Except for this exquisite statue of the goddess, the House of Nobles does indeed look the same as the private residence of the nobles next to it...

There wasn't even a stable outside the door.

Li Ang himself tied Alice to the stone horse post at the door and stepped onto the steps. A young attendant who was holding the door with a sword across his body glanced at Li Ang and came up to him slowly, giving him a polite but unenthusiastic smile:

"Sir, this is the House of Lords."

Generally speaking, people who come to places like the House of Nobles alone are either down-and-out nobles, or they come to catch up with their relatives. So that smile looks rather perfunctory.

"Leon Griffin, here to register the fiefdom."

Li Ang took out a scroll sealed with paint from the dirty saddle bag, thought about it and took it back, then took out another piece of crumpled parchment and handed it over.

The attendant seemed a little surprised. He raised his eyebrows and took the parchment. While looking at the parchment, he glanced at Li Ang again.

"Please come with me, Your Excellency Li Ang."

After handing the parchment back to Li Ang, the smile on the attendant's face seemed a little more sincere, but there was obviously a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Those who can serve as attendants at the gate of the Noble House are usually well-trained knight attendants who are qualified to carry the swallow-tailed flag.

In fact, they are all young masters from aristocratic families - most of them are concubines or side branches who cannot inherit the family business. They learn a course called "humility" here.

Therefore, in most cases, they only have a faint polite smile on their faces.

However, this kind of humility is only for other nobles.

Of course, this also includes pioneer lords - those who dare to register as pioneer lords are either the nephews of great nobles or plutocrats with powerful troops, and are usually very powerful guys.

But a guy like Li Ang who comes alone, who looks neither rich nor noble, but plans to register as a pioneer lord, is very rare - or he is an arrogant man who is tired of living and plans to die in the wilderness.

Either the family is powerful but pretends to be low-key.

No matter what kind of person they are, in the eyes of these guards, they are objects of "don't offend and have less contact with".

The attendant led Li Ang to the second floor of the Noble House and knocked on a wooden door carved with complicated patterns.

A calm voice came from the door, "Come in!"

The attendant opened the door, leaned forward to salute politely, stretched out his hand and said: "Sir, please come inside."

This is a simple room. Apart from the tall bookshelves on the wall, there is only a mahogany desk and two armchairs facing each other.

Sitting on the chair facing the door was a thin old man with gray hair.

"Please take a seat, Your Excellency."

The old man didn't even raise his head, he was concentrating on pouring paint on the seal of a parchment roll.

Li Ang sat down quietly, placed the certificate with the lion emblem on the table and waited.

Watching the old man take off the ring, he used the ring surface to print a double lion shield emblem on the fire paint.

Seeing this, the guard outside the door consciously came in and took the parchment with both hands: "Is this a reply, Your Majesty the Earl?"

"right."

The old man waved the guard away, put on the ring again, fiddled with the pioneering baron certificate on the table, but did not open it, and looked at Li Ang with interest.

"I am Oden. Young man, do you plan to become a pioneer lord?"

Li Ang was stunned.

Auden...

He had heard of this name - in fact, it was one of the few noble names that Li Ang could clearly remember.

Count Auden Fletcher rose from the Jatu Grassland in the northeast of the kingdom as a pioneer lord thirty years ago.

He built the precipitous Brave Shield Fort on the edge of the Jatu grassland, using it as a foundation to expand the territory of the Lion Kingdom for hundreds of miles, and blocked many attacks from the Jatu army and the barbarians of the Misty Mountains.

On one of these occasions, a lone army of less than five hundred men even defended the siege of thousands of Jatu troops, with a brilliant record.

It is precisely because of the existence of Fort Brave Shield that the grassland peoples of Jatu are unable to enter the Kingdom of the Lion to plunder on a large scale.

This is the benchmark for all pioneering lords in the past thirty years.

His name is famous even in Wuling City, thousands of miles away.

Li Ang originally thought that such a general with outstanding military exploits should have a fierce and strong image, but he did not expect that he would be so thin and small, with a kind and even kind face.

But why did such a famous general become the administrator of the House of Lords?

"Young man, I was once a smug warrior like you, but it is actually very difficult to open up a new territory... very difficult."

Seemingly seeing the doubts in Li Ang's eyes, Oden smiled slightly: "I have experienced it and know the difficulties - of course, I have also received the rewards I deserve. However, when a person gets old, he always There will be some things that will be different..."

"what do you mean……?"

Li Ang became even more confused, he felt that something was wrong.

Auden smiled even deeper, crossed his hands on the table, stared at Li Ang with sharp eyes, and spoke directly: "The reply I just sent is to my son-in-law Lehman."

Lion Knight Lehman? Fieldsway’s opponent in that final! He is Oden’s son-in-law?!

Li Ang stood up in surprise.

"Please sit down, young man, don't be so impatient... Lehman told me about the unexpected situation you encountered in his letter. In fact, he admires your martial arts quite a lot."

What do you mean? Li Ang felt even more uneasy.

"I wanted Lehman to establish a good relationship with the Duke of Alma, which is related to his future. I think you understand. But Lehman and I are both people who respect the rules. Since the result has been like this, then we will pay tribute to him." You congratulate me. But..."

A 'but'... Li Ang's heart, which he had just put back in his stomach, became anxious again.

Auden showed a weird and mocking smile, and then said: "But considering the bad character of Alma's family, I think you may need a little extra help?"

As an excellent swordsman, Li Ang's observation skills are very good and will never be inferior to the veteran in front of him.

He saw a hint of complicated emotions in Oden's strange smile just now.

"You have a conflict with the Duke of Alma?" Leon keenly sensed the hidden information in Oden's words.

Oden was stunned and looked at Li Ang intently.

After a few seconds, he shook his head and sighed: "No wonder Lehman said you are a cunning guy... Yes! Alma and I have some differences. You can probably tell that I don't like staying here with the clerk. As a companion...but Alma recommended me to the king, and I couldn't easily refuse the king's trust and invitation."

That's right, unless it was to frighten people and recruit them to do things for him, there was no need for Oden to talk such a lot of nonsense.

It seems that Oden, a famous general who was supposed to lead the battle, was hampered by Alma's administrative affairs of the House of Lords.

"Thank you for your compliment. For a pioneer lord, cunning is a virtue - what can I do to help you?"

Li Ang started to get straight to the point.

Oden also nodded, looked at Li Ang and praised: "Cunning is indeed a virtue..."

"You have two choices...become a pioneer lord and go to the border to establish your own territory, but it must be near the Long River Forest. Or, become a knight under my command and garrison my Brave Shield Castle. In return, I will give you a village

As a knight."

Becoming a pioneer lord may have more prospects in the future, but everything has to start from scratch. Moreover, the Long River Forest is not far from Brave Shield Castle, and the surrounding area is very dangerous... Oden probably wants to register his fiefdom as the Long River Forest - registering

No matter how we expand territory outside the fiefdom, it will not be recognized.

Becoming a knight under Auden is the lowest level of formal aristocratic status. It is only a future prospect. It depends on how far Auden Fletcher's family can go. But in this way, you can get the protection of Earl Auden, and you can also

Directly own a knight collar.
Chapter completed!