The Bronze Knight is derived from the Silver Knight, the Silver Knight is derived from the Golden Knight, and the Golden Knight is derived from the ancient golden bloodline. The Duke of York paused, looked Victor in the eye, and said, "Do you know what the Golden Bloodline is? There are Golden Knights in every generation, who can maintain an empire." Barcelius 3,000 years ago, and Neovestre more than 1,000 years ago are all golden blood...... The Sword Saint Raven Wimbledon is a legendary bloodline. ”

"The babies born with the silver bloodline have a fighting spirit, and when they become adults, they will definitely be great knights, and they are born to disturb the elemental sea. The royal family of mankind is all of silver blood, and each generation of kings is at least a silver knight. Kings ruled the kingdom with noble blood, and it was impossible for them to make way for vassals, so the kingdom's important vassals were scholars and nobles. ”

"The knightly bloodline of the Solimm family is declining, and they need to let the big knight act as the leader of the family like the royal family, flaunt their nobility and unite the hearts of the family. The Duke of York shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that they can't afford the price of the royal family, so they can only abandon the primogeniture, keep the weak and the strong, and only seek a chance to turn around." ”

Victor asked curiously, "What price did the royal family pay?"

The Duke of York replied, "In order to keep the bloodline pure, the royal family always waits until the peak of the Silver Order to give birth to offspring, and their spouses are often noblewomen of weak bloodline. His Royal Highness Roland's father is a golden knight, Queen Linda is a mortal, and Roland was born with the platinum hair of the ancestors of the Auguste family, which shows that her blood is extremely pure. Queen Linda gave birth to a powerful offspring, but her health grew weaker and died young......"

"Wait!" Victor's heart moved, and he asked, "You just said that Queen Linda died because she gave birth to Roland?"

"yes...... The father is strong and the mother is weak, and it is easy to give birth to excellent offspring, and the mother is strong and the father is weak, and their offspring are generally worse. However, mortal bloodlines always develop first, and it is difficult for ordinary women to give birth to knight heirs, so it is necessary for offspring to hone the will of knights, or use refining potions before the age of 18...... In the unlikely event that the mortal mother gave birth to a pure-blooded knight's heir, she would surely have died early. This is the recognized secret knowledge of the extended family. ”

"The royal family generally marries low-blooded nobles of the royal capital...... The union of King Lane and Queen Linda was extremely rare, and was unanimously opposed by the nobles of the royal capital. Roland's birth slapped them in the face hard. Catherine was only 16 years old when she gave birth to Edward, and she was just a probationary knight, but she met the royal family's criteria for choosing a mate......" The Duke of York looked at Victor strangely, and said tentatively: "It seems that your biological mother was also the daughter of an ordinary lord, and she died when you were two years old?"

"Hmm. Victor nodded expressionlessly, "I, like His Royal Highness Roland, lost my mother early. ”

"No wonder His Royal Highness Roland is close to you......" The Duke of York suddenly realized, laughed dryly, rubbed his hands and comforted: "May your mother's soul be bathed in the holy light of the Most High Lord." ”

Freemasonry? Coincidence?

If Catherine's identity is not revealed, and if he does not meet the wizard who is supported by the royal family, Victor believes that it is a complete coincidence. Now, he's going to put a question mark on that coincidence.

"I can't even remember what my birth mother looked like...... "Victor smiled wryly and gestured with his jaw, "Embiter, please continue." ”

Embither continued: "In order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, the royal family is thin, and there is a danger that the bloodline will be cut off at any time. Isn't Neovest's golden bloodline cut off by the Knights of Radiance?"

Victor nodded, and suddenly thought of the little king's marriage contract again: "No....... Caterina almost became Edward's wife, and Edward's current fiancée, Margaret Wellington, is also a high-ranking female knight...... How can this be explained?"

The Duke of York was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Her Royal Highness Sylvia has changed the fate of many people...... Besides, there are so many court ladies in the royal palace, and our Majesty Edward is afraid that there will be no good heir?"

