19. Chapter 19 The Duke's Children
In just a few days since his rebirth, Rody always judged everything here based on his past memories. The memories of "Rody" were basically ignored by him, so when some seemingly natural things were noticed again,
Only then did Roddy discover that the consequences of the small differences may have been unexpected.
The children of old Duke Luciferon?
Rody knows Duke Francis. Although he is still a "count" in the mouths of these soldiers, in Rody's memory, he is a traitor who is hated to the very core——
When the orcs invaded, instead of organizing an effective resistance, this bastard betrayed his country and sought glory, which directly led to the fall of Holier City!
Francis' unjust act eventually led to him being captured and hanged by the rebels. When this guy's body was later hung in front of the square, it even attracted the cheers of countless people - you know that the execution of a nobleman was also the execution of a canonized king.
lord, at no time will
It was recognized by the aristocracy, but when Duke Francis was executed, no one of the various parties in the empire who had seemed to be in harmony spoke out to condemn it. Because Viscount Francis actually colluded with the orcs and betrayed the people of his territory, just so that he could solely control the territory.
!
The memory suddenly became clear at this moment, and Roddy remembered the conversations of the NPCs around him when he was trying to level up his secondary skills in Holier City after the server was launched——
At that time, common people in the streets were complaining that Duke Francis collected too high taxes, and they often missed the old Duke. At that time, many people analyzed that Duke Francis seemed to have done many despicable things in order to obtain his father's title.
.
What has he done...
Roddy squinted his eyes and thought, then shifted the breakthrough point to the "Duke's Daughter" mentioned by the soldier - he vaguely remembered that before the complete fall of Holier City, there was a leatherworking master who always muttered when giving tasks to players.
How beautiful and pure the old Duke's daughter was at that time, she would also be assigned some tasks, which was to go to the slums to distribute some bread and food, because the leatherworking master had received gifts from the old Duke's daughter in the slums, so
I have been thinking about it for many years and am grateful for it.
Where has she gone?
Thinking of this, Rody suddenly felt a nervous feeling with his heart beating faster - the fog of memory dissipated as he gradually woke up... Rody suddenly remembered the words of the leatherworking master: "It's really unfortunate to say... Miss Sally, two
Died in an orc attack on Finks Village half a year ago..."
Suddenly, Roddy felt a flash of lightning flash across his mind and trembled all over!
The clues were gradually pieced together and the words in his memory surfaced. Roddy could not help but combine the contents of the letter and got a very possible inference...
Could the next action of the orc... be related to the death of the old duke's daughter?
Could it be that it was Finks Village that they wanted to attack?
As soon as this inference appeared, many fragments flashed through his memory again: "Francis did whatever it took to steal the position of Duke", "The cause of the old Duke's death was strange", "The nobles of the kingdom had secretly colluded with the orcs" and other information made him more certain of his
Hypothesis - Judging from Francis's despicable character, this traitor will definitely eliminate everything that blocks his path before he truly takes power - even if the other person is his own sister!
And what if his conspiracy is prevented? Will the city of Holier be saved from falling?
This thought popped up in his mind uncontrollably, making Roddy frown again.
If he can, he will never let go of any opportunity to change history. If all this goes as he guessed, then what Roddy has to do is not difficult. He only needs to prevent the Grand Duke's daughter from going to Funk.
Sicun is enough...as for the rest——
"Rowdy?"
Seeing that Rody stood motionless for a long time, the soldier who had answered before asked softly, which made him immediately come back to his senses. His expression instantly became extremely serious. He turned around and ordered: "Notify everyone to assemble immediately, we have new troops."
Mission accomplished.”
"Uh. Yes!"
Although he didn't understand why Rody gave this order, Rody's invisible authority made him immediately obey the order and turn around and run into the village.
Roddy was not idle here. He thought for a while, ran around the village, and finally got two relatively clean pieces of parchment from an old man who had worked as a clerk in the manor. He also borrowed a quill and some adhesive.
Two letters were written in thick ink with formal handwriting - one signed to Lieutenant Sodin and the other to Anderson, the steward of Norland Village Estate.
Next, he squinted his eyes, diluted the ink, dipped his quill pen in and scrawled on the sandpaper letter, and wrote the vague and scrawled words "Finks Village" in the orc language.
Roddy clarified his thoughts when he decided to take action. He first needed to confirm whether Miss Sally was really going to Finks Village. If so, then the probability of this incident being consistent with the disaster in his memory was
More than 90% - if not, these forged letters would give him a suitable reason to excuse himself.
The function of the "Ranger" profession includes part of the "intelligence" specialty, so Rody was not at all familiar with official rhetoric, so he could easily forge these letters.
As for "Finks Village", Roddy had never been there before his rebirth. In his impression, it was in ruins when the game was launched, and only a few words from the NPCs mentioned that it no longer existed due to the attack of the orcs.
