Since entering the school, Iron Slag has witnessed it in the Academy, and under the guidance of Eva Green and the two old maids, he has gained a deep understanding of the social structure of the Silver City world.

It's a pyramid-shaped world......

First of all, the great aristocratic class, who are the supreme rulers of most of the Silver City world, are essentially the "royal family" of the old era, but with a relatively "democratic and free" title. Together with the vassal nobles and subjects within the territory, they formed the principality, and the head of their family was the supreme leader of the principality. Since the head of the family of the great nobles was usually a "hereditary duke", the leader of the principality was also called the "grand duke". For example, Modleton, Lombard, Gresham, Climans, Bruno, Reinhardt and other eleven world nobles.

The titles of the great nobles are usually dukes, marquises.

Then there is the territorial aristocracy, whose full name is "the nobles with actual territories", and the territorial nobility is divided into two kinds, one is the "vassal nobles" of the great nobles, whose land is given by the great nobles, and if they betray the principality, the land will be fully recovered; The other is the "middle nobility" who owns part of the land, and in their territory, they have the same rights as the big nobles, but their land is relatively small, they cannot form an independent principality, and need to unite with other middle nobles. For example, the Peter, Pengsi, Leiling, and Jiang families in No. 13 Silver City, the Hiros family and Rogier family in Shacheng, and the Houghton family, Ling family, and Sima family in Luoyan Town are all territorial nobles.

The title of the nobility of the realm is usually that of a marquis, earl.

This was followed by the petty aristocracy, which was further divided into two types, namely the "hereditary nobility with limited conditions" and the "honorary aristocracy". As the name suggests, the former is a title of nobility that can be inherited by the eldest son or eldest daughter and has a living allowance uniformly issued by the World Conference if certain conditions are met, while the latter is only an honorary title that cannot be passed on and has no actual benefits.

In general, "limited hereditary nobility" can only be canonized by the World Council, although the head of the duchy can also canonize nobles below the viscount, but the annual quota is limited, and until it is officially recognized by the World Council, there is no subsistence allowance, unless the Grand Duke is willing to pay it himself.

And the "honorary nobles" are generally conventional, and they are rarely specially canonized. For example, the Knight of the Wilderness is a typical honorary nobleman, You Ge canonized Iron Slag as a guardian knight, and according to the tradition of the Silver City world, her father, the Golden Grand Duke You Jiawen, received the title of duke, she extended the honorary marquis, and her guardian knight extended the honorary earl title.

The titles of minor nobles were usually earl, viscount, baron.

Then down are the inhabitants of Silver City, civilians, terrestrial people, and exiles.

Among them, since the Silver City of the Western Continent contains the ground part, while the Far Eastern Continent does not have a floating Silver City, these two continents do not have the concept of ground people, and only the Northern Wilderness and the Central Continent have the concept of ground people. The residents of Yincheng are ordinary humans with psyker blood, while civilians refer to ordinary humans who live in big cities and do not have psyker blood, such as Huang Yu, Johnson Zhang, Marcus and others; Ground people, on the other hand, generally refer to ordinary human beings who have no stable job and no identity certificate and live in a small town on the ground; As for the exiles, they are the insects, or criminals who have been exiled by the Silver City World......

Of all the classes, the Ground Man and the Exiles were at the bottom, including scavengers, vagabonds, street vendors, Black Sea fishermen, Icelanders, and so on.

However, for the ruling class, both the middle class and the lower class, are their subjects. Therefore, the great nobles and the nobles of the realm are kinder in their attitude towards the people of the land than the minor nobles and the inhabitants of the Silver City, just as the farmer never hates his sheep, even if they are dirty and stupid, it is their property and cannot be violated.

In this pyramid-shaped social system, from the bottom up, except for the insectivized who are discriminated against, the entire Yincheng world thoroughly pursues the "elite screening law". To put it simply, it is a social resource in which capable people have an advantage. In this system, the closer to the bottom, the faster the screening will be, and the closer to the top, the higher the accuracy of the screening.

It is not difficult to see that even the great nobles are within the scope of this screening, and they are the staunchest supporters of this law. It's just that whether they rise or fall, the whole process will be extraordinarily long.

In a narrow sense, this system is very cruel and lacks human feelings, but from the perspective of the natural law of survival of the fittest, it is undoubtedly the most correct and stable. Under the cruel but relatively fair rules, people with different abilities and talents perform their own duties and move the world forward in different positions. Of course, the insects are an exception, because they are discriminated against, completely disconnected from their social status and abilities, and have lost their most basic rights to participate in the competition of the world.

