Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

"Levi, do you know what a Dragon Knight means?"

After taking a sip of tea, Florina calmed down a lot, sitting upright in her chair, speaking unhurriedly.

"Means no one dares to mess with me?" Levi blinked.

After all, dragons are a symbol of power, the overlords of the sky. Unless someone's brain is short-circuiting, no one would provoke them.

"Levi, your talent for commanding small military battles is superb, but you're utterly clueless when it comes to politics. I really suggest you read 'The History of Pendor.' It contains a lot of useful things for someone who is a lord of a territory." Florina sighed, forehead in her hand. Sometimes she thought Levi was smart, and sometimes he was so stupid it gave her a headache.

"It means that in this war, you are the most famous person, known throughout Debe, and even your name will spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms. Being famous is fine."

"Anyway, the world isn't short of people who become famous overnight, but who told you that you're actually a Dragon Knight who disappeared for hundreds of years."

Florina spread her hands, "Your fame is too great."

"Especially concerning the matter of dragons, how many people in the entire Seven Kingdoms do you think will be uneasy?"

Levi frowned. He understood what Florina meant.

To put it bluntly, a Dragon Knight in his previous life was comparable to a nuclear weapon, a last-resort force for every country, and would never be used unless absolutely necessary.

But since hundreds of years ago, dragons seemed to collectively receive a message and abandoned their Dragon Knights, leaving countless Dragon Knights crying their hearts out that day.

Since then, there have been no Dragon Knights in the Seven Kingdoms, and thus the substitute, Wyvern Knights, emerged.

This indirectly proves how high the status of Dragon Knights is.

And now that the Seven Kingdoms have no Dragon Knights, and Debe suddenly has one, it means that Debe can almost completely control the sky.

In any era, controlling the sky means controlling the initiative. This is something no country wants to see.

"I think any king would not let it go if a Dragon Knight appeared in their country, right?"

Levi was indeed taken aback by Florina at first, but he quickly calmed down.

Just as Florina said, dragons would naturally attract the hostility of other countries, but their own king would try his best to win him over.

At that time, even if they were at odds with other countries, Highcliff wouldn't be the first to bear the brunt.

"It seems that you don't know our Majesty Harland very well. Although rumors say he's an alcoholic, lewd, and doesn't care about politics," Florina said with a serious expression, "but his essence is an ambitious person. Perhaps he has been having too much fun in recent years, but this cannot hide his true nature."

"And for an ambitious person, especially in recent years as his health deteriorates and his temper becomes more unpredictable, it's hard to say what absurd things he will do to shock the Seven Kingdoms."

"After all, the role of dragons is not just to fight enemies..."

Finally, Florina gave Levi a meaningful look.

"I do know a little about that. He abandoned the beautiful queen in the palace and instead built a myriad garden, spending a lot of money to collect beauties from the Seven Kingdoms," Levi said calmly, wiping his mouth.

"..." Florina was silent for a moment. This lord's thought process was sometimes more bizarre and unpredictable than the Storm Sea.

She couldn't help but sigh, earnestly saying, "Every dragon has a Dragon Crystal, which is the source of their power, containing unimaginable power—and those who absorb the Dragon Crystal will gain the dragon's power and long lifespan."

"This sentence is known from the king to the barefoot farmers in the countryside, although whether the Dragon Crystal actually has this function has not been confirmed by many scholars."

"But you can't deny that some ambitious people with little lifespan left will choose to try it."

"After all, Sophia is still a young dragon, not an adult dragon equivalent to a legendary powerhouse."

"Clap."

Florina looked at the lord who suddenly slapped the table as if realizing something, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was worth her wasting so much saliva to say these things. He wasn't too stupid.

"Does this mean that Highcliff can completely carry out military activities against these guys in the name of justice?!" The lord said excitedly.

As if he saw his little wallet getting thicker and thicker in the repeated raids and exterminations.

Highcliff is also becoming stronger and stronger with the help of these great people.

Highcliff, which is born in a remote area, is destined to develop extremely slowly without the influx of foreign materials.

After all, the total amount of wealth in each country is so much. If you tilt it to one place, another place is destined to be poor.

The southernmost Kingdom of Jinka raises its capital, located in the center, with the strength of the entire country. It is rumored that the permanent population of the capital, Vatican, reaches five million. And it is prosperous and sings day and night.

Even the palace is built with jade, and the bricks and tiles are made of gold bricks, and it even got the name of "Underground Divine Kingdom" closest to the sun.

But once you leave Vatican, even if it's only more than ten miles away, barefoot farmers are everywhere, and you can even see starving old people and children on the roadside.

But they all look proudly at the location of Vatican in unison.

And this is completely a deformed country.

Florina's face instantly distorted, almost unable to stand up, her chest heaving violently, and it took her a long time to recover.

"Levi, let me be straight, I want to recruit you, this is sincere, unlike before."

The lord had long known that this woman had something to say to him, and was deliberately rambling and not falling into her trap.

"Oh?" Levi pretended to be disappointed and said, "Florina, it's not that I'm talking about you, if I were still a poor pioneer knight, you would come to recruit me, I might agree without hesitation."

"But now I am a marquis with elite soldiers, your recruitment now is destined to be a waste of words."

"Actually, it's not about making you my vassal, that's definitely impossible. What I want to say is, the Martel family wants to marry you!"

Florina stared at Levi, saying word by word, very seriously.

For those knights, they only need to be given a piece of wasteland as a fief, or be granted a title to make them loyal.

But for the real upper class, only marriage is the way to maximize the interests of both parties.

Perhaps Florina would have used fiefs or titles as bargaining chips before, but now the status of this Highcliff lord is already at the same level as her.

