Black Knight From Blue Star

Chapter 19 The Special Customs of Alopa

 The matter of the mountain people was solved so easily.

 The next day, Jack set off to meet with Roger at the mountain people, and also brought the plan written by Hardy.

Next, this group of mountain people will start building roads and houses as written in the plan. Hardy will not check and accept it until a small military camp is formed.

Of course, during this period Hardy would ask Jack and the two newly recruited mercenaries to supervise the mountain people.

  To ensure that the mountain people will work according to his plan.

The money and food spent during this period will be a lot, but compared with the wealth of the Hardy family, it is only a drop in the bucket.

 Besides, the Hardy family is not without income.

 The wine from the manor can bring in a lot of income. There are also several shops in Hexi City, which are engaged in the purchase and processing of furs, as well as the sale and purchase of grain.

Hardy himself lived a very diligent and settled life on the manor.

 Practice swordsmanship in the morning, study magic theory in the afternoon, transform into a nightmare knight at night, and gallop on horseback in the deserted mountain forest.

 It can be said that apart from bathing, sleeping and eating, he has been making himself stronger without wasting a second.

After struggling like this for more than half a month, he got stronger and received an invitation.

　　From the Count of Virginia, he is invited to attend the mysterious banquet tonight.

Lilian handed the invitation to Hardy and said, "Master, would you like Green and Pero to come back and go to the Lord's Castle with you to save your face?"

Hardy shook his head: "No, with your lord's strength, it is very easy to deal with our Hardy family. Not to mention two more mercenaries, twenty more are useless."

Green and Perot are very average in strength. They can't even beat the current Hardy, let alone compete with the lord.

 Among the professionals under the lord, there may not be any particularly strong ones, but there are many who can't stand up to others.

 Dozens of professionals serve it, plus at least 3,000 elite soldiers.

 This is the confidence of the Virginia family, which has been passed down for six generations in the River Territory.

"Besides, I think this should be a good thing." Hardy smiled.

　In the evening, Hardy put on a formal dress, and then Jack's grandson, Link, drove the carriage to the Lord's Mansion.

Link is very serious and meticulous in his work.

Although compared with Jack, there are still many shortcomings, such as being prone to being startled and not knowing how to guide the maids to do things.

 But he is very studious and can even drive a carriage well.

 When we arrived at the Lord's Castle, it was completely dark.

Hardy originally thought that Phoniagia VI would have invited many guests to this so-called mysterious banquet, but he did not expect that there were only ten carriages parked neatly outside the gate of the manor.

  In other words, this is a fairly private banquet?

 Hardy entered the castle after showing the invitation to the guard.

This time the hall was a little dark, there were not many candles lit, and there was already a group of people standing and chatting inside.

Fat Lord Virginia was sitting under the throne, smiling and chatting with others. Then when he saw Hardy coming in, he immediately waved and said: "Hardy, come here."

Hardy walked over, bowed and saluted: "I haven't seen you for a month, your lord."

"Indeed." A smile appeared on Virginia's face full of fat wrinkles: "You did a good job. Not only did you solve the problems of the mountain people, you also turned them into your own tenant farmers. What a strange idea. ”

There were more than a dozen people standing around, all of them Virginia's "leaders". After hearing Virginia's praise, they all looked at the handsome young man in front of them curiously.

 “It just came to me in a flash of inspiration, just good luck.”

Virginia waved her hand: "No one else thought of it, you just thought of it. This is also the skill."

 Then he stood up and glanced at the steward next to him, who immediately went to fetch the ceremonial sword and put it into his hand.

 “You should still remember the promise I made to you.”

Hadi immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Thank you, Lord, for the reward."

"I have said the oath before when I canonized you as a knight. I don't want to say it now. Keep everything simple because there will be more important things later." Virginia pressed the ceremonial sword on Hardy's left hand. On the shoulder: "From now on, you are the baron of the River Territory. You enjoy all the privileges of a baron and you must also perform the obligations of a baron."

Hardy took a breath and said gratefully: "Thank you very much, Lord, for your trust and love. I will continue to protect this land and the sacred and great name of Virginia." Hardy is not surprised to be excited.

Barons are real nobles, and there is an insurmountable gap between them and the so-called knighthood.

With noble status, many things will be much easier to handle.

Virginia took back the sword and handed it to the steward next to him. He smiled and said: "From now on, you will have the power to expand the territory. Just remember one thing, you can't do anything to our own people. By the way, the appointment letter will be sent tomorrow Your home."

 “I understand.” Hardy stood up.

Applause erupted from the surroundings, and a dozen other nobles from the River Territory sent sincere congratulations to Hadi.

Virginia looked around. Just as he was ennobling Hardy as a noble, four more people came.

"Now that everyone is here..." Virginia clapped her hands: "Close the door and the banquet begins."

The gate to the entrance of the castle rumbled shut, and a proud smile appeared on Virginia's face: "I sent people to Miser for three years and got a very rare thing. I don't want to keep it to myself. , you are all my most precious friends, and I will share this joy with you to witness our beautiful friendship.”

 Mishr?

Hadi recalled it for a while, and quickly remembered that this was a desert country whose specialty was the deathly sweet dates and several majestic pyramids.

There are very rare things there?

 No impression.

Hardy had gone there to farm monsters in the game before, but the gold farming efficiency was average. Later, he switched to France and became rich.

 But other nobles are not as confused as Hardy.

They seemed to understand something in an instant, their eyes lit up and they swallowed hard.

At this time, two servants came in carrying a stretcher. There was something that seemed to be quite heavy on it, and it was covered with a white cloth. It was hard to tell what it was for the time being.

The stretcher was placed on the dining table by a servant.

 The other nobles immediately rushed to the dining table and found their seats.

　　Put a napkin on your clothes, and at the same time grab the knife and fork, just as if you were waiting for the meal.

Hardy also sat over. He looked at the stretcher and guessed what was inside.

 Rarely seen Warcraft meat?

 Or something else?

Just when he was guessing, the white cloth was taken away by the servant, and the true appearance of the thing underneath was revealed.

Wow!

 The nobles exclaimed with joy.

Handy’s pupils were trembling... his facial expression was horrifying.

 What was placed on the dining table was a mummified corpse.

 He has seen corpses no matter how disgusting they are in the game, and a mummy should not scare him.

 But...the attitude shown by these nobles was the reason for his fear.

These people want to eat this mummy?

At this time, Virginia said with a proud face: "This is a sacred pharaoh. In order to buy him, I lost more than a hundred gold coins. Therefore, as the master, I took the first knife and took away his last Don’t you have any objections to the important parts?”

 “No!” the nobles shouted excitedly: “Long live Virginia!”

 Amidst the cheers, Virginia VI cut the knife between the mummy's legs and took out a short but strip-like thing.

 The steward next to him handed over the red wine with both hands.

Virginia put the strip-shaped thing into the wine glass, shook it a few times, waited for a while, took a sip, and sighed with satisfaction: "As expected of the holy Pharaoh, the taste is better than ordinary misr Good people."

 The nobles all looked enviously.

But Hardy finally couldn't bear it anymore. He quickly ran away from the dining table, ran to the corner of the castle, and vomited out with a loud sound.

 The food in his stomach was emptied in an instant, and then stomach acid poured out of his mouth like water.

 It’s so **** disgusting.

　　The nobles all looked over. After a moment of silence, they all laughed in unison.

 (End of this chapter)