Chapter 163
On the gate tower of the city of Dahl, another banner was erected.
Originally, there were two flags erected here, namely the dragon tail flag symbolizing the Dahl family and the gold coin flag symbolizing the gold coin federation, the gold coin flag was higher and the dragon tail flag was lower, which meant that the Dahl family belonged to the gold coin federation. But today, in the middle of these two flags, there is a third flag.
The Green Jellyfish Flag, which symbolizes the Church of the Void Masquerade, flies taller than the Gold Coin Banner.
This means that the Dahl Leader has changed from the traditional noble Church to the Church Leader, and from today onwards, the Dahl family will become a vassal of the Void Mask Church, and if there is an inheritance dispute or something like that in the future, it will only find the Void Mask Church to preside over the mediation, and it has nothing to do with other nobles.
To put it bluntly, it was they who broke away from the aristocracy and joined the clergy system.
This kind of thing is uncommon, but it happens sometimes. Some weak nobles often consider holding the thighs of a strong church and moving from the aristocratic system to the clergy system.
For those weak nobles, if they want to survive and continue the family, they always have to hug their thighs, and it doesn't matter which one they hold. Compared with the nobles who are polite on the surface but eat people and don't spit out bones behind their backs, most good churches are sincere, reliable, and trustworthy. The only problem is that the Good Church has strict requirements for believer lords, and if the family does not stay on the path of goodness in the future, it is likely to be deprived of their territory - this has happened more than once in the past.
But even so, from time to time there were still weak nobles who switched careers and joined the clergy system. After all, it is rare for a good church to deprive a territory, and it is much more common for a big nobleman to annex a small noble.
The most common method of the big nobles is marriage, marry a daughter to be the wife of the small noble, and then their children will naturally be the heirs of the territory. After that, if there is a problem with the inheritance of this family, the eldest noble, as the elder, will naturally be able to come forward and arrange for a direct junior of that daughter to change his surname to inherit that family.
This so-called dove occupying the magpie's nest is not a clever technique, but it is better than the legal system that is completely in line with the inheritance of the nobility. After all, theoretically, the daughter's direct descendants also have the right to inherit - although it is not big, the difference between "have" and "nothing" is the most important.
There are also means to do more beautifully, for example, if there are several generations of marriage, then the two families will naturally "you have me, I have you", and then the little nobleman will be swallowed silently, and even the opportunity for inheritance disputes is not needed.
In contrast, the good churches, although they are very restrictive and restrictive, will never do such a thing.
Baron Dahl originally did not intend to change the nature of the territory, but people are not as good as heaven, and the eldest son he had painstakingly cultivated had an accident not long ago - not dead, but this "young man" who had married and had children suddenly awakened to a special bloodline.
Awakening a special bloodline is generally not a bad thing, but what if it is a demonic bloodline that is awakened?
This caught Baron Dahl off guard, although he had blocked the news and not been known by outsiders, but the crux of the matter was not here - he was sure that the eldest son was his own son, the direct bloodline of the Dahl family, since this child could awaken the demon bloodline, what about the other members of the Dahl family?
This was what worried him the most, especially after he asked the Kabbalah priest to perform a secret large-scale ceremony and confirmed that his wife had absolutely no demon blood.
Theoretically, the eldest son's demonic bloodline may have come from his maternal grandparents, the baron's father-in-law, but the two old men have long since died, and Baron Dahl is really embarrassed to dig a grave for this - let alone digging up a pile of rotten bones, I am afraid that most of them will not be able to verify anything.
And...... To be honest, Baron Dahl felt that most of this bloodline really came from the consistent inheritance of the Dahl family.
He carefully recalled the process of his ancestor's development back then, and he felt that this old ancestor, who had always only felt cunning and deep in the past, and had a bit of demonic cunning in legends.
What's more, after the old ancestor made his career, he died inexplicably at the prime of life, and his son did not say anything special. He originally thought that this old ancestor was killed by his own son, but now he pondered carefully...... I'm afraid that the old ancestor has discovered the signs of the awakening of his bloodline, and he has to use death to avoid the crisis in order to protect the family.
Thinking about it like this, he was even more sure that most of the demonic bloodline of the Dahl family came from the ancestor who created the family.
So the question arises, is Baron Dahl, who has most demonic blood, still suitable to be a lord?
Of course not!
The aristocracy pays the most attention to face, and the so-called "honor is my life" is definitely not empty words. Many things are not visible, once exposed, they will be disgraced and spurned, and the legitimacy of the entire family will be questioned.
Having demon bloodline is one of the most serious of these things, and the severity can probably be ranked in the top three.
Baron Dahl is very angry about this, there are too many filthy things in the aristocratic circle, many people don't look like people, but they are no better than demons in their bones - more than a hundred years ago, there were female nobles who arrested the virgins of commoners in the territory and took blood to bathe in order to maintain their youth.
This kind of thing, although Baron Dahl is a demon bloodline, can't do it if he asks himself.
He's not a good guy, but a bad guy also has to be stylish. Pumping people's blood to bathe? It's just a shame on the face of the "bad guys" group!
Compared with this poisonous woman, the demon may not be so cruel.
However, no matter how angry he was, the demonic bloodline was still a problem that could not be bypassed.
So he thought about it, and the most appropriate way was to leave the aristocratic system and transfer to the clergy system.
The Church of the Void Masquerade does not discriminate against all races and bloodlines, even demonic bloodlines. He had specially consulted the Kabbalah priest on this matter, and the Kabbalah priest also held a prayer to ask His Majesty the great Void Mask directly. His Majesty the Void Masquerade's reply was "As long as you abide by my teachings, don't talk about demon blood, even if it is a demon, I will also confess his faith and be willing to protect him."
These words dispelled Baron Dahl's last concerns, so he gathered the core members of the family and held a secret meeting. At the meeting, he talked about the crisis faced by the Dahl family, and called the eldest son who had awakened the demonic bloodline and had a small horn on his forehead to meet with everyone, and finally invited the Kabbalah priest, who was also present, to hold a small bloodline screening ceremony.
The result of the bloodline screening was not beyond his expectations, and among the core members of the Dahl family, three of them had been screened with weak demonic bloodlines.
In other words, the Dahl family really has demonic blood, but only very weakly.
At this point, there is no choice.