"Well, follow this fork in the road for a while, and you'll be in the territory of the Emilio family," Vivien said to Ryan, "Shall we rest and be in the best shape before going in?"

Ryan glanced at Old Bill, the 60-year-old man was already sweating profusely and panting, so Ryan agreed to Vivian's proposal, and the three of them found a shady place on the side of the road and sat down, Ryan took out the water bladder he was carrying and took a sip of water.

Over the past few days, Ryan has traveled to Emilio family territory under the leadership of Vivien and Bill Sr., and Ryan has also gotten bits and pieces about the fledgling family from Vivien and Bill Sr. About 200 years ago, the ancestors of the Emilio family were the servants of the Holy Knight Fernando I, and after following the king of the empire to fight in the north and south, a unified country was established, and its founder Fernando I naturally had to reward the people who followed him, so there was the title of Viscount Emilio, and a small fief.

After a preliminary understanding of the fiefdom location of the Emilio family, Ryan suddenly had a strong idea, at the beginning, Fernando I was very feudal in the south of the empire, and now it seems that this great king is probably the foreshadowing for the complete recovery of the south, but unfortunately he died before he could use it, and the successor of the empire is more to think about how to consolidate his position, and slowly ignore these arrangements, and these small lords who have been divided have inherited from generation to generation.

Emilio's territory is in the northwest of Paradise of Liberty, in the middle of the famous plain of Cassano on the mainland, and it takes about seven days for Ryan to walk from Paradise of Liberty, and they have to pass through the mountains of Vallo in the middle, which can be said to be not very convenient, which is the biggest reason why Ryan and they did not hire a carriage.

The Canossa Plain is so vast that it takes at least four days to walk from one end of the plain to the other on foot, and there are about 200,000 to 250,000 people living on the plain, but these people are led by three lords.

Vivian's father, Paul, is one of these three lords, and the Emilio family to which he belongs is not the largest and the most populous, but the army is the most powerful, which makes the entire Emilio family a pivotal role in the Canossa Plains. It's a pity that after Toby became the acting lord of the entire family, in just a few years, the Emilio family, which had countless glories, slowly embarked on the road of decline.

All this is entirely because of Toby's retrograde, but after all, he has not been in full power for a long time, and the army of the Emilio family still maintains its previous combat effectiveness, so from the outside, Toby's Emilio family in power is no different from when any previous lord was there.

Ryan was very angry that day after learning about Toby's various evil deeds, but after all, he had a certain amount of adventure experience, and he still had a little doubt in his heart about what Vivien described, it was not that he did not trust his teammates, but Ryan had never heard of such atrocities, and he couldn't imagine that his compatriots could be so vicious.

According to Vivien's plan, the three of them first returned to the castle to meet the terminally ill Paul, and then went to move Vivian's mother's remains, as long as things went well, Vivien did not even want to stay overnight in the territory of the Emilio family. However, Vivien herself knew that this was impossible, because there was absolutely no way for Toby to let himself go like this, and in his heart, his identity would be of great use.

There are three lords in the Canossa Plain, in addition to the Emilio family, which has the strongest army, the Thremis family, which has the most territory, and the Saranal family, which has the largest population. Paul's marriage was the daughter of the lord of the Seremis family at that time, and this political marriage allowed the entire Emilio family to enjoy a stable life for decades, and Paul and his wife's son Toby, it is precisely because of this identity background that they are very eager to marry the Saranal family, and the biggest bargaining chip in his hand is his sister Vivian, and the only heir of the Saranal family is a womanizer, and it is said that the women in the family are enough to form an army.

Even old Bill, who is a servant, knows these things very clearly, but after Lane knows about this, he has some other thoughts in his heart, the three families can coexist in this plain known for its abundance of food for 200 years, there must be a reason for their coexistence, if Toby really succeeds in marriage, I am afraid that the entire Canossa Plain will become the situation of his family's dominance, will the other families ignore it?

