"I didn't expect you to do it in the end!" Baron Cook shook his head as he looked at Kelly, whose expression was distorted by the struggle, and his eyes were full of horror. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In terms of identity, Kelly is the captain of Baron Cook's personal guard and the confidant of his closest confidants. In terms of personal relationship, the two have fought side by side over the years and experienced countless life and death crises, and they are undoubtedly friends of life and death. So even though he had been vaguely aware of Kelly's abnormality, Baron Cook never made a move on Kelly, just waited silently.

But to Baron Cook's disappointment, Kelly ultimately chose to do it to himself. When the barbarians were about to storm the city, Kelly unleashed the legendary scroll 'Space Prison Chamber' given to him by the Holy See of Light, and the powerful spatial power broke through the protection of the magic barrier of Snow Dragon Pass, trying to teleport Baron Cook into the trap set by the Holy See of Light. If it weren't for Baron Cook's preparations, he directly interfered with the teleportation direction with his equipment and broke away from the encirclement, Baron Cook would have died under the siege of the Holy See of Light at this time.

"Did you already know?!" Hearing Baron Cook's words, Kelly was shocked, gave up the useless struggle, slowly calmed down, and finally asked in a tone full of bitterness.

At the moment when he was dragged by Baron Cook and teleported out of Snow Dragon Pass, Kelly actually knew that it was impossible for him to live. The previous struggles and horrors were just knee-jerk reactions when faced with death suddenly.

However, after all, Kelly is also a character killed in the sea of corpses and blood, and after getting through the initial panic and knowing that things are irreparable, he calmed down and regained his senses.

Baron Cook didn't speak, just nodded silently, and then let go of the hand that grabbed Kelly's arm.

"Why didn't you take me down earlier?" Kelly didn't try to escape, but after a moment of silence, he continued.

"I thought you wouldn't end up doing it to me. Baron Cook said with a sigh, a faint hint of loss and sadness flashing in his eyes.

Although Baron Cook had been vaguely aware of Kelly's anomaly a long time ago, some core confidential matters, such as contacting the White Tower of the Nine Rings and solving the Benson family, had subconsciously avoided his own personal guard captain. But Baron Cook didn't expect Kelly to actually make a move on himself in the end.

In Baron Cook's opinion, Kelly and his ancestors have been loyal to the Cook family for generations, and they have nothing to be sorry for Kelly, so even if the Holy See of Light uses some special means, Kelly will not waver at most and will not really choose to betray. After all, once betrayed, it means not only being sorry for Baron Cook himself, but also betraying the inheritance of the Kelly family for generations. If he hadn't finally experienced everything himself, Baron Cook would never have been willing to accept this result.

"But I did it anyway. Kelly looked at Baron Cook's gloomy expression, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, but finally shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Can you tell me why?" asked Baron Cook calmly, stroking the flaming fangs.

Although accepting the reality of Kelly's betrayal of himself, until now, Baron Cook has not figured out why Kelly betrayed. Baron Cook has always regarded Kelly as a brother, friend and retainer, relying on him and never withholding rewards for his exploits. It can be said that Baron Cook did everything he could, and there was nothing to be sorry for Kelly.

But even so, Kelly finally took the last step and completely betrayed himself and the Cook family. This is a challenge to Baron Cook's own cognition, and if he doesn't figure it out, even if he solves this matter, Baron Cook won't really feel at ease.

"There are many reasons. If I had to say one main reason, it might be because I was unwilling. Kelly was silent for a moment before saying lightly.

"Unwilling?" Baron Cook was slightly stunned, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Yes! I am unwilling to be only your shadow all the time, I am unwilling to be just a nominal lord forever, I am not willing to be inferior to a young man, and I am unwilling to let my children and grandchildren always be just retainers of the Cook family. Kelly nodded, and said in a tone full of unwillingness.

"Offspring, you have a child, when did it happen?" Baron Cook frowned slightly, and a hint of shock flashed in his eyes.

Although Kelly has been married for many years, he has never had children, which is a big regret in Kelly's life. Baron Cook has tried a lot of things to solve this problem, but it has been fruitless. Now Kelly suddenly said that he had betrayed the Cook family for the sake of future generations, which made Baron Cook feel a faint sense of disillusionment.

"It was five years ago. At that time, when Wang Du was recuperating from his injuries, he accidentally married a marriage, and the child is now four years old. Speaking of which, a hint of tenderness flashed in Kelly's eyes, and his tone softened.

"Bastard, then you don't have to hide it from me! Even if it is an illegitimate child, the Cook family will treat him equally and train him to be a talent!" Baron Cook asked with a frown.

