Chapter 9: The Council of Elders
"Daddy!"
At this time, a sweet shout interrupted the conversation between the two people, and a small figure flew into Norman's arms, Norman smiled and hugged Scarlet on his lap, and saw Scarlet wearing a black dress in the style of a standard dress, with layers of lace on the skirt, and the cuffs of the lantern exposed fair-skinned forearms, Norman smiled and exclaimed: "Scarlet is so beautiful today, worthy of being my daughter!" β
Scarlet looked at her father and asked expectantly, "Will Dad accompany me today?" β
Looking at his daughter's expectant eyes, Norman felt a little guilty, as a father, it stands to reason that he should attend to witness the moment when his children become blood nobles and take charge alone, but as the patriarch of the Xitai clan, he has too many things to do, so he can only come here and take a quick look. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Norman said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my father can't accompany you, you have to cheer up yourself." β
"Oh, okay!" Scarlet didn't mind at all and said, "With Fang Xiao with me, you don't have to worry." β
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As a father, Norman always felt a little hurt in his heart...
Because of the tight time, Norman and Scarlet said a few words, told Fang Xiao a few words, and hurriedly left Scarlet's house and returned to his carriage.
Inside the carriage, Sander was about to prepare dinner for Norman, who waved his hand and said to Sander
"No need, I've already eaten at Scarlet's."
When Sander heard this, he served Norman a cup of tea and said, "The little princess is participating in the knighthood evaluation today, don't you want to take a look?" β
Norman took the teacup, took a sip, and said, "No, there are other things to do today, with Xiao'er here, no problem." β
Sander smiled and said, "You seem to like that kid very much." β
Norman glanced back in the direction of the Scarlet family and said, "I don't like it, but as a family member of Scarlet, he is also my son after all." β
Sander laughed again and said, "But that kid seems to hate you." β
"Yes," said Norman with a smile, "that miserly little imp who is neither big nor small, has mixed me with water again for dinner today." β
"It's been ten years..."
"Yes," Norman sighed, "it's been ten years, and for a long-lived bloodline, ten years... Really brief..."
"Your plan has failed," Sander said.
"Yes..."Norman sighed, feeling a little regretful in his heart, but the innocent smile immediately appeared in his heart.
"I really didn't expect such an outcome, but I don't hate it..."
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"Do you really want to dress like this?"
Scarlet sat in front of the mirror, looked at himself in a black dress, and looked at the figure in the mirror who was tying his double ponytails very seriously, and asked.
"Of course!" Fang Xiao said: "This is the most popular dress for the blood clan nobles this year!" β
"Is it really the most popular dress for the nobles of the blood clan?" Scarlet said suspiciously: "Not your personal interest? β
"Absolutely not..... Well, perfect! β
Fang Xiao looked at the current scarlet
The black dress is decorated with layers of lace, perfectly symmetrical double ponytails, holding a small black umbrella in her right hand, and holding a bear rag doll in her arms, matching her fair skin and flat body.
Perfect Gothic Lori Style!
The address of the Xitai Elders' Church is located in the center of the Xitai territory, which is an extremely luxurious palace-like building, and the elders have great influence in the blood clan, holding real power, and checking and balancing each other with the patriarch to ensure that the development of the family does not deviate from the right path, and the elders are transcendent, and even several elders are the former family patriarchs.
Because the blood clan is a long-lived race, it is impossible to wait for the longevity of the family clan to die before replacement, therefore, for the development of the family, many family patriarchs have taken the initiative to abdicate.
For the younger members of the family, the knighthood conference is very important to the future of the family, so it has been organized by the Council of Elders. The Xitai Title Evaluation Conference is held every five years, and at each conference, you can find a lot of outstanding young blood, these outstanding talents are the hope of the family's future, and will be cultivated by the family, because if there is a strong and long-lived bloodline in the family, it can ensure the prosperity of the family for hundreds of years, therefore, in the title evaluation can not only tap the talents in the family, but also show the heritage of their own clan, inspiring, so the title evaluation conference is a grand event of the Xitai family, Receiving the attention of the whole clan, if you stand out as a commoner at the conference, you will be followed by the Presbyterian Church and the major factions, and for a small family of commoners, it is a dream thing to be attached to a powerful faction.
For the blood clan, there are great differences between the members of different families, and the classics practiced are also very different, plus each family has different abilities, and the strength of the ability also depends on the level of the bloodline, therefore, it is impossible to strictly divide the strength level of the blood clan, therefore, in order to achieve unity, the thirteen blood clans set the title of the blood clan, therefore, the title is a symbol of the strength and status of the blood clan.
