Chapter 128, Knighthood Ceremony
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It's Suria, the female knight has changed into a white military uniform and a blue knee-high pleated skirt tonight. The golden epaulets and armbands are shining brightly under the moonlight. She has a tall and straight figure and a heroic temperament. What's more is the faint smile on her face and the gentleness like water.
A pair of beaded and round black silk legs stepped on long suede crocodile leather boots, standing in the middle of the road, arms folded, looking up at the bright moonlight.
Beauty under the moon.
"Miss Su Liya is so elegant! Come out to enjoy the moon at night?" Ryan walked three steps away from the female knight with great interest.
"I used to come here when I was a child." Suria, who had shining blond hair, said sadly, "It's just that since the relationship between my father and His Majesty Richard has deteriorated, I seldom come to this place."
"The relationship has deteriorated? Miss Su Liya, can you tell me? I am very interested in these things. You know, I am about to accept enfeoffment, but I still don't know much about many parts of my country." Just by this By chance, Ryan asked what he had long wanted to say.
Before coming to Brittania, he had already done detailed homework on the basic situation of the country, but nothing was more effective than a duke's daughter personally explaining it.
More importantly, the Duke of Winford is the Holy Grail Knight, the Holy Grail Knight, the Holy Grail Knight, and the important thing is said three times. The Holy Grail Knights are living saints who have passed the Holy Grail test. Morally speaking, they are relatively perfect, so Ryan There is no need to worry about the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Winford carrying private goods in her words.
Normally, all kingdom knights entrust their fiefs and possessions to another trusted knight before embarking on the Holy Grail path. If this knight fails (and survives) the Holy Grail path, they will Go back to your own fief and continue to accumulate strength, waiting for the next opportunity to take the Holy Grail Road.
If the knight of the Kingdom completes the Holy Grail Trial and drinks from the Holy Grail of the Fairy of the Lake, then he will give up all his secular property and become a Holy Grail Knight with supreme glory, guarding the holy place of the Fairy of the Lake for life , no longer ask about worldly affairs.
But there are always exceptions. In some cases, if the knight is a great nobleman with his own hereditary title and noble title, then even if he completes the Holy Grail trial, he will be ordered by the fairy of the lake. Return to claim your title while serving the Lady of the Lake as Grail Knight and ruler.
In the present Duchy, the Duke of Connet "The Righteous" Louis, the Duke of Bastogne "The Butcher of the Beast" Berhemond, and the Duke of Winford "Long-legged" François, these three Dukes are the Knights of the Holy Grail, and they are intriguing. Unfortunately, they correspond to the three most prominent families in the country, that is, the Leaping Lion, the Red Fire Dragon and the Pure White Horse. They are all descendants of the first knight King Arthur.
Ryan felt that this was no coincidence. Arthur's descendants were very likely to have a strong bloodline and be well guided by the fairies in the lake.
"Mr. Ryan wants to know?" Suria looked at Ryan with shimmering sea blue eyes. She knew that as long as she spoke, Ryan owed her family a favor.
"Of course, I asked Miss Suria to teach me."
This is exactly what she wanted.
The person in front of him is too powerful, and it is necessary to invest in this kind of person as soon as possible. This is the plan discussed by the Antree brothers and sisters long ago. Others can't see it. They can see that the flower bracelet on Ryan's hand is definitely The gift from the fairy in the lake is correct.
And the Jean Territory, where Ryan is about to become the lord, is very important to the Duchy of Wenford. The Duchy of Winford is surrounded by mountains, and the interior is a very rich valley plain. entrance and exit.
The two walked to the gazebo in the garden and sat opposite each other. Emilia gave them two cups of black tea and then withdrew.
Picking up the black tea, the female knight took a sip, and then began to tell Ryan what she knew.
"The current name of His Majesty the King is Richard-le-Angoulant,
In his early years, he singled out a tiger and tore off the tiger's skin and put it on himself, so he got the nickname Tiger..."
Suria described the story about Richard, and some things are generally understood by Ryan. As mentioned above, I will not repeat them here.
Then there's what he's interested in.
