Chapter Seventy-Eight: Lord Galik, Count Avery Ogier

In the following time, Jiang Zhe and the others stayed in the reception room of the castle all the time.

The layout of the room is very simple, nothing more than some ordinary furnishings, but there seems to be more weapons and equipment on display...... On the walls on either side of the doorway hung two long swords and two battle axes, and on the wooden shelves in the four corners of the room, there were also sets of knightly armor, and on the east wall and a table, there was a slender knight's sword, and on either side of the table, there were two sets of heavy cavalry steel armor...... Looking at it, Jiang Zhe always felt that resting in such a reception room was a little weird after all.

Not to mention that the housekeeper of the Ogier family, old Mr. Black, stood straight at the door with a serious expression...... Is this a guest? How do you feel like you're being watched?

Speaking of which, although the old Mr. Black is quite old, he still looks very imposing, and I am afraid that most of the former knights of Galik are well-known...... But no matter how imposing you are, you don't have to do this, do you? Do you have to stand motionless in the doorway? Why don't you sit down and have a few words?

Several girls talked in whispers, especially Lyrela, whose demeanor was a model of aristocracy, and it was evident that she was a little nervous, adjusting her movements from time to time to try to be the best she could be.

Alan, on the other hand, stood in front of the armor in those rooms and looked at it carefully, sometimes nodding and sometimes shaking his head, and he was eager to draw out the knight's sword on the table facing the doorway, and compare it with his own knight's sword, but after thinking about it, he gave up—didn't he see that old Mr. Black was watching his every move from time to time with his eagle-like gaze?

Relatively speaking, Jiang Zhe is the most low-key, lying on the sofa and napping with his eyes closed, but unfortunately, he used to feel sleepy every time, but now he is very energetic, and he is not sleepy at all, this rare good spirit makes him very uncomfortable, but his sitting posture is really indecent, at least the old Mr. Black has looked at him and frowned three times.

Apparently, the werewolf Connell was also a little uncomfortable with the oppressive atmosphere in the room, and after sitting down and getting up two or three times, he finally walked towards a small shelf on the south side of the room, because there was a bottle of red wine there, and it was the only bottle of red wine in the whole room.

Just as Connell was holding the bottle of wine looking for the corkscrew, a hand suddenly reached out next to him and took the bottle of wine from his hand.

In Connell's stunned eyes, Old Blake took out a corkscrew from his pocket with his white-gloved right hand, opened the bottle of red wine very neatly, and then took out a clean glass from the shelf, poured a small glass and handed it to Connell.

"Uh, thank you......" Connell took the small glass of red wine, looked at the glass in his hand, his expression was a little stunned, it could be seen that this werewolf was obviously not used to drinking from a cup, he had always held the bottle directly.

You see, just by the way he licked his lips, he knew that that the small glass of red wine was really insignificant to him, so old Blake poured him another glass, and his expression was the same as ever.

"Don't bother," Connell, who came back to his senses, drank the glass of red wine, and then took the whole bottle of red wine directly from Old Blake's hand, took a sip of the bottle, and said with a smile, "It's better to be like this!"

This will change to old Blake stunned, although he didn't say it, but looking at his eyes, it is obvious that he has a lot of dissatisfaction with these 'friends of the little master', well, it should be said, there are many dissatisfaction with their behavior, words and deeds.

Look at the kid with dark blond hair lying on the couch, and see what kind of posture it is...... It's so rude!

Look at the taller boy with pale yellow hair, swinging the furnishings of the room without permission, is that like a word? If he hadn't been watching him, I'm afraid he would have drawn even that knight's sword...... Rude, what a rude!

The little girls were well-behaved, and the conversation between them was very quiet, hmm...... But what was the matter with that stout-looking man? Was he also a friend of the little master? God, did he think it was an ordinary ale?

"......" shook his head slightly, and old Blake sighed secretly and didn't say anything.

At this moment, the door was slammed open, and in the eyes of old Blake, his little master hurried in, and after shouting "Soth, Allen" with joy, he could not help himself, and coughed lowly.

"Huh?" Scott, who had a deep joy on his face, suddenly froze, glanced back at old Black, calmed down, pushed his glasses, and said to everyone in the room in a steady and calm tone, "It's an honor to see you again, my partner!"

"......" Looking at the strange tone, Jiang Zhe and Alan glanced at each other, and they didn't dare to talk, let alone those girls, of course, including the werewolf uncle who was holding a wine bottle and pouring wine.

