Ever since Bodfinger called out "Sir" in public the next morning, Lorist found that things started to get weird. I don’t know if it’s because of Keli’s show off or something. The servants and employees in the residential area of the Academy’s Gold School would greet me warmly when they saw her before: “Good morning, Professor Locke” or something, but now they saw me sitting by the lake after dinner When taking a walk, he respectfully yields to the side of the road from a long distance, and bows deeply after he walks over: "Hello, my lord", this makes Lorist very uncomfortable.
Then there was Terman's arrival, late that night, when Soderkamp came up to report that Terman was visiting, alone.
Lorist was very strange. Terman seldom came to his home alone, especially at such a late hour. I don't know if something went wrong, or something about the sword club? But during the holidays of the academy, there are no activities in the swordsmanship club
Lorist went downstairs and came to the living room, and Terman stood up from the sofa to greet him.
Lorist asked Terman to sit down, but Terman ignored him. Instead, he stood in front of Lorist respectfully, but the words he uttered shocked Lorist: "I resigned." .”
"What?" Lorist froze...
I'm not joking, Terman, you are the deputy captain of the law enforcement team of the Law Enforcement Department of Chenxi Academy, and you also serve as the executive vice president of the Swordsmanship Club. If you resign, you will resign. As the president of the Swordsmanship Club, why don't I know? Who approved it
"I've been thinking about it for several days, and I finally made up my mind this afternoon. Even Fatty Shi didn't know about it. I went directly to Dean Levins and offered to resign, and the dean agreed." Terman continued in a low voice. .
"What happened to make you do this?" Lorist felt his head start to swell again. Terman held two positions in the college, and he got eight to nine Goldfords a month with salary plus benefits. No matter how many people envied him Come on, why did you suddenly choose to resign
Terman lowered his head and said: "I feel that the days in the academy are too ordinary and boring. I long for adventure and long for war. I am a knight. Before he died, my father told me that the most regretful thing in his life is not to die. On the battlefield, but was tortured to death on the bed. I don't want to follow my father's old way, knight, I should fight everywhere."
This, what kind of shit reason is this? Are you still the steady, calm and clear-headed Terman I know, the taciturn and honest and reliable Terman? You won’t be crossed by some war madman, right? As Terman’s friend, Lorist feels that he has the responsibility to wake up Terman’s dizzy mind, and let Terman recover while there is still room for redemption. Withdraw the decision to resign.
Before he could figure out how to persuade Terman, Lorist saw Terman knelt down on one knee in front of him: "Lock, this is the last time I will call you that. You are willing to take in a friend who has nowhere to go , go to the Northland with you?"
"I, Vipoli Terman, am willing to become a knight of the Norton family, to serve Lord Norton Lorist, follow in his footsteps, and fight everywhere for him."
Lorist was shocked...
At some point, Bodfinger appeared beside Lorist and handed Lorist his sword.
Lorist took the long sword numbly, pulled it out of its sheath, then patted Terman's shoulders twice with the blade of the sword, and said numbly, "Get up, my knight."
This temporary and simple ceremony of joining the family knights was completed. Bodfinger and Terman embraced each other warmly: "Welcome to join, my brother."
Well, this sentence has not changed, the world is still normal... Lorist thought to himself.
Sedkamp bowed happily to Terman, very happy in his heart. The young master deserves to be the young master. Another three-star silver swordsman voluntarily joins the family. This is almost unimaginable in the North. The Norton family will definitely have a brilliant future under the young master's guidance.
Sedkamp remembered a very important thing, and hurriedly reminded his young master: "Master, you haven't prepared the family badge worn by the family knights, I brought a pattern..."
"You can ask Reddy to drive you to the coat of arms shop to order it tomorrow. By the way, prepare a gold one too. Borg is about to be promoted." Lorist said, stroking his forehead.
I really don't understand why Terman made such a decision, maybe this is the difference between the two worlds. In the previous life, everyone was willing to be the head of a chicken rather than the tail of an ox, but Galintia was a family that everyone wanted to find a loyal family for themselves. This is the biggest difference between the two civilizations.
The more Lorist thought about it, the more he had a headache, but he still didn't think about it: "By the way, Terman, I remember that you have your own high-level fighting spirit?"
"Yes, my lord," Terman replied.
