Originally, Fawkes hated to engage in these vain things, but for the sake of Cook's future, he had to give up his principles and try to enter the customs circle of the great nobles. Judging from the performance of many passers-by on the street today, this effect is still quite good.

In the kingdom Count Fox has a sworn enemy, that is the queen's own brother, the Marquis of Retus. This marquis was also born as a knight, and when he was competing with Fawkes for the position of chief instructor, he was stabbed in the thigh by Fawkes with a sword in a duel, and later became the chief instructor after Fawkes won. Lotus has been slandering Fox for a long time, and he never forgot to say a few words when he met Fox on the way. But today's Lotus is also infected by the momentum of the Fox father and son, and the first time I saw Retus even took the pretext to pay tribute to the Fox father and son.

For the sake of Cook, Fawkes decided to give up his past grudges and dismount directly to bow deeply to Reiters. This is the most important worship in the kingdom, and it is usually visited by younger generations to their elders, or to foreign countries.

Fox's actions shocked Retus, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Fawkes up, and asked very puzzled: "Lord Earl, you and I are both peers, and your worship is too heavy, I really dare not bear it!" ”

Fawkes smiled and said: "I have always felt that I owe the Marquis a salute, so I specially present it today, hoping that the Marquis will forget the unpleasant things in the past, and I will be useful in the future, so please do your bidding!" ”

"You said the sword?" After speaking, Reites reached out and patted his thigh and said, "Look, it's strong, it's been fine for a long time." ”

Fawkes nodded, and asked with a slightly apologetic face, "On this cold day, has the wound ever been abnormal?" ”

After hearing this, Retus showed a trace of sadness on his face, sighed and said, "Hey, every time the weather is freezing, I thank you, and this thigh feels very cold, so I hate you very much in winter." ”

Fawkes smiled awkwardly, and then continued: "At that time, I was still young, and I acted more recklessly, and I was disrespectful to Lord Marquis, and Lord Marquis suffered. ”

Retus was stunned again, he looked at Fawkes and said, "Usually I speak ill of you when I meet people, and I always count you down in front of the king. Fox, Fox, I lost to you back then, because I was not as good as others, I don't blame you! But you know what? For so many years, I've been waiting, waiting, just waiting for your apology! ”

Apologize? Fair play in a duel, being stabbed is a common occurrence in the arena, why should I apologize to you? Fawkes muttered in his heart, but for Cook's sake, he said, "Well, I recently received a fox fur at home, and this thing is very warm. I'll send someone to your marquis's palace when the time comes, and then you can make a strap of fox fur and wrap it around your old wounds, so that you won't feel cold. ”

After Fawkes finished speaking, Retus was indifferent, still staring at him.

After a few seconds, Reites threw his head back and took a deep breath and suddenly said loudly, "Okay! ”

After saying that, Retus stretched out his hand to hug Fawkes, laughed out loud, and said happily while laughing: "Although I, Retus, am a marquis, but in front of your chief instructor, I am not a fart, hahaha!" ”

Then Retus walked with Fawkes on his shoulder, and said as he went, "Lord Earl, if you had done this earlier, then why did we have to make trouble for so many years. To tell the truth, there are countless heroes in the world, but the only thing I am most convinced by is you, the chief instructor! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud voice came from the side of the street: "Letus, whose ass are you slapping again!" ”

The two of them stopped and looked towards the carriage behind them, only to see Connor driving in. The appearance of the First Duke immediately caused a sensation, everyone dismounted together, and passers-by also stopped, and all of them respectfully saluted Duke Connor.

Connor jumped out of the carriage, stretched out his hand to greet everyone, and then turned to Retus and said, "Retus, it's such a festive day, you'd better not make trouble." ”

Retus showed a surprised expression and hurriedly explained, "What are you kidding, why am I making trouble, I'm just chatting with my good friend Fox!" ”

"That's it!" Connor said impatiently, "What trick is it playing?" Are you empty? ”

Retus smiled, then leaned in to Connor and said, "Lord Duke, don't get me wrong, Lord Count and I are now brothers. ”

After saying that, Reites stretched out his hand to put on his top hat, and turned back as he walked, "Let's talk!" I'll go first, and I'll see you at the palace later. ”

Looking at the departing Retus, Connor asked puzzledly, "Fawkes, what's wrong with you, this guy is reacting a little wrong!" ”

Fox looked up at the sky and sighed, "People must learn to change, I can't cause trouble for Cook's future because of my stubbornness, one more enemy is better than one more friend." ”

Connor burst out laughing, he reached out and patted Fawkes on the back and said, "You finally want to open it, why bother too much about being a man." ”

After speaking, he looked sideways at Cook who was sitting quietly on horseback, although Cook didn't greet him, but Connor didn't care, he directly reached out and hugged Cook on horseback in his arms, and said happily: "Let's go, go see the princes and ministers." ”

The palace was located in front of them, and the tall castle and majestic palace always revealed the majesty of the palace. At the top of the towering bell tower of the palace, a golden kingdom flag was fluttering in the wind, and the lion on the flag was like a king, glaring at the entire continent.

At the entrance of the main hall stood a large group of people, who were in a prominent position in the kingdom, either princes and ministers, or great nobles who had been passed down from generation to generation. They were dressed in lavish costumes, and the jewels on their ornaments sparkled in the sun, showing off their wealth without concealment. These people stood in groups of three or five, saluting with hypocritical expressions, comparing with each other whose manor had a good harvest and whose land had received more taxes.

