Prince Raymond straightened his back and revealed the perfect smile on his face as he walked into the hall filled with people.
Due to his constant training, he had a strong and well-proportioned body, which complemented his gorgeous formal attire and fully displayed his outstanding elegance. Diagonally across the table, a group of noble ladies from the Kingdom of Ahn 'Qiraj all looked at him with burning gazes, as if they wanted to swallow Prince Raymond whole at any time.
This was the Antila Kingdom's royal palace, but when Prince Raymond came here, it was like he had come to the Lampari Kingdom's royal palace. His expression was natural, not like he was a guest at all.
Because he came here this time to attend the surrender ceremony of the Antila Kingdom.
As the representative of the Lampari Kingdom, he had the qualifications to act like a host. Because after the surrender ceremony was signed, it meant that the Antila Kingdom had surrendered to the Lampari Kingdom, joining the Lampari Kingdom.
After two and a half years of war, the Lampari Kingdom had finally defeated the Antila Kingdom, forcing them to surrender. For the Lampari Kingdom, this was without a doubt a feat worthy of praise.
It had to be known that in the several hundred years of history since the Lampari Kingdom was founded, even if they had great achievements like destroying the Sack Kingdom and the Frankish Kingdom, because the Lampari Kingdom had relied on the help of the New Flyer, no one recognized them.
But this time, the Lampari Kingdom had relied on their own strength to defeat the Antila Kingdom.
The New Flyer had always maintained a neutral stance in the war, never deliberately helping the Lampari Kingdom.
Of course, the people of the Antila Kingdom definitely wouldn't believe it.
Prince Raymond's gaze fell on the faces of the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Antila who were waiting for him. He found that their smiles were very forced, and many of them had a trace of unwillingness and viciousness that they didn't try to hide. He couldn't help but laugh.
So what if they weren't convinced?
The truth was that the Antila Kingdom couldn't resist the Lampari Kingdom and had already been conquered.
Even if there were still some opposing forces in the Antila Kingdom, it was already a small problem that wasn't worth mentioning and wouldn't affect the big picture.
Thinking of this, the smile on Prince Raymond's face became even wider as he walked over to the representatives of the Antila Kingdom.
However, he had only taken a few steps when he suddenly felt a special gaze from the surrounding crowd. He could not help but turn his head to look at the source of the gaze.
However, he only saw an unremarkable girl hidden in the crowd. Although her clothes were luxurious, she didn't seem that different from the noble ladies of the Antila Kingdom.
But when the girl raised her hand and made a strange gesture, prince Raymond's eyes narrowed.
She then nodded to Prince Raymond and turned to leave.
Prince Raymond's footsteps, before he continued walking..
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Even though there were a few ministers from the Kingdom of Ahn 'Qiraj who tried to create some obstacles, they were all resolved by Prince Raymond.
In the end, the situation had already been decided and the Antila Kingdom couldn't resist at all.
When it was deep into the night, the ceremony and banquet that had lasted for several hours finally came to an end.
Prince Raymond declined everyone's invitation and directly left the Antila Kingdom's Royal Palace.
After leaving the Royal Palace, he took the motorcade of the Lampari Kingdom, but they didn't head to the embassy that the Antila Kingdom had already prepared. Rather they drove out of the Antila Kingdom's Royal City.
They came to a place that was around three kilometers away from the Royal City's west gate and the motorcade stopped by a small river.
Prince Raymond got out of the car and walked to another normal looking Magic Sedan that was parked by the river. He casually opened the passenger door and sat down.
"Hey, Raymond, you weren't pulled away by that Antila noble miss?" The person in the driver's seat turned around and asked Prince Raymond this question with a smile that was like a flower.
If someone was here, they would definitely be very surprised.
Because this person was actually the New Flyer's chairman, Freya!
Prince Raymond gave a shrug, "Freya, if you're looking for me, even if there are many noble misses who invite me, I can only reject them."
In front of Freya, his tone wasn't like the "gentle and dignified", "just and benevolent" prince that the people of the Lampari Kingdom knew at all, he was very relaxed.
Freya looked at him and shook her head, "It's not suitable for you to say this to me.
Other than that, your son is already two years old, don't have any random thoughts of being a playboy. "
Hearing Freya mention his son, Prince Raymond's face lit up with happiness.
"He, he, Hathor can already run around. I think that in a few years, I'll be able to bring him around to play." After pausing, he revealed a bitter smile.