As if noticing the awkwardness of the atmosphere in the room, Old Black smiled a little reluctantly and said, "Little master, I think you must have completed the lessons of several instructors, right?"

"Of course, Blake!"

"That's great, your friends have been waiting here for a long time—I think you have a lot to talk to them," said Blake, as he walked to the door, facing Scott, holding the handles of the two doors, "I should go and prepare dinner, and by the way, tell the old master about it, and I think there is no accident, the old master will invite your friend to dinner, and you had better - get ready!" he said, taking a few steps back and closing the door.

"Whew!" Scott secretly breathed a sigh of relief as the door slammed shut, looking back at everyone's strange eyes, revealing a rare look of embarrassment, and said, "Laugh if you want, don't look at me with that sympathetic gaze - it's you, Alan!"

"Hehe!" casually put the knight's sword back in its place, Alan leaned against the table and said with a grin, "You know, man, before I saw you, I swore that when I saw you, I would have punched you hard, but looking at your pitiful appearance now, I suddenly couldn't bear to do it, hahaha!"

"Hmph, that's really thank you!" Rolling his eyes angrily, Scott walked over and said with a bit of surprise, "Why are you here, I can't believe ......what I heard when the soldier came to report just now" As he spoke, he looked around, stunned when he saw Connell, and then, he said to Jiang Zhe in surprise, "Professor Huo De didn't come......?"

"Professor Hodd didn't come because we didn't tell him," Lavia introduced Conille, smiling, "Scott, he's Jean Connell, my friend with South!"

"Oh," seeing Jiang Zhe nodded, Scott suddenly smiled and said politely, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Connell!"

Connell smiled, raised the bottle in his hand and said jokingly, "I'm glad to meet you, little ghost, you know, I've always been prejudiced against the children of the nobility, but what happened just now ...... It made a difference to me!"

"yes, yes!" patting Connell on the back, Alan echoed with a grin.

"No way," with a wry smile, Scott sat down on the sofa opposite Jiang Zhe, pushed his glasses, and said, "Grandfather has always hoped that I can become an upright and brave knight, humble, honor, sacrifice, bravery, mercy, honesty, spirituality, justice, ......."

"Wow!" Alan grinned in surprise, he was no stranger to the eight virtues of knights.

Glancing at Alan, Lavia asked curiously, "Is this the case every day......?" Hmm, when did these courses start?"

"Huh," Scott smiled faintly, pushing his glasses back as he recalled, "I remember, it started not long after I got here, right?"

"Not long after this?" Lisa said curiously, looking at Scott with her head propped up, "Huh, isn't Garrick your hometown Scott?"

"Yes," said Scott, smiling, "but I wasn't born here......," he said, as he stood up, walked to the window, and pointed to the southwest, melancholy, "On the border of Galik and Jacobsemb, there's a small town called Hader, where I was born...... I only came to Alicock when I was six years old, and my grandfather always wanted to make me a good knight, but I personally preferred magic...... Curse Magic!" In the last four words, everyone faintly felt a strong hatred in his words.

Glancing at Scott, Jiang Zhe, who vaguely knew some of the situation, diverted the topic and said, "By the way, Scott, how is the rebellion?"

"Oh," Scott came back to his senses, pushed his glasses, and said calmly, "I asked my grandfather about this, Galik is waiting to see about Jacobsenbu's rebellion for the time being-grandfather suspects that Jacobsenbu's rebellion is not simple, so he doesn't plan to intervene for the time being, grandfather directly contacted the Sassen Imperial City and waited for the king's order......"

"And what about the rebels?" said Allen, curiously, "didn't you say that Jacob's rebellion had spread to Garik?"

"Yes!" Nodding, Scott said, pointing to the west, Now there are about 30,000 rebels, gathered in a small town called Castle outside the Galik border, the rebels occupy the city, there have been several skirmishes with our Galic border army, you know, a small city alone can't provide enough food for these rebels, plus the fear of the royal knight army, so I think they wanted to enter the territory of Galik, but were repulsed, and there are about 10,000 rebels in the south near Mount Anitz, fighting the same idea, and the rest of the rebels are heading towards Gelung, Artak and other places retreated, after all, for the royal knight army, they have no chance of winning! As for some of the fleeing civilians, my grandfather temporarily placed them near the cities of Malinson, Manny, and Jenkisen, where there was a fortress of Galik, with about 20,000 troops stationed there, and there should be no trouble, and some civilians fled to Alicock...... But don't worry, this is the first fortress of the frontier, and nothing will happen!" he said, glancing at the crowd and smiling, "If I have time, I think I can show you around the city - although there are no beautiful ......."

