111. The goodwill of the future king
"Mr. Viscount, please come with me to the Dragon Palace, where you will witness Prince Li Qi being crowned Duke on Sunday, and then you will be enthroned in the side hall with several other young people."
On Monday morning, Rand arrived on Longtai Mountain, where he was led by Gareth Blue Dragon, the court's ceremonial officer, through the process of the canonization ceremony this Sunday.
Because of today's trip to the palace, Rand slept in the main room of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, which was almost the softest bed he had slept in since the crossing, compared to the narrow and hard bed in the school, but it was much better than sleeping on the grassland with animal skins on it.
"Lord Rand, are you now acting viscount or official?"
"Agent, I've got the knight qualification, and I'll be able to turn regular soon."
"Then I suggest that you turn into a regular before Thursday, the rehearsal on Thursday needs to determine the position of the ceremony according to the title of each nobleman, if you are late, we will not arrange it."
The canonization ceremony of the rand on Sunday was essentially a merger of two ceremonies, starting with the canonization ceremony of the king's son, Prince Li Qi Red Dragon, the eldest son of the marriage between the White Owl and the Red Dragon family, and the future king.
Sunday was first of all the ceremony for him to be crowned Duke of Dragon's Tooth City, and his appointment as consul of the kingdom's capital was the first step for Li Qi to participate in political affairs as a prince, and such a major event related to the fate of the kingdom needed to be witnessed by all nobles.
After Li Qi was enthroned, the canonization ceremony of the nobles of the court such as Rand would be held in the side hall of the palace.
In fact, the canonization ceremony itself is not cumbersome, that is, entering the palace, receiving the canon, luncheon, leaving, the most troublesome in several processes is the stage of entering the palace, after entering the palace, all nobles need to find their own feudal monarch, stand with the feudal monarch to watch the ceremony, if he does not obtain the official viscount position, he is not even qualified to enter the dragon hall.
"According to the situation of the great nobles, on Sunday it is the eldest son of your feudal lord, that is, the knight of Fernando Maned Wolf, who will attend the ceremony on behalf of Count Kempins Maned Wolf, and you can follow him."
Rand followed the ceremonial officer through the location, and by the way, he wanted to find out the relationship between the White Owl family and the Red Dragon family, so he kept testing the tone of Reth Blue Dragon
Fortunately, Gareth also understood that Rand was a country viscount, and he was blind to the high-level of the kingdom, so he gave a brief introduction.
The matter dates back to the year 910 of the God Emperor, that is, 86 years ago, when the king of the Dragon Kingdom, Balla Red Dragon, died, and the eldest prince Jokoda Red Dragon, who was supposed to succeed to the throne, was assassinated by the second prince, Kaia Red Dragon.
The sons of the old king Bolya could not reach it, so they could only be found among the sons-in-law, the prime minister of the kingdom closest to Bolya at that time, Beto Lanyuan, was a golden knight himself, his son Arnold Lanyu was a high-ranking knight, and his fourth lady Dorothea Red Dragon was the old king's favorite daughter.
Eventually, Beto and Rothea's eldest son, Arnold, changed his surname to Red Dragon, and after breaking through the high ranks in 972, Beto Landar abdicated, making Arnold king.
Arnold was not Beto's first Demon Bearer, but he was the son of Dorothea Red Dragon's first Demon Bearer, and when Beto ascended the throne, Arnold was just a junior knight, so he only ascended to the high rank after 60 years.
Nine years ago, in 987, after the death of Bertoran Mandarin, Arnold abdicated (this is what Reth said), and the then Earl of the North, the grandson of Borya and the son-in-law of Jokoda, Dusen White Owl became king, and the son of Dusen and his wife Brigitte Red Dragon changed his surname to Li Qi Red Dragon.
"There's something I want to say hello to you, Viscount Rand," Gareth said to Rand after his introduction. "Originally, His Majesty wanted you to be the squadron leader in Prince Li Qi's guard, but it was several Your Excellencies who thought that you were not available to serve in the royal capital, so they let you go to the altar guard."
"Oh... Rand didn't know who this blue dragon was, so he didn't dare to make a blind statement.
"Just in the morning, Prince Li Qi told me that it is a pity that a hero like you did not make it to his guards"
"Yes" Although the person in front of him seemed to be the person of the eldest prince, Rand was still unsure.
"After the prince inherits the duke, he can be canonized up to the court earl, your team there is large and consumed, if there is a court earl's salary, you can maintain the hundred-man knights." The ceremonial tube looked at Rand,
"You don't have to take a stand now, you can wait until any time after the canonization, when you come to the palace to meet you, and tell the prince your attitude."
"Thank you, Prince Li Qi, thank you" Rand expressed his gratitude, but in his heart he felt that behind this Gareth Blue Dragon's words, there must be something waiting for him, there are too many routines in the city, and he wants to go back to the countryside.
The first thing Rand did when he came out of the palace was to go to the teleportation hall, and today for Rand the biggest thing was actually to officially inherit Viscount Roth.
The transmission between Maned Wolf City and the royal capital is about an hour in the morning and afternoon, with priority given to the royal capital to Maned Wolf City in the morning and Maned Wolf City to the royal capital in the afternoon.
As soon as he arrived at the Teleportation Courtyard of the Earl's Mansion in Maned Wolf City, Rand went straight to the Earl's Palace.
Rand's succession to the viscount has long been known to all the northwestern nobles, and has been recognized by the parliaments of the kingdom and empire.
Today is to exchange the knight's certificate for the viscount's badge, so the process is smooth and simple, after all the procedures have been confirmed, and the knight's certificate is obtained by the earl's staff, in the presence of Count Kempins Maned Wolf, Fernando Maned Wolf wore the badge belonging to the viscount for Rand on behalf of the earl.
This is a magic badge symbolizing the knight lord, the brown round bottom symbolizes the maned wolf family in the northwest, and there are two triangular stars on it to represent the viscount of the field, this magic badge has at least 3 magic circles, which can ensure that the badge does not wear out too quickly, and store information about the territory of Rand and Lot.
"I hereby pledge my allegiance to Count Kempins Maned Wolf, and I swear that as the Viscount of the Northwest, I will stick to the Rot's territory, protect every citizen, and protect the integrity of the Northwest Territory, as the Earl's sword and shield." Rand said his oath aloud to the Count.
"Very well" Kempins leaned back in the chair belonging to the earl, and told the scholars, knights, and court knights around him to leave, and he wanted to speak to Rand alone.
"It's a pity that I didn't wear the badge for you personally, my body is a little bad." The Earl was now a little struggling to speak, and he did not have the majestic posture of the Grey Goose Soldiers approaching the city.
"Count, can't the archbishop heal your wounds?"
"As a priest of the temple, he can be suppressed a little, but if he wants to eradicate it, he must at least be a legendary-level powerhouse." The earl looked at his abdomen, "You have been in the royal capital for two days, you should know that the situation in the royal capital is much more complicated than our northwest territory, and the legends, Your Majesty, and the great nobles all have their own ideas. ”
Rand was afraid to speak, but Rand couldn't agree more.
"Your next step is to open up Night Qicheng City, right?"
"Yes, sir"
"Okay, I can help you raise a batch of grain for the south, but I have a request, if something happens to me one day, you must guarantee that my son will inherit the position of earl."
"Yes, I swear to you"