Thinking of this, Hodge took a deep breath and forcibly calmed his mood.

Then he stood up and commanded, "Help me change my clothes, I will go to my father." ”

"Yes, young master."

Anna felt that something was not right with Hodge, but she didn't ask much, just gently helped Hodge take off his pajamas, put on elaborate and complicated clothes in turn, and buttoned them one by one along the gold edge, looking well-behaved and sensible.

Hodge looked at the well-behaved Anna, only to feel that the negative emotions in his heart that were nervous, depressed, and had no one to talk to dissipated a lot, he stretched out his hand, touched Anna's head, and said, "Anna, it's good to see you." ”

In the face of Hodge's such straightforward words, Anna only felt that her ears were hot, her face unconsciously flushed, and she said in a low voice: "Childe, you haven't performed a coming-of-age ceremony yet, we can't do bad things." ”

Hearing this, Hodge was stunned for a moment, then understood what Anna meant, and showed a smile: "You little guy, you don't know what you think every day......"

"Alright, I'll go find my father, and you can help me clean up the room."

"Yes, young master." Anna bowed her head and saluted.

Hodge strode down the corridor, and many servants and attendants along the way, after seeing Hodge, stopped to salute and bow their heads respectfully.

Hodge bowed slightly, in response, and strode down the stairs from the third floor of the castle to the dining room on the first floor.

Soon, he saw his father.

One of the most famous marquis of the Salom Empire, Bach Dickens.

This is a personable, extraordinary man, he wears the favorite silk dress of the upper class nobles, embroidered with a delicate and gorgeous cyan bird pattern on his chest, handsome appearance, not old, a pair of light brown eyes with a little vicissitudes, and the action of dining, extremely elegant, not slow.

When Hodge saw this scene, he was inexplicably relieved, no matter when, every time he saw his father in this world, his heart was always full of security.

Powerful, mysterious, elegant.

Simply a natural gentleman.

"Up?"

"I thought you'd sleep until noon and have lunch with me."

Marquis Bach slowly put down the bread in his hand, took out a tissue, wiped his hands gently, and opened his mouth unhurriedly.

For a proper gentleman, it is obviously impolite to speak while eating.

Hodge sat down without the slightest politeness, and as usual, took a slice of bread and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely; "Father, what about my mother?"

"You're still so rude." Marquis Bach shook his head, he was also a little helpless about this casual son, "She went to see Her Royal Highness the princess's tea party, and according to the time calculation, it is estimated that she will not come back until the evening." ”

Same, exactly the same! Even the tone of speech is the same...... Hearing this, Hodge, who was chewing bread, moved slightly.

The words just now are nothing more than habitual inquiries.

In the past year, Hodge would always ask these questions, and the Marquis of Bach would always take the trouble to answer, which seemed to have become a tacit understanding between the two sides.

However, this time, the extremely ordinary response made Hodge feel frightened, as if he suddenly saw a person without a shadow walking past him in broad daylight, evil and terrifying.

The Marquis of Bach keenly sensed his son's abnormality and asked, "What's wrong?" Any questions? ”

"Nothing." Hodge resumed his chewing movements, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and replied casually, "One thing suddenly came to mind." ”

"Hmm." Marquis Bach bowed slightly, and did not ask, in his opinion, if Hodge wanted to tell him, he would take the initiative.

The Marquis of Bach picked up the bread again, put the sausage, cream, bacon, eggs and other things in the bread in turn, and then wrapped them up, ready to start enjoying the rather fluffy toasted bread.

At this moment, Hodge's eyes rolled and he asked casually, "Father, do you know the Eternal Demon Sect?" ”

Marquis Bach's movements stopped, put down the bread in his hand, and looked at Hodge again, the expression on his face gradually becoming serious: "Who told you?" ”

"How...... What's wrong? ”

"Any questions?"

It was the first time for Hodge to see such a serious Marquis of Bach, and his heart was also tight, but he pretended to have a disapproving expression on his face and asked rhetorically.

"This is a cult dedicated to evil gods."

"The members of this sect are almost all crazy people with extremely cruel methods, bloody sacrifices, evil rituals, and depraved sacrifices...... Anyone who gets in touch with them will become a fallen monster and a demon. ”

"They are wanted by the Church and the Empire, and any citizen who provides information can get more than a hundred pounds in cash."

Marquis Bach looked at Hodge's expression, his expression gradually softened, and explained softly.

The monetary system of the Salom Empire was divided into gold pounds, soles, and pennies.

1 gold pound = 20 süller, 1 szule = 12 pence, the gold pound is pegged to gold and has strong purchasing power.

Sules and pennies were the currencies used by the vast majority of commoners, while gold pounds belonged to the common currencies of citizens and nobles.

The Salom Empire was divided into three classes, commoners, citizens, and nobles.

The common class, without the right to vote, without the right to be elected, has personal freedom, belongs to the product of the industrial revolution, and the vast majority of people belong to this class, engaged in textiles, washing, cleaning, factory work and other low-paying but rather hard work.

Citizens have the right to vote and to be elected, and people at this level can sit for the bar or be recommended by powerful men to enter the kingdom's infrastructure, become employees, and eat public meals.

The aristocracy is the family with the title, they are often in high positions, they have their own fiefdoms, estates, wineries, etc., Hodge belongs to this class.

However, under the three strata, there is also a stratum that is not a stratum.

That is the slaves, who have no personal freedom, let alone the right to choose their work.

This class is generally composed of the descendants of war criminals, criminals, prisoners of the enemy, etc.

Jinbang and Sulle are both paper money, with one, five, and ten denominations, while pennies are copper coins, also known as copper pennies, with no special denominations, and one only represents one dollar.

According to Hodge's understanding, the salary of ordinary civilians is generally less than 15 sylpheria a week, and only a noble child like Hodge can afford to hire maids, cooks, and male maids with a weekly salary of more than 2 gold pounds.

Hodge's personal maid, Anna, earns 3 pounds and 15 sules a week, far exceeding the highest level of the middle-income class.

And a hundred pounds in cash was enough to buy a living room for four people in any village in the fief of the Marquis of Dickens, and even with Anna's high weekly salary, it would take more than half a year of work and no food or drink to obtain.

The church in the mouth of Marquis Bach is the most mainstream church in the Salom Empire - the Holy Church, also known as the Church of Light, which is one of the three most mainstream beliefs of the people of the Salom Empire.

The Marquis Bach's family were members of the Holy Church, and almost every week they went to the nearest church to listen to the bishop speak the Bible and pray for blessings.

It's just that this kind of collective activity is not interesting at all for Hodge, who is already an atheist.

Even if he knew that there was a true God in this world.

But he still went his own way, only once a month.

"I see!" Hodge nodded and continued to ask, "Father, do you know what the evil god they worship is?" ”

Hearing this question, Marquis Bach took a deep look at Hodge, didn't say anything, and continued to explain: "The specific name is unknown, but according to the mouths of the cultists who have been killed and captured, the honorific name they worship the evil god is...... The Creator of all, the all-knowing and all-powerful God, who they think they worship, created everything. ”

"They think that anyone who does not believe in the Lord and does not listen to the teachings of the Lord is a heretic, a rebel and a sinner, who needs to be purified and erased."

"In the history of the Salom Empire, this sect has launched several rebellions, although they have all been suppressed, but the impact and destruction caused have even surpassed many natural disasters in history, so they have always been wanted by the church and the empire, if you want to find anything, tell me as soon as possible, let me deal with it."

"Yes, I see, father." Hodge replied and resumed his breakfast.

Marquis Bach took a deep look at Hodge and began to enjoy his breakfast.