The titles of the blood clan are viscount, earl, marquis, duke, and prince from the smallest to the largest. The knighthood conference refers to the ceremony of dividing the viscount, which is a turning point for the blood clan from commoners to nobles, and it is of great significance to each member of the blood clan.
Therefore, whether you are a royal blood or an inferior commoner, here, everything depends on strength.
The square in front of the presbytery was already bustling with people at this time, and many small families of the Greek tribe gathered in the square, and the elders of the families encouraged the young people who were about to attend the conference, pinning their high expectations on them, some of these families were nobles, but more of them were ordinary commoners. And in an inconspicuous corner, a magnificent carriage slowly stopped there.
Fang Xiao, who was sitting in front of the carriage to catch the carriage, grabbed the reins, jumped here, opened the door of the carriage, and saw Scarlet sitting in the corner of the carriage, leaning on the seat and already asleep.
How big this girl's heart is! Obviously about to participate in such an important conference, it seems that it has nothing to do with him, and he can sleep so soundly!
Fang Xiao was helpless, woke up Scarlet, completely ignored her complaints, and reached out to hug her out of the carriage.
After the two got out of the car, they walked in the direction of the middle of the square, and Scarlet walked in front, holding a parasol in one hand and a bear in the other.
Despite being at night...
Fang Xiao followed behind him, on the way, all the blood clans who noticed Scarlet would take the initiative to get out of the way, and bowed slightly to Scarlet, after all, Scarlet was a member of the royal family of the Xitai clan and the daughter of the patriarch, although the level of the bloodline was not equal to strength, but in the blood clan, the noble and powerful royal bloodline always made people feel awe.
"Yo yo! Isn't this a little princess? A young girl's voice suddenly sounded in the crowd, and in the direction where the voice came from, the crowd slowly separated, and a girl in a red dress walked out of the crowd, looking about the same age as Scarlet, and looked at Scarlet with bad intentions.
I have to say that both men and women in the blood clan have a beautiful appearance, and the girl in front of her is even more so, and even among the blood clan, she can be regarded as extremely outstanding. She was followed by her dependents, a handsome boy, but with a helpless face.
The girl who stood out of the crowd was named Wendy, the daughter of the leader of the Hudson faction of the Shetson.
The Xitai clan is divided into many factions, and the family factions will compete with each other, which is what the elders and the patriarch promise and advocate, in order to make the whole family not die out in comfort, the competition between the family factions is also very cruel, and the factions compete with each other for resources, interests and talents, and the weak factions generally have only two endings, either attached to the powerful faction, or annexed, but no matter how fierce and cruel the faction competition is, he has a bottom line that must not be crossed,
That is to prohibit cannibalism among family members!
Because the ultimate purpose of the competition between the elders and the patriarch is for the prosperity and development of the family, no one will allow this kind of thing to compromise the strength of the family!
In this way, under the leadership of the current family leader Norman and the Presbyterian Church, the Xitai clan, one of the thirteen royal clans of the blood clan that survives in the darkness and shadow, is thriving.
Some people praise Norman as the greatest patriarch of the Greek tribe in the past thousand years,
Some believe that Norman will become the greatest patriarch of the Hitta.
But for more civilian blood clans, they just feel that the family is strong, their lives are more and more stable and stable, they can be satisfied, and they don't have to face death and parting from time to time. There is no verbal praise for himself, but there is only respect and love for Norman from the heart...
In the Xitai clan, there are three powerful factions, namely Hudson's faction, Simon's faction and GΓΌlen's faction, and the leaders of these three factions are all prince-level Xitai royal families. It may be possible that there may be scattered Hetai territory elsewhere, but in this twilight forest, where the largest Xitai clan is located, these three factions are far more powerful than the others.
The girl in front of her was Prince Hudson's daughter.
Seeing her provocative look, I knew that she was here to find fault.
Because there was a little bit of a holiday between her and Scarlet and Fang Xiao...
Wendy still looked proud, looked at Scarlet, and was about to speak: "I didn't expect you to participate in this conference, hehe, with your level, you still dare to come to the conference!" β
"Go away, ugly girl!" Scarlet said angrily!
"What do you say! I..." Wendy's face flushed with anger, and she was about to taunt back, then she inadvertently glanced behind Scarlet and saw Fang Xiao standing behind her.
Wendy's face changed, but when the words came to her mouth, she choked back into her stomach, looking at Fang Xiao stunned there.