What remained were the ruins after a fire. But when it came to the specific location of Finks Village, "Lodi's" memory told him that it was less than thirty kilometers away from Nolan Village.
Thinking about it this way, I still have a chance to prevent this from happening.
After getting everything ready, the team that had gotten up one after another all arrived except for the wounded. Except for the two scouts who had gone to notify the village scouts and the original wounded, the whole team plus Rody now had a total of nine people, although they looked a little tired.
, but everyone is ready to fight at any time.
"The orcs may attack Finks Village tomorrow." Rody didn't have time to talk nonsense. He held up the letter he just wrote in his hand. "This is the letter from Lieutenant Sodin to me to prove that we are conducting cross-region patrols legally."
And notice. Everyone, do you have any questions?"
Of course Luger knew that the letter in his hand was fake, but he also knew that Rody would not call these people out of thin air to rush to Finks Village for no reason, so he responded cooperatively: "No problem, sir."
The veteran has now been completely impressed by Roddy, and even has some blind trust.
Carter and the remaining soldiers also followed Ruger in answering. Roddy said no more, and directly led the group of people on their horses, and rushed towards Finks Village without saying a word - it was already dusk at this time.
Then, the sky turned dark.
"Can it really change history?"
Rody looked at the distant horizon expressionlessly, but his heart was not at peace.
...
With the city of Holier as the center, the territory ruled by the Lucifron family is called "Efta". The territory is so large and the resources are abundant that the Duke's words are almost as strong as those of the king in the southeast.
Francis Luciferon was the eldest son of the old Duke of Angmar. He was exactly twenty years old in the 588th year of the Elon calendar and held the title of earl.
Using Roddy's criteria for judging players, his basic profession is "Son of Nobles". In terms of attributes, the difference from "Legion Soldier" is the added value of intelligence. When advancing, the most suitable choice is "Elemental Magician".
This is a mysterious profession that only a few people are qualified for, and now Francis, who is quite talented, has reached the threshold to advance to the next profession - that is, the level 10 of "Noble Heir". Sources indicate that he now has a representative
The title of "Elemental Master" that is truly an advanced profession.
If the situation is true, then at this time, for Rody, a level 2 legionnaire, he has become almost a big mountain standing in front of him.
Francis is a standard heir in the eyes of others - well-behaved and knowledgeable. At dances, banquets or private parties in the city, you can always see the young earl chatting and laughing with others. He is not said to be young and mature, but he has his own aura.
Outstanding aura, young age
He made rapid progress under the guidance of his private magic teacher, and even wore a bronze frosted emblem on his chest representing "quasi-elemental master". No one doubted that he would be a perfect and qualified heir to the duke, and believed that he could
Let the Luciferon family shine even brighter.
In comparison, Francis' sister Sally does not seem to be as dazzling as her brother, but people will smile sincerely when they mention this girl, because her kindness and kindness are a fact that is well-known throughout the territory. "The Duke's Daughter"
"Such status often means that people who are underage will have
A large number of other nobles came to inquire about the marriage, but there was no such scene in the Luciferon family. The reason was that this girl, who often distributed bread to beggars in the slums, had decided to enter the "Rosi Cross" Church when she became an adult——
All members who enter the church are not allowed to marry for life.
The weather in mid-April is suitable for travel. According to the past requirements of their father, Duke Luciferon, at this time of year every year, Francis and Sally will visit various villages on the edge of the territory.
In the original words of the old Duke ten years ago, "Every noble should not forget their true responsibility, which is not to enjoy the happiness brought by wealth alone, but to let the people under their rule have a better life."
Although many border villages were entrusted to territories such as Lord Kirk, several lords welcomed the Duke's children's behavior of patrolling the border. After all, these lords had to give it to the Duke of Angmar.
In the past, the old Duke always traveled with his children, but in the past five years, Angmar Luciferon has not traveled with them anymore. This has also led to Lord Kirk's attitude towards Francis and Sally gradually becoming colder over the years.
Come down.
In this regard, the two young people did not show any impatience.
Today is the seventeenth day of Sally and Francis' journey together. They have to inspect more than 20 villages and small towns in the entire territory. According to the plan, this will take almost three months - inspection
At that time, their food and accommodation were in a poor village. Except for two maids and sixteen guards, the two noble heirs did not have any extra ostentation.
This may be one of the reasons why the old aristocrats have more foundation than the nouveau riche. No matter how much wealth the family has, their children will still experience the hardships that their ancestors suffered when they laid the foundation. At this time, maintenance
In the village, Francis, dressed in simple cloth, was talking to his sister——
"Dear Sally, according to the plan, the team should leave for Finks Village tomorrow, but it seems that the Uncle Smith I am looking for will not come back until tomorrow. In order not to delay the trip, how about you go there with the team today?