It is worth her using marriage to completely turn the other party into her own ally.

The lord was stunned for a moment. This time, he was not in a hurry to refuse. After all, as a lord, the issue of offspring is not only his concern, but also the concern of the entire Highcliff.

Although Tina will be his rightful wife, with his physical fitness, one is obviously not enough.

He didn't want to do these things before because he was still penniless. Now that he has status and power, what's wrong with him criticizing the customs of the other world?

He has been fighting for a lifetime, can't he enjoy it?

He asked suspiciously, "Florina, as far as I know, the Martel family does not have a suitable woman, right? Perhaps there are noble ladies who are the same age as me, but with their status, do you think they are used for marriage or to humiliate me?"

Not only in his previous life, but also in this world, people pay attention to being well-matched in social status.

A marquis is destined to marry the daughter of a duke or marquis, and will never marry the daughter of a baron.

Therefore, the suitable woman for him can only be Florina's daughter, but obviously this is impossible. After all, Florina is not even married, where did she get a daughter?

"What if I marry you?" Florina sipped her tea leisurely, staring calmly at the handsome man in front of her.

A year ago, the other party was just a poor pioneer lord, but a year later, the other party not only became a marquis, but also a Dragon Knight.

Although the territory is a bit poor, at most equivalent to a barony, it is foreseeable that Highcliff will definitely develop at an unimaginable speed after this return.

In other words, Levi himself is a top powerhouse, and Highcliff is a potential stock.

If the North and Highcliff are united, then they will completely control the north of Debe, and even because of the dragon, it is not impossible to build a palace in the North.

She has not been married so far, not because she doesn't want to, but because there is no suitable one. Now that she has met someone who meets all aspects, marriage is naturally reasonable.

"Cough cough cough." The lord seemed to have asthma, and it took him a while to ask in disbelief, "Florina, are you serious?"

He admitted that he did have thoughts about this Queen of the North.

After all, she is young and beautiful, and she also owns the entire North. She is a solid rich woman, and no man can turn a blind eye.

But thoughts are just thoughts. The status of the two is very different. He can't attract this level of woman with his beauty.

But he didn't expect this day to come so suddenly, making him feel like he was still dreaming and hadn't woken up.

"Why not?" Florina was not shy at all. As a duchess, she had already passed the shy stage of a little girl.

Perhaps even if she is shy in her heart, she will not show it.

"Levi, you yourself are an unimaginable powerhouse. You can know that you can kill a legendary Balor alone, not to mention that you are also a Dragon Knight and have the title of Marquis." Florina said very seriously: "And the time we have been together is not short, I admit that I did have a good impression of you before, especially when you came alone to save me in the wilderness."

"I can't think of anyone more suitable for me to marry than you."

Faced with Florina's straightforward remarks, even the lord, who had a thick skin, couldn't help but be at a loss at this moment, scratching the back of his head in pain.

This Queen of the North has spent too long in the military, so that she has completely inherited the resolute and daring attitude of doing things.

He directly made the lord at a loss.

Frankly speaking, putting aside everything else, marrying Florina is indeed beneficial to Highcliff.

But……

The lord, who is used to having his own way, cannot get used to having someone who can also give orders over his head.

Once married, Highcliff will have two voices.

This is unavoidable, because if his existence is not taken into account, the North is indeed much stronger than Highcliff, and Florina's voice will naturally be very heavy.

Although the barbarians in Highcliff are assigned to not listen to Florina, what if Florina sends people to join Highcliff and let Highcliff develop?

No matter what force, once it is not united, it will be finished sooner or later.

When Highcliff develops and overwhelms the North, Levi will even take the initiative to marry.

But now is not the time.

What's more, from a long-term perspective, Tina with the claim is more suitable to be the first wife than Florina.

Levi is an adult and will not be overwhelmed by lust and do something recklessly.

Every choice must be comprehensively considered.

Of course, the main reason is that once he marries Florina, then he may not be able to criticize the customs of the other world with three wives and four concubines.

"Florina, let me be straight, you and I are not suitable for marriage now."

The lord said with a serious face: "Now I am in the limelight, once I marry you, then the entire North will become our sole voice."

"No superior can tolerate our unscrupulous expansion of power."

Although in this world's regulations, the king can't interfere with the duke's autonomy over his fiefdom.

But this is just the rule on the surface. No king will watch the power of the grand duke under his command exceed his own.

There is no doubt that he and Florina will become the target of public criticism when they unite.

Because other dukes will not watch another duke's strength exceed their own too much.

Although Leah is likely to be with them, the South has experienced half a year of war and can be said to be seriously injured. It is good to maintain its own rule.

Florina was silent. It was precisely because she was a duchess that she understood that what Levi said was true.

Before, it was just because she suddenly learned that Levi was a Dragon Knight, so she rushed to recruit him, for fear of being dug away by others, that she ignored these things.

Levi stood up, pressed Florina's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Florina, although we can't get married now, we both know the relationship between us. Marriage needs a suitable time, and we need to wait before that."

"The raindrops in the clouds will eventually fall to the ground, be patient, my..."

"My lord..."

At this moment, a figure came to the outside of the tent excitedly holding something, but when he lifted the curtain and saw the scene inside, he blinked, then turned his eyes and ran away, leaving only a sentence hanging in place.

"My lord, the logistics ewe is pregnant again, I'm going to deliver her!"

"This is indeed a major event." The lord muttered at first, but quickly reacted.

"Damn you, Rifinchi, you're a painter, what do you know about midwifery!"

"Damn it, this guy won't spread our affairs everywhere, will he?" Levi looked at Florina, Florina looked at the white jade-like palm on her shoulder, and blinked her beautiful eyes.