The rain that had been going on for nearly ten days finally stopped, and before that, Carter, the city defense officer, and Keith, the treasurer, rushed back to Bay City in the drizzle.

Carter, as a city defense officer, was in good health, but unfortunately, the fat Keith, who was the treasurer, caught a cold.

But despite this, he did not dare to delay, and the next morning after his return, he and Carter went to the castle of the lord of Bay City to meet the new lord.

"I can't guess. ”

Looking up at the castle ahead, the funny fat man with brilliant blond hair sighed.

The fat man's eyes are small, the kind that cannot be seen at all if he squints slightly, his complexion is quite white, he has a hooked nose, and interestingly, because of the cold, two transparent and viscous objects appear from time to time at the nose.

Comparatively speaking, Carter next to him didn't have such a unique appearance, with short gray hair, light armor, and a one-handed sword pinned to his waist, looking like an ordinary mercenary.

At this time, the gates of the castle were closed, and soldiers from Reef City were meticulously patrolling the stone walls. Occasionally, he would glance curiously at the two people standing under the castle.

They had already made a briefing, but the new lord didn't seem to be very polite, and didn't mean to let them enter the castle at all, but wanted to go out for a walk through the soldiers, and the air was fresh after the rain.

If it weren't for the fishy smell peculiar to Bay City, the two of them would have believed it.

Despite this kind of uncourteous treatment, His Excellency the Treasurer and the City Defense Officer didn't pay much attention to it, after all, it took more than ten days for the new lord to wait, and anyone would have an opinion, let alone the golden anomaly with a strange temper.

Fat Keith sighed inexplicably here, Carter didn't think much about it at first, but he was idle, so he picked up the conversation: "What can't you guess?"

The fat man replied, "Of course it's the new lord." ”

Carter asked curiously, "Isn't he your cousin, what else can't you guess?"

"Hey. ”

The fat man smiled: "It's not very close, it's just a little bit of a relative, don't mention this casually later, people don't recognize me as a cousin." ”

"Isn't it just a noble young master who failed to awaken, what do you recognize? Carter was a little unimpressed.

Only the nobles who successfully awaken the bloodline and become the knights of the Apocalypse can be called real nobles, and those who fail to awaken like this are not even as good as ordinary people in the eyes of some people, and subconsciously feel that they belong to the ranks of losers.

"Stupid Carter. ”

The fat man obviously didn't think so, and he said sarcastically: "Do you think that ordinary people can get admission invitations from the five scholars of the Bachelor Tower one after another?"

"What's wrong with the bachelor, I can't even protect my own woman when I encounter danger. Carter spoke dismissively.

In the early years of the stars, a bachelor and his wife went back to their hometown to visit relatives, but they were ransacked by the robbers of the criminal realm, and the woman was not saved. In the end, the bachelor barely escaped and moved in to rescue the family, but it was already ruined.

Within a few years, this news spread throughout the major cities of the stars, and many people changed their views on the previously respected profession of bachelors, and some groups hostile to bachelors always used it to publicize it.

The fat man was about to open his mouth to retort, but his ears suddenly moved.

A subtle vibration sound, looking up, I saw the gate of the castle in front of him slowly open, followed by the roar of the heavy door shaft, which made him put aside his distracting thoughts and subconsciously cheered up: "Come out!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a group emerged from inside the castle.

Carter followed suit, and he looked at it for a moment, then his eyes were fixed on the young man who was taking the lead.

The man didn't look very old, and his face was even faintly immature.

He had rare black hair, neatly tied behind his head, dressed in a black aristocratic robe, and his upper body was as tall as a pine when he straddled his horse, and he looked energetic. This made the two of them subconsciously straighten their waists.

A pair of equally dark eyes as deep as stars, and exquisite facial features, Carter unconsciously thought of the word elf.

Only those legendary immortals could be so handsome, right?

The two were in a trance for a moment

The young man naturally had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the first impression gave people a great impression, he looked around after he came out, and then looked at the two people in front of him, the smile unconsciously expanded a little, and then rode over.

"Hello, my dear cousin. ”

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On the road leading from the Lord's Castle to the shopping street, a group of people were chatting on horseback.

"I heard that cousin, you haven't held a lord's inauguration ceremony since you came?" Fat Keith rode a gray tall horse to Allen's side, and said apologetically: "It's all my cousin's fault, I didn't ask my cousin when you came over, and I was delayed for so long." ”

Carter, the city defense officer next to him, lowered his head and couldn't help but glance at him when he heard Keith's words.

This fat man is really lying without blinking, they actually learned through special channels that the new lord had been appointed, and in order to give him a dismount, they deliberately took the path to the reef to resume their duties.

This dismount seems to have been successful, and according to the subordinates, the new lord's people have not been able to get involved in the situation in Bay City during this time, which is what they expected, and the forces here are very complicated, and an outsider cannot integrate without the support of the locals.

But unexpectedly, the handsome young nobleman in front of him, who could unconsciously arouse people's jealousy, was not angry.

Carter believed that their disadvantage had worked, and that the new lord had learned that he had to rely on them in order to control his territory.

Carter is very active here, and Alan is politely interacting with his fat cousin.

