vstars Chapter 197 Your father-in-law is coming from Yoda
Chapter 197 Your father-in-law is coming from Yoda
"Move the flowers here!"
Inside the castle, John is preparing for his upcoming wedding.
After he and Matilda officially set the wedding date, invitations were sent to all parts of Midland like snowflakes.
As John's father, Daddy wrote back as soon as he received John's letter. In the letter, he first expressed his happiness for John's family and career, and informed him that he, his mother and his eldest brother would attend his wedding.
However, to John's disappointment, the king, Count Milo, and Laban all declined due to their busy official duties, but in the end they all expressed their blessings for John's wedding and brought John a pile of gifts. The king even said in his reply:
"If the child is a boy, I will let Archbishop Mitram personally preside over his baptism."
"Master John, please come here." At this moment, Cyril, who appeared from nowhere, said to John who was commanding everyone.
"What's wrong?" John turned around and asked.
"Sir, I'm afraid there may be some dangerous things in those gifts, so I hope you can let me take the assassins to check if there are any hidden weapons or poisons in these gifts." Cyril asked cautiously.
"No problem, go ahead and do your work." John agreed with his idea. After all, even if these gifts were given by his superiors or friends, if someone tampered with them, he would be the first victim.
Seeing that everyone was at their workstations, John, who had been running around for half a day, found a chair in the hall and sat down to rest.
What worried John about this wedding was not the arrangement of the wedding process, but his future father-in-law, Count Reginale. Although Matilda had told him that Count Reginale was a kind and well-connected person, John did not think so. This matter was not about making friends, but marrying his daughter. The sudden appearance of a son-in-law was something that no one could digest in a short time.
However, after such a long time, John still did not receive a reply from Count Reginale. If we rule out the possibility that he did not receive the letter, it is probably because he was very angry at the moment. John had no good solution for this. Unless he came here himself, he would have to wait until John was able to kill his way through the Yoda Empire before they could meet.
"Sir, urgent news from the border!" Just as John was thinking about how to get Count Reginale to agree to this marriage, a guard came rushing in from outside with a letter.
"Is there another war?" John changed his tired image and became serious. If Yoda's army took advantage of this time to start a war, John would have to postpone his wedding with Matilda.
However, when John opened the letter, he found that he had worried too much. It read:
"A Yoda convoy is approaching the eastern border of the Nilan Territory. The noble leading it calls himself Earl Reginale, and he is invited to attend Earl John's wedding."
"What was supposed to come finally came," John thought to himself. He had never expected that Count Reginale would come from the other side of Yoda in the spring, a season when wars could break out at any time. It seemed that his father-in-law really doted on his daughter.
"Let the soldiers check the convoy strictly to make sure that no dangerous items are brought in with the convoy." However, even if it was his father-in-law's convoy, John did not intend to let it go just like that. No one knew whether there was an assassin hiding in one of the carriages in the convoy.
"Dear, what happened? I thought I heard you talking about my father."
At this time, Matilda took a break from her busy schedule and when she heard John talking about his father, she immediately stepped forward and asked.
"It's okay, our father-in-law is coming soon, and I'll ask the soldiers to welcome him." John responded, but he was nervous about the father-in-law he had never met.
A day later, the border troops, who received John's order, immediately dispatched a team of 100 men to the convoy a hundred meters outside the border. Then, while Count Reginale was puzzled in the car, the leading centurion shouted to the convoy:
"Everyone, get out of the car!"
At the soldiers' shouts and the sounds of unsheathed swords, everyone in the convoy, including Count Reginali, got out of their vehicles obediently.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the centurion said to them:
"Welcome everyone to the wedding of our Earl John! I believe that it won't be long before you will be able to experience the wealth and power of the territory. But before that, we need to search everyone, so if anyone is carrying a weapon, please hand it over first, otherwise the search may waste time."
"Do I have to hand over the sword as well?" Count Reginale asked at this time. It was the first time he heard of someone blocking the father-in-law outside and searching him before getting married.
