"Father! We must find a place to shelter from the rain!"
Hans wiped the rainwater from his face and shouted in a disturbed manner.
However, the tall and thin figure in front of him didn't turn his head at all.
"Father! How about we find a higher place, tie the two horses together, and hide under the horse's belly until the rain stops?"
Sonny finally turned his head to look at his embarrassing son, and shouted angrily, "Shut up! As a knight of the Granto family, can you not bear to be exposed to the rain?"
Seeing that his father was angry, Hans didn't dare to yell any more, but his face was still full of anger, and he whispered in his mouth: "It's not a knight, it's a knight apprentice..."
The two walked hard for a while in the pouring rain, and Hans suddenly shouted excitedly: "Fire, father! There is a fire ahead!"
Sonny looked in the direction Hans was pointing at, but frowned slightly, and asked in doubt, "I probably haven't arrived at Dongquan Town yet, could it be a traveler on the way?"
"No matter what it is, if there is a fire, it means that there is a place to shelter from the rain. Let's go and hide!"
Hans lightly clamped the horse's belly and sped up his speed a little. Sonny put away his doubts for a while and accelerated forward.
After walking for about three quarters of an hour, the two finally arrived at the top of a small hill, which was quite a large-scale camp.
Sonny looked at the well-trained guards and tall war horses in the camp, and was shocked, knowing that this must be a noble convoy, and it was a big noble.
When the patrolling guards saw the two of them, they immediately stepped forward to question them.
"Dear knight, I am Bachelor Sonny of the Grant family. This is my son Hans. We are passing by here. Can we borrow your camp to escape the damn rainstorm?"
"Granto? The lord's family in Winterspring?"
"Yes."
"Please wait."
The knight returned to the camp, probably to ask for instructions, and returned soon after, nodding to the embarrassed two and saying, "Come in."
"Thank you so much for your generosity!"
Sonny and his son led their horses into the camp, and were led by the knights into a large tent, where seven or eight guards had already gathered.
"Give each of the two guests of the Granto family a blanket, let them enjoy the fire and drink some hot soup." The knight who brought them in ordered.
Hans quickly thanked him.
Sonny saw the knight's armor and the golden lion badge on his chest clearly through the light of the fire in the tent. He was startled, and blurted out, "Excuse me, is this the Duke of the North's car?"
The knight nodded: "Yes, His Excellency will also pass through Winter Spring on this trip, so it is just right for you two to be brought along."
"Thank you so much!" Sonny quickly thanked him, but doubts filled his heart.
He knew that the Duke of St. Hilde had just accepted the news of the emperor's canonization, so the convoy should be returning to the northern border, but the problem is that if they return to Cold Winter City from Yulong City, they will not pass through Winter Spring Town.
Of course, Sonny would not take the liberty to ask the doubts in his heart, but just smiled and said: "I wonder if I can have the honor to meet the Duke and thank her personally?"
"It's too late today, let me ask you tomorrow."
"alright, thank you very much!"
Watching the knight stride away, Sonny fell into deep thought while drinking the hot soup handed by his son.
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Early the next morning, the torrential rain had stopped, and the soldiers in the camp lit a bonfire and began to prepare breakfast.
The three large cauldrons were steaming with steam, and a few fat gazelles were rolling on the grill. The golden oil dripped into the campfire, bursting out little sparks. The tempting aroma made both Granto and his son swallow. I swallowed my saliva.
After the wild game was roasted, the attendant untied the gazelle from the grill, skillfully divided the crispy outside and tender inside into two delicate silver plates with a knife, and two young and beautiful maids held up the silver plates and presented them to Go to the most expensive tent in the center of the camp.
Hans stared at the maid's upturned ass, while Sonny stared at the tent in the middle of the camp.
After breakfast, Sonny and Hans changed into neat clothes, confirmed that there was nothing wrong with them, and waited patiently for the Duke to be summoned.
Not long after, the knight who brought them into the camp last night came over and led them to the tent in the center of the camp.
Under Hans' curious and eager eyes, the curtain of the tent was lifted by two maids, and a delicate leather boot stepped out first, and then a slim figure came into Hans' eyes. When hanging on the door curtain, Hans finally saw the face of the owner of the thin hand clearly.
Then, the sixteen-year-old boy froze.
The golden hair is coiled into an elegant lady's bun, the blue eyes are deeper than sapphires, under the beautiful jade nose is the delicate and fiery red lips, there is a faint smile on the fair face, and the eyes are flowing In the meantime, Hans' mind became blank.
He has long heard that the Duke of the North of this generation is a stunning beauty, but the face he has imagined countless times is not as good as the smile of a real person.
Hans stared blankly at Vera walking out of the tent, he just wanted to kneel down in front of her, kiss her toes, and praise her with the most beautiful poems.
It's a pity that this beauty didn't notice the goose-like boy from the Granto family at all, and she was holding a heroic boy behind her with her left hand!
Hans' heart was immediately engulfed by raging jealousy. Of course he knew that this handsome young man should be the husband of the Duke of the North - Viscount Angelet, but Hans still couldn't help thinking that this goddess-like figure would lead Yes, why not yourself
Sonny looked at his son who was standing still and his eyes were fixed, and he knew that his old problem had happened again, so he quickly stepped forward to block his son's impolite gaze, bowed and greeted:
"Dear Duke St. Hilde, respectable Viscount Angelet, thank you for your helping hand last night. Your kindness is as dazzling as the sun's brilliance!"
Colin looked at the two people in front of him with great interest, especially the middle-aged man who claimed to be a bachelor—Sonny Grant.
In fact, the Grant family is not a prominent family. The title of the family is only a baron, and the fiefdom is only an inconspicuous town in the Crimson Flame Territory——Winter Spring Town.
If it wasn't for the Prime Minister, Baron Heidegger, who had mysteriously asked Colin to go to Winter Springs when he was in Yulongcheng, and said that there would be unexpected gains here, Colin would not have deliberately detoured to such a small place.
Along the way, Colin was always guessing what was in Winterspring that deserved the attention of the Prime Minister of the Empire, and now he happened to meet this Sonny Maester who was sheltering from the rain, and Colin suddenly had a clue in his mind.
Bachelor, this is the title suffix that only graduates of White Tower College can have. It may not be as honorable as the title of nobility, but in Colin's heart, it has more weight.
"Scholar Sonny, there is no need to be too polite. Actually, we are going to Winter Springs to visit Baron Grant, and I hope you can help introduce him."
Colin smiled and exchanged greetings with Maester Sonny, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw two small figures running towards this side quickly.
"Good morning, Sister Vera! Good morning, teacher!" Prince Harrison and Princess Judy saluted first, and then looked at Sonny and his son curiously, as if they felt familiar with the guests in the camp.
Unexpectedly, Maester Sonny took the initiative to salute the two little guys and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Harrison, His Royal Highness Princess Judy!"
Colin raised his brows, surprised in his heart. He didn't disclose the real identities of Harrison and Judy on his side, and he also believed that the guards in the camp would not disclose such information to two strangers.
Unless, this Maester Sonny already knew Harrison and Judy.
Prince Harrison nodded back, his little face was also full of doubts, and asked, "Are you?"
Bachelor Sonny smiled slightly, with a bit of regret in his eyes, and said calmly:
"Your Highness, I am Sonny Grant. Maybe you don't remember. Five years ago, I was the Minister of Agriculture of the Empire."
(end of this chapter)