"Don't," said Alan in a strange voice, "No, this will delay your lesson, future Mr. Knight!"

"Alan!"

"Haha!"

Glancing at the children, Connell smiled and shook his head, drank the red wine from the bottle, then wiped his mouth and asked, "Little ghost, I want to ask you, is there a city called Waldrobe near here?"

Frowning, Scott glanced over at Lavia, and when he saw her looking apologetically at him, he mused, "Wardrobe? I don't remember Galik having this city, and I don't know much about Galik, but I remember the names of the major cities—are you sure it's a city?"

"No?" Connell frowned and sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose and said in a deep voice, "I don't know, Wardrob is either a city or a place name, I'm looking for this place, if you know, please tell me!"

"Well," said Scott, shaking his head as he paced around the room, "I'm sorry, I don't really remember this place......," he said, as if he had thought of something, "if you're sure that the place you're looking for is in Galik, I think you could ask my grandfather about it, my grandfather has been here for decades, and no one knows Galik better than him!"

"Oh, is it?" Connell was stunned, then stood up and said, "Okay! Where is your grandfather?"

"This ......" Scott looked at Connell in embarrassment and was about to speak, when suddenly Lavia stood up, looked at Connell reproachfully, and said, "Let!"

Looking deeply at Lavia, Connell sighed slightly and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, little ghost! That place is very important to me...... If so, could you please ask your grandfather?"

"Of course," Scott nodded stunned, then came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Actually, you can also ask in person-if my guess is correct, my grandfather should invite you to dinner later!" As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, and quickly turned his head to look at the outfits of Allen, Jiang Zhe, and several girls, and finally, he fixed his eyes on Allen.

Looking at Scott's strange gaze, Alan wondered, "Hey, man, what are you doing here?"

"This ......" I saw Scott pointing to the equestrian outfits on Alan and Jiang Zhe, and said strangely, "I think it's better for you to change your clothes, Lavia, Lisa, Lyrela, Senior Sister Dia, you too!"

Looking down at his clothes, Alan said strangely, "What's wrong with my clothes?

"Pretty good?" Scott sneered, pointing to the burnt mark on Allen's chest ribs, "You don't just want to wear this to my grandfather, do you?"

Alan glanced at Jiang Zhe angrily, shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "But I brought this one!"

"That's okay," Scott said, looking Alan up and down, "I remember I had a big dress, you can try it later!"

"Alright!" Alan nodded helplessly.

"And South!" Turning back to Jiang Zhe's wrinkled equestrian outfit, Scott shook his head and said, "Clothes are actually secondary, grandfather tends to be clean and tidy, I think you'd better change your clothes too-you're about the same size as me, you can choose any set!"

"This ......" Jiang Zhe looked at Scott in embarrassment, he had never worn a dress.

"Go and try, Soth!" Looking at Jiang Zhe with a smile, Lisa pushed Lavia beside her and said, "Ivey, what do you say?"

"This ...... What does this matter to me, if he wants to change him, he will change the ......" As she spoke, Lavia glanced at Jiang Zhe and said mockingly in an expectant tone, "I think it's better not to change it, he must be ugly in a dress......"

"Hee-hee," Lisa whispered into Lavia's ear, "Really, you want to see Soth in a gown, right?"

"Where...... How can there be!"

"But that's not what your expression says!"

"Huh?" looked at Lisa in surprise, and Lavia held her face and whispered with a little panic, "It's ...... Is it obvious?"

"Obviously!" Lisa asked quietly.

Ignoring Lavia and Lisa, who were muttering something on the side, Jiang Zhe glanced at Dia, saw her smiling and looking at herself, nodded and said, "Okay then-just try, if it doesn't fit, forget it!"

"You and I are about the same size, how can you possibly fit?" Smiling and turning his head, Scott glanced at Connell and was about to speak when he was interrupted by the other party.

I saw Connell look at Scott with a smile and say jokingly, "Hey, little ghost, don't you want me to change my outfit too?" hehe-I just want to ask your grandfather if he knows about this place in Wadrob, and then he left, you don't have to bother!"

