Alonso III came to the students who had passed the test. He looked at these young people who were lined up neatly, with their heads held high and their chests held high. [] The king took out the long sword from his waist and raised it high above his head.
He said loudly: "You have done a good job. After hard study, you have proven that you are qualified knights. With the rights granted by the Supreme God, I declare that you have officially become the knights of the kingdom!"
"Long live!" The students who successfully graduated gave out earth-shattering cheers to celebrate their receiving the title of knight.
Roger, who was in the crowd, also had tears in his eyes, and murmured to himself: "I finally got through it, good days are just around the corner!"
Alonso III did not personally canonize Roger as a knight, but chose another student to enjoy this honor. The other students were extremely envious of this lucky guy, but Roger didn't care about it. After he came to the king
The honor of being canonized personally is not as practical as giving a few hundred gold coins.
Now that Roger has obtained the title of knight, the title of hereditary baron promised by Alonso III will automatically fall on his head. After obtaining the title of baron, the first place Roger goes to is naturally the Senate, which manages the
All aristocratic affairs in the entire kingdom, including the determination of noble family crests, designation of heirs and even the distribution of territories, must be approved by the Senate before they can truly take effect.
The Senate was neither particularly enthusiastic nor deliberately difficult for Roger, the newly promoted baron. All procedures were done according to the rules. Except for some problems when determining the family coat of arms, Roger had no problems with the Senate.
Encountered other troubles.
The family crest is a symbol of a family and is a key part of aristocratic etiquette. The pattern on the family crest has very rich meanings, including the ancestral origins of the family, what famous figures have appeared in history, and what they have done that is worthy of recognition.
Any major event mentioned can be reflected in the family emblem, so it has always been valued by the nobles.
However, Roger didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing. At first, he just drew a star on the shield-shaped pattern and handed it to the Senate. As a result, the family emblem was returned as expected. So Roger
The shading of the family emblem was changed to a ball that is mainly blue and dotted with large green areas, and the main image is a majestic castle, which looks quite imposing.
Although no one except Roger knew what the mainly blue ball meant, his newly designed family emblem successfully passed the review of the Senate. The Senate worked very efficiently, and Roger did not
It took a few days to get a complete set of certificates proving his noble status. Strictly speaking, he became a real noble only after Roger got the parchment with the magic seal and the name, title and territorial location.
For Roger, titles and titles are nothing, only territory is a real benefit. The parchment proving his identity clearly states that the territory of Baron Roger Lee is located in the province of Reims in the east of the kingdom.
Kent.
"Haha, my brother is now a big landowner!" Roger was ecstatic after receiving this certificate. He had traveled to the world of Toulonzo for so long and had been running for survival. Now he finally has the hope of living a happy life.
For him, this is the best news in recent times.
Just when Roger left the Senate happily, he had no idea that two people were talking about him in a study room in the Senate Building.
"Do you think that country bumpkin from Lunde Peninsula would be so sad that he would burst into tears if he knew what was going on in his territory?" A young man said in a frivolous tone: "If it were me, I would definitely feel that I might as well become a knight.
.”
Sitting opposite the young man was Jensen, but there was no smile on his face. He just reminded in a deep voice: "Remember not to let other people know that you and I are involved in this matter, otherwise..."
"Are you still worried about me doing things?" The man interrupted Jensen and said, "As long as you don't speak, no third person will ever know about this matter."
Jenson whispered: "This is best. If my teacher knows about this, your and my family will bear the wrath of the Magician's Guild."
Roger still didn't know that he had become a favorite in the eyes of the Magician's Guild. He happily returned to the Duke's Palace and showed the parchment proving his noble status to Anna and others who had been waiting for a long time.
"I am finally a noble with a territory." Roger said to Lisa and others with great satisfaction: "You all follow me to the territory. From now on, every popular and spicy drinker will be without you!"
"I am willing to follow my lord." Mike, Eddie and others were very touched to receive such a promise from Roger, and quickly expressed their feelings to him. Lisa, Chris and Phil, the two knights, had long regarded Roger as his
As a lifelong goal, there is no need to say anything to Roger.
Only Anna was not as excited as everyone else, but calmed down all the contents on the parchment, and finally sneered: "Humph, you came to the Senate to side with Vatel, and you were actually assigned such a territory!"
"Isn't this a good place?" Roger became nervous when he mentioned the territory. He quickly came to Anna's side and said with the parchment: "Kent County in the province of Reims. I checked the map. This place is close to the sea and has an area
It’s also very big and looks great when you go up there.”
Hearing Roger tell the location of the territory, Chris and other well-informed people all had strange smiles on their faces. When everyone smiled bitterly, Roger also realized that something was wrong and couldn't help but ask tentatively.
: "What...is there anything wrong with this?"
"The area of Kent is not small, but the dry climate and barren land produce very low food yields, so the number of residents there is very small." Seeing Roger looking confused, Anna put her hand on her forehead and explained to him:
"And the southern part of Kent is part of the Green Sea Forest, so
Here is the territory of the elves, but in the northeast is the red mountain range, which is the sphere of influence of the dwarves, and in the northwest is the golden wasteland, where the orcs often move. In short...Kent County is simply an orphan in the human world, as long as there is a little bit
No one in this position wants to stay there!”
"Holy shit!" Unexpectedly, the paradise he imagined was actually like this, and Roger couldn't help but utter a curse word.
Eddie, on the other hand, has always been very interested in the situation in various parts of the kingdom. After listening to Anna's words, he couldn't help but interjected: "But as far as I know, Kent Town is also a good seaport, and it can be traveled upstream along the nearby Gangluo River.
Directly to the pier of Mandos City, so Kent Town has always been an important commercial town, so there should be a lot of tax revenue there, right?"
"That was before." Anna's words extinguished the last glimmer of hope in Roger's heart: "The tax revenue in Kent Town has been getting less and less in the past six months. Only a few hundred gold coins have been paid into the account every month, which is not enough to pay taxes to the kingdom! You are now
After taking over that territory, not only did I get no income, but I also had to pay back gold coins every year!"
"Damn it!" After hearing Anna's words, Roger opened his mouth and said something that no one could understand.