Facing the apologetic look of the person in front of him, Alan waved his hand indifferently and said: "I can't blame you for this, the situation is special, I came in a hurry, and I caught up with such a heavy rain, and I have also had a cold recently, you are here, and I don't plan to hold an inauguration ceremony immediately, and the state is not good." ”

"Nonsense. The fat man secretly smacked, he had inquired before he came, this strange cousin would patrol the territory every morning, and many people had seen him, but he had not heard of any rumors of illness or anything like that.

But this is only a small problem, since Alan said this, the fat man can only listen seriously, he pretended to be concerned and asked, "How is it? Are you okay now? There are several doctors on Emerald Street who have great medical skills, do you want my cousin to introduce you to you?"

Alan shook his head: "Thank you, cousin, it's almost fine." ”

"That's good. ”

The fat man's acting skills are very good, and normal people can't see what he thinks psychologically, at least the city defense officer next to him doesn't see it.

He also thought that what Alan said was true, and was secretly laughing: "The noble young master is hypocritical." ”

Probably feeling something, Alan happened to look at him: "Mr. Carter, before I came, my father said that you are very capable and a very competent city defense officer." ”

"Really?"

Carter was a little surprised by the sudden compliment, and he leaned in the direction of Allen, his eyes widened and asked, "Does Sir Taryn really say that about me?"

Although he and the young man in front of him are father and son, the lord of Reef City, Earl Tyron, has a lot of weight in Carter's heart, and even in the entire southern part of the empire, there is no one who does not admire the fire of revenge in Reef City.

In his early years, he suffered a great disaster, lived in the slums, rose to the end of the slums, and when he became an adult, he stabbed his enemies, conquered the orcs, assisted the new emperor, and made great contributions to the empire, and finally returned to his hometown to become a lord and inherit the family inheritance.

The life of the Earl of Tyron could have been a knightly novel, and many young people in the south grew up listening to his legends, and many idolized him.

"Yes. Alan nodded, and then suddenly sighed: "But I think my father may have lost his eyes this time." ”

The fat man Keith, who was listening intently, choked on his breath, and he looked at Alan with a strange expression, unable to figure out what his cousin was playing.

To deny a person's abilities is simply insulting. The position of city defense officer is not a small role no matter where it is, and as a new lord, shouldn't it be mainly to win over?

What is he doing? Is it suppression? Or did Carter offend him unknowingly?

I thought I was being appreciated by the Earl, and I was excited, but who would have thought that this guy would say such a thing. Carter, who was the party concerned, turned red, and his right hand unconsciously rested on the hilt of the sword at his waist, wanting to have a seizure, but he couldn't bear it, just staring at Allen's eyes round.

Allen turned his face faster than turning a book, the smile on his face remained unchanged, but the tone of his voice was cold: "As a lord, I think it is an unshirkable responsibility to protect my territory, but some people don't think so, they say that my lord is more redundant, and they also say that they only need the protection of His Excellency the city defense officer, and they don't need any extra lords, which makes me very sad." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the tall city guard with a slightly faded face, and asked with a serious expression, "Then can I think that Bay City is now enough to break away from the control of Reef City and be self-sufficient, so they don't need me, the lord sent by Reef City?"

His Excellency the City Defense Officer's expression was rather strange, and the residual anger had not yet dissipated, but his face was a little pale when Allen said this, so that he opened his mouth in a complicated mood, but he didn't know how to answer.

How do you answer that? Yes, no? That's a dead end.

Although Bay City is special for some reasons, no matter how special it is, it can't be separated from the support of Reef City, not to mention that there is no farmland around Bay City, but it does not produce grain.

Need?

This is a little unspeakable, before he came, he had already learned from his subordinates that Allen's people were not less than touching nails in their places.

The city guard here was speechless when asked, and the fat man Keith over there also looked weird.

He was a little surprised that his cousin didn't take the usual path, originally he thought that Alan would focus on appeasing and wooing, who knew that he would choose to use the big rear of Reef City to coerce.

This is naturally more enjoyable in some ways, but isn't he afraid that his subordinates will obey the yang and the yin?

As long as he is not caught on the surface, Alan can't do anything with them, although he is now the lord of Bay City, but he is still the lord of Lord Tyrann.

Although it is a father-son relationship, Keith believes that if the person in front of him is "too much", Sir Taryn will not let it go.

The fat man's mind turned back and forth, but he didn't realize that Allen's eyes had turned to look at him: "Cousin, my father also praised you." ”

"Huh?" Keith subconsciously shouted, and then immediately came back to his senses: "Uncle praise, praise me?"

"Yes. ”

Alan nodded seriously: "He said that there is something I want to rely on your cousin more, saying that your ability is not inferior to that of the class housekeeper."

The class butler is the head of the housekeeping of the Allen family and the right-hand man of Allen's father, so comparing the fat man to him is really a pure compliment.

Although he was a little confused, the fat man grinned unconsciously: "Uncle said that I am not as powerful as the old man." ”

"I think my father is right about you. Alan smiled again.

At this time, they were riding down the main road of Bay City, followed by a group of guards, and they had already walked a long way from the Lord's Castle.

The buildings on both sides range from half-stone low-rise houses to neatly renovated shops to ornately decorated pink laneways, and before they know it, they have arrived at Perfume Street in Bay City.

Allen's meaningful voice sounded from here: "He also said that it is really condescending to keep your cousin here as a small financial officer, and specially instructed me to send you back to Reef City if there is a suitable person to replace you." ”

"Look, cousin, you're lucky, and my father is ready to reuse you. ”

Keith broke out in a cold sweat as he listened.