For the children of retainers, the Cook family has a complete set of training mechanisms, as long as they are not too talented, they can basically be cultivated into talents. Moreover, learning and growing up together from an early age will form a deep friendship between the children of the courtiers and the heirs of the Cook family, which is also one of the sources of cohesion of the Cook family.

"And then let him be Henry's waste guard, for Henry's life and death, in exchange for an uninheritable empty lord? My generation has already paid too much for the Cook family, and I don't want my children to follow this old road with no future!" Kelly glared, took the conversation, and replied coldly: "I want to use my life to win a hereditary noble position for him." ”

Although the children of the retainers of the Cook family are well trained, they will not give these people too much preferential treatment. If you want to get ahead, you still have to rely on your own life. And because of the limitations of Baron Cook's own title, the retainers of the Cook family are at most lords, and it is extremely difficult to become hereditary lords. Generally, the next generation can only inherit the knighthood. If one or two generations of heirs fail, they may even become ordinary guards again.

When he didn't have children, Kelly didn't care too much about them. But when his child was born and found that his talent was not very good, Kelly no longer wanted his child to follow his own path full of hardships and dangers, but his future was very limited.

"You!......" Baron Cook subconsciously wanted to be angry, but thinking of Henry's body and Kelly's sacrifice for himself for so many years, and thinking of Luo Sheng, who resolutely refused to become a retainer of the Cook family, he finally sighed and didn't say anything.

In fact, Kelly wasn't wrong. The current size of the Cook family has actually become a shackle that restricts the development of the Cook family's retainers. A master at the pinnacle of silver like Kelly, if he is in the service of the royal family or other great nobles, has a chance to obtain the position of hereditary lord or even baron.

Like Eden, the captain of the crown prince's guard, his strength is not much stronger than Kelly, and his combat achievements are far inferior to Kelly, but he is now a lord. After the end of this Battle of Snow Dragon Pass, you can get the reward of a hereditary lord, and you may even become a baron in the future.

And a more obvious example is Luo Sheng, a commoner boy who refused to become a retainer of the Cook family, but in just a few months, with his ability and merit, he directly won the reward of the lord, and after the war, he could even directly become a real nobleman on the independent side. In contrast, Kelly, no matter how great his merits are, is just an ordinary lord who can never make the leap upwards again. This huge gap, how could it be that Kelly was indifferent.

Baron Cook is aware of this limitation of the Cook family, but there is no good solution. In order to suppress the influence of the Cook family and prevent the Cook family from becoming a new local noble, the Elson royal family has been unwilling to promote the title of the Cook family. And these excellent retainers of the Cook family naturally have no room for improvement.

Originally, Baron Cook hoped to alleviate this contradiction and maintain the centripetal force of the Cook family through education, money, and affection, but now it seems that this effort has failed.

"If I had made Alyssa my heir earlier, would you have made a different choice, Kelly?" Baron Cook asked with some wistfulness after a long silence.

Kelly's evaluation of Henry just now was actually very stimulating to Baron Cook. Henry's inability to inherit the Cook family's military force has always been a major knot in Baron Cook's heart. Baron Cook had hesitated for a long time in the choice of an heir before, but he didn't expect that his hesitation would cause such a huge bruise to the confidence of his subordinates.

"Maybe not, but who can tell for sure?" said Kelly, who was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head.

Henry's poor performance was indeed an important reason why Kelly chose to betray, after all, no one wants to follow an incapable lord in the future, or their children and grandchildren. But it would be unrealistic to say that Kelly would choose loyalty because of this. At the moment when the unwillingness rises, many things cannot run according to the original track.

"I see. Is there anything else you have to say?" Baron Cook was silent for another moment, then finally clenched his flaming fangs and said lightly to Kelly.

"I don't have much more to say. Judging by your appearance, Lord Baron, I should have bet on the wrong side this time, and I guess I am going to lose. I only hope that after the Baron wins, for the sake of my many years of hard work, let my son die. Kelly looked at Baron Cook's resolute expression, let go of the last bit of luck in his heart, and said sincerely after smiling bitterly.

"Rest assured. I will train him to grow up and let him choose his own path, and I will not force him to become a retainer of the House of Cook. Baron Cook nodded and said sincerely.

"Thank you, Lord Baron. Kelly stood up, bowed solemnly to Baron Cook, and then calmly turned around. In the next moment, the flaming fangs pierced Kelly's body, turning him into a ball of flame.

When Kelly's body was completely reduced to ashes, Baron Cook turned his head to look at several figures flying in the air in the distance, his eyes full of cold light.

"Next, it's your turn!"