People in this chapter: (Sertius), (Harauth Hera), (Tyrant Tillis), (Malleg), (Hatheron).

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Chapter 036: (True or False Oath)

After a brief rest, Sertius was once again ushered into the golden temple of Paraven, and King Haraus sat on his throne with great pride.

If at least yesterday there were any doubts about the ability of this merchant with the title of 'Freelancer', today Sercius has proven himself worthy of the title of Lord of Svadia.

And coupled with the gambling psychology in the nature of the businessman, this gamble allowed Sercius to be paid handsomely. That's more than 5,000 dinars, which is a whole week's worth of taxes in two or three wealthy cities.

Sercius was lucky to be able to win the title of sword fighting champion in this martial arts competition. With the exception of King Harlaus' royal guard, Knight Tyrant Tilis, he had not faced any of his invincible opponents at the tournament.

Baron Pakut Red, the head of the Knights of Sanctions, who holds the title of 'First Knight' of the Kingdom of Swadia, won seven consecutive [Paraven] tournament all-around champions - sword fighting champions - riding champions - team martial arts championships in the [Paraven] tournament from 1237 to 1244 in the Karadian calendar.

Since then, Baron Rader has not participated in the tournaments held in Parabun. The 'Red Bull Knight' Count Akron Branz won the titles of Champion of Fencing and Champion of Riding in jousting tournaments in 1245, having previously won five runners-up titles in jousting tournaments.

Baron Colin Chris, 'Knight of Adjudication' and Viscount Baron Henry, 'Knight of Justice' of the Royal Order, won the title of Tournament of Paraven in 1245 and 1246 respectively. Among them, the title of champion of the team competition was won by the Knights of Sanctions.

From 1248 to 1249, the Knights of the Guard, which belonged to the Imperial Family, won the title of Riding Champion for two consecutive editions thanks to the outstanding performance of Prince Brad Hera, the 'Kamen Rider'. The title of champion of the team competition was still taken by the knights of the Sanctioned Order.

Between 1250 and 1256, the 'Undead Knight' Sir Barron de Grana, the 'Knight of the Hundred Flowers' Sir Locke Dale William, and the 'Champion Knight' Gyloronville knight swept all the titles in these six [Paraven] tournaments.

These eight knights are the only ones in the entire kingdom of Svadia who hold the knightly title bestowed upon them by King Haraus. Had any of these knights participated in this tournament, Sercius would not have been able to win the title of sword master.

During the dinner, Sercius sat on the right hand side of the king's table and received the salutes of all the lords at the banquet.

This is a special honour for the champion. Under normal circumstances, only princes, dukes, princes, princesses, and other noble first-class nobles were eligible to sit on the throne at the left and right ends of the king.

King Haraus solemnly raised his glass, and once again proclaimed Sercius' lordship and victory in the game—and thus proved to everyone that he had not looked away—and after the toast, the banquet was once again in a different atmosphere.

Sercius discovered that Duke Mijod was not present at this important feast. He asked the king on the throne in a respectful tone, "Your Majesty, why don't you see Lord Michod?"

King Harlaus replied kindly: "Lord Michod is full of official duties, and in the morning he has gone out of the city on his way back to Dehrem. ”

"The army is about to conquer the Duchy of Rhodoc, but Duke Michod has suddenly returned to the realm?" Sercius thought to himself, "There must be something important going on. He asked a little stiffly, "Presumably something bad happened in the Dehrim area?"

King Harauth pretended to be light-hearted, "A band of cunning and ferocious Kugit wolves have attacked a village on the border, and another band of robbers entrenched in the forest of Egdal have taken advantage of the fire to plunder others. ”

"Your Majesty," said Sercius respectfully, "what can I do for you?" he knew that at this time, he should take this opportunity to reaffirm his loyalty to the king.

"Hold the town of Tosdell for the country you have sworn allegiance to. The king patted the young knight on the shoulder.

"I swear to you in my knightly honor," declared Sertius, "that I will do everything in my power to hold on to every inch of the town of Tosdel for His Majesty and for this country." ”

This sworn declaration pleased the king. And the secret agent he sent to secretly investigate the true identity and intentions of the 'Free Knight' Sercius had also reported to him last night, and did not find any suspicious circumstances and intentions of the other party.

