Chapter 4: Promotion, Prestige, and Divorce

Cecil rode back to his own home in the carriage, it was almost evening, and he almost didn't bother to say a word to Arkat Butler or Yashan when he got home, and quickly returned to his room, the experience of this day was too hard to digest. The game that I have played for so long www.biquge.info has not had as many strange things that happened in this day, and both good and bad things have happened in one go. What's more, I haven't come to terms with the fact that I've crossed over

It seems that he can only struggle in this world as Cecil in the future, and Jin Xin's life can only say goodbye to himself. This is also a helpless thing.

While she was thinking about it, Yashan reminded herself that it was time for dinner. To be honest, so many things have happened on this day, whether it is physical strength or brain cells, countless damages, and I realized that I was really hungry when I heard this sentence.

Dinner is much more hearty than breakfast, and the white bread beef soup and roast chicken show that this is indeed the living condition of an aristocracy, but fortunately the meal program settings entered when this game was first made are not really in line with the flavor of the Middle Ages, otherwise Cecil may not be able to eat anything. The food is very delicious, and it is almost the level of a high-end western restaurant. It seems that when the game was first designed, it was a foodie program. The only thing that made Cecil feel uncomfortable was that the maid and the butler watched motionless while he was eating, which was an inevitable habit for nobles, but it was a punishment for an otaku.

Fortunately, during dinner tonight, Alter began to report to Cecil on the income of the territory. Cecil's main source of income was an estate of about 200 hectares in the countryside in the south of the empire. There is about 5,000 gold coins a year, half of this money Cecil needs to be handed over to Count Cassikud, who gave him land, and he also needs to pay 500 gold coins in the kingdom tax, originally Cecil's family only had an old butler and a servant, this money is rich, but due to the death of Cecil's father, Cecil is actually unable to fulfill a knight's obligations to the kingdom, when the kingdom went on expeditions to the Augustine family three times, Because the knights themselves were underage and had not joined the army to serve the country, they could only spend a lot of money to hire people from the mercenary association to go on the expedition instead of the family, and each time they spent a huge amount of money. In addition, Cecil is usually lazy and has poor strength, and he is a big fat in the eyes of those little gangsters. He is often squeezed out of money by casino brothels, and is also a favorite object of loan sharks. For a long time, the family's economic situation was unexpectedly unable to make ends meet, and the deficit was repeated.

"I owe Alomba 125 gold coins, I owe Doria 89 gold coins, and I owe Longtarami 213 gold coins................ "Listening to the housekeeper's account, he actually owed nearly 3,000 gold coins, and it seems that he is really a positive negative asset.

After eating, Cecil lay alone on the bed and thought about his development path in this world, and felt that the top priority was to raise his registration first, as long as the level could be raised, then the rest of the things were easy to say. After all, in this world, one's own strength comes first

In the world of the game, leveling up seems to be an easy thing, but Cecil is now a little difficult, because he is only level 1 now, and he was born directly on the royal city, and there are basically no suitable leveling points in the surrounding wilderness of the royal city, and with Cecil's current strength, even the weakest porcupine on the outskirts of the royal city is definitely not an opponent. And those pheasants and hares that can be beaten at level 1 basically have to go to the novice village like a dungeon to find them. Of course, you can hire people from the mercenary guild to go to the wild to kill monsters with you,

While Cecil was thinking wildly, he heard the butler Arkat instruct the maid Ashan, "Ahsan, go and clean up the underground warehouse, and then move all the newly purchased grain in." The maid Yashan obviously agreed very reluctantly, originally in the noble house, this kind of heavy work was naturally done by the male servant, but there was only one servant in this family, Yashan, and basically this kind of manual work was done by this maid. Whenever this time is naturally full of complaints, Cecil is not surprised.

Suddenly, a flash of thought crossed his mind, and Cecil rushed to the living room, "Butler Acater, I'll do this work." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked. The old butler of Acater and the maid of Ashan, who do not know each other, look at you the same. Cecil's behavior was so unexpected that they were in a daze for a long time, and the old butler of Acater said in his weak voice, "Young master, this is not in line with the code of conduct of a nobleman. ”

Cecil was speechless, he had never seen such a stubborn housekeeper, so he could only talk bitterly and coax and deceive. In the end, he couldn't grind himself, and the old butler of Acatel had no choice but to agree to this request. As for Yashan, she is naturally happy to see someone helping her work, and she doesn't care about the code of conduct of the nobles.

