In the Lord's Mansion of Maned Wolf City, discussions about the future Earl of the Northwest continued, and the legendary dragon mage Bennet Wyvern proposed to let the Maned Wolf family's Magister Cohen act as the Earl, but no one agreed.

Judging from the current situation in the northwest, the simplest situation is for Rand to temporarily take over the affairs of the earl, and wait until the descendants of the Maned Wolf family reach a high rank before taking over.

However, now that Rand is about to become the Earl of the West, the purpose of the kingdom's setting up the Earl of the West is to win him over and prevent Rand from interfering too much, so that Rand has not considered the possibility of his own agent at all.

After a short silence, Dolzi Calles spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Divine Temple Alliance recommends that the third son of the earl, Fecori, inherit the position of earl in order, and Ficori has been spreading the faith of His Majesty the Divine Emperor in the church, and has never given up the practice of swordsmanship and fighting spirit......"

"Priestess Dolzi, even if Fikori is the son of Ariana Red Dragon, he may not really be able to reach the high rank, right?" As soon as Bennett heard that the person selected by the Temple Alliance was even more unreliable, he immediately became anxious, "If he inherits the title under the recommendation of your Temple Alliance, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the vassals, nor will he be able to manage the territory well!" ”

"My lords," Cohen Mane said carefully, "my son has reached the rank of intermediate knight, if I can make him ......"

"Mentor Cohen, as far as I know, your son has been living in Dragon's Tooth City, and has never dealt with border affairs or had his own people." Before Cohen could finish his words, he was directly interrupted by Richelieu.

As a mage focused on cultivating by the Maned Wolf Family, Cohen has always been married to the Wyvern Family, and has cut off the possibility of inheriting the Earl of the Border, even if Bennett personally comes forward, he only dares to ask for a guardianship duty, and does not dare to propose to let him inherit the title.

The pillar, the prime minister, and the priest began to argue, and both the prime minister and the priest wanted Kempins' descendants to inherit the title, but the two men were different.

The Temple Alliance wants to be succeeded by the third son, Ficory, who grew up in the church and temple, but the Prime Minister wants to be succeeded by the fourth son, Bran Maned Wolf, who is even lower in rank than Ficory, only a junior knight.

The two national pillars wanted to be temporarily appointed as the earl by the high-ranking people, and their idea was also very straightforward, and they found the high-ranking to directly marry the youngest daughter of Kempins, Elenda Maned Wolf, so that the son-in-law could justifiably follow the noble inheritance law.

Rand watched as the four of them vied with each other to talk about their thoughts, as if the entire Northwest Territory was a huge cake, waiting for them to cut it.

"Rand, what about your opinion?" After arguing for a long time, Richelieu suddenly saw Rand, who was silent, and asked.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am a vassal of Kempins, and I also think that his bloodline should inherit the position of earl, but now whether it is Elenda Maned Wolf or Bran Maned Wolf, the basic conditions for inheriting the earl have not been met," Looking at the two national pillars, Rand boldly put forward an idea,

"Fortunately, the war in the northwest has basically subsided, whether it is against the orcs in the west, Kirislav in the north, or the lizards in the south, so in the next few years, I'm afraid the challenge will not be too high, why not give them a little time first? Let them exercise and see who is suitable in the future. ”

"Your statement probably means that you are going to act as an agent for the Northwest, right?" Bennett Wyvern blurted out, "How good would it be for you to marry Elenda and rightfully inherit the position of earl?" ”

In fact, Rand originally meant that he wanted Elenda and Bran to come to the Galloping Horse Academy to study, and if there was Rand or Gurea's training, they would be able to reach the high level in a few years.

Bennett's words, however, were ready to block the road.

"Your Excellency, I have always had a deep sense of responsibility for the Northwest Territory, and I should have taken on this regulatory responsibility without hesitation," Facing Bennett, Rand said with a straight face, "However, with the founding of the Prancing Horse Kingdom imminent, and the Northern Sea Monster eyeing it, I really don't have any more energy to stay in Maned Wolf City." I recommend ......"

Before Rand could finish speaking, he was interrupted by McLaren: "Rand, I think what His Excellency Bennett said just now is right, you are also very familiar with Elenda, this girl is in your territory now, you will take care of Maned Wolf City first, and if she reaches the high level in the future, she will take over as the earl, and if she can't reach it, your children will come." ”

"I think it's okay," Richelieu said with a smile, "I wanted to split the Northwest Territory before, and it was also in consideration of Kempins's wishes, but now he can't take care of it, I think it's okay for you to take over the entire Northwest directly, I think that's what His Excellency Bennett's proposal means, right?" ”

"This ......" Bennet suddenly reacted, the two old foxes were waiting for him to start, in other words, it was their plan to let Rand act as the Earl of the Northwest.

"Since everyone is fine, I will report this matter to His Majesty Dusen," Prime Minister Richelieu, having achieved his goal, pulled Rand out of the chamber and announced that the discussion was over.

At this point, the Maned Wolf Magister Cohen Maned Wolf and the High Priestess of Dragon's Tooth City, Dorzi Calles, also left.

"You!" Bennett looked out the door, then at McLaren, and complained angrily, "How can you promise that old fox Richelieu?" First Night Qi City, then White Tree City, and now Maned Wolf City, are you going to give the western part of the kingdom to the Galloping Horse family completely? ”

"The Galloping Horse family is nothing, whether it is a caravan or a demon plant, they can handle it."

McLaren did not continue until it was confirmed that Rand and the Prime Minister had left the porch outside: "His Majesty Dusen has invited the two pillars of the Galloping Horse family to stay in Red Dragon Rock in early December, saying that it is to ensure the supply of thorn dew. ”

"You mean......" Bennett was stunned, "Princess Harkala and the beech named Ernst?" ”

McLaren nodded, and did not continue, knowing that Bennet Wyvern was acquiescing to his distant relative, the Eastern Marquis Duma Wyvern, in line with other nobles, preparing to launch an attack on December 12 to advance the kingdom's noble council and the high council to change the law of succession.

As the leader of the Blue Dragon Family, McLaren also has a lot of complaints about the current inheritance rules, but he prefers that the people of the Feilong Family can rush to the front, and he only needs to quietly follow and reap the benefits.

For example, in the personnel arrangement of the northwest, in order to stabilize his position over the years, Kempins, the maned wolf earl, has been selling rare resources such as black-scaled horses and orc crystals to a big family at a discount, but the supply chain and sales channels are not automatically inherited with the title, and now it is impossible for Elenda or Bran Maned Wolf to control Kempins's channels.

So both McLaren and Richelieu took a fancy to Rand, because Rand had de facto become the controller of the Northwest, and his acquisition of this earl position would only expand his interests.

(End of chapter)