"So, now we are just waiting for your family to come, right?" Nora said thoughtfully.
"Yes." Eleanor was confident. "You also know that the Church cannot restrict believers from absorbing extraordinary powers, but it clearly prohibits believers from taking magic potions to become extraordinary people."
"As long as I tell them that I am already a transcendent, my family will definitely help me cover up my heretic identity. They will not force me to risk being exposed by marrying other nobles, nor will they allow me to enter a monastery."
"The best way is to let me inherit a piece of family land. This way I can have an income to support myself and I don't have to worry about exposing my identity as a transcendent."
"Really?" Nora said slowly, "Then if your father allows you to inherit the fiefdom..."
"Then you'll leave us, right?"
Eleanor stood there in a daze, seemingly not having thought about this yet, and then she smiled rather reluctantly:
"Yes. After all, I am the Duke's daughter. I can't... be a mercenary for the rest of my life."
"Ellie." Nora hugged her gently, her voice choking, "I really hope you can realize your dream, but I can't bear to see you leave..."
"Nora." Eleanor patted her back comfortingly. "Even if I leave, I am still a member of the Azure Sword. In my fiefdom, everyone is always welcome to come back and rest."
The two girls hugged each other and cried, which was very sad. Medea was tired of watching and secretly complained in her heart:
It seems as if you have already convinced your family and successfully obtained the fiefdom.
She was thinking about something when she saw Ask teleport next to her.
"It's settled." Ask said, "Let's gather everyone. We are going to enter the town."
"Wait a moment." Medea used telepathic communication to report on Eleanor's affairs.
"Oh," said Ask.
"Not surprised?" Medea asked.
"That's surprising," Ask said.
"Not worried?" Medea asked again.
"Don't worry." Ask replied, "You know where history is going in the next few years, right?"
Medea was stunned for a moment, then she reacted.
Civil War in Shinra.
By then, the dukes would have begun to prepare for war in all aspects and recruit soldiers from their vassal territories. How would they have the time to allocate additional territories to their children
I'll give it to you. Are you going to recruit the soldiers here? You just became a lord. Do you know the situation of your own territory
"He's very cunning." Medea commented with a smile, "It seems that I was worrying too much."
"It has nothing to do with being cunning and treacherous," Ask said. "Times have their own trends, and people cannot go against the trend."
"In the next few years, being a mercenary will bring the greatest benefits, because they will wander around, participate in the changes in various parts of the continent, and grab extraordinary power from them, quickly improving their own level and strength."
"On the contrary, the so-called lords and vassals are naturally bound to their own territories and perfectly miss all the opportunities brought by the rising tide of magic."
"As the overall power comparison between the feudal lords and the mercenaries changes, a new storm will soon be set off. Even though Eleanor still needs to consider the attitude of the family now, in a few years, the entire family may have to rely on her existence to survive."