Throne of the North

Ryan returned to the city where he had only stayed for a few years when he was a child. Everything was so strange. After meeting Mrs. Ellie Fleming, Ryan soon met his biological mother.

As expected, with the return of the earl, the countess's belly bulged again.

"Ryan, you're back."

"Mother."

Clammy Sterling, Ryan's biological mother and the second wife of Earl Clayton, stroked Ryan's hair lovingly.

The Fleming family, where the other countess was from, came from the Fleming family, one of the four grand dukes of the empire. She was the daughter of the grand duke, and Ryan's biological mother was also extraordinary. She was a woman from the Sterling family of the earl's family. Her father was also the current Earl Sterling, a powerful... legendary warlock.

So this was also the Clayton family, Ryan's brothers and sisters teased Ryan, because he originally had a powerful father and a powerful grandfather.

If he didn't go to the North Wind Province to be a poor and cold lord, he could enjoy the resources of two great nobles. The Clayton family would give him a piece of property, and the Sterling family would also likely give him a piece of resources for the second child born to Clammy.

Added together, it might be more than the wealth of some barons in Lingdu County.

The most important thing is that he doesn't have to suffer, let alone stay in a territory with little enjoyment.

But from the moment he became a noble, Ryan could not have these things, so these resources would fall on other people's heads.

He has become a noble, a baron, a fifth-class noble of the empire, and no longer a subsidiary of the Clayton family. Then all resource help must comply with the rules of the nobles and the rules of the Clayton family.

So, Ryan is the Ryan family, and Clayton is the Clayton family.

The family affection and blood relationship between the two sides is close, limited to the one or two generations in front of them. Because of the father-son relationship between Ryan and the earl, his children and the future children of the earl of Clayton will be much shallower. By the third generation, everyone is really just a relative.

But within the empire, who didn't have some kind of relationship with many nobles?

At that time, the Clayton family and the Ryan family could be said to be two nobles.

But similarly, within the Clayton family, Ryan's brothers and sisters are now enjoying the rights of nobles in these generations. When they come to the next few generations, it will be different. At that time, their blood relationship with Earl Clayton will be more distant. They are no longer nobles, but members of the Clayton family.

As for Ryan's knight attendant, Harrington Clayton, this is even more distant. It is even possible that his ancestors followed a certain Earl Clayton, thus receiving the baptism of blood and practicing the Flame Dragon Knight Breathing Method, and they have been the retainers and followers of Clayton's direct lineage for generations.

Illegitimate children also have a similar status.

However, from this, it can also be seen that the Clayton family is huge, and it is worthy of being the bloodline that other nobles envy and envy.

This has nothing to do with Ryan. After caring about his mother, Ryan needs to meet with Earl Clayton, the real master of Clayton.

Although Ryan's frozen territory has not yet offered anything to the Clayton family because of blood relations, it does not mean that this relationship does not exist.

As a nobleman, Ryan needs to rely on the Clayton family because of his identity in addition to being loyal to the royal family.

He is a nobleman and a son.

This is still the same relationship, and it will change after two or three generations.

Earl Clayton does not want it, so Ryan's frozen territory, who wants to rely on the great nobles, should also take the initiative to give it.

It's just that before, the earl didn't care, and Ryan had no idea, which led to the two sides hitting it off and no one paying attention to each other.

Earl Clayton's place of receiving outsiders, especially other nobles, is very big, very big.

Pushing open the ancient door, Ryan seemed to have entered the belly of a giant dragon. Surrounding it, this study or reception room was forged from a whole set of dragon bones, and the white dragon bones were exposed in many places.

This was Ryan's first time entering here. Even the current Clayton family did not have many descendants who could enter here.

Ryan looked ahead, where there was a figure standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, as if looking at the Flame Dragon Castle outside. Ryan knew that he could easily see a place here, the training camp of the Flame Dragon Knights, the extraordinary legion of the Clayton family.

He had tried to see here before, but he could only see a small window.

But now, he found that the window was not small. The crystal window that could not be covered by three or five people represented the authority and power of the Clayton family.

"Father."

"According to the etiquette of the nobility, you should call me Lord Earl Clayton."

Leon Clayton, the current Earl Clayton, had a loud and majestic voice echoing in the study. Even if he didn't release it actively, the pressure of the legendary knight's life made Ryan a little breathless.

He spoke again in silence.

"Lord Earl Clayton."

"Yes."

Nodding, Earl Clayton turned his head, looked at Ryan and continued:

"Now, you can call me father."

In memory, Earl Clayton had too many children, which led to the relationship between the earl and his children not being so cordial, but more majestic.

"Kaz said that your territory is developing well?"

At this time, Ryan was no longer as reserved as he was at the beginning, and became calm and natural, which made Earl Clayton look much more satisfied.

"The frozen land territory is not as bad as imagined. It has been more stable in more than a year. I brought some special products from the territory to my father and mother."

To the outside world, the mother mentioned by the descendants of the Clayton family often represents the two countesses, not just one person.

Inwardly, there will be close and distant relationships, but the two countesses of this term seem to have a good relationship and there are no conflicts.

It is also possible that the countess from Fleming is much older, and the second one does not care about power.

The rights of both parties are staggered, and the age difference between the children of both parties also means that even if the eldest son of the earl dies, the second, third, and fourth sons below are not born by Kurami.

The issue of inheritance is almost impossible for the two countesses to argue about, so there is naturally no conflict.

"Well done."

Clayton rarely praised his child, but Ryan caught the meaning in his tone.

"Father, are you not going to the North anymore?"

The army of the Clayton family, including the legendary knight Earl Clayton, a dragon slayer, rarely stayed in his own territory in the past many years.