After praying in the main hall of the temple, Leylin finally met Bishop Tablis under the guidance of several maids.
"My boy, you seem to be in trouble!"
Tabris was very blunt from the start.
"Yes, my lord bishop, I urgently need the teaching and guidance of the God of Knowledge..."
Just looking at the attitude of the other party made Leylin feel a lot more relaxed. As expected, Tabris was exactly as he had guessed before. He just planned to use this incident to hit their family, but he had no plan to really Replaces House Faolan.
In this case, it is not difficult to give up some benefits in exchange for the other party's help.
Seeing the other party's performance, Bishop Tabris also nodded secretly in his heart.
As the heir of the Faolan family, Leylin's promise must be fulfilled even by Baron Jonas, not to mention that it is a promise to the temple, and there are gods to witness it.
"It looks like Baron Jonas has a very good heir!"
Tabliss thought slowly in his heart, then looked at Leylin again: "Dear little Leylin, have you heard of Viscount Dim?"
"Viscount Dim?" Leylin's voice was somewhat puzzled. After Anthony's teaching, he certainly knew about the upper-class nobles in the Dambreth Kingdom, but he didn't seem to have heard anything about this Viscount.
"Oh! Look at me! The canonization of this Viscount Diem was just held the month before last. It's normal that you haven't heard of it, but you must have heard of his father's name—Marquis Louis!"
Tabris looked at Leylin's face expectantly.
"Marquis Louis? That king's brother!" Leylin took a breath of air. Although he knew that this matter would not be easy, he did not expect to be directly involved with the nobles of the royal family.
The aristocrats have never been monolithic, and the power struggle between the local and central aristocrats has never stopped for a moment. Although they may still be united when facing theocracy, once the pressure from the outside world decreases, the mutual competition for interests becomes out of their instincts.
The kingdom's central aristocrats and local aristocrats are the two factions that struggle most fiercely.
"Yes, that Viscount Diem has grown up. Although he is only the second son, Marquis Louis loves him very much, and even hopes to find a fief for him..."
Tabris stopped talking at this point, and left Leylin to think about the rest.
"So that's what happened!" Leylin nodded heavily.
Although the king's family is the ruler of the entire Danbraith Kingdom, it is impossible to own all the land, and after generations of entrustment and the rise of other nobles, there are very few territories directly under the king's hands.
Up to now, the territory of the entire kingdom has been almost completely divided. Even if the prince and princess are not favored, they may not be able to obtain the hereditary title. There are even only a few large estates.
As the brother of the king of this generation, the Marquis Louis has reaped a lot of benefits. His fiefdom is the Balti Islands, a string of overseas islands. port.
To put it bluntly, even the Faolan family is just relying on the huge trade of the Bode Islands to help the other party to earn a little hard money.
But Louis also has a legitimate son, and it is impossible to divide his territory. This is a very stupid behavior, so he must focus on other places.
Perhaps, this time he set his sights on the Faolan Territory.
Although depriving a hereditary nobleman of his territory for no reason will definitely cause an uproar in the noble circle, but if the family dies out in advance and the Marquis of Louis orders Dim to inherit the other's family name, it will be much easier to handle. Influence can also minimize the consequences of this incident.
"Thank you, Bishop, for your blunt words. From now on, Faolan will fully open the Temple of Knowledge, and will set aside another territory in the eastern part of the island as a dedication to the church..."
Leylin got up and thanked.
Although these were all the information the other party said, he felt that the possibility was very high.
One of these points is that Faolan actually divided the opponent's profits. Although it was only a small amount, it was enough to make the Lord Marquis Louis feel unhappy.
And the second is that the Faolan family is just a new aristocratic family, and there are not so many intertwined relationships, so the influence of moving them is very small.
"Could it be... is this also a struggle between the local faction and the central faction?"
Leylin, who has experienced more scheming, saw deeper things: "The Faolan family started out with military exploits. They were the king's bodyguards at the beginning, so they can be regarded as the central faction. In fact, the family has already tended to the local faction, and my baron father did the same... But the embarrassing thing is that because Faolan Island is isolated overseas and has little contact with the interior, it has not yet been adopted by the local noble faction. Accept... so the current family is in an embarrassing situation where neither side can rely on... "
After thinking about this point, Leylin immediately realized: "No wonder, after seeing this situation, even I can't help but use the knife. The benefits are great, but the risks are very small... Maybe there is also that Dim Viscount's begging..."
