As the night fell, smoke gradually rose from the camp in the wild.
It's already winter now, but the towering and continuous Althias Mountains block the cold current from the north, so there will be no extreme cold weather in winter in the southern part of the eastern border.
Especially for these blood cavalry soldiers who came from the northern border and galloped on the ice field of the sky all the year round, this coldness was nothing at all.
They set up bonfires not for warmth, but for cooking food and driving away mosquitoes and beasts.
"Teacher, count the time, the main force of the Blood Cavalry Army should have arrived in Bailu City by now, right?"
Beside the bonfire, Prince Harrison fiddled with dry wood while asking Colin beside him.
Colin had just gnawed a deer leg, threw the deer leg bone into the fire, nodded and said:
"Yes."
"Then teacher, do you think they can successfully break through Bailu City?"
"It might work."
Prince Harrison blinked, as if he felt that Colin was a little too confident.
After all, although the blood cavalry army is almost invincible in field battles, they still cannot escape the limitations of the cavalry. Facing a fortified city like Bailu City, they may not be able to capture it smoothly.
However, Prince Harrison could only keep this doubt in his heart because he had witnessed the miracles Colin created again and again.
At this time, Princess Judy interjected: "Teacher, if Bailu City is really broken, what are you going to do?"
Colin smiled slightly and said, "What do you think I should do?"
The little girl tilted her head and said, "I think you can make the St. Pross family pay a large amount of war reparations!"
Ke Lin shook his head: "If it's just compensation, isn't it too cheap for the San Pros family?"
"Then you can also ask the east to send a large number of slaves to the north to help you work."
Seeing that Colin was still smiling and saying nothing, Prince Harrison also suggested: "You can also let the Eastern Realm cede part of the territory."
Hearing this, Colin touched his chin, showing interest, but still said: "It's still too cheap for the San Pros family."
Princess Judy pouted and said, "Then you can't really occupy the Eastern Realm, can you? You are not a descendant of the paladin family, so you can't be the master of the Eastern Realm."
"Who stipulated this?" Colin suddenly asked curiously.
"The first generation of paladins." Princess Judy said immediately.
Prince Harrison also nodded and added: "When the Glory Empire was established, the first generation of paladins signed a "Holy Covenant", which clearly stipulated that only descendants of paladin families could be granted the title of duke."
Colin searched the memory of his predecessor, and found that this ignorant guy had never read "Holy Covenant", so he planned to look for it himself when he had time.
After thinking for a while, Colin asked again: "Then if Vera gives birth to my heir, can he become the Duke of the East?"
"No." The two little guys said in unison.
"Why?" Colin asked curiously, "Aren't Vera and my children considered descendants of the paladin family?"
"Not counting."
Colin was really interested now, but before he could ask, Prince Harrison explained:
"Teacher, the descendants of the paladin family are different from the general descendants of nobles. Only the father is a member of the paladin family to be considered the descendant of the paladin family. Only the mother is not allowed.
For example, your elder sister Caitlin, if she gave birth to Earl Uman's child, the child is of course the heir of the Uman family first, but it can also be regarded as the descendant of the Angelet family. If the Angelet family has no successors, he They can also inherit the title of the Angelet family.
However, the paladin family is different.
Unless the child's father is from a paladin family, he is not considered to be of paladin descent. "
Colin frowned, and immediately realized a question: "Then Vera and my heir can only be named Angelie?"
"Yes." Prince Harrison nodded, and added, "However, you can choose a child you like from the descendants of the St. Hilde family as an adopted son, and let him inherit the title of Cousin Vera."
"Is this also the content of [Holy Ally]?" Colin asked.
"No. This is an unspoken rule of the paladin family. After you and Cousin Vera give birth to an heir, the elders of the St. Hilde family will naturally remind you."
Colin rubbed his chin, lost in thought again.
He suddenly felt that this tacit unspoken rule of the paladin family might hide the real secret of the paladin inheritance.
According to this rule, the inheritance of the paladin's blood is actually a patrilineal inheritance.
Nothing to do with mother.
Therefore, over the years, the number of paladin families in the Glorious Empire will only decrease, never increasing.
Those ordinary nobles who want to improve their bloodlines by marrying the noble daughters of paladin families, such as the "Golden-tailed Swallowtail" Morrison family in the northern border of Huayu City, are probably drawing water from bamboo baskets.
This also explains why the Emperor Reinhard, who messed up a bunch of illegitimate children, had to keep his pregnant lovers in captivity until they gave birth.
It seems that this is to prevent the blood of the San Lorenzo family from leaking out through these illegitimate children.
But if paladin blood is really a patrilineal inheritance, there is one thing that doesn't make sense—that's the existence of female paladins.
From a genetic point of view, the genetic difference between males and females only exists on that sex chromosome - XX for females and XY for males.
According to the previous inference, the paladin's genes must be on the Y chromosome unique to men.
In this way, the female descendants of the paladin family who lacked the Y chromosome would not be able to inherit the blood of the paladin, but they should also not be able to step into the sanctuary.
However, the fact is that although female paladins are extremely rare, they still exist.
For example, one of the only paladins in the Glory Empire at present—the Lord of the West, Duke St. Gerian, is a female paladin.
After struggling for a while, Colin suddenly laughed secretly.
This place was originally an unscientific extraordinary world, and it was a bit ridiculous that I was still trying to explain everything with science.
However, Ke Lin will not feel that the genetics he mastered in his previous life are useless. After all, the human beings in this world are not very different from the human beings in the previous life. Even if there is a problem with the inference just now, there should be only a small deviation .
As long as you find out where this deviation is, you may be able to crack the secret of the paladin's bloodline inheritance...
Just when Colin was thinking wildly, an attendant came over and reported:
"Lord Earl, an envoy who claims to be from Skylark City is asking to see you."
"Skylark City?"
Colin recalled the map of the East Territory that he had specially studied before, "Is that the territory of the Fein family?"
"Yes, Lord Earl." The sentry nodded and said, "Do you want to see this envoy?"
"Bring it here."
After a while, a middle-aged knight in armor walked over.
"Respected Guardian of the North, Earl Angelet, my name is Robert Finn. On behalf of the Finn family, I sincerely invite you to visit Skylark City!"
Colin looked playfully at the knight bowing his head in front of him, and said:
"Robert Knight, you should know that Lord Feiyin is currently being imprisoned by Queen Aisha in Silvermoon City, right?"
"Yes. So the Fein family invited you to Skylark City this time, just to discuss with you the conditions for redeeming Lord Fein."
Ke Lin thought for a while and said, "How about this, I'll wait three kilometers outside Skylark City, you go back and let those in charge of your family come out to see me."
"My lord, the Fein family wants to treat you well as a landlord, and at the same time clear up some misunderstandings that existed between the two parties..."
"Stop talking, I won't go to the city."
"Master Earl, you are not worried..."
"That's right, I was worried that you would assassinate me." Colin said frankly.
"..." Robert Knight.
(end of this chapter)