The Witcher: Lord of the Empire

As soon as the queen heard Lann's words, she stared at him and said with a smile: "Then Ciri doesn't need to marry the prince of Verden, right?" 

  

Lann noticed the Queen's mood change and unconsciously replied: "That's right, and I don't think Ciri herself would be very willing..." 

  

The Queen slapped her chair and stood up: "That's enough, Lann. Maybe my tolerance for you has caused you to misunderstand and have thoughts that you shouldn't have. Don't think about things you shouldn't think!"  

  

Wait a minute, what do you mean by these words? What is something I shouldn’t think about?  

  

Lann was kicked out of the room before he could react. Didn't I just give you advice and suggestions to save Cintra? 

  

The guards outside the door looked at each other. The Queen was often angry, but she was always very kind to Lann. It was rare to be so angry like today.  

  

Lann looked around awkwardly and asked the familiar guard at the side: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Ciri for a long time. Where is she recently?"  

  

The guards looked ahead without responding. 

  

Lann was confused, what happened today? These people are not like this usually. 

  

The door to the living room opened again, and it was the castle butler who walked out.  

  

"Princess Cirilla is learning palace etiquette. Before your Guardians agree, you will not be able to receive guests." The butler said unhurriedly, looking at Lann up and down inexplicably. "Her Majesty the Queen asked me to take him to appear before the city guard." 

  

“Follow me, Lord 'Lannister'.”  

  

 Lann heard the steward's deliberate emphasis on the last name 'Lannister'. 

  

Cintra is one of the most powerful countries among all the northern kingdoms and one of the few countries with a large-scale standing army. Unlike some small countries that hire a large number of mercenaries when fighting wars.  

  

In terms of city defense, the capital of Cintra has a standing army of 2,000 people stationed in the city. Lann quickly followed the royal steward to the city defense camp. Since it was daytime, there were not many soldiers training here. Most of the city defense soldiers had daily patrols or other tasks.  

  

As soon as they arrived at the camp, the royal steward immediately left, leaving Lann alone there. Apparently, he didn't like the environment of the military camp very much. While Lann was watching the training, a hearty laugh came. 

  

“Hahaha! Lann, our new champion! Welcome to our city defense army!”  

  

Turning his head to look, he saw a tall gentleman with a scar on his face walking towards him with his arms open. After approaching him he gave her a big bear hug. 

  

The knight was very strong. And being pressed against his armor caused him a lot of pain. 

  

“The last fight was beautiful, that Vitoni boy was hit so hard by you that his sword flew away!” 

  

“That was a tough battle.” Lann said with a smile, his tone full of kindness. “Long time no see, Uncle Carl.”  

  

A person like Lann, who was sent to the army with a knighthood and had no military merit, would actually be easily ostracized, but Lann's situation was quite special. Not to mention that he now won the fencing championship and became the nominal 'first swordsman' of Cintra. 

  

He is still a member of the royal family and an aristocrat who will join the army! 

  

Sir Carl patted Lann's shoulder hard and looked at his body. 

  

"You have not embarrassed your father. Not only are you as handsome as when he was young, but you are also as brave as him. If I hadn't been used to it, I would have almost called you 'Lannister' just now." 

  

 The 'Lannister' here does not refer to his surname, but the name of his original. They took the family founder's name as their surname.  

  

“I really miss the days when I fought alongside your father.” Sir Carl said a little sadly, but he quickly calmed down.  

  

“What do you want to do in the city defense army? It’s a pity that you are too young, otherwise I could directly make you the deputy commander!”  

  

"I can't do it even if you ask me. I don't know anything about commanding." Lann said distressedly. "I originally wanted my aunt to allow me to go to the battlefield to practice. I would start as a mid- or low-level officer." 

  

"That's definitely not possible. Do you want the Lannister family to perish?" Sir Carl shouted. "Let's do this. We have recently recruited a hundred new recruits. After training for two months, you will be their captain. How about it? Whether you want to use them to practice as soldiers, or take them out for patrolling or whatever, it's up to you."  

  

"Recruits are better. I'm afraid that taking soldiers into service will only disturb the daily layout of the city's defense." 

  

Lann smiled and thanked him, did he really think he wanted to come here to engage in city defense?  

  

Lann quickly went to count his men. It was indeed an exaggeration to take all one hundred people out in one go. Lann left half of the people to continue their daily training and drove into the street with fifty people.  

  

After all, it’s just a patrol, not a war.  

  

At the entrance of the Three Crows Tavern.  

  

The deputy captain of the centuria boldly stepped forward and asked: "Lord Lannister, what bothered you about this tavern? Shall we kick in the door now?"  

  

“No, this is the place where we will drink tonight. I plan to invite the brothers to have a drink here tonight.” Lann looked at the bulletin board in front of the pub.  

  

The vice-captain’s eyes lit up. This Earl seemed quite generous.  

  

"But before that... ha! There it is." Lann's eyes lit up, and he reached out and took down a notice.  

  

Generally speaking, security issues in cities are solved by specialized law enforcement forces. However, limited by the technology and ideological atmosphere of the times, there are many unsolved and wrong cases, and even soldiers often ignore them.  

  

Therefore, there will be unofficial bulletin boards set up in the city center, squares, and at the entrance of pubs. People looking for help will post ads, hoping to get help from mercenaries or other people who want to do odd jobs. This situation is especially common in villages and small towns.  

  

The system prompt sounds at this time:  

  

[Mission Discovered - Arsonist:] 

  

[The blacksmith shop of Wezlind, a blacksmith in the east of the city, caught fire, but he felt that someone must be jealous of his recent business boom and was behind it. Whether his suspicions were true or not, he needed a little help right now.] 

  

[Accept/Reject]  

  

He turned around and handed this task list to the deputy captain:  

  

"Leave it to you, bring ten people with you, it must be completed today. "I'll go see Wezlind later to ask him about the situation, don't be lazy." 

  

Vice-captain:"...?"  

  

He's long heard that his new captain likes to help others with their problems, but what does it mean to leave this kind of thing to me? 

  

At night. 

  

[Mission: Arsonist - Completed]  

  

Hearing the system beep and looking at the rising experience bar, Lann couldn't help laughing.  

  

Although there were some twists and turns in the process, the result was still good.  

  

This is the real purpose of asking Calanthe for his position!  

  

While the deputy captain led the people to the blacksmith shop, Lann did not forget to take the people around the city, so... 

  

[Mission: Orphanage - Completed] 

  

[Mission: Continuous thefts - Completed]  

  

[Mission: Repaying gambling debt – Completed] 

  

[Character level upgrade +1] 

  

In the Three Crows Tavern, soldiers in city defense uniforms filled nearly one floor.  

  

"Cheers!"  

  

"You know, this is the first time I've met someone who runs an 'orphanage' for wild cats. She's an old lady. I guess she's out of her mind!"  

  

“Stop it, I met a gambler here. When I went to their house, he actually tried to cheat me out of my money. The five of us surrounded him and beat him!” 

  

“Hey, don’t you know, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a thief steal thing from a person’s house over and over again for almost a month, and no one even bothered to take care of him?”  

  

“Brother, this should be our responsibility...”