Prince William was born.

In the Duke's castle, the knights were dressed up, the bards sang music, the sacred church music sounded ethereal and melodious, and at the same time joyful, and the duke's ministers and knights, as well as the French nobles, sent representatives to the grand banquet held by the duke for the birth of the prince.

Duke Robert's fanfare is obviously to swear his son, Prince William's well-deserved inheritance to the country.

In France, illegitimate children have no political inheritance rights, just like daughters. The Duchess is not a human being, but a fairy, so his marriage with her is not recognized by the church in the world, and even the identity of a fairy cannot be known to ordinary people, because the Duchess is only a maid in a castle in the eyes of the world, the daughter of a small merchant, which is the identity arranged by the duke for the Duchess, so everyone sees the newborn prince as an illegitimate child.

If, according to the French practice in the past, the only son of Duke Robert could not inherit the position of duke, after a hundred years, everything he had had to be handed over to his younger brother or other close relatives, which Duke Robert absolutely did not allow.

Therefore, Duke Robert invited important people of the kingdom to attend the celebration of his son's birth, and he wanted to override all voices against his son as heir, some from the king, some from within himself, and even from his own brother.

Under the leadership of the founder Duke Rollo, the Vikings came to France and became Normans, after nearly a hundred years of integration of three generations of dukes, they have been well integrated into France and the entire European mainstream society, wise dukes emerge in endlessly, proficient in power and strategy, devout Orthodox, skilled in commerce, work in conquest, with a large army and force, Duke Robert has become one of the most powerful princes in Europe.

Therefore, the mainstream inheritance law in Europe inevitably affects Prince William's inheritance, but Robert's family, after all, is a Viking, and his knights are also Vikings, as long as they are strong enough, or the heir shows his excellence, then after a long time, orthodoxy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so no one can shake its status.

In the hall of the castle, the duke held the infant prince on the stage, waiting for his younger brother, the cardinal of the principality Robel was baptized, the water of the Rhine was brought up by the archbishop in a copper basin, bathing the prince with the holy river water, the archbishop chanted the words, the ministers and nobles and representatives of the outside world solemnly watched this scene.

Although the Norman duke was originally a Viking and is now a Norman, since he has become a vassal of the French king and a Norman duke of France, he is a Frenchman, and the original condition for the duke to be canonized is to lead all Normans to convert to the church, so regardless of whether the duke is proud of being a descendant of the great god Odin, the knights call Valhalla (Valhalla) on their deathbeds, on the surface the duke's family are devout Catholics, and the newborn prince is no exception.

"Those who pledge allegiance to their lord need to always keep six things in mind: harmless, safe, honorable, beneficial, easy-going, and possible. Harmless, meaning that a vassal must never cause any harm to his liege's body; security, i.e., he will firmly guard the secrets of his lord and guard his territory; Glory means that the vassal cannot violate justice, nor can he do anything else that damages honor; beneficial, i.e., the vassal should not cause damage to the liege's possessions; The words "easy-going" and "possible" indicate that vassals should not be an obstacle to their liege's good deeds, nor should they make it more difficult for their liege to achieve possible actions. ”

The archbishop spoke of allegiance, and Duke Robert looked at it with cold eyes, and he looked with cold gaze at his ministers, and at the nobles and knights, especially the counts, who were relatives of his family, and among them were powerful men who could challenge his son's succession.

It was his aim to demand allegiance from the nobles to their sons as future heirs, and if any nobleman dared to disobey his will, he would be dealt a political and military blow afterwards.

Pledge allegiance to an illegitimate son, everyone looked at each other and wondered if their duke was crazy, everyone whispered, but no one dared to directly say the opposition, under the majestic gaze of the Norman duke, the courtiers knelt down on one knee and offered their loyalty to the infant who was not yet full-term.

The Norman Duke finally showed a look of satisfaction in his eyes at this time, and he turned his gaze to the banquet hall in the castle, where more important guests would be entertained.

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The crystal chandeliers in the hall are bright, the candles are burning in the castle to illuminate the hall, and the carpet from Persia is enough to warm the floor on a cold spring night.

On the silver-paper plates and utensils were extraordinarily sumptuous dinners, hare hind legs, a smoked rain, blood-like wine, and a plate of quail's minced meat, Chinese porcelain, and Indian black tea, all on the table, which was quite a sumptuous dinner at the level of medieval productivity, but it was not enough to welcome the distinguished guests.

Duke Robert clapped his hands, and the ladies of the castle put steaks, grilled peacocks, etc. on the table, and bright light appeared in the castle, and beautiful women with glowing bodies appeared in the banquet hall of the castle.

In the year of the harvest, the villagers will put the first ears of wheat in their homes and make dinner, and the first ears of wheat will attract the elves to come, because this ear of wheat contains the magic that makes the elves salivate, on the day of the harvest, or on the day of the harvest ceremony, the elves will visit the human family, will give blessings to the human children, and the human will offer the ears of wheat to the elves.

It is a ritual of harmony between humans and elves, and as the embodiment of nature, the harmony of humans and elves often represents the harmony between humans and nature.

Duke Robert knew that what the elves wanted was not the ears of wheat, but the magic of the harvest carried in the ears of wheat, which was the blessing of the earth, so he prepared the magic that the elves needed, and this magic went through a ritual that was enough to attract even the highest elves, that is, the arrival of the fairies.

The fairy would bless his son, and all he had to do to avoid the death of his child was to give his child nominally to the elf, and until his child was twelve years old, he would perform a ritual to redeem his child from the elf.

It's just that his son William himself is the son of the highest fairy, so it is easy to get the blessing of the fairy, but it is extremely difficult to get the protection of the fairy who exists at the same level as his wife, and become his "adopted son".

However, there is no way to have many difficulties, since the quality is incomparable, then it can be achieved in terms of quantity, as long as seven fairy godmothers are found for this child, then it is enough to compare with the queen.

"Welcome to the seven revered fairies, whose presence has made my palace splendour, and according to the ancient sacred rites, the Duke of Lower Norman solemnly asks you to bless my son William, and invites you to be his godmother."

The Norman Duke bowed slightly to the seven fairies, and there was even a hint of flattery in his tone, and the fairies looked at the baby child, and one of the naughty fairies even poked his little face with his hand, causing the baby to cry, and the fairies laughed when they saw this, and did not seem to resent the little prince.

The seven fairy godmothers as the protectors of the children means that the children will receive seven different blessings, maybe a certain trait, maybe a certain ability, and at the same time, the children can have a deep bond with the fairies before the age of twelve, and connect with the fairies in karma and luck, and grow up more smoothly.

Someone is born a cow or a horse, and you were born in Rome.

This is how a prince in a fairy tale world is treated.