"By the way, Patricia, do you know what is called a secret name?"

On the carriage to the castle, Ronald suddenly remembered what he had heard in Luna's mouth last night as he looked at the street scene that passed backwards on the road.

Although Patricia did not have a stand as a nobleman, her identity was there.

With such an identity, she may know something.

It's a pity that Ronald's guess was a little wrong, and Patricia reacted almost the same as the first time he heard this word, with a puzzled look on her face:

"Secret name?"

"What's that, the code name used by some organization?"

"I don't know." Ronald also spread his hands helplessly, "I heard this statement from [Nikos], and it was because I didn't know the specific situation, so I wanted to ask you." ”

Patricia: "I'm sorry, I don't know anything about that. ”

“……”

At this point in the conversation, Ronald has actually given up on delving into the 'secret name', and this thing will not have any effect anyway, and he does not need to continue to worry about it.

But only a few seconds passed, and the coachman who was driving the carriage in front turned back to talk to the two men.

"Sir, your secret name is our custom here."

"If you don't mind that I'm low, I can tell you what it means."

Most of the horse-drawn carriages on the streets of Nickland are open-top carriages.

Coupled with the fact that the speed on the street was not fast, the coachman easily heard the conversation between Ronald and Patricia in front.

In normal times, the driver may have already talked to the two passengers.

However, he knew that the two passengers were going to the king's castle, which is why he behaved so reservedly when he spoke.

Ronald naturally didn't care about his identity, so he immediately asked the coachman for advice.

And so began to tell from the carriage that drove to the castle.

"Sir, secret names are a tradition around [Nikos], and we generally have at least two names: one is the one that we call outward; The second is that only the immediate family and the person know the name of the person who is very close to him, which is the so-called secret name. ”

People with very close relationships......

There were a lot of things that came to Ronald's mind for a moment, but he quickly put aside these messy thoughts, and then continued to ask about the things involved in the secret name itself:

"You just said that people here usually have at least two names?"

"That's right." The coachman nodded, and then explained, "In addition to the great name and secret name, there are also religious names given by the church, and secret names given by the godfather, or pronouns given by the superiors. ”

"We're [Nikos], but anyone who has some experience actually has a lot of names. Just like me, when I was a coachman, I usually used the name Tin Ke. ”

“……”

The coachman recounted all this with a clear tone of pride.

The locals seem to be very happy with this multi-name custom, and they don't care much about the troubles that may arise.

And other than that.

Ronald confirmed one thing.

The countess who met in Springs only uses her name [Leticia] to the outside world, and you can see a lot of things from it.

Some time passed, and here Ronald and Patricia came to the king's castle.

After paying the driver a lot of remuneration as a token of gratitude.

Ronald looked up at the building in front of him and quickly saw something different.

First of all, the castle was originally not intended for royal living, as it also contained functional areas such as docks, underground prisons, and general living quarters.

If you have to make a judgment.

Gu Jun

It was more like a fortress that could cope with war, unlike the palace-like buildings that Ronald had seen.

And the sight is around.

If you look closely, you will find that there is also a very large difference between the edge of the castle and the architecture of the city in terms of the degree of wear and tear - the castle was obviously built much earlier than the city, and may even be more than a hundred years old.

With these two pieces of information, the past of this 'royal city' came to light before Ronald's eyes.

Back in the days when Nycolland, or the Nikos Empire, had not yet appeared.

The original ancestors of the rulers should have occupied the castle before it gradually developed into a state and outlying cities.

"Ronald, what are you looking at?"

"It's time for us to go in."

While Ronald was thinking about these things, Patricia recalled Ronald's meaning from the front.

So he smiled at the swordsman girl, and Ronald followed.

The process of entering the castle was very smooth.

Due to the perfection of its internal architecture, the Nikos royal family actually invited Grad's distinguished guests to stay here, plus Patricia had been photographed here yesterday and today.

Basically, with a few simple questions, she and Ronald successfully walked into the castle.

Passing through the gate, the first thing that catches your eye is a market converted into a square, where you can see knights belonging to the royal family training, surrounded by servants carrying supplies.

Looking around the square, the buildings that were once used for living have been simply converted into residences for the castle's servants and guards.

And although quite a few people are working to entertain guests.

But some of the daily activities in the castle have not changed with the arrival of Grad's guests.

Continuing back through the square, the architecture here is more luxurious than the location where you entered.

Among them, you can also see the decoration styles with obvious differences in style.

It was here that Patricia paused and explained to Ronald with a smile:

"Ronald, this is the accommodation area where Nikos entertains foreign guests."

"My words and His Highness live in the red room on the left, and we also stayed early where you live, so we ...... with Kostadt"

"Sir, you're finally here!"

Suddenly, Patricia's introduction is interrupted.

In the direction pointed by the swordsman girl, Ronald's maid rushed out of the room, and then came to Ronald without saying a word and bent down to salute.

Ronald looked a little further away.

It could be seen that several knights on Nikos's side had very nervous expressions.

They know that this is Grad's honored guests, and they also know the great strength of these guests, so in every situation, these people cannot be treated lightly.

“……”

"Kostat, I'm coming."

Ronald nodded apologetically to the knight, then greeted the maid with a smile.

However, he never expected it.

After just a greeting to each other, Kostadt gave himself a hard time.

The maid knelt on one leg after greeting her, and then reported in a nervous tone:

"Kostadt...... Kostadt took the liberty of making some decisions for you yesterday. ”

"I hope you'll listen to me now!"