When Arold asked about the price of John Berg's employment, the mercenary captain who had just been rescued by Arold had to tell the truth, he told Arold that he and his compatriots were running out of food and grass, as long as they could work for him, even if it was only to provide food, even if it was so, it would be a lot of money to provide food for a hundred people, and it was precisely because of this that John Berg's Swiss mercenaries were not favored by the nobles.

"The Swiss are their own name, and the mercenary leader should be from the eastern German territories, but in fact they are courtiers belonging to the Count of Geneva, who is a vassal of the Empire, but it is said that these Swiss from the mountains have always had a certain tendency towards independence." Julian explained to Arold that Sir Evan's relatives included nobles from the Earldom of Swabia and therefore knew more about the Swiss.

"I see." Arrold nodded, he knew that the Swiss in later generations had fought fiercely with the Holy Roman Empire for independence, and perhaps they had been interested in independence before then, but they had just been holding back.

Arjord's mission was to go to his father's barony to gather the sergeants, so he had to ask John Berg to wait patiently and gather his compatriots, and he took Julian to the Duke of Mason's castle to meet Sir Able, and asked him to lead him to Baron Wendell's domain, and when Arold came to the gate of the inner castle, the guards quickly recognized his coat of arms, so they let Arold and Julian inside.

"Stan Knight?" Arold happened to see Knight Stan standing by the stable, talking to a squire, Knight Stan was not wearing armor, he was wearing an ordinary placket noble casual clothes, but a sword hung from his waist, when he saw Arold, he stopped talking to the squire, smiled and walked towards Arold, his leg looked much better, he would not notice that he was injured at all.

"Lord Arrod, I'm glad to see you." Because of Arrod's care, Knight Stan's leg was saved from the doom of amputation, so his relationship with Arrod was particularly close to that of other knights in the Inner Palace.

"Is Sir Able here?" Arold and Knight Stan hugged each other and asked Stan as well.

"Yes, the son of one of the vassals of Count Lauzitz has asked to be a student of Sir Lauzitz, and Sir is arranging a lodging for the child." Knight Stan pointed to the tower, Sir Able's room was on the third floor of the tower, where he worked and rested.

"Count Lauz's man?" Arold's nerves twitched, Count Lausitz had been acting very frequently lately, and it seemed that he must be warned when he saw Sir Able, and let him be careful about the sinister earl.

While Arold and Knight Stan were catching up with each other, in the corridor of the third floor of the tower, Princess Josie was sitting embroidering on a stone bench in the corridor with her maid, wearing a long white dress, her long hair braided into thin braids hanging down her shoulders, and a fine brooch made of emeralds pinned to her chest, and the tulle shawl behind her was tied over her shoulders and tied to her chest.

Embroidery was a compulsory course for aristocratic ladies in the Middle Ages, because embroidering delicate handkerchiefs and clothes was a reason for her husband to show off, and it was also the criterion by which people judged whether a noble lady was virtuous or not. But sitting in the castle all day embroidery made her feel very bored and depressed, and the interesting stories inside and outside the castle that the maid had tried so hard to tell could not attract her attention, and just as she looked up absentmindedly from the window, she happened to see Arold and Knight Stan standing outside the tower talking, which made her stand up with joy and look out of the window.

"Princess, what's wrong with you?" The maid also stood up curiously, and looked out, and she saw only some knights and servants busy under the tower, as usual, there was nothing peculiar, but Princess Josie's expression was very different from before.

Ever since Josie parted with Arold in the courtyard, the silly-looking but very gentle knight has left an indelible mark on the girl's heart, and then her father and brother left the castle because of the war, although she was angry at her father's arbitrariness, she was still very worried about the safety of Duke Mason and her brother.

As the war went on, rumors and rumors drifted into the castle like snowflakes flying in the sky, people said that the war was not good for Duke Mason, which warlike Duke of Saxony had forced Duke Mason into a corner, Josie's mother was an indecisive woman, she almost left the castle in anxiety and fled back to her maiden Duchy of Lorraine, but at this critical moment, Josie stepped forward to keep her mother, and personally ordered the castle guards to suppress the commotion in the castle, One of the captains of the guard also accidentally discovered a spy sent by the Duke of Saxony.

