So even Mozo couldn't help but be stunned for a moment before asking:
"Where are you going and what are you doing?"
"Find a key. It's very important to me. I've also read the notes of my predecessors. Even outside the spirit world, our extraordinary characteristics can be recovered by the Ten-Man Contract."
The words of the white mask were still so calm, but the determination inside was so firm.
After Mozo pondered for a moment, he turned around and took out a few sheets of white paper from the desk. Then the Nameless Book was summoned out. After lightly pressing the Nameless Book on it, a large amount of text and pictures appeared on the white paper.
"This is my little token of my appreciation. These are my understandings of the spirit world. Perhaps they can help you. As for what lies beyond the spirit world, I don't know much either."
The white mask took the pieces of paper with gratitude, then took out a rune from his arms and handed it to Mozo:
"This is a death-substitute rune I made. It took me a lot of effort to lock a miracle inside. You can take it. It will be my return gift."
Then the White Mask took out a notebook and said:
"These are some of the arrangements I made over the years and the secret history I collected. I'm handing them over to you as well. The only regret is that the duke's miracle failed for some reason, otherwise I would have been able to witness a very exciting piece of history."
This sentence made Mozo feel a little uncomfortable. Miracles are fine, the problem is that he didn't die...
After saying this, the White Mask thought about whether there was anything missing, and then said with a sense of relief:
"I've said everything I need to say. I should go now!"
After bowing slightly to Mozo, the white mask disappeared on the spot.
Mozo couldn't help shaking his head as he held the thick note in his hand. In the long history of Wuxiang Courtyard, he had seen such situations many times, but almost every time it ended in regret.
But, he said he was going to find a key? Was he trying to open something? Or was he going to the spirit world to find it?!
Before Mozo could think about it, the landlord's voice came from downstairs:
"Mozo. Your friend is looking for you!"
Looking for me?! Mozo came back to his senses. He went downstairs a little confused, and then saw an old acquaintance of the Supervisory Council - Brother Windbreaker.
The other person was still wearing the same brown windbreaker that he hadn't changed for a thousand years. When he saw Mozo coming down the stairs, he said to Mozo:
"Let's go, the mayor asked me to come find you."
Mozo glanced at the carriage parked outside the door and asked:
"Is the mayor looking for me, or is he going to the Fog City?!"
Brother Windbreaker nodded:
"Both. The mayor wants to see you and take you to the Fog City."
"So I'll go pack my things?"
"Of course, but don't prepare too much."
As he spoke, the man in the windbreaker smiled mysteriously:
"The real world will definitely surprise you!"
But Mozo said calmly:
"I know, I just want a change of clothes."
63 House of Representatives
Mozzo, wearing a tuxedo again, took an airship under the leadership of Count Hahn and arrived at the foggy city after "not seeing it for many years".
Fog City, the capital of the Loran Empire, is the country's highest power center.
It is also the place most desired by all the princes, nobles, gentry and merchants in Loran, because it is not only the center of power, but also the center of wealth.
Fame and power, money and beauty, everything you want can be found in the foggy city.
After getting off the airship, the Count took Mozo to a carriage without any obvious emblem.
On the carriage, the Count said to Mozo in a serious tone:
"This time, I am indeed going to confer a knighthood on you. But as for the process, I am afraid it is not optimistic."
Mozo was stunned when he heard this. What the hell? I've finally managed to get into the aristocratic circle, and now you tell me this
"Can you tell me more about that?"
After considering his words, the Earl moved his fingers slightly, causing countless thin green vines to cover the entire interior of the carriage.
After sitting down for a while, the Count said to Mozo:
"The Special Zone is a promotion ceremony for some big shot. You know that, right?"
Mozo nodded in confusion, and then suddenly realized that few people knew that the Special Zone was Cromwell's resurrection ceremony. Of course, if the resurrection failed, few people would know about it.
But if he hadn't come back, then the nobles of Loran today would have been surprised to find that there was no extra angel or demigod in Loran. In this case, everyone would have speculated that the promotion ceremony of the special zone had failed.
As a result, Mozo, the hero who saved the Special Zone, seemed a little embarrassed. Admittedly, his achievements are indelible, but the most critical promotion was a failure...
After thinking about this, Mozo felt a little sad. Was he setting himself up for trouble again? !
But he still pretended to be surprised and whispered:
"You mean it failed?"
The count nodded regretfully:
"It's not certain yet, but at least the vast majority of nobles think so. So unless something unexpected happens, your title and fiefdom will probably be downgraded."
Conferring titles, or conferring real power titles, has been an extremely serious matter in the empire in recent years.
Even if it was just to seal off a knight's manor, it would be done with great caution, because a powerful knight could be said to be a country within a country in a sense.
In this regard, the greater the title, the more obvious it is. For example, many small countries in the Northern Business Alliance were originally vassals of the Heather Empire.
But later, they took advantage of the change of regime in the Hesser Empire and the instability of the imperial power to declare independence. They joined the business alliance to ensure the stability of their independence. Moreover, after independence, the process of their transition from aristocratic territory to a country was almost non-existent, and it was so smooth that even they themselves could not believe it.
From this point alone, we can see how exaggerated the control of the powerful nobles over their own territories is.
