For a moment, the two did not speak.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

Suddenly, the door of the wall clock on the wall, which looked like a wooden box, opened, and a mockfigure of a robin popped out of the door, followed by a crisp birdsong echoing through the room, and a total of seventeen calls were heard.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, it was time to report.

"What about the sir?"

Sean Penn asked softly as he put down his hand touching his nose.

Viscount Rozier heard Sean's inquiry, the expression on his face changed slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes.

There is also a difference between the big man and the big man, don't look at Rozier as a senator, he is also considered the upper echelon of the pyramid in the entire city of Reims, even if some nobles despise his family name, even if they call him a pariah, they still have to bow to him when they are face-to-face, with a smile on his face, no disrespect on his face, only deference.

However, it is true, as folklore goes, that the Rozier family was nothing more than the eagle dogs of the Leslie family.

As a senator, he is just the agent of a certain big man in the foreground, a senator of Reims City, that big man doesn't care about it at all, and that one's battlefield is in the imperial capital.

The French Empire also has a Senate, a total of thirty-six senators, each of whom is a big figure in the empire, and each of them has a long history and a long history of family name inheritance, leaving a record in the history books of the Noah continent, there was once a sentence that the senator of the empire cannot be held by the blue-blooded family, even if there is an exception now, something strange has mixed in, and in the Senate, it is still the blue-blooded nobles who occupy the vast majority of seats.

For the first two years, the big man behind Viscount Rozier had been staying in the imperial capital to prepare for the Senate, but last year he failed, and that position was snatched away by Stephen Merry of the Merry family, and he quietly returned to Reims City some time ago, as a member of the Leslie family, Reims City is his base.

After recuperating for a period of time, after accumulating strength, he will start all over again and go to Beijing again.

This big man is the Marquis of Leo Leslie, the younger brother of the current Grand Duke of Swan Castle, Ron Leslie, the former commander of the Southern Army, who has now stepped down from his post and entered politics.

The family lineage of the French Empire is no different from that of the other countries of the Noahian Continent.

If it is not for the disability or defect, even if it is mediocre, it is generally the eldest son who inherits the title, Ron Leslie and Leo Leslie are twins, however, Ron was born a minute early, so Ron is the eldest son, and it is natural for him to accept the title of Duke Swan and become the Grand Duke of Swan Castle, and Leo Leslie has no chance of being a knighthood because of this minute.

Yes, the children of aristocratic families, even those like dukes, have no titles except for their heirs, and they can't even get the title of a little baron, unless they are bestowed by the emperor.

The only way to get a knighthood is to take another path.

You must have contributed to the empire and have meritorious service in order to obtain the title, however, most of the titles cannot be inherited, after all, even if it is a small lord, every year, the central government of the empire will give an annuity, and after accumulating a lot, it is also a heavy burden on the imperial finances, so the knighthood is given very solemnly, and most of them are lords who cannot be inherited.

Even if there is a title that can be inherited, there is no fief, only a few annuities.

And there are limits to this inheritance.

Take Leo Leslie as an example, because of his military achievements, he obtained the title of Marquis of the Empire, but this title only has an annuity, no fief, and when he dies and passes the title to the next generation, the title will automatically drop down one order, and the heir can only become an earl, and continue down, the third generation is a viscount, the fourth generation is a baron, and the fifth generation becomes a commoner.

Only by becoming a duke can the title be inherited without being demoted.

Compared with his brother Ron Leslie, although he is only one order behind, his status is fundamentally different.

If you want to become a duke, Leo has only two paths to take, one is to establish great feats, such as saving the country, or to turn the tide in a great natural disaster and save all people, and the other way is to obtain the title of master, the so-called master, that is, one of the high-level combat power of the empire, can call the clouds and rain, move mountains and reclaim the existence of the sea.

Leo Leslie is a powerful transcendent, otherwise, he would not have been able to become the commander of the Southern Legion at the beginning, in the army, strength is the first, although the family background or something has a bonus effect, but it cannot be an important factor, because, the army not only has to fight with the enemy, but also has to conquer in the Secret Realm, if the strength is slightly worse, it is meaningless to be noble.

To be able to obtain the title of Marquis, even with the help of his family, Leo himself has strong strength.

It's just that even Leo is still a distant distance from the realm of the master, and if you want to become a master, talent, resources, background, and luck are indispensable, among which, luck is the most important.

Either way, it's extremely difficult to walk.

In this regard, Leo has basically despaired.

Especially after losing the senatorial election to Stephen Merry, who had a feud with the Merry family, he was devastated, because he didn't want to stay in the imperial capital and be ridiculed by others, so he returned to Reims City.

But I don't want to, there is no endless road.

Here he had a chance to raise his title to the rank of one place, and although he himself could not become the Grand Duke, his son had hope, the hope of becoming the Grand Duke of Swan Castle.

His brother Ron Leslie's only son, Klein Leslie, was spookily injured during an expedition to the Realm.

The Leslie family is very powerful in its own right, with a team of transcendents, Ron himself is also a great transcendent, he has a wide range of contacts, even the independent iris has his friends, and a certain cardinal of the Templar is also his confidant, however, after so many people and a lot of resources have been mobilized, Klein Leslie is still unconscious.

The life force was slowly draining from his body.

Klein Leslie is married, and his wife is a member of the Alfonso family, however, he and his wife have no children, which means that if Klein dies, Ron Leslie will have no offspring to inherit the title of Grand Duke of Swanstein Castle.

In this case, only one of Leo Leslie's descendants can be chosen to inherit the title of Grand Duke of Swan.

What a bonus!

So, Leo Leslie had an idea.

In this way, there is also a series of operations of Viscount Rozier.

Gu Chaoyang's ability to descend on Ryan Charles with the Golden Book also has something to do with it.

This is known as a chain reaction.