Chapter 13: Sell Yourself?
Ryan looked at Alan on the bed with some shock, and he didn't know what to say for a while, this guy pretends to be cool with a cold face every day, and can actually say such shameless words?
"I know it's a reasonable price, but I don't have that much right now, so please let me raise it for a few days." Looking at Ryan's increasingly hardened face, Alan was extremely ashamed.
"It doesn't make sense, I've heard of the Davis family, it seems that it is also a middle-class nobleman, even if this guy is a distant branch, he won't be able to take out four hundred Jindler, right?
Could it be that his family is a down-and-out aristocrat who has lost its fief and title? Thinking of this, the corners of Ryan's mouth suddenly twitched, if this is really the case, let alone four hundred Jindler, forty is difficult to take out!
So, he asked tentatively, "I take the liberty of asking, how much can you take out now?" ”
Alan said with some embarrassment: "Probably...... Thirty Kindlers. ”
"......" Ryan was speechless, looking up at the roof at a forty-five degree angle.
"Don't worry, I still have some military merits that can be exchanged for coins." Alan hurriedly salvaged his image.
Ryan stared speechlessly, which meant: "If you have military merit that can be exchanged for four hundred Jindler, you can still be in the position of brigade commander with me?" ”
Alan seemed to realize this, and lowered his head in a dejected manner.
"Alas, Knight Allen, I'll give you an idea, you owe it first, and then you can pay it back to me after this military merit is calculated, and I won't calculate the interest on you."
Ryan expertly pulls out a piece of parchment and a quill pen and asks Alan to write down his first IOU.
"Alan Knight, are you a member of the Davis family's bloodline?" Ryan took the hand warmer handed over by Ham and asked in a homely manner.
Allen, who was writing at his desk, responded without raising his head: "I used to count it, but now I can only be regarded as a down-and-out knight who has no way out to join the army." ”
A meaningful answer. Allen's talent is not bad, and he has an aristocratic spirit, which can make him desperate to come to the battlefield, either by being removed from the Davis family, or by a major change.
"What about you? I have heard that both your father and grandfather were knights of the kingdom, which is also rare in the nearly 1,000-year history of the kingdom. Alan asked curiously as he put the IOU away and dried it.
In this world where the awakening of the transcendent depends on luck, the situation of the three generations of Ryan's ancestors is indeed a rare species. With two generations of shedding blood for the kingdom, Ryan was able to have a knight's inheritance, which made many nobles blush.
Because, not every nobleman has a fief!
"Oh, are you trying to ask me about my relationship with the Black family in the Kingdom of Xano? Unfortunately, my family hasn't had any contact with them even if they go back a hundred years. ”
It's not the first time Ryan has answered this kind of question, and there is also a Black family in Xano, known as the Forest Kingdom, who are famous for their abundance of knights on the continent.
Some scholars have found that when transcendents are combined, the probability of future generations having supernatural power will reach half.
However, there are a small number of families who are different, and even if only one of them is an extraordinary person, they can achieve this probability. This is the case for Ryan's family, as well as for Xano's Black family, which is enviable.
"Knock Knock"
A dull bell rang, the signal to assemble the soldiers, presumably Chels was eager to launch his counter-attack.
But it had nothing to do with Ryan, as the Viscount had granted them permission not to participate in this operation and not to return to the unit until a new order was issued.
It seems to be a bit deliberately suppressed, but it is perfect for Ryan, he just wants to mix until the end of the war, and then live a noble life of all evils, this is the bad confidence of the third generation of Gui.
"When will this damn war end!" Ryan stretched out without any image and complained shallowly.
"It won't last long, although because of your relationship, we have turned the defeat around. However, looking at the entire Kuwait battlefield, the kingdom is already at a disadvantage, and there is not much left of the sufficient preparations in the early stage, but the Andes, who were suppressed by our first hand, have accumulated enough counterattack strength.
If His Majesty does not continue to support us, it is estimated that we will be back to the borders of the Kingdom by next winter. ”
Alan handed over the dried IOU and said casually.
Ryan raised an eyebrow, is the kingdom's army already at a disadvantage?
As if seeing Ryan's doubts, Alan took out a small stack of parchment from his body and handed it to him, "This is a military report from a week ago, and you were not in the barracks at the time. ”
Ryan took a quick glance and found that it was a report of unfavorable battle conditions everywhere, and even two military forts were almost breached.
"You're right, the war is coming to an end." Ryan put down the battle report in his hand, and looked at Allen's eyes and couldn't help but change a little, although anyone could tell from the battle report that the kingdom was about to retreat.
But it can be seen that it will end before next winter, and return to the homeland, but there are only a handful in the entire legion.
Because, since the spring of the previous year, His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Tistan, Konstantin II, launched the Fourth Kuwait War with the Kingdom of Andes.
With sufficient preparations in the early stage, the army of the kingdom swallowed half of the territory of the Kingdom of Andes in the snowy fields of Kuwait in a short period of time, and the situation was very good.
In the hearts of many people, even if there are some disadvantages now, as long as they defend for another two or three years, they can initially digest and stabilize the territory they occupy now, and they have never thought of giving up.
Even if many front-line commanders think so, the middle and low-level officers who see this layer do not dare to speak, for fear of being executed as disturbing the morale of the army.
Therefore, even in the war report that the war situation was unfavorable, it was written that the offensive was turned into defense, and there was no word of retreating to the homeland at all.
"But, Knight Allen, on what basis did you analyze that the kingdom was going to withdraw to its homeland? Do you think the kingdom will give up the benefits it has acquired? ”
Ryan looked at Alan with a faint smile, although he already knew the answer in his heart, but he still wanted to hear Allen's opinion.
Unexpectedly, Alan said without thinking: "Because this is the conclusion based on the fact that I am in command of this battle." ”
A very arrogant and offensive remark, Ryan narrowed his eyes and gestured for Alan to continue.
Seeing that Ryan didn't interrupt him, Alan admired Ryan a little more in his heart, you know, not everyone can be calm when they hear such words, let alone listen to him elaborate.
This is also the character and vision he believes in Lane, and he still owes him 400 Kindler.
If he is replaced by another person who cannot see the situation clearly, he can be sued by the words "return to the homeland" to a military court, and he will be stripped of his skin if he does not die.
The law of the kingdom does not allow nobles to be punished lightly, but it does not include a down-and-out knight like him, who does not have a noble title.
Ai Xin thought about it and said: "There are many reasons, probably the following points. ”
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