Vol 2 Chapter 1222: Awards Tournament (above)

The emperor Jukent stood calmly on the high platform used to award prizes to horse racers, with a calm expression, as if he was also a gold master of horse races and was invited to present prizes to champions as usual. Although the royal family seemed to have been one of the sponsors of the horse racing—seeing the emperor's extremely normal performance on stage, Heliga thought so for no reason.
Below the emperor were rows of chairs temporarily moved here, and by this time the military and civilians who were about to receive commendations were already seated. Heliga sits in the first position on the right hand side, and to his left are his classmates in Tolz—obviously, Heliga doesn’t want to be the limelight alone, and the emperor Ukent clearly saw this because of his gaze. After scanning back and forth among Heliga and others, he used his eyes to tell Heliga that he understood.
Heliga's left hand is Usis, and further left are Patrick, Tova and Ryan. Among them, only Euses did not seem to be very nervous, at least it seemed so; Li En was not so nervous as to feel numb because of other things, and it seemed that the whole person was already in a daze; only Tova and Patrick were talking to each other nervously, as if they were comforting each other's emotions.
Except for them, the other seats in the first row were completely vacated. It was about what Marshal Van Dijk greeted the rest of the military. Those young sergeants and generals who had performed meritorious service in the civil war were also divided into two groups according to their respective military ranks and troop factions. However, due to the presence of the emperor on the stage, they did not dare to act presumptuously directly below.
In addition, there are also some folks who have made well-known outstanding contributions in the civil war, and they have also been invited to participate in this grand event. Heliga looked at them different from the military and their side, their innocent, excited and even proud smiles, could not help but find it quite interesting: they seemed completely unaware of the fierce fighting between the other groups of characters. The atmosphere is really just treated as an incredible honor. After all, for the vast majority of Ereponia nationals, it is an honor to be able to meet members of the royal family, otherwise the tickets for the garden parties that will be publicly unveiled by the royal family on Midsummer Festival will not be on the black market. It's so expensive. What's more, this time the emperor who went out in person was the emperor who had not appeared in public for nearly ten years.
In addition to the protagonists of this commendation meeting, there are various media in the audience seat of the racecourse, armed with various shots of long guns and short cannons. In order to avoid causing riots, the media allowed to enter and film this time has been strictly limited in scale, and are only allowed to operate in a part of the reporter activity area in the stands, but this does not prevent these sensitive guys from acting like A mad dog squeezed back and forth in an attempt to occupy a favorable position when the commendation ceremony officially began. The military police and guards at the scene worked hard to maintain order until the whispers in the court began to calm down.
"It's almost time to start." Emperor Ukent glanced at the time on his watch and muttered to himself softly, "Hello, military-related and civil commendees. I am Ereponia. The emperor of the empire, Ukent Lezer Yanor."
The emperor’s fingers tapped the microphone rhythmically, dispelling the last remaining whisper, and immediately in contrast with the previous one, in the extremely exaggerated quiet atmosphere in the huge space, clearly and indifferently. Said.
Suddenly, in stark contrast to the silence just now, it was a matter of course that there was warm applause-almost no reminder or pre-organization was required. Almost everyone present did this invariably, and there were occasional ones who were slow to respond. Followed by the reminders of the surrounding companions. Facing this kind of flattering atmosphere, the emperor Yukent still had a calm expression, but when the applause gradually showed signs of weakness, he coughed twice, so everyone stopped applause tacitly, but Put on a look of eagerness and expectation, waiting for the emperor to speak further.
After that, there were katayu talks and scene talks as many people expected. Heliga listened to the emperor's short speech-nothing more than denounced Kane's perverse behavior, expressed his painful feelings for the people of the empire who suffered from the war, and praised all of you as a whole. He quietly glanced at the soldiers behind him with his peripheral light—the high-ranking senior officers, one by one, seemed to be water-absorbing sponges, trying to engrave every word the emperor said into their minds; and those young It seems that the soldiers quickly discovered that this was no different from the various bureaucratic scenes they heard in their daily lives, and they soon became absent-minded.
What this detail shows is a direct demonstration of the emperor's influence in the upper ranks of the army, especially among the middle-aged and middle-aged soldiers of the general class. No matter how spectacular the Prime Minister Osborne was in the last decade, the influence of the emperor did not seem to fade. Considering that the emperor hadn't appeared in public for a long time before, this kind of influence was simply unreasonable-therefore, the emperor was probably implying that he did not do nothing, maybe some actions of the military were instructed by the emperor himself.
Beyond the expectations of Heilijia, and also beyond the expectations of most people, it was not Heilijia or the military who was the first to receive individual recognition, but the small group of civilians who had been sitting alone before. After being named by the emperor, they all came to the stage with a flattered expression and anxiously. Later, they overcame their tension with the emperor’s kind words and relief, received the medals and awards awarded by the emperor, and then accepted the applause of the audience from the audience. .
Heliga counted these special treatment folk heroes: in the war zone, they organized refugee camps by extraordinary means and maintained them well until the end of the war. They were retired government officials. Ten wounded, and when they had the opportunity to evacuate the war zone, they still insisted on leaving behind the medical university students who contributed their strength; with ingenious means, they used the terrain to trap the Eudemons raging in the southern part of the empire, and immediately guided the air strike force of the regular army In order to prevent him from wreaking havoc on the countryside and destroying the peasants in villages and towns; the neutral little nobleman who scattered his family wealth to buy food at high prices during the war so that his people would not encounter famine... Heliga seemed to understand the emperor’s hidden intentions and couldn’t help but understand. Smile.
After that, Heliga was completely relieved; he calmly listened to the stories of each commended hero, and gave them applause, until the huge team of folks began to become sparse.
As the last folk hero bowed to the applause of the crowd and walked off lightly, Heliga understood that the so-called highlight was about to begin.