Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Rite of Succession

Although the maid named Irina was timid and afraid of Lorlist, she was very diligent. She served Lorist to take a comfortable hot bath, and after Lorist went to bed, she quietly removed the tub and bath water and tidied up the room.

Lorist slept soundly, perhaps when he got home, and slept soundly until dawn.

The crisp sound of birdsong woke Lorist, he got out of bed, came to the window, not far from the window, two small birds on a branch of the tree were singing loudly, there was a thin layer of white mist slowly wandering between the maple forest in the distance, and many buildings in the manor castle were floating in the white mist, looming......

Next to the bed lay a new stack of robes, which must have been sent by the maid named Irina. Lorist put on his robe and was about to go downstairs, only to find that the maid named Irina was curled up on the carpet next to the sofa, covered with a thin blanket and sleeping deeply......

Lorist was stunned for a moment, turned around and picked up a new futon from the bed and gently draped it over the little maid's body, and then went downstairs lightly.

Down the stairs was the living room and study, and the saber that Lorist had taken down the previous night was on the table in the living room. Picking up the sword, he walked to the other end of the aisle, and when he was about to go downstairs, the door next to him opened, and Pat stretched out his head to look: "My lord, morning, do you want to go down to exercise? ”

Loris nodded, went downstairs with Pat, and began their daily morning workout.

A stout man, watching Lorist and Pat practice the eight basic movements of swordsmanship over and over again, felt bored, yawned profusely, picked up a plank, and began to saw.

"My lord, he is the cook's son. Pat looked at the man and said to Lorlist.

Lorist looked up, and saw that the man was concentrating on sawing wood, so he nodded to Pater, indicating that he understood.

Sedcamp also went downstairs, said hello to the man, and went to the well in the corner of the courtyard and began to carry water and wash his face. After a while, a servant came over and talked to him for a long time, and the servant nodded before leaving.

When Lorist and Pat had finished their workout, Sedcamp came up and reported that the old manager had sent someone to inform him. The Grand Cafeteria was opened this evening, where the official ceremony of Lorlist's succession to the knighthood and family domain took place. So Lorist is going to walk around the manor castle today to get acquainted with it, just don't run far.

Lorris nodded, and after breakfast, he took Pat and Sedkamp out of the stables three zino horses, and the three of them mounted their horses and walked slowly along the manor castle.

From the topographical point of view, the Norton family's manor castle is built on a large piece of white mountain rock, except for the avenue in front of the castle, there is a natural drop of more than ten meters in other places, making the manor castle occupy the geographical advantage and easy to defend. It is no wonder that half a year ago, Viscount Kenmax led his troops to besiege each other, and dozens of people died after more than half a month, and finally returned in vain.

Sedekampzer immediately went up to a small mound, pointed to the east, and said, "Look, my lord, the town of Kitano. ”

The town of Kitano is not far from the Norton family's manor castle, which is built on a small stone hill. The strangest thing about the small stone mound is that there is a fountain in the middle. It is with this fountain that the town of Kitano has been continuously expanded.

"How many people are there in Kitano now?" asked Lorist as he looked at Kitano in the distance.

Sedercamp shook his head, he couldn't answer such a simple question: "My lord, I don't know, Kitano Town hasn't conducted a population check for many years......"

Such a large town was supposed to be a powerful material supplement and manpower support for Manor Castle, but it turned out to be on the opposite side of Manor Castle, and Norton's ancestors left a big problem for future generations. Lorist rubbed his chin and wondered what to do with the garrison......

"Huh, isn't that Willy Gesang, what are they doing?" said Sedkamp.

Lorist turned to look and saw that Willy Gersang and another servant were lowering a large bamboo basket with something unknown from the edge of the rock.

"Let's take a look. Lorist said.

The three men rode down from the small mound, skirted rows of grape seedlings and a few large bushes, and appeared beside Willy Gesang.

"Oh my God, where is this? How did I never know there was such a presence in the family manor castle. Surprised, he covered his mouth with his hand.

Lorist was taken aback, but he wasn't surprised. In front of him was a low-lying depression that was connected to the white rocks, hidden by the nearby mountains and trees, so that it was unknown to outsiders.

The low-lying area was filled with dilapidated houses made of tents and trees, and many women and children in tattered clothes were gathering at the place where Willy Gesang had laid down the bamboo blue, waiting for the person who took the bamboo blue to distribute the bread to himself......

Willy Gesang and the servant brought a dozen or so large bamboos, all of which were black bread as thick as a foot's wrist, and each bread was solid and hard. Willy Gesang was talking to one of the people below: "This is your food ration for two days, and we will bring you food the day after tomorrow." There's something going on in the manor these two days, so I can't come. What's the matter? It's the ...... that our second young master came back to inherit the territory and the title, and the people in the castle were in a panic."

Lorist appeared beside him, startling Willy Gesang. However, Lorist ignored him, and stared at the people below for a long time before asking, "Who are you, how did you get in, and why are you hiding here?"

The person below who was targeted by Lorist stopped handing out bread to others, threw the bamboo blue in his hand into the hands of the person next to him, and looked up at Lorist.

"He, his name is Pachko, you, why do you ask him that?" said Willigasang cowardly.

