"Master Baron, this is a welcome gift, and it is aimed at nobles who are similar to you!" A beautiful young woman said to David gracefully.
This young woman is an etiquette teacher invited by Jason's housekeeper, a descendant of a declining nobleman, named Euphemia.
Euphemia was born in an aristocratic family, but the previous generation failed to retain the title of aristocrat, coupled with the poor economy, so Euphemia could only make a living by using the aristocratic etiquette learned since childhood.
There are not many nobles like Euphemia. Not all nobles are ancient families like the Luce family. As long as there are descendants, they can always inherit the title.
Generally speaking, the inheritance of noble titles needs to be inherited in descending order, just like a duke wants to transfer his title to his son, then the title inherited by the son can only be reduced by one level, and can only inherit the title of Marquis.
When the title reaches the lowest lord, if it is inherited downward, it will be removed from the nobility and become an ordinary person.
Of course, if there are descendants of knights in the family, then a knight title can be retained. This knight is not a profession, but a semi-noble title, with part of the power of the nobility.
An ancient family like the Luce family has its particularity. After being downgraded to the baronetship, it will not be downgraded again, so the baronetship is also the lowest in the ancient family.
As for raising the title, it needs to make corresponding contributions, or have a large enough territory.
Territory is a special form of the divine world. When a noble owns a territory that exceeds a certain limit, he can become a lord.
The actual controllers of the divine world are many lords, but usually these lords only pay attention to the affairs of the territory, and do not personally participate in the affairs of the divine world.
But once a major event occurs, the lords will gather together to collectively decide the affairs of the great world of the gods.
It is the Supreme Council that normally handles the affairs of the great world of the gods, and all the councilors in it are actually representatives of the lords.
In David's view, this weird social structure is prone to chaos and social turmoil, but the great world of God appears to be in order.
It's all because there is a greater existence in the divine world, the gods!
The gods are the masters of the divine world, and the lord and the gods' endorsement temple form a balance.
"Lord Baron, please concentrate!" Euphemia reminded.
David calmed down, and he put aside the associations in his mind. Euphemia's requirements were very strict.
For the first time, David knew that etiquette can be so complicated, just like saluting when meeting each other, different salutes are required for different people.
Some rituals seem to be the same at first glance, but there are big differences in the subtle gestures.
He couldn't help but be thankful that he didn't participate in the activities of the nobles, otherwise, with his current understanding of etiquette, it would be very rude to go there.
Maybe David will become a joke in the noble circle because of a reception. He may not care about it, but he has to consider that he is in the world of gods, and if he wants to use the identity of Arthur in the future, he needs this identity to have a good reputation. reputation.
After practicing the road of knighthood, David felt that a new world was opening up to him. He was supposed to get the inheritance from the Luce family, so he tried to find a way to go to Battlestar and return to the Star Federation from there.
But after he got the inheritance of cultivation and started knight enlightenment, he realized the complexity of knight cultivation, and he needed the environment of knight cultivation in the Great World of Gods.
"Master!" Butler Jason broke in and bowed to David.
"What's the matter?" When David saw Butler Jason coming in, he knew that something must have happened. Otherwise, with the character of Butler Jason, it would be impossible to disturb his etiquette study.
"The Minister of Investigation of the Noble Affairs Department wants to see you, and the Minister of Noble Affairs Gershwin is also here!" Jason Butler replied.
David had also heard the Minister of Noble Affairs Gershwin mentioning that investigators from the Noble Affairs Office might come.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Euphemia, I think I need to excuse myself for a while!" David turned his head and apologized to Euphemia.
"Lord Baron, you have a strong learning ability, and your apology is very standard!" Euphemia returned the salute with a chuckle.
"Master, this time the Lord Kagel of Jianmer City is also here. I think the investigative minister came here with bad intentions!" Butler Jason reminded him softly after he walked out of the practice room with David.
David frowned. The status of the owner of Cagle is very special. He is the subordinate of Earl Bunker, who manages Jianmer City on behalf of Earl Bunker.
