Chapter 849: The duties of the nobles (asking for monthly tickets, asking for subscriptions, asking for recommendations) ask for tickets on the last day
Two days later, Solam and his party appeared at a banquet held by the city lord Marko.
Originally, according to Solam's character, he was completely uninterested in this kind of hypocritical and pretentious party, but he couldn't stand Marko's constant invitations, and repeatedly emphasized that there was something very important to discuss with Soram after the banquet, and this matter seemed to be related to Solam's title.
Whether it's out of curiosity or because he's annoyed, Soram still comes.
Before Solam arrived, Solam's background was known to the upper echelons of Cremur, and many people knew that Soram was the grandson of the legendary mage Chara Nona, and also knew how he came to be the title of marquis.
So the nobles at the banquet were divided into two factions, one party was all kinds of courtesy and all kinds of flattery to Solam. The other faction was very cold to Solam, and even didn't say a word to Soram during the whole banquet.
The two factions of aristocracy had very different views on Solam's identity.
The faction that curries favor with Soram is naturally aimed at the legendary mage behind Solam. There are unwritten rules on the mainland, as long as they are from the legendary family, they will naturally be considered the noble class, because the noble class believes that the legendary bloodline is qualified to be called excellent, so it can naturally be accepted by the noble class.
The other group of nobles is very dissatisfied with Soram's purchase of the title of nobility, they can recognize the excellence of Solam's bloodline, and even accept Soram as a part of the nobility, and the descendants of the legend become nobles, which is recognized by the entire continent. But that doesn't include the part that Soram paid for it!
In their eyes, the rank of the nobility is sacred, and the descendants of the legend receive the title, at most a viscount (in the case of the legend itself without a title) Soram wants to raise the title, of course. He can raise the rank of nobility through political means or marriage, but buying and selling is absolutely not, isn't that a naked statement that money is more precious than the dignity of nobles?
So in the eyes of this more old-fashioned aristocracy, Solam is a dirt bun who doesn't know the rules.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with either of these two groups of nobles, one side is more practical, and the other is more face-oriented. This is exactly the same as Am's current situation, the new aristocracy is more practical, and what they think is useful, they will naturally accept it.
The nobles, on the other hand, who stick to tradition, regard the rules of nobility that have existed for thousands of years as the truth, and are not allowed to change them at all, because it is the guarantee of their status, and once this guarantee is gone, they may be completely suppressed by the new nobles at any time.
This is also the reason for the most fundamental contradiction between the two factions of aristocracy.
It's just that this has nothing to do with Solam, he doesn't have the slightest interest in Karimur, so naturally he doesn't care what those nobles think of him. After taking Kogan and them to eat Hesse at the banquet, Soram followed Marco to a clean room and got down to business.
"You mean to say that the monster siege of Karimor has something to do with me?" Soram placed the teacup on the table in shock, and looked at Marco incredulously, as if he thought Marco was playing tricks on him.
"This ...... In fact, if you hadn't taken out your noble papers that day, I wouldn't have known that this matter had something to do with you. Marko's face was also very delicate, he really didn't expect how this matter was related to Solam's head. But yesterday, the information that Nightingale brought back showed that this incident was really related to Solam, to be precise, to be precise, it was related to Solam's territory.
Marko didn't say much, just handed the information that Nightingale had brought back to Solam.
It is clearly recorded that the monsters are converging on Immanuel and then invading Amm along the Ascatra River! Kremor was not their first stop, and there were many towns in front of them that were destroyed by monsters, and even Am's continental trade routes were forced to be interrupted due to these monsters.
As for what was going on in Immanuel, the nightingale had no clue, and they did not dare to enter Immanuel at all.
Seeing all this, Solam's first reaction was that the council had cheated him! That place is no longer desolate, it's a monster's lair! But Solam reacted immediately, and it seemed too similar.
First of all, he has no contradiction with the Parliament, the Parliament can't go around in such a big circle to deal with him, although he is indeed not very liked by the Parliament, but the Parliament itself is a mess, how can he have the heart to trap him. Secondly, there is no need for the council to offend Chara Nona! No matter what, the legendary mage's face still has to be given, Soram is out of real money, if he really wants to cheat him so blatantly, it will definitely offend Chara Nona.
After Soram slowly calmed down, Soram found that this matter still didn't seem to have anything to do with him! Yes, that's right, the monsters gathered in his territory and then went down the river to plague Am, but what was his business?
That piece of territory is said to be Solam's, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it's just talking, who will develop that piece of broken place where birds don't, and who will care? Solam is just spending money to buy fame, he wants the privileges of the nobility on the ground, as for the territory, is it really important?
Not to mention that it's full of monsters now, even if there is nothing Soram is in the mood to care. Therefore, in Solam's opinion, Marco took out this piece of information completely superfluous.
"Oh! And then what? Soram said indifferently.
"Eh...... "The second ancestor is the second ancestor, and I really don't understand anything." Didn't you read the nobility contract when you took the oath? ”
The nobility contract, that is, the rights and obligations that the nobility must fulfill! There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and it is an eternal truth that if you enjoy power, you must fulfill your obligations. At the same time, this is the cornerstone of why the aristocracy can rule the world.
One of the most important is the duty to defend the land!
The domain of the nobility, on which the nobility could exercise various privileges, including: enforcing laws, levying taxes, conscription, etc., etc. At the same time, the nobleman must also be responsible for the territory, and the nobleman enjoys the support of the territory, so he must protect the territory.
Once the nobility is unable to fulfill its duty to defend the territory, then the parliament has the right to deprive the nobility of their powers, that is, to cancel the title of nobility and revoke their privileges.
Hearing this, Solam immediately reacted and waited for him here!
Now that Immanuel is occupied by monsters, according to Am's law, if the territory cannot be recaptured within three months, then the council can reclaim Solam's knighthood according to the law! Even if Soram didn't enjoy half of the enshrinement of that territory! (There are no people, where is the offering?) )