Crown of Chaos

PS: Wuwuwuwu, it’s because I didn’t write well, it’s because I didn’t think it through clearly, I was wrong, I revised some of the previous articles, and today I have a second update to apologize to everyone, 嘘嘤嘤, please forgive me, I'm willing to do anything.

Lucian first brought Aaron to the auditorium.

True to its name, this auditorium is quite large, with long tables for two hundred people dining at the same time. The granite dome is carved with a large number of sculptures and murals, telling the glorious history of the Purple Dragon Knights' establishment for thousands of years. The vertical windows welcome Rays of light from outside illuminated the interior of the auditorium, and the soft spring sunshine warmed the thick, dark walls paneled with oak boards.

There are also more than a dozen trainee knights or knight apprentices sitting in the auditorium. They are eating or talking here, and some are doing homework. Many trainee knights or apprentices who do not have a place to live in Susar will live in the knights. In the fortress.

"It's him, the kid who started fighting as soon as he came in." Someone pointed at Aaron and said secretly.

"This kid has some strength. Don't mess with him. I heard that Sharp was sentenced to beheading just because he messed with him. Disma was beaten black and blue when he messed with him just now."

"How crazy. Is he really Manuel's son?"

After hearing the whispers, Aaron couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of his mouth.

His purpose has been achieved.

From the big loser lying on the carriage, to the little loser on the way back, to now the no-waste after entering the Knights, Aaron is changing everyone's impression little by little.

Inherited impressions are the hardest to change. He must make some strong news, such as going to meet the princess, or joining the knights to fight.

"This kind of thing will never happen again, Aaron, and Disma, don't let me say it a second time!" Lucian Flag Officer said seriously from the front: "You are lucky today, Supreme Commander Staval is not here, otherwise You all will definitely be punished... This is also the reason why that guy Ian dares to let you go."

"Yes." Aaron and Disma looked at each other and agreed.

"Open the door! Ridler!" Lucian led Aaron to a door on the side of the auditorium. The heavy door was locked, and a retired knight sat at the door: "There are new recruits."

"..." The retired knight quietly opened the heavy door. Aaron noticed that the retired knight could not be considered a complete person. He wore a thick eye patch on one eye and one leg below the knee. Gone, replaced by a stick with only three fingers on one hand and no thumb on the other.

"Come in, recruit."

Aaron walked into the honor room on the side of the auditorium.

A sense of vicissitudes belonging to the years came to my face.

At the entrance is a huge tapestry with a historical painting on it. The great King Duar of Cormyr led a group of soldiers to personally rush into a high tower and kill the pirate king "Tauren" who occupied the royal city of Suzal. Magrath recaptured the royal city, thus completely establishing the current territory of Cormyr.

This was followed by the investiture, when the soldiers knelt before the victorious king to receive his investiture.

Yes, this is the origin of the Purple Dragon Knights.

As mentioned before, Cormyr fought more than 400 years of wars from its establishment to the time when it completely established its territory and allowed all forces to recognize human sovereignty over this land. The battle that symbolized the end of the dispute was when Susar was betrayed. To the Pirate King, King Duar, who was away at war, was forced to flee into the Forest of Kings with a small group of loyalists.

While taking refuge in the manor in the Forest of Kings, King Duar managed to obtain the support of some nobles and a mercenary group. The nobles provided sufficient funds and a large amount of materials, and the mercenary group provided sufficient military support.

This mercenary group was the predecessor of the Purple Dragon Knights.

After successfully recapturing Susar, King Duar naturally wanted to give enough rewards to the mercenary group who fought bloody battles. The king, who was in the midst of employing people, decided to give the mercenary group official status. He disbanded the mercenary group and transferred the mercenaries to They reorganized into the Knights of the Kingdom and named the Knights the Purple Dragon Knights.

Therefore, it's not that mercenaries really don't have the opportunity to soar into the sky, it's just that it's very rare.

Aaron vaguely remembered that there was a mercenary group in Baldur's Gate called the Flame Fist Mercenary Group, which was in a similar situation. It was originally a private organization, but it ended up seizing the opportunity and playing a vital role in a drastic change. The result was also It has become a semi-official organization, but Baldur's Gate is a free city, which is different from a royal country like Cormyr.

The wall on the left hand side behind the tapestry is a series of portraits, with framed busts of each leader of the Purple Dragon Knights hanging on it.

The current Grand Master of the Purple Dragon Knights is Staval, a quasi-legendary master of the Purple Dragon Knights.

