Chapter 225: Meet Again
"The last viscount of the Nosbah family, was the teacher of the city lord when he was a child, taught him heraldry, mathematics, linguistics, history and business and many other courses, is an elegant and erudite old-school nobleman, because of this, the city lord has always respected and trusted him very much, but unfortunately, the Nosbah Viscount has few heirs, only one son and two daughters, as a result, the son died in the mouth of the beast when he was young, and the two daughters have long been married, so when the Nosbah Viscount died of a sudden illness, the Nosbah family was facing a situation of no heirβ¦β¦β
In a simple but spacious mansion, Shepard walked around casually, and in addition to Karlov, the drow warrior who kept his distance away, there were only Tjulisi and Baron Jacques, who served as his guide, and Eleanor was sent by him to the satellite city to receive the villa given to him by the city lord.
Jaxie dutifully introduced him to the background of the Nospar family: "Your Excellency, this mansion was given to the Nospar family by the father of the city lord before his death, after the city lord succeeded to the throne, although he wanted to give his teacher a bigger house, but was rejected by the old viscount, when other branches of the Nospar family peeked at the old viscount's inheritance, it was the city lord who paid out of his own pocket to invite the prophet mage, and found that the old viscount had an illegitimate daughter, so he immediately ordered me to take someone to find her." β
"Temorrah's blessing allowed me to find the heir of the old viscount, but I didn't expect to be attacked by pirates on the way back...... You'll know the rest of the story. β
At this time, I was walking through a corridor, and there were several oil paintings hanging on both sides, which was the place where the nobles showed their family history, and any noble family with a background would have a place similar to this, but the size or area was different.
There are five oil paintings hanging on both sides, the latest of which looks to have just been hung, showing an old man with gray hair and wearing traditional aristocratic clothing, with a calm expression, but with some humor and witty, who seems to be a very good person.
Baron Jaxie is indeed a good talent, and he is also well aware of the affairs of the Nosbah family, pointing to the oil paintings on the wall and introducing them one by one: "Your Excellency, please see, this is the old viscount, and he is also the teacher of the city lord." β
"The female knight in the red cloak here is the mother of the old viscount, originally the Nosba family was only a baron, and it was this female knight who performed well in the battle against the orcs that was promoted to viscount by the city lord at that time, uh, but I heard that there are some other reasons...... Ha, haha, it's just that the news I heard is definitely not credible. β
"Three of them here...... This was the only mage in the history of the Nosbah family, but he only spent ten years in Neverwinter before leaving; The other two are the first and second patriarchs of the Nosbah family, and they are both old men who followed the original city lord to rebuild Neverwinter, but unfortunately their strength is average, and their health is not very good, and their early death made the Nosbah family unable to go further at that time. β
The family history of an ordinary nobleman has only been passed down for four generations, and there are not many special things buried in the history, and before Jaxie began to introduce the next place, a servant of the Nosbar family came over and said solemnly and respectfully: "Two lords, the ceremony is about to begin." β
"Oh, is the lord here?" Jaxie asked.
The servant nodded: "The carriage of the city lord is already on the way, and the people from the city lord's mansion have come to pass the word, and the city lord will arrive in a few minutes." β
Jaxie turned his head and asked, "Your Excellency, you see?" β
Shepard didn't care and said, "Since the city lord is coming, let's go over first." β
With him to speak, Jaxie naturally couldn't have any opinions, so he let the servant lead him to the place where the ceremony was about to begin, and sat down in the place where the head had prepared.
The Drow warrior was silently on the side, Shepard looked around, except for the mother and son who had not yet arrived, there were many other guests who had come to greet and witness, and the branches of the Nosbah family were also waiting in the hall with many people, looking at the past and thinking about it, feeling a little crowded.
Shepard has a faint smile on his face watching the monkey show, his pursuit is different from what he used to be, the higher his status, there is little to touch him except faith, everything between human beings seems to him to be just a spice of life, if he wants to, he can change the fate of everyone in front of him with a wave of his hand, if he doesn't want to, it is to experience the unknown fun in the role of a bystander.
Raising his gaze over the boring humans with complicated minds, he looked with great interest at the guards or servants assigned by the branches of the Nosbah family, and from his godly perspective, occasionally a flash of inspiration may have sensed that some person who was favored by fate could bring him more happiness.
The glance suddenly stopped, and a meaningful smile appeared on Shepard's lips, a feeling of 'what an oops'.
Morel, who he hadn't seen since he took Tommar away as a second and fifth boy and kidnapped the maid when he said goodbye to the cave at the bottom of the sea, the son of the plot who would break the bank every time he met him, was staying in the crowd with his succubus pet and female mage companion.
"I don't know if the curse on them has been resolved." Shepard muttered to himself.
Morel in the crowd chuckled in his heart, Shepard who walked in the roll call of the attendants was so eye-catching, everyone would notice his presence, and Morel was no exception, and after the last time he almost escaped death (although he didn't know that Shepard didn't plan to kill him), he felt both hatred, awe, and a little gratitude for this guy who had been hacked several times in a row.
Speaking of gratitude, it was naturally because of the curse given to them by the dragon lich, and the curse on the maid Colanie was lifted by Shepard when she was taken away and given to Tommar, but where did the hemorrhaging Morel find a doppelganger of a true god to dispel the curse for them, and it had to be a god who was biased towards order, kindness, and positive energy, so the only thing they could do was to ask for help from Shepard with the natural gem they gave them, but so far, they still haven't succeeded.
Morel saw Shepard's gaze, and he hurriedly lowered his head nervously, and pulled Shirwei and Fanny next to him to bow their heads as well, trying to avoid Shepard's gaze, and he didn't notice Shepard smiling and calling a waiter to give a few orders.
"This gentleman." A polite voice suddenly sounded beside him, startling Morel, who was thinking wildly.
The waiter who spoke was also shocked by his violent reaction and took a step back, and when he saw this, Morel said embarrassedly: "Are you calling me?" β
The squire who spoke nodded, and said with a tone that could be respectful: "Lord Earl asked you and the two ladies not to leave after the ceremony, he wants to invite the three of you to a meal." β
"That human wants to invite us to dinner?!" Fanny on the side felt incomprehensible, the succubus is a very grudgeful existence, in fact, the demons are very vindictive, so she can't understand the behavior of these humans, everyone has used knives face-to-face, and they want to invite dinner when they meet?
The low-talked, level-chested mid-level mage Hilwei didn't believe it either, but she just grabbed Morel's clothes and looked at him nervously and worriedly.
Morel was a man after all, and his long career as an adventurer and several major setbacks had sharpened his composure, and at this time he was much calmer than the two women, he patted Ciel's small hand, turned his head and said to the squire, "Please convey our thanks to the Earl." β
This was the promise, and the attendant resigned and went to report to Shepard.