"Okay, then, I won't prepare the cheats for fighting qi for you. Sodkamp, go to my study and get the Michelk steel mail armor, as a gift for Terman becoming a family knight." Lorist explain.
Mixiek fine steel mail armor is produced in the Mixiek region of the Kingdom of Temanda. It is known for its strong defense, especially against puncture damage. The annual output is very small, and the supply exceeds demand. Since Lorist was going back to the Northland, in order to prevent false arrows, he specially spent 300 gold coins to ask Chairman Peterson to get one. It was less than three days after I got it, and I changed hands and gave it away as a gift.
"Thank you, sir." Terman was not polite.
Lorist walked upstairs, ignoring Bodfinger and Terman who were opening a bottle to celebrate: "I went up to rest, and my head hurts. Terman. There is still a vacant guest room upstairs, you can move here .”
Terman resigned from the college. The dormitory he is currently living in will be returned to the college. Fortunately, Lorist still has a vacant room here.
"Yes, my lord," said Terman.
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As if overnight, everyone living in Dawn Academy knew the news that Lorist was about to leave for the Northland to inherit the territory and become a lord. When Lorist went out to go home, he saw Supervisor Scarlett of the management office at the gate of the residential area, and Lorist got out of the car to say hello. Supervisor Scarlett talked with Lorist very enthusiastically, and then said that the north is bitterly cold, so you should pay attention to your body and be careful not to catch a cold. Then she took out a sweater she knitted by herself and gave it to Lorist, wishing him an excellent lord.
Lorist was puzzled with the sweater, but he didn't say anything...
After dinner, Professor Marin came to visit. He brought a big box, saying it was his wife's belongings, and gave it to Lorist as a farewell gift. I believe Lorist will definitely use it when he goes to the Northland.
Lorist was dizzy when he heard that, and quickly declined. What do you want Mrs. Marin's belongings for? Will it be useful on the road? Is it okay to brag about things? It wasn't until Professor Marin opened the box that Lorist realized that he had misunderstood. This wife was not Mrs. Bi. This wife was the mare Jenny that Professor Marin had always claimed to be his second wife. Inside the box was a set of horse armor and a saddle. , and a pair of stirrups.
Professor Marin caressed these things and told Lorist that these belonged to Jenny, and now she is old and can't run anymore, so these things have no other purpose except to keep them as souvenirs. Lorist would have to ride a horse if he wanted to go to the Northland, and he might have to fight, so he gave these things to Lorist as a gift, so as to increase his defense.
Lorist thanked Brother Marin, opened a few bottles of hidden wine and asked Marin to teach him how to taste it.
Marin taught Xi to talk and talk a lot, boasting about his heroic deeds in the city defense army while drinking, and finally got drunk and was sent back.
Professor Anfeiya came to visit the next afternoon, and she brought a long suitcase. First of all, she told Lorist the good news. Her husband, Kruder Gold of Dawn Academy, after half a year of hard training and comprehension, finally broke through the gold rank and became a great swordsman. This will change the situation that Chenxi Academy does not have a great swordsman in charge. I believe that after the news spreads, the reputation of Chenxi Academy will rise to a higher level.
Lorist quickly congratulated, and Professor Anfeya said that there are seven good swords in the long box, all of which are the collections of Professor Crude. Hearing that Lorist was going back to the North to take over as the lord, Instructor Kruder ordered her to bring the seven swords over, and said that going to the North, traveling thousands of miles and fighting all the way, would inevitably break the swords in his hands. He was very confident in Lorist's swordsmanship, but he was worried that the long sword in Lorist's hand would not be able to kill for a long time, so he gave these seven swords to Lorist to strengthen his journey.
Lorist expressed his gratitude repeatedly, and thought about what gift to send back as a congratulatory gift for Kruder to become a great swordsman. Instructor Anfeya saw Lorist's thoughts, smiled and said no. This time Crude taught him to become a great swordsman. The duel with Locke last year gave him a lot of insights, and it was very helpful for him to break through the golden rank. As for herself, she has already learned the art of pulse from Lorist. It was too late for learning and thanking, so Lorist didn't have to bother thinking about returning the gift.