System Prompt: You have accepted the task of the old butler of Arcat: to clean the warehouse and carry the grain.

It worked!!! Sure enough, as I thought, I can also gain experience by completing entrusted tasks in the city, so that I can upgrade to level 10 even if I don't go out of the city, hahahaha.

Cecil was a little uncomfortable with these heavy jobs before doing any work, but the excitement of being able to receive the task also made him very energetic, and in more than an hour, Cecil moved all the year's rations into the warehouse. Cecil hurried to the old butler to hand in the task, and finally got the experience he had dreamed of.

System Tip: If you complete the quest "Cleaning the Warehouse and Carrying Grain", you get 25 XP and you get 10 Bronze Coins

System Prompt: Congratulations on reaching level 2

System Hint: -1 for actions that do not conform to the actions of the nobility

Kingdom prestige-1, Cecil's eyes widened in shock, this is really, is this okay? The prestige system in the game is a hidden attribute, which is basically divided into world prestige, kingdom prestige, and temple prestige. Fame is a very difficult thing to add, basically you can only get Kingdom Fame and Temple Fame by completing high-level quests such as campaign missions or temples, as for world fame, no player has ever obtained it before Cecil travels. The higher the prestige, the more they can gain the respect of the aborigines, and the lower the prestige or even the negative value, the aborigines are basically despised. Players basically regard reputation as a treasure, and now Cecil has been deducted a little reputation for 25 experience. If the player before the crossing knows, they won't have to laugh off their big teeth. The problem is that Cecil doesn't know either, when rookie players do these characters, they are civilians who have just come out of the novice village, and they will not be deducted from their reputation at all when they do this kind of task. And Cecil crossed the money, and only a few first-line guild leaders had obtained the noble qualification of knights, and it was impossible for them to do this kind of errand task again.

What to do, this question is deeply troubled by Cecil, whether he still wants to carry out this kind of task, whether reputation is important or experience, if he is still a player, then naturally reputation is important, but now he is a useless gentleman, and if his reputation continues to decrease, he will indeed be looked down upon, but the question is whether he will be looked down upon now? The scene of Kasic trampling himself with a sword under his feet replayed in Cecil's mind over and over again, and this humiliation was like a knife slicing Cecil's heart. Do you have a choice? Do you still need to choose?

The next day, Cecil was found in all corners of the royal capital, helping the grocer to make deliveries, delivering letters to his beloved girl from the east of the city, and then the girl would give the promise to the men, carry goods for the dock foreman, buy wine for the mercenary leader in the bar, and brush bottles for the alchemist. Cecil did almost all the tasks in the city, and finally one day one month later, when Cecil finished the last mission to deliver the letter, a natural system prompt sounded in his ears

System Prompt: Congratulations on reaching level 10, and after level 10, you will receive 5 free attribute points for each level you upgrade

System Prompt: Congratulations on reaching level 10, you can go to each temple and choose your own position

System Prompt: Congratulations on being the first player to reach level 10, with additional bonus Strength +1, Endurance +1, Constitution +1, Dexterity +1, Spirit +1

System Prompt: Congratulations on reaching level 10, please select your first talent skill

Innate skills,It is a powerful skill given to the player by the system when the player reaches adulthood, that is, when he reaches level 10.,The aborigines don't have this kind of powerful skill.,This is the system.,That is, the gift of adventurers given by the creator gods.。 It belongs to the highest authority of the system, and has the ability to change the tide of battle at some point.

Cecil did not hesitate to choose the natural skill of "eternal shelter",

Eternal Shelter: The user will not take any harm for 1 second, CD time for 3 days

In fact, it is also the player's usual sense of invincibility, this skill does not look as good as the paladin's level 30 skill "Holy Sanctuary", the Holy Sanctuary lasts for 5 seconds and the CD time is only 1 hour, which looks much stronger than the eternal refuge from the data. But players with a little experience know that the Holy Sanctuary is not really invincible in all conditions, the priest's precept specialization and the magic breaking of the God of War warriors can break the state of the Holy Sanctuary, as for the desecration of demonic creatures and the decay of undead creatures are the nemesis of the Holy Sanctuary, as for all kinds of magic above the 7th order, it is not something that can be resisted by the small skills that can be mastered by this third order. But "Eternal Protection" is different, this is real invincibility, in this second of invincibility, even a god can't break it, and many tasks are a weapon that turns things around. So this skill is called a real anti-heaven skill.

