Great Nobleman

After the wound on his head healed, he had an agreement with Grand Master Holland to go to the Imperial Academy of Royal Mages.

So Brand arranged for Catherine to learn knight skills before leaving.

Over the past few months, Catherine has now reached a very good level.

But looking at Catherine's current heavy armor, Brand felt that it would be better to change Catherine's position from maid to guard another day.

After all, a maid is better than a soft girl.

Moreover, after returning home, Brand could return to the leisurely and lazy days in the past.

As a person with a promising future, Catherine still has to work hard on knight training on weekdays, but she won't have much time to hang around with him as a maid.

Catherine, who didn't know that she was about to change jobs, ran over excitedly after seeing Brand's figure.

Catherine has always had a great affection for Brand, the owner of the house who has a series of labels such as "Master Mercy", "Savior", "Elegant Nobleman" and so on.

Catherine was very excited because she hadn't seen her for several months.

Brand is relatively calm here.

He was considering which maid in the family could take Catherine's place.

"Master, the carriage is ready, and the caravan has assembled at the south gate. This time, the leaders are Young Master Yersin and Captain Anderson."

He ran to Brand, although he was slightly puzzled when he saw that Brand was empty-handed.

However, Catherine dutifully explained the situation to Brand.

"Let's go."

Rubbing Catherine, who took off her helmet and obediently stretched her head over, Brand walked towards the carriage with his hands behind his back.

...

"Brand! I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"Yersin! Are you trying to strangle me?"

At the south gate of the imperial capital, Yersin, who was tall and burly and a whole head taller than Brand, gave Brand a bear hug with a smile on his face.

It's obviously a touching scene of brothers and sisters, but Brand regretted that he couldn't bear Yersin's iron armor.

In the past, Yersin would not be so pleasant to Brand.

After all, in the past, Brand would only embarrass the Holland family.

But now it's different.

Brand's reputation as a mage genius has spread to a small extent.

A few days ago, Viscount Holland received a letter from a friend in the imperial capital about Brand.

After reading the contents of the letter, Viscount Holland was shocked.

Although at the beginning, Viscount Holland had a hard time believing that words like "super genius", "once in a century", and "tutor looting" in the letter were used to describe his ignorant second son.

However, after being confirmed by many parties, he still confirmed that the news was true.

—Brand is promising now.

Master Holland was very happy after hearing the news, but as the head of the family, he still evaluated the matter rationally.

The final conclusion is that the guard force who escorted Brand home needs to be raised.

Originally, Master Holland's arrangement was for Brand to return with the family caravan.

The family's caravan is equipped with two intermediate knights and dozens of junior knights as the main guards.

In the past, this has been more than enough.

After all, due to the imperial aristocratic parliamentary system, even if other nobles really wanted to harm Brand, they would not end in person.

At most, it is secretly buying murder to kill.

With the strength of the caravan guards, it is more than enough to protect Brand.

But now, Master Holland keenly felt that the power of the guards needed to be raised.

Because compared with the past, Brand's "value" has obviously increased a lot.

With such considerations in mind, Master Holland waved his hand and dispatched Anderson, the family's second expert and the family's head of guard who had reached the senior knight level.

At the same time, Yersin, who practiced hard at home every day, volunteered to follow after knowing that his younger brother had brought glory to the family for the first time.

In addition to expressing his "approval" to Brand, he also had a "small matter" that he wanted to discuss with Brand.

Yersin heard by chance not long ago that Lord Holland had the intention of letting Brand marry the first daughter of the Romien family.

After hearing the news, Yersin felt that it was necessary for him to establish a good relationship with Brand for the sake of holy love.

There are various indications that the Holland family and the Romien family have already had signs of marriage.

Before the specific marriage parties are determined.

As long as Brand expresses his "personal will" that he does not agree to marry the first daughter of the Romien family.

And he, Yersin, can show enough "excellent qualities" at the same time to be recognized by the Romien family.

Then he has a chance to marry Lady Romien!

Some of Yersin's thoughts were relatively clear to Brand.

—— It is well known that Yersin likes the first daughter of the Romien family.

Although Brand only regards the prostitute daughter of the Romiens family as an ordinary friend, he does not plan to develop a closer relationship.

However, Brand is not prepared to make any statement on this matter.

Yersin is just unrequited love, and the woman's favorite is Brand.

Sandwiched between the two, Brand's best option is to remain silent.

After all, because of the existence of Brand, such a love triangle is simply too common!

Brand wasn't going to get himself into endless trouble!

So let them solve this matter by themselves!

After meeting everyone in the caravan, Brand lazily returned to his carriage.

Because he got up early today, Brand planned to sleep for a while.

However, Brand, who was about to lie down and close his eyes, keenly felt a gaze directly on his face.

Because Brand's mental strength was much higher than that of ordinary people, he could very keenly perceive other people's gazes.

Turning his head slightly, Brand found the source of that gaze——Catherine.

Look at Catherine's hesitant look.

Brand said helplessly: "Let's talk if you have something to say, I haven't seen you in a few months, how can I start my mother-in-law?"

After hearing Brand's complaint, Catherine began to whisper about a problem that bothered her recently.

——The size of the armor is a bit small.

Because Catherine has already belonged to Brand, her daily expenses are also independently borne by Brand.

Catherine's equipment was specially purchased by Brand before he came to school.

However, Brand was slightly puzzled by Catherine's troubles.

"Wouldn't it be better to go directly to a blacksmith to change the size?"

In fact, in order to ensure that Catherine can successfully carry out knight training.

One-tenth of Brand's monthly spending was sent directly to Catherine.

So for things like modifying the size of the armor, Catherine can go directly to the blacksmith with the magic gold coin.

But I heard Catherine whisper:

"In the past few months, I have been looking for the elder sister Tonghammer who leads the iron smithy many times. Not long ago, elder sister Tonghammer asked me to tell you that with my current growth rate, it won't be long. The armor is a bit out of place."

Hearing what Catherine said, Brand became a little curious.

"The shoes are off, let's compare the heights."

Catherine obediently took off her metal boots, stood up, and straightened her back.

Brand also stood up.

The two are about the same age, and they are both growing up.

After this comparison, Brand was surprised to find that Catherine, who was slightly shorter than him a few months ago, was now slightly taller than him.

You must know that Brand's height has also grown a bit in the past few months.

"Could it be a side effect of the bloodline?"

Brand wasn't so sure.