The Summoner

The question of Viscount Mandel made Adrien slightly stunned. He stood for a long time now, and had previously figured out the next topic, but did not expect that the first one to speak was actually this, which really made him stunned.

However, he apparently reacted, touching his chest and bending down: "That's just a trivial suggestion."

"negligible?"

Viscount Mandel smiled: "Not so."

He took the letter in his hand and baked it next to the candle next to it. The red beeswax quickly solidified into a whole, which represented the confidentiality of the letter that was never opened: "Your suggestions have also benefited me a lot. It’s a very effective suggestion.” Mandel looked at Adrien: “It’s my son.”

Adrien was puzzled and had to follow his words: "Thank you very much for your praise, but also thanks to your supervision and teaching, my father, this is actually not my credit."

"Is this modesty?"

Mandel still smiled: "I like this kind of humility, because it can represent the quality of human beings." But his words have not been finished yet: "In the beginning, you suggested to me about the construction of the territory, I think most of them are right, how So, do you want to try to manage a territory on your own?"

"Huh?" Adrien raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was also a bit of amazement on his face: "Sorry, Father, you said... Let me manage a territory? Are you planning to enclose my territory?"

"It's not a fief." Mandel smiled. "It's just authorized to manage the cities."

"The Cavaliers?"

Adrien's eyes flashed inexplicably.

Mandel nodded: "Yes." He picked up a letter next to his hand and seemed to write it in front of him: "This is a letter that seals you as a knight. If you want, then you can get a village. As your Caiyi.” He smiled at the corner of his mouth: “I know you don’t like to be regulated. You can also choose an uncultivated wasteland. As long as it is developed, I will grant you the qualification to manage Caiyi for life, Including tax exemption for a certain number of years."

Looking at the letter, there was no expression of surprise or excitement on Adrien's face, but the eyebrows frowned instead: "Master Father, you seem to be... strange?"

"Is that weird?" Mandel smiled casually: "Perhaps because of the death of your Susan stepmother."

"Ok?"

Adrien slightly amazed, this is the topic.

But he looked at his father's indifferent look and couldn't help but frown: "Father, look at you, it seems that Susan's mother died, and she lost some sense?" he whispered: "Please also keep a wise mind, etc. Grab the murderer, this may be over."

"Really?" Mandel nodded. "Although this is true, do you think you can catch the murderer?" He gave Adrien a deep look, and the eyes in the dark room seemed sharp: "Yes ?"

"There will always be clues to follow." Adrien bowed his head to cover his emotions.

"But I don't think it will be found."

Mandel spoke.

His voice was sure, almost decisive: "Do you think the murderer can be traced down by the fellow Lofid?" The smile on his lips showed a little sarcasm: "He is just a greedy waste!"

Adrien still stood with his head down: "I don't understand."

"This is secondary."

Mandel looked at Adrien.

I tapped twice on the letter on the table: "So what do you plan to choose that village as a village? If you don't want to, you can also build a new village on the edge of the death swamp as a village as you said. I agree, and I will give you full management authority, plus 10 years of tax exemption."

Adrien bowed his thanks: "This is really a generous grant, my father." He raised his head slightly: "Then Barrett, my younger brother, as the determined heir, will he oppose these?"

"Barrett?"

Mandel's tone was a little soft: "I will agree."

Adrien nodded: "That's good."

The atmosphere in the room was a little quiet, and Mandel looked at Adrien: "In fact, how much I want you and your brother to be friendly to each other. To the extent that it is now, I also don't want to see it."

"Huh?" Adrien was unclear.

"I hope to unite!"

Mandell’s eyes are a bit complicated: “Each generation of our turquoise family can only have one heir, because each generation of our family has only one boy.” He rubbed his brows tiredly: “And you and Barrett break It’s a miracle that the family’s tradition is the only two brothers in the family’s history."

"I know." Adrien nodded. "Our family has always been walking and inheriting on the edge of the cliff. The reason is that each generation has only one child. There are never too many, not many."

"so."

Mandel stood up behind the table.

Walking forward in the room, he came to the display stand near the wall and picked up a handle as a craft. The long sword with gold and silver and inlaid with gems came to Adrien again, and there was more perseverance on his face. Separately: "Adrien, in the name of the turquoise family, kneels in front of me, your father Mandel."

Adrien was slightly stunned, but he did not feel any hostility and murderousness. He frowned halfway down on his knees, respecting his chest and said respectfully in front of Mandel: "Follow your orders, father."

