After praying in the main hall of the temple, Leylin finally met Bishop Tablis under the guidance of several handmaidens.

"My child, you seem to be in trouble!"

Tablis's words were very straightforward at the beginning.

"Yes, Your Lordship, I am in dire need of the teachings and guidance of the God of Knowledge......"

Just looking at the other party's attitude made Leylin's heart relax a lot, and Tablis was indeed the same as he had guessed before, except that he had the intention of beating their family through this incident, but he had no plan to really replace the Faoran family.

In this case, it is not an unspeakable thing to give up some benefits in exchange for the help of the other party.

Seeing the other party's performance, Bishop Tablis also nodded secretly in his heart.

As the heir of the Faoran family, Rylin's promise must be fulfilled even by Baron Jonas, not to mention that it is a promise to the temple that the gods have to bear.

"Looks like Baron Jonas has a very good heir!"

Tablis thought slowly in his heart, and looked at Leylin again: "Dear little Leylin, have you heard of Viscount Diem?"

"Viscount Diem?" there was some confusion in Relin's voice, after Anthony's teaching, of course, he knew about the upper nobles in the kingdom of Dambrai, but he didn't seem to have heard of this viscount's deeds.

"Oh, look at me! The canonization of this Viscount Dim has just taken place the month before, and it is normal that you have not heard of it, and you must have heard of his father, the Marquis de Louis!"

Tablis looked at Leylin's face expectantly.

"Marquis Louis, the king's brother!" Lei Lin really took a slight breath of cold air, although he knew that this time the matter would not be simple, but he did not expect that he would be directly related to the royal nobles.

The aristocracy was never monolithic. The struggle for power between the local and central aristocracy never stopped, although they might still be able to unite in the face of theocracy. But once the pressure from the outside world decreases, it becomes their instinct to compete with each other for interests.

The central nobility of the kingdom and the local nobility. are the two most fiercely fought factions.

"Yes, that Viscount Dim is an adult, although he is only a second son, but the Marquis Louis loves him very much, and even wants to get a fief for him......"

Tablis stopped talking about this, and the rest was left to Leylin's thoughts.

"I see!" Leylin nodded heavily.

Although the king's line is the ruler of the entire Danbraith kingdom, it is impossible to own all the land, and after generations of feudals and the rise of other nobles, there are very few direct territories in the hands of the king.

So far. The territory of the entire kingdom has almost been divided, and even princes and princesses, if they are not favored, may not be able to get a hereditary title, and can only bear the title of a court earl or marquis, and even have only a few large estates in their hands.

The Marquis de Louis, as the brother of this generation of kings, still reaped a lot of benefits, and his fiefdom was the Baltic Islands, a string of overseas islands that together far exceeded the territory of Faoran. It even has several very good deep-water ports.

To put it bluntly, even the Faoran family is just relying on the huge trade of the Baltic Islands to earn a little hard-earned money.

But Louis also has a son-in-law. It is very foolish to divide one's own territory, so you have to look elsewhere.

Maybe. This time he set his sights on the Faoran Domain.

Although depriving a hereditary nobleman of his domain for no reason will definitely cause an uproar in aristocratic circles. But if the family dies in advance, the Marquis de Louis orders Dim to inherit the other family's name. That's a lot easier, with the influence of the Marquis, it can also minimize the consequences of this incident.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your outspokenness, in the future, the Temple of Knowledge will be fully opened, and a territory will be set aside in the eastern part of the island as a ...... for the dedication of the Church."

Leylin got up and thanked him.

Although this is all information that the other party said, he feels that it is very likely.

One of the points was that the Faoran Territory actually diluted the other party's profits, although it was only a small amount, but it was enough for the Marquis de Louis to be unhappy.

And the second is that the Faolan family is just an emerging aristocratic family, and there are not so many intertwined relationships, and their influence is very small.

"Could it be...... Is this also a contest between the local faction and the central faction?"

Experiencing more intrigues, Leylin saw something deeper: "The Faoran family started out as a military meritor, and was the king's bodyguard at first, so it can be regarded as a central faction, but since obtaining the fief and coming to the locality, the family has actually leaned towards the local faction, and my baron father did the same...... But embarrassingly, due to the island's isolation from the outside world and little contact with the interior, it has not yet been accepted by the local aristocratic factions...... So the current family is in an embarrassing situation where neither side can rely on either side......"

