Every family that can enter the top society has passed the test of time. These families can be traced back at least a hundred years, while veteran nobles like Beth Kede have a glorious history of more than two hundred years. These old aristocrats are the mainstay of the federation, and often, such families are giants.
In their genealogy, the relationship is complicated, just like those prosperous ancient trees, whose roots must spread for an unknown number of meters underground. Bethkind is no exception, and like many families, it usually divides many family members into direct blood relatives and offshoots.
In order to ensure the prosperity of the family, the position of patriarch is usually only produced among direct blood relatives. Of course, in certain turbulent times, there are also examples of offshoot clans seizing the position of patriarch. But after all, they are very few, and even if they succeed in seizing the throne, that family's vitality will definitely be severely damaged. After all, most of the family's force and wealth are in the hands of direct blood relatives.
Just like a swarm of bees, in a huge family system, there is also a division of labor between direct and offshoots. After the Battle of Daybreak, this division of labor became even more obvious. Generally speaking, in the family business, some relatively modest work will be handed over to the branch clan to take care of it. They will be responsible for most of the family's business dealings, just like the worker bees in the hive, constantly accumulating wealth for the family.
Direct blood relatives have to shoulder the responsibility of developing the family business and expeditions to foreign battlefields. They have to lay down more colonial planets for the family, and establish safe and stable business routes between these colonial planets and the earth, so that the family can benefit from it. To put it simply, the obligation of the offshoot clans is to be responsible for the business operations of the family, while the direct blood relatives have to find more sources of wealth for the family.
In such a model, in fact, the probability of the fall of direct blood relatives is relatively much higher. However, every direct descendant who can gain a firm foothold in the outer domain battlefield is a hero of one party, and his position in the family system is also difficult to shake. Because in the final analysis, their merits are all played out, and they are truly powerful factions!
Vincent's family is a branch of Bethkind, and his family manages the operations of more than two business chains on the surface for Bethkind. In order to stand out from other offshoot clans, Vincent's father spent a lot of money to send his son to the Dawn Blade Academy in Babylon, which is specially for the children of aristocratic families. Vincent also lived up to his father's expectations and achieved excellent results in the academy.
The evaluation of the younger generation comes from many aspects, among which, the results of the Dawn Blade Academy is one of the important assessments. If Wen Sen can graduate smoothly, then the position of a director of foreign affairs should be out of the question. Although in terms of resources for receiving family support, it is completely incomparable with direct descendants, but in the side branch, the director of foreign affairs is also a hot position.
To be able to achieve the current achievements, apart from the arrogance and arrogance shared by the children of the family, it does not prevent Wen Sen from also possessing a clever and flexible mind. So after hearing what Kodov said, he was immediately moved. He frowned and said, "You mean, Patriarch Horn intends to train this boy named Alan to be someone in an important position? How is this possible? He's just a pariah!"
"Have you seen what Alan looks like?" Kodov asked suddenly.
Vincent smiled contemptuously: "How can I have time to care about what a pariah looks like?"
"as far as I know,
He looks a bit like an aunt of mine. Kodov said slowly, "I heard from my father that Grandpa loved their youngest sister, Aunt Lani, the most. Ten years ago, Aunt Lani left the family suddenly, and since then there has been no news, and Grandpa regrets it painfully. "
Having said that, Kodov shut his mouth, he had already given enough hints.
Sure enough, Vincent lost his voice: "So when he saw the appearance of that Allen, the patriarch fell in love with the situation, and planned to introduce him into the family, so as to make up for the loss of his daughter?"
"Do you think it's impossible? Even if that Allen is not a direct descendant of ours, with his face, who can guarantee that Grandpa will not train him to be the first among the descendants?" Kodov patted the text Sen's shoulder said: "I see that you have worked hard for the past two years. It would be a pity if you fell into the position of director of foreign affairs just because of someone's face."
Vincent nodded vigorously, even showing a trace of ferocity on his face: "Thank you for your reminder, Cousin Kodov's support, I will never forget it."
"It's nothing, I'll just say a few words. Well, I have to go to other places, these two beauties are hard to deal with." Kodov laughed loudly, stood up, and with a wave of his hand, he hugged Walking out of the deck with two hot girls.
Vincent sat in the booth for a while before walking out. Other companions invited him to drink, but he shook his head, and left in a hurry, leaving a few boys staring at him. In the end, someone yelled, "Vincent is gone, who will pay the bill tonight?"
