Sir Fontaine walked through the hallway to Albert's door.

He picked up his cane, the tip of which was pointed at the door, and was about to move forward.

At this time, the door opened silently, and Fontaine cracked his mouth, smiled, and strode in, and when he entered, the door closed silently, and the corridor was empty, quiet and deep.

The reason why Fontaine Bonner was knighted by Tess without adding a German word between his first and last name was because he was only a lord, and this title was considered an honorary nobleman and could not be passed on to the next generation.

In the French Empire, nobles who can be passed down can only add a German character between their first and last names.

There are several titles in the French Empire, and the highest is naturally the prince.

The prince has royal blood, is the emperor's own brother, the prince's position can not be hereditary, take the current Prince Philippe, he is the brother of the emperor Louis XVI, he has a name called the Grand Duke of Orleans, the fief is in the north of Orleans, when Louis XVI dies, if his son succeeds to the throne and becomes Louis XVII, the title and fief of the Grand Duke of Orleans can still be preserved, and the title of Prince Philippe will be deprived.

Only the brothers of Louis XVII were eligible to become princes.

Therefore, although the title Prince is honorable, it is only a nominal honorific title.

In the French Empire, the duke is the real first noble, under the duke is the marquis, under the marquis is the earl, and then there are viscounts, barons, these titles can be passed on to future generations, dukes, marquises, earls have fiefs, more than a hundred years ago, viscounts and barons also have fiefs, and now, the newly feuded viscounts and barons no longer receive fiefs.

The reason is simple, there is no extra territory left for those new nobles.

Although the French Empire is vast and rich, it has been established for thousands of years and has many nobles, even if there are constantly nobles and the territory is recovered, compared to the number of new nobles, it is still not comparable after all.

In addition, it is also related to the times.

In the past, the French Empire, like the rest of the Noah's continent, was mainly agricultural, and only a few harbor cities like Reims City had commerce, and at that time, fiefs and castles were the foundation of the nobility, even if most of the nobles were willing to live in the imperial capital and prosperous cities like Reims, their roots were still in the fiefdom.

Now, the situation is different.

More than a hundred years ago, an industry based on magic stones appeared.

The appearance of magic stone firearms has replaced the previous war situation, even if it is an extraordinary person, if one is not careful, it may be killed by the magic stone firearm in the hands of ordinary people.

Although, there are repetitions, sacrifices and a sea of blood in this repetition, however, the general trend is irreversible after all.

Just like the water blue star, when the first industrial revolution appeared, the old guards could only be beaten to the dust, and only by following the trend could they maintain their status and still stay at the top of the pyramid of human society.

Now, the little agricultural output of the fiefdom is insignificant.

Now, commerce and factories are the new sources of wealth, and they can make people richer than the country.

Those nobles who are still stubbornly clinging to their fiefdoms and stubbornly maintaining their old lives, for more than a hundred years, there have been countless bankrupts, and they can't understand why everything is the same as in the past, but their lives are becoming more and more aggrieved, unable to make ends meet, and there is no way to maintain a decent life as before, and in the end, except for a knighthood, there is no difference from ordinary people.

Their fiefdom became the property of the bank.

If they don't want to lose their inheritance, they can only give in, and have to let their children marry or marry the children of those nouveau riche, and with the financial support of their in-laws, they can live a decent life.

The reason why those nouveau riche did this was just to get a knighthood for themselves, even if it was not in their own generation, at least the newly born third generation could get a noble name.

Everything is an exchange.

Lord Fontaine is different from those nobles, although it cannot be inherited, but it is more noble than those titles obtained by marriage.

First of all, he is transcendent.

Transcendents are not the same as ordinary people.

In the Seventh Division of the Ministry of Security, as long as you are an extraordinary person and have made great contributions, you can be knighted, and Fontaine's title is derived from this, and he was awarded an Iron Cross.

The Order of the Ministry of Security, like the Order of the Army, is the highest of the Order of the Holy Cross, followed by the Golden Cross, the Silver Cross, and the Iron Cross, although the lowest rank, is not cheap.

For this Iron Cross, Fontaine was so badly wounded that he almost died.

That was more than ten years ago, when he was still the inspector of the Imperial Capital Branch, but he was just a star, because he solved a case with the cult belief, he was awarded a knighthood and a medal.

Because of this title and medal, he has smooth sailing in the workplace, without any obstacles, and in terms of cultivation, there is no lack of resources for cultivation, and the Seventh Division of the Ministry of Security has not hesitated to help him, so he is now a three-star detective in his thirties, responsible for managing all the transcendents in Reims City, and is the director of the Iris Branch.

Fontaine strode over, Albert still leaned back in his chair, did not stand up to greet him, and it seemed that he did not take him as a supervisor seriously, and his attitude was extremely arrogant.

Fontaine, however, did not care, and walked over to himself, pulled up a chair and sat down, still wearing the top hat on his head, and did not take it off.

This is also an act of impoliteness.

Albert turned a blind eye, he looked at Fontaine and whispered.

"Things in Rock Village are settled?"

Three days ago, a warning came from the rock village, fifty miles southwest of Reims.

Under normal circumstances, Iris is only responsible for the mysterious events in Reims City, and the area outside the city is the territory of the Holy Church, and the churches of the Holy Church all over the countryside are actually nodes that monitor the mysterious events.

Not every church priest is extraordinary, however, they are much better than ordinary people, and they have special procedures for dealing with pollution leaks, although most of them do not work, but they can also serve as alarms.

The same is true of this matter, there is a pollution incident in Rock Village, and the Templar is also dispatched.

However, the first wave was met with setbacks.

The incident was so serious that it was necessary to dispatch the red robes, however, several cardinals in the Cathedral of Reims City could not get out of the matter, and the Templar had to ask for foreign help, and Fontaine was one of them.

"Solved!"

Fontaine nodded.

"Serious?"

Fontaine nodded again.

"It's complicated, I'll write a report later!"

Then, he stared at Albert with a solemn expression.

"Is it true that the porters found the body of the wanted man Owen de Jobuya in the warehouse district?"

Actually, Fontaine knew very well that it was impossible for Johnny the porter to lie.

This must be true.

However, he couldn't help but ask Albert for an answer.

This matter is very important to him!