Early the next morning, everyone gathered and prepared to go.

There were more Gray in the team than when they came, as well as Path's Red Scorpion mercenary group, and several more carriages, each carrying four coffins, as well as the more seriously injured knights.

In addition to this, there is also an entourage of a thousand people sent by Count Casper, which is mighty.

After the symbolic farewell ceremony of Count Caspar, the procession departed.

There was a solemn and solemn atmosphere throughout the team, and everyone was ready to meet the challenges of the future. Except for Gray.

Yes, except for Gray.

Gray was alone, elated.

For Irene and his loyal knights, enlisting the support of Count Caspar was only the first step in the road to the throne. The road ahead was still full of thorns, and the long journey had just begun, but for Gray, his purpose had been successfully achieved. It's even a bit of a "demon birth" pinnacle.

Since the black cat refused to continue to be stuffed in the armor, he simply found two ropes and carried the black cat on his back. A knight carrying a cat on his back is not to mention how funny it looks. The Black Cat decisively refused, but its refusal apparently had no way to influence Gray's decision.

Not only that, but Gray also took the initiative to take on the role of scout. Because he just learned the word last night, and he thinks it suits him well.

Then people saw a knight wrapped in thick armor, carrying a black cat on his back, riding a horse to sprint back and forth in front of the procession, running like the wind.

"There's a small river one kilometer ahead, and a village five kilometers away!"

"There's a group of men approaching in the rear! I asked, it's a caravan!"

"There is a village two kilometers to the left! I counted it, and there are one hundred and twenty-one people!"

"There's a forest a kilometer to the right, and it's the fruit of the tree!"

Riding a tireless bone horse, Gray weaved through the middle of the group from time to time, not stopping for a moment, leaving only a short sentence or two, or something else. For example, he even retrieved a gopher on the grounds that the gopher had magic fluctuations on it.

"Doesn't he feel tired?" Hallse was dumbfounded, the first time he had seen such a diligent scout as Gray.

"Isn't that how scouts should be? I think he's humorous. Irene laughed.

"To be young is to be good, to be full of energy. Paz sighed from the sidelines.

Generally speaking, when something unusual appears in a person's body, the people around him will quickly notice it. However, when a person is different from ordinary people in everything, the people around him don't bother to pay attention to him.

Riding his horse up the slope, Gray drew his long sword at his waist with a "bang", and shouted loudly: "Your Royal Highness, please rest assured, your loyal knight will save you from danger and never let any evil force harm you!"

In the distance, several peasants who were working in the fields looked up at Gray with expressionless faces.

"If it weren't for the fact that you couldn't drink, I'd have suspected you of drunken horseback riding in broad daylight. Wait, where did you learn these words?" the black cat with his back was suddenly stunned.

"I read it in the "Knight Success Guide". ”

"There's still this in the Knight Guide? ”

Dismounted, Gray put the black cat down and took out the "Knight Guide" by the way.

"What the hell is this a novel! You're going to be a knight with a novel?"

"Novels?"

"It's a storybook, it's not a guide to success at all!"

"Oh, is there a problem? It's a pretty well-written book. If one day I become a knight like the one in the book, I'll find a bard to write down my adventures!!" Gray raised his sword in the sun.

The black cat felt like he was going crazy. This lich is riding wildly on the crooked road, and the key is that it can't be stopped.

Is there anything scarier than a lich reading a knight novel and seeing it go mad?

"Let's think about finding a place to build a castle and do something evil, really. That's what a lich is supposed to do. ”

"Shut up, I'm already a knight of justice! Look at my badge! Don't instill evil thoughts in me!"

“......”

Under Gray's righteous and awe-inspiring words, for a while, the black cat and the bone horse next to him were speechless.

......

"What should I do if the dragon kidnaps the princess? Dragons are generally very strong, and I'm not sure I can beat a dragon. ”

"Why do you think you've come across a dragon kidnapping a princess?"

"Aren't there a lot? I read this book three times. ”

“......”

......

"If treasure is found, it seems that it should be distributed to the poor. But what if I don't know so many poor people?"

"How many treasures have you found in the books?"

"Seven times. ”

"Oh, it's okay, you're going to meet a lot of poor people. ”

The black cat didn't want to defend anymore, he just wanted to bite the person who wrote the book to death.

Nowadays, the writers of novels are really becoming more and more irresponsible, and dare to write about anything! Didn't you think that reading their novels might be a lich?

......

Looking at Gray from afar, Irene and Paz looked confused.

......

At night, the party set up camp in the wilderness. A team of more than 1,000 people, from a distance, the tents in one place were brightly lit.

After a whole day's journey, the soldiers were exhausted. Except for those who took turns keeping vigil, everyone else had eaten and fell asleep early.

As for Irene, her work seems to have just begun.

In the tents that the soldiers set up for her, she was endlessly planning and dealing with various affairs.

