Chapter 101: Conferring the Title (Please Collect and Recommend)

"In the name of the king, I grant you a great honor, and with it comes great responsibility. →Are you willing to solemnly swear to rule your territory and your people? And abide by the laws and customs of the kingdom?"

"I do, my lord."

"Are you willing to swear to be fair and kind in your words and deeds?"

"I do, my lord."

"Are you willing to swear allegiance to Camelot and fulfill your lifelong duties?"

"I, Kai Brittany, swear with my life to protect the kingdom and its people, to be loyal to the king for life, and to never forget my duties." Kai knelt on one knee in front of King Uther and took the scepter symbolizing the duke's power from King Uther.

King Uther was very satisfied watching his adopted son swear, and was deeply relieved. He took a crown from the Grand Secretary beside him. This crown was obviously specially customized and smaller than the king's crown. It was engraved with a roaring lion pattern. In front of the crown was a huge ruby.

Morgana, standing behind King Uther, had a ruddy face, and her eyes were filled with happiness. She looked at Kai with pride and pride.

"Now, in the name of the King of Camelot, I officially confer Kai Britannia the title of Duke of the Rhine!"

As King Uther put the Duke's crown on Kai, warm applause rang out in the hall. → Everyone thought Kai deserved the title of Duke. After all, Kai's performance in the previous war was too dazzling. Not only did he repel the attack of the Kingdom of Sendred at the lowest cost, but he also made the Kingdom of Sendred pay a war compensation of 100,000 gold coins. Later, Kai also saved the life of Arthur, the crown prince of Camelot.

If it were not for consolidating Arthur's position as the legitimate heir, Kai's conferment should have been carried out long ago.

Now, Arthur's performance at the Knights' Assembly has greatly increased the recognition of his subjects and nobles. King Uther can also rest assured to confer Kai the title. So just after Arthur won the lance competition, King Uther couldn't wait to officially confer the title of Duke of the Rhine on Kai on the second day of the New Year.

Interestingly, Arthur's territory was the territory of Morgana's father, Glos, Duke of Cornwall, during his lifetime - Londinium. A huge territory located on the plains southeast of Camelot, where the Thames River flows. The original meaning of Londinium in the Celtic language is the place where the river flows. This territory is also considered a rich territory in the Kingdom of Camelot.

But because Glos, Duke of Cornwall, died in battle, Morgana's mother died early, and Morgana was too young, this territory has always been managed by King Uther. The external statement is that it was the request of the Duke of Cornwall. In fact, because of some early secrets, this territory was actually taken back by the Camelot royal family. Now King Uther has given this territory to Kai, and its significance is self-evident.

At least the nobles and knights present understood the meaning of King Uther's actions. He confirmed Kai and Morgana's marriage in disguise and returned the territory to Morgana in another way. →

No one objected to this, and many people even felt that King Uther had done a very good job.

Morgana naturally understood it. In the eyes of envy and jealousy, Morgana was so shy that she almost fainted. Because it meant that her wedding with Kai was not far away.

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After the canonization of Kai, the ceremony did not end. On the contrary, a more exciting moment had just begun. In this knight conference, a total of fifteen knights were selected by King Uther and given knight titles and territories.

This is the highlight. Of course, this does not mean that Kai's canonization is not important. On the contrary, Kai's canonization is of great significance. It means that the outside world's concerns about the succession of the throne have completely ended. Kai was canonized as a duke, which means that he has lost the qualification to become the crown prince. In political terms, the canonization of a hundred knights is not as good as the canonization of Kai.

However, the canonization of Kai had actually been hinted a long time ago. King Uther had summoned the kingdom's nobles and court ministers for this matter. So this matter had been widely spread a long time ago, and both nobles and civilians had been mentally prepared for it.

But the canonization of knights was different. Every year, knights would stand out at the Knights' Conference and be recruited by noble lords. As the organizer of the conference, Camelot naturally had a great advantage. Basically, those outstanding knights were left by Camelot, and then there were others.

So whether it was Camelot's own people or other noble lords, they all attached great importance to Camelot's enfeoffment after the Knights' Conference. This is like the ancient Chinese imperial examination. Those who passed the examination actually had nothing to do with most people. The reason why people were so concerned was naturally because they wanted to watch the fun.

Secondly, we can see if there are any talents among those who were not selected by Camelot.

But this time, other noble lords were destined to be disappointed. Although Camelot seemed to be in trouble in the past two years, with monsters and disasters always causing trouble, in fact, the production and life of the people were not affected much, especially in the war against the Kingdom of Sendred, which Kai won very beautifully. Although Camelot issued a call for troops, Kai ended the war before the call for troops took effect.

This had little impact on Camelot's autumn harvest. Kai gained the greatest benefit at the lowest cost. The casualties of the soldiers were very small, but he received a large amount of war compensation. This war bonus made Camelot's finances extremely healthy.

In addition, these days, taxes have been collected, Camelot is rich, very rich. Since it is rich, King Uther is naturally generous.

So this time, King Uther caught all those excellent knights at once and canonized fifteen knights. Even Gawain, the white horse knight who was second only to Arthur in the conference, was recruited by King Uther with a high salary.

Other noble lords saw it and felt pain in their hearts.

In this era of hegemony among the countries, who doesn't know the importance of talents. But there is no way, Camelot is rich and willful.

In the eyes of the Camelot people, this is another scene. What does it mean that the king can canonize knights on such a large scale? It shows the strength of Camelot! As a part of Camelot, the stronger Camelot is, the greater the benefit to them.

So although some people are sour in their hearts, the overall atmosphere of the banquet is very good.

After the knights were canonized, unlimited wine and food were brought up by servants and attendants. Today is New Year's Eve. According to tradition, before 12 o'clock today, all the food and wine in the kitchen must be eaten and drunk, and there must be no leftovers.

No matter what, today is New Year's Eve. Everyone will temporarily forget their troubles and drink with others. It's very Water Margin. After all, it was before Christ, and there were not so many ways. Sometimes knights were no different from Liangshan heroes.

Just when people were immersed in the atmosphere of carnival, a scream suddenly stunned everyone.

This is New Year's Eve! According to Celtic tradition, no matter how big the grudge is on this day, it must be said after midnight. What's more, this is the royal palace! Someone is making trouble at this time?

A group of knights who were already a little drunk immediately drew their weapons and prepared to chop the bastards who came to make trouble into minced meat and drink!

Here we have to say that the Celtic tradition is really rough. On New Year's Eve, when they went to the palace for a dinner, these tough guys were all carrying weapons. It's really...