William, led by Count Robert and surrounded by the nobles, marched along the main street of Evreux, which was crowded on both sides with citizens who had come to pay their respects to William, cheering and waving to William.

William had seen a lot of such scenes, like the pomp and circumstance of his father returning to Rouen on his expedition.

Of course, seeing this kind of spectacle is completely different from experiencing it yourself, especially when the protagonist they cheered on was William himself.

William tried to wave to the sides in response to the cheering citizens, only to be greeted with an even louder cheer, accompanied by flowers being thrown everywhere by the townspeople.

Along the way, William found many bards singing poems in praise of William, playing bass, singing and dancing to his heart's content.

The surrounding citizens also sang to the beat of the bard and the lyrics in praise of William.

In addition, there are many juggling troupes performing in the central square, and there are even theater troupes performing in public, and the program is based on William's conquest of Alençon.

William knew that these were arranged by his uncle Count Robert to improve William's reputation and prestige, and William was very moved by this, turned his head and nodded gratefully to his uncle Count Robert.

Count Robert saw William turn his head and nodded, and he also nodded and smiled, signaling that William didn't have to care.

After walking all the way through the block and through the aristocratic quarter, William and his party finally arrived in front of the castle.

At this time, the castle was already full of flags, including the red and gold double lion flag of the Duchy of Normandy, the blue and blue gold lily flag with oblique red and white ribbons of the Count of Evreux, the red horse flag of the Normandy family on white background, in addition to the red V-shaped flag of Baron Agentau, the red, yellow and white five-color striped flag of the parish of Lischel and so on.

These flags all represent the nobility who came here and symbolize the prosperity of the Normandy family.

Although it was not the first time to enter the castle, I was stunned by the number of noble knights, ladies, clergy, and so on standing on both sides.

William did not expect that a canonization ceremony would be attended by more than a hundred noble knights from the entire Earldom of Evreux.

William had just entered the field under the leadership of Count Robert, and the eyes of the noble knights on both sides were focused on William, although they were already familiar with William's series of victories, but in the face of this little guy about seven years old, everyone still couldn't believe that these things could be done by the person in front of them.

In the face of everyone's doubts and discussions, William followed Count Robert forward with his head held high as if the surrounding discussions did not exist.

In a few moments, Count Robert was standing in front of the richly decorated lord's seat, while William stood quietly in front of him, Baron Argenton and Baron Adolph stood beside William as William's guarantors, and Bishop Berkeley stood on William's other side with several priests and priests preparing for Mass.

Here, Count Robert nodded, and with a wave of his right hand, announced the beginning of the canonization ceremony.

Barons Argenton and Baron Adolf, who were guarantors, took the weapons and armor from the clergy, and handed them to William one by one, giving a word of blessing for each hand.

To the accompaniment of the clergy's sacred music, Bishop Berkeley, holding his scepter in his hand and dipping his right hand in the holy water in a white glass cup, gently sprinkled it on William's face as he said a message.

After William had taken the armor and put it on with the help of the knights' attendants, he had to confess and pray to Bishop Berkeley.

As the ceremony progressed, at the solemn Mass of Bishop Berkeley, William seemed to have a pious face and seemed to have a stronger faith in Catholicism.

It is not known whether William was a shallow believer in atheism and how loyal he was to Catholicism and the Church.

Of course, the introduction of the Mass into the canonization ceremony by the Catholic Church can be said to be very successful, it has deepened the control of the Catholic Church over the feudal system and the aristocracy, and made many nobles and knights who believe in Catholicism more devout to the faith.

"The son of the Duke of Normandy, William. Morality. Normandy, please come forward. "Count Robert sat on the lord's seat, wearing the count's iron crown on his head, a blue woolen cardigan, a precious jeweled gold cross around his neck, and an earl's ring on the fingers of both hands.

As he raised his right hand and said to William, the noble knights in the hall fell silent, and their eyes widened to see if Count Robert would really fulfill his promise to canonize the son of the young duke as a baron and heir to the earl.

"Yes, Lord Count." William hurriedly stepped forward, he knelt down on one knee and raised his head, looking at Count Robert in front of him.

"William, son of the Duke of Normandy, in recognition of your heroism in the conquest of Alençon and the annihilation of the rebels, I will make you Baron Vernon and grant you the right to rule over the lands under the title, and you, Lord William, will henceforth be heir to the county of Evreux and military governor, and the next Earl of Evre.

Henceforth you will be my vassal, under my protection, and anyone who dares to attack you against God's decrees will be punished by me. ”

Saying that, Count Robert stood up, held a beautiful sword in both hands, bent down and handed it to William, and said: "With this sword, you can conquer all the enemies of me and the Normandy family, defend the county of Evreux, and protect Catholicism!" ”

Count Robert announced in a sonorous voice, and his voice echoed through the hall, and the nobles were in an uproar when they heard it.

With William's conquest of the Barony of Alençon, it would be good to canonize a baron, but everyone did not expect that the Earl would give William the inheritance of the county and the position of military governor instead of his son Baron Adolf.

"The heir designated by Lord Earl turned out to be His Royal Highness William!"

"It can't be a mistake, right? In the order of the heirs, it is not His Royal Highness William and not Baron Adolf. ”

"After all, it's the grandfather and grandson, maybe the relationship is better, and Baron Adolphus may have given up the inheritance himself!"

"But the seven-year-old military governor of the county is too young! Although His Royal Highness William conquered the Barony of Alençon, he could not convince the people. ”

The noble knights looked at William with a variety of expressions, with expressions of doubt, sarcasm, and gossip, and their whispers to each other echoed in the hall of the lord.

But William didn't care about this at all, under the excited gaze of Baron Richard, Baron Adolph, Sir Hubert and others, William took the sword from Count Robert's hand, kissed the hilt of the sword, raised his head and said: "Lord Earl, please allow me to entrust the power of the military governor of the county to Sir Hubert, and travel its duties when I am an adult, I believe that Sir Hubert's ability and merit are enough to be qualified for the post of military governor of the county!" ”

"I promise you, William!" Count Robert nodded in agreement, turned his head to look at Sir Hubert, and said, "Sir Hubert, the post of military governor of the county of Evreux has been handed over to you, and I hope you can fulfill your duty!" ”

"I will do everything I can, Lord Earl!" Sir Hubert fell to one knee in front of Count Robert and said in a loud voice.