As for the additional achievement reward of the first player to reach level 10, it was even more unexpected for Cecil, whose system determined that he was still a player, and that he was already the only player in this other world. That is to say, the additional achievement rewards of various first-person people who competed for hundreds of millions of people in the previous life that almost no one can repeat can be obtained, which is really a good gift package.

At this time, Cecil was really relieved, he did nearly a hundred tasks in 1 month, and finally raised his level to level 10, and tomorrow he only needs to go to the Temple of Dawn to pray for his inauguration, and he now has 10 points of strength, and he can already put the weapons and equipment left by his father. In this way, he can embark on the path of real leveling, go to the wild to kill porcupines, and no longer need to risk his reputation to carry out such a low-paying task.

Cecil returned to the house, and had just entered the hall, but before he could enter the house, he heard the voice of the old butler of Arcat. Hello young master, Count Cassikud sent someone to deliver a letter just now.

The old man of the earl actually did not see Cecil a few times, in fact, he only remembered visiting with his father a few times when he was a child, although he was still a knight to whom he belonged after his father's death, but because he was too muddy to support the wall, so the earl really did not have the interest to meet him, I didn't expect to write to him today, Cecil quickly opened the letter, he also wanted to see what the earl said.

Cecil. H.E. Augustin,

Your Excellency never wants to make progress, does not seek progress, is greedy for pleasure, and likes to work hard, but I see that your father has been taking care of you in the face, but I did not expect that in the past month you have become even more aggressive, and you are completely unorthodox. What you have done has not only made you, but even your patron me, a laughing stock of the nobles of the imperial capital. You must stop your ridiculous behavior at once, or I will have to fail your loyal and kind father, take back the protection I have granted you, take back the title and the estate that was given to you, and throw you on everyone to make you a real beggar. I will never recommend you to any temple in the future, that would just be a waste of my precious referral spot. Last but not least, you're 18 years old, and the next time the kingdom recruits warriors, if you go to the Mercenary Guild to find someone to replace you, you'll be facing the wrath of His Majesty!

Fitzwilliam. Kasikud

After reading the letter, Cecil had to sigh at the strength of the prestige of the kingdom, although he has not been successful, but the earl has always turned a blind eye to himself, he did not expect that as soon as the prestige dropped, he immediately gave himself such a stern letter, just now I heard the old butler of Acatel say that the Earl's court who came to deliver the letter said that the earl's dissatisfaction with himself has reached the extreme, and he became the laughing stock of the audience at the aristocratic party of the earl last night. The Marquis of Martinez, who had always had a gap with the Count, was even more sneering, giving the Count a new nickname "The Beggar's Protector", and the Count had no face, which gave him such a severe reprimand. Cecil doesn't blame the earl very much, in the final analysis, he still has to blame himself for this, his subordinates embarrass his superiors, so his superiors should reprimand his subordinates. But fortunately, it is now level 10, and the earl's request of "stop this behavior immediately" can be fully fulfilled by himself, and there is nothing to lose the recommendation, and he already has a way to join the temple. On the other hand, if the Count recommends a temple that he doesn't want to go to, he will be in trouble. The only trouble is the last one, there have been rumors in the market this month that the war at the Demon Gate is tight, and the human countries need to withdraw their troops to defend the three cities on the front line of the Demon Gate. Maybe the kingdom will soon draw troops. I have to take advantage of this time to level up and improve my strength, but this battle may be the last battle, because it is now more than 4 years before the game starts, and by the time the player enters the game, the Demon Gate has already been closed. In other words, it is likely that the human alliance will be able to close the demonic gate that has threatened them for 200 years in the near future. As for the earl's bad comments about himself, there is no way to do it, so I can only slowly make up for it later.

After returning to the room, Cecil entered into meditation, which itself was a mode of exercising his own fighting spirit. Originally, in the game, the player only needed to meditate, and the aborigines only needed simple exercise, which was a way to improve their fighting spirit. On the first night, when Cecil used the meditation method, he found himself in a meditation mode, and once he entered the meditation mode, he would enter a copy against a person with the same attributes as himself. Then come to defeat yourself, and each time you defeat yourself, your fighting spirit will increase by 1 point. Once in a day, you have a chance to overcome yourself. And the player's meditation or aboriginal exercise takes almost five or six days to improve a little vindictiveness. Efficiency is nothing short of equal. Cecil believes that the reason for this state is entirely due to the combination and evolution of his player system and Cecil's original aboriginal system, and such an unprecedented meditation system has appeared. In the face of the same self, the only way to defeat him is to constantly improve his skills. On the second day, he was facing an advantage of himself who had improved his skills the day before, and in this way, Cecil felt that his fighting skills had improved rapidly in the past month.