"Speaking of being a playboy, I'm not that interested.
But mother has always wanted me to find a few more and it would be best if I could have a few more children, so she has always encouraged me. "
Freya gave a soft snort, "Aunt Seveni wants to hold a few grandsons that much?"
"She is thinking about the bloodline of our Lampuri royal family, I can understand that." Prince Raymond defended Seveni again.
Freya looked at Prince Raymond and shook her head, "Forget it, you royal family people have different thoughts from us normal people, I'm too lazy to care that much."
Prince Raymond looked at Freya, thinking that a New Flyer's chairman like you isn't a normal person.
Then he thought of another problem.
"Freya, speaking of this, you ….. when are you planning to get married?
You're already thirty this year ….. "
"Shut up!" Freya fiercely reprimanded.
"You're a prince, don't you know that it's impolite to discuss a woman's age?"
Prince Raymond helplessly spread his hands, "But you have to admit this problem, right?
I think that even uncle Xu and aunty Stiel must be worried, haven't you considered it? "
"I say, you are a respected prince, the future king of the Lampari Kingdom, can you care about the important matters you should care about? Why are you asking me these questions?" Freya glared at him.
"You want me to get married?
Alright, as long as you can find a man as outstanding as my father or just a bit worse, I'll agree. Can you find one? "
Prince Raymond revealed a bitter smile.
Xu Yi had already become a legend in Sines.
Whether it was his personal Arch Magus or his career as the New Flyer, he had already reached the peak of this world. How could there be another person that could compare to him?
"Alright, time is precious, let's stop talking nonsense and get down to business."
Freya cleared her throat and continued, "Raymond, your Lampari Kingdom still doesn't plan to develop aviation?
I received news yesterday that the Kandla Empire has already launched their sixth satellite.
The Malor Empire also launched their fifth last month. If you give them some time, I believe that they will be able to establish a complete satellite monitoring network. When that time comes, the other countries that don't have such things will suffer a big loss.
Especially your Lampari Kingdom. Don't look at how glorious it is now after swallowing the Ahn 'Qiraj Kingdom. In fact, the gap between the two empires has already widened. If you don't do your best to catch up, the gap will only grow bigger in the future. "
Prince Raymond was silent for a long time before asking, "Is this your idea or uncle Xu's?"
"It's my idea.
Father has long stopped asking about Sines, it's not like you don't know. "
"Un … …" Prince Raymond was silent for a bit before giving a sigh and saying with a bitter smile, "Actually, I've already thought of this problem. I also feel that our Lampuri Kingdom should develop the aviation industry and can't fall behind too much.
But mother, she … … "
Freya looked at Prince Raymond for a while before her eyes suddenly turned and she said with a smile, "Tell me … … Aunt Seveni hasn't been willing to develop aviation all these years, is she still angry with my father?"
Prince Raymond looked at Freya. He wanted to refute this, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't refute at all.
Since Xu Yi returned to the Sines Continent three years ago and promoted the space program, there were many countries on the continent that began developing their aviation industry. The two empires had already sent their first man-made satellite into the sky last year.
As a magic machine industry that wasn't inferior to the two empires, the Lampari Kingdom was even more outstanding in many aspects. They should have developed their aviation industry very quickly.
But the Lampari Kingdom didn't seem to care about aviation. Not only did they not develop it, they even resisted it.
All of this came from Queen Seveni's inexplicable resistance to aviation.
No one knew why the wise and farsighted Queen Seveni would resist aviation, only Freya and Prince Raymond could guess some clues.
When Xu Yi returned to Sines to promote the space program, he had gone to many countries, but he had missed the Lampari Kingdom.
Even when he stayed in Banta City for five days, he didn't meet with Seveni.
So Freya and Raymond guessed that Queen Seveni was clearly angry because of this, so she wasn't willing to develop aviation.
Prince Raymond didn't want to admit this guess because in his heart, his mother had always worked hard for the Lampari Kingdom, she was a good queen who didn't care about personal benefits. How could she delay the national policy of the Lampari Kingdom because of some little girl's anger?
But in this situation, there was no other explanation … …
However, what really troubled Prince Raymond was that even if his mother really didn't want to develop aviation because of this, he couldn't think of a way to solve it.
He couldn't just kidnap Xu Yi in front of his mother and have him admit his wrongs, right?
His heart skipped a beat as he looked up at Freya in front of him.
Freya took the initiative to talk to him about this problem, could it be that she had a way to solve it?