This is somewhat related to Mozo, because at that time, those nobles just wanted to shout slogans to make the new King Heather give more concessions.
But they were set up by Mozo or Lord Cromwell, so that they had no choice but to become independent.
Thinking about it now, I feel a lot of emotion.
However, this made Mozo's title a bit tricky. It was certainly not that he would not be given a title, but now Mozo was no longer a viscount, and even the title of baron was a bit empty.
The Earl thought for a while before saying:
"Given the Empire's current attitude towards conferring titles, Mozo, you should be prepared. You will probably be conferred the title of Lord."
Lord, also known as Baronet, is higher than Knight, but lower than Baron. It is a noble who can have knights, but the fief is the same level of manor as the knight. Therefore, a Lord normally does not have his own knights because he cannot even give out fiefs.
Even if there is one, he can only be a pseudo-knight in name only. In this way, even in this era, nobles without knights cannot be accepted as orthodox nobles by other nobles. Therefore, the noble system of various countries is generally composed of five ranks: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. Lords and knights are considered nobles, but they are not normally counted among them.
"I know that this reward is a bit too much for you who saved a city, but please believe that this is by no means an exploitation or insult from the Empire. It's just that things have been too difficult recently."
The Earl also continued to comfort Mozo after the speech. After all, in the Earl's view, even if the ritual issue of the special zone was put aside, the fact that Mozo protected the city of Cromwell was enough to give him a generous reward.
However, the Empire attaches great importance to and is very strict about the issue of conferring titles, and the big shot is suspected of failing to be promoted. At this time, it is not easy to force Mozo to "confer a high title".
When these problems overlap, a problem arises that even the Count himself feels helpless about:
He did think that Mozo should be given a higher reward, but at the same time, he also felt that Mozo should not be given a title that matched his merits at this moment.
Otherwise, if Mozo's true identity (a member of Wuxiang Courtyard) cannot be made public, Mozo, a small character without a definite political backer (the so-called big shot), would be promoted to a higher position "overstepping his level".
It's easy to guess how many nobles would take advantage of the opportunity. If they just took advantage of the opportunity, it would be fine, but if they started to make trouble for Mozo's fiefdom after he arrived, then there would be a lot of problems.
Mozo was only slightly disappointed. Then he began to look forward to what his title would be and where his fiefdom would be.
Mozo's nature is very optimistic, and another very important point is that Mozo's understanding of the extraordinary world mainly comes from dream operas, and Mozo's dream operas are basically all about climbing up quickly from small roles.
Therefore, Mozo is subconsciously accustomed to starting from the bottom and finally counterattacking and getting slapped in the face.
The Count had no choice but to bring Mozzo to the House of Representatives.
Starting from the royal knights guarding the gate, and passing through a steel corridor carved with various imperial heroes, Mozzo and the Count arrived at the highest authority in Loran - the House of Representatives.
The parliament had not yet fully begun, but many nobles had already arrived. Except for a few seats where people were still coming, the rest of the seats were filled with nobles who were constantly discussing in low voices.
Today's parliament was proposed by Her Majesty the Queen in order to give Mozo the title of Lord. So all the nobles who could come rushed here.
It has been nearly two hundred years since the empire has granted an outsider a title of real power. Therefore, the nobles' discussions were filled with malicious intent that they themselves were probably not aware of.
Obviously, subconsciously, they would not tolerate an "outsider" without real backing and noble blood to join their class.
This is also the fundamental reason why Mozo had never thought about becoming a noble before.
Mozo ignored the discussions of many nobles and walked to his seat - the platform in the center of the House of Representatives.
Waiting here for your Lordship meeting to begin.
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64 Mozo's Plan
Around the platform were seats for nobles that rose in a stair-like pattern. In front of the platform was another high platform, which was prepared for the three queens.
Among the countless nobles, Count Hahn came all the way to his seat, sat down and began to think about whether he could help Mozo. Then he made a sad discovery.
As a court noble, even if he was a demigod, it was difficult for him to provide much help to Mozo in this situation because he had given up his real power and territory.
The problem with Mozo is a problem between powerful nobles.
Of course, he could force his way forward. In this case, facing the majesty of a demigod, the number of nobles who would try to trip up Mozo would inevitably be greatly reduced. However, the price of this would be that Mozo would have to rely on a court noble like him as a political backer in the future.
This is really unreliable for the powerful nobles far away from the palace.
As for defending it all the way to the end, that's fine, but the relationship between the Count and Mozzo is not that good.
But at this time, the Earl suddenly noticed that the nobles around him seemed to have changed? !
After looking up, the count said in surprise:
"Duke of Windsor?"
Yes, the person sitting next to the Earl is no longer the colleague he was familiar with before, but the contemporary Grand Duke of Windsor.
The Duke of Windsor smiled and greeted him, then asked:
"What do you think of Mozo?"
The Earl said without hesitation:
“A very good young man.”
The Duke of Windsor nodded with satisfaction:
"That's good."
The Earl was stunned for a moment, then asked with some surprise:
"You want to give him a hand?"
Yes, Mozo not only saved the city of Cromwell, but also saved the Duke's only daughter. With this relationship, the Duke is likely to be willing to help.