Chapter XX: Awards

Jun'en Empire, Hall of the Royal Judgment.

"Now, then, I will turn to the last item. Aged Congressman Quinn White spoke slowly, waving his hand for his aides to distribute the materials to the other ten members at the long table.

"We all know that the strength of the Jun'en Empire stems from constant conquest. Quinn said, looking at the crowd.

After a pause, he asked the crowd, "What is the purpose of the battle?"

"To protect our land, to protect our estates, our wives, our sons and daughters, our legal property. The cane in Quinn's hand slammed into the ground with a "thump" thump.

"But now, on the borders of the Empire, a knight whom we trust, who swore an oath to guard the grace of the king, in order to evade his own responsibilities, lies about the war, slanders his companions, tries to deceive the king, tries to deceive the church. ”

"Bobilis Lot, betraying the trust of the royal family and the church. I propose that Bobilis Lot be recalled, and that he be removed from the knighthood for the time being, and that he be ordered to repent in the court of the Church until he is forgiven by the King and the Pope!" Quinn's words caused the whole hall to be noisy in an instant.

The councillors at the long table exchanged words for a while, and began to express their positions one after another.

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

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"Then, on behalf of Congress, I make a ruling against the knight Bobilis Lot, recalling Bobilis Lot, removing him from his name, and ordering Bobilis Rhodes to repent in the court of the Church until he has been forgiven by the King and the Pope, and the ruling shall take effect from now on. This concludes our agenda for today. Quinn slowly made the final decision.

Many of the parliamentarians got up and prepared to leave.

Quinn, who was on crutches, also got up and walked out slowly.

"Councilor Quinn. As he walked out of the hall, a voice called out to Quinn.

"Councillor Durrell. Quinn paused, and the cane in his hand turned to look at the visitor.

"Red Wing Knight, Bobilis Lot, if I'm not mistaken, you were his candidate for knighthood, and the initiator. Durrell said to Quinn with a smile.

"Yes, that was thirteen years ago, and Pobilis was so young, passionate, upright, and firm in his faith, that His Majesty the Pope praised him. Quinn said, his eyes fogged in, as if he was stuck in a memory.

The smile on Durrell's face was still bright, and he watched Quinn fall into deep thought.

"I'm sorry, Councillor Durrell, it's always like this when people get old, it's easy to remember the past. Quinn slowly came back to his senses and said apologetically.

"My father was like this all the time, always remembering the good old days, and he always remembered the bad things we did when we were kids. Durrell said with a smile.

"Every knight of the empire must be responsible for his words, deeds and actions, have the courage to admit his mistakes, and face his own shortcomings, so that he is a knight worthy of trust, and Bobilis has done things that are disappointing. Quinn said, shaking his head slightly.

"There is a news from the Red Eagle Wings, Knight Egger is not dead, a high-level water magician named Li Xuan saved him, this magician, does not appear in any of our intelligence, and there is no information about this mage in the Magic Guild of the Arissanrite Empire. Durrell said as he noticed Quinn's expression.

Quinn frowned, picked up his cane, and walked forward, ignoring Durrell.

Standing still, Durrell kept smiling, and watched Quinn walk away before turning to leave.

On the border of the Duchy of Lopsius, in the cavalry camp of the city of Canna.

"Lord Heron!"

A guard trotted in from a distance.

Hillen, who was sitting at the table, looked up, the guard quickly walked forward, handed him a small metal cylinder, took it, and after seeing the seal on the sealing fire paint, Hillen sat up straight, swept away the dozen or so letters piled up on the table, and slowly unscrewed the cylinder, inside was a thin scroll, took out the scroll, opened it and looked at it for a while, Hillen's brows furrowed tightly.

Slowly rolling up the scroll in his hand, slowly putting it into the cylinder, after thinking for a long time, he said to the guard, "Go and inform the two knights, Langley and Bobilis, to come here at once." ”

The guard nodded, turned and trotted away.

Hillen put the barrel of the cylinder up and placed it on the table with the lid, and quietly began to think, his fingers gently patting on the table.

"Knight Hillen!" Knight Langley quickly arrived to greet Hillen, who stood up, picked up the cylinder on the table, pulled out the scroll inside, handed it to him, and motioned for him to look at it.

Langley took the scroll handed over by Hillen, opened it slowly, looked at it carefully, frowned quickly, looked solemn, slowly rolled up the scroll, and handed it back to Hillen.

"Sit down, Langley. Hillen motioned for him to sit down, and sat down himself.

"Knight Hillon, what's going on, it's too sudden, although Bobilis... But it won't be such a heavy punishment. Langley's face was solemn, and he did not understand the congressional ruling.

Hillen looked at Langley and said lightly, "The biggest problem is that it was Quinn White who initiated the ruling. ”

"Councilor Quinn, has Bobilis offended him?" Langley looked at Hillen, his tone a little heavy.

Hillen patted the table lightly with his hand, and after a while, he said slowly, "No, Quinn is the promoter and initiator of Bobilis Lot's candidate for knighthood. ”

"What? how is this possible?" Langley's eyes widened slightly, and he asked Hiren in disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible. Helen kept slapping the table with a blank face.

Langley didn't understand how to think about it, every knight needs to go through two nominations before they can officially be canonized as a knight. The first time is a candidate knight recommendation, the second time is a canonized knight recommendation, and the process is the same for both nominations.

Excellent cavalry or candidate knights, after making military exploits or accumulating many merits, will be recommended to the royal family and the church by the sponsor, usually 5 to 10 people, with a promoter.

First of all, the initiator must have a certain status in the empire to initiate the recommendation, after the royal family and the church receive the recommendation, the initiator will ask the initiator to invite a certain number of recommenders to make the recommendation together, the more recommenders, the higher the status of the recommender, the higher the degree of attention of the royal family and the church, and the more opportunities for the corresponding passage.

Many knights are passed down from generation to generation, and it is most common for fathers or family elders to initiate recommendations, and there are also many noble families who will recommend outstanding talents cultivated by the family.

The relationship between the knight and the sponsor is extremely close, and there is a direct correlation between the glory and the loss.

Thinking back to his sponsor, the initiator of the candidate knight was his father, and the initiator of the canonization knight was a swordsman who had taught him for twenty years, Langley had reason to believe that Councilor Quinn's relationship with Bobilis must be extraordinary.

Langley was relieved by the sound of footsteps from near and far, and he looked out the door, where Bobilis walked slowly, his wounded face expressionless.

"The Knight of Bobilis. Langley stood up and greeted him, looking at him with mixed emotions in his eyes.

Hillen also stood up, but instead of speaking, he took the scroll in his hand and handed it over.

"Langley Knight. Bobilis returned the salute to Langley, and with a calm expression, he reached out and took the scroll from Heeren's hand.

After opening the scroll and looking at it a few times, Bobilis's face suddenly changed, his breathing became short, his face was full of disbelief, and the hand holding the scroll trembled slightly, and his eyes immediately turned red.

"Bobilis Lot, after receiving the ruling of the Imperial Congress, you will be temporarily dismissed as a knight, and you will immediately return to the Imperial Capital to confess your sins to the Court of the Church. Heeren's expression was extremely serious.