"This ...... "After all, Scott was not familiar with this Mr. Connell, so he didn't say much, anyway, his purpose was just to make his grandfather feel a little good when he first met his friend.

Ten minutes later, Scott returned to the reception room with Jiang Zhe Allen, who had already changed his clothes, not to mention Allen, who kept muttering, Jiang Zhe, who put on the dress for the first time, obviously made several girls can't believe their eyes.

The white shirt, black dress, and his dark blonde hair have an indescribable temperament, not to mention Dia, even Lavia was a little distracted for a while.

"Wow, Thoss is so handsome!" Lisa shouted jokingly.

"How is it possible!" Jiang Zhe looked at the dress on his body with an awkward expression, and said with a strange expression, "I always feel that something is not right, or else, let's change it back?"

"No, isn't that a good listen!" Scott said with a nudge in his eyes, smiling.

"You can be content!" patted Jiang Zhe's shoulder, Alan said angrily, "You guy can choose at will, it's much better than me......" As he spoke, he stroked his hair, winked at Lisa, and said, "Lisa, is it much more handsome than the guy next to you?"

"Giggles," Lisa said with a grin, casually glancing at Lavia, who was a little crimson, "Pretty handsome, Alan, but not as handsome as South...... Hee-hee!"

"Hey, I'm going to be sad if you say that......"

After a few minutes, ignoring Allen's self-pity in front of Lisa and seeking sympathy, Scott took out his pocket watch from his arms and glanced at it, and then said here, "Alan, you have to pay attention later, my grandfather is a very ...... Very old-fashioned people, I can't listen to your jokes!"

"Yes, yes!" Alan shrugged in disgust.

Looking at everyone, Scott took a few steps around the room, and then as if he thought of something, he said, "By the way, don't use magic here, grandfather has always been prejudiced against magic, he is an orthodox knight!"

"Got it......"

"Hmm...... Don't talk when you eat, my grandfather was taught differently from us, and the older generation thought it was rude to talk during meals......"

"Got it......"

"And ......"

"What else?" several people looked at Scott with some impatience.

"Forehead......" With a rare look of ridicule, Scott pushed his glasses and said embarrassedly, "No...... No!" As he spoke, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it again, and said, "Okay, don't forget what I just said, hmm...... Thirty seconds to go......"

Just when Scott was counting there, old Blake pushed open the door and walked in, heard Scott's counting, was slightly stunned, and then said with a bit of humor, "If it's not that my watch is fast, then your watch is slow, little master!" But my watch was proofread three hours ago, so ......" He stepped forward and picked up the pocket watch in Scott's hand, adjusted it to the correct time, and then returned it to Scott, saying, " You should also check the time from time to time, as a nobleman, you must organize all your time wisely and properly, little master - twenty-seven seconds slower!"

"Uh, yes...... Thank you!"

Smiling at Scott, Blake glanced at the people in the room, when he saw Alan and Jiang Zhe, he was stunned, and then a little smile appeared on his face, and then, he stretched out his hand and said politely, "Master, please have dinner with you, please come with me!"

"Twenty-seven seconds ......" glanced at Jiang Zhe, and Allen made a strange expression as if he had a palpitation.

A few minutes later, the children finally met Count Avery Ogier, lord of Galik and grandfather of Scott.

Before meeting this big man, whether it was Allen or Jiang Zhe, or Lavia, and Lyreira, they were all a little curious about this Lord Earl who was defending against the barbarians in the northeast, and they were speculating about what kind of person this Lord Count was from Old Black and from Scott, but I have to say that when they actually saw it, they were still a little surprised--a little disappointed.

It seems that he is a very ordinary old man, without shocking oppressive power, and without sharp eyes, extremely ordinary.

The old man was dressed in the uniform of the Garik army, clean and without the slightest wrinkles, and all the buttons on the uniform, including the one at the neckline, and the neatly combed gray hair, with a slight contradiction between simplicity and harshness.

Looking at the earldom sitting at the long table with a serious expression and closed eyes, the children couldn't help but be a little nervous, after all, there were some things that Scott had told him repeatedly.

But then, the nervousness was dispelled, and the old earl opened his eyes, looked at Scott and his companions behind him, stood up, and smiled, and said, "Oh, are you my grandson's friends?"

Looking at the old earl in amazement, Alan whispered to Jiang Zhe, who was also in a daze.

Yes...... Isn't that kind?

Scott, is it necessary to exaggerate that!

(To be continued)