?" In just a few days from his rebirth to now, Rody always judged everything here based on his past memories. The memories of "Rody" were basically ignored by him, so some seemingly natural things were noticed again.
Only then did Roddy discover that the consequences of the small differences might be unexpected.
The children of old Duke Luciferon?
Rody knows Duke Francis. Although he is still a "count" in the mouths of these soldiers, in Rody's memory, he is a traitor who is hated to the very core——
When the orcs invaded, instead of organizing an effective resistance, this bastard betrayed his country and sought glory, which directly led to the fall of Holier City!
Francis' unjust act eventually led to him being captured and hanged by the rebels. When this guy's body was later hung in front of the square, it even attracted the cheers of countless people - you know that the execution of a nobleman was also the execution of a canonized king.
lord, at no time will
It was recognized by the aristocracy, but when Duke Francis was executed, no one of the various parties in the empire who had seemed to be in harmony spoke out to condemn it. Because Viscount Francis actually colluded with the orcs and betrayed the people of his territory, just so that he could solely control the territory.
!
The memory suddenly became clear at this moment, and Roddy remembered the conversations of the NPCs around him when he was trying to level up his secondary skills in Holier City after the server was launched——
At that time, common people in the streets were complaining that Duke Francis collected too high taxes, and they often missed the old Duke. At that time, many people analyzed that Duke Francis seemed to have done many despicable things in order to obtain his father's title.
.
What has he done...
Roddy squinted his eyes and thought, then shifted the breakthrough point to the "Duke's Daughter" mentioned by the soldier - he vaguely remembered that before the complete fall of Holier City, there was a leatherworking master who always muttered when giving tasks to players.
How beautiful and pure the old Duke's daughter was at that time, she would also be assigned some tasks, which was to go to the slums to distribute some bread and food, because the leatherworking master had received gifts from the old Duke's daughter in the slums, so
I have been thinking about it for many years and am grateful for it.
Where has she gone?
Thinking of this, Rody suddenly felt a nervous feeling with his heart beating faster - the fog of memory dissipated as he gradually woke up... Rody suddenly remembered the words of the leatherworking master: "It's really unfortunate to say... Miss Sally, two
Died in an orc attack on Finks Village half a year ago..."
Suddenly, Roddy felt a flash of lightning flash across his mind and trembled all over!
The clues were gradually pieced together and the words in his memory surfaced. Roddy could not help but combine the contents of the letter and got a very possible inference...
Could the next action of the orc... be related to the death of the old duke's daughter?
Could it be that it was Finks Village that they wanted to attack?
As soon as this inference appeared, many fragments flashed through his memory again: "Francis did whatever it took to steal the position of Duke", "The cause of the old Duke's death was strange", "The nobles of the kingdom had secretly colluded with the orcs" and other information made him more certain of his
Hypothesis - Judging from Francis's despicable character, this traitor will definitely eliminate everything that blocks his path before he truly takes power - even if the other person is his own sister!
And what if his conspiracy is prevented? Will the city of Holier be saved from falling?
This thought popped up in his mind uncontrollably, making Roddy frown again.
If he can, he will never let go of any opportunity to change history. If all this goes as he guessed, then what Roddy has to do is not difficult. He only needs to prevent the Grand Duke's daughter from going to Funk.
Sicun is enough...as for the rest——
"Rowdy?"
Seeing that Rody stood motionless for a long time, the soldier who had answered before asked softly, which made him immediately come back to his senses. His expression instantly became extremely serious. He turned around and ordered: "Notify everyone to assemble immediately, we have new troops."
Mission accomplished.”
"Uh. Yes!"
Although he didn't understand why Rody gave this order, Rody's invisible authority made him immediately obey the order and turn around and run into the village.
Roddy was not idle here. He thought for a while, ran around the village, and finally got two relatively clean pieces of parchment from an old man who had worked as a clerk in the manor. He also borrowed a quill and some adhesive.
Two letters were written in thick ink with formal handwriting - one signed to Lieutenant Sodin and the other to Anderson, the steward of Norland Village Estate.
Next, he squinted his eyes, diluted the ink, dipped his quill pen in and scrawled on the sandpaper letter, and wrote the vague and scrawled words "Finks Village" in the orc language.
Roddy clarified his thoughts when he decided to take action. He first needed to confirm whether Miss Sally was really going to Finks Village. If so, then the probability of this incident being consistent with the disaster in his memory was
More than 90% - if not, these forged letters would give him a suitable reason to excuse himself.
The function of the "Ranger" profession includes part of the "intelligence" specialty, so Rody was not at all familiar with official rhetoric, so he could easily forge these letters.
As for "Finks Village", Roddy had never been there before his rebirth. In his impression, it was in ruins when the game was launched, and only a few words from the NPCs mentioned that it no longer existed due to the attack of the orcs.