It turned out that after Richard ascended the throne, he found that due to John II's repeated expeditions and abuse of the treasury, the kingdom's finances were close to bankruptcy, and the dukes were independent and lacked centripetal force. Satisfied, so he also lacks the full support of the fairies of the lake.
However, it is not easy to sit on the throne. Richard first used the marriage to stabilize the relationship between the Principality of Lyonnaise on the left of the Principality of Angoulang and the king. This grand wedding made the Dukes spend a lot of money. Real money.
Then after Richard took the throne, the first thing he did was to increase taxes. He repeatedly collected a fixed military tax from each duke in the name of the military, and then he set up a luxury tax to levy additional items such as wine from the dukes in the kingdom. A tax on such luxuries.
The biggest loss in this matter is the Duchy of Wenford, which is the hometown of wine and olive oil, and the Duchy of Bordeaux, which is famous for maritime trade and cash crops. Therefore, the relationship between the Duke of Wenford and the king has deteriorated day by day. apparent affiliation.
"Remember, Mr. Ryan, the Barony of Jean is the territory that Theodoric, the Duke of Berleon, has always wanted. Being entrusted in this place will definitely arouse his dissatisfaction. Also, Papa in the northeast of the Duchy of Wenford The Duke of Laon has a deep conflict with my father, and I don’t know if it will affect you.” Suria put down her black tea and sighed: “The Duke of Laon keeps imposing tariffs on our caravans, and the merchants There have been a lot of robbers on the road for a long time..."
"I understand." It is not accidental that there are a large number of robbers haunting for a long time. Ryan immediately understood the meaning of the female knight. These robbers are likely to be wolves in sheep's clothing.
After the Tower of Dole incident, the chivalry that the nobles insisted on in the past has gradually disappeared, and the energy of seeking justice and virtue in the past is now only used to extract higher benefits from the serfs.
"Mr. Ryan, you are the Holy Grail Knight. His Majesty the King has no power to order you, so you have to be mentally prepared. He and His Excellency the Duke of Lyonnaise who came to watch the ceremony may not welcome you so much." The female knight continued to add .
"Okay, I understand, then can I ask about His Excellency Hubald, Duke of Carcassonne? What kind of knight is he?" Ryan then asked.
"Your Excellency Duke Hubald is cold and respected, but it has been reported that he is already preparing to embark on the path of the Holy Grail..." Many of Suria's words were halfway through, and Ryan could quickly understand them. At this level, many things only need to be said roughly.
"I see." Ryan continued to nod, he must at least find out the tempers of the dukes near his territory.
an hour later.
"Thank you very much, Miss Suria." Ryan put his hands on his chest and expressed his sincere thanks to the female knight.
"You're welcome." The female knight also gave him a perfect courtesy, her exquisitely perfect face raised a moving arc: "Mr. Ryan's morality and strength are surprising, Antley The family would love to be friends with Mr Lane."
"And I would also like to have sincere and enthusiastic friends like Julius and Miss Suria." The moonlight shone on Ryan's face, and a simple verbal agreement was reached in this way.
"Anyway, my brother and I will follow you during this time, please tell us if you have anything." The female knight smiled elegantly and solemnly.
"Okay, I wish you good health."
On the way back, Ryan said to Emilia, "What a beautiful lady."
Rarely, Emilia replied to Ryan with a sentimental tone: "Yes, Mr. Ryan, Miss Suria is indeed very good, noble and beautiful."
"That's it." Ryan thought to himself that what I said and what you answered didn't seem to be the same topic?
Forget it, he still has a lot to think about.
Three days later, a grand knighting ceremony was held in the Korona Palace.
The colorful glass illuminates the moving light and shadow. The figures and stories of the twelve holy grail knights are watching the figure in the central hall on both sides of the palace. Decorated with murals, the seats on both sides were filled with knights who came to watch the ceremony, as well as the great nobles of Brittany in the front row.
Ryan wore a full set of Bretanian aristocratic dress, kneeling on one knee in front of the King of Knights.
The knights shouted loudly, and they welcomed the arrival of this legendary holy grail knight. His name has been resounding throughout the mainland in the recent period, and his glory has spread throughout every town in Britannia. A castle and a tavern, he became the Knight of the Holy Grail at a young age, fulfilling the dreams of all knights in their poor lives.
