Chapter 41: The Family Comes

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Lorist froze, what did Alyssa say just now? That beggar is looking for a young master named Norton Lorit, it should be Norton Lorlist, isn't this the original name of my body? It's just that everyone keeps calling me by my nickname, Locke, and I don't remember my original name, it's Norton Lorlist, the second young master from the Norton family in the Northland.

"What's the matter, I think I heard Alyssa say your name just now?" El asked when he saw Lorliste there, because he had helped Lorliste with the title deed and tax certificate, and he knew what Lorlist's original name was.

Lorist came back to her senses and found that Alyssa had bounced to the backyard. He stood up: "The person that Alyssa said the beggar was looking for is called Norton Lorit, from the Northlands, and it seems to be looking for me. I'll go check it out, and I don't know if it's someone sent by the family. ”

"Oh?" El was interested, biting the chicken leg and standing up, "I'll go with you to see." ”

When the two came to the backyard, they saw the beggar that Alyssa had mentioned, sitting on a bluestone slab in the backyard in ragged clothes and drinking oatmeal, and the two chicken legs that Alyssa had given him were placed on a gray linen square next to him, apparently ready to be taken away.

Alyssa nibbled on the chicken leg in her hand and asked the beggar strangely: "Why don't you eat chicken legs, how can you drink porridge without vegetables? ”

The beggar nodded at Alyssa and replied with a smile: "Beautiful little princess, thank you for giving me delicious chicken legs, but I still have a companion, and good things need to be shared with my companion......"

Then the beggar saw Lorist, he froze, put down the bowl and rubbed his eyes, looked carefully, and finally determined that Lorist, who appeared in front of him, was not an apparition.

"Second young master, woo, young master, I finally found you, woo woo woo......" The beggar pounced on him, and he couldn't even care if the bowl of oatmeal porridge was knocked over, and hugged Lorlist's leg tightly and cried tears.

"Uh......" Lorist wanted to pull his leg back, but found that he was hugged too tightly: "Well, you get up first, you are ......"

"Young Master, you don't know me anymore, I'm Sedkamp!" the beggar raised a face full of tears and snot.

"Sedkamp?" Lorist tried to remember, and the memory hidden in the depths of his heart appeared in front of him, and the silly young servant with a simple expression followed behind Little Locke and shouted, Young Master, you wait for me...... Little Locke commanded, wanted this or not that, and this young servant was instructed to turn around......

No wonder they recognized me at once, it turned out to be a personal servant who had been with Locke since he was a child.

"It's you, Sedkamp, it's been a long time, it's been ten years. Get up first, don't just cry. Lorist said with a smile.

Who knew that when Lorist said this, Sedercamp cried even more: "Young master, go home quickly, the old master is gone, the big young master is gone, the third young master is gone, and you are the only one left in the Norton family, everyone is waiting, waiting for you to go back and inherit the territory...... Woowoo woo ......"

Lorlist's body flickered, although he came through time, but the blood relationship between this body and the Norton family was inseparable, and the throbbing from the depths of his soul made Lorlist's whole body tremble.

El hurriedly stepped forward, supported Lorist, and said to Sedkamp: "Don't cry, speak slowly, make it clear, what the hell is going on?"

"Last year, the old man pursued the mountain barbarian bandits who violated the territory, but he was ambushed, was seriously injured, and was bedridden until the beginning of this year, and he couldn't support it until the beginning of this year, and instructed us to come to the second young master to go back and inherit the territory and died. We only know that the second young master went to Molent City ten years ago, but we don't know which academy the second young master is studying in. And ten years have passed, and I don't know if the second young master is still here, so I have to come over to try my luck. When we finally arrived in the city of Morent, one after the academy asked the past and said that they didn't know the person named Norton Lorlist, and they all ignored us when they heard that we were from the Northlands. Pat said that the heroes who had heard stories had gotten their news from taverns, so I asked them one by one. God is pitiful, I finally found the young master. Thinking of the hardships of the search for the young master, Sedecamp couldn't stop crying.

Lorist finally stopped: "Sedercamp, let me ask you, how did my eldest brother and third brother not have it? Who is Pat you are talking about, and why is it so familiar? Also, doesn't my third uncle know which college I am studying?