What remained were the ruins after a fire. But when it came to the specific location of Finks Village, "Lodi's" memory told him that it was less than thirty kilometers away from Nolan Village.
Thinking about it this way, I still have a chance to prevent this from happening.
After getting everything ready, the team that had gotten up one after another all arrived except for the wounded. Except for the two scouts who had gone to notify the village scouts and the original wounded, the whole team plus Rody now had a total of nine people, although they looked a little tired.
, but everyone is ready to fight at any time.
"The orcs may attack Finks Village tomorrow." Rody didn't have time to talk nonsense. He held up the letter he just wrote in his hand. "This is the letter from Lieutenant Sodin to me to prove that we are conducting cross-region patrols legally."
And notice. Everyone, do you have any questions?"
Of course Luger knew that the letter in his hand was fake, but he also knew that Rody would not call these people out of thin air to rush to Finks Village for no reason, so he responded cooperatively: "No problem, sir."
The veteran has now been completely impressed by Roddy, and even has some blind trust.
Carter and the remaining soldiers also followed Ruger in answering. Roddy said no more, and directly led the group of people on their horses, and rushed towards Finks Village without saying a word - it was already dusk at this time.
Then, the sky turned dark.
"Can it really change history?"
Rody looked at the distant horizon expressionlessly, but his heart was not at peace.
...
With the city of Holier as the center, the territory ruled by the Lucifron family is called "Efta". The territory is so large and the resources are abundant that the Duke's words are almost as strong as those of the king in the southeast.
Francis Luciferon was the eldest son of the old Duke of Angmar. He was exactly twenty years old in the 588th year of the Elon calendar and held the title of earl.
Using Roddy's criteria for judging players, his basic profession is "Son of Nobles". In terms of attributes, the difference from "Legion Soldier" is the added value of intelligence. When advancing, the most suitable choice is "Elemental Magician".
This is a mysterious profession that only a few people are qualified for, and now Francis, who is quite talented, has reached the threshold to advance to the next profession - that is, the level 10 of "Noble Heir". Sources indicate that he now has a representative
The title of "Elemental Master" that is truly an advanced profession.
If the situation is true, then at this time, for Rody, a level 2 legionnaire, he has become almost a big mountain standing in front of him.
Francis is a standard heir in the eyes of others - well-behaved and knowledgeable. At dances, banquets or private parties in the city, you can always see the young earl chatting and laughing with others. He is not said to be young and mature, but he has his own aura.
Outstanding aura, young age
He made rapid progress under the guidance of his private magic teacher, and even wore a bronze frosted emblem on his chest representing "quasi-elemental master". No one doubted that he would be a perfect and qualified heir to the duke, and believed that he could
Let the Luciferon family shine even brighter.
In comparison, Francis' sister Sally does not seem to be as dazzling as her brother, but people will smile sincerely when they mention this girl, because her kindness and kindness are a fact that is well-known throughout the territory. "The Duke's Daughter"
"Such status often means that people who are underage will have
A large number of other nobles came to inquire about the marriage, but there was no such scene in the Luciferon family. The reason was that this girl, who often distributed bread to beggars in the slums, had decided to enter the "Rosi Cross" Church when she became an adult——
All members who enter the church are not allowed to marry for life.
The weather in mid-April is suitable for travel. According to the past requirements of their father, Duke Luciferon, at this time of year every year, Francis and Sally will visit various villages on the edge of the territory.
In the original words of the old Duke ten years ago, "Every noble should not forget their true responsibility, which is not to enjoy the happiness brought by wealth alone, but to let the people under their rule have a better life."
Although many border villages were entrusted to territories such as Lord Kirk, several lords welcomed the Duke's children's behavior of patrolling the border. After all, these lords had to give it to the Duke of Angmar.
In the past, the old Duke always traveled with his children, but in the past five years, Angmar Luciferon has not traveled with them anymore. This has also led to Lord Kirk's attitude towards Francis and Sally gradually becoming colder over the years.
Come down.
In this regard, the two young people did not show any impatience.
Today is the seventeenth day of Sally and Francis' journey together. They have to inspect more than 20 villages and small towns in the entire territory. According to the plan, this will take almost three months - inspection
At that time, their food and accommodation were in a poor village. Except for two maids and sixteen guards, the two noble heirs did not have any extra ostentation.
This may be one of the reasons why the old aristocrats have more foundation than the nouveau riche. No matter how much wealth the family has, their children will still experience the hardships that their ancestors suffered when they laid the foundation. At this time, maintenance
In the village, Francis, dressed in simple cloth, was talking to his sister——
"Dear Sally, according to the plan, the team should leave for Finks Village tomorrow, but it seems that the Uncle Smith I am looking for will not come back until tomorrow. In order not to delay the trip, how about you go there with the team today?
Chapter completed!