It was not until the afternoon that Gray and his party, with only more than two hundred people left, returned to the castle.
The bodies of the war dead were placed, and then rewards were given to the noble families who participated in the war based on the number of enemies killed.
Among them, the Kipling family received the most rewards, receiving a total of 1,500 gold coins.
This is another baron family in the territory besides the Ricardo family. The people in this baron family are not good at sociability, but the family nobles and soldiers are all good at fighting. It can be called the first battle among the nobles entrusted by the Fergus family. Will.
In this territorial battle, Kipling killed 57 enemy cavalry, which was the family that killed the most enemy cavalry besides the Fergus family.
Then came the Ricardo family, who killed 35 enemy cavalry and received a reward of 1,000 gold coins.
After that, the other six Lord families received gold coins ranging from 300 to 500.
Including the reward and death pension directly belonging to the Fergus family cavalry, the Fergus family spent a full 5,000 gold coins on this reward, which is almost equivalent to half a year's tax income of the Fergus family.
With 50,000 gold coins plus compensation for all the property of the Heck family, the Fergus family is now rich and naturally will not treat the nobles and soldiers participating in the war poorly in terms of rewards.
The discounted portion of the Heck family's property has not yet been finally calculated. Someone has been assigned to calculate the discounted value in the Oliver Viscounty. I believe the statistical results will be available soon.
Then came the celebration banquet. A grand celebration banquet for more than two hundred people was held as the night was approaching.
The chefs of the castle showed their exquisite cooking skills and served exquisite dishes to the nobles and nobles who returned from the battle. Each noble and nobles held a transparent crystal cup filled with red wine, and sipped at each other. They praised each other for today's big win.
Even ordinary cavalry can enjoy some delicacies and precious ales that are difficult to eat at ordinary times.
In this world where food production is not developed, wine brewed from food is very precious.
Although I occasionally think of my teammates who died in battle around me, I just sigh slightly.
Death in battle is what the cavalry belongs to. They enjoy better treatment provided by the nobles than ordinary civilians, and all they have to do is use their lives to fight for the nobles.
Moreover, the family members of every cavalry killed in battle will receive a large amount of pension, which relieves them from worries. Although they died in battle, at least their family members can receive a large sum of money.
"Master Gray, let me toast you!"
"Master Gray, cheers to your heroic performance on the battlefield today!"
At the celebration banquet, Gray was toasted by a group of nobles one after another. While toasting, they did not forget to praise Gray.
Although it was mostly exaggerated, Gray's performance in today's battle was indeed remarkable. For someone who was on the battlefield for the first time, his performance was excellent.
Of course, with the all-round character of the nobles, they will not neglect Bernal and Ellis. Bernal's performance is obvious to all, because this is not the first time he has experienced actual combat, and his performance is even better than Gray's.
As for Ellis, although his performance was not satisfactory, he suddenly smiled under the deliberate flattery of these noble children.
During the entire celebration banquet, Gray kept a smile on his face, and he accepted everyone's toasts. When he was not toasting, he was swiping the food on the table to his heart's content.
Normally, in order not to behave too abnormally, Gray would try his best to suppress his appetite. Now at this celebration banquet, there were so many delicious foods, he simply let go and ate.
The celebration party didn't end until late at night. After taking a bath, Gray felt refreshed and returned to the bedroom, followed by the maid Barbara.
Although he drank a lot, he surprisingly didn't feel drunk. This kind of drinking capacity was something he didn't have in his previous life.
I don't know if it's because this body's alcohol capacity is different from that of ordinary people, or if it's because of that inexplicable transformation.
"Brother, are you not injured?"
Pushing open the bedroom door, the oil lamp in the bedroom was on. A girl stood up from the armchair next to the desk by the window, trotted up to Gray in a few steps, and looked at Gray carefully.
The girl has long black silky hair, beautiful blue eyes, and is wearing a light blue dress. She is Sarah.
Today's celebration banquet was not suitable for women to attend. She, Mrs. Milan and Caroline did not attend. Although they knew that Gray had returned safely, they did not know the specific situation of Gray.
"Don't worry, I'm not hurt!"
After touching the girl's head, Gray had a smile on his face.
Hearing the girl's heartfelt worry, Gray couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and a feeling of being cared for came to his mind.
Although the mastermind behind his assassination has been found out, he is no longer as wary of everyone in the castle as before.
Even because Bernal solved the assassination against him and found out the mastermind behind it, his sense of other people in the castle has improved a lot, but the one who really cares about him the most is the girl in front of him. .
"That's good. When fighting, remember to protect yourself, remember to be careful, remember to..."
After checking carefully and confirming that Gray was not injured, Sarah breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a series of "preaching".
"Yeah, um, I know!"
Gray shrugged and nodded helplessly.
He is an adult, and his body is two years older than that of the girl, but somehow it feels like he is upside down, as if he is the one being taken care of.
"Miss Sarah, don't worry, Master Gray is very powerful. I heard from other servants that Master Gray killed five enemies this time, and even the Viscount personally praised him."
Next to her, Barbara, a tall figure wearing a black and white maid uniform, smiled.
"Killed five enemies? Even my father praised him personally?"
Sarah's face showed surprise and joy.
For people in this world, even for women, when they hear that their companions have killed the enemy, the first thing that comes to their mind is not sympathy for the enemy, but joy for the strength of their companions.
"Well, I heard the servant who served the dishes just now said that many nobles toasted to Master Gray."
Barbara said with joy on her face.
For her as Gray's exclusive maid, the stronger Gray is and the more valued he is by Viscount Fergus, the better her status and treatment in the castle will be.
It can be said that there is both glory and loss. Now that Green is so favored by Viscount Fergus, she is naturally extremely happy.
…
It was late at night, but there was still light in Viscount Fergus's study. Viscount Fergus, dressed in home clothes, sat at the desk, seeming to be meditating quietly, and seemed to be waiting for something.
Bang, bang, bang!
There was a gentle knock on the door. Viscount Fergus glanced in the direction of the door and spoke.
"Come in!"
The study door was pushed open, and a man pushed the door open and walked in. The man was wearing a dark leather armor inside and a wide black cloak outside.
The hood of the cloak was not covering his head, revealing a white and beardless face.
"Lord Viscount!"
The man put his right hand on his chest, bent down and saluted Viscount Fergus.
"Um."
Viscount Fergus nodded, with no surprise on his face at the man's appearance. It was obvious that he had already known that the man would arrive.
"Lord Viscount, why did you summon me here...?"
The man carefully observed Viscount Fergus and asked in a humble manner.
"Go and destroy the Heck family."
Viscount Fergus said with a cold face, as if he was not talking about killing a family, but killing a chicken and a duck.
The Heck family is the lord family of the burly man who assassinated Gray. Of course, this family today has been deprived of its lordship by the Oliver family due to the request of the Fergus family.
"yes."
The fair-faced and beardless man responded respectfully, then turned around, opened the study door and left.
The Oliver family has assassins who specialize in doing "dirty things" for them. As the Fergus family is also a viscount family, it is natural that they also have assassins.
Although the Heck family has been deprived of their title, Viscount Fergus obviously did not let the family go.
If he could, he would definitely assassinate the children of the Oliver family as well. However, after this territorial war, the Oliver family would definitely protect their children closely, making it difficult to find opportunities for assassination.
(End of chapter)