The Duke of Kenes-Irish had a very luxurious banquet, although he only invited Aaron alone, but there were sixteen kinds of desserts before the meal, and His Excellency the Duke even deigned to wait for him near the door, which can be said to have given Aaron enough face.

Aaron thought to himself, Duke Kenes, as the Duke of Kenes and the commander of the eastern side of the kingdom, should naturally be very wealthy, but the Dragon Knight Club is the center of activity of the great nobles here in Susar, and it is estimated that the consumption is quite amazing.

"His Royal Highness." After the two sat down, Aaron took out an envelope from his body, pressed it on the table with his hand and handed it over: "Let Your Highness break the bank, this is my little thanks, please Your Highness smile." ”

"Huh? If you can remember, it's good. Duke Kenes smiled, he took the envelope, opened it and saw that there were five golden tickets branded with the emblem of Lady Joy, and he couldn't help but grin with joy: "Stinky boy, where did you get it?" ”

"I gave you a thousand, and now I pay back five thousand, right?" The Duke put the envelope away, placed it on the table, and handed it back to Aaron: "Be careful, the Queen's Blade will arrive at your door soon...... Oh, I remember, you're now the Black Rod Ceremony, and the Queen's Blade has no right to capture you. ”

"These are all orc stolen money, found in the orc camp."

"Well, I know, you have a heart." Duke Kenes still confiscated it, and he shook his head: "But is the money of the orcs falling from the sky?" Aaron, I accept your wishes, and as for this money, it is better for you to use it somewhere else. ”

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After saying that, Duke Kenes refused to discuss the topic again, and he raised his glass: "Don't talk about it, drink, drink." ”

"Cheers." Aaron also tacitly agreed not to mention it again.

The two sides raised their glasses, and the delicate goblets of the Dragon Knight Club were filled with square ice cubes, and the wine from Tesel was soft and dense in the mouth, which was indeed refreshing.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere between the two sides was much hotter, and the Duke of Kenes took the initiative to say: "Let's talk about Arabel first, there is already news in the palace that Lady Raul will continue to be the Countess of Arabel, but the lost land in the north Tifanton has not yet been recovered, you are the person next to Her Royal Highness, what does she think about this matter, what do you?" Is it possible for the North to continue the war? ”

Aaron thought to himself that sure enough, Duke Kenes cared about state affairs, although the Battle of Arabelle recaptured the important town in the north of the kingdom, but the gateway to the north, Tivanton City, that is, the place where his parents sacrificed, has not been recovered, Duke Kenes is interested in this matter, probably wanting to know whether the national policy of the kingdom will be adjusted, and whether the military spending in the east will be reduced?

Sure enough, the free ones are the most expensive, and the Duke of Kenes doesn't want money, but more important inside information.

Aaron felt the need to give a little bit of dry goods, first of all, the Duke had given himself help early on, and then when Duke Marelli and Duke Caspar were very close, he also needed to reach some agreement with Duke Kenis.

"Your Highness, I am young and not very knowledgeable, although I have been ranked as a meritorious hero in the palace and the minister of the guard, but there is actually no place for me to talk much in terms of national policy, but since His Highness asked, I naturally know everything."

"Okay, you can say it."

"The battle of Arabel was really hard, from noon to late at night, more than 8,000 warriors lost nearly 3,000 people, all of them did not collapse by one breath, and when they finally broke through Tugin and his one-eyed army, even I felt a deep fear, the situation at that time was that even if the orcs could hold on for a little longer, we might be about to lose."

"So, what does Ms. Raul think?"

"Your Highness, what the Arabel Liberation Army said is a good thing, it is for us to see the diversity, depth and breadth of the country, and let me understand the unity of the people under the banner called 'Great Righteousness', but it is difficult to say that everyone who joins the Liberation Army has various purposes, they can be united because of Arabel, or they can collapse because of the successful recovery."

