Chapter 166 16 Castel Territory

Chapter 166 -16- Castel Territory

Walking out of the rolling violet forest, the view suddenly opened up.

What greeted Charlotte's eyes was a vast plain. Standing on the hill, she could see the crisscrossing river systems, the scattered lakes and ponds, as well as the reed haystacks, shrubs and forests interspersed between the water systems, and large tracts of farmland.

The winding stone road led to the distance, cleverly connecting one piece of farmland after another. At the intersection of the road, you could see villages with faint smoke from cooking.

Windmills of all sizes stood around the village and in the farmland, rotating slowly. If you looked closely, you could also see farmers busy in the fields and craftsmen driving donkey carts full of goods in and out of the windmill mill.

The clear sky was pure blue, and occasionally you could see a large black bird soaring in the sky and flying between the water systems. It was a kind of falcon unique to the North, and it was also the source of the Castel family emblem.

What a beautiful rural scenery!

Charlotte could keenly feel that everything here was full of a thriving atmosphere, far beyond the deep and cold Violet Forest and the sparsely populated countryside of the Principality of Boulder.

And if you look far, you can see the city and castle surrounded by silver-gray walls in the northeast, located between the crisscrossing water systems.

If you continue to walk north along the city, you can see the beautiful scenery of the water and sky at the end of your vision.

That is the sea.

Or to be more precise, the Star-Moon Strait that faces the Falling Star Kingdom from north to south.

Castel Territory is originally a territory facing the sea.

Standing on the hill, Charlotte looked far away. After leaving the forest, perhaps because of the proximity to the sea, the oncoming wind was obviously stronger.

Although it was far from being cold, it was obviously beyond the scope of a breeze, blowing her beautiful golden hair a little messy.

Charlotte smoothed her hair and looked at the paradise-like world in the distance with burning eyes, and her heart was inevitably excited.

She finally came to her territory.

From now on, wherever she looked, it belonged to Castel's land!

The mighty convoy left the Violet Forest, and everyone's expression became relaxed and bright.

As soon as the convoy walked out of the forest, a fully armored knight came from afar with more than 30 cavalrymen, and seemed to have been waiting at the exit of the forest.

Baron Sharon, who led the team at the front, obviously knew the knight. After exchanging a few words, he brought the knight to meet Charlotte.

The strange knight came to the carriage under the leadership of Baron Sharon and saluted respectfully:

"Angus de Vallee, the commander of the cavalry of the Earl of Castel, greets the Earl!"

Shirley, who was sitting in the carriage, lifted the gauze curtain for Charlotte, and Charlotte also saw the knight kneeling on one knee clearly.

This is a middle-aged man who looks about 40 years old, with a resolute look.

Charlotte had studied the relevant information about the Earldom of Castel in advance, and soon recognized the other party's identity through the name he reported.

Angus de Valle, one of the 17 fiefdom barons directly under the Earldom of Castel, the current head of the Valle family, and the knight commander of the Earldom of Castel.

At the same time, he is also the gateway between the Earldom of Castel and the Violet Principality, the mayor of Valle City.

The city that Charlotte just saw on the hill is Valle City.

Looking at the knight with a resolute look in front of her, Charlotte quickly recalled the archives she saw in the study of Castel Manor.

The Valle family is one of the noble families in the Earldom of Castel that supports the Castel family the most.

Its current head, Angus de Valle, succeeded to the throne at the age of 17, followed the Earl and Countess of Castel to fight for more than ten years, and participated in the Roman Campaign to repel the massive invasion of the Fallen Star Kingdom.

Angus de Valais himself is taciturn, not sociable, and even less interested in forming cliques. His only hobby is swordfighting. He is a swordsman obsessed with swordsmanship and a serious knight, but unfortunately he is not talented and can only be trapped in the starry rank for his whole life.

These materials were all seen by Charlotte in the archives in Castel's study, and those archives were left by her father, the previous Earl of Castel.

