Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

Olika felt mixed emotions when she saw that the original family manor had changed owners. In just a few days, he changed from the second son of a nobleman to the heir, and then to the surrenderer who ruined the family's future.

The success of a king and the defeat of a bandit are only temporary. In history, there are many cases where a certain generation of a declining noble has a genius heir and then revitalizes the family. But if he can't afford to lose and loses his aristocratic demeanor and manners, he will become an outlier and isolated in the aristocratic circle.

Twenty soldiers from Baron Stewart stood in front of the main building door wearing freshly-made armor and holding gleaming swords. The trumpeter blew the horn immediately after Orika and his companions got off the carriage. Knight Liam represented Baron Stewart. The leader came out.

The surrender ceremony was held in the manor hall. Seeing Orika come in, Christine stood up and greeted her. Now in this situation, both parties tried to show aristocratic demeanor.

"Good day, Miss Stewart." Orika led everyone in greetings.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Olika." Christine also returned the greeting with others.

In addition to the Baron of Stewart and the Baron of Lorient, those present also included the fifth-level priest Antoine Leroy of the God of Order and others. They themselves were priests of the temple in the town, because no one on the mainland signed an agreement. It needed to be witnessed by a priest from the God of Order, so he was invited.

Agreements involving wars and surrenders between nobles on the continent have long been established in a fixed form. A priest of the God of Order took the parchment and began to read it out.

"The war between the Baron of Stuart and the Baron of Lorient ended with the victory of the Baron of Stuart. Can both sides have any objections?"

"No."

Christine and Orica said separately that they would not sit here if they had any objections.

"The towns of Lorient, Longidique, Moeran, Pluai and Lefave occupied by the Baron of Stuart are their spoils of war. Does Mr. Olica have any objection?"

"No...no." Orika gritted her teeth and replied.

"Mr. Olika, will you redeem these lands?"

"I choose to redeem the town of Lorient, but not the other villages..." After saying this, Olica seemed to have aged ten years.

Although I was mentally prepared, how could I be willing to do so at this time? Although the incident was not caused by Orika, after all, he was required to sign the agreement, and the family would still record this incident even if it were decades or hundreds of years later.

At this time, you can see Christine's intention of sending people to occupy the village. Whoever occupies the village in the war belongs to whomever.

Of course, according to the "Nobles' Convention", money is allowed to be redeemed. The market price is 50,000 gold coins for a town and 10,000 gold coins for a village. Of course, it is just the land, and the population is not counted. If the gold coins are not enough, you can use other valuable things to pay for it.

This price is only the redemption price. Land is priceless to any noble. Unless there are special circumstances, other people are not willing to sell it to you for money.

The village here is not a village where the villagers live, but includes forests, grasslands, lakes, rivers and other vast lands within its scope, similar to the scope of a modern administrative township.

The subordinate's fiefdom is just a large farm, not including any land.

But the problem is that as a baron family, there is no way Orica can get 90,000 gold coins, so they can only choose the most valuable town to redeem.

"Mr. Olika, do you want to redeem the citizens of four villages in one town?"

"Only the citizens of Lorient will be redeemed."

Naturally, the inhabitants of an occupied village are also prisoners of the other party. Because human resources are very important in this continent, they must be calculated separately.

So for the same reason, Olika didn't have the money to redeem all the people.

"Mr. Olika, after your surrender, according to the "Nobles' Convention", the castle is the spoil of the Stewart Barony. Are you willing to redeem it?"

"I... give up redemption."

The market value of the Baron's castle is 50,000 gold coins. If the other party surrenders the castle before Orika can defeat the castle, it will naturally not be considered as spoils of war. In the same way, the village still controlled by oneself at the end of the war will not be considered as the other party's spoils of war. But the question is which noble will surrender early if they don't defend the castle.

Of course, the spoils of war are only the castle, and the wealth belonging to the nobles inside is not included. Otherwise, it would be better to die in battle if you become impoverished after surrendering.

The reason why I chose to protect the town was because there was a town whose land and population could at least maintain the family's life at the level of a lord, but redeeming an isolated castle would not bring any benefits to the family.

"Mr. Olika, as the defeated party, you have to pay compensation to the Stewart Barony. How are you going to pay it?"

War is not a child's play. It's not because you say that if I can't fight, I surrender and it's over. I have to pay compensation.

"I hope it can be paid by ceding half of the land in the town of Lorient."

Half of the town's land is equivalent to a village. Although it is theoretically worth 10,000 gold coins, it can actually be converted into 20,000 gold coins due to the nobles' dedication to the land.

Because there is a precedent for whatever situation he will face after surrendering, Orika thought about it before coming.

"The Baron of Stewart has captured the soldiers and weapons of the Barony of Lorient. Will Mr. Orica redeem them?"

"No redemption."

Soldiers are the foundation of an aristocratic rule, and hundreds of sets of weapons and equipment cannot be assembled in a short time, so Orika can choose to redeem the prisoners of war and weapons, but not to mention that his money is not enough to pay the previous ransom. I can't even afford to pay for it if I redeem it.

The two parties had finally negotiated the basic conditions, so the priest of the God of Order drafted an agreement in triplicate, signed by both parties and stamped with their seal rings.

As a witness, Pastor Antoine Leroy also signed on behalf of the Church of the God of Order, and then cast a first-level magic "Impartial Supervision". A divine emblem of the God of Order appeared where the three parties signed and sealed. The pattern signifies that God has approved the agreement. If one party violates the agreement, the other party can apply for enforcement by the church, and of course there will be a fee.

Then came a series of agreements such as the territory transfer agreement, the territory transfer agreement, the castle transfer agreement, etc., all in triplicate, each party holds one copy, and the Church of the God of Order keeps one copy.

By the way, because Baron Lorient died on the battlefield, the family seal ring became a trophy, and Olika redeemed it for one thousand gold coins.

The other lords, knights, and retinues who followed the Baron of Lorient to send troops all negotiated and signed the agreement individually. Because their territory was not occupied, they only had to pay compensation for defeat and ransom for prisoners of war. For this reason, Christine received thirty-five thousand gold coins in compensation.