Chapter 296: The Marriage of the Sister and Brother

Chatting as they walked, the group soon reached the stairs leading to the upper level of the fortress. The father and son each dismounted their vehicles and walked into the office that belonged to the High King.

"If Grom were here, I would give him a pointer or two, but for you, perhaps it needs to be the other way around!"

Thorgrim sighed, reaching up to remove the Dragon Crown; Sinuoli also took off his own Zhihui Huangguan. As the office door was closed, the two men relaxed their previously tense bodies.

By the light of the not-particularly-bright candles, Sinuoli felt that the wrinkles on Thorgrim's face seemed to have increased. He was the number one supporter of his expedition; it could be said that how the supplies and immigrants on the Dwarf side were transported to the Sea Gate was all supervised by his father, and the pressure of this work went without saying.

"The Southlands are waiting to be rebuilt, and there are more things to do there than I can count; since you returned early, you must have important matters to attend to, right?"

"The Empire of Man!"

Sinuoli did not stand on ceremony; he simply spat out the four words. Both were very busy; it could be said that half the fate of the Dwarfs now rested in the hands of this father and son.

"You, or rather, we, have many places that need it." Thorgrim muttered. "This is a troublesome matter, but I have something equally important but relatively simple to discuss with you here."

"Oh? It wouldn't be about finding me a wife, would it?" Sinuoli teased.

"You guessed half of it. It's about your sister, but it could also be considered yours, since by the rules you have to follow after her." Thorgrim laughed.

"Sister..." Sinuoli fell into memories. Since he transmigrated, he hadn't really seen his sister, Princess Nina. That noble lady, after Dieter IV was hung on the Book of Grudges, had gone to the Empire as Thorgrim's special envoy to mediate the relationship between the two sides and protect the interests of the Empire Dwarfs; both times she returned to report, she had missed Sinuoli.

The cooperation between Humans and Dwarfs predated even the founding of the nation by Sigmar, and the close connection between the two sides could not be completely severed by a foolish monarch. Official cooperation was restricted, but private exchanges were only more frequent; in such a complex situation, sending a woman with a relatively gentle temperament was very reasonable.

Because his mother died early and his father was busy with official duties, Sinuoli was still very close to his brother and sister when he was young. Memories of his sister flooded his heart, and the transmigrator, who was an only child in his previous life, revealed a tender smile.

"Marriage is a lifelong matter; her own opinion is very important." Sinuoli gave his stance.

"She doesn't have any thoughts, and she hasn't had much contact with those suitable marriage candidates before." Thorgrim sighed; Dwarf women had room to choose their husbands, but because of a lack of communication, their understanding was often limited to paper.

"Who are they?" Sinuoli's fire of gossip ignited.

"Counting on my fingers, there are only a few suitable ones, and you have even met two of them. Panuosen of the Sea Gate, Balunding of Jiliuguan, Gelagelimu the son of Agelimu, plus the eldest son of the Norse Dwarf High King."

Mentioning the son-in-law candidates, a look of pride appeared on Thorgrim's face again; Princess Nina was known as the Pearl of the Everpeak, and by Dwarf standards, her beauty was even above that of sister-in-law Pamila.

"Is Prince Sitelinge of Weifengbao not suitable?" Sinuoli asked strangely, as the name of the comrade-in-arms who fought side-by-side was not mentioned.

"If you had many sisters, he might be suitable, but compared to marrying into the family, diamonds should be embedded in the most conspicuous place." Thorgrim quoted a Dwarf proverb.

"There is another question, I have met Balunding, but isn't he the second son of His Majesty Selending?"

"Prince Dawson was a great lad, calm and brave, but he was killed by those damned Greenskins in a hunt last year. The Ancestor Gods be above!" Thorgrim said; Sinuoli was busy with the expedition in the Southlands at the time and did not know about this.

"They all sound good, as future masters of large fortresses, to be matched with sister Nina." Sinuoli dodged the question.

"I am not young anymore; the future of the Mountain Kingdom will have to depend on you all." Thorgrim made his words clearer.

"Tsk!" Sinuoli clicked his tongue; he believed that Thorgrim had heard no shortage of rumors about him and the Throne of Power, and he had even fueled those rumors himself.

"If you ask me, Gelagelimu won't do!" Sinuoli first denied one; by the time the End Times arrived at Karak-Kadrin, Agelimu was still the king, and his son's whereabouts were unknown.

"According to the traditions of their Dragonbeard Clan, to become king, one must take the Slayer Oath; who knows if he is as much of a failure as his father in this project. For the sake of my sister's happiness, it is better not to choose him." Sinuoli found a more reasonable excuse.

"You are right!" Thorgrim nodded; no father wanted to see his daughter widowed, and if luck was bad, there was even the chance of the white-haired sending off the black-haired.

"As for Jiliuguan, I don't recommend it either. You know, I am very close to Chairman Buluoke of the Engineer Guild, and his son is my chief engineering consultant. If, it would be difficult to handle."

The checks and balances between clans and guilds were the main theme of Dwarf society; showing favor to both sides might have the opposite effect. After saying this, Sinuoli fell silent; he had done his best to turn a choice of four into a choice of two.

"The Norscan Dwarfs are coming back to attend the Grudge Council; I will consider it comprehensively then." Thorgrim did not make a decision immediately either.

"Then what about your own affairs, what do you think? To put it bluntly, thanks to that Rune telegraph machine, every decent lord has provided me with candidates." The topic circled back to Sinuoli himself.

"I..."

"Don't mention those to me; you must know that having an excellent heir is also very helpful for stabilizing rule. For example, you and Grom are to me; I believe the Ancestor Goddess would also be very happy to see this." Seeing that Sinuoli still wanted to bring out that old rhetoric, Thorgrim directly blocked his words.

"Then tell me, which princesses and young ladies are there?" Sinuoli thought it wouldn't hurt to listen.

"The third daughter of the Lagos family, but you definitely won't choose this one, right? Old Lagos's coffin money has almost been spent by Belegar." Thorgrim helped Sinuoli deny one first.

"Then there is Alike's sister; you have met both Empress Dowager Mali and Alike. That princess is said to be both beautiful and virtuous, a good match. I don't need to mention the wealth and importance of Karak-Hern."

"Not bad, Haojiaobao is the pillar of the Xibu Qunshan." Sinuoli chimed in.

"Then there are the compatriots from Norsca; you should also understand the significance of that."