"Filia, where is Kalonde?" Rogge asked.
Filia smiled and said: "Karonde Territory is right next to Yanyang City. We are neighbors."
After hearing this, Rogge felt a little more favorable towards Emperor Charles.
Caronde Territory is an idle barony. It was temporarily managed by Marquis Brandon, the lord of Yanyang City next to it. Now it finally has its own lord.
Rogge was granted the title of Viscount of Glory, but in reality he was treated as a baron in terms of territory.
The promotion of imperial titles is not that easy. Like Rogge, the only people who were directly promoted to viscount by a commoner, skipping the three levels of knight, knight and baron, were only famous warriors who had made great achievements in battle.
It makes a huge difference whether a noble has a fief or not. Although a barony is not large in area, as long as it is managed properly, it can bring huge income to the lord.
And owning a fief means being able to have your own regular knights. Of course, the cost of raising a knights is not small, and you have to pay it yourself.
While Rogge was thinking about how to develop his fiefdom, Matilda, Duke of Viper, ignored the teacher from Charles College who was about to start a speech and came straight to Rogge.
"Viscount Rogge, congratulations on being awarded the title." Matilda gave a simple nobility salute and continued, "Your speech was very exciting. I am very interested in you. Join my Viper family!"
"Uh, I..."
"I allow you to be my husband and share everything in the Viper family with me!"
Roger: ⊙0⊙
Seeing someone coming to snatch Rogge, Ofina was the first to object. The girl shouted: "Brother will not leave with you!"
Matilda showed off her proud figure and said: "Roger, the strength of the Viper family is first-rate in the entire Hess continent. You cannot suffer a loss."
Viper Duke Matilda, a martial saint-level warrior, is the only woman among the three grand dukes in the empire. She is tall and hot, with a chiseled face and an extremely delicate jaw line, which is unforgettable.
Matilda is like an unsheathed sword. I don’t know how many male nobles are obsessed with her or her power position, and are willing to be her subordinates.
It is impossible for Rogge to accept it. He is not interested in power and status. It is not suitable for him to "marry" the duchess and directly reach the pinnacle of life.
Besides, the goddess Philia and his sister Ofina were much better than Matilda in his eyes.
Rogge stood up and saluted, and replied: "Duke Matilda, please allow me to refuse. I have no interest in joining the Viper family, and I am not lucky enough to be your partner. I'm sorry."
"Oh? Is it because of Miss Filia that I rejected you so quickly? Or is it because of this little girl Ophina?"
"Both." Rogge said seriously.
Matilda watched the two girls' reactions with interest and said, "Okay, these two girls are indeed worthy of you. In that case, Viscount Rogge, are you interested in developing your first ally? We and Yan The relationship between the Yang family is also very good."
Rogge glanced at Filia, saw her slightly nodding towards him, and said, "It's my honor to cooperate with you."
"Well, you can come and talk to me about the management of the territory. I would also be happy to hear your theory on the fusion of martial arts and demons. That's it, I'll take my leave now."
Matilda didn't bother too much, didn't listen to the lectures of the teacher at Charles Academy, and left the training ground directly.
Roger felt very comfortable with this exchange with Matilda.
The Duchess works in a simple and elegant way, and it doesn't matter if she is rejected by others. At most, she feels a pity that she did not recruit outstanding talents.
Only such people are worthy of standing at the top of a warrior's journey and hitting the pinnacle of a warrior.
Although Filia felt reassured about Rogge, she couldn't help but want to tease him a few words, "Duchess Matilda has a high status, strong strength, heroic appearance, and a good personality. Aren't you tempted?"
Rogge stared deeply at Filia's face and replied: "Filia, my heart is controlled by you and moves with you."
Filia smiled brightly, while Ofina on the side puffed out her face and used Rogge's theory of disassembly and fusion to quickly create a unique hand move. She pinched people and released a healing spell at the same time, bringing Rogge A new experience of pain and relief.
Although Rogge rejected Matilda's "proposal", he gained her soft verbal support. It was great to have such a gain just after being awarded the title.
If the Viper family can be developed into a true ally, the pressure from the Lion family will be much less.
As the last teacher from Charles College stepped down from the podium, the tutor's speech that lasted for a whole day came to an end.
The two teachers at Charles College were of high standard and their speeches were wonderful. However, after the students first withstood the impact of Rogge and Ofina's speeches, and then listened to the lectures given by teachers from Charles College, they found it a bit boring.
Charles took the stage to make his final remarks.
"This ends the tutor's speech. I would like to thank all the teachers for their wonderful speeches. I announce that from now on, the tutor's speech will be held every year. Teachers from all colleges should pay attention to it and bring more exciting content to the students!"
"Tomorrow the college competition officially begins. I hope all the students will gain something. Rogge and Ophina will stay, and the others will be dismissed!"
Everyone exited in an orderly manner, and Rogge and others followed Charles' order to stay.
When they were almost gone, Charles took Charlesman and came to Rogge accompanied by Marquis Brandon.
"He is indeed an outstanding young man, Brandon. