Vesta lies in the carriage and has a dream, Bran comes to find it, the dream is sweet, and suddenly wakes up.

"My lord, the letter has arrived."

The maid called, opened the carriage, and presented a letter from Italy.

Vesta opened immediately, written by Bran, in beautiful, flowing ink, but the content was unpleasant.

"Lord?"

"He's not coming!"

Tears swirled, and then a blink flowed out.

Last month, Bran traveled with the Knights to the territory of Count Nefer Michael in Northern Italy. First, send a letter to Vesta.

As it was a big banquet held by Count Never, Bran and the other members of the Knights stayed for the banquet first.

The reason for the banquet was that Count Nefer had annexed the Duchy of Cannae, an ally who had previously been at war.

Since Duke Danielle was scared to death, he has few weak mothers and children.

In just 100 days, the messengers sent by the Holy See have not yet received the Pope's approval of the coronation document.

One day, after eating supper, the little duke suddenly vomited black blood and died, and since there was no heir, the family meeting decided to succeed to the throne by a thirty-three-year-old niece, which caused an inheritance dispute.

There are strong claims, and there are weak claims, and the family members are all ready to move.

Earl Niever's army was on the border of the Duchy of Cannae, and soon entered as a mediator.

In the last war, the power of the Shell of Barcelona surpassed that of the Duchy of Cannae.

The name of the principality is not what it seems.

Having lost her husband and son, the duke's deceased wife was quickly persuaded to sleep in the same bed.

As long as she agrees with Count Nefer, she can get a village to use as a fief, and she can enjoy her old age in peace, without having to go into a monastery and die of old age.

Don't worry about the principality's debts.

Count Never forged a ruling document, using interests to coerce the duke's deceased wife and other family members to recognize, using this as an excuse to claim the legal title, and then announced that Cannae would be changed to an earldom and merged to form the "Duchy of Barcelona".

This approach, the son-in-law Albert did not support it, thinking that it was ugly, but under the mediation of his wife Liana, he still provided funds as a backing, and in just over a month, he soon made the other vassals of the duchy look down on reality, sign a peace decree, and be loyal to the new duke, and their ruling power will remain unchanged.

In one year, the scale of Barcelona's fiefdom extended to four counties, as well as some enclaves.

In November, the Duke of Never held a polo banquet in northern Italy, but there was an accident at the banquet, or it was a serious accident, so Bran could not come as scheduled......

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From the afternoon to dusk, Wallon didn't see Vesta show up, but he secretly found the lord's maid and gave him some silver coins, and got some information that the lord was crying today, for a man - Bran Chaman.

Some time ago, the feudal lords of the Northern Italy region stood in line to defeat the Star Mercenary Group, and Wallon had heard the elders mention this name, and heard that it was a genius boy, but all along, he didn't care about this kind of intelligence gathering.

But in order to better understand this "possible rival", Valin sent someone to inquire what happened to Vesta in Rome this time.

He didn't know all about it, but he also got some rough ideas, such as Bran and Vesta roaming the garden.

Unbeknownst to Bran, he had inadvertently gained a rival.

……

At the same time, in the northern region of Italy, the Duchy of Barcelona (formerly the main castle of the Duchy of Cannae).

Chuken, the heir to the principality, was too weak to get out of bed.

The whole castle seemed to be enveloped by a storm, and the court physicians had just carefully lifted their pants in front of Duke Never, so that Never could clearly see the damage.

There was no recovery at all, and the faint wails of Chuacin filled the door.

"Slaughter the city...... Slaughter the city!"

The duke's words, no one dared to answer.

At this time, Bran was talking to a group of knights on the grass outside the castle.

On this trip, the "chief envoy" was led by the "captain of the square" Fellore, and his nephew Fernando was his assistant.

Flore has been promoted to the rank of square captain, and above that are the seven high-ranking flag bearers of the Knights, the Knight Chief, and the top leader.

Fernando became the captain.

Leary Dan, who was close friends with Bran and always wanted to recommend his cousin, became a squadron leader, and nine months into his job, Bran is currently the acting squadron leader.

On the wide meadow, Florelle and Fernando opened the duke's stable, moved out of the good horses, and played polo happily, without any consideration of the master's state of mind.

Bran and Leary chose a shaded tree from a perspective that would not be seen, and discussed the "wounded incident" of Chucken.

"Bran, if you want to follow me, Oz Casson's kick is still light, and he should have slashed this Chucken boy with a sword."

As Leary, who abides by the honor of knighthood, he is very taboo about face.

"I heard that the first person to find out was the bastard Hauhle, friend, don't you think there's something wrong with this?"

"He was just unlucky, and he had her ear cut off by Oz." Leary added, "It seems that the trip to Swabia is over, I heard that there are hot springs there, I thought I would take the opportunity to enjoy it, and meet the big competition, as well as the legendary holy sword and holy deer, have you seen it?"

"Nope." Bran shook his head.

Then, Leary asked about the Seven Star Sword again, and was laughed at by Bran, who instantly understood Bran's thoughts, and didn't ask much.

The conversation came to an abrupt end over the England race.

Leary's maternal grandfather, Viscount Mengau Dan, immediately embarked on a plan to go north to help boxing after that study discussion a few months ago.

Meng Gao sold some of his land and sent a letter to raise funds for the war, and after receiving a reply from England, Meng Gao traveled north from the mainland to Normandy with the help of a Frankish lord he knew.

Very adventurous and romantic move. If successful, it will become a knightly adventure story told by the bard.

The next afternoon, Albert and his wife, Liana, arrived at the castle.

Albert had scratches on her face, tears on the corners of Liana's eyes, and purple and black wounds on her arms.

The two quarreled again in the carriage, and for the sake of Albert's new lover, they had fallen out of favor on their last trip to Rome to meet Bran, who had recently fallen in love with a widow who was five years older.

Snubbed Liana for several days, yesterday the two of them started directly in the carriage, of course, after the fight, the two young couples, with strong blood, will always reconcile in other ways......

Albert came in and grew quickly, already on a par with Bran, and after experiencing the wealth that the archons could wield, the pomp and circumstance became more and more luxurious.

The ornate decoration of this carriage is already comparable to the golden carriage in which the Pope traveled.

Bran was wearing the regular clothes of the Order, and compared to it, it was significantly shabby, and now the two of them were detached from the appearance of people in the monastery at that time.