Knight with Wand

In the administrative room of Glade County.

While dealing with the heavy government affairs, he caught a glimpse of his eldest son on the other table. After reading the letter from Avalon, Elliot put down his pen, looked up from the written authorization document, and asked slowly: "How is it? ? Regarding this application to establish a knighthood, if you were to take my seat now, how would you respond? "

Feodor, the young master of the Thornflower family, who had been awarded the title of baron, began to think seriously about his father's school exam.

After thinking for a long time, he frowned and gave his thoughts: "Sir Lohark and Sir Azerion are close friends of Baron Leon. Their relationship is too close, and now they want to form an alliance in the name of the Knights." They are like a family. If this continues, will those two knights be your vassals or his? "

"So, you regard Leon's letter as an attempt to form a party and test me?" Elliot raised his eyebrows noncommittally.

"Isn't it? Father."

Feodor couldn't help but continue: "You have been too kind to Mr. Leon, and now you may have made him ignore your authority and majesty. Taking advantage of the opportunity, it is better to hammer him with harsh words. The reply urged him to understand the boundaries that cannot be crossed as a vassal, so as to prevent Sir Leon from becoming more arrogant and taking further measures in the future. This is also for his own good. "

"Your response is indeed a safe way to control the horse." Elliot leaned back in his chair and shook his head: "But feeding the horse with refined food and whipping the whip to give orders are, after all, the means to tame the war horse, but they are not the same. The way griffons interact."

After the Earl of Thorn Flower finished speaking, he said to the attendant on the side: "Go and call Sir Filippo."

"Yes, sir."

The attendant immediately went to summon the young knight who had been awarded the title.

Soon, a young man in casual clothes, who had obviously been sweating in the castle martial arts field just now, rushed to the Lord's administrative room.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

Filippo Anguilla bowed respectfully.

Looking at this, the second son of Baron Anguilla, who has grown into a decent knight, Elliot smiled and said: "Filippo, our Baron Leon, after taking office in the territory, found that there was a shortage of manpower, and he is complaining to me. He I have approved the establishment of a knightly order in Avalon to protect and govern the territory under its jurisdiction. Are you willing to go and help? "

Filippo straightened up after hearing this: "It is my duty, my lord. The experience of defeating the wolf leader's army with Sir Leon still makes me feel more honored now. To tell you the truth, I was worried about the shallowness of what I did back then. I haven’t fully repaid Lord Leon for saving my life.”

Elliot nodded with a smile: "Okay, then you will take my authorization document to Avalon today. If Leon agrees to join his knights, you might as well ask him if he has any spare capacity to pay for more knights. .

I remember, weren't the boys Calvin, Ryan, and Colin complaining about not being able to use their fists on the territory?

Since I don’t want to stay in the countryside farming like a farmer, why not come with you to help Leon. "Ellipher said to the attendant who had served him for many years, and handed the encapsulated reply letter and documents to the other party.

"As you command." Knight Filippo bowed and took the letter, left the room, and excitedly prepared to take his attendants with him and immediately set off for the Avalon Territory.

He was particularly happy to have the opportunity to repay the heroic knight who saved his reputation and life.

After the young family knight left, Elliot turned to look at his eldest son and asked, "How is it? Do you understand?"

Feodor thought thoughtfully: ".I understand. As expected, my father handled it well."

"How do you understand it? Tell me." Elliot asked.

The Young Master of Thorn Flower thought for a while and replied seriously: "Your Excellency Filippo and those knights are all personal servants who have followed their father since childhood and will never betray the family.

In the name of helping Avalon, they join Sir Leon's Knights. If they are rejected, it will clearly prove that Sir Leon has something in his heart, and the so-called difficulties are just rhetoric.

And if he accepts it, then your confidants, father, will be able to keep an open and honest eye on every move within the Knights. If you find out that there is any disobedient behavior in the future, it will not be too late for you to order and deal with it, and you will be more reasonable and well-founded. It will not chill the hearts of other family vassals. "

Listening to the eldest son's way of thinking, Elipher didn't mean to rebuke, but he didn't approve either.

