of experience in observing people - although it is not always accurate - you seem to have a lot on your mind, and this worry, please forgive my bluntness again, is probably not just about your own origin and brothers. From my observation of you, these two things are annoying but not enough to worry you.”

Antonio picked up the wine glass on the table and said, "I propose a toast to you, Marshal."

Macdonald immediately raised his glass and responded.

"In that case, Marshal Macdonald, am I a lord worthy of the loyalty of someone like you?"

Prince Antonio's frankness made the old marshal almost choke.

"Ahem! Your Highness, the master I am loyal to is Emperor Bartley Griffin - your father."

"I know, Mr. Nike Donner. I mean..."

Antonio said sincerely:

"I mean, if, one day in the future, the empire falls into some kind of trouble and you need to re-choose your allegiance, what would you choose?"

There was a hint of seriousness in his sincerity.

"Of course, I swear that your choice is absolutely based on your loyalty to my father. I can swear to my mother that I will never do any harm to the morality you uphold."

MacDonald was silent, carefully savoring the meaning of the prince's words.

His Highness seemed to point out three situations:

First, the emperor did not clearly designate who was the successor;

Second, the emperor designated him as his successor;

Third, the emperor designated his brother as his successor.

His Highness's intention should be that he hopes that he can support him when the first and second situations occur.

In the third situation, he respects his loyalty to the current emperor and will not use any special means to get himself on his side - just like what the Dias family did to him.

But if I choose his brother, I think I will meet His Highness on the battlefield.

Antonio's oath - not to make any harm to the moral principles he upholds - should be serious. After all, he swore it to his mother. MacDonald believed that even if His Highness could make fun of the Lord of Light, he would not He would make fun of his mother.

well!

MacDonald couldn't help but let out a deep lament from the bottom of his heart.

pity! What a shame!

Destiny likes to play tricks on mortals.

Your Highness, let us meet on the battlefield.

"Your Highness!"

McDonald endured his grief and said: "If you could come to me earlier, maybe I would give you the answer you want - I will stand on your side without hesitation. But now... it's too late... It's too late."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

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Antonio laughed heartily.

"Marshal Macdonald, I know what kind of stone is holding you back."

Seeing the look of surprise on Macdonald's face, he raised his hand to stop the old marshal who wanted to speak.

"I know that a long time ago, when my great-grandfather was the emperor of the empire, in his last years, the empire also faced the same situation as now, except that the protagonists at that time were my grandfather and his brothers."

"...The final result was that my grandfather ascended the throne of the emperor of the empire, and his brothers disappeared in the long river of history."

"And your family - Marshal, please forgive my cruelty - originally loyal to my grandfather's brothers, but for various reasons, they turned their allegiance to my grandfather."

When Antonio told the story, the old marshal's face showed shame.

"So, your family made a vow to at least ensure that the bloodline of the original loyal object can be passed on."

"Am I right, Sir MacDonald?"

The old marshal seemed to have something in his heart broken. He covered his face and said in a lost voice:

"Yes, Your Highness, it is this oath - and the witness of the stain of the MacDonald family - that prevents me from standing on your side."

"I... I can't let that child get hurt, and I can't let my family be shamed again for breaking the oath."

Antonio showed pity in his eyes. He stood up, walked around the stone table where the chessboard was placed, came to MacDonald, and then stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder.

He said: "Sir, I understand the burden you are carrying. Your persistence in the family oath makes your image in my heart more majestic."

"But now please listen to me."

"This stumbling block..."

"I have moved it for you."