Leopold Town Hall, Reception Room.

Coming here again after a year, Evan's mood was completely different from the first time he met the Viscount.

He was led into this place by the Lord himself.

Ai Wen even had the leisure to admire the furnishings of the living room, not to mention the expensive furniture and oil paintings on the wall, and a weapon rack placed in the corner of the room was full of riding spears, shields, and swords, showing the fact that the viscount's family was a martial nobleman all the time.

And all of this, when Evan first came here, didn't even notice it...

In the drawing room, Aven re-meets Viscount Andrea, who has been absent for a year.

"Good day!

"Welcome home, Captain Aven!"

After the greeting, Evan sat in the guest's seat, staring at the old man in the aristocratic dress opposite, and suddenly noticed that unlike the other friends, the viscount was obviously much older than a year ago.

Although the sitting posture is still majestic, upright, and rigid, it is far from the deep sense of oppression that it felt a year ago.

"As an experienced old man, when I saw your eyes a year ago, I felt that you would be able to win your own merits and honors sooner or later.

Unexpectedly, in just one year, you have not only successfully advanced to the transcendent, but even sat in the position of the captain of a sixth-level ship!

It's old, it's really old. I can't see through the depth of young people now. ”

The viscount looked at the heroic young naval officer in front of him, and sighed as if he sighed.

Across from him, Aven, whose eyes were no less different from those he once had, had long seen that His Excellency the Viscount was just an ordinary official knight.

At least at the transcendent level, a year ago, I had to look up, but now I can look down faintly.

For the knightly path, the ferocity of the flesh has allowed them to gain physical fitness far beyond ordinary people, but the rate of consumption has also accelerated. Even if the transcendent transformation is completed, the life span of one increase and one decrease will not actually be much longer than that of ordinary people.

It's just that the body is healthier and stronger, and it is far from the extent of transcending birth, old age, sickness and death.

This is the case with Aven's Galiot family.

The barons of the past generations are basically extraordinary knights, and as adventurers in their bones, they do not lack firm will and extraordinary courage to break through. But in just about 170 years of family history, hasn't it changed eight barons like a marquee?

Only after awakening the extraordinary energy "Douqi" of knights at the "Great Knight" level, their spirit and body form a certain integration, and their lifespan can be significantly increased. The average lifespan of the "Great Knight" can reach 150 years, and it is not uncommon to pay attention to maintenance and live to 200 years old.

And when the "Titled Knight" has formed a qualitative change, even the knight path that does not pay attention to lifespan can easily live a few hundred years, and it is not a joke to sit back and watch the rise and fall of a kingdom.

However, seeing the obviously old Viscount at this time, Ai Wen only sighed a little, he was still young and thought that those things were still a little far away.

"Your Excellency the Viscount has a good reputation, and I would like to thank you for your generous help!"

Ai Wen's words came from the bottom of his heart, thinking back that if he had not had the "Yellow Bird" and the "letter of recommendation" when he joined the army, he might have reached another turning point on his career in the army, and it is really difficult to say whether he could have his current achievements.

"Thank you is not necessary, it is just a letter of recommendation. If you don't have the talent yourself, that letter is just a piece of waste paper.

About half a year ago, I came across a copy of the Bekele Post. It also has the name of Major 'Evan Galott' on it, which I thought was the same name before, but when I see you now, I have no doubt.

Obviously, even without my help, your name will echo on this sea!"

As if embarrassed, the viscount had a bit of a normal old man's nostalgia at this time. And for Aven, who is already a captain of the navy, the viscount can no longer have the same casual attitude as he once did.

Smiling slightly, not continuing to be modest, Evan took a sip of the finest black tea, at least this was the treatment he had not had when he was here last time.

The confidence brought by his strength and status made him not have the slightest inhibitions, and even the Viscount, who was rigid, stern, and unkind to his opponents, now took it for granted and should have been.

Knock knock...

At this moment, a slight knock on the door sounded suddenly.

The old man frowned slightly, knowing that he was meeting guests and still came to disturb them, are these guys already so unruly? However, they can't get angry in front of the guests.

shouted with a straight face:

"What's the matter? Come in. ”

To his surprise, the person who pushed the door and dodged in was not a clerk from the city hall, but his butler!