"My daughter, if you are a man, you must think that you are an excellent lord." When the Duke of Mason returned triumphantly, he was very happy to learn what Josie had done, and if the Duke of Saxony's spies succeeded in inciting in his own territory, they would inevitably shake the morale of the soldiers in front of him, and the spies captured by Josie could teach the Duke of Saxony a good lesson.

"Who said only men can be lords." Josie was unconvinced at the time, saying that the Duchy of Mason was a traditional French system with men as the main heir, and in some other countries, women inherited territories and titles.

"My sister, if you were a man, my position would be in jeopardy." Sir Able jokingly pressed his hand on Josie's head, Josie's stubborn personality would not change easily, and in some ways he had the potential to rule more than many lords.

Josie heard that Arold had been fighting side by side with his brother on the battlefield, so he always pestered Able to tell her the events of the war as if it were a story, and whenever she heard Arold's performance on the battlefield, Josie always opened her eyes and paid full attention, Sir Abel's narration was not very exciting, but for Josie it was enough to satisfy her imagination of war.

"My sister, we should ask a bard to tell you, they speak much better than I do." Sir Able picked up a wine glass, moistened his thirsty throat with the wine, and said to Josie.

"How could Arrold come up with so many strange ideas, did the Wendell family really have the secrets of the ancient Romans?" Josie held her chin with her hand and muttered with a frowning brow, she felt strange when she was in the courtyard, Arold knew more than the monks in the duke's court, which added a layer of mystery to the girl's heart.

"I don't know if the Wendell family has Roman secrets, but Arold did us a great favor, and my father was very unjust in giving him an empty title, and I am ashamed to be honest." Sir Able whispered to his sister.

"Then you should argue with your father face to face, and you shouldn't let it happen like this." Josie felt that her brother was following his father's lead too much, and he would not object to Duke Mason's unjust decision.

"How can it be so simple, my father is the Duke of Mason, the supreme ruler of this country, we can't give people the impression that the Herman family is infighting, and besides, I will compensate Arrod in other ways." Sir Abel disagreed with his sister, and the two often quarreled over their differences, but at other times they were on good terms.

Josie disagreed with her brother's words, perhaps he was a gentle and beloved nobleman, but he lacked some firm belief in his bones, and may God not let his enemies discover this weakness, otherwise she really did not know what would happen to him. At the same time, the thought of Arold spread through her heart like weeds, and she could not be ecstatic when she saw Arold through the window of the tower, just when she thought that God would not let her see the silly but wise young knight.

However, Arrod did not notice Josie, he strode into the tower under the guidance of the knight of Stan Stan, and met Sir Abel who was taking his students with him, and Sir Abel was surprised to see Arrod's appearance, because he knew that Arold had followed his father and brother back to his territory, so Arrod's appearance now must have been accidental.

"Greetings from your humble servant, Lord Sir Ebel." Arold saw Ser Able and hurriedly saluted him, he didn't take his empty title seriously, but Ser Abel hurriedly took Arald's shoulder and smiled.

"My honorable Earl, I can't afford a servant like you." Sir Able was gentle, and he sat Arold beside him, and behind him stood a little boy with two front teeth, who looked at him curiously.

"This is the son of Mayor Woob, a courtier of Count Lauzitz, and I am now his guardian." Sir Able pointed casually, and then introduced to Arrod, the boy hurriedly bowed to Arrod, but stayed by Sir Able's side and did not leave an inch, which made Arald's brow furrow slightly, but thinking of his mission this time, he thought that it was better not to startle the snake.

"Lord Arrod, why did you suddenly come to Mason Castle?" Sir Able and Arold were friends who had killed enemies side by side on the battlefield, so they no longer got entangled in red tape, picked up a wide-mouthed tin flask, poured Arold with wine, and asked bluntly.

"That's right, I went to his barony on the orders of my father, Baron Wendell, but I don't know exactly where his domain is, so I'm not here to trouble you, Lord Abel." Arold did not tell Sir Abel about his mother, Lady Eva, for he did not know whether the boy whom the Earl of Lausitz had placed with Sir was his agent.

"That's right, Lord Wendell's domain is west of the castle, it's a manor, and I can send someone to take you there."