"These people's armor is not good, we need to change it. You go back first, and let the blacksmiths start crafting some of the spare. See where you can buy it, and it's even better if you can buy it. ”

"Yes!"

......

"Food needs to be raised, you take this letter to the mayor of the town and ask him to figure it out anyway. Let the grinder hurry, we need more bread. ”

"Yes!"

......

"Let the bank help me withdraw five thousand gold coins and use the six manors in White City as collateral, they should agree. ”

"Yes!"

......

"Miss Irene, Count Casper has given us fewer men than we thought. ”

"It's normal to have less, and hopefully he'll bring enough people to join us by then. Have you touched the bottom of the person who led the team?"

"I tried to talk to him on the way. If he hadn't disguised it so well, Count Casper wouldn't have given him any secret orders. ”

"Find a way to stabilize him and make him our own. ”

"Yes. ”

......

Gray was stunned and asked in a low voice, "What are they doing?"

"Didn't anyone tell you what happened?" asked Paz in a whisper.

"Nope. Gray shook his head.

Pulling Gray, Paz stepped aside and whispered, "Our Miss Irene, the only daughter of Duke Bessil, do you know this?"

"Uh...... I seem to know. Gray desperately searched in his mind for what an "only child" was, only to find that he had entered a blind spot in knowledge.

Is it the same thing as a unicorn?

Paz was stunned for a moment, as if he had noticed Gray's unusual reaction, but continued to say, "Two months ago, Duke Besil passed away. You know what that means, right?"

"To die means to die!" I know!" Gray became excited, and finally heard a new word that he had learned only the night before.

"I'm not talking about whether he's dead or not!I mean......" Paz was so angry that he glanced back at Irene, who was still busy in the tent behind him, and after making sure that no one was paying attention, he said patiently, "I mean, Duke Bessil has passed away, and it stands to reason that her only daughter, Miss Irene, must inherit the Dukeship." ”

"But, just then, a guy named Jones popped up. Said to be the illegitimate son of Duke Beshir. Duke Bershire never mentioned such an illegitimate child during his lifetime, and even Abby Robles, the most confidant butler, did not know. How is this possible?"

"It's nothing to have an illegitimate child, anyway, according to the law, an illegitimate child can't inherit an inheritance, let alone a title. But the bad is bad in this bastard child who was brought out by the king. The king had the right to grant legal inheritance to his illegitimate sons, and he did. That's too bad. Because, this illegitimate son is a man, and according to the law, he obtains the right of inheritance, and suddenly surpasses Miss Irene to become the first in line to the throne. ”

"Such a toss, of course, the vassals of the Belsil family are not happy. However, the other party is the king. Although the strength of the Beshire family is not weak, it is under the condition that consensus can be gathered. Miss Irene has not yet succeeded to the title of duke, and has no power to mobilize the army of the vassals of the Bessier family. And some of the vassals have already betrayed, and the unfavorable situation of the Besil family is already obvious, which has led to many vassals, even if they are dissatisfied, they are unwilling to stand up. and even threw himself on the side of the king, like Count Caspar. In Miss Irene's hands, the only real troops that can be mobilized now are a small number of troops that are absolutely loyal to the Belshire family, as well as the legacy left by her mother. ”

"This is Miss Irene's current situation, she needs to gather as many of the former Besil family's vassals as possible. Although it was impossible to stand up to the king in any case, she could at least bet that the king would not dare to start a civil war. After all, once a civil war suffers heavy casualties, other countries will not sit idly by. ”

"How's it going, do you understand it now?"

With that, Paz spread his hands and looked at Gray. Gray stood like a statue, looking at Path.

"Don't understand?"

"Like...... I see. Gray's non-existent mind was spinning rapidly, but he had no idea of too many nouns, and he didn't come up with a reason.

Seeing that Gray didn't react, Paz probably felt bored, and patted Gray on the shoulder: "That's probably it, if you still don't understand something, ask me again." I'm the best at listening to the news. Don't worry too much, after all, the war between the nobles is really not good, we can surrender. Generally, we will not be pursued, and the key is that we have no titles and territories to cut. Well, wait, I don't, but you do. Hahahaha. ”

With that, Paz walked away.

After Paz left, the black cat on Gray's back asked, "Do you really understand?"

"I understand the last sentence. Gray suddenly became nervous: "I have to defeat the lord called the king, otherwise the knighthood I just got will be gone!"

"Yes. What about the rest?

"I don't understand. ”

"It's okay, I'll translate it for you. Roughly that means...... She's in big trouble! Remember what I told you? Bad luck is contagious, and if you meet someone unlucky, either stay away from her or kick her! We'd better get out of here and find a place where you can continue to be your lich! Really, trust me!"

After some excited remarks, Gray didn't react.

Stalemate, stalemate, stalemate.

Helpless, the black cat could only sigh: "Forget it, you two are unlucky ghosts, so let's infect each other." Can it be worse anyway?hahahaha...... Maybe it does. ”

At this moment, the smile on the black cat's face gradually became bitter.