The Earl of Bunker is the most powerful noble on Dasheng Star, owning a large amount of land, and even the city of Jianmer is owned by the Earl of Bunker.
It can be said that half of the land and resources of the entire Dasheng planet belong to the Earl of Bunker, and the remaining half of the land and resources are shared by the Dasheng star nobles.
The assets of the Luce family are estimated to be less than one percent of Earl Bunker's assets.
The most important thing is that the status of Earl Bunker, although he can't be regarded as the lord of the great world of the gods, is very close to the existence of the lord.
Therefore, Earl Bunker's subordinate, City Lord Cagle, has a very high status, because he manages Jianmer City, he is the representative of Earl Bunker in a certain sense.
The Minister of Investigation Dryden invited the Lord Kagel here without notifying David. Even if David didn't know the purpose, he could guess the other party's malice.
Walking into the living room, David saw the guests who came to visit.
"Minister Gershwin Noble Affairs, we meet again!" David smiled and greeted the Minister of Noble Affairs Gershwin, and then he greeted the rest of the nobles: "Welcome to Luce castle!"
"Baron Arthur, hello, I am Lord Kagel of Jianmer City, you are younger than I imagined!" Lord Kagel smiled and introduced himself.
He was invited to come here this time because of the application of the Minister of Investigation of Dryden. The Lord of Kagel is an earth knight, and the captain of the guard standing behind him is also an earth knight.
The Minister of Investigation Dryden said that he had found traces of followers of the evil god, and the nearest earth knight was him and the captain of the guard behind him.
For Baron Arthur, Lord Cagle has also heard of it.
In the aristocratic circle, there are not many secrets. Baron Arthur, the illegitimate son of the old Baron Luce, who has lived in the Interstellar Federation since he was a child, was invited back to inherit the baronship for the continuation of the Luce family. People are jealous.
You must know that there are many non-eldest sons in the noble circle who cannot inherit the title, and can only fight for their future through their own efforts.
In their eyes, Arthur, who was nothing, easily obtained the title of baron.
However, after seeing Baron Arthur today, the Lord Cagle felt completely different from the rumors. The aristocratic atmosphere displayed by Baron Arthur did not look like someone who grew up in the Interstellar Federation.
"Thank you for your praise. Jianmer City is extremely prosperous under your governance, and it is the best city I have ever seen!" David also praised.
David was telling the truth, but the best cities mentioned here did not include the cities of the Interstellar Federation, and the only cities in the world that belonged to the gods, the only city he had really entered and played was Jianmer City.
David looked at the back of the Cagle Lord with his eyes again, and it was the guard captain, the Earth Knight.
"Baron Arthur, this is Captain Marquis of the Janmore City Guard!" Castellan Cagle saw David's gaze and introduced him with a smile.
The reason why David noticed Santo Cagle and Captain Marquis first was because he sensed that these two were Earth Knights.
When he was in Battlestar, earth knights could be seen almost everywhere, but after arriving in the divine world, he realized that earth knights were not ordinary knights. Only knights with excellent bloodlines and inheritance could become earth knights.
The appearance of two land knights at the same time made him know that something must be up. He looked at the Minister of Noble Affairs Gershwin, who gave a slight wink.
"Baron Arthur, this is the Minister of Investigation of Dryden, and this is the Master Ix Alchemist. They are here to investigate the destruction of the Atkins family!" Gershwin, the Minister of Noble Affairs, told David Introduced.
It's just that when introducing Dryden's investigation minister, his voice became a little more serious.
In fact, without the emphatic explanation of the Minister of Noble Affairs by Gershwin, David can perceive the malice of the Dryden Investigation Minister through his spirit.
The malicious investigation made him vigilant.
"Minister of Aristocratic Affairs Gershwin, I don't need you to do the introduction!" Dryden said in a deep voice.
He turned his head to look at David, his eyes full of scrutiny.
"Baron Arthur, I am here to ask you something on behalf of the Noble Affairs Office. I hope you can cooperate with the Noble Affairs Office!" Dryden said in a deep voice.