However, Ryan is not very experienced in this kind of political affairs, if Faras is by Ryan's side now, he will definitely use his ability in this area to help Ryan analyze the entire incident, and portray all the people, forces, and interests involved in it clearly for Ryan to make decisions.

"Hey!" Ryan heard Vivian's voice in his ear, and his shoulder was pushed hard a few times, which made Ryan wake up from his musings, Ryan turned his head to look, but saw Vivien's look of concern, he smiled at the beautiful warrior, and spoke: "Is there something wrong, Captain?"

"I'm sick of it!" Vivien glanced at Ryan and said to the mage dressed in ordinary adventurer's costume, "Isn't this not where you haven't arrived yet?"

Ryan shook his head slightly, and said to Vivien with a very serious look: "You are talking about it now, what if you forget it by then?"

"Oh, that's right!" Vivien nodded, "But although your current status is just an ordinary mercenary, you must also show your status in this squad, otherwise they will treat you as an ordinary visitor." There are a lot of rules in this family, and if this happens, you won't even be able to live in the castle, and if something happens, it will be terrible. ”

Ryan shrugged his shoulders and said to Vivien, "You can do it, I don't know anything about the rules here anyway." ”

Vivien's eyes suddenly had a little trick in her eyes, but the beautiful warrior did a good job of concealing her movements, she lowered her head and took out the water bladder from her body, directly avoiding Ryan's gaze. After taking a large sip of water, Vivien said to Ryan, "I know that you are usually very good, but here, no one will respect you because of your kindness, they only respect the strong. ”

"As long as you have enough power, even if you snatch someone else's bride here, others will only curse a few words behind their backs, which is the biggest reason why Toby's various decrees are very outrageous, but the army here still maintains loyalty to the whole family, and the people here can still survive. ”

"Could it be that this Toby is strong in his own right?" asked Ryan.

Vivien nodded and said, "Although I am very disgusted with this bastard, his strength is above mine, maybe, after wearing this armor, I can have the strength to fight with him." Oh no, that couldn't happen, because he was always with a guard, and I might not have a chance to get close to him. ”

"I see, so what is his strength? Ryan asked Vivien again, "Maybe something can be inferred from that." ”

"That's why I have faith in you. Vivien slapped Ryan on the shoulder and said to him, "Fanya, there is a good saying, 'A magician's opponent can only be another magician', although I have not seen him personally attack, after all, he has always had enough guards around him, but he has the insignia of a senior magician on his chest. I don't think you have any insignia, but he shouldn't be your match. ”

After Vivien said this, she thought for a moment and added, "Well, it's a woman's intuition. ”

"Ahh Now Ryan's biggest worry is that the other party commands the army to rush up, and he may be able to get out, but Vivien and Old Bill may not have this luck, Ryan's strength is very strong, but he is not invincible.

"You can't let the other side command the army to rush up!" Ryan said to Vivien solemnly, "Everything else is fine, but once something like this happens, it will be difficult for me to maintain your integrity." ”

"So you're worried about that, haha. Vivien patted Ryan on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to care so much about this, this situation is unlikely to continue to happen, unless you command a huge army to come to the city now, it is impossible for the Gimilio family to mobilize all the 3,000 troops together." ”

"Oh?" Ryan was stunned by Vivien's explanation, and he asked a little puzzled, "Why? Didn't you say he had enough power to command the army?"

"That being said, but don't forget that this plain is a place where three families coexist. Vivien smiled and said the answer, and Ryan suddenly came to his senses, patted his forehead lightly, and said with some chagrin, "yes, I forgot about it." At the junction with the other two families, there will inevitably be a certain number of troops, and this place is not very far from the borders of the three major forces of Seker City, Free Paradise, and Mochizuki City, and if you march in a hurry, it will be a matter of a day or two, and it is impossible not to station soldiers on the main road to stay behind, so in fact, we don't need to face many troops at the same time. ”