Late autumn 1020 in the Imperial calendar, Northland, Berkshire.

At night, the Earl's Mansion is still brightly lit, nobles, merchants, and non-commissioned officers gather together, ladies and ladies dance gracefully in the eyes of countless eyes, the hall resounds with warm applause from time to time, and occasionally cleanly dressed attendants can be seen carrying wine trays to and fro in the crowd.

Great enthusiasm has been shown for the coming-of-age ceremony of Baron Noll of the Tius family, especially after the birth of two daughters in quick succession by the current head of the family, and there is already a bad speculation that the brothers will meet each other sooner or later.

The dance paused, the guests decently distanced themselves, and after the kiss, all eyes were turned to the front of the hall, two people to be exact.

Count Tius and his younger brother, Baron Knorr.

The Count was a gentle-looking man, who looked to be in the prime of life, about thirty years of age, with a short beard evidently well cultivated, and a friendly and easy-going smile at the corners of his mouth, but much of the attention was drawn to the young man, who had just come of age, and whose countenance was as handsome as a shining jewel.

"Let them know you, Knor, it's your rite of passage." Tius whispered.

The next second of arrival, Jiang Yuan heard this sentence, and looked fixedly, countless people were turning their eyes to him, expectation, malice, jealousy, ridicule, curiosity, all kinds of things.

"What are you like?" Jiang Yuan asked calmly.

Tius was stunned for a moment, his smile suddenly warmed, and replied in a low voice:

"Easy-going, they died early, and I can't help it."

Jiang Yuan nodded, took a step forward, noticed a glass-like wine glass in his hand, and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen."

No one answered, only the sound of broken glasses echoing.

"Remember to clean the ground when you go."

There was a brief silence, followed by a flurry of chatter, and malice began to grow rapidly like a cooking fire, and Count Tius stepped forward to mingle with his guests, but his smile was more charming than his usual mildness.

The Tius family is a whole, and he is glad that Noll has not been affected by the rumors, after all, such a provocative move means completely rejecting some help from the outside world, and most importantly, Noll's choice represents absolute support.

The ball was lively again, as if nothing had happened before, but everyone knew that in half an hour at most, the guests would leave under various pretexts, and the baron was so rude.

Next to the dining table, Jiang Yuan was picking and choosing among the food, and the cultivation of nutrition was online again, this body was fifteen years old, and its strength was only equivalent to that of an ordinary person, and it was estimated that he had other talents.

"Red Hitomi, don't wipe your mouth with my clothes."

The little girl's hand stretched out in the air was silently retracted, she was ten years old this year, and she still used a similar name to her name, usually a girl would get an official name at the age of fourteen, which meant that she really participated in the social interaction of the outside world, which was the basic common sense of the world instilled by the stargate.

"The future is worrying." Jiang Yuan chewed the shrimp meat carefully, he already knew which world he had come to, the problem was that in the near future, Red Hitomi would be sold to the Imperial Agency with his sister Black Hitomi for assassination training, and the Tius family was probably finished in the background.

"Uncle, you seem to have them off."

Hitomi observed the crowd in the hall, not forgetting to stuff her mouth with meat, her hair was typically long and straight, and her eyes were bright red.

"I need to stand with your father, that's the essence, nothing else matters, and I'm not the head of the family, I can't symbolize the attitude of the Tius family, at most I'm just uneducated."

Jiang Yuan replied casually, and glanced at the little girl, this guy was very elegant when eating, but the speed was a bit outrageous, he didn't expect to encounter competitors at the beginning of his nutrition cultivation.

"I don't understand." Red Hitomi muttered.

"Don't eat while you're talking." Jiang Yuan replied, "What about your sister." ”

He knew he had two nieces.

"It's too late, Hitomi is sleeping." Red Hitomi's tone was inevitably perfunctory, and she was more interested in food.

"Okay." Jiang Yuan saw that he couldn't stop the other party, so he simply asked the attendant to go to the back kitchen to get more, and it was no problem for the earl's family to be full.

In less than half an hour, the guests took their leave, and when the coming-of-age ceremony was over, the red pupil yawned, and was taken back to the room by the maid, and the Count of Tius reached out and rubbed his cheek a few times, and went straight to the table.

"There are shift staff in the back kitchen, it doesn't matter how busy it is for a few more hours, the salary we give is not bad."

"Are you sure you want to talk here?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"It's better to be in the study." Tius smiled.

The two of them left the hall and walked to the master's study, the Earl's House, built outside the city of Berkshire, shaped like an ancient castle, almost embedded in the mountains, flanked by a long river that flows into the sea, and the geographical location was clearly designed with combat in mind.

The castle is divided into three floors, the first floor is divided into three floors, in addition to the hall, there are rest rooms for attendants and maids, and only a few people can enter the third floor and above, and the cleaning is supervised by the butler himself.

The outer guard force was in charge of three sub-knights, and the number of troops directly under the earl was about 2,000 people, all of whom were trained and off-duty soldiers, equipped with bows, light armor, and good horses, and their combat power was considerable.

Entering the master's study, the two sat down, the butler Byrne took the initiative to leave after making tea, Tius took a sip of the hot tea, and the whole person relaxed.

"The stargazing platform in the imperial capital said that the once-in-a-millennium great cold wave is coming, and the destructive power of the ice attribute dangerous species will be significantly increased in the future, and it is not ruled out that there will be extreme situations that can affect the direction of the cold wave, and more importantly, the grain and pasture production in the area outside the fortress has been seriously reduced, and the northern alien races are ready to move."

Tius's face became solemn, "After midnight, you are an adult, you have to take responsibility, or rather, I need your help, although I love the two of them, but the future of the family is yours after all." ”

"I have no intention of looking for a partner." Jiang Yuan said, the implication, don't give him the task of sowing.

"You're still young, maybe you'll be happy with it when you grow up, as long as you indulge in it without restraint, I won't have any opinions, of course, that's later, since you don't want to, I'll refuse the invitation to meet those young ladies tomorrow for you." Tius said tolerantly.

"Yes." After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he changed his words, "I feel the crisis, can you talk about it carefully." ”

He needed the platform of the Tius family, limited by the speed of information transmission in today's era, and only that highest position could bring enough starlight.

In addition, physique, imperial tools, and ancient alchemy are all his goals, and before setting off, he has tried to memorize half of the Flamel inheritance obtained from Ebisu, which is enough to serve as nourishment for touching the bypass, and the alchemy matrix portrayal of the Spirit of the Blazing Sun can reduce the dependence on other Blazing Sun users, which is considered a top priority.