19. Chapter 19
In just a few days since he was reborn, Roddy has always judged everything here according to his own memories, and the memories of "Lodi" have basically been ignored by him, so when something that seems to be taken for granted is noticed again, Roddy finds that the consequences of the small differences may be unexpected by himself.
The children of the old Duke of Roussiflon?
Roddy knew Duke Francis, and although he was still a "count" in the mouths of these soldiers, in Roddy's memory, he was a traitor who was hated to the root of his teeth.
At the time of the orc invasion, instead of organizing an effective resistance, this bastard betrayed the country for glory, which directly led to the fall of the city of Houllier!
Francis's injustice eventually led to his capture and hanging by the rebels. When this guy's body was later hung in front of the square, it even drew the cheers of countless people - you must know that the execution of a nobleman, and the execution of a canonized lord of the kingdom, would not be recognized by the aristocratic class at any time, but the execution of Duke Francis at that time did not condemn the various parties within the empire that had become inseparable. Because Viscount Francis actually colluded with the orcs and betrayed the people of his territory, just so that he could take control of the territory alone!
The memory suddenly became clear at this time, and Roddy remembered the conversation of the NPCs around him when he was trying to level up the sub-class skill in Hollier City after he opened the service-
At that time, the commoners in the streets and alleys were complaining that Duke Francis was collecting too high taxes, and they often remembered the old duke in their mouths. At that time, many people analyzed that the Duke of Francis seemed to have done a lot of despicable things in order to get his father's title.
What has he done...
Roddy squinted his eyes and thought about it, and shifted the breakthrough to what the soldier called the "Duke's daughter" - he vaguely remembered that before the complete fall of Hollier, there was a master leathermaker who would always talk about how beautiful and pure the old duke's daughter was when he gave the player tasks, and would also assign some tasks to distribute some bread and food to the slums, because the master tinner had received gifts from the old duchess's daughter in the slums back then, so he had been thinking about it for many years and was grateful.
Where did she go?
Thinking of this, Roddy suddenly felt a nervous feeling of his heart beating faster - the fog of memory dissipated as he gradually became conscious... Roddy suddenly remembered the words of the master leathermaker: "It's really unfortunate to say... Miss Sally, who died two and a half years ago in an orc attack on the village of Finks..."
Suddenly, Roddy felt a flash of lightning shiver in his mind!
The clues gradually pieced together, the words in the memory surfaced, and Roddy couldn't help but combine the content of the letter to get a very likely inference...
What the orcs do next... Could it be that it has something to do with the death of the old duke's daughter?
Could it be that they are going to attack the village of Finks?
As soon as this inference appeared, some fragments flashed back in his memory: "Francis stole the duke's throne by any means", "the cause of the old duke's death is strange", "the nobles of the kingdom had secretly colluded with the orcs" and other information made him more and more sure of his assumptions - judging from Francis's despicable character, this traitor will definitely remove all the existence that hinders his path before he really takes power, even if the other party is his own sister!
And what if his plot is stopped? Will the city of Houllier be saved from falling?
The thought popped through his mind irrepressibly, causing Roddy to frown again.
If he could, he would never miss any opportunity to change history. If all of this matches his guess, then what Roddy has to do is not difficult, all he needs to do is prevent the Grand Duke's daughter from going to Finks Village... As for the rest-
"Roddy?"
Seeing that Luo Di stood still for a long time without moving, the soldier who had replied before asked softly, which made him come back to his senses immediately, his expression instantly became extremely serious, and he turned his head and ordered: "Notify everyone to gather immediately, we have a new mission." ”
"Uh. Yes!"
Although he didn't understand why Luo Di gave this order, Luo Di's invisible prestige had already made him immediately obey the order and turn around and run towards the village.
Roddy was not idle, he thought about it, ran around the village, and at last he got two relatively clean pieces of parchment from an old man who had been a clerk in the manor, and borrowed a quill and some sticky ink to write two letters in orthodox script—one for Second Lieutenant Sodin, and the other for Anderson, the steward of Nolan Village Park.
Next, he narrowed his eyes, diluted the ink, and scribbled the words "Finks Village" in orc language on the grass sandpaper letter with a quill.
Roddy cleared his mind when he decided to make a move, he first had to make sure that Miss Sally was really going to Finks Village, and if so, there was a ninety percent chance that it would match the disaster in his memory - if not, the forged letters would give him a good reason to prevaricate.
The function of the "Ranger" profession includes some "intelligence" specialties, so Roddy is not familiar with the official language, and it is natural to be caught forging these letters.
