The Sun King's Evidence

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Time has arrived in early December, and the Winter Veil Festival has arrived.

Ryan once thought that the people around him would be neater at this year's Winter Veil Festival. After becoming an earl this year, he could enjoy a reunion dinner.

The fact is that Ryan thought too much, and it was only in early December that not only Sulia returned to Helen Hilde early, but Theresa and Veronica were also ordered to return to the Garland Council.

The situation this time is really not an internal struggle in the Gloria Council or anything else, but that Veronica and Theresa do have important reasons to return to the Gloria Council. Every five years, the Gloria Council will be held. A very large gathering to re-elect and nominate candidates for the Presbyterian Church. Teresa had long disagreed with Veronica. Due to Ryan's rapid rise, Garland Speaker Margarita added Veronica to the meeting. Matters with the Presbyterian Church are on the agenda, and both Veronica and Theresa must go back to attend this gathering of witches, which is expected to take three months.

Before the sorceress left, Morgiana left her a mountain of "Winter Veil Homework", including three compositions no less than twelve inches (long) and a complete High Gothic text of several hundred words. self-introduction, and read three epics of the Holy Grail Knights of Britannia written in High Gothic. Each epic must be written in High Gothic with annotations of no less than two chapters on parchment.

Teresa looked at the mountains of parchment and books thicker than her thumb, and her face turned blue, but Morgiana's order was absolute, and she could only leave with the piles of homework.

Before the Winter Veil Festival, Ryan held an annual meeting to recognize the harvest and achievements of the year and reward the knights who had made great contributions. After the meeting, the Earl found that he was alone, and his knights Most of them already have families, and even the few who don't have families will stay at home to pray or spend the holidays with their lovers.

Ryan himself does not have much identification with the Winter Veil Festival, so his attitude towards the Winter Veil Festival is that it is simply a holiday and a day of rest.

In mid-December, the first day of the Winter Veil holiday, the weather today is extremely cold. The howling cold wind blows through the Earl of Glamorgan. The sky is gloomy. The serfs and free people in the territory are celebrating a rare event of the year. In the good times, they put up lights and colorful decorations and tried their best to celebrate the arrival of the Winter Curtain Festival.

The winery near the Earl's Castle is also very lively. Durand, the person in charge of the winery, is settling wages to the wine workers, leaving only a small number of people to take care of the grapevines in winter. Most workers get enough time off.

As the head of Earl Winery, Durand is already a middle-aged man in his thirties. He wears a round hat, a black gentleman's dress and a brown bearskin coat, although his thirties are not counted. He is very old, but there is already a lot of weather in the corner of his eyes. He was born in a down-and-out knight family. The family can no longer afford to buy knight equipment for him, so he has to work as a butler in the winery of the Marquis of Ascot. Responsible for the operation of the winery.

Later, Baron Lane Machado came, so the Marquis of Ascot handed over the ownership of Durand to Lane's hands without hesitation.

Durand, who is over thirty years old, has truly experienced the feeling of being homeless. Ryan is the chosen champion of the ladies. Durand is both looking forward to and a little afraid of his arrival.

Fortunately, Ryan still attaches great importance to this wine castle. Although he rarely lives here because of his busy work, he has always attached great importance to the repair of the wine castle and the construction of the winery. New water canals and new The high walls were repaired in just over a year, and the vineyards in the winery were expanded, processed, and bred. Professional winemakers from the Winford Palace brought the best types of grapes and cuttings without asking for anything in return. Technology, Durand finally got a chance to show off his skills.

Later, Durand learned that the Winford Court was not free at all, they were just paving the way for their own young lady.

But now, Durand is still in a state of morbid excitement, and he knows why.

Two shining figures wearing full-body plate armor came forward. They wore cross helmets and gorgeous blouses. The family crests on their bodies showed their family history and glory. The long swords on their waists stood out in the middle of winter. The air exudes a moving brilliance. The golden Holy Grail pattern on the top of the helmet, on the family crest, and on the plate armor illustrates their identity.

They are the glorious Grail Knights.

