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The news of the orcs came from the border, and most of the civilians on the border of the Celtic Kingdom became nervous, fearing that the barbaric orc army would break through the defense line and destroy their homeland.

Donald, who also got the news, was not worried at all, but was faintly excited in his heart. Donald was joined by many noble children and commoner adventurers who aspired to make a fortune.

Originally, the knight assessment and the inheritance of the title were both Donald's priority problems, but after becoming a mage apprentice, Donald didn't care about next year's knight assessment at all.

According to the royal decree, if you want to obtain the title of knight, you must reach the strength of the high level of black iron to pass the assessment, of course, except for the knight who has always been known as the noble class, as long as Donald meets the standard of any other combat profession of the high level of black iron, he can pass the knight assessment and successfully obtain the title of knight.

At the same time, there are also aristocratic etiquette, art and other cultivation assessments. However, these are for ordinary commoners and small nobles, and even if the children of the big nobles do not meet the standards, they have their own ways to pass smoothly. This is also the reason why the assessment of the beginner knights of all human countries is getting bigger and bigger.

Originally, if a down-and-out nobleman like Donald could not obtain the title of knight, then according to the rules, he would be deprived of the inheritance of the hereditary knight of the family and lose his nobility.

But now that he is an official Black Iron Mage, according to the rules of the Noble Succession Law, if the noble heir is in any of the spell-casting professions, then no one can deprive him of his due inheritance unless he has committed the great crime of treason and blasphemy.

Therefore, Donald is not worried about the knighthood at all, and no one dares to deprive him of his nobility even if he does not participate in the knightly examination. With his worries gone, and the tasks that had been pressed on him were relieved, Donald now that he had retained his nobility and acquired two estates, he set his sights on a bigger goal.

Because Donald not only wants to keep his nobility, but also more wealth, titles, and even his personal domain. As long as it is possible to establish meritorious service in the war, all of this can be achieved one by one.

For Donald, who is now in dire need of development, the orc invasion is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to build on merit.

"A manor alone can only bring him economic income for himself, and only by obtaining a real fief can he build his own army and have a foothold in this world. ”

"The private territory of the nobles is equivalent to a small kingdom of their own, and it is up to me to decide how it develops when the time comes. ”

Donald knew that force alone was not enough to protect his growing wealth, and that only a strong army could deter the enemies of the Melinars, so that they would completely cut off the idea of dealing with the Melinas.

So this skirmish was a good opportunity for Donald to regain his family fiefdom.

However, the news is not yet clear, and the kingdom has not issued a conscription order to recruit nobles and commoner warriors from various places to participate in the battle, so Donald can't just rush into the border barracks.

Because the territorial consciousness of the nobles is very strong, in addition to passing by, the general foreign nobles enter the territory of the local lord, if they plan to stay for a period of time, then they will officially greet the master and report their intentions, otherwise it is easy to be misunderstood as bad intentions, even if they do not take other means, they will also report to the management office of the noble council, and it is likely to start a lawsuit in the royal court.

This is only the domain of ordinary nobles, and Donald's destination is the well-guarded garrison of the kingdom's borders, and rash entry is likely to be punished as an enemy spy.

So Donald, despite his eagerness to prove himself, temporarily suppressed his emotions and continued with his daily life.

Since his Moonshine Wine series appeared in the hands of the mage, through the mouths of some nobles who have a good relationship with the mage, the name of the moonshine wine soon set off an undercurrent in Boulder City and even the entire North County.

Many nobles wanted to buy some of them in the market after tasting that taste and special effects from the mage. However, as the mages said, this miraculous wine is currently only for mages, and it is also the work of a mage, and it is not circulated to any merchant in the market.

Out of politeness and habit of mages, no one revealed Donald's identity, and it was unforgivable for a mage to betray his kind, even if it was only a little personal information. Even if there is an insoluble grudge between the two mages, it will be resolved according to the rules of the mages, and rarely involve others.

And the role of the mages in fine wine is far more important than enjoying the taste of this fine wine, and naturally they will not sell moonshine wine in their hands for money, which is equivalent to alchemical elixir and has no side effects.