As for the "Finks Village", Roddy did not go to it before he was reborn. I have the impression that when the game was launched, it was a ruin, and the NPCs mentioned that it no longer existed due to the attack of the orcs, and only the ruins after a fire remained. However, when it comes to the exact location of the village of Finks, Lodi's memories tell him that it is less than thirty kilometers away from the village of Nolan.
Thinking about it this way, I still have a chance to stop this from happening.
After everything was ready, the team that had already gotten up one after another had arrived except for the wounded, except for the two who had already gone to inform the village scouts and the original wounded, at this time the whole team plus Roddy had a total of nine people, although their faces were slightly tired, but everyone was ready to fight at any time.
"The orcs may attack the village of Finks tomorrow," Roddy didn't have time to talk nonsense, he raised the letter he had just written, "This is a letter from Ensign Sodin to me to prove that we are legally conducting cross-district patrols and notifications. Guys, do you have any questions?"
Of course, Luger understood that the letter in his hand was fake, but he also understood that Roddy would not call this group of people to rush to Finks Village for no reason, so he replied very cooperatively: "No problem, sir." ”
The veteran has now been completely convinced by Roddy, and even has some blind trust.
Carter and the rest of the soldiers followed Ruger in reply, but Roddy didn't say any more, but took the group on his horse, and without saying a word, hurried towards the village of Finx—it was past evening, and the sky was dark.
"Really. Can it change history?"
Roddy looked at the horizon in the distance with an expressionless face, but his heart was not calm
With the city of Hollier as the center, the territory ruled by the Rusiflon family is called "Evta", and the territory is so large and the resources are abundant, so that the duke's words are almost not weaker than the king in the southeast.
Francis Roussifron was the eldest son of the old Duke Angmar, who was exactly twenty years old in the 588th year of the Elonian calendar, and had the title of count.
According to Roddy's criteria for judging players, his basic class is "Noble Heir", which is different from "Legionnaire" in terms of attributes in terms of added value to intelligence, and is most suitable for choosing "Elemental Mage", a mysterious profession that only a few people can do, and now Francis, who can be called quite talented, has reached the threshold of being able to advance to the next class - that is, the level of "Noble Heir" level 10, and it is reported that he now has the title of "Elementalist" that represents a truly advanced profession.
If this is the case, then he is almost a mountain in front of him for Rank 2 Legionnaire Roddy at this time.
Francis is a standard heir in the eyes of others - well-behaved, knowledgeable, at balls, banquets or private parties in the city, you can always see the young earl talking and laughing with others, not to mention young and old, but he has his own aura of superiority, he has made rapid progress at a young age under the teaching of his private magic teacher, and even wears a "quasi-elemental" on his chest No one doubted that he would be a perfect and worthy heir to the Duke, and believed that he would make the Roussiflon family shine even brighter.
In contrast, Francis's sister Sally doesn't seem to be as dazzling as her brother, but people smile when they mention this girl, because her kindness and kindness are well-known throughout the territory. The status of "duke's daughter" often meant that a large number of other nobles would come to inquire about marriage before they were minors, but this was not the case for the Rousifrons, because the girl, who often distributed bread to beggars in the ghetto, had decided to enter the "Rosicrucian" Church when she reached adulthood, and all members of the Church were forbidden to marry for life.
The weather was perfect for travel in mid-April, and at this time of year, Francis and Sally made a tour of the villages on the edge of the territory, as their father, Duke Roussifron, had requested.
In the words of the old duke ten years ago, "every nobleman should not forget his true duty, not to enjoy the pleasures of wealth alone, but to give a better life to his people." ”
Although many of the border villages are territories that are divided into territories such as the lord of Kirk, several lords welcome this kind of behavior of the duke's children patrolling the border, after all, these lords cannot but give the face of the Duke of Angmar.
In the past, the old duke accompanied his children, but in the last five years, Angmar Rusifron has not traveled with them again, which has also caused Lord Kirk's attitude towards Francis and Sally to gradually cool down over the years.
In this regard, the two young people did not show any impatience.
Today was the seventeenth day of Sally and Francis's companionship, and they had to make a tour of more than twenty villages and towns on the outskirts of the territory, which was supposed to take almost three months, and the two noble heirs had no extra pomp and circumstance except for two handmaidens and sixteen guards.
This may be one of the reasons why the old aristocracy is more well-established than those nouveau riche nouveau riche, no matter how much wealth the family has, the children will still experience the hardships of the ancestors when laying the foundation. At this time, in the village of Vic, Francis, dressed in a simple cloth suit, was talking to his sister.
"Dear Sally, the party is supposed to leave for Finks tomorrow, but Uncle Smith, whom I'm looking for, seems to be back tomorrow. In order not to delay the trip, how about you go there with the team today?"