Chapter 80 Richard Gets Married

As long as Richard nods, there are hundreds of noble ladies in the northern border who are willing to marry the Harland family.

If Richard grows into a high-level magician in a few years, even the members of the Grant royal family may be willing to marry him.

Richard is now very popular in the noble marriage market in the northern region of the Grant Kingdom. He is the most popular young man in the Geda Province. Matchmakers are running all over the door. Every day, old comrades and old superiors come to William to pass on messages, wanting to marry the Harland family.

In the Dawn Continent, low-level noble families basically get married at around 20 years old.

Ordinary people also consider love when getting married, but most of the marriages between nobles are determined by interests.

Although there is a saying of monogamy in this world, the teachings of the Dawn Goddess also persuade everyone to be loyal to their partners and treat their families well.

But in a world where extraordinary power belongs to oneself, the system of monogamy is impossible to implement.

Male nobles have court ladies around them, and female nobles can also have guardian knights.

Powerful professionals can have multiple legal partners regardless of gender.

If Richard and Sophia, two barons, get married.

Richard can find a court maid, and Sophia can find a guardian knight.

The children born have the right to inherit the territory of direct blood relatives, but the order of inheritance is later than that of the legitimate son.

The marriage of the two barons involves very complicated issues, which are related to the interests of everyone in the territory.

The marriage between lords is essentially the merger of territories. In the history of the Dawn Continent, there are very few marriages between hereditary nobles with titles.

This is the main reason why William is not optimistic about their relationship.

After returning from Black River Castle, Richard went directly to Vick Castle and met Sophia, and he directly brought up the topic.

"The day before yesterday, I went to Black River Castle. My father asked me to attend a party and marry a noble lady from the family of Count Martins."

Richard was interrupted by Sofia before he finished speaking: "What do you mean by telling me this?"

"I want to tell you that I rejected William on the spot and told him that I have someone I like. You know, the person I like is you. If you don't object, I will come to Wick Castle to get engaged as soon as possible."

Richard was so direct that Sofia was a little caught off guard.

When she was in the Kingdom of Markholm, Sofia had a crush on a talented magician. But she had to take on family responsibilities, and this crush ended after she inherited the territory.

During the time she spent with Richard, Sofia also had some good feelings for him, but it was not to the extent of love.

It was not until Richard led his troops to defeat the orcs and rescued Wick Castle from its predicament that Sofia had a different feeling about him.

Although the relationship between the two was not made clear, it felt like a pair of lovers.

Sophia grew up in an aristocratic family and of course understood the marriage between aristocrats.

Her parents were a marriage of interest, and they didn't have much affection for each other.

Her father also had four palace maids who competed with her mother for favor.

Of course, Sofia was a powerful magician, and her status was like her father.

She could also choose to marry a noble who had not inherited the territory, and then find a few guardian knights, which was completely in line with the laws of the Kingdom of Grant and the conventions among the nobles.

But the days she spent with Richard were so sweet that she couldn't let go of her lover emotionally.

Richard was mature in his psychological age and was not a love-brained person.

Although Sofia was a few years older than Richard in terms of physical age, she took feelings very seriously.

Facing Richard's proposal, she did not discuss it with other people in the territory and agreed very happily.

The Stopa territory was severely damaged in the last orc invasion, and Sofia almost started from scratch. She personally organized the army and bought the people in the territory, and her prestige in the territory was very high.

Even if some people in the Stopa family opposed it, with Sofia's insistence, the marriage between the two was quickly settled.

After the marriage was decided, Sophia took out several medium merits she had accumulated, and with the medium merits accumulated by Sophia, the Harland Territory could obtain another barony.

After obtaining the territory, William hurried to Lightburg to find someone to smooth things over, wanting to obtain the unowned land in the east of Harland Territory and the north of Stopa Territory.

If the activity is successful, the three territories can be connected.

When Richard and Sophia's children inherit the territory, they can be merged into a viscount territory.

If it were in other parts of the Grant Kingdom, this event would be difficult to operate.

The royal family has always been committed to suppressing the influence of the great nobles and is very disgusted with the merger of territories.

Every time a territory is merged, it takes a long time to shirk it, and it will only agree to the promotion of the title when it can't stand it.

However, in the northern border area, the royal family needs the great nobles to take on heavy responsibilities, and naturally will not limit the influence of the great nobles, but will support the development and growth of the small nobles.

After the orc invasion this time, the royal family directly conferred two hereditary earls in the northern border.

The current reality of the northern border is far from the time to restrict hereditary nobles.

As long as William persuaded the provincial officials, this matter could be accomplished.

William not only found his old superior Martins and asked Martins to help him in the noble parliament, but also found Zachley, the new commander of the Northern Army, and asked him to be a middleman to send a generous gift to the provincial governor Jerram Holland.

Jerram was a court baron, not of high birth, from an ordinary baron family in the east of the kingdom.

But his sister was a court lady of the Grant royal family, who was very favored by King Charles and gave birth to Prince Felix.

With this relationship, Jerram could reach the high position of provincial governor.

However, to be a provincial governor in the northern border, one must get the support of the commander of the main army.

The relationship with the noble lords cannot be too stiff.

If you are not capable enough, you can't do it at all.

Zakli is the commander of the northern army and the most powerful person in the Geda Province. He and Jerram are also old acquaintances in the capital, and both are confidants of King Charles.

With Zakli, the matter went very smoothly.

More than 1,900 square kilometers of territory in the northeast of Harland territory was granted to Richard, which is equivalent to a viscount's territory in the south.

The Richard family has three territories, and the Stopa territory covers an area of ​​1,200 square kilometers. William's territory covers an area of ​​1,400 kilometers. Richard's territory covers 1,900 square kilometers.

4,500 square kilometers of land, with a total population of less than 20,000 people. With such a small population density, the development of the territory is naturally difficult.

There are a series of cumbersome procedures for the wedding of nobles in the Dawn Continent.

But Richard and Sophie are hereditary lords, so they don't have to worry about the messy little things. The new butler Bernard Luca has arranged everything in an orderly manner, and they don't need to worry about the tedious things.

Although it looks very hasty, Richard and Sophia are willing, and they don't care about the eyes of others. They decided to hold a simple wedding. The guests invited are not outsiders, only blood relatives and in-laws of both parties.

The nobles of the Dawn Continent like to talk about pomp and circumstance, and the waste of weddings and funerals is very shocking.

Now Sophia and Richard have made a fortune from the war and have a lot of money in their hands, but they have already decided to invest in the management of the territory and will not waste gold coins on the wedding.

Richard's worldview is that of a modern person, and he is very good at weighing the pros and cons. Sophia has studied magic in the Kingdom of Markholm for many years. The study of magicians consumes a lot of gold coins, and the funding from Baron Stopa alone is not enough. This experience has led to her habit of being thrifty. The cruel war in the northern border and the responsibility of the Baron of Stopa Territory make her pragmatic and not vain.

So the two ignored the criticisms of other nobles and behaved a little differently.

On August 13, the day of their wedding, Richard and Sophia went to the Dawn Church together. They exchanged tokens of love, received the blessing of the church, completed the wedding, and became a family.