Chapter 226: Arranged Marriage
When the Lord of Nasir arrived, the succession ceremony naturally began.
The so-called inheritance ceremony is not to do a ceremony to inherit the title and inheritance, but to be specially invited by the temple priest to conduct a bloodline identification to prove that the heir is indeed a descendant of the blood and not an impostor, so as to avoid the possibility of the noble inheritance being defrauded, but also increase the risk of being slaughtered by the descendants of the nobles who failed in the struggle.
Only Baledos Nasir, who is both the lord of the city and the feudal king, and the previous Viscount of Nospar is also his teacher, so it is understandable that he invited a prophetic mage to find the descendants of the teacher at his own expense, and now the cost of inviting the priest of the temple is borne by the Nosbar family, but fortunately, no matter which temple priest has this divine skill, he only needs to prepare one day in advance, so that he can replace the spare divine magic during the daily prayer.
The priest of the unicorn lady stood solemnly in front of the mother and son who were brought back, this kind of identification magic still has certain requirements for the priesthood and camp of the gods, and the unicorn lady just fits, so the young female priest is also very serious, and she doesn't want to ruin this opportunity to promote the reputation of the lady.
The ordinary-looking but gentle female priest muttered a prayer to the goddess, and the gentle and holy light lit up later, and with the successful release of the divine magic, the nervous expressions of the mother and son seemed to ease a little.
Ballidos waited very calmly for the priestess to turn around, saluted him, and said aloud: "Your Excellency the city lord, following the guidance of the goddess, the mother and son in front of you are indeed the descendants of the old viscount. ”
The crowd of onlookers immediately became uproar, and some of them shouted out out of control that the city lord was faking, and this contempt for the city lord and the gods was immediately pounced on by the wolf-like guards next to him and punched him down, dragged out and beaten violently, and then thrown into prison to await trial.
The beaten and vomiting blood Xiaoxiao shocked the others, but those relatives who sought to rob the inheritance, even if they were unwilling, they could only dare to be angry and dare not speak, Baledos had seen these beam-jumping clowns in his eyes, but he looked at the mother and son who were snuggled together, and was a little uneasy, although those beam-jumping clowns were all waste, but compared to the mother and son who grew up in the countryside, they were also like jackals.
I don't know if they have fought these relatives or not. As he was thinking, he turned his head to see Shepard, who was smiling and silent, and his heart moved, and he whispered, "Count Prell, I wonder how long you will stay in Neverwinter?" ”
Shepard said, "My business advisor will need some time to research the right products for Neverwinter, and I love this beautiful city myself, but even then, I will only be able to stay for three or two months, after all, I still have my territory to take care of." ”
As soon as Balidos heard this, he remembered that the earl in front of him was the new powerful earl in the north of the Tesser Kingdom, not those landless nobles or duckweed-like honorary nobles who were outcast, but Shepard continued: "Your Excellency the city lord, there is something to do, if there is anything I can help with, please feel free to bring it up." ”
Baledos hesitated, and said calmly: "I'm worried that the teacher's daughter and grandson will be remembered by these unsuccessful guys, although those people may not dare to risk angering me to do things, but their orphans and widows, there will definitely be people who are worried about it, if it is a marriage proposal or something, I can't interfere, once the teacher's daughter remarries, I'm afraid the Nosbah family will become history...... That's something I don't want to see, especially if the teacher already has a grandson. ”
Shepard muttered a little: "I think I understand Your Excellency's concerns...... but he is not easy to meddle in such a matter, should he let an earl with real power to sit for a viscount?" That's a joke.
His eyes moved, and suddenly he had an idea, and his heart was flooded with the joy of bad tastes, and suggested to Baledos: "Instead of waiting for those people to think about your teacher's daughter, how about arranging a husband for her?" ”
Baledos was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Your Excellency the Earl, is there a suitable candidate?" ”
Shepard had a faint smile on his face: "To keep the inheritance of the Nosbah family, and to protect your teacher's daughter and grandson from being bullied, it is difficult to have a suitable candidate, after all, it will take a long time for them to become independent, so the best way is to arrange a husband for her." ”
"But this husband can't be a nobleman, otherwise it will inevitably cut off the continuation of Nosbah, after all, the nobles who are willing to let their children join the family are always a minority, so if they are not nobles and have good strength, they can only be commoners, how many ordinary commoners can meet the requirements? What do you think of adventurers? ”
Now it's Baledos' turn to think, he doesn't care about the decision of the person concerned or the thoughts within the Nosba family, as long as this family is passed on and his teacher has a successor, this is enough, so after thinking about it, he simply said: "Then this matter will trouble Your Excellency, if there is any trouble, just look for me." ”
"I'll take care of this." Shepard said with a smile.
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On the second floor of the tavern, Shepard and Morel sat opposite each other.
This is not an ordinary tavern for adventurers or commoners, but mostly wealthy commoners and merchants, regardless of class and environment, much higher than those places.
"It's been a long time, has your curse been lifted?" There is no need to be polite, looking at the expressions of the three of them, they are not able to talk around, Xue Padd simply asked bluntly.
Morel's body stiffened, and he said stiffly: "Yet, there is no ...... yet"
"Huh? Didn't you go to Moss City to ask for help from the Great Druid? Shepard wondered, could it be so dignified?
Morel's expression fell: "The Great Druid is not in the city...... He took all his disciples to the Forest of Verdas to meet the singers, and we couldn't go to meet the singers, so we had to find another way to ......."
He said vaguely, Shepard remembered, oh, although the succubus's disguise is good, but it can't be concealed in front of the chanter, whether it is the Great Druid or the elite, and the three of them can't be separated, otherwise the curse of the natural gem will explode to you every minute, which is very embarrassing.
"Then how did you get to Winterfell?" Shepard said casually.
Morel still had a slumped face: "I used a prophecy scroll, and then, it was a coincidence that I came here...... his eyes suddenly lit up: "Could it be ...... What does prophecy mean to let us meet you? ”
Shepard laughed, "Met me? Do you think you're going to be exposed to a curse when you meet me? Ask the person next to you, does she dare? Naturally, this was Fanny, the succubus, and Morel shrank his head, knowing that he wouldn't be able to do it without asking.