Three days later.

Captain Chastanton's hunting plan was presented on the desk of Fort Haiyan's study, and Baron Aureno sat in his chair and silently flipped through the plan.

Aldington and Chastanton waited for the baron to flip through it.

After a moment, the baron raised his head, his brow furrowed slightly: "This plan looks perfect, but I have a few questions for you, Captain Chastanton. ”

"Please ask questions."

"If this long-tailed ichthyosaur can bloom a second time, have you considered it?"

"I thought about it, if the long-tailed ichthyosaur can really bloom a second time, then, the plan is bound to fail. But adults, this is a risk that can be tolerated, after all, the probability of a second bloom is very small, especially in the inland freshwater lake, it is almost impossible to have a second blooming phantom beast. ”

"For you mercenaries, such a risk is small, but for the Iris family, once there is a secondary bloom and the hunt fails, it will inevitably face a rampaging phantom sea monster. The entire Cronokee Lake fishing industry will be destroyed, and shipping between Lake City and the city on the opposite shore will collapse. ”

"This ......" Chastanton was speechless, the phantom beast was very grudgeful, and if he really couldn't catch the long-tailed ichthyosaur, he would inevitably usher in the crazy revenge of the long-tailed ichthyosaur.

"Another point, in the water, whether we knights or you warriors, they can't exert their full combat effectiveness, in case the special fishing net breaks and the long-tailed ichthyosaurus escapes unexpectedly, the result is still the same." The baron continued, and continued to raise several possible crises.

Even if the probability of these crises occurring is small, they do happen, and the consequences are very serious.

Even Aldington felt that this plan would not work after hearing this, and Chastanton was even more pale: "I understand, my lord, it is that I am a little self-conscious, and I want to catch a phantom beast sea monster, without considering the impact of the hunt failure on Lake Kronokee." ”

Aldington sighed, "Father, did you really give up hunting long-tailed ichthyosaurs?" ”

Baron Aureno suddenly laughed: "Don't regret it, although this plan has many loopholes, as long as the loopholes are plugged, it is a perfect plan." ”

"My lord, how do you plug the leak?" Chastanton asked hurriedly.

The baron said calmly, "I know a captain who has the title of Lordship of Freedom, but he went to work as an adventurer and went out to sea to adventure. In the past, in the Danube Plain, he crisscrossed the great rivers and cut off the supply lines of the Macedonian kingdom, and he could be described as the first phantom beast knight in water warfare. ”

"Who is this man?" Aldington asked curiously.

"Captain Bakambu, you may not have heard of him, but he is one of the few Phantom Beast Knight who has contracted a sea monster phantom beast, and the contract phantom beast is a plate-armored sea turtle. I have a friendship with Captain Blackwind, and I can send him an invitation to cooperate in hunting long-tailed ichthyosaurs when he arrives. ”

The fief of Captain Bakambu of the Black Wind is in the Ural Province, but he is not in the fief all the year round, but goes to sea to adventure, and it is not easy to contact him.

"He will return to the fiefdom for the festival every year, so we need to wait until February next year to plan to hunt the long-tailed ichthyosaur, during this time, Captain Chastanton, you Red Ribbon mercenary group, you must always pay attention to the dynamics of the long-tailed ichthyosaur and collect more information."

"Understood, sir!"

It's late November, and it's not far from the New Year's Festival.

In the following time, Aldington spent the rest of his time constantly cultivating except for listening to the movements of the long-tailed ichthyosaur. And just before he had no distractions and was dedicated to fighting for the New Year, he was able to complete a rebirth of a high-level fighting spirit. An unexpected surprise news with the arrival of the king's messenger.

"His Holiness the Pope of the Great Hall of the Holy Mountain on the Isle of the Gods heard of the approval of the poem "The Petrel" by knights from all over the world, and after a vote of the bishops, decided to confer upon His Excellency Aldington Lun Iris, the title of Knight of Divine Grace. After the New Year's Festival, you are requested to go to the Temple of the Manifestations with the Gorse pilgrimage group to receive your canonization. ”

Said the King's Emissary.

Aldington was not moved, but the old lady Carly and the baroness were pleasantly surprised, and shouted for the protection of the three gods. As early as the Petrel craze, it was said that the poem was too important to give Aldington the glorious title of Knight of Divine Grace.

But until the moment of actual granting, no one knows whether it can be obtained.

After all, most of the charismatic knights awarded by the Temple of Manifestation every year are given to dragon knights from various countries, and no bard has ever won the title of "the honor of a bard" because of a poem, and more of them have engraved their classic poems on the pillars and walls of the Hall of Manifestation and chanted daily.

"My grandson, little Iris, he's a knight of divine grace!" Old Lady Carly proudly announced.

Strictly speaking, the Divine Grace Knight does not have any practical benefit in Plantagenet, but its role is similar to that of the Bloodline Nobles, and it is an incomparable glory. In addition to the title, the nobles have the greatest pursuit, facing the knights of divine grace, even the imperial earl is a head shorter.

Of course.

At present, the Divine Grace Knights of the Plantagenet Kingdom are the three dragon knights. There were no Divine Punishment Knights, and the Templar Knights were King Edward and Duke Enoch. It can be said that the title of Knight of the Manifest Saint of the Divine Nature, Plantagenet is only held by five people in total.

Now Aldington is sixth.

The baron was also pleased: "Divine Grace Knight, although you can obtain it as long as you become a Dragon Knight, but this time it is obtained with "Haiyan", this Divine Grace Knight title is different!" ”

"Blessed by the three gods, to be honest, I was really surprised to get the title of Divine Grace Knight by relying on a single poem." Aldington showed a calm expression, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, still betraying his current mood - it was like winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.

It proves that he has indeed become the new poet saint of the Plantagenet poetry circle, even if he has only written three poems so far.

"From now on, all the great nobles, even His Majesty, will call you Your Excellency, and the minor nobles and everyone else will have to call you Your Excellency." Lady Helena hugged her son, "Aldington, I'm so proud of you, every day is full of pride. ”

Aldington is half true and half emotional: "I will make you proud of your mother." ”

Old Lady Carly wiped away a trace of tears of joy from the corners of her eyes, and said with emotion: "Before I know it, my little iris has grown to such a height. ”

"But I'll always be my grandmother's little irises."

For the remaining month of the year 928 of the Frost Tide calendar, Haiyan Castle was full of joy every day, and although Aldington had not yet received the canonization, the nobles who had received the news had already begun to prepare congratulatory gifts. Speaking of which, a month ago, he received the gift and his hand was weak, and now he has to receive a wave of it.

The wealth discounted by these gifts can no longer be counted as many leva, in short, Aldington is now very rich.

"Rich, capricious, and happy with the people." After Mr. and Mrs. Aurelor announced that they would waive the rent of the landlords of the realm this year, he said that he would give a holiday red envelope to all the lords - 50 els (copper plates) for each freeman and 1 grufer (silver coin) for each serf.

1 Graft can be exchanged for 100 El.

Such a generous welfare distribution attracted the people of the entire New Red Leaf Town, who were chanting every day that the three gods blessed the Iris family and the three gods blessed Young Master Aldington.

In such an atmosphere, the New Year is gradually approaching.