Chapter 19: Coincidence?
"The superior does not have to be able to hold a sword, but he must have profound knowledge and a speech that can move people's hearts, we must not only uphold the justice of our hearts, but also make reasonable use of the rules of this era, so as to produce a contract that is beneficial to the superior himself, because the most ridiculous thing is that in this hypocritical and dark age, sometimes a piece of paper is better than a hundred thousand soldiers!"
- Leo Chang
Under the flickering candlelight in the castle hall, Leo looked at the baron in front of him, who was much older than himself, and was trying his best to suppress the tremor of his body due to excitement, and bowed deeply in front of him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Fortunately, Leo quickly stabilized his mind, and his mind changed rapidly, first of all, Leo was sure that he must not admit that he was pure nonsense just now, so that he would not only lose all the gratitude of the people in Baronial Castle, but also spread his bad reputation throughout the continent, Leo would not doubt the speed of spreading a thing in the aristocratic circle in this era.
Then, when this 'fact' cannot be denied, it is indeed a difficult question how to completely appease the baron, and even bring him closer to his own side.
There were various plans churning in his brain, but Leo's body did not stop, and he quickly stood up and walked in front of the baron, "Please forgive me for causing you so much confusion, Your Excellency the Baron, I just said my own conjecture on this matter, after all, I am from the distant Pande continent, maybe there is really such a similar family on the two continents, I am afraid there is a certain possibility, right?" Reaching out and gently patting the baron's shoulder, Leo helped the baron up, but what he thought to himself was, "That's right, this explains the existence of the Pande continent by the way, according to the poor navigation technology of this world, I am afraid that human oars will be used to sail between the two continents, so the existence of Pande can only mean that the people of this plane have not discovered it, that's all." ”
Not daring to resist hard, the baron took advantage of the situation to stand up straight again with the support of Leo, but the burning heat in his eyes did not subside in the slightest, and his eyes looked directly at Leo, and the baron spoke again, "Please forgive me for being rude, Your Royal Highness, I am afraid that you have always been in a high position, and you do not know about some trivial things, I can tell you with great certainty that in the continent of Nice, and even on another continent, even the most down-and-out nobles will not betray and give up their family crest, let alone have exactly the same situation, so ......!" ”
Seeing that the baron was so resolute, Leo felt that it was not easy to end, so he had to frown slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, since Your Excellency the Baron is so convinced, can you please take out the notes of the ancestors of your family, and let's learn more about whether they are related?" ”
"Of course, this is the honor of the Swan family!" After answering politely, the baron turned his head in satisfaction and smiled at his son, "Ken, go to my study and bring the notes, Your Highness needs me to explain in detail~"
Looking at Ken's back as he answered, Leo who sat down again scratched his head in embarrassment, "I can only hope that the notes of the Baron's ancestors are ambiguous, so that there is a way to be vague!" ”
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The quiet hall quieted down with the baron's thick voice, and the more Leo who was sitting in the seat listened, the more surprised he became, and in the end, he even had to use the action of drinking to hide the horror of his face, resulting in such a result, without him, that is, with the baron's narration, Leo arranged the trivial things that had nothing to do with life, and found that the deeds of the baron's ancestors were infinitely closer to everything in Pande, and if Pande was not considered to be just a game, Leo could almost now be sure that the Baron's family inheritance and the Pande continent.
"November, 10th, Sunflower Festival, today, I am afraid that we are about to lose the great family leader, the swan duke who is the backbone of the empire, and I am still a child, and I am even infected by the dull atmosphere in the room at that time, grabbing my mother's skirt and only daring to secretly stretch out half of my little face, the adults around the old man's bed all have sad expressions, I can still hear many women crying in a low voice, that day was so cold and cold, so cold that even the snowflakes falling from the sky seemed to be hanging with a layer of lead, At the last moment, my mother gently pushed me, and I and several other children in the family held hands, following the route of the adults getting out of the way, gently surrounding the elderly patriarch, several of us even breathed slightly, for fear that the breath would hurt the old man who was almost at the limit, and the crying of the adults in the room became louder and louder, and the old man with closed eyes suddenly stretched out his already thin palm, held the arm of the young me at the time, and kept muttering incomprehensible words in his mouth, the most repeated of which was an unfamiliar word, According to his pronunciation, I think it should be 'Pande, Pande...... 'In my life, I will never forget this sad scene, that is, from that day, the great Swan family, which once shocked the continent and was surrounded by countless glory halos, has since gone into decline, and I would like to inform the descendants of the family with this note, no matter how difficult it is, no matter whether the road is full of thorns or not, we must revitalize the great Swan family and restore the glory ............... of the ancestors! ”
As the baron's last words fell in a sigh, the deeply infected baroness and her son had already heard suppressed sobs on the side, while the baron was still in emotion and couldn't extricate himself, Leo was already 100% sure that the baron's ancestor, the founder of the baron's family, was definitely from Pande, whether it was the forerunner he participated in this game, or the intervention of other mysterious forces, at the moment when he finished listening to the baron's narration, Leo no longer dared to look at this plane with a game mentality, As well as looking at the Pande Continent, it is a pity that the system rarely remained silent about the question that Leo asked in a hurry, and only lightly told Leo that the truth needed to be revealed by himself.
With a reminiscence of the past in his eyes, the baron lovingly closed the thick note, carefully put it away in a waterproof bag with the family crest, and drank the wine in the glass in a big gulp, and then let out a long breath, and said apologetically to Leo, "I beg your pardon, my lord, every time I open this notebook, there is a deep sense of guilt for my ancestors that haunts my soul" smiled bitterly, and poured himself another glass of wine, and the baron continued, "The great Swan family not only did not follow the teachings of their ancestors to restore their honor, On the contrary, it continued to sink from generation to generation, until my generation, which only inherited a baronial title, and even the fief was far from the center of the empire, which really makes you laugh! ”
"I am ashamed of your frankness, and I am deeply amazed and praised for the greatness of your family, and of course, I am deeply disturbed and angry at the injustices you have now suffered, and the heroes of the Empire must never be treated like this!" After a pause, Leo continued, "From your story, I even feel that I can almost touch the soul of your ancestor, it is a kind of cordial and respected Lord Lester Crester from the same place, the same root, and here, I, the leader of Stormwind and the owner of the Knights of Discipline, Leo Zhang, Grand Duke of Stormwind, promise you in the honor of nobility that your family heritage does come from Pande, and while paying tribute to your family, I swear that I will do my best to protect the Swan family, Treat them like brothers, and as allies and protectors, help restore the glory of their ancestors to the great Swan family! ”
Leo said solemnly like never before, and at the same time, he firmly stretched out his right hand to the baron......