"This is not what you should call it."

Mandel said in a calm tone: "So from now on."

The tone of voice seemed to be relieved, without the urgency of the previous: "You should call me, Viscount Mandel!" He repeated it, and placed the sword in his hand on Adrien's left shoulder: "You The place where I am now is the center of the turquoise family. In front of me is the owner of the turquoise family. On your left is the pressure of responsibility. On your right is the witness of the **** of order and nobility." Dunton, he still said solemnly: "Are you willing to become a knight of the turquoise family? Are you willing to take on the responsibilities of the turquoise family? Are you willing to... make a commitment to revitalize the turquoise family with the blood of the turquoise family?"

Adrien didn't answer immediately, but when he was silent for a few seconds, the gilt long sword on his left shoulder was a bit forceful because of the depressed hand. He was slightly silent, he looked at the symbol on the wall on the right With a portrait of the holy symbol of the **** of order and nobility, he finally said in a deep voice: "I will."

"Very good, this is your right choice." Mandel slowly lifted the delicate sword in his hand, looked at Adrien, who was still half kneeling in front of himself, and slowly inserted the scabbard back: "My Son, Adrien, the new knight!"

"thank you very much!"

Adrien looked down and then stood up.

This is a closing ceremony. Although it is a little simple, it still has benefits.

Because this closing ceremony was initiated before the holy symbol of the **** of order and aristocracy. Although no clergyman held it, and no priest or others witnessed it, it was still effective for the aristocratic patron saint.

Although the knight is not a noble, it is equivalent to a quasi-noble, and has stepped forward to the threshold of the noble class.

The atmosphere in the room was quiet again.

The book seal came abruptly.

And Mandell seemed to have put something down, and slowly sat back on his chair. Although his face was still, he could still see the slightly nervous face due to the collapse, which was extremely rare for him. .

Adrien didn't see that, he was still immersed in what he had been censored.

This is really too sudden.

"So."

Mandel also returned to calm: "Which land do you plan to use as your future city?"

Adrien recovered, and his face solemnly said: "If possible, Viscount Mandel, please allow me to choose the edge of the death swamp. As I said before, if I can open up new fields, even if I expel those Lizardmen, I also hope that it is my mining town, and there will not be any changes due to the decree of the Turquoise Fort."

"As long as you can cultivate it." Mandel nodded slowly, watching Adrien's eyes become more complicated: "I will give you everything, and your brother Barrett will not stop you."

"Thank you very much." Adrian saluted his chest.

"and also."

Mandel picked up the previously written letter and placed it on the letter of the knights: "This is my decree. In my opinion, Lofield is no longer suitable to continue to be the sheriff of the marsh town. What do you think?"

"Deprive him of the position of sheriff?" Adrien paused. "I have no opinion."

"I thought you would defend him."

Mandell's lips turned slightly: "Unexpectedly."

"Defend?" Adrian bowed his head slightly: "Why should he justify him?" He slowly looked up at Mandel: "As the Viscount of the Turquoise Castle, since you have already made a decision, then I fully obey."

Mandel nodded: "When the nobles need to make this choice." He knocked on the table twice: "The former Bay County is our turquoise family, he Lovefield is just a dog I cultivated, placed in the mud town to guard me Property, not to go to the kitchen to steal, I don’t need a bad dog who can steal, right?"

"That's right." Adrien looked down, and he didn't speak for Lofid at all.

"And Loved is too young."

Mandel said with emotion: "He is only about 40 years old?"

He waved his hands somewhat indifferently: "Age restricts his knowledge, and he actually took the position I gave him as his ability, and he began to be proud and arrogant." The tone was a bit sad: "His father was a civilian, but But I sent my life for the turquoise family, so I nurtured him, but I didn’t expect that he would collude with the Dark Church and murder Susan.” Mandell’s eyes became sharp, and he looked directly at Adrien: You said, do you have to punish those who do this kind of behavior?"

"If Lofid did it." Adrian bowed his head: "Then obviously, he should be hanged!" He also said a little more heavily: "Because he violated the turquoise family's glory."

"well."

Mandel nodded with a smile: "You just understand."

He pointed to the letter: "Since you are about to go to the edge of the death swamp to reclaim the wasteland, then I will waive all your expenses. In order to ensure the safety of the previous period, you will also come up with a candidate for the sheriff of the marsh town." , He seemed to ask, but he was sure: "I think the boss of the Rotten Algae Gang, Feiduo is a good guy, just him!"