Just finished meditating, Cecil was ready to wash and sleep. Acater suddenly reported that Baron Curesta had visited, Cecil was shocked again, but he still hurriedly invited the Baron to the living room, Baron Curesta himself, like Cecil's father, was also knighted Lord for his merits during the December War, but unlike Cecil's father's obscurity in the future, Cresta himself made great contributions in the battle of the Devil's Gate five years ago, and was promoted to a real nobleman and became a hereditary baron. For Cecil, Baron Curesta has a more important identity, that is, he is Cecil's future father-in-law.

But today, Baron Curesta's expression was not very good, with a serious look. Cecil didn't know that it was good, so he could only force a smile, "Baron Kuresta, coming to the cold house late at night, I don't know what to do?" ”

"Cecil, don't say a kind word, the purpose of my coming today is very simple, which is to break the marriage contract between you and my daughter Talis."

Well, this old man is straight to the point, Cecil didn't know what to say for a while, and the old butler of Acater couldn't sit still, "Master Kuresta, you can't do this, if it wasn't for the old man who saved you 15 years ago, you would have died in Keshkar a long time ago." You begged our master to make this marriage contract at the time, how can you go back on your word now? ”

Cecil glanced at the old butler unexpectedly, but he didn't expect the old man to be quite loyal

"Takimi did save my life, I will remember it all my life, so I have always been in this unsuccessful boy all these years, and the gambling debts and loan sharks I have helped him pay off over the years will not be less than 10,000 gold coins, otherwise this little bastard would have been hacked to death by debt collectors, even so I have not shaken the agreement of the year, but what has this kid done in the past month, who is not pointing fingers at him in the royal capital, even my daughter, who serves in the Temple of the Brave, has become a laughing stock, and has become an outlier everywhere, A beggar woman. What other reason do you give me to keep this engagement? ”

Kingdom prestige, it's damn kingdom prestige again, it seems that the more than 100 points of kingdom prestige he paid to reach level 10 really has a big impact, at that moment Cecil even felt that his efforts in the past month were really worth the loss, and Kasić gave himself humiliation a month ago because he was weak. And today I suffered this other kind of humiliation because I wanted to be stronger. It's really a kind of black humor for myself.

Cecil was still thinking about his own thoughts, and Baron Kuresta continued: "But as the son of an old friend, I still won't leave you alone, I will compensate you for the loss of 10,000 gold coins, and recommend you to go to the Earth Temple to become a shield warrior, this matter does not require an exam." ”

"Thank you, Lord Baron, for your concern, since the matter of the marriage contract has been decided, then this matter is settled, as for the money and the position of the temple, I can't accept it, Lord Baron said that I have helped me pay off a lot of debts over the years, I really don't know, but I know it today, and I will definitely have to pay it back in the future, so I won't send it at such a late hour." Cecil interrupted himself by saying this, and he decided to save the last vestiges of his pitiful self-esteem.

The baron was obviously a little surprised by Cecil's words, and wanted to say anything but could not say anything, so he turned and left.

After Curesta left, there was a deathly silence in the living room, which lasted about 15 minutes, before Cecil broke the silence

"Mr. Acater, did you ask him for the gambling debts and loan sharks that Kuresta helped me pay off?"

"Yes, but ....." The old butler of Acat, who was usually eloquent, now did not know what to say

What to say, what else to say. The creditor is forced to collect debts, so what should this old housekeeper do? It's not that I can only ask these friends of my father before his death, I originally thought that the family only had 3,000 gold coins in arrears, but I didn't expect it to be just the tip of the iceberg. Cecil wanted to inquire if he had begged his father's other friends or even Count Cassikud, but he immediately dismissed this thought, and asked what was the use, what could he do, and now he could pay it back?

Talis? The last time I met her was ten years ago, and as an 8-year-old boy, I was beaten to tears by this beautiful 8-year-old girl. Compared to the second-order knights of this Brave Temple at that time, they should have despised themselves, and now, they are even more disgusted with themselves. After all, if a well-behaved knight becomes a laughing stock because of his fiancé, anyone with self-respect will feel sad. Can he blame his father? If he were Kuresta, would he be relieved to marry his daughter to such a person? I guess no father would do that.

Cecil lay in bed thinking about these thoughts, and finally had to fall asleep slowly.