"The eldest young master died in battle three years ago, when he was recruited by Duke Lukins to serve under him to serve the second prince. When the news came, the master was bedridden, and the third young master was responsible for the affairs of the territory. As a result, the year before last, the third young master went to inspect the territory and encountered a monster mount and was frightened, and the third young master fell from his horse and suffered a serious head injury. The old man was even sicker, and it was only in the spring of last year that he got better, but when he heard the news of the mountain barbarians, he had to go out on an expedition with illness, and the result was ...... Second young master, don't you know Pat, he is the eldest grandson of the old manager Kress, the child who has been playing with you since he was a child. He's amazing, and he's a Black Iron Swordsman now. Because we know you and remember what you look like, that's why the boss sent us to you. ”

Speaking of this, Sedecamp hesitated a little: "Second Young Master, your third uncle, Lord Rodsik, disappeared seven years ago, and the family caravan was plundered by robbers in Portoorg Province, and all the members of the family caravan were killed. At that time, this news shook the entire Northland, and there have always been rumors that the looting of the family caravan was done by the eldest prince in order to loot military expenses, so the eldest young master threw himself into the second prince's banner despite the lord's opposition. ”

It's really bad news, Lorist can't imagine that the Norton family, which was once known as the angry bear of the Northland by the royal family of the Krisson Empire, would encounter so many series of misfortunes and fall into the situation where they need to recruit their second young master, who has been exiled for ten years, to go back to inherit the family territory, which is really unexpected and emotional.

Determined, Lorist asked Sedkamp, "What about Pat, where have the others gone?"

Sedkamp was a little embarrassed: "Pat, he, he's carrying bags for people in the docks......"

"Carrying a bag?"

"Well, we've run out of money, and Pat can earn a day's worth of food by carrying his bag. Sedkamp muttered.

"Reddy!" Lorist shouted at the tavern.

Soon Reddy appeared in front of him.

"Go drive, take this Sedcamp to the docks to find his companions, then take him and his companions to the public bath to wash up, change their clothes and bring them back to me. Lorist commanded as he took two gold coins from his purse and gave them to Reddy.

"No, no, young master, we have money, we can't spend yours. Sedercamp hurriedly stopped, and then took out a black money bag from his body: "Young master, I still have twenty imperial gold coins here." ”

"Huh, didn't you just say you had no money?"

"Young master, this is the money for you to go home, we can't use it, now we can hand it over to the young master, so I don't have to worry about losing money." Sedkamp slipped the money bag into Lorlist's hand, relieved.

Lorist was a little moved, guarding twenty gold coins instead of preferring one to carry a bag and one to beg for food, should these people in the family be stupid or too dead-eyed, or loyal to their duties?

So Lorist gave Reddy two more Kingfords: "Change their clothes." ”

Reddy took Sedcamp in a carriage to find Pat.

Lorist returned to the tavern and sat down at the table, unsettled, opened the black money bag and poured it on the table, and twenty yellow gold coins appeared in front of him, which were smaller than Kingford, and on them was the head of an old man wearing a crown.

Shi Fatzi was interested when he saw the gold coin, picked up one and pouted disdainfully: "The old man's head of the former Krisson Empire is worthless, and three pieces can be exchanged for one gold ford." Now the three kingdoms and the seven principalities in the north are all popular to use our gold fortunes, and these old man's head gold coins have been recycled and recast into gold fortunes by those profiteers, and they have more than doubled their earnings in a flash. Where did you come from?"

"The Locke brothers' family has come, and they want Locke to go back and inherit the territory, and these old men are for Locke's travel expenses. El said.

"What, Locke, you're going back to be a lord?" Suddenly, his companions were shocked and gathered around.

"What a fuss, I haven't decided if I want to go back or not. Lorist frowned, looking distressed. Now he's a celebrity in the city of Morente, having lived here for ten years, and has long considered himself a Morente. Suddenly, the family sent a message that they wanted to go back and inherit the territory, which was too unexpected. Although it is home, it is a completely foreign place to Lorlist.

"What's the hesitation? Of course, go back and inherit the territory. You can only teach in the academy in Moriente, but when you return home, you are a respected lord of the field. In your territory, you are the heaven of the people, and everything is up to you. "It was Telman who said this, who was originally from Zhigor, a region rich in mercenary knights, and it was in the nature of the Zhigols to chase war and be adventurous.

"Krok is doing well here now, and he has bought a house. And he is also the double gold teacher of our college, famous, what is there when you go back, the northland is a wasteland, and the land is vast and sparsely populated. If you look at the geography books and maps, you can see that it is a wilderness, and there is no place to be at home in the city of Morente. Steve countered that he was a native and had always been proud to be a Moriente.