Yes, since this spring, twenty Holy Grail Knights have been stationed in the winery, which makes the residents of the entire earldom feel proud. Many Holy Grail pilgrims have been coming to the winery and the Fairy of the Lake Tower for pilgrimage. , forming a unique tourism economy.

After a long period of contact, Durand realized that the Holy Grail Knights were not so unattainable. Their lives were relatively monotonous. They often only did a few things throughout the day, eating, sleeping, praying, and patrolling. The Holy Grail Knights Their lives have never been the ascetic lives that people imagine. They eat good wine and meat, and occasionally find young women to satisfy their needs. Some of them are the Knights of the Holy Grail and the goddess of mercy stationed at the hospital. Priests have a relatively fixed partnership with the Lady of the Lake, but fewer get married. The Lady of the Lake does not prohibit the Holy Grail Knights from getting married, but all Holy Grail Knights prioritize the mission of the goddess and guarding the goddess's holy land.

"Good morning, Mr. Durand." A Holy Grail knight raised his hand to greet Durand naturally: "In the name of my lady, Happy Winter Veil."

"Happy Winter Veil! Your Excellency Alex, Your Excellency Jules." Durand recognized the two Holy Grail Knights. He quickly bowed and greeted the Holy Grail Knights: "Praise Madam."

"Mr. Durand, why are you still working after the holiday?" The Winter Veil Festival is also a legal holiday prescribed by the Fairy of the Lake. There is no prayer today. The two Holy Grail Knights came back from patrolling the winery in the morning and saw Durand here. Come and ask.

Since the Holy Grail Knights appeared at the winery, Durand no longer has to consider safety issues. More importantly, the appearance of the Holy Grail Knights has an extremely powerful deterrent effect on local security. These living saints sometimes go there. Observing trials organized by village elders or knights, the Holy Grail Knights will not allow the law to be used arbitrarily. Even the lowest serfs who seek help from them will be listened to. Living saints will not jump to conclusions easily, but will investigate and understand the incident themselves. If the serfs dared to try to deceive them, they would be punished horribly (usually by hanging together), but if the injustice the serfs encountered was true, the Holy Grail Knights would not mind making a fair judgment and safeguarding the interests of the serfs.

The nobles do not like the justice of the Holy Grail Knight, but there is no doubt that as long as the Holy Grail Knight listens in the trial, justice will be done.

"The Count said he would move to the wine castle during the Winter Veil holiday. I want to check all the inventory and check if there are any hidden dangers in the wine castle." Durand said humbly, trying to keep his posture calm Lower.

The two Holy Grail Knights said nothing more. They nodded. The winery was divided into a main building and an annex. The Holy Grail Knights were all stationed in the annex.

Seeing the two Holy Grail Knights leaving, Durand and Yourong were overwhelmed with self-satisfaction. He tried hard to adjust himself to a better state, pretending that he was still at his post even though it was a holiday, hoping to let the count see it. .

Not long after, a carriage came from a distance. The speed of the carriage continued, and the rolling wheels and packhorses entered the winery directly, and entered the door of the wine castle.

Durand knew that the count was coming, and the person in charge of the winery hurriedly trotted to the front of the carriage: "My count!"

"Good morning, Durand, I will trouble you for a while." Lane, wearing a red earl's costume, stepped out of the carriage. His face was gentle, and the Holy Grail Knight badge on his chest fluttered in the cold air: "Local arrangements Are you ready?"

"It's arranged, my Earl." Durand saluted quickly: "Everything has been arranged. According to your instructions, the fresh ingredients are frozen in the cold storage. The wine cellar has been closed. You can use it yourself."

"Very well, you can go about your business. Happy Winter Veil, Durand." Ryan took out a box of cakes: "Take it with your family to try it!"

"Thank you!" Durand accepted the cake box and left happily. He also had a family and was going back to celebrate the festival.

Ryan nodded upon seeing this. Durand, the person in charge of the winery, cannot be said to be a particularly good operator, but he often uses diligence to make up for his shortcomings. The winery has not been prosperous in his operation for more than two years, but everything Be well organized.

