Chapter Ninety-Eight: Ability Replacement
Baron Glenn is already a well-known wood elf in Sheffield Town, but he has no territory. Even so, Glenn had a beautiful green forest in his mind, and his rivals and insiders had already fallen into the perfect lie he had woken, a rather bizarre and unfortunate 'heroic death', which, though only a lie, no one could see any flaws in the web he had woken.
Glenn's fame is rapidly heating up in Sheffield Town with his existing status as a baron, but Glenn's relationship with Avanna has been in a cold dark age. Even though he was quite persistent and enthusiastic about Miss Evenna's pursuit, he could not ignite the flame of mutual affection, and all he encountered was her cold glance and the subsequent closing of the door when she invited him to eat, and the innocent, charming and lively little girl who had once been innocent and lively was no longer found in Glenn's eyes. Even Troana, the heartthrob of the Morne family, went to convince Avanna on his behalf, but he was still empty-handed, and even Troyana herself had impatiently rejected Glenn's repetitive and tedious request, and instead began to comfort His Excellency the Baron Cong, who looked like a loser in love.
"All right, Lady Troana. I'm still the same old saying - I'm not going to give up on pursuing Avina. Glenn's yellowish face looked a little haggard, "However, I am very grateful for your help before, your kindness is equal to your unparalleled beauty." โ
"Lord Glenn is really a persistent pursuer." Troana looked at the yellow-skinned Sheffield new nobleman, shook her long black straight flowing hair, her lips opened slightly, and she smiled to Glenn, "May Forrester wish you success." I really hope you and Avanna can be together. I heard my brother say that you are an admirable warrior, and this cannot but make my sister feel some pity for what happened to you. Hey, this best friend of mine is a little dead-eyed. โ
"Your Excellency Liberas is a true Sheffield warrior, thank you for his compliments to me." Glenn smiled awkwardly in front of Troana, but with a twist of his head, he quickly thought of a solution, "Warriors are also fearless in love. Even if there are more bumpy forest paths ahead. โ
In order to make Evina forget about Teucer completely, Glenn simply sold his old log cabin and bought the log cabin from Baron Wood from Baron Wood. Completely erased the building's 'memory' of its original owner from Teucer's house. The name is beautiful: renovation and renovation. He also used the remaining gold and silver coins to hire some Sheffield builders, and spent dozens of days expanding Trafigura's old wooden house into a baron's mansion, where he lived and did some paperwork on a daily basis. Even, in order to please Avina, he ingeniously built a garden outside Tok's old wooden house, and gave this garden enclosed by a wooden fence quite cheesy: "ะะัะปะฐัะฐะดะฐะฟ (Avanna's Garden)" and put his own carved carved wooden planks on the most striking entrance to the garden, Avanna's garden was full of Osara flowers brought from the city of Unocal, and the dry stems of Osara flowers were full of small thorns like fluff before the season of flowers. Just like the love sung among the wood elves, it takes trials and training to bear beautiful fruits. For the wood elves, the Osara flower represents the love that has gone through the ordeal. To get a beautiful Osara flower, you have to risk being stung by a dry stem.
In addition to the daily paperwork and going to the Sheffield Green Camp camp to train the recruits of the Sheffield Wood Elves with Team Vice-Legre and Crodier, Glenn is almost single-mindedly studying how to get close to Avenna, so he tries to find extra time to find opportunities to get close to the mansion of Sheffield Baron Wood, and helps Wood do what he can without hesitation, and in less than a month, his practical ability has been appreciated by Wood, Naturally, he almost replaced the role of the aging Squire Setarman, becoming a frequent visitor to Wood's Baron Titan Treehouse. The old servant, Squire Setarman, was also happy to be idle, and from time to time in front of his young master, he praised the new baron who had not yet been landed.
"Glenn Fahn, my assistant. I don't think you'll have to go to Sheffield Barracks anymore, and I think it's a bit of a waste to put your handling skills just on training the army. It was enough to have the lieutenant of Legral and his pupil, Mr. Crodier, in the army. Wood's deep blue eyes looked at the new nobleman with a slightly yellowish complexion and full of energy, "I just wonder if you'd like to hear about my extra arrangements for you?" โ
"It is an honour for me to serve Captain Wood. I don't know what I have to serve. Glenn was overjoyed, but quickly picked up the joy that he didn't expect to come so soon.
"I want you to replace my old assistant, you know who I mean. Squire Setalman's old age and lack of dexterity in his legs and feet forced him to step down from his position as the Elven King's court guard after being stabbed in the knee to protect the former king. But as my former guardian, although he dragged his inflexible legs and feet, he has been serving me faithfully until now, which is 25 summers and winters. Now I want him to be a little more relaxed, which is what an old man deserves, right? I have thought about this issue carefully, and I have been thinking about it for a long time. Wood couldn't help but look out of the shutters of the mansion, and the limping figure of the old man of the wood elf immediately came to his mind, and he pursed his lips, looking slightly reluctant, "Oh, it seems that his family and children and grandchildren are still in the seaside forest city of Settar, where my stepbrother lives." โ
"It is an honour for me to be in the service of His Excellency the Baron. But you mean, I'm afraid it's not good for me to replace old Mr. Squier. Glenn looked cautiously at Baron Wood, who had made such a decision, "Old Mr. Squire has a wealth of experience in dealing with many difficult problems that a junior like mine is not capable of. โ
"I said you can, and you can, Glenn Fahn. I don't really like to hear your excuses. From the time you enlisted in the army, to the time you became a nobleman, to the discovery of the sun and moon scimitar at my waist, I was very impressed by what you have experienced. From your experience, I can be sure that you are a cautious person. Prudence is the most valuable quality for a lord's assistant. Prudent people will consider all aspects of the problem without revealing the pool. Wood stood up, walked to Glenn's side, patted Glenn lightly on the shoulder, and then lifted the curtain, and looked at Squire Setalman, who was communicating with a Wood Elf dressed as a messenger from Unocal King's Mansion at the bottom of the treehouse steps of the Baron's mansion, and when the Unocal King messenger handed Squire Sutarman a handwritten letter from the Wood Elf King, Wood shouted at Squire, "Squire, Squire Sutarman!" โ
The white-haired old servant of the Wood Elf answered Baron Wood's cry, limped in one hand with the king's handbook in one hand and the handrail of the stairs in the other, panted and walked up to Baron Wood, and immediately presented the wood elf king's handwriting to his young master.