Hearing what Instructor Anfiya said, Lorist laughed. Didn't you have a gift for Instructor Crude, but there really is a suitable gift for Instructor Anfeya, anyway, they are a husband and wife. He asked Professor Anfeiya to wait a while, then went upstairs to get a delicate wooden box, and went downstairs to give it to Professor Anfeiya.
Professor Anfeiya opened the box and was pleasantly surprised. Just as he was about to take out the gift and take a closer look, Lorist said that he would take a closer look at it when he went back, and don't tell others that I got it from here, I'm afraid of trouble.
Instructor Anfeiya nodded, carefully holding the wooden box and going back beaming.
In the next few days, the gifts Lorist received almost filled his study room. All the professors he met at Dawn Academy gave Lorist a farewell gift, not weapons and equipment, but cold-proof clothing, gloves, and boots. , cloak or something. Instructor Hughes sent a good leather armor, Instructor Villedo, who majored in cavalry, sent a pair of golden spurs, and Instructor Wan Sen, an equestrian major, sent an Illinois horse to Los Angeles. Rist, this is a favorite mount of heavy armored knights. He is tall and long-legged, capable of carrying heavy loads. He is smart and human, and has an extremely fast sprint speed. However, he has poor long-distance endurance and is picky about food.
Instructor Robov of Pharmacy directly brought a large box for Lorist. Inside were nearly a hundred test tubes containing various medicines, which were even wrapped and fixed to prevent shock, knock and breakage. Lorist couldn't laugh or cry, I didn't go back to be a healing pharmacist, so what's the point of bringing a box of medicine back home
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Fatty Shi and Yuri came to visit hand in hand. Lorist was relieved to see that they were empty-handed, looking left and right, and welcomed them into the living room. As soon as he sat down, Lorist was overwhelmed by what Yuri said. Jumped up in surprise.
Because Yuri said: "Lock, Brother Shi and I came here today to join you. Both of us have resigned and are going to be knights of your family."
Fatty Shi sat beside him angrily and didn't speak...
Yuri watched Lorist rush into the bathroom, took a silver plate that was used as a mirror and looked at it for a long time, and then let out a long breath before coming out.
"Lock, what are you doing?" Yuri felt that Lorist's actions just now were very inexplicable.
Lorist said: "Let me see if something suddenly grew on my face, which made me look like a domineering king, that's why you came to join me. Don't worry now, I didn't grow any superfluous things, and there is nothing wrong with it." Wang Baqi, it turns out that you are here to tease me."
Yuri couldn't help but laugh: "Lock, what I said is true."
Lorist didn't believe it at all: "Don't be kidding, my brother has a lot of things to keep busy in his mind now, and he's almost exhausted. You guys still come here to tease me, you're not enough friends."
Yuri said seriously: "Lock, I have really resigned. You know that I am from the Havistan Khanate, from the grasslands. If my parents hadn't saved their lives to save an earl, I would not have been sent by that earl. Go to Morente City to study. Last time the earl asked me if I would like to go back to be his family knight, I refused, after all, my parents died for him. In Dawn College, although I am an equestrian instructor, those who The students didn't respect me very much because I came from the grassland, and they called me the barbarian teacher behind their backs. You know this, if it weren't for friends like you, I would have wanted to leave a long time ago. Now that Terman chooses to follow you, I think about it Go, I still think his choice is very wise, becoming your family knight, we can still be together, so I came."
"Okay, your reason convinced me, I welcome you to join, Yuri. What's the matter with the fat man? He doesn't want to be a knight of other people's family?" Lorist pouted at the fat man. .
Yuri smiled: "That's right, Brother Shi was stimulated this afternoon."
"Stimulated? Who, with such a great ability, I have to learn." Lorist was very curious.
"It's Terman," Yuri said.
"Impossible, how did Terman provoke him?" Lorist was even more surprised. Terman was an honest man, and only Fatty Shi had always been the one to bully him.
"Didn't Brother Shi's father come these days?"
"Well, I know about this, I visited the day before yesterday." Lorist nodded.
Fatty Shi is not a native of Morente City either. His hometown is Trimble Kingdom, which is famous for producing green glass and oil glass. Fatty Shi's father was a businessman, and he had real estate and stores in the capital of Trimble Kingdom and Morente City. In addition, his father is the cousin of Dean Levins and one of the long-term patrons of Dawn Academy. This is also the reason why Fatty Shi got along like a fish in water in the college, and no one would hold him accountable for doing something out of the ordinary occasionally.
