Led by his attendants, Colin came to his room in Lion's Roar Castle.
Traveling all the way will inevitably be contaminated with wind and dust, so Ke Lin naturally needs to take a shower first and change into clean clothes.
This is also a respect for the first family in the north.
"Boom boom boom."
Just after changing into clean aristocratic casual clothes, there was a knock on the door.
Colin thought it was the waiter who asked him to eat, but it was still early.
The butler had told him before that there would be a banquet tonight.
Out of curiosity, Colin opened the door.
Then, a look of surprise flashed across his face.
Outside the door was Vera, whom I hadn't seen for a long time!
Today's Vera is wearing a red velvet coat, and her golden waist-length hair still has a trace of water vapor. She must have just bathed not long ago.
His fair skin was exuding a touching blush, as if he couldn't bear the overly hot eyes of Colin, the lsp.
"Long time no see, Miss Vera!"
"Long time no see, Colin." The female mage smiled slightly, revealing two faint dimples, looking extremely cute.
"Is this your first time to Lion's Roar Castle?"
"Yes." The "bumpkin" Colin nodded honestly.
Vera smiled sweetly, turned around and waved to Colin: "Let's go, I'll take you for a stroll."
"Okay, Miss Tour Guide!"
"Giggle..."
The crisp laughter was still echoing in the corridor, and Vera's figure had disappeared around the corner.
Ke Lin closed the door and chased after the faint scent of roses.
"This is the vestibule. There used to be a lot of osmanthus trees planted, but my father thought their fragrance was too strong, so he replaced them all..."
"This is the tower. When I was a child, I liked to climb up. I could see far away, but my father always said that girls should not climb so high..."
"Over there is the kitchen and the warehouse. I used to hide there when I was playing hide-and-seek with Charles and Adams when I was a kid. They couldn't always find me, haha!
But every time the old housekeeper gets angry, always saying that this is not a place for a lady to come... Hmph, just as old-fashioned as my father! "
"Over there is the garden, my favorite place to go..."
"Over there is the church..."
…
Vera seemed to be a chirping bird, telling Colin everything about Lion's Roar Castle and the fond memories she had stayed in these places.
Accompanied by her narration, Colin seemed to see that innocent and cute little girl with some weird spirits in a trance.
"Here... is the place I was most afraid of when I was a child."
Vera's voice suddenly dropped.
Colin also felt that the atmosphere around him seemed to have become dignified.
He curiously followed Vera into a courtyard deep in the castle, and then he froze!
A series of sharp arrows shot at him like real eyes, making him unable to move at all.
Lifting it up, Ke Lin was surprised to find that the owner of these eyes turned out to be a huge statue!
"These are all paladins in the history of the St. Hilde family!" Vera's face became serious, and her tone became solemn.
Paladin!
Only then did Colin suddenly realize that it was no wonder there was such coercion.
After a hasty count, Colin found that there were a total of twelve statues here.
In other words, over the past thousand years, the St. Hilde family has given birth to a total of twelve paladins.
They are the guarantee of this family's strength and the embodiment of its noble lineage.
It is St. Hilde, the source of this supreme glory.
At the same time, Colin also noticed that the eyes of these paladin statues seemed to have been carefully designed, and they all looked in the same direction—that is, the gate of the courtyard.
The people who just walked in were caught off guard and received so many gazes, even if they were all statues, it was enough to make the timid heart jump.
"This is the Paladin of Franz, this is the Paladin of Bretta, and this is the Paladin of Remings..."
Vera pointed to these statues and introduced them to Colin one by one.
Finally, the two came to the largest statue placed in the center of the courtyard.
"This is the first paladin of the St. Hilde family—"Lion on Fire" Ryan St. Hilde."
Ke Lin looked up at the huge statue, which was more than ten meters high, feeling slightly awe-inspiring.
The pioneer of the northern border, the gravedigger of the trolls, the northern barrier of the empire... These series of honorable titles all refer to this first generation paladin of the St. Hilde family.
Colin easily retrieved his relevant information from memory.
More than half of the territory in the northern border was conquered by this Lane paladin more than a thousand years ago.
More importantly, he completely broke the back of the troll clan!
It established the northern border's military and psychological advantages over the troll empire.
Even if more than a thousand years have passed, the trolls can only linger on the ice field, and can never return to their ancestral land that they dream of.
The story of the paladin's life has long been sung a thousand times by bards, but it remains enduring.
Perhaps 80% of the reason why people in the northern region identify with the St. Hilde family so much is because of this Lane paladin.
This is also the reason why other families never dare to think about the position of Lord of the North.
The northern border can only be guarded by the Saint Hilde family!
"Colin, do you know? Actually, I wanted to be a knight before."
"Really?" Colin turned his head to look at the female mage. She was staring at the statue of the Paladin Ryan, her face full of reverence.
"Yes. I had planned to ask my father to arrange my christening for my tenth birthday. But...
But when I was six years old, my father sent me to Yevil to learn arcane arts... "
"Why did the Duke send you to learn arcane arts?" Colin took the opportunity to ask his doubts all along.
In this world, nobles and mages are naturally difficult to deal with.
Vera, an adopted daughter of the Duke, should not have anything to do with the mage.
"At that time, my father told me that if you want to know the truth of this world, you should go to Yeville."
Colin frowned: "Then you believe it?"
"Why don't you believe it? That's my father!"
Colin rolled his eyes and thought, what a deceitful little girl she is.
From the perspective of the old silver coin, the Duke sent Vera to Yeville because he wanted her to stay away from the power center in the northern border.
After becoming a mage, it will be even more difficult for Vera to inherit the title of duke.
In short, this should be the Duke guarding against his younger brother.
But obviously, Marquis Garcia still found an opportunity to let Vera return to the northern border by taking advantage of the chaos in the northern border.
He even got the Duke's promise that after Charles, Vera will become the Duke's first heir.
But unfortunately, the Duke finally regretted it.
He broke his promise to his brother.
Hatred has been sown since then, and it is unknown when it will explode.
"So, have you found the truth of the world?"
"Uh, not yet..." Vera pursed her lips with a firm face, "But I firmly believe that this path is right! The relentless pursuit of arcane truth will one day guide me to find the truth of the world!"
Colin was about to continue teasing this naive female mage, but he heard footsteps behind him.
"Miss Vera, Viscount Angelet! Her Royal Highness's car is almost arriving at Lion's Roar Castle."
"Queen?"
"aunt!"
(end of this chapter)