A week later, in the early morning, the silence was broken by the crisp sound of horses' hooves.

"Hello Honorable Emissary, I am Sebas Jutian, Earl McCarvey's butler. Sebas invited the emissary from Raging Waves into the hall.

"Hello, I am the Duc's messenger, and I have an important letter to be delivered to the Earl. The messenger replied.

"My master is not in the city at this time, so if you can give me the letter, I will pass it on my behalf. Sebas said.

"Hmm. The messenger thought for a moment. "Well, please pass this letter on to Lord Earl. ”

"Thank you. Your Excellency must be exhausted from the days of traveling, there is a hot spring in the house, please take a break here, and go back tomorrow. Sebas sent out the invitation.

"That's so thankful, I can't hide it, I'm really tired these days, the job of a messenger is really not easy, even if you sleep in the open every day, you have to beware of robbers on the road, if you are not careful, you will be killed. The messenger grumbled as he thanked him, and it seemed that the past few days had not been easy.

"Then please rest here and take your leave. Sebas took the letter and left.

Sebas looked at the letter in his hand, the front of the envelope was painted with a mighty double-headed eagle, the family crest of the McCarvey family, which meant that the letter was not a personal letter from the Duke to his son, but a more formal official document, representing the will of the City of Angry Waves. "It's a problem now, let the Earl deal with it yourself!"

At this time, Julian was camping outside the city, and yesterday he didn't know what interest he had, so he took Charlotte and Barr and ran to camp outside the city with the guards. By the time Sebas found Julian, it was past noon.

At this time, Julian did not notice the arrival of Sebas at all, and concentrated on fishing by the lake. Sebas looked at where his master was fishing from, and he didn't bother, just waited silently. Suddenly, the fish float suddenly shook a little, and a fish was about to eat the bait, and after waiting patiently, suddenly the fishing rod shook violently and took the bait. "Whoever wishes to take the bait!" Julian flicked hard, and a fat white grass carp jumped out of the water along the fishing line.

"Young Master is wonderful!" Charlotte, who was fishing with Julian, praised after seeing Julian catch a grass carp.

"Charlotte, no matter how much you compliment me, I won't give you this grass carp. Julian teased.

"Young Master~~~" Charlotte pouted and pretended to be lost.

"What a fat grass carp, master, your skills are really getting better and better. Sebas stepped forward and said.

Julian picked up the freshly caught grass carp and put it in the bucket, "Sebas, when did you come?" ”

"About half an hour ago. Sebas said respectfully.

"Remind me sooner. ”

"Disrupting the master's interest is not the proper behavior of a servant. ”

Listening to Sebas's words, Julian couldn't help but chuckle and said, "It seems that I have an excellent butler, let's say, what will make you come here personally." ”

"A letter from Raging Waves, an official document. Sebas pulled out the envelope in his arms and handed it to Julian with both hands.

Julian took the envelope handed over by Sebas, looked at it carefully, and gently stroked the double-headed eagle on the front, "It seems that my father is very angry!" Julian unsealed the wax of the letter and unfolded the letter inside. "Let me see. ”

Looking at his master's frowning brow, Sebas asked worriedly, "What did the Duke say in the letter?"

"This is a letter in which my father canonized Christine as the Baroness of the Court. ”

"What? Apparently shocked by Julian's words, and knowing that his master was not the one to make such jokes, Sebas could not help but be worried, for Duke McCarvey was a dignified and prestigious ruler, and that his son had done such a ridiculous thing, not only without punishment, but also as a baron, which was not so much acquiescence as encouragement of his son's absurd behavior.

"Hey, that woman has been canonized as a baron? What are you kidding, is the Duke too old to be clear?" said Charlotte, who was on the side, when she heard the conversation between the two, dissatisfied.

"Charlotte. Julian scolded under his breath. Sensing her gaffe, Charlotte quickly covered her mouth.

Julian frowned and pondered, and after a long time, he said: "It's hard to believe that this absurd behavior is from my father's hand, although it is only an honorary nobleman, but the canonization of a commonwoman as a nobleman will cause dissatisfaction among the nobles, I think this is a signal from my father." ”

"Is the Duke going to carry out a purge?" Sebas guessed, and if this was the case, Raging Waves was about to set off a storm of blood.

"I don't fully understand my father's thoughts, but I think that's pretty much what it means. You know that my reforms in Azuchi Castle have offended many people, and many nobles have become dissatisfied with me, and they have formed an alliance to frantically try to elect my sister as the Grand Duchess. ”

"According to the inheritance law, a woman in the family cannot inherit the title. Although surprised by Julian's words, Sebas was the key to the question.

"That's right, so they're going to bypass the inheritance law and choose a nobleman to marry my sister and let their children inherit the title, and my sister's husband will become the de facto ruler of Angry Waves. ”

"Master, this is a rebellion against you, and even more so against the McCarvey family, this matter is unforgivable, but all the nobles involved in this conspiracy should be put on the gallows. Shocked by Julian's words, Sebas spoke to his master.

"It is true that these nobles have been at ease for too long, too whimsical. I don't know of the nobles involved in the conspiracy and there is no evidence of it, but I have hinted at it to my father through the Count of Anthony, who must have known about it. Julian smiled slightly, "There must be a lot of nobles in this matter, which will inevitably cause my father to be furious, so my father even did not hesitate to canonize a folk girl as an honorary nobleman to deter the ministers and express their support for me. ”

"What a bunch of guys who don't know whether to live or die!"