He shook his head: "Feodor, your statement is correct in terms of results and means, but I don't want you to always look at this matter with this mentality. When interacting with heroes, you will be too calculating and careless, and you will lose everything invisibly. In order to control the minds of heroes in the world.

There are not so many twists and turns in this matter. Leon complained to me, and I helped him as much as possible. He is an open-minded person, and I also treat each other honestly. We are kings and ministers, and we are friends.

I can be sure that when he sees the family knight I sent, Leon will only be grateful and surprised, and will never worry about the so-called surveillance. It’s not that he is unaware of the method you are thinking of, it’s just that he doesn’t have the temptation and temptation that you worry about. Arrogant, he and I have a sincere friendship and a silent understanding, rather than testing each other. "

Elipher warned his eldest son: "Suspicion is born of suspicion. Suspicion will destroy precious trust. It is a good thing to keep a worried mind, and it is equally wise to prepare measures."

But you have to distinguish between whom you should be wary of and whom you should be open-minded towards. Being able to discern people and discern people is a more important ability for a monarch than bravery and talent. "

Feodor did not refute, he nodded, and couldn't help wondering: "But father, if you approve Lord Leon's application this time, what if other vassals follow suit and establish the so-called Knights' Order with various lords?"

"Isn't that a good thing?" Elliver laughed.

"Leon will definitely accept the knights I sent. In this way, if other barons also have this intention in the future, whether in the name of the Knights' Order or in other ways, there will naturally be no reason to refuse the personal followers I sent to "assist". If everyone is willing to help the family raise soldiers and officials, why don't I allow it?"

Feodor suddenly understood what his father meant.

Although the family is unable to rule every inch of the vast territory alone, it must enfeoff the meritorious ministers to divide the land and settle the people.

But if there is a legitimate reason, putting spies around each vassal will strengthen the control over the barons.

Since the chief ministers did not refuse the confidants sent by the family to settle in, why would other lords complain about this if they have the intention of disloyalty in the future? Who can be more meritorious than that Baron Leon?

After handling some trivial matters that he could assist, Fyodor stood up and said goodbye to his father and mother.

Elifer put down the files recording the financial projects of Glade County in previous years and rubbed his eyebrows.

Although he could understand the documents in Uriah, it was not his native language after all. Staring at them for a long time was more of a headache than charging into battle.

Lady Adelina, who was standing by, sorted out the documents and came behind her husband to rub his shoulders. Elifer couldn't help but pat his wife's hand: "Feodoro has spent too much time with the bureaucrats in the municipal council. It's not a bad thing to be good at politics, but he lacks some heroic spirit. I'm afraid that he will have a rift with the family officials in the future.

If there is a war in the future, it's better to take him to the front line for more experience and spend more time with the soldiers. Even the delicate Princess Ines born by the 'old dragon' can go to the battlefield. My son can't be inferior to a weak girl."

Adelina couldn't stand it, and hit her husband angrily, defending her child: "Feodor gave birth to He was born weak and almost died. You know that not everyone can fight on the battlefield as freely as you rough guys.

Also, don't always praise Leon in front of Fyodor. I like that child as much as you do, but you have to consider the self-esteem of our eldest son.

Fyodor has been scheming since he was a child. He used to envy David for being able to go to war with you. Now there is another young hero of the same age who is praised by so many people around him. It is inevitable that he will be jealous of Leon. "

"Jealous? Where does it come from? So serious?" Elifer was stunned.

"You just taught Fyodor how to judge people, but you can't even understand your son's mood." Adelina said helplessly, holding her husband's neck.

"I have been running around all these years, and I have spent less time with Fyodor." Elifer smiled.

But he immediately confirmed with his wife again: "Are you serious? I remember that Fyodor and Leon have only met a few times, how could he have such a ridiculous narrow mind?"

Adelina couldn't help but sigh: "You asked him to make friends with Leon at the banquet several times, and which time did he not just chat with Leon for a few words and then hurriedly leave? David is particularly enthusiastic and yearning for Leon."

No one knows a son better than his mother. After living together for a long time, how could she not see the mood of her eldest son.

Perhaps if Leon was a hero with a big age difference, it would be fine, but the two are of similar age. In contrast, Fyodor, who is unable to make achievements on the battlefield, would be jealous of his peers who are constantly praised by people around him. It seems to be human nature.