This result made the aristocracy who had tasted moonshine wine even more itchy, and the fine wines that had been tasted in the past were difficult to swallow, and they wanted to get the best of the wines more and more.

The living materials of the people at the bottom of this world are relatively poor, and even most of the low-level nobles only eat a few things, which can barely reach the level of the world's well-off family in his previous life. Only the real nobles can enjoy all kinds of food and entertainment in different ways.

It's just that their entertainment is extremely boring for Donald in his previous life, who lived in a world where the entertainment industry was rich and colorful, and the living environment was booming at a high speed.

In the past, Donald was so destitute that it was difficult to enjoy even the most basic and inferior wines, let alone fresh fruit and all kinds of food. Now that he has certain conditions and strength, of course Donald can't continue to work hard, and some good habits necessary for nobles still have to be cultivated.

He had already taught the cooks and maids hired by Kode some of the food practices of his past life that he could achieve. Otaku will also enjoy it, in his previous life, he was a frequent visitor to food websites.

Now his daily breakfast consists of steaks, sausages, omelette with fresh milk, juice and other simple but hearty foods, and dinner is usually pan-fried meat, toast with fresh vegetables or soup, and the cook has also learned how to make pizza and pies, of course, using the ingredients of this world. During afternoon tea, there are also fragrant milk tea and elegant black tea carefully prepared by the maid, accompanied by simple and sweet desserts and pastries made by skillful hands.

There are not as many varieties of tea drinks in this world as in previous lives, and the most common thing that nobles drink is a refreshing spice called Emerald Leaf discovered by mages, and dairy products made from fresh milk, because it is very similar to milk tea in previous lives, so Donald directly called it milk tea.

As for black tea, it is a herb that Donald specially found through the botanical material introduction of alchemical potions, called red licorice, and the taste is of course different from the black tea in his memory, which was originally used by alchemists to prepare recovery potions. After Donald's experiment, he found that the leaves of this fragrant and slightly sweet plant not only taste beautiful when brewed, but also have the effects of warming the stomach, strengthening the spleen, and aiding digestion, which has many benefits for the body. Moreover, the side effects are smaller than those of tea in the previous life, making it very suitable for daily drinking.

As a result, black tea, the aristocratic drink that later swept the entire continent, was invented in the small kitchen of Donald Manor.

Although the conditions are sometimes not up to standard, Donald has skillfully improved his quality of life to the best level through the insights of his previous life. At present, his living conditions are much better than the ninety percent of the nobles in Boulder City. It is estimated that only the family of the largest local lord, the Viscount, can often afford to buy foreign products, and can compare with him in terms of variety and quality.

And in terms of food and drink, the kitchen of the Viscount Mansion may not be compared with the small kitchen of Donald Manor.

After all, although the recorded history of the creatures of this world is as long as 10,000 years, and it has been thousands of years since the official establishment of the human kingdom, because of the influence of true gods and powerful professionals, human wisdom and creativity have been greatly suppressed and cannot be developed in some aspects, so in terms of social structure and scientific and technological productivity, it has always been in the stage of transition from a slave society to a feudal society.

The people at the bottom do not have access to any systematic education at all, and generations and dozens of generations have been like this, let alone develop new and convenient tools and utensils.

However, a world has its own world, and although Donald has temporarily integrated into this world, he does not want to change anything. What's more, this situation cannot be changed by a single manpower, no matter how strong an individual's ability is, it is often only a few waves in the tide of history, and even some powerful beings want to change the world, but even a wave has not been curbed yet.

For the existence of the gods, he has always been secretive, the water in this world is too deep, not to mention the gods who are high, even the legendary powerhouses and the forces behind the various races, all of which make Donald very jealous in his heart. After all, he is a smuggler from another world, and he is also a socialist educated, atheistic unbeliever, once such an existence is exposed, it is estimated that he will definitely be burned at the stake for human meat barbecue!

Donald doesn't have that crazy ambition, he just wants to protect himself in this environment. Otherwise, once his little mortal shows his head, the gods in the starry sky don't need to stretch out a finger, and they can easily pinch him to death by sending a high-level believer.