The city of Lore has been established for a long time, and many years ago, it was the center of the southwestern part of the Lunar Empire, so it has high walls and a large area.

With the successful exploration of navigation routes, maritime international trade became a more attractive industry in the southwest, and economic development began to gradually shift to Cape Dorne by the sea, and finally the once prosperous city of Lore gradually began to become less important, and many aristocratic families chose to leave.

"Now there is a marquis, two counts, four barons, seven viscounts, and more than a dozen lords in the city, which is not as good as other big cities. Sanders introduced to the other three people in the carriage.

Due to a heavy snowfall yesterday, the road became a little difficult to walk, so the journey, which was supposed to be only half a day, consumed a whole day, until the sun was about to set, and the carriage drove into the city of Lore.

The female warrior Niri asked, "What about your Hawley family, what title do you belong to?"

She knew that she might be recruited into the Hawley family as a guard, so she wanted to find out the situation in advance.

Sanders smiled and replied, "Our family belongs to a medium-sized magic family, and we don't have the standard title of the Empire, but if you have to compare, you can probably count it as a marquis." ”

"Marquis!" said Nerry's mouth widened with surprise on her face. She had been out and about for years, and she knew very well what was going on in the Calente Empire.

In this vast country, there are only a dozen or so duke families, and the power they have in their hands is almost as strong as that of a small country in the south of the continent. The Marquis, on the other hand, is only one level lower than the Duke, and the strength and wealth he possesses are unimaginable to normal people.

Even Leo couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the news. The Joseph family, where he once lived, was only an earl family, and he already had a fairly powerful army and land, so the marquis family would only be stronger than the earl. A little fat man who doesn't look very inconspicuous. There would be such a background, which he had never expected before.

However, John was completely unresponsive, not because he did not understand the rank of knighthood, but because as a member of the Church of the Gods, he belonged to neither the aristocratic system nor the magical system, if strictly speaking, not even to the people of the Calente Empire.

At this time, the carriage slowly stopped, and the coachman's voice came: "Several young masters." Hawley Mansion arrived. ”

"Yay, I'm finally home!" Sanders excitedly pushed the car door open and jumped down first.

Leo was the second to get out of the car and immediately saw a huge farm in front of him.

On the way, he had already learned from Sanders that the Hawley family, like the other families, had a large fiefdom, but neither the patriarch nor other high-ranking people would prefer to live in a remote fiefdom, preferring to live in the nearest city. First, the transportation is convenient and the materials are abundant. Second, you can also keep in touch with other nobles from time to time to avoid being isolated.

However, what made Leo a little strange was that there were no guards at the entrance of the mansion, and he felt a little. The crux of the problem was quickly found. It seems that the entire mansion area is shrouded in some kind of energy, which should be a powerful defensive magic array.

Sure enough, Sanders had just arrived at the door. That is, there is no shouting, no doorbell is pulled, and the door opens automatically.

An old man in a blue mage's robe walked out. Seeing Sanders, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Young Master, you're back!"

"Well, it's back. Sanders nodded, "Let me introduce you, this Uncle Ned is the housekeeper here, you can ask him for help with anything, I am the one he grew up watching." Uncle Ned, these are my friends, Leo, John, ......"

When it was his turn to introduce the female warriors, Sanders hesitated slightly, but continued, "And Neri. ”

After all, the matter of letting Niri serve as a guard in the family requires his father or grandfather to make the final decision, so he didn't mention it directly.

The old man smiled with a smile on his face: "Oh, oh, oh, a few friends of the young master, please come in quickly, it's hard to travel, I'll ask someone to get something hot." ”

Leo glanced at the old man with some curiosity, although he couldn't tell the specific level of the other party, but at least he was an official mage, but he didn't expect to be a housekeeper in the Hawley family.

Send the coachman away, since he followed the old butler into the mansion.

As he walked, Sanders asked, "Is Grandpa at home?"

He is now desperate to report a series of good news to his grandfather, and to introduce Leo to his grandfather as well.

Although he is a descendant of the lineage, in the talented Hawley family, Sanders's talent can only be regarded as average, and he has not been favored much since he was a child, and now he has the opportunity to surprise everyone, of course he doesn't want to miss it.

The old butler replied, "The old man went out a few days ago. ”

"Oh......" Sanderston looked disappointed, "when will you be back?"

The old butler shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. ”

There was no way, Sanders had to retreat: "What about my father?"

"I went out with the master. ”

"......" Sanders was completely helpless, and at the same time muttered in his heart, how did grandpa and father go out together in this winter?

Listening to the conversation between the two, Leo was secretly happy. Sanders' grandfather and father weren't there, so it was just a good time to stay here for a few more days. This time, the destination was Lake Selin, ten kilometers north of Lore, and the full moon was three days later. If they went hunting in their family's fiefdom according to Sanders's previous arrangement, it would be too far away, and it would be difficult to guarantee that things would not be delayed.

While he was thinking about how to sneak out at night, a young man came up to him. The man was of medium height, with black hair, wearing a yellow magic robe, and looked quite handsome, but his slender eyes gave people a feeling of being difficult to get along with.

The young man is not very old, he looks like he is in his early twenties, but he is already an intermediate mage, Leo can't help but sigh, the magic family really has a unique heritage, not only the housekeeper is a junior mage, but if he meets a young man, he is actually an intermediate mage.

Seeing the visitor, Sanders' face changed, and after a little hesitation, he greeted, "Cousin Diamondson." ”

The young man named Diamondson smiled and said, "Dear Sanders, it turns out that you are back, but it seems that Raventon's life is good, and your fat has not decreased, but has increased." ”

Sanderston's face flushed and opened his mouth, but he didn't speak.

Leo next to him couldn't help frowning, as a cousin, this person was sarcastic when they met, which was really quite annoying. But I'm a guest, and it's the first day of coming, so it's really good to stand out for Sanders.

Seeing that Sanders was under his own authority, Diamondson did not dare to refute at all, and his heart became more and more proud. However, he didn't want to let it go so easily, so he shifted his gaze to a few people next to Sanders, and said, "Yo, who are these people?"

"It's a friend of Master Sanders. Ned the old butler replied.

Diamondson raised his eyebrows and said displeasedly, "Did I ask you?"

"Uh...... I'm sorry, Master Diamondson. The old butler's face turned red. After forty years of conscientious work in the family, even the patriarch was polite to him, but the most high-profile genius in the family, Young Master Diamondson, never knew what respect was.

"Sanders' friend. Diamondson glanced back and forth with his eyes at Leo, John, and Niri, and then looked at the old butler again, "Tsk, are you old and confused, why do you let anyone in." ”

"How do you speak!" Nerry's shrill scolding suddenly rang out, sending a series of echoes through the deep hallway. She has been a mercenary for several years, and she has a hot temper, where can she endure this ridicule. And just came to the Hawley family, he was treated like this, and he was not angry at the moment, and he turned around and was about to leave.

"Guards, the old lady doesn't want to be a guard for this kind of person!"

But before she could move her steps, Leo pulled her sleeve: "You stepped on my thing." ”

"Huh?" Nerry looked at her feet inexplicably, and found a shiny badge. (To be continued......)