For a long time to come, this knight will become the focus of people's gossip, and his glorious deeds will be passed down in the mouths of bards for a long time.
At the age of 16, he went to the battlefield to kill the barbarians, at the age of 22, he killed the beastman Beast King "Fanger" Gol, at the age of 24, he won the championship match with the chaotic champion "Crushing Bear" Bireg, and officially became the Lady of the Lake God's Chosen Champion.
After coming to Marienburg, he successively exposed the conspiracy of the Aesthetic Society and killed the fallen hunters, and wiped out a large number of greenskins in the battle of Coleson Plain, which became famous all over the world.
His feats made the knights mesmerized.
Idol!
And so Lane gets the biggest ovation.
It's just that compared to the cheers of the knights, the big Breton nobles sitting in front were much quieter. Most of them just clapped their hands a few times symbolically. Only a few nobles responded with warm applause, and all of them Grail Knight.
Looking at the figure of Ryan kneeling on the knees, Dalhaide, the Duke of Lyonnaise, looked a little strange. This is not because Ryan is an outsider. There is a lot of intermarriage between the nobles of the Empire and Britannia, and there are many exchanges. There is a covenant between them, and it is normal and common to invite each other. The imperial people have also been knight kings.
He just doesn't like Ryan's strength and identity very much. Your Excellency the Duke thinks it is a good thing or a bad thing for this young man to become a baron here. He is too good, and he is also a Holy Grail Knight. If such an excellent young man is here to protect the lady Holy Land, then he will embrace him with open arms.
But now he has come to be the lord.
In the situation where it was temporarily unclear where he was standing, the Duke himself could only applaud symbolically. What this young man would bring to him still needed to be observed.
If the big nobles present were still a little strange, then the attitude of Knight King Richard was even more interesting. The gray-haired Knight King tried his best to stand upright, but he neither showed any expression nor said much. , he held the holy sword that symbolized Britannia's royal power in the past dynasties-the sword of the Lady of the Lake, and stepped down from the throne step by step.
Ryan maintained his movements, silently.
An attendant walked in from the side holding a brand new baronial dress. This set of clothes was a dark red velvet jacket and trousers with a white fur border. There are 6 silver balls.
"Lian Malcador."
"You proved your worth to the lady and the king by your courage, your honor, your faith."
"Here, as the Knight King of Britannia, on behalf of the former kings and the ladies of the lake, I canonize the Holy Grail Knight Ryan-Macado as Baron Jean. I hope you will use your loyalty, your life, Prove your worth."
After finishing speaking, the blade of the Sword of the Lady in the Lake nodded on Ryan's head, and on the left and right shoulders.
"Sir, Ryan Malcador is willing to dedicate his loyalty to the lady, defend the people with his life, lead the soldiers with honor, and live up to His Majesty's entrustment." Ryan read out the oath.
The sword of the king of the lake god trembled, and the old knight king stared at Ryan for a while, and then said calmly: "May the brilliance of the lady light your way forward."
After finishing speaking, the King of Knights turned and left without looking at Ryan again. Then he waved his hand to indicate that the ceremony was over. A piece of parchment with hot gold text and stamp was sent to Ryan. The ring and ribbon of status, Ryan took it calmly.
The ceremony was thus completed. During the process, there was no encouragement and gentle instructions from the king, nor was there a serious oath from the new baron. Everything was like a formality. Knight King Richard completed the ceremony lukewarmly, and then sat and watched the crowd disperse.
The knights congratulated Ryan one after another, and Ryan responded seriously one by one.
Both he and Richard knew in their hearts that this knighting ceremony was not based on the king's personal thoughts.
The two men's previous vows get to the heart of the matter.
There is no king to whom Lion's oath swears allegiance.
Yes, only the new Baron Jean, Holy Grail Knight Ryan Malcador who came out of the palace.
Next, he will go to the Principality of Carcassonne in the south to meet the Fairy of the Lake and the Fairy of the Lake, who has been hearing her name but has never seen her, and chooses the Lake God and Witch, Morgiana.
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