Wood did not unfold his brother's handwriting, but placed the handwriting of Frevice II, King of the Wood Elves, on the wooden table. Squire Setalman had already felt the strange atmosphere in the air. His stern face stiffened, but he nodded to Glenn as if he had guessed what Wood was thinking.
"Squire Setarman, there are some things I want to discuss with you." Wood turned his head and looked at the gray-haired old servant with a solemn expression.
"Squire is old. I understand what the young master means. Squire Setalman's eyes were slightly red, "though a little reluctant." I think I've been living here here for more than a decade. At that time, the young master was still a vigorous young man, like a thriving tree, and I was also bright and deaf at that time. It's not like now, my legs are not flexible."
"Squire, you still know my mind as well as you used to. I just hope you can have a happy life with your children and grandchildren. You have served me for 25 years, and you have made great contributions to the previous king, and even saved the life of the previous king. In this regard, I, as the heir of the previous king and your master, have decided to leave the rest of your life to you to deal with. Wood's voice was slow, and his words were full of reluctance.
"But I have sworn an oath, an oath to the king, and an oath to the royal family of Hort. Faithful to the last moment of life. Oaths made to the former king cannot be lifted. Master. Squire Setalman's eyes were a little moist, and old tears welled up in his eyes.
"All right, Squire Setarman. Since you have made an oath to the royal family of Hort, this oath is still valid. I command you to take care of your family in Setar and your children and grandchildren, who are the hope for the future of our Erwinia. Raising your children and grandchildren is a very important task that I need you to carry out. Wood's expression was very serious, but there was a glint of compassion in his deep blue eyes, and he reached out and took out a large bag of gold coins and a wooden board with his seal on it from the wooden cabinet next to the wooden desk, "This is an additional 40 gold coins and proof of your title that I personally gave you." You are still the captain of the court guard and my guardian under the reign of the former king. With this proof, you will be able to buy a house in the small fishing village of Nilssena in your hometown. โ
"This is an order to expel me, an old and sick man. Master. Squire Setalman burst into tears, two lines of old tears streaming down his cheeks, which were covered with the marks of age.
"No, it's not an expulsion order, it's a reward for all the years of hard work. Once you have bought a house in Setar and settled your children and grandchildren, if you still have time or can think of your students, Sheffield is ready to open the door for you, and the roller blinds of my mansion are ready to be lifted for you. Wood walked up to the gray-haired Squire, gave him a warm hug, stuffed the money bag full of gold coins and the title certificate into his arms, and whispered to his old servant, "Squier, it's a good thing to step down, your family is still waiting for your care, you can't lose time caring for your family because of me." Territorial affairs are indeed important, and I have found a replacement for you, and I have been thinking about this for a long time, and I have been worrying about when you will be able to relax. Isn't a clean and carefree life what everyone wants to have? โ
"Alright, young master. I accept your reward. Squire only nodded slightly, and he looked at Baron Glenn, who was standing silently beside him, and Glenn looked Squier in the eyes with a solemn expression.
"Young man, if you can put aside some personal feelings, you will indeed be a good helper for the young master." Squire looked at Glenn for a long time, the blazing eyes only showed a slight dim light, as an older person, Squire couldn't help but think of his own past, he packed up Wood's reward, took a step back, looked directly at Wood's deep blue eyes, touched his chest with one hand, and bowed, "Young Master, if Mr. Baron Glenn can untie his heart knot." He is indeed a good piece of wood. Squire Setalman will miss you from time to time. โ
After saying goodbye to Wood and Glenn, Squire Sketalman Sr. walked down the steps of the Titan Treehouse in some disappointment, he looked at the blue sky, took a deep breath, and then exhaled it slowly. He hadn't felt as relaxed as he was in decades. He seemed to have a lot less responsibility on his shoulders, he tried to straighten his slightly rickety back, and wiped away two lines of old tears with a wave of his sleeve, but the only thing left was reluctance.
After several turns, his young master Wood stood at the door of the mansion and waved to him, until he slowly walked to Sheffield's house under the treehouse. Squire Sethalman carefully packed his bags, putting the objects that reminded him of his past one by one, and finally, he walked out of the house, led his old horse, took one last look at Sheffield's Titan Tree House, and left Sheffield, where he had lived for more than ten years, and went south until he saw the seventy-nine stone steps of Mount Colin, and then turned west back to his village of Nilser in the countryside of Sethal. When his children and grandchildren heard the news of his return to his hometown, they came to greet him in the middle of the road, and the elder Squire Setarman was finally able to spare enough time to get to know his full house of children and grandchildren, so as to give them the hugs that they had accumulated for decades.