In fact, this is relatively close to Leylin's previous guess, but there are some differences.
Although the opponent is only a viscount, the energy seems to be relatively small, but the opponent is backed by the Marquis, and even the nephew of the king, a little carelessness can easily lead to chaos.
But fortunately, the other party is only a relatively favored second son. Even the Marquis of Louise will not spare much strength to help him, let alone disturb the king. As long as he does not kill the other party, there must not be much backlash.
After all, even though many big nobles have secretly done this kind of thing of seizing the territory of the small nobles, it belongs to the category that can only be understood and cannot be said in words, and it is impossible to say it clearly.
"Recently there seems to be a wave of pirates scurrying nearby, I hope you will be more careful! The God of Knowledge blesses you..."
Tabris personally sent Leylin out of the temple, and when Leylin was about to step into the carriage, he whispered something in his ear.
"I know!" Leylin's eyes flashed, and he took a deep look at Tabris before getting into the carriage.
The wheels were rolling, causing the body to undulate continuously. Leylin closed his eyes in the carriage, but his thoughts kept floating.
"Cunning Bishop Tablis, are you planning to bet on both ends..."
In fact, Leylin still wanted to get help from the temple this time. With the power of the temple of knowledge, if he personally put pressure on the Marquis, he might be able to make the other party give up this move, but this is obviously impossible, even if the tower Bishop Bliss does not have the authority to do this for him at the Labor Headquarters!
However, if temple warriors and priests were sent, it would be regarded as support for the Faolan family, and Tabris obviously refused to do so.
Looking at it now, the other party only gave a little information, but immediately harvested a lot of things.
And even if Baron Jonas is here, he will not dare to renege on his debt in the future. Even if Viscount Dim succeeds, he will not forget to come and win him over.
Why not do this kind of hedging, which can guarantee profits
Of course, there is no way to get help from the church, but then you have to turn all your territory into gods and dedicate it all to the church. However, this is a way of losing both sides, and it will be rejected by all the nobles in the mainland. Boycott, be considered a 'traitor' among nobles!
Leylin asked himself that things hadn't gotten to this stage, and he didn't have the courage to betray his own class, so of course he wouldn't do so.
"Pirates?"
Leylin's eyes were deep. Since the other party is also a great nobleman who controls overseas trade and has a large number of ports, he obviously has a strong sea power.
Even some pirates in the vicinity may be secretly controlled by the other party, sending some people to harass Faolan Island to create pressure, or even directly attack the manor and wipe out the Faolan family. Things, anyway, they have already done it once.
"It's difficult to wipe out this wave of pirates with a hundred patrolmen..."
Leylin rubbed his chin. He never underestimated the opponent's strength. With the support of a marquis, the viscount could easily dispatch more than a dozen professionals.
"It's impossible to be a strong man above level 15, but there may be one strong man above level 10, and there are some elite professionals above level 5... It's hard to fight..."
Leylin quickly estimated the opponent's strength, which was the most basic.
Of course, the power of the Faolan family is not limited to the port patrol, but the real strong and masters must follow Baron Jonas. They were sent out by Leylin himself.
"Obviously the opponent's main force will only be placed on the baron, and the ones sent here should be a small part of the force, and it's not that they don't have the strength to fight!"
Leylin's eyes were dark.
In fact, he also considered retreating directly, hiding in some corner of the mainland as a turtle, and slowly accumulating to become an archmage or even a legendary powerhouse!
It's a pity that this idea was rejected by himself as soon as it appeared.
Not to mention the kindness of Baroness Jonas and his wife to him, even if he can abandon all of this cruelly, he cannot give up the interests of the entire Faolan family.
The advancement of a mage requires a lot of resources. Whether it is expensive spellcasting materials or various spell books, a lot of gold coins are needed to buy them. If there is no force to collect them for him, Leylin alone Man simply cannot satisfy his own needs.