Don't underestimate Durand's overtime work. This is not the dynasty of his previous life. Human beings in this world are quite resistant to overtime work. The serfs are also quite lazy due to lack of food and clothing. This is especially true for the nobles. The courtiers are on duty when they are on duty. They work very seriously and report their planned vacation time to the lord in detail. Once approved by the lord, the vacation time is completely the private time of the courtiers and cannot be changed. Unless there is an emergency, they will refuse to return to their posts.

For example, Lane's tax collectors, Gasparton and Katzenberg, both went home for the holidays.

The thick curtain of the carriage opened, and Ryan stretched out his hand toward the curtain. A crystal-clear hand placed on his rough hand: "Your Highness Morgiana? Please slow down."

"Your Highness Morgiana, be careful." The little maid Emilia, wearing a thick winter coat and long boots and cotton socks, helped Morgiana get out of the carriage, while Ryan's personal maid Orika walked out of the carriage. Next, stood next to Ryan: "Master, are we spending the Winter Veil Festival here this year?"

"Well, we will spend the Winter Veil Festival here this year." Ryan nodded.

Morgiana, who was wearing a white fox fur coat and silk chiffon skirt, held Ryan's hand tremblingly and stepped out of the carriage with Emilia's help. The Lake God Witch was still very weak after recuperating for half a year. She The current state is that I can barely walk two steps while holding on to the wall.

The cold weather made Morgiana feel a little uncomfortable, and she took a deep breath of cold air: "This is... your winery, I was here last time."

"Yes, this is my winery. I have renovated it." Ryan supported Morgiana: "The castle is not a suitable place for winter. The winery is more suitable for winter. It turns out that the Marquis of Ascot is When I was in charge, he always came here to spend the winter.”

Morgiana nodded silently. After recuperating for more than half a year, she was finally able to change her living environment. The Lake God Witch was in a much better mood. Thinking of spending the Winter Veil Festival together in the next period of time, she couldn't help but look forward to it.

The interior of the wine castle has been completely renovated. The simple tones and luxurious decorations remain unchanged. The empty wine castle has been filled with fine cherry wood furniture. The huge magic lights and fine tiled bathtubs show Ryan's style. Extraordinary financial resources.

Now he was left with his two maids and the Lake God Witch, so he simply brought Emilia, Orica and Morgiana to the wine castle to spend the Winter Veil Festival. Orika was okay, Amelia was particularly excited. The girl had just graduated from Wynford College this year and completed her own course for female courtiers. Her pretty little face was flushed, and the fiery red carpet and wooden structure of the room were filled with her. A jumping figure.

"Just eat whatever you want for lunch, and let's make a turkey dinner together in the evening." Ryan nodded with a smile. He reached out and rubbed Emilia's golden hair: "Emilia, congratulations. Graduated from Winford College.”

"Thank you!" Emilia looked at Morgiana, then at Orika, and said happily: "From now on, I can focus on dressing you up, Ryan."

"Go, Emilia, go and pick a room for yourself. There are five rooms in the main building. Choose one by yourself." Ryan nodded: "Olica and I share a room, Her Highness Morgiana, Orica I will take you to choose a room."

"I'll just live next door to you." Morgiana frowned without leaving any trace, thinking that Ryan would arrange for the two of them to live together.

"That's okay." While Emilia was choosing a room, Ryan sat down and said, "My Lord, don't worry, Casfan will not try to fight the Empire before February next year. This kind of weather , Casfan’s army may have to be reduced by about 30% before it crosses the Gray Mountains.”

"I understand." Morgiana nodded. The gods returned to gods, and the mortals returned to mortals. As the spokesperson of the Lake Fairy in the mortal world, she could not intervene in the human civil war, so she also chose to remain silent on this matter.

There was a beautiful snow scene outside the wine castle. A few people had some bread and stew for lunch, and then Olica and Emilia were preparing a turkey dinner.

Because of the previous agreement, several distinguished wood elf guests will visit the winery in the evening.

Ryan took Morgiana's hand: "My lord, do you want to take a bath together?"

"……good."

Updated. It's a little late today. Don't take it off. School has just started and I'm always a little busy.