"Sir!"

The hurried housekeeper's clothes were slightly disheveled at this time, which was unimaginable in a noble family that valued etiquette.

After entering, although he did not run, he also made his way to the viscount as fast as he could, and it was obvious that some tricky matter had made him take care of these details.

He even ignored the guest for a moment, and whispered in the Viscount's ear: "Master, I just received news from the terns that our 'Twintails' have been hijacked by pirates. ”

Hearing this, the viscount's hand shook slightly, knocking over the exquisite tea set in his hand, the bright red tea soup was scattered all over the ground, and the face of the ancient well that had been cultivated for decades was also broken in an instant.

"Are you sure it's the Twintails?" his eyes widened suddenly, and the old man's voice was strangely urgent.

"There can't be a mistake, it's the message from the captain of the 'Twintail' before it was captured by pirates.

It's just that there is a bit of a strange thing in the intelligence, even if they resisted, they also caused damage to the pirates.

But the pirates' artillery counterattack was not fierce, as if it was the idea of capturing everyone alive, and we don't know what happened after that..."

The housekeeper didn't dare to hide any details, he knew his master's style of acting, and he never wanted to affect the master's judgment because of his own reasons.

Bang –

The old man's old but still powerful palm slapped the table hard.

"Hmph, of course they're trying to capture the crew alive! What they want? What they want is my life!

Okay, I want to get the stolen goods!

In order to remove me from my position as a Wickshire councilor, that fat pig in Westcoll has completely torn off his face!"

Even a stereotypical old man like the Viscount was so out of shape that made Evan curious about what was on that ship. After all, with his understanding of the old man's net worth, even if he lost a shipload of goods, he would not be so angry.

"Master, what are we going to do now?

The butler also rarely saw a master in this state, and he knew what was on the ship, and he knew that the situation was too unfavorable for his side, so he asked cautiously.

"Since they have already made a move, it is naturally impossible to give us time to react. Maybe soon "just by chance" there will be a "chance encounter" with pirates by a military patrol ship, right?

Ships seized from pirates, naturally, do not need to be protected by the privileges of the nobility, and can be searched openly, and the matter can be directly characterized from the legal point of view.

And in the end, it can be pushed to the normal inspection of the navy, and it will be completely picked up, except for hiring pirates and ventilating the news, there is no loss at all!"

The Viscount's eyes flashed with a fierce light like an old wolf, and his life was at stake, so he couldn't hesitate for a moment:

"We must get the ship back before the navy finds the cargo, and the safest way is to deal with it with the pirates!"

At first, Evan next to him listened to the trouble the viscount was encountering with the mentality of a bystander. But he soon realized that how could the old man of the Viscount tell such a secret that obviously involved some kind of "contraband" in front of him?

The latter words are clearly for yourself!

And unless the other party has the ability to directly buy the navy to arrange it in advance, and "cooperate" with the pirates seamlessly. If you want to say which navy cruiser is closest to you in the nearby waters at this time, isn't it your own "Conch"? Looking for someone to put down the pirates, who could be more suitable than yourself?

This old man may have a spare armed merchant ship in his hands, but whether he can chase the pirates or whether he can beat them is still two questions. The old fox clearly has the idea of making himself stand out!

Ai Wen quickly weighed the pros and cons in his heart, whether it was necessary for him to get involved in this kind of power struggle that was obviously local for the sake of the old viscount?

At this time, there is no Uncle Gell to be his life coach, and any decision he makes needs to bear the consequences.

It's also a test of the captain's decisiveness!

Although he and the old man have some personal friendships, the pursuit of pirates involves the joint operation of more than 100 people on the entire warship, and he needs to be responsible for the lives of the naval headquarters and the crew.

Although the distinction between public and private is not necessarily too clear, but...

This time.

The old man saw that Evan suddenly looked up, and the eyes that were almost glowing when he looked straight at him. Somehow, I suddenly thought of what I looked like when I was young, when I didn't rely on my family to earn my first pot of gold.

Suddenly there was a chill on my neck.

"Uh...."

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