In the middle of his thoughts, the specimen of the head of the Red Abyss Great Demon was finally won by the Seventh Young Master of the Clrimanes family at a transaction price of 39,000 gold coins. Under the deliberate competition of the great nobles, this price has far exceeded the market price.

After the auction, Iron Slag got up and said goodbye to Hong Huihui. Hong Huihui stood up and smiled sweetly at him, and said, "It's nice to meet you, Lord Wilderness Knight, and I hope to have dinner together next time." Iron Slag nodded copically, and then left the room. On the way back to the academy, Eva saw that he was not in high spirits, so she teased: "Proud little man, who are you thinking?" ”

Iron Slag wanted to deny it, but at this time, he remembered Mu Yu Lily of the Valley and Mu Yu Qinxin, and asked Eva where they were.

"Oh~I see~" Eva glanced at him, deliberately pretending to have a sudden realization, and then said with a smile, "It turns out that the little star just now still can't satisfy the appetite of Lord Wilderness Knight~"

Iron Slag suddenly rolled his eyes, expressing his displeasure. Then, Eva gently held his hand and told him about Mu Yu Lily of the Valley and Mu Yu Qinxin's return to the thirteenth silver city to inherit the Temple of Prayer for Rain, and comforted: "They have just taken over the affairs of the temple, and they may still be a little busy, maybe after a while, they will take the initiative to contact you." ”

Back at the Atlantic Mansion, after seeing Eva's car leave, Iron Slag sat alone in the back garden, looking at the crystal clear pool, and fell into deep thought......

From meeting Mu Yuqinxin, to reuniting with Mu Yu Lily of the Valley, and then meeting You Ge, his life has changed dramatically.

A few months ago, he just came to the academy, as the lowest student, his entire property was only more than 50 gold coins, he lived in a multi-person dormitory on Zhulong Street, ate the food in the large canteen, and could only stay in the classroom to watch the opening ceremony.

Today, he lives in a mansion on the shores of Lake Leng, eats fresh ingredients from all over the world, and has his VIP seat for any occasion.

He became more and more accustomed to the comfort that money and status bring, enjoying delicious food, hugging beautiful girls, and cherishing a warm home......

I don't know why, when he calms down, he feels an inexplicable emptiness.

He always felt that he didn't belong here, that he was an insect, and that was a fact that no one could change. If one day, his identity is revealed, what will he face? He didn't even dare to think about it. Everything in front of him is like a mirror, it seems to be very close, but it is far, far away from him......

He knew that one day he would leave here, but he didn't know where to go. At this moment, he is like his feet are filled with lead, and he is too heavy to walk. He pondered for a long time, and did not stop thinking until nightfall, when the old maid came to remind him that dinner was ready. After dinner, he drank a little wine and went up to the little attic to rest.

However, just as he fell asleep, an invisible shadow was silently sweeping across the city.

Nothing to say all night......

The next morning, after eating breakfast, Iron Slag went to the parlor for tea, and asked old Jenny to read the newspaper to him as usual. However, when Old Jenny put on her reading glasses and picked up the freshly ironed morning newspaper of Old Mieko, her expression was stunned, as if she had seen some shocking news.

"What's wrong?" Sensing something unusual, Iron Slag asked.

"Your Excellen......cy," said old Jenny, who hesitated.

"It's okay, read it." Iron Slag said. He had a hunch that old Jenny would not see good news.

"Yesterday, an aristocratic man burst into the Bragi auction and accused the Knights of the Wilderness of murdering his colleagues during the war in the Dark Jungle and abusing his power during his tenure at the Fortress of the Contemplatives......"

"In an interview with this newspaper yesterday, the little goddess Hong Huihui claimed that the Wilderness Knight harassed her during the auction, and she also said that his gaze was like a beast, which scared her......"

Hearing this, Iron Slag's eyes narrowed, and the cold killing intent suddenly couldn't stop seeking.

While old Jenny was reading the newspaper, not far from the Atlantic Mansion, in the hall of Twilight Manor, Yugo Lombard and Eva Green were standing at a log table with solemn faces, looking at the newspaper on the table.

"Smack!"

In silence, You Ge suddenly slapped his palm on the front page of the newspaper and asked sharply: "The editor-in-chief of Yincheng Times, is he crazy!" ”

"Please calm down, my princess." Eva persuaded.

"Send someone to arrest him, and I will personally interrogate who ordered it." You Ge gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

"My princess, anger won't help." Eva calmly persuaded.

"Let me know who did it, and I'll skin him and cramp him." You Ge said with a cold gaze.

"My princess, you are not the sole heir to the Temple, although the others don't seem to be competitive......" Eva reminded.

Under Eva's repeated persuasion, You Ge finally calmed down, pouted, and said, "Poor little scumbag, he must be angry." ”