"Maybe Locke can go back, inherit the territory first and then come back, and then let his subordinates handle the affairs of the territory, and he will stay in the city of Moriente and live the same life. Yuri made a suggestion and thought it would be the best of both worlds.

Lorist smiled bitterly, how could it be as simple as Yuri imagined, the family territory was far away in the Northland Wasteland, thousands of miles away from Moriente City, and it would take more than three months to ride a fast horse back and forth. These are not the nobles of the realm of the Duchy of the Kingdom, which is close to the plains of the Falis Hills, who live in the city of Moriente and can return to the territory in just a few days.

Shi Fatzi asked, "What about the people from your family?"

Reddy drove him to his companions, and they split up to find me in the city of Morent. Lorist said.

"Looking for you, you are so famous, you still need to find it, your family won't know that you are studying and teaching at Dawn Academy, right?"

"I used to say that I had lost contact with my family for almost seven years, and I knew that my family caravan in Dawn Academy had encountered robbers, and there were no people, and even the third uncle who sent me here was killed in battle. Now the people in the family only know that I studied in Morente, but they don't know which college I am in. This was followed by another six years of war, and no news was heard. Now that the family has changed again, I have sent someone to look for me in the city of Moreente. It's just that the people who sent me didn't know that I was Black Iron Lock, and they went to every academy and asked, and found that no one knew Norton Lorlist. Then I went to the taverns to inquire, and just now I met Alyssa, and Alyssa came to me and said that I knew that the family was looking for me. Lorist explained.

"So that's the case, no wonder I can't find you, I know that Black Iron Rock is all over the city, and I am afraid that the total number of people who know your original name is less than ten. What are you planning in your heart?" Shi Fatzi was relieved.

"I don......'t know," Lorist shook his head and said, "I'm in a state of confusion right now, and I don't know what to decide." Let's wait until they come back and ask about the situation. ”

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When Reddy stood in front of Lorist with the freshly dressed Sedcamp and Pat, Lorist was holding Alyssa to see the barber shop at the back door of the tavern Old Luke giving Schward a haircut, and Alyssa asked Lorlist: "Uncle Locke, did you say that the beggar just now came to you, is it from your family?"

Lorist nodded and said, "Yes, I have to thank Alyssa for giving him two chicken legs, Alyssa is such a good boy." ”

Alyssa frowned and thought for a long time, and then suddenly realized: "I know, it turns out that Uncle Locke's family wants food." ”

"Poof" El who was sitting next to him squirted a sip of wine all over the fat man opposite, and he couldn't say sorry and hugged his stomach and laughed breathlessly: "Love, Alyssa said, it's so good, it's funny, Locke's home, the family wants, wants food, hahaha......"

Lorist couldn't help but laugh: "Alyssa, Uncle Locke's family doesn't want food, you see, he is in front of you now, where is he asking for food?"

Standing in front of him, Sedkamp had an old face as red as a monkey's ass, eager to crack in the ground to get into, and Pat next to him was wearing a brand-new swordsman's suit, but he was a talent, heroic.

Lorist put Alyssa down, stood up and walked up to Pat, compared himself with his height, and then sighed: "Pat, it's been a long time, you and I have grown up, and we are no longer those two bullfighting children." ”

Pat also took a long breath: "Yes, young master, we have all grown up. ”

I have the impression that Rock and Pat have been rivals since they were children, and when they meet, they either fight or wrestle, and one of them will cry and leave every time, and then they will continue to fight the next day. Ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and both of them have grown up, and now there is a sense of intimacy when they meet again.

Patting Pat on the shoulder, Lorist smiled, "Okay, the good guy is taller than me now, I really don't know what I ate to grow so big." You've worked hard all the way, needless to say, sit down and have a good meal first, I've already called the kitchen to prepare. Hostess, ready to serve. ”

Lorist called out twice at Sister Louise, then turned back to old Luke and said, "Old Luke, it's Reddy when Schward finishes sorting out, okay, give them two too, a total of ten people, I'll give you two big silver coins." ”

"Hooler, make sure to keep them refreshed. "Old Luke was delighted.

Lorist stopped the restless Sedkamp and Pat, and said unquestioningly: "This is my territory, you have to listen to me when you come here, not to mention that I am still your young master, just listen to my arrangement." I'll take you home when you're done eating and drinking, and I'll talk slowly when you get home. ”