"Ah......h

After getting up, Bran stretched and yawned, and sat quietly until the fatigue was not obvious, and because the bright colors outside were already visible, Bran blew out the bee wax on the candlestick.

Next to the bedroom is an attached hut, which shares a door, and there is a personal maid on standby, who is responsible for his food, clothing, housing and transportation.

"The Charman family is one of the oldest families in the history of the mainland, no matter what the situation, we can't forget that such a noble blood flows in our body."

This is what grandfather Howard often said, after all, it is rare to go back four hundred years, from the Dark Ages to the present day (family history can be traced back to fifteen generations, and there are various physical evidence).

My grandfather's next phrase was, "The Chaman members are blessed by God and were born to rule over the people." ”

With a lot of affection, Bran accepted it.

In fact, being served for many years made Bran feel majestic and powerful, reminding himself that he was different, that he was not as cruel to his people as other lords, but he could not be an equal, and that nobles could be merciful, but not degraded to status.

The hourglass in the room slowly counts the time, about fifteen minutes later.

"Knock, knock"

A woman's voice called softly, "Your Highness, are you awake?"

"A servant can't wake up later than his master", believing in this iron law, a lady next to the stone house heard the movement, and woke up, even though she had been given the title of "Duchy Noblewoman" by Howard, she still took the shortest time to tidy up her fatigue, and then knocked on the door.

"Come in."

After Bran finished speaking, a woman with a tall nose entered, a little thin, with long black hair.

She is well maintained, walks straight, and her chest dress makes her look more thin and plump, and a few fine lines on her face do not hide her beauty, but add reason and mature charm.

"Good morning, Your Highness."

"Let's get started."

With that, Bran raised his hands and asked the woman to roll up her sleeves.

Her full name is "Marlene Shelley".

Bran usually calls him by his first name.

Bran asked casually when served.

"Marlene, how long have you been away from the Duchy?"

"Five years before His Highness was born, when I was thirteen years old, I counted the time, and it has been fifteen years."

"I was born to be taken care of by you, if you return to the country, you, the head maid, can manage the rights of seventy maids in the inner court, unlike now, there are only four maids left in the manor for you to send, do you want to marry?"

Labor represents wealth, and in the eyes of the common people, the later they get married, the later they will be able to produce offspring, which is a great loss.

In this era when the average age of marriage and childbirth is sixteen, Marlene is not young.

But in this manor or even in the nearby more than a dozen manors, there are no women who can compare with each other, so as long as she wants, there are still nobles who will bow down to her skirt.

"I am willing to take care of the two Highnesses all the time, starting with my parents, serving the Chaman family, I have not suffered anything in my life, everything is due to the kindness of the Lord and His Highness."

Marlene's parents were also court servants.

She was born under the wing of the Charman family and was given the opportunity to learn knowledge, so when the Duchy rebelled, at the age of thirteen, she and her parents fled with Archduke Howard, and finally stopped there.

Later, when Marlene's parents fell ill, by God's grace, she continued to serve the Chaman.

The longer a servant serves his master, the more trusted he is and as close as family.

Bran has been taken care of by Marlene since she learned to climb, and now with just one look, Marlene knows what Bran wants and what she wants to eat.

In the first two years of the first two years, the premature baby Bran had a minor illness on three days and a major illness on the fifth day.

In the baby's bed, Marlene stayed close to her and took care of herself.

When he was eight months old, the first thing Bran uttered, not in his grandfather's name, but in Italian, said, "Thank you, Marlene." ”

This made Marlene cry happily, and when she was a little older, Bran used to use an honorific title on her, but this caused Marlene to exclaim

"Your Highness, have you been badly taught by those lowly workers and farmers of the manor...... It must be, you are my master, you don't have to be like that. ”

Later, Bran felt that Marlene was old, and there were maids in the palace (manor) anyway, so it was better to rest and direct them to do things.

This caused Marlene to be sad, and she said, "I am the chief maid of the palace, and my duty is to serve the lord's family, this is my honor, please do not deprive me of this honor." ”

In the end, Bran had to be served by Marlene.

Marlene was happy from the bottom of her heart, and Bran was relieved to accept her service.

"Don't try to change anyone unless you really have to," Bran remembered from Marlene.

Then Marlene shook the little brass bell beside the door, and soon a young maid who had just turned thirteen years old came in and put it down, and she was so weak that the bucket swayed, and she saluted Bran and Marlene, and then quickly closed the door and went out.

Marlene first dipped her fingers lightly, and after judging that it was clean, she moistened it with a spotless white cloth, and wiped Bran's body neatly with her hands and feet.

Weekdays are known for exercise, swordsmanship, archery, horseback riding, wrestling, are all daily classes, so that Bran's body already has obvious "muscular" lines.

After drying it, Marlene wiped it with a towel to give Bran a smell of roses and combed her hair with a yellow ivory comb.

On the glass mirror with low resolution, you can still see clearly, Marlene's eyes looking at Bran are similar to the favor of her mother sister and the respect of a servant.

Marlene has many skills, such as massaging Bran when she combs her hair, which is a simple technique taught by a "Brahmin monk" who visited the palace of the principality, also known as "yoga massage".

During the First Crusade, the heroes of the Light World gathered and struggled to open some land routes, and exchanges between the European continent and South Asia increased.

The lords of the Cult of Light, in addition to eagerly obtaining cinnamon, cloves, pepper, flower gauze, red sapphire, tea and other goods from Tianzhu, also want to join forces with them to contain heresies, so that the glory of God will spread everywhere.

But then it turned out that the idea was empty talk.

South Asian cultures and customs are different, and "Tianzhu" is just a general term.

In fact, it was a vast territory with hundreds of states and thousands of lands.

From north to south, they have white, black and yellow complexions, and their languages and customs are different.

The heretical lords knew how to deal with it, and only then did they have the means to export goods in large quantities.

And the crusader nobles, but suffered a lot of losses in it, and the water and soil are not adapted, visit the Tianzhu mission, many evil diseases, and then by the heretics to withdraw a number of trade routes to Tianzhu, exchanges greatly cooled down, such as today's Zhu goods are still beautiful, but Tianzhu people are not so rare to see.