"Minister of Investigation Dryden, do you mean to interrogate me?" David asked with a restrained smile.
"No, you misunderstood, this is just a routine investigation, because the Atkins family extermination case is of great importance, and all related people must be questioned!" The Minister of Investigation Dryden quickly explained.
Dryden's investigating minister thought that David had just come to the Great World of Gods, and he didn't know the situation in the Great World of Gods. He wanted to suppress David through the Noble Affairs Office, so that David would have a psychological burden, so that he would have some confidence in his answers. pressure.
But what he didn't know was that David had been receiving Euphemia's etiquette course since this morning. Euphemia's etiquette course was not only about etiquette, but also about nobles.
Euphemia also happened to talk about the functions of the Noble Affairs Office in the morning, which gave David a more detailed understanding of the relationship between the Noble Affairs Office and the nobles.
"From your tone, I thought I had become a criminal, and you brought someone to arrest me!" David said lightly.
"Baron Arthur, it may be that I have a bad attitude. You just need to answer a few questions from me, and I won't disturb you for too long!" The Minister of Investigation Dryden said in a different tone.
The Minister of Investigation Dryden is also an old official, and when he saw that he could not intimidate, he immediately changed his method.
"Ask!" David said, waving his hand.
"Where were you three nights ago?" The Minister of Investigation Dryden took out a pen and parchment and asked as if making a record.
"I was in the castle that day!" David answered briefly.
When he was answering, a trace of the spirit of Master Ix Alchemy came towards him.
This trace of spirit is extremely subtle, if it is not a person with a strong spirit, it is impossible to discover this trace of spirit.
David's heart moved. This mental detection should be to detect whether he is lying.
This is similar to the interstellar federation's lie detector, except that Master Ix's method is more secretive.
If it weren't for David's higher spirit, Master Ix's actions might have been successful.
The eyes of the city lord Kagel sitting on the side and Captain Marquis standing behind him moved, and their spirits could also detect the movements of Master Ix Alchemy.
It's just that if you bring it up now, you will offend the master Ix alchemist, the minister of investigation Dryden, and the forces behind them.
Although Lord Kagel didn't care about Dryden's power to investigate the minister, he also had no friendship with David, so he was only going to watch from the sidelines.
David didn't seem to notice the spirit of master Ix's alchemist, and let the spirit stretch out.
Master Ix Alchemy didn’t want to do this, but he came here this time to cooperate with Dryden’s investigation of the minister. As long as he did this once, he will be considered as repaying the favor, and he will not have to deal with Dryden’s investigation of the minister and his boss in the future. .
Sensing David's mental fluctuations when he answered the question, Master Ix shook his head cryptically at the Minister of Investigation Dryden.
Seeing Master Ix shaking his head, the Minister of Investigation Dryden couldn't help feeling anxious. His best chance was to bring Master Ix over here.
As long as Ix Alchemist detects that David is lying, the Minister of Investigation Dryden will say it on the spot, and then the Lord Kagel will testify, coupled with the identity of Ix Alchemist Master, it is almost true that Arthur The Baron's suspicious.
But who would have thought that just after the first question, he would get a completely different answer from what he had imagined.
"Who can prove it?" Dryden asked the Minister of Investigation.
Simple questions can reduce the time for the respondent to think, which is also an interrogation technique.
"At that time, the Minister of Noble Affairs Gershwin and Priest Forbes were both guests in the castle. I think they can prove it for me!" David replied with a smile.
"I can prove that you can contact Priest Forbes at any time if you need it!" The Minister of Noble Affairs, Gershwin, said directly, without having to be tested by Master Ix Alchemist this time.
"Baron Arthur, have you ever had contact with followers of evil gods?" Dryden asked suddenly.
His question stunned all the people present. No one thought that he would ask such a question, which almost accused David of colluding with the followers of evil gods.
"Cthulite believer?" David seemed to recall it for a while, and then replied: "Yes, I have been in contact!"
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