Duke Kenes's eyes flashed: "You mean, there can't be any more wars in the north in the near future?" ”

"The rabbits in the forest are finished, the hounds can be cooked, the season of migratory birds has passed, and the longbow has been temporarily sealed." Aaron smiled: "Lady Raul almost emptied Susar's temple for this battle, and also emptied all her property, and those soldiers of the Restoration Army either got a large commission and were ready to go to the tavern to squander, or they were knighted, won land, and became knights, who wants to fight?" Tivanton? What does it have to do with them? ”

"I guess, Ms. Raul must have laid off all the soldiers except for the Falcon Legion and the Phoenix Legion in the north now, and Her Royal Highness Alice Serre has accepted this result, she was forced to lose Arabel before, she did not punish Ms. Raul, and now that she recaptures Arabel, she will not reward Ms. Raul, this lake account will be lost, and His Highness will probably send some people to support Ms. Raul's reconstruction, and that's about it."

"Good!" After saying this, Duke Kenes looked at Aaron deeply, his eyes full of appreciation: "It seems that the revival of the Salian family is just around the corner, and it is already very rare that you can read so much." ”

It's only been more than a year since this son debuted! Duke Kenes found that he could no longer despise Aaron.

Since there will be no more war in the north in the short term, and the Liberation Army will be disbanded on a large scale, Duke Kenes is much more relaxed, and the two then talked about Aaron's actual baron, hearing that Aaron plans to choose Sunset Collar including Hurek Forest, Duke Kenes laughed, and he patted his thigh: "Okay!" Young people are all about challenges! Wouldn't all the evil monsters in the Hurek Forest be shocked when they heard your name Aaron Salian and saw that the chief of the Arabelle Five was coming? ”

"You can go with confidence, if you need anything, you can help me here, you don't have to be polite, and you don't always have to call me Your Highness, I am with your father, you can call me Uncle Kenes."

Then the two talked about the construction of the territory, and Aaron was extremely insightful, and he revealed a lot of his plans, about the Dwarven Blacksmith Guild, about the Snow Elf Camp, and even about the Wonders of Slaanesh and the Great Temple of Suren Mama, Aaron said more or less.

Feilong Water Lake will be renamed Meteorite Lake in the future, and it will become the supreme holy place of Sulun Ma Ma in the realm!

Duke Kenes's eyes lit up when he heard this, if Aaron once said that these were castles in the air, then the success of the Silver Chamber of Commerce had shown that Aaron had this potential!

"Yours is yours! Aaron! Duke Kenes was overjoyed by Aaron's words, he laughed arrogantly, and slapped Aaron with his hand on the table: "I have long felt that Cormier's future belongs to you!" ”

"Your Highness has praised it." Aaron humbly said.

"So, when are you going to go to the fiefdom? Do spellcasters like you plan to build a teleportation array in their fiefdoms, or do they resign from their position as Black Rod Ceremony Officer? Duke Kenes said with emotion.

"The edict of the Baron will probably be issued at midsummer." Aaron said in a deep voice, "But before that, I need to help Her Highness Alice Sell deal with the troubles that have been accumulated for a long time. ”

The words came out of Aaron's mouth without warning, and the Duke of Kenes was stunned for a moment, his head hung down, his eyes flashed, his fists clenched, and his face was cloudy.

"You...... But the hero of the kingdom, Aaron. ”

"Yes, but I'm hand-drawn by Her Highness Alice Sel, and I ......"

Duke Kenes frowned, and he immediately raised his hand, indicating that you should not say any more!

"Quiet, Aaron, quiet!"

"This meal is over, it's time for us to go." The Duke reached out and grabbed Aaron's arm.

"Let's talk somewhere else."

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After the secret conversation with Duke Kenes, Aaron patted his head.

If it hadn't been for the Duke's reminder, he would have almost forgotten a very important matter.

As soon as Aaron returned home, he found Eleanor, took out about 10,000 gold lion coins, and distributed them as soon as possible.

His father's old friends, colleagues of the Purple Dragon Knights, colleagues in the court, and nobles of the Kingdom Council, Aaron bought gifts one by one according to the scale ordered by Duke Kenes.

The most important thing is the Purple Dragon Knights, among whom Aaron can rely on his father's relationship to send gifts in person.

Then there are the second-class Queen's Blade and the Kingdom Council.

Queen's Blade, Aaron took the path of captain Hendry, the two sides were already familiar, the two golden tickets were handed over, and the two sides tacitly agreed, how to distribute, who has more and who has less, Hendry said You can rest assured, I will arrange it.

On the side of the Kingdom Council, Duke Kenes helped him make a roster, plus his relationship with Madam Raul, so he didn't have to worry about this.

