"Huh?" Following the gazes of the guests, Viscount Pexex looked at the corner where Ronan was, and his daughter hiding behind him.

His wrinkled forehead furrowed deeply, expressing extreme dissatisfaction and irritation.

"Who's that?"

The butler hunched over to his side and whispered in his ear.

Viscount Pex remembered that he had received a letter of visit from the newly arrived Baron of the Cold Wind in the morning, but this kind of trivial matter had already been left behind him and he didn't care.

He now has far more important things to solve!

"Kasanna, my daughter, come to me."

Viscount Pex made his voice as gentle as he could.

But Ronan still heard a little impatience from it, and he looked back at the girl whose body was trembling and had not moved for a long time, and his heart became more and more confused.

He began to carefully observe the reactions of the people around him.

"Father, don't you understand? Sister, she doesn't want to marry the barbarian you have chosen! You actually want to make a mercenary! A commoner without a surname marries a woman from the Pex family! ”

At this time, the center of the banquet hall was the focal point surrounded by many nobles.

A young man with a look of seven to Viscount Pex suddenly shouted.

His sudden questioning interrupted Viscount Pex's summons to his daughter, and added to the Viscount's anger.

At the same time, a man standing on the other side stepped forward and, in the face of his questioning, spoke:

"I'm sorry Byrne, but I've been canonized as a Knight of Ice Valley Castle by Lord Viscount, and I have been accepted as the adopted son of the Pex family, maybe I should still call you, brother?"

"Get out! I will never admit that a lowly mercenary like you has become a part of the Pex family! ”

"Enough! Bourne, today is the day I choose a marriage for Kasanna, how long are you going to mess around! Viscount Pex scolded angrily.

"Nonsense?" Bourne looked at his father's eyes, and the meaning of mockery was strong, "Everyone present knows better than you who is messing around. ”

The quarrel between father and son attracted all the attention, but it made Ronan's side relax.

Ronan looked at the man named Byrne and pondered the information about him.

The other party is the eldest son of the Pex family, and he is also the only Silver Knight in Blackstone City.

As the city's most powerful man, the Bourne Knight also serves as the commander of the Blackstone City Defense Army, responsible for managing the security of the entire city.

As a city with a population of more than 50,000, a geographical location close to the border, and chaotic law and order, Blackstone City has a standing army of about 1,500 people.

Numerically speaking, the Bourne Knights wielded one of the most powerful forces in the city.

However, this is only paper data, and if you want to talk about combat power, I am afraid it has to be the castle army in the hands of Viscount Pex.

The elite of three hundred people, with ten knight commanders, can be described as invincible and prestigious in the land where Black Rock City is located.

Speaking of which, according to Lao Motou's description, if it weren't for the abandonment of the territory that led to the disheartening of the people, and Viscount Claude who was killed by himself, he would have no fewer knights than this.

Ronan thought as he turned his gaze to the man who claimed to be the adopted son of the Perks family.

Mercenaries? He looked at the other party's tall and handsome appearance, and he really couldn't see it from his appearance alone.

"What if Sherman used to be a mercenary? Look at this trophy in front of you, he hunted a white bear half a month ago and has already proven himself with bravery. ”

Viscount Pex, pointing at the white bear, spoke in a high-pitched tone.

Byrne was momentarily speechless, and even he had to admit the prowess, for hunting white bears was regarded as the highest honor by the knights here.

Sherman, who was standing under the white bear, undoubtedly became the protagonist at this moment, and his sharp gaze was on Ronan.

"Today I will propose to Miss Cassana with my promise, and I will not get out of the way."

Ronan glanced at the ugly expression on the Bourne Knight's face, and had a guess in his mind.

To get confirmation, he reacted with a smile and took the hand of the girl behind him.

"I'm afraid not, just now I fell in love with Kasanna at first sight, and you're late."

As he spoke, he asked the squire White to take out the gift he was carrying and handed it to the Bourne Knight, "This is my gift to the Pexs family as the lord of the Coldwind Lord. ”

It was a longsword forged in an alchemy furnace, far more beautiful than its time, and embellished with precious stones.

Hearing his words, the Bourne Knight, who had received his gift, laughed.

"Good sword, good sword!" He held the useless sword in his hand and exclaimed, "This gift is no less than that of a hunted white bear, and it is qualified to pursue the children of the Pexx family." ”

Is that really the case? From his reaction, Ronan got confirmation.

The father-son conflict at this banquet did not stem from Kasanna's marriage, but from the struggle for inheritance.

Judging by the tone of the father-son conversation, it seems that Viscount Pex does not want his eldest son to inherit the family.

After all, after accepting a commoner as a righteous son, let the other party marry his daughter, and the offspring born is orthodox to inherit the family.

He did not have a second son, but he could let his eldest grandson inherit him.

And the Bourne Knight clearly did not allow such a thing to happen.

Therefore, when Ronan handed him the gift he had given to the Pex family, hinting that he had chosen to side with him and to appear to be a lord, he immediately received his support.

As long as Kasanna is married to another lord, Byrne is the sole heir of the family, and the rest of the realm cannot let Viscount Pex's fools.

It's just that Ronan doesn't understand that the primogeniture system is a tradition of the kingdom, and as long as the eldest son is not too wasteful, few nobles will choose to break it.

If the Bourne Knight was just an ordinary person, Viscount Pex's hand was also exquisite.

After all, mercenaries have great power in Black Rock City, but their strength is too scattered.

Bringing the most powerful one into the family and increasing the family's prestige among the mercenaries is that it is possible to establish an organization to unify these mercenaries in the future.

But the problem is that the Bourne Knights have a pivotal position in Blackstone.

Viscount Pex's choice of another heir is bound to have serious consequences.

Unless there is some irreconcilable contradiction that causes father and son to turn against each other at any time!

Ronan's gaze inevitably turned to the red-haired and beautiful woman beside Viscount Pex.

Although the Byrne Knight had a good control over his emotions, he could still see the other party's body trembling slightly when he looked at the woman.

Is love the opposite? Is it Viscount Pex who forcibly robs the beauty, or is the Knight of Bourne worried about his stepmother?

Ronan got used to it.

This kind of thing is nothing new in Triumph City, and the nobles can always have some fun for you after they can't bear the loneliness.

Back to the present.

"Let go of your hands!" Sherman, who was scheduled to marry Kasanna today, was on fire in his eyes, "In that case, stand up!" We use the duels of the nobility to decide the outcome! ”

"I'm sorry, but even the most martial northern lion abandoned the custom of dueling and marrying a hundred years ago, and the nobles of the kingdom are now pursuing true love."

Regardless of the facts, Ronan's words did win the favor of the ladies present.

On the contrary, Sherman seemed to be suppressing something, and stood there dumbfounded.

"Alright, the farce is over!" Viscount Pex, who couldn't stand it, spoke, "Kasanna is still young, and the marriage has been postponed for the time being, so let's continue to enjoy today's banquet." ”