After a moment of silence, the king spoke, "Perhaps I should reward you with a fertile fief as a reward for your loyalty and oath, but I cannot deprive other noble lords of their fiefs, and the town of Tosdell is the only fief I can give you." ”

It was also the first line of resistance to the southward expansion of the Nords. Sercius was well aware of this. "It is already my honor that Your Majesty can bestow me knighthood and reward me with fiefdoms. He replied with a serious look on his face.

During the reign of the Karad Empire, the town of Tosdel was the domain of the Lafazi family. However, when his family invaded the empire during the Nords, Count Doran Farazi surrendered the town to the Nords without any resistance.

When the Empire learned of the loss of Tosdell, Count Harlaus the 'Blood Lion' led the intrepid Knights of the Guards of LinkedIn to retake the village from the Nords, and returned the frontier town in the Dehrim region to the Hera family.

The Count of Farazzi had sued the then very ill King Eastridge to demand that the Count of Harlaus return the territory that belonged to him, but the King died of a serious illness a few days later, and was succeeded by the Count of Harlaus.

"Your Majesty, the atmosphere here is too dreary, please allow me to go out and breathe. ”

"Go!" the king replied with a slight nod.

After a glass of wine, Sercius got up and walked out of his seat to the door of the castle's living room.

He took out a small pipe from the inside of his coat pocket and put it in his mouth, then untied a well-made velvet belt bag from his belt, took out the tobacco from it and sprinkled it into a small bowl, and when it was full of tobacco, he took out and took out a small piece of cigarette paper from the brocade bag, and went to the torch in the corridor of the castle and lit it, and slowly lit the tobacco in the pipe.

Then, he walked slowly to the window, and in the air wafted from the burning smell of cigarettes, he looked thoughtfully at the smoke he was exhaling and the stars swaying in the night air.

Suddenly, he felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and the freelancer turned around inexplicably and saw a person standing behind him, who was actually the Tyrant Knight who had lost under him this time.

The young knight pointed strangely to the pipe in his hand and asked, "Sir, what are you doing here?"

Sercius looked at the pipe in his hand and laughed, "The air of the banquet makes me suffocated and dizzy, I came out to breathe and sober up." ”

Tyrante nodded, "Yes, I haven't seen this thing in your hands in Calradia, so can the hay smell like this when it's burning?"

Sercius smiled noncommittally. "It's not hay, it's tobacco, and thankfully I learned how to dry these leaves on my estate before I left Gronia. And this plant also grows in Calradia. He took another deep puff of his cigarette and said flatly: "It can make me sober and not be confused by myself." ”

The two men were silent for a moment, and Sercius suddenly remembered something. "The morning's injuries are gone, aren't they?"

Tyrant smiled lightly. "That's not an injury at all, I'm convinced to lose in your hands. ”

The freelancer shook his head and smiled bitterly: "By the way, I remember that you are a guard next to His Majesty, so say goodbye to His Majesty on my behalf!" After speaking, Sercius walked and disappeared into the end of the castle corridor.

When he returned to the tavern, he was already an owl, and Hatheron and Malegg were lying on the edge of the bed one by one, and when he came back with a pipe in his mouth, Mallegh reacted a little. "Where did you get the tobacco? This place produces tobacco?"

Sercius nodded and replied, "The summer sun here is more abundant than in Gronia, and the tobacco leaves have been drying for about a week." ”

A smile immediately appeared on Malleg's face, and he found a pipe from the inside of his leather armor, and the bowl was slightly larger than Sercius's. "Come on, I haven't smoked a bite in half a year. ”

Hatheron watched inexplicably as the two of them muttered in Beihai dialect. "Is this really that good......

Sercius didn't answer, and gestured to the money bag that lay beside the bed. "Hatheron, give me the money, we'll settle the bill and leave. ”

This sentence made the Nords even more strange. "Isn't the master going to wait until the old fellow's feast is over before leaving?"

"I am not ashamed of flattery and hypocrisy," Sercius told him, "and go to the town of Tosdell early, lest someone say that I am a greedy man." ”

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