"Uh...... Reasonable. ”

"Our big family is the bronze bloodline. The ordinary knight is the main force of the family, and the silver knight of the family ensures the continuation of the knight's bloodline, while looking forward to the silver bloodline. However, due to the complexity of the bloodline, our Silver Knight could not touch the Elemental Sea, and could only use the method of life and death trial. ”

"The combination of the strong and the weak avoids friction and forms a stable family structure...... Victor nodded, and couldn't help asking, "Embiter, take the liberty of asking, what about your mother?"

"As I said, Her Highness Sylvia has changed the lives of many. ”

The Duke of York smiled indifferently: "Old Geoffrey cleared the way for the new guardian of the family, and did not hesitate to break the agreement. He compensated Lady Dolly for all the Mithril stored in the family. Lady Dolly used Mithril as a dowry and became a close companion of a certain highness. ”

"The ......," asked Victor in a slurring voice, "Embiter, have you ever loved...... Caterina?"

"Katerina? The Fat Duke shook his head with a smile and said, "I used to be in love with Audère Branstedt, who was supposed to be my wife. We all cried when she was about to marry Fred...... Don't laugh, I used to be a handsome and charming noble knight. Audrey always looked at me affectionately after marriage, and Fred was so angry that it was useless to grit his teeth. ”

"And then ...... Audair looked at me like a fat pig. Embiter said in frustration, "There are no mortals in the eyes of the High Knights. ”

Victor sat up straight and asked, "Then do you still love 'her'?"

The Duke of York glanced at Victor meaningfully and asked, "Do you really think that mortals are weak?

"In your eyes, the high-ranking female knights are beautiful, they are women first, then knights. But in my eyes, they are the precious power of the family, and I am the one who wields it. Embither knocked on the table and waved his hand vigorously: "I didn't say this, it was the Duke of Jeffrey York's instructions and advice to me before leaving, in front of Sylvia and other high-ranking knights. ”

"After Jeffrey's 114th birthday, he locked himself in his room without eating, drinking, or thinking for fifteen days. We knew his time was up. Sylvia shook the latch with her own hand, and I saw a stone statue that resembled a statue of Geoffrey's graveyard. The stone statue cracked in front of me, turned to dust, and fell to the floor. Jeffrey sat in his chair, still so young and handsome, and he smiled and asked me, 'Embiter, do you still want to be a high knight?', I thought? I thought about it, but at that moment, I only had sorrow and fear......"

The Duke of York got up with difficulty, put his hands behind his back, and said with a calm expression: "Embisher, when you don't know the cold, you can't appreciate the warmth of a bearskin coat. When you have not experienced the torture of hunger, there will be no joy of enjoying food, and when you are free from aging and disease, you will not remember the beauty of youth and the happiness of health. What do you have without that? What do you want to pursue?"

"We gained strength, but we lost more because we needed so little...... Remember, the Extraordinary Knight is the power of the family, you are the Duke of the House of York, you have to fear this power, treat it well, and use it correctly...... Duke Geoffrey bathed and changed, Bishop Monica personally presided over the Light Prayer for him, he put on the armor of Mithril, picked up his fanged sword, and was escorted by the paladin to the Dusk Forest of the Seuss Kingdom. Since then, there has been no news. ”

Embiser's sonorous voice echoed through the room until it fell silent. Vic was speechless for a long time.

"It is also true that there is a great chasm between the transcendent knights and mortals, and this chasm has severed their ties with the world. The Duoduo needed aid in their fight against the Sassan Empire, and Duke Geoffrey said, 'All right, we'll give them help.' And then he didn't ask. It was my father who gathered 10,000 head of oxen, 50,000 sheep, 3,000 sets of leather armor, 1,000 sets of chain mail, 5,000 spears, and 200,000 feathered arrows...... These are things that the king will not do, the Marquis of Goron will not do, but the palace of Bastern will do...... I'll do it!"

"This is the deep reason why scholars and nobles serve as important ministers of the kingdom and inherit the family as the eldest son!"