"It's right here." Lucian then led Aaron to a long wall: "See for yourself."

There are no portraits on this wall, instead there are rows of small coats of arms with numbers written underneath them.

Aaron quickly understood that this was a memorial wall.

He followed the direction Lucian pointed and found the coat of arms belonging to the Salian family on the wall.

Father, mother...

Aaron was silent.

In his memories, his father was always the old-fashioned, autocratic, and unkind tyrant. He could hardly recall any good memories. All that was left were insults, beatings, abuses, and ridicules. The two sides were like enemies, constantly fighting each other. They fought until their bodies were covered in blood, until one of them gave in.

It's a pity that my father will never compromise, and it's even more regrettable that Aaron will never compromise either.

Until his father and mother were killed in battle and Aaron was completely free from them.

So when thinking of his father, it's hard to say how much heart-wrenching emotions Aaron felt. At most, he only felt a little bit sad. After all, this is the person who gave birth to me and raised me. After all, this is the person who taught me the basics of swordsmanship. Except for Beyond that, only painful memories remain.

"Do you need me to give you a moment?" Lucian might have misunderstood.

Following Aaron, Disma, who was originally quite disdainful, also shook his head.

At least this kid had it, and I...

"Huh~ No, thank you." Aaron breathed a sigh of relief. Since awakening his power and remembering his memories, he has experienced too much. He fought, he killed, he met the true god, and he used the extremely weak resources in his hands to lay out plans. , he entered the palace to compete with the regent princess in exchange for an opportunity. He is now a middle-aged man with a mental age of fifty.

He easily accepted the fact that his father died, because there was nothing worth remembering in the first place.

Farewell, cage.

But today in the honor room, Aaron looked at the place where his father had served, fought, and lived, and he felt as if he had lived in another world.

"Lucian Flag Officer, what kind of person is father usually?" Aaron turned around and asked his father's old friend.

"Manuel is a loyal and hard-working man, a model knight." Lucian stroked his thick beard and gave a standard answer.

"He was a good knight, he was a good friend, and he might have been a good Cormyrian, but he was never a good father." Aaron smiled and did not continue.

Lucian seemed to know something. He said nothing more and took Aaron and Disma to his office.

"Then from today on, you will be my trainee knight." The Flag Officer sat on his chair: "I will do my best to train you to be a qualified Purple Dragon Knight and teach you the skills of the Purple Dragon Knight. road."

"From the moment you become a recruit, at least in the fortress, you are not a viscount, you are just a recruit, regardless of nobility or belief. What I want to do is to make you a qualified knight and a useful person." Lucian leaned on Back of the chair: "If possible, I really want you to live in the dormitory of the fortress."

"There are many recruits in the Purple Dragon Knights. I don't care if you are the son of a duke, the son of an earl, the son of a viscount, or the son or daughter of the high priest of some temple. This is a fortress and a place for training, not a salon for nobles!"

"I understand." Aaron didn't care about this, he had already thought about it.

There is a very common practice in the country, which is to send one's children to other people's families to be raised for a period of time. Nobles send noble sons, craftsmen send craftsmen's sons, businessmen send businessmen's sons, and even farmers send farmers' sons.

In addition to saving a ration of food, one of the most important reasons why many people send their children to live with other people is to exercise their ability to be independent and get rid of over-reliance on their families.

Lucian's flag officer is even just a baron, but in the fortress of the Purple Dragon Knights, he is the superior officer of the knights and Aaron's mentor.

Even outside the fortress, no one with high title dared to be disrespectful to the Purple Dragon Flag Officer.

If you can't even understand these things, you'd better go back to Salian's house as soon as possible.

"I already know about your talent as a warlock, so you come here for training four days a week, and the magic instructors from the royal family will be responsible for giving you magic lessons on the remaining two days." Lucian continued: "But this For a while, before the mentor comes, you have to come to the Knights to train every day except Sundays. I say you can leave, and then you can go home."

"I will do whatever you arrange! Tutor!" Aaron yelled directly.

"Good! Very energetic!!!" Lucian roared with a voice louder than him, and his beard was blown up: "Welcome to the Purple Dragon Knights, recruits!"

"Disma, go and ask the kitchen to cook more food. We will welcome Manuel's son properly at noon!"

"Got it~" Disma waved his hand impatiently to indicate that he understood.

"You have two seniors, one of whom you have already met. Disma is your second senior." Lucian pointed at Disma's back: "I will take you three trainee knights now."