Although ten years have passed, it still has a certain reference value.

By the way, Baron Chalon's family, Leon-Castell, is also one of the families recorded in the archives that have always been loyal to the Earl. This is what Charlotte learned after carefully reading the archives later.

Of course, unlike the Valais family, Leon-Castell's title is Viscount, and he is also one of the only three viscounts of the Earldom of Castel.

The fiefdom of the Leon-Castell family is just northeast of Valais City.

"Please stand up, Sir Angus."

Putting away her scattered thoughts, Charlotte said gently.

Her voice was gentle and soft, neither too enthusiastic nor distant, but just right to maintain a level that made people feel comfortable and close to her.

After practicing the spiritual resonance bloodline for so long, even if Charlotte did not use the power of majesty or charm, her level in this area was not low.

After receiving Charlotte's order, Angus stood up again, and then said in a deep voice:

"My Lord Earl, you have been tired all the way. The Valais family has prepared a dinner. Please allow me to welcome you on behalf of the people of the Valais Baronial Territory."

Angus obviously really doesn't like socializing.

When he invited Charlotte to Valais City to attend the banquet, he was also serious and stiff, as if he was reading, just like what was recorded in the archives of Castel's study.

Charlotte did not directly respond to Baron Angus' invitation, but looked behind him:

"Are you the only Valais family here?"

"My Lord, the Valais Barony is the gateway from the Violet Forest to Castel, and the distance is relatively close, so the news was received earlier. Other families are relatively far away, and they probably don't know yet."

"We know you came from this road to the north."

Angus said in a deep voice.

Charlotte:...

Isn't this answer too honest?

Shouldn't I perform well in front of the lord at this time, and step on those nobles who didn't come?

Charlotte looked at the baron strangely, and was sure that he was an honest man.

As for the reason that the other nobles didn't come, she didn't believe it at all.

They are fooling the honest people. With so many family representatives following in the convoy, Charlotte doesn't believe that no one of them sent a message in advance before entering the Violet Forest.

In the extraordinary world with magic, it is still very convenient to conduct magic communication at the Magic Association's headquarters in the city.

However, it is normal that no one came to pick her up.

This is not the emperor of the Celestial Empire's southern tour. Even as an earl, the degree of centralization in Castel Territory is not that high, and the lord's constraints on vassals are not that strong.

This is originally a matter of coming if you want to, and not coming if you don't want to, and no one forces it.

Not to mention that Charlotte has just succeeded to the throne and has no prestige at all.

"Mr. Angus, thank you very much for your invitation, but... I have wasted too much time on this journey, and I don't plan to attend any banquets before returning to Beigang."

Charlotte said gently.

Yes, no banquet.

Long before entering Castel Territory, Charlotte had already thought about it. Before returning to Beigang, the main city of Castel, she didn't plan to attend any banquets of nobles.

In fact, it didn't matter if someone came to pick her up after she entered the territory.

Every time the Duke of Bold came back from outside, not all the nobles would rush to the Duke's Mansion like licking dogs. That was the lord, not the father.

But judging from the messengers sent by the various families in the Count of Castel to her coming-of-age ceremony and succession ceremony, these families did not really value her.

You know, Quasimodo had sent messages to the families in each territory at the beginning.

And it was not the first time to send messages. After the blood demon case in Castel Manor, the nobles of the territory were summoned to "protect the emperor".

Of course, no one moved in the end. The response given was that the wizard tower of the wizard association in the territory was broken.

Charlotte could almost foresee that after entering the territory, she would continue to attend banquets of all sizes, and she would probably face a series of hypocritical and amusing scenes to make children happy.

Not paying attention means not caring, not caring means despising and looking down on, prevarication and fooling around, the growth of ambition, etc.

Charlotte was too lazy to do all this. She had attended various banquets along the way and had seen many intrigues. She knew that the nobles were best at disguise.

If possible, before returning to the main city, she did not want to enter any noble's home ground and have a first impression of the other party in the environment created by the other party.