"Yes, any weapons and poisons must be handed over, but we will only keep them temporarily. We will return them to you when you come back here." The centurion explained. He was also afraid that these people would make a fuss and it would be difficult to explain to John.
"Okay, I agree on behalf of everyone in the caravan." Seeing that there was no room for compromise, Count Reginale had no choice but to give up. After handing over his weapons, he set out for the Count's Castle under the escort of the army.
"Dad, you're finally here."
At the castle gate, John saw his father and relatives, but when John turned his gaze to his eldest brother, he found a baby lying in his eldest brother's wife's arms.
"Oh, this is my son Wilson. He is only five months old." The eldest brother came forward and said, then complained:
"I didn't expect taking care of a child would be so tiring. I almost broke my legs these days just taking care of this little guy."
"Haha... maybe this is what a good father should do," John responded with a smile.
At this moment a soldier ran up to John and whispered in his ear:
"My lord, Count Reginale has arrived."
Hearing this, John first said to everyone, "Excuse me, my father-in-law is here", then he dressed and immediately went out, riding the horse brought by the groom, and headed for the gate of the Earl's Castle under the escort of the White Wolf Knights.
Outside the city gate, Count Reginale was being stopped by soldiers outside the moat. Looking at the dense flow of people in front of him, Count Reginale could not help but feel surprised. He originally thought that the long-term wars on the border would make the local population much lower than other territories. But now he felt that the population of the Earl's Castle alone might be no less than 30,000.
John had just walked out of the city gate when he saw a convoy in the distance. Because the distance was too far, John first took out a telescope to observe and see who his father-in-law was.
"It can't be wrong, it must be him." After a while, John saw a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes and his expression didn't seem so happy.
After confirming that the other party was his father-in-law, John immediately led the White Wolf Knights to greet him. When the two sides approached, John tentatively greeted him:
"Hello, father-in-law."
"Don't call me father-in-law. I don't have a son-in-law like you." Count Reginale responded unhappily, and then said:
"And how did you kidnap my daughter?"
Seeing that Count Reginale was talking to death, John could only laugh and respond:
"I can't explain this clearly, but you can ask Matilda when the time comes. She knows better than me. But we two really love each other. I hope you, my father-in-law, can help us."
The two chatted as they rode towards the inner castle. On the way, Count Reginale kept complaining to John:
"Tell me, why does your territory have to be on the border? I am really worried. What if the emperor sends troops to attack here one day? What about my daughter's safety?"
Before John could reply, Count Reginale complained about Lady Reginale again:
"The child's mother is also irresponsible. How can she push her own child into the fire pit? In my opinion, she is worse than the previous one..."
Reginale was suddenly stuck in the middle of his speech, and then showed a panicked expression. John followed his gaze and saw Lady Reginale standing at the entrance of the inner castle with a menacing look, as if waiting to fight with someone. Matilda, who was standing next to the gate, hid her body behind the door with only her head exposed, looking at John.
"She, she, she...why is she here!" Count Reginale asked John tremblingly.
"Well, because she is Matilda's mother, I invited Lady Reginale to the wedding," John explained puzzledly.
When the two men rode to the door, Lady Reginale, who had been waiting impatiently, stepped forward, pulled Count Reginale off the horse, and then pulled his ear with her hand and asked:
"What did you say about me just now?"
"It hurts, it hurts, be gentle, my dear, let's talk it over, please let go of your hand first." Count Reginale said hurriedly, causing John to be surprised. At this moment, Lady Reginale had nothing to do with her previous gentle image, but this did not affect Matilda and John from eating melon together.
"I am irresponsible? Why didn't you mention your broken engagement? Why didn't you think about finding a good man for your daughter when you were drunk? You are showing off. Do you know how we, mother and daughter, lived in Windham?" At this time, Lady Reginale was like a tigress, roaring angrily at Count Reginale.
"I was wrong, really wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time. Please let go of your hand, my dear." At this time, Count Reginali no longer had the seriousness he had at that time, and could only beg for mercy pitifully to Lady Reginali.
Looking at this scene, John thought to himself:
"It seems that the problem with my father-in-law has been solved."