Adelina stayed away from Farolis for a while to cooperate with her husband. It was not until the recent family reunion in Glade County that she discovered the imbalance in her eldest son's mentality.

"How can this be? As the heir of the family and the next monarch who will rule over all the ministers, he has no tolerance and is jealous of the fame of his future vassal. What kind of words are these?" Elliver recalled the conversation just now. No wonder he felt that his eldest son's response was particularly biased.

"Don't admonish him like this, otherwise it will only backfire." Adelina reminded.

"Of course, I understand that young people always have rebellious feelings." Elliver nodded to reassure his wife.

Since he knew that his eldest son had not been able to build up a strong heart due to his long-term garrison in the rear, it was not too late to make up for it now. It happened that the affairs of Glade County were complicated, so he could act as an agent for many government affairs, patrol the territory, and establish his own majesty and self-esteem in the field he was good at.

On the streets of the town outside Avalon Castle, passers-by looked around the team brought back by the lord.

Of course, there was nothing strange about the soldiers from Selva. The coming and going of the army in recent days had made the local residents numb. Anyway, most of them just rested for one night in the barracks in the south and then marched south in a hurry, so they would not disturb the pioneers of Avalon.

But today was different. The big-bearded "dwarfs" wearing armor and only as tall as ordinary people's chests and ribs beside the lord's army were a novelty.

In the streets and alleys, most of the residents who poked their heads out of the windows could guess the identities of these people as long as they had heard folk stories. The legends about the dwarf craftsmen were not as unknown as the Isulan elves.

Leon and others led the way in front, and did not specifically ask the dwarf mining team behind them to hide their whereabouts.

After all, there were dozens of sturdy dwarves in this group. Unless they were all imprisoned in the dungeon without seeing the sun, it would be impossible to hide their food, drink, defecation and urination. Moreover, forcing these short masters to restrict their freedom would reduce their favorability and increase the difficulty of later negotiations.

Regardless of the technology these Helan people knew, even the most ordinary of them were master craftsmen whose forging skills far exceeded those of ordinary humans.

Short masters from the era of thousands of years ago were rare treasures in this world. They were popular wherever they went. Even the royal families of various countries would treat them well and treat them as guests of honor.

After entering the castle, Leon asked his servants to take a large number of dwarf "traversers" to rest, and then discussed the discoveries of this trip with the dumbfounded Azerian.

Compared with the huge mine mixed with ordinary iron ore and high-quality black crystal iron ore, and the ancient dwarf mining team brought back, the spirit vein mine was the smallest gain of this trip.

Of course, the first two are also extremely hot potatoes for him.

Thinking about how to talk to the dwarf leader named Hem tomorrow, Leon asked Azerien to try to stabilize them first, and he immediately rushed to the Mage Tower to find Laura for advice.

".Heraen people." On the throne, Miss Mage's face showed some emotion: "They are unlucky, I feel a little sympathy."

"Sympathy?"

Leon raised his eyebrows, surprised by Laura's words. Although he was surprised by the vicissitudes of life over a thousand years, would Miss Mage herself, as a person from a thousand years ago, have similar thoughts?

"Yes, it doesn't matter if I tell you, anyway, it's not a secret now." Laura leaned on the throne, and her slender fingers curled the ends of her hair aimlessly.

"Although I don't know the exact time of their departure, looking at the situation in this era, King Uvgard of Heraen has probably summoned the entire tribe and left this land together within hundreds of years after my death. The Heraen mining team that you brought back, who was trapped in the spirit-like field and missed the time, should be the last batch in this world. Who knows, maybe there are survivors in similar situations in some corner of the continent."

What? Leave this land?

Leon was slightly stunned when he heard it. He originally thought that the legendary dwarves just ran to a corner of the world for some reason to live in seclusion.

So, is it another intelligent race that traveled through time with the whole tribe?

Wait a minute.

What happened to this world?

The ancient Isulan elves are gone.

The Lorelit civilization disappeared.

The Heraen dwarves also collectively opened up.

Although this continent is not a peaceful and prosperous era, the natural environment can be said to be full of birdsong and flowers. It is not to the extent that people hate dogs, right?