There is no such thing as "brother" in this world. Generally, "brother", "academic friend" and "apprentice partner" are used instead. Even if you are closer, you can use "buddy" or "buddy" instead of calling them by their first names.

Anyway, there is no title of senior brother, senior sister, senior brother or junior brother. Aaron searched for it in Common Language for a long time but could not find it. Finally, he called Sir Leonard as "brother from the same family".

Wait, college president Leonard and second senior student Disma, why do these two names sound so familiar?

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At noon, in the auditorium, Lucian held a grand welcome ceremony for Aaron and introduced acquaintances to him.

"Ian Hutson, Grand Mentor and Grand Inspector General, you are already acquaintances."

The Chief Inspector had been fuming all morning, but he still showed up on time at noon.

"Hey, hello, brother Ian." Aaron said with a smile, "It's our first time meeting you. Nice to meet you!"

"You..." Ian's face turned even more disgusting, and he opened his mouth, not knowing what to say amidst the laughter of everyone.

Hahahaha, everyone laughed together.

"... Just take care of yourself." The Chief Inspector said without hesitation.

"...The Grand Priest, Helmut Kinchel." A knight commander wearing the holy emblem of Helm, the God of Guard, nodded to Aaron.

"Justice Lucas Nmecha." The strong, bald man with a stern face and a hooked nose nodded to Aaron.

"Grand livery officer, Bell Stefaniak." The kind-hearted elder with a little belly patted Aaron's belly in a friendly manner.

"Lord of Fort Maple and Marshal of the Navy, Bidlin Joule." The tough man wearing a navy hat and a weathered face drank all the rum in the cup.

"The Lord of Thunderstone, Fariel Lahlarsson."

"Lord of Cliff Castle..."

…………

The long list of names made Aaron's mind a little numb. He had to say hello one by one. Under the leadership of Lucian, the knight officers with important positions in these knights either looked at Lucian's face or looked at him. In the name of Aaron's father, many people have said hello to him, and most of them are kind.

Aaron felt a twinge of joy in his heart.

This is connections, this is heritage, and the network of connections run by his father, who has been a Purple Dragon Knight for decades, has finally come in handy.

This is why he decided to undergo recruit training as a Purple Dragon Knight.

If he hadn't come, these relationships would have quickly disintegrated and faded away.

But now Aaron is here, and with his identity as father and son, he can easily take over his father's network.

This is something that even one thousand gold coins and ten thousand gold coins cannot exchange for!

Since we plan to operate in Cormyr in the future, we must make use of all these things.

The family’s network, the father’s network, and the Silver Virgin’s network are all precious assets.

Even his aunts and uncles, including his relatives who were exiled in Guangze and relied on fishing and hunting (Kaynais language) to survive, can exert their value under many specific conditions.

Thinking of this, Aaron poured himself a large glass of red wine, and he tapped the table twice to indicate that he had something to say.

More than a dozen people present stopped to listen to him.

"No, I don't have any brothers or sisters, not one!" Aaron raised his glass: "I'm just a recruit!"

Everyone looked at him and didn't understand why he said this.

"But now, I realize that I have many brothers and sisters! Because you are all my beloved relatives and friends, brothers and sisters!"

"For brothers, for friendship, for our health, in the name of the Silver Virgin, cheers!" Aaron raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.

"Brothers! Friendship! Health!" cheers suddenly erupted in the auditorium: "Cheers!"

Lucian's flag officer also stood up. Regardless of the wine soaking his beard, he pressed Aaron's shoulders with his hands: "Our little guy, Manuel's son, Aaron Salian has not been with us before. Together, it’s such a shame.”

“But we still have a chance to make up for the time we never should have lost!”

"Starting from today, he will join our team and let the whole country see how the Purple Dragon Knight fights to win his glory!"

"A toast to our new recruit Aaron Salian!"

"Aaron! Aaron! Aaron!" Everyone in the auditorium called Aaron's name, bringing the welcome party to its climax.

In one corner of the auditorium, a welcome party was being held, but in another dark corner, two knights were communicating secretly.

"Sir, is that the person you are talking about?"

"It's definitely him. That kind of charm, that kind of appeal, that kind of strange unrecorded magic, it's absolutely right. He is a son of God just like me!"

"What should we do?"

"Kill him, take away the divinity from him, and turn it into my power!"

"I finally succeeded in entering the Purple Dragon Knight. No one can stop my plan to control Cormyr!"

"Either submission or destruction, such is the fate of this country."

Prepare to stay up late at night and watch EDG killing each other! Piggies, come with me and rush again!