Chapter 51: The Matter of Knighthood
An accidental collision made Arthur know that he had become one of the so-called "Four Wonders".
Arthur found out that this fat man named Moral turned out to be a chatterbox, and he couldn't stop talking about the topic of "Four Wonders".
"The half-orc who can't be messed with is called Huey, he is the illegitimate son of Prince Rex and a female orc, and in the past few days, he has beaten up almost all the boys on the Wuyun Hall side who dare to talk about it. ”
Arthur couldn't help but stick out his tongue, and he was really a ruthless character who couldn't be provoked.
"The thorny rose is called Golly, and she is Rose (
The youngest daughter of the Grand Duke, she has the face of an angel and the temper of a devil, and all men who try to approach her are stabbed all over her body. ”
The illegitimate son of the prince and the daughter of the Grand Duke, Arthur couldn't help but sigh, no wonder the Blood Yao Academy is called the Wonderful Academy, and the children of these top wealthy nobles are easy to manage?
"Who is that fool whom everyone loves?" Arthur was more interested in the identity of the last man.
For this question, Morar was silent for a long time before he could hold back a sentence, "How can he describe it, in short, you will understand it after you meet him." ”
"Well, in an academy, there is always an opportunity to meet, thank you for telling me so much today. With that, he turned around and went downstairs.
Looking at the back of Arthur's sword, Morar rolled his eyes and hurriedly followed, "Wait, are you going out? I'll go with you." ”
"Didn't you just say there was an emergency?"
Morar smiled, "It's not so urgent to think about it now, I grew up in Wangcheng since I was a child, there is no place I am not familiar with, where you want to go, I can be your guide." ”
"I went to the blacksmith to buy some shields and armor for the target. ”
Arthur did not hide this, because all magicians need targets to practice magic, and those like Arthur who use shields as targets are at the lowest end, and rich magicians use magic dolls.
"I happen to know an armory shop, if you need a large amount, you can also get a discount, and they have a lot of enchanted equipment for sale, even if you don't buy it, you can see it for a long time. Morar said enthusiastically.
Arthur didn't seem to have a reason to refuse, and the "enchanted equipment" impressed Arthur at once. The only enchanted equipment Arthur has come into contact with is his Wind Boots and Tristi's rare longsword, and it will definitely be of great benefit to himself to have more contact with the enchanted equipment of other enchanters.
The two walked and talked, and most of the time it was Moral talking. Arthur discovered that this Moral was a mobile intelligence source, and in just a few days, he knew the origins and family backgrounds of most of the characters in this class of freshmen, including whose family had a grudge against whom, whose family was dependent on whom, etc., and even the temper and past of some professors in the academy He knew it well.
Arthur has never been exposed to these messy things when he was in the mercenary group, compared to the grievances and tricks between wealthy noble families, the relationship between mercenaries is much simpler, summed up in two sentences, one is "do it if you don't agree", and the other is "it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years" after one party loses.
Arthur looked at Morar with some curiosity, "Why are you so interested in these things?"
Morar smiled quite proudly: "You don't understand this, the wealthy nobles of the Isaac Kingdom and even other surrounding kingdoms have broken their heads to let their children enter the Blood Yao Royal Academy, but not just to learn magic and martial arts here. ”
"If you don't go to the academy to study, then what?"
"I didn't expect you to be so simple, of course it's for the sake of connections! After entering this academy, the classmates I made friends with were all wealthy nobles, and after graduation, I would naturally help each other when I thought of the friendship of my classmates. ”
Arthur is still confused, in the orc camp and mercenary group where the strong are respected, there is only admiration for the strong and cultivation and fighting on the road to the strong, and there is no concept of connections at all.
Seeing that Arthur still didn't understand, Morar continued to explain: "Take me as an example, my family is one of the three largest salt merchants in Wangcheng, and the tuition fee of 3,000 gold coins is a small amount of money for our family, and it cost my father 30,000 gold coins for the recommendation letter for admission. Running the salt industry franchised by the kingdom requires the protection of nobles from all over the world, and most of the profits our family makes every year are used to deal with and dredge up relationships, from a lord to the lowest-ranking captain of the guard, any level that is not dealt with may get into trouble. ”
"What does that have to do with you coming to the Academy?"
Morar smiled, his smile showing the shrewdness of a businessman, "My dad wants me to make more friends, so that it will be easier to deal with the family business when it comes to me in the future." Most importantly, my dad wants me to get a knighthood for my family, and the kingdom stipulates that no knighthood can be given to non-military merits, but as long as I can successfully graduate from the Blood Academy, the kingdom will grant the graduate a knighthood. ”
It was the first time Arthur had heard about the knighthood, and before that Keynes and Randall had not revealed a shred of information about the House to him. He still can't understand why Keynes would spend such a big price to send him to the Blood Academy, you must know that the tuition fee of 3,000 gold coins is almost equivalent to one-third of the annual income of the mercenary group, Moral's letter of recommendation cost 30,000 gold coins, and how much did his letter to the head of Keynes cost?
In the Terran kingdom ruled by the nobility, the conferral and inheritance of titles were slightly different from kingdom to kingdom. For example, the Isaac kingdom stipulates that titles can be hereditary but descended from generation to generation, such as the four dukes of the kingdom today, when the title is passed on to one of the children, the title will be reduced to marquis, while the other children will not have titles. If other children want to be knighted as nobles, they must go to the battlefield and exchange military merits for it.
The martial style of the Isaac Kingdom also stems from this regulation, and the expensive tuition fee of the Blood Yao Academy is sought after by the children of wealthy nobles, precisely because it is a shortcut to knighthood.
Arthur and Moral walked and chatted, and soon came to a weapon shop called "Heavenly Craft".
This armory store is not only in an excellent location on the street, but also on a large scale, an independent three-storey building.
Morar was familiar with this weapons store, and as soon as the two entered the door, a clerk greeted them.
A clerk in a green coat and hat took the initiative to ask with a smile, "Master Moral, you are here, what do you want to choose this time?"
"This friend of mine wants to choose some shields and armor as magic targets, you go and pick some good ones, and they will all be recorded in my account. ”
Arthur hurriedly stopped Moral's words, "No, no, it's just for practice, just the cheapest first-class armor and shield, I'll pay for it myself." Then I told the clerk how much I needed.
Morar saw that Arthur insisted on paying for it himself and did not force it, but he was a little surprised after hearing the number of shields and armor Arthur needed.
"You want a lot of them, it will take a while for them to stock up from the warehouse, let's go to the second floor to see the enchanted equipment. ”
The first floor of the Tiangong Weapon Store sells all sophisticated-level ordinary weapons and equipment, and the equipment and enchanted equipment above the rare level are all on the second floor.
Arthur followed Morar straight up to the second floor.
Morar was stunned for a moment at the door of the second floor, then stabbed Arthur with his hand, pointed to a young man in white and said, "He is loved by everyone!"