The man named Pachiko climbed to the top two or three times from below, stood up and clapped his palms twice, and said, "Willy Gesang, he has more vision than you, and he knows that I am a silver order, so he asks that." ”

Willy Gesang said strangely: "We all know that you are a silver rank, and this is not a big deal." ”

Sedkampze came over: "Your Excellency, he doesn't know. My lord, I know this person, it is correct to say that he is the prisoner of the eldest young master, the eldest young master values him very much, and wants to accept him as a family knight when he comes back. Who knew that the eldest young master didn't come back as soon as he went. We wanted to let him go, but he said that he would respect the agreement he had made with the eldest young master, and if the eldest young master did not come back to accept him as a knight of the family, he would have to stay in the family for three years before he could be free. ”

After explaining to Lorlist, he was curious: "Packo, isn't it long past three years, why are you still here?"

Pachko's face was bitter: "I was killed by Miss Baisha......"

Willy Gesang also knew the inside story, and he made some introductions on the side, and Lorist understood the reason for the incident.

In the second half of the year before, when Pachco would be free in half a year, Miss Bertha came and threw him a maid, and he laughed at it. In less than three months, the maid's belly was big. Pachko felt strange, and after inquiring, he learned that this maid was the one who gave birth to an illegitimate child for the eldest young master, and Miss Baisha wanted the child to recognize herself as her own mother, and felt unsafe to put this maid around, and remembered that Pachko was going to leave in half a year, so she gave the maid to him, hoping that he would take the maid away when he left.

As a result, the maid's belly was big again, Pachko was not a noble lord, it didn't matter how many illegitimate children there were, it was Pachko's happiest thing to have a woman willing to give birth to a child for herself, so she suddenly became a slave to the unborn baby, and circled around the woman's belly all day long, looking for delicious food and fun for the child.

Now that the child is born, Pachko has become the father of twenty-four filial piety, working hard for the child's future. In order to earn a little more money, he went to the old manager of Kress and recruited him to manage the slave camp. The last time Viscount Kenmax attacked the family's manor castle, Pacco also appeared on the castle, blocking the assault of several silver mercenaries, and killing two, more like a knight of the Norton family than Miss Bertha.

Loris nodded and said to Pachko, "Knight Pachko, if you are willing to be my knight, please come to the dining room in the evening for my succession ceremony." It would be the honor of the Norton family to have someone of your noble character to become a knight of our family. ”

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In the evening, the large restaurant with candles lit.

In fact, Lorist's inheritance ceremony is very simple, and it is beyond Lorlist's imagination.

On the front wall of the dining room hangs a banner symbolizing the rose petal horn crown badge of the former Cleisian Empire, and in front of the flag is the sword that His Majesty the Founding Emperor of the Crisson Empire gave to the first fiefdom baron of the Norton family more than two hundred years ago. On either side of the flag, on the left hangs a banner with the design of the Norton family's angry bear emblem, and on the right hangs a large map with a detailed map of the entire Norton family's fiefdom.

Lorist stepped forward alone at the behest of the old chief of Kress and knelt down on one leg in front of the sword: "In the presence of the gods, Norton Lorlist, the eighth son of the Norton family, repeats the oath of his ancestors in front of the rose horn banner of the Krisson royal family: we will protect the northern frontier for the empire, and we will silently wait for the call from the imperial family." We will repeat the glory of our ancestors, and the Norton family will not bend their knees for anyone other than the royal family of the Crisson Empire and the ancestors of the Norton family......"

Lorist stood up, picked up the sword that had been placed on the table in front of him, raised it in the air, and then turned to face everyone standing at the back of the large dining room.

First there were a few lonely clappings, then more and more applause, louder and louder, and finally everyone was applauding and cheering, and from this moment on, Lorist had become the head of the new Norton family, the new Baron of Norton.

Miss Baisha was angry because Pachco and Pat had stolen the limelight and became the knight of the Lorist family first. The eldest lady had no choice but to step forward and salute Lorlist, becoming the third knight of the Norton family in the big restaurant.

Lorist announced three things, the first of which was to reorganize the guard of the family manor castle. The current guards are all family soldiers of the older generation in their thirties and forties, and some have even retired, but because the Norton family has lost their active force due to successive defeats, these old family soldiers have to be put back into battle to guard the manor castle.

Lorist was now going to recruit one hundred and twenty new men in the manor, between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five, and promised to awaken them within three months to six months, because he had mastered the latest and easiest basic Dou Qi training methods.

Miss Baisha retorted in public, believing that this was impossible, and that the price it would take to establish a team of one hundred and twenty family guards was not something that the current Norton family could afford.

Lorist smiled, brother has nothing else, just money!

Sedcamp brought in with a few servants carrying two boxes, and as soon as the lid was opened, the golden light dazzled everyone's eyes. The two chests added up to 10,000 gold fords, which were brought in a carriage, and finally came in handy.

The eldest lady has nothing to say now. Lorist ordered Pat to take charge of the gathering and training of the guards.

Before Lorlist's second event was announced, he summoned all the illegitimate children left behind by the old Baron Norton. The second thing he wanted to announce had to do with the illegitimate children of these fathers.

Lorist declares that as his illegitimate siblings, all he can do is provide them with a perfect aristocratic education, and if their fighting spirit reaches the silver level, then they can choose to serve the family or go out on their own. If they serve the family, they can bear the Norton surname, and may even become a side branch of the Norton family in the future.

Last but not least, Lorist announced that the new knight of the family, Packo, would lead the slaves to build a military fortress elsewhere, the location of which was kept secret, but those who wanted to go with him were welcome to go with him.

After announcing the three things, Lorist sent the old manager back first, and made Miss Baisha, who wanted to find him angry.