The comparison of the aristocracy is not only a recent phenomenon, but has been deeply rooted in Knight Land since the early days of the kingdom.

Fawkes is a rare righteous man in the kingdom, he does not accept any bribes, does not cheat for personal gain, and strictly abides by his duties! Because he had always refused to go along with it, he was often ostracized by other nobles. Fortunately, his close friend Duke Connor has always protected him, and the king relies on him more, so no one in the kingdom dares to face him head-on.

Originally, this group of corrupt guys disgusted Fox the most, but in order to create a better future for Cook, he had to choose to accept everything here.

There are many big nobles who need to be greeted, and Fawkes has to take little Cook and take turns to greet them.

It was a very special day for the nobles, and it was the first time that the famous chief instructor had brought his son to the show.

There is a huge aura on Fawkes, who is a symbol of the knighthood of the kingdom and represents all the knights of the kingdom. Whoever dares not to give him face is almost the same as being the enemy of all knights.

Every nobleman was looking forward to being able to get to Fawkes, and they seemed a little impatient to greet Fawkes's greetings, and they stepped forward to greet him.

Asaido, the fifth duke from Utop, greeted Fawkes with a smile on his extremely hypocritical expression and said, "Ouch, isn't this our famous Lord Count Fawkes! Ah, is this the legendary little Cook of the Earl's house? ”

After saying that, Asaido bent down deeply and politely extended his right hand to Cook.

As a duke, such a low status to shake the hand of an earl's son has never been seen in history. But there is no way, Fawkes is not just an earl, as long as he yells, the knights of the entire kingdom will obey his orders. Although Acedo is a duke, he rarely stays in the royal capital, far less close to the king than Fox, and Connor, the first duke of the kingdom, is his best friend, so Acedo's status is a little inadequate in front of Fox.

However, Cook didn't give him a chance, and Cook only glanced at the unfamiliar hand slightly, then turned around and left.

Asaido stood up straight in embarrassment, and said very self-comfortingly, "Yo, little Cook is shy, hahaha." ”

Among the people in the kingdom that Fox hated, Arsaido was one of them. Because of the bandit incident at the North Crossing, there are many clues that point to Acedo. It's just that because of his special status, he is almost a prince of Wu Tuo's territory, and even the king is jealous of him, which makes Asaido unscrupulous and does many things that hurt the heavens and reason.

Fox stubbornly stepped forward to shake his hand and greet him, and after a few perfunctory words, he couldn't wait to walk away.

Duke Connor stood at the foot of the steps waiting for his sons, the expression on his face revealing his inner restlessness.

Soon a white carriage arrived, and the first to jump out of it was Connor's eldest son, Arashiyama. Seeing his father's unhappy face, Arashiyama was so frightened that he hurriedly stood behind his father. Immediately after the carriage was Connor's second son, Robit, and Connor's third son, Regis, who jumped down.

Regis was very clever, and as soon as he got out of the car, he quickly detoured from the side, and came directly to Connor and stood next to Arashiyama.

Only Robit was more regular, and honestly walked up to Connor and greeted, "Father, here we are." ”

Enraged, Connor pointed to the sun above him and scolded Robit, "Do you know what time it is?" Do you still understand the rules? ”

Robit was very young, just a teenager who had just turned twelve. But in the face of his father's scolding, he seemed very calm, and replied to Connor unhurriedly: "My brother is up late, and Regis can't call for a long time, so we are late." ”

After hearing this, Connor immediately turned to his eldest son Arashiyama and said, "Did you drink too much last night?" I only know that I sleep lazily every day, what can I expect from you? ”

Arashiyama seems to have been used to his father's scolding for a long time, just keeping his head down and not saying a word.

After Connor scolded Arashiyama, he turned around and pointed at Robitt and said, "You think you're right?" Didn't I usually let you look at your big brother? ”

Robit frowned slightly after hearing this, and turned his gaze to Arashiyama behind his father helplessly. This eldest brother is much older than Robit, he is already an eighteen-year-old adult, and it is really unrealistic for Robit to have a younger brother who is only twelve years old to watch him.

Arashiyama glared at Robit, obviously this big brother was much more fierce than Robit.

But Robit didn't say anything, just silently lowered his head and listened to his father's continuous reprimand.

Connor was so angry that he only rolled his eyes, and he kept scolding Robitt and said, "I told you Robit, you'd better train the long sword in your hand for me, otherwise you will be as useless as your eldest brother in the future." ”

Few nobles would be so fierce to their sons, but the strict tutoring of the First Duke's Court was a household name in the kingdom. Despite this, all the nobles were surprised to see Connor so down on his son.

Connor glared at Robitt angrily, for what he feared most was that his sons would not be able to do well in the future, which would ruin the glory of his life.

When Connor was about to scold him a few more words, he unexpectedly saw Cook come from the side, stretched out his hand and pulled Robitt and said, "Big Brother Robit, let's go first." ”

But Connor's sternness made Robit afraid to answer, and he just stood there with his head bowed, not daring to react at all.

Connor's appearance stunned Connor for a few seconds, and then Connor suddenly smiled and said, "Yo, little Cook, you want to play with our Robit, that's great." ”

After speaking, Connor stretched out his hand and patted Robit's head, and said with a little sternness: "Let's go, let's go, remember to take care of Cook, don't interrupt me." ”

Robit let out a casual sigh, then bowed deeply to his father politely, and then followed Cook up the steps and into the palace hall in front of him.