How hard is it to go from Baron to Viscount
The baronship of the Angelet family was obtained by Colin's great-great-grandfather who spent half his life on the battlefield.
Since then, although the three generations of barons of the Angelet family have all been on the battlefield, and two of them died on the front line, they still have not been able to raise the family's title to viscount.
Of course, there are too many lords in the northern border, slow metabolism, and serious class solidification, but it also shows the difficulty of promoting the title.
This time, Colin never expected that he would not only inherit the title of Baron from Cheap Daddy, but also be promoted to Viscount.
In addition to being pleasantly surprised, Ke Lin also realized that his promotion this time was actually the result of a combination of various factors.
As a result, most of the old lords in the northern border were wiped out by the two brothers of the St. Hilde family, and a large amount of land was also taken back by the St. Hilde family. This naturally made it much easier to award titles.
Secondly, after all, Colin also participated in the battle of chasing and annihilating the trolls, and he took a lot of credit.
Although it is said that Colin played a very small role in that battle, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he played soy sauce throughout the whole process, the Duke of St. Hilde obviously did not want to give all the credit for this great contribution to the Black Cavalry. general.
Therefore, among the nobles who participated in this battle, apart from the Marquis of Garcia, Colin was the only noble who was loyal to the Duke of St. Hilde, and of course he would receive the Duke's key care.
After three years, I don't know if Marquis Garcia and Vera played any role in this matter. If the two of them mentioned Colin in front of the Duke, it would really not be difficult to be promoted to Viscount.
In short, this time Colin is awesome!
The Angelet family has taken a big step forward in his hands, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are proud of their ancestors.
Among the crowd who did not see the ceremony, sister Caitlin was already in tears with excitement, and at the same time she clenched her fists on her chest, presumably to comfort her dead father and let him rest in peace.
After Colin finished taking the oath, an attendant came up with a brand new viscount dress.
This set of dress is a dark red velvet jacket and black trousers. The coat of arms of the Angelet family is embroidered on the chest, and there are two silver stripes below the badge—this is the symbol of the viscount title.
Colin took it with both hands.
Afterwards, the attendants again handed over the viscount's exclusive ring and ribbon, as well as a piece of parchment with gilded text and the seal of the Duke of St. Hilde - it said the new territory that was conferred on the Angelet family.
Holding this pile of things, Colin bowed to the Duke of St. Hilde again, and then stepped back.
Sister Caitlin ran to Colin excitedly, her joy was almost uncontrollable.
But she also knew how to pay attention to the occasion, and just whispered in Colin's ear:
"Colin! That's great! Father will be proud of you when he finds out! Our Angelet family has struggled for so many years, and finally became a Viscount family! Come on, let me see where the family's new fiefdom is..."
Ke Lin looked at his excited sister, but there was no big disturbance in his heart.
After all, he doesn't have a high sense of identification with the Angelet family, and he wants to know, is this sister really happy for him, or is she just pretending
Just as Colin was staring at his sister Caitlin, he suddenly found that the joy on her face froze and was replaced by shock and doubt.
"What's wrong?" Colin blinked and asked in a low voice.
Caitlin spread out the parchment in front of Colin, and asked with disbelief, "Look at the family's new fief...how could it be here?"
Only then did Colin look at the parchment in doubt, and then he was also stunned.
How could it be here
Is it a typo
…
While the Ke Lin siblings looked at each other, the conferring ceremony continued.
The one whose name was called this time was Kahn Su Duo.
The eldest son of the Su Duo family, who had some grievances with Colin, walked to the center of the hall with an excited face and knelt down on one knee.
In the past two months, the changing situation in the northern border, to be honest, made Kahn quite confused and scared.
But fortunately, he kept in mind his father's words before he died, and closely followed in the footsteps of his uncle, Earl Uman, so that he survived this catastrophe without any danger.
He even made great achievements!
In Kahn's view, if that annoying Colin can be made a viscount, shouldn't the Su Duo family's title be promoted to a rank
However, when Kahn was waiting for the duke's canonization with great expectations, the Duke inserted the long sword in his hand into the marble floor under his feet, and asked Kahn:
"Knight Karn, tell me, what is loyalty?"
"What?" Kahn looked up stupidly, looking at Duke St. Hilde blankly.
The crowd watching the ceremony suddenly fell silent.
Kahn's sister, Cynthia Sudor, whom Colin called a "crazy woman", was also surprised by the duke's questioning.
She clenched her hands instantly, instinctively realizing that something was wrong.
Colin squeezed the parchment in his hand, and looked at Kahn who was stupefied in the field. He seemed to wake up suddenly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Loyal... loyal... of course it is... just..."
"What is it?"
The Duke of St. Hilde's face was stern, and his arrow-like eyes seemed to have pierced through the poor knight kneeling in front of him.
Under such gazes, Kahn only felt that his mind was blank, and he couldn't understand what he said in his mouth.
The Duke of St. Hilde's tone was extremely cold: "Is it out of loyalty that you asked Charles to give up the position of Marquis in public?"
It's over.
The Su Duo family is over.
This is the thought in the hearts of all the nobles present.
Obviously, the Duke of St. Hilde is reversing old scores.
When Kahn was pushed out by Earl Uman as the first bird, many people guessed that he would pay the price for it.
Now, the price has really come.
Kahn thought that by following Earl Uman's "defeat", he would be able to cancel the previous offense.
But obviously, the Duke of St. Hilde did not intend to let the Su Duo family go easily.
The face and glory of the St. Hilde family cannot be trampled on by just a little nobleman.
Of course, what really made Charles voluntarily give up his title was the pressure from Marquis Garcia.
However, Marquis Garcia has enough confidence to keep the Duke's anger from pouring on him.
And Kahn Su Duo, hehe, he doesn't have this ability, so he can only become the target of the Duke's prestige.
Kill chickens and monkeys!
"me… "
Seeing the useless Kahn, the Duke of St. Hilde sneered, and suddenly said loudly: "Viscount Colin, tell me, what is loyalty?"
All eyes suddenly turned to Colin.
Colin froze for a moment, but quickly strode forward.
He seemed to have a premonition of this.
"Your Excellency, I believe that loyalty means giving everything you have unconditionally, regardless of the reason, right or wrong, and regardless of gains or losses!"
"Don't ask why, don't distinguish between right and wrong, don't count gains and losses..." Duke St. Hilde chewed on Colin's answer carefully, with a hint of appreciation and deep meaning flashing in his eyes.
Afterwards, he threw the long sword in his hand straight at Colin, and at the same time ordered: "Okay! Then I order you now to kill Kahn Suduo immediately!"
"yes!"
Before all the nobles present could react, and even Kahn himself was still kneeling on the ground in a daze, Colin had already caught the long sword thrown by the Duke.
Then, swing out without hesitation!
"Shua!"
A silver light flashed.
Blood splattered everywhere!
(end of this chapter)