Then there is the battle mage's side, not to mention how Aaron has the relationship with the eldest lady, the relationship between the major temple churches and Aaron is not bad, with Suren Ma Ma to protect him, Aaron does not have to worry too much about the hostility of the gods.

There are only two places to be particularly careful.

The first is the temple of the three gods of justice, the holy warriors are iron-clad, righteous and bright, they can't rub sand in their eyes, one is not to deal with, the three gods of justice are not impossible to get rid of Aaron's "justice", the holy warriors are serious about things, and bad things are also serious, they really have to follow their standards, many things in this world can't be done, but they can't do justice without them.

But on the other hand, the three gods of justice are also a sharp weapon, and the holy warriors are often a double-edged sword that can be used to fight the enemy, and the holy warriors are not unaware that they are being used as swords, but they are also willing.

Fortunately, Renard is a glorious holy warrior with many partners, and the three gods of justice and Aaron also cooperate, and the only god of suffering who has some opinions about Aaron came to visit Aaron, saying that in the next five years, he will provide 100,000 relief meals for the church of Inmat for free and build a large almshouse, and the pastor of Inmatt reluctantly accepted Aaron's donation.

Although Yinlmatt still warned Aaron through the mouth of the pastor to "use his power in the right place", the conflict between the two sides was probably over.

The second is the temple of Ogma, the god of knowledge, most of these scholars are not very wealthy, but they are very valuable, the so-called knowledge is power, they are often not strong, not powerful, but firmly control knowledge and folk discussion.

Here is also to be sent, just to talk about some methods.

Varro, a good friend of the cousin Robert, helped a lot in this matter.

Varro was familiar with the group of scholars in the Church of the Naminators, and even during this time he mingled with them and wrote the bards of the Five Heroes of Arabel!

Aaron found Varro through Robert, and the bard laughed when he heard it, saying that it would be easy, leave it to me.

Varro said he would do it, and he approached the scholars of the Church of the Naming One, saying that Aaron wanted to polish his story and pay him well.

Scholars are also human beings, and they also need money to do things and live a life.

This method took care of the scholars' face, and gave them a lot of extra money, and soon, Aaron's reputation rose to a new level in Cormier.

Finally, there is the Harpist League, and Aaron asks the Harpists League through Samir's relationship to spread his glorious deeds as the "Arabell's Five" throughout the country as soon as possible, and Samir naturally does so.

There is no need to spend money on this matter, Samir is his man, and the two patron goddesses of the Harpist League are the Silver Lady Suren and the Lucky Lady Tymorrah.

Things were done one by one, and 10,000 gold lion coins went out like water.

Miss Reverend had a little problem with Aaron's expenses, and she couldn't help but say, "Those people, who have not done anything, why should they give so many gifts to them?" ”

"It's because they didn't do anything, but they got a share, so they did it too." Aaron hugged Eleanor in his arms and smiled: "When the time comes, they won't dare not come to our wedding!" ”

"I hate it, I haven't agreed to marry you yet!" Eleanor was really distracted by Aaron, and Miss Pastor waved her fist and said that I am not a random woman, and I will hammer you if you talk nonsense like this! But I can't help but imagine a beautiful married life.

"What? Do you also want a bride price of 300,000 gold coins, and you also have a fief? Do you want to add half of your name to the title? Aaron teased, "Eleanor the greedy! ”

"Aaron, what are you talking about? What do I want so much money for? Eleanor gave Aaron a amorous roll of the eye, and couldn't help but tap his head: "I don't want a knighthood either, I just want you to be good, let's be good, just do it." ”

Miss Pastor's opinion was easily resolved by Aaron, and in the Anaheim manor outside the city, Ben Miko almost vomited blood as he watched the series of news in front of him, his brain fluttered, and he collapsed in his chair.

Aaron Salian, this evil animal!

He actually did everything I wanted to do!

Is this guy lurking a mole around me? Otherwise, how could it be so consistent with my thoughts?

He was so young and simple, and he had only been in the Purple Dragon Knight for a year, so it was impossible for him to think in such detail.

Someone must be pointing him behind his back.

Who is it?

Hmph~ No matter who it is, your ambitions are coming to an end.

Three days later, at the celebration banquet at the Villatte estate, everything will be revealed!

My time is coming!