The Duke of York squeezed into the chair, sat down again, and said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness Sylvia asked Jinshui City to support Rand in receiving food and iron materials, and the specific order was given by me, the stewards, deacons, soldiers, and probationary knights of Jinshui City...... His Highness didn't bother to look at them. They also obeyed only the orders of the Duke of York. ”

"The reason why I am sitting in this position is because of the rules set by the high knights, and it is the need of mortals that they make such rules. The duke was never a puppet. The duke is the office, the duchess is the office, and the guardian is also the office. Position has nothing to do with love, it has nothing to do with family relationships, it has its own set of rules. ”

"Victor. In the Centaur Hills, only I can help you the most, Fred and Audair can't do it at all...... "The Duke of York said enthusiastically: "You are also the person who can help me the most, your water conservancy project, your two-headed lizard guild have helped me strengthen the integration of the family...... Although we didn't communicate much, we have been very cooperative. Because I know how to do things, I know your ideas best, and you know my talents. For example, copper sol...... The bronze sol was to be paid to the church, and the remaining twenty percent to the king, and finally to his own, including the cost of labor, transportation, and fuel...... Seventy-seven-eighty-eight add up, only lose but not earn. However, copper sol is not the same as silver sol, it represents the value of copper and is not linked to gold sol, so the price of copper is the bottom limit of copper sol, and it is not destined to depreciate...... According to your opinion, the purchasing power of the copper sol increases, and it will increase in value! We're going to get the right to mint Copper Sol before the king and the lords react! We're going to use Copper Sol and your new copper coins to make money from the people, and they're all destitute, but they add up to a lot...... There are more than 7,000 shacks outside Jinshui City, and the homeless people have to pay 8 copper soles for Caitou to rent the shacks for a month...... Let me calculate how much money I have in a year...... Forget it, in short, the homeless people are rich!"

Victor gasped, he finally knew why he hated the Duke of York. Aside from Sylvia's reasons, this fat man who knows how to practice is too shrewd. Victor even doubted that Embiter could see through his overall layout from some clues.

Luckily, I'm ready to pull the York family into the Golden Regiment...... Victor secretly rejoiced.

Victor's expression was blank, as if he was unmoved. Embiser was in a hurry, he slapped the table and said, "Temple...... That one...... Katerina shouldn't be an obstacle to our cooperation...... The high-ranking female knights of the family are not an obstacle to our cooperation. Okay, I'll be blunt, the problem is you. ”

"Huh?" Victor gathered his thoughts and looked at the fat duke in front of him inexplicably.

"Barbarians like the opposite sex, and the high female knights like the opposite sex, and I only like the opposite sex. You are one of their kind in their eyes, and they smile at you, but not at Embisser. To me, Caterina is like a piercing piece of ice, which is her will to Embiter, and at the same time she is the extraordinary power of the family, so she will smile at the Duke of York. But you are of the same kind as you are connected to the world, and this is exactly what the high knights need, who can experience the joys and sorrows of forgetfulness in you...... Then it gives you the illusion that they are all weak and noble women who need to be cared for. ”

"I know...... They are strong. That's not bothering me at all...... , I mean, I'm not bothered at all!" Victor yelled in exasperation.

"I'm not called Made. Embiter shook his head, "It's one thing to know, it's another thing to realize. His eyes shone with a sly light, and he said hesitantly, "Three days...... Trisley is lukewarm to you, and if you do pursue her, I promise she'll be glued to you within three days. But why didn't you pursue her? Why didn't she pursue you?"

"Because, you think of Trisley as a woman, but Trisley is first and foremost strong, and she can control her emotions. The high-ranking female knights of the family like to tease you, they are just looking for fun and proving their charm and existence, but they don't have too much to think about it. It's like a beautiful maid coming over, and the family guards will look at it twice, purely appreciative. Unless you have an idea, the transcendent female knight will accept your courtship. ”

"But according to the concept of love in a small family, you want to have them and establish a stable family relationship. But you have forgotten that they are extraordinary and powerful, born free, and do not like to be dominated......"

Victor was so noisy that he stretched out his hand and said, "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy working together!"

Embiter leaned into a chair, leaned out most of his body, shook Victor's hand vigorously, and said endlessly, "The Pope said that you are now a top-level silver bloodline...... In short, you are not human...... Don't be bound by the concept of marriage of mortals, the high-ranking female knight of the family, you can have children with whoever you want...... Katerina seems to treat you like a brother, and that's okay, remember my words, three days like ......"

Victor looked sympathetically at the babbling Duke of York.

"Three days like what?"

Caterina pushed open the door, stared coldly at the Duke of York, froze him in place, and then smiled at Victor, "Dear Brother Will, it's time for us to go. ”