So the teenagers began to struggle with new problems.
Kodov smiled as he watched Vincent duck into his pedestal and quickly leave the twilight. He was also sitting in an extended magic speed car, and two sexy women were kissing his cheeks and helix at the same time. Kodov didn't seem to feel it. Sitting opposite him, an old man in his fifties with a beard and sharp eyes said: "Master, just test that Allen, just leave it to me. Why bother to let Vincent do it."
"Mr. Robert, you should know that he was invited by Grandpa. This shows that no matter what the reason, Grandpa attaches great importance to this brat. So it's better not to have anything to do with us for such a thankless thing, just let him Vincent, go and do it for me." Kodov finally had a reaction, reached into one of the women's chests, held the plump semicircle tightly and said with a smile: "We just need to watch the show, there's no need to make a mess, right? ?”
He said again: "Let's drive, these two little female cats can't wait any longer."
The two women giggled, and one of them squatted at Kodov's feet panting slightly, and started a round of fierce offensive. The old man named Robert had cold eyes, as if he hadn't seen the intense love scene in the car at all.
When Allen woke up, he found that it was already dawn. His face was sticky, and he wiped it away with sweat, but the sweat was full of strong alcohol smell. Looking around again, Tonisf and other soldiers who were having a carnival in Dadan last night were still sleeping soundly. They occupied the tables and sofas in a haphazard manner, and some even lay down on the ground holding wine bottles and fell asleep.
Thinking of the battle hymn they sang last night, looking at these straightforward soldiers, Allen suddenly felt that not everyone in Babylon wore fake clothes.
mask.
"This is a troublemaker."
A voice came from the direction of the bar, where a few small lights were turned on, only illuminating one end of the bar. Under the light, a burly but well-dressed old man was cleaning the bar. He lowered his head and said: "But I like them. When I see these bastards, I think of myself when I was young. Sorry, I let you listen to a lot of old people complaining. My name is Yuki, and I have known that old Hughton for a long time .I heard that he mentored you?"
"Yes, thanks to Mr. Hughton's guidance, otherwise, I'm afraid I can't stand here." Alan stood up and said, and said with some disappointment: "He also said that if you are interested in the future, you can ask him to learn the Rubik's Cube sequence design, but I didn’t see him after the game.”
"He came last night, while you were asleep. In fact..." Yuki took out a note from his pocket, "Here's the address he gave you, for you to go to when you want to learn that shit Him. Oh, and he said you'd better bring a good drink with you, or he wouldn't open the door, you bloody old drunk!"
Allen took the note from Yuki, and there was indeed an address on it. He looked at the old man and said sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Yuki."
"You're welcome, just remember to join us when you have time." Yuki looked outside the door and murmured: "It should be almost there."
"What is it?"
"The person who came to pick you up should be almost here." Yuki put down a polished wine glass: "There is nothing on Babylon that Bethkind doesn't know about."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the bar was pushed open, and the butler Hai Xin walked in, looked at Allen and said, "Young master, please come with me, the master asked me to pick you up."
"but I… "
"It's okay, I've already packed your things for you, so you don't need to go back to the training center." Haixin said carefully.
Allen spread his hands and said, "Okay then."
Then he said to Yuki: "Please say goodbye to Tonisf for me, I will go find him when I am free."
"Be sure to bring it."
Allen and Heissing walked out of the bar, and a speeding car with the Bethkind family crest was already parked on the street in front of the bar gate. The main body of the family's coat of arms is a shield with a Griffin pattern painted on it, and a symmetrical pattern of long swords extends around it. The colors are mainly black and yellow, which are very eye-catching.
This badge is the symbol of the chief of Bethkind. The badges of other clans are extended and changed based on this, but there are some things that are not allowed to be used. For example, the Griffon, and the logo that only the patriarch can use the long sword.
When Allen's name is compiled into the heir sequence, he will also have his own badge, which is a symbol of status and a business card for socializing among nobles. Of course, for Allen at this time, he still had nothing in Beth Codery.
Sitting on the magic speed car, Allen watched the car leave Golden Wing Street and headed east. Gradually, the buildings on both sides of the road began to disappear, replaced by rolling mountains and lush green trees. The sun was rising from the east, and the brilliant sunlight was like a gift from God, bathing Babylon in a golden light.
A new day has arrived, and Alan will usher in the most important turning point in his life.
(end of this chapter)