In the past two days, Fatty Shi's father came to see him at the college, and had a meal with Dean Levins by the way. After eating, I took a stroll in the college to digest my food. Then it happened to run into Terman and Yuri.
Yuri had something on his mind, and was thinking about resigning like Terman. When he came out of his dormitory, he saw Fatty Shi and his son and Dean Levins, and he also came forward to say hello with love and reason. When he was saluting and saying hello, he saw Terman coming in from outside the academy.
Terman wore the knight badge of the Norton family. When he saw Fatty Shi and Yuri, they would of course come over to say hello, and he heard that Fatty Shi's father had come these days and he hadn't gone to say hello, so he just took this opportunity to ask Ann, besides, Dean Levins was also there, so he had to salute, so he rushed over to everyone.
Seeing that Fatty Shi was about to laugh at the knight insignia on Terman's chest, unexpectedly, his father grabbed him and Yuri, pulled them to the side of the road to get out of the way, and bowed deeply to Terman. He bowed and asked very humbly: "Good afternoon, my lord, what are your orders?"
Terman petrochemical…
Fatty Shi petrochemical...
Yuri petrochemical…
Levins Dean Petrochemical…
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely weird for a while, and Fatty Shi's father cautiously asked again: "My lord? You..."
Terman fled...
Fatty Shi woke up and was furious: "Father, he is my friend, why did you do this, it's embarrassing... Ouch!"
Fatty Shi's father knocked him hard on the head: "He is a nobleman, haven't you seen the family badge on his chest? A roaring giant bear, very imposing. There is a circle of laurel leaves around the badge, at least A family with a history of two hundred years. For him, even if he is your friend, you should maintain a respectful attitude. This is not shame, but awe, do you understand?"
"There are two things worthy of awe in this world. One is title and the other is knowledge. Like your cousin, he has knowledge, so others respect him, but knowledge can only make others fear him. He died of this awe. It's gone. But the title of title can pass on this awe, and even benefit everyone in his family. Don't look at your father's money, but no matter how rich a businessman is, he must be respectful to any country noble when he sees him outside Salute and say hello, because he has the right to punish any commoner and freeman who is rude to him, even if he kills you."
"Don't be unconvinced, do you want to say that it's okay for me to offend a few nobles last time? Those are not territorial nobles, those are just honorary nobles. Their titles are vain and have no territory, just like your cousin's title It’s just like a knight, it’s just an honorary title, the title will be gone after death, and you can tell the difference between honorary nobles and territorial nobles by looking at the badge. Why doesn’t your cousin wear a knight badge? It’s because he feels ashamed , if you don’t have a territory, you don’t have subordinates, who will care about you?”
Dean Levins continues to petrify…
"Your father is incompetent, and he failed to earn you a hereditary title. All you can buy with money are honorary titles. Those are not rare. If you work harder and earn my future grandson a hereditary title, then you are old Dad is willing to die! Even though you are in a high position in the academy now, this is useless. To be clear, it is not a stick in your cousin's hand. He can beat whoever he asks you to beat. Tell yourself, do you look like those high-ranking thugs and bodyguards in the chamber of commerce, who seem to have a high status and earn a lot of money, but you are still a low-level lackey."
Dean Levins is petrifying again...
Fatty Shi's father let out a long sigh: "Dad used to put his family's hope of obtaining a title on you, but looking at you now, to be honest, Dad only hopes that you can live in peace in this life. The grandson of the family can live up to his expectations and realize the family's wish... "
After saying these words, Fatty Shi's father turned around and left lonely, leaving only Dean Levins, Fatty Shi and Yuri, and the fallen leaves flying in the air, with desolate eyes everywhere...
The three were silent, Yuri took the opportunity to resign to Dean Levins, and Dean Levins agreed.
Looking at Fatty Shi who was still in a daze, Yuri said too much: "Brother Shi is also resigning..."
Dean Levins turned around and left, but he still left a sentence: "Let's go, you all go, I hope you will go as you wish, and have a safe journey."
"So, we have all resigned, Locke, if you are not willing to accept us as your family knights, we can only become wandering knights..." Yuri said.