After thinking about this clearly, Lei Lin immediately realized: "No wonder, after seeing this situation, even I can't help but go under the knife, the benefits are great, but the risks are very small...... And maybe the bitter plea of the Viscount Diem......"

In fact, this is close to Lei Lin's previous guess, but there are some differences.

Although the opponent is only a viscount, and the energy seems to be relatively small, but the opponent has the support of the marquis, and even the nephew of the king, and it is easy to cause chaos if he is not careful.

But fortunately, the other party is just a more favored second son, even the Marquis of Louis will not spare much strength to help him, let alone alarm the king, as long as he does not kill the other party, there must not be much backlash.

After all, this kind of conspiracy to seize the territory of the minor nobles, even if many big nobles have done it secretly, it belongs to the category that can only be understood but not spoken, and it is impossible to say it openly.

"There seems to be a wave of pirates coming around lately, I hope you need to be careful! The god of knowledge protects you......"

Tablis personally sent Leylin out of the temple, whispering in his ear just as Leylin was about to step into the carriage.

"I see!" Leylin's eyes flashed, and he gave Tabris a deep look before getting into the carriage.

The wheels rolled, driving the body to rise and fall, and Lei Lin closed his eyes in the cabin, but his thoughts kept floating.

"Cunning Bishop Tablis, is this a two-headed bet......"

In fact, Lei Lin still really wanted to get the help of the temple this time, with the power of the temple of knowledge, if he personally pressured the marquis, he would definitely be able to make the other party give up this move, but this was obviously impossible, even Bishop Tablis did not have the authority to do this for him in the labor headquarters!

Sending out Templars and priests would be seen as a sign of support for the Faorans, and Tablis apparently refused to do so.

Looking at it now, the other party just gave a little information, but immediately gained a bunch of things.

And even if Baron Jonas is here, he will not dare to repay his debts in the future, and even, if Viscount Dim succeeds, he will not forget to come over and win over the other party.

This kind of two-sided betting, and can guarantee profits, why not do it?

Of course, there is no way to get the help of the church, but then you must turn all your territory into divine territory and dedicate it to the church, but this is a lose-lose and jade burning practice, and it will be resisted by all the nobles on the mainland and regarded as a 'traitor' among the nobles!

Leylin asked himself that things had not yet reached this stage, and that he did not have the courage to turn his back on his class, so of course he would not do so.

"Pirates?"

Lei Lin's eyes were deep, since the other party was also a great nobleman who controlled overseas trade and had a large number of ports, he obviously also had a strong sea power.

Even, even some pirates in the vicinity may be secretly controlled by the other party, send some people to harass Faolan Island, in order to create pressure, or even directly attack the manor and wipe out the Faolan family, it is very possible, anyway, they have already done it once.

"It's a bit difficult to rely on a hundred patrols to wipe out this wave of pirates......

Lei Lin touched his chin, he would never underestimate the strength of the other party, with a marquis behind him, that viscount could still easily send out a dozen professionals.

"It's impossible for a strong person above level fifteen, but there may be a strong person who surpasses level ten, and there are some elite professionals above level five...... It's hard to fight......"

Lei Lin quickly estimated the strength of the other party, which was still the most basic.

Of course, the power of the Faoran family is not only the port patrol, but the real strong and masters must be by Baron Jonas's side, and as for the only one left behind, only Mage Ernest is left, especially since this aid was sent by Leylin himself.

"The main force of the other party will obviously only be placed on the baron, and the one sent over now should also be a small part of the force, and it is not without a fight!"

Leylin's eyes were dark.

In fact, he also considered retreating directly, hiding in a corner of the continent as a shrunken turtle, and slowly accumulating to become an archmage or even a legendary powerhouse!

It's a pity that this idea was vetoed by himself as soon as it appeared.

Not to mention the kindness of Baron Jones and his wife to him, even if he can ruthlessly abandon all this, he can't give up the interests of the entire Faoran family.

The mage's advancement requires a huge amount of resources, whether it is expensive spell casting materials, or various spell books, etc., a large amount of gold coins are required to buy, if there is no force collecting for him, Lei Lin alone cannot meet his own needs. (To be continued......)