Although the archives of the Castel family allowed her to have a preliminary understanding of the nobles in the territory, the first impression was still very important, and the wrong first impression could easily lead to misjudgment.

She wanted to see what the attitude of these nobles was towards her, and what the nobles themselves were like.

She wanted to see how many nobles would come to visit her if she did not visit these nobles.

Of course, the Valais family might really want to invite her.

But since she had decided not to attend any noble banquets, Charlotte naturally could not open this door.

Charlotte's refusal obviously caught the middle-aged knight off guard.

He was stunned for a moment, obviously not knowing how to answer. After scratching his head, he said in a deep voice:

"Okay, then... I will escort you to North Port with Lord Sharon as a guard."

Charlotte looked at the middle-aged knight unexpectedly, and now believed that he should really be a loyalist.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Angus."

She smiled brightly and said gently.

The bright smile made Baron Angus stunned again. The smile with full of beauty and charm has always been very lethal. Even the taciturn middle-aged knight lost his mind for a moment.

But he quickly reacted and bowed his head respectfully.

Then, the baron knight got on the horse again, and together with Baron Sharon, they protected Charlotte's carriage.

One on the left and one on the right, like two great guardians.

"The Valais family... At my coming-of-age ceremony, the envoy who came was Baron Angus's younger brother, right?"

Charlotte put down the veil and asked.

"Yes."

Across from her, Shirley answered as she filled a glass of milk for her.

Charlotte nodded slightly.

The fact that the head of the family's younger brother attended her coming-of-age ceremony was considered high among all the visiting envoys of noble families.

Baron Angus's cavalry joined Castel's convoy, and Charlotte set off again.

This time, the caravan did not take a detour to the northeastern city of Valais, but headed north along the main road of the earldom.

The caravans that finally reached their destination also said goodbye to the Castel family's caravan and left. Charlotte also made a small profit of nearly two thousand quintana pocket money by paying "protection fees" along the way.

Without the caravan, the Castel caravan went faster. According to Baron Angus, it would take at most three days to arrive.

The Earldom of Castel is very large, very large.

As far as Charlotte knows, its size is equivalent to one-third of the Principality of Boulder, and the official area is about 120,000 square kilometers.

From the map, the shape of the entire principality is roughly an obtuse triangle with an arc angle of 120 degrees, with the obtuse side facing northeast and the north facing the Star-Moon Strait, which is also the location of the capital of Castel, North Port.

By the way, the population of the earldom is said to be more than five million.

When Charlotte first learned about these data, she couldn't help but smack her tongue. Seriously speaking, this scale is completely equivalent to a principality. Even if it is placed in a similar background on Blue Star, it is still an important vassal.

Of course, the Miria world has extraordinary power, and the scale of administrative divisions is obviously much larger than that of similar history on Blue Star. For example, the population of the Crescent Kingdom is said to be 80 to 90 million.

But even so, Castel Territory is 100% a great noble. Even if it is independent of the Principality of Boerde, it is still a great force in the Crescent Kingdom.

The convoy went north, and gradually, there were more and more towns on the way, and more and more pedestrians on the road.

The people of Castel Territory are obviously richer. Even the farmers are dressed similarly to the residents of the city outside Boerde. You know, in the countryside of Boerde, the farmers Charlotte saw were dressed almost the same as beggars.

However, what surprised Charlotte was that the pedestrians on the road would change their faces after seeing the Castel family's convoy. They stopped their work and moved aside, or hid far away, looking at the Castel family emblem on the convoy with a complicated and even hostile look.

"Why are they looking at us like this?"

Charlotte frowned, lifted the curtain and looked at Baron Angus riding a horse outside in confusion.

Baron Angus looked hesitant.

Seeing the other party like this, Charlotte's heart jumped.

"It's okay, tell me if you have anything."

She said.

Angus hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice:

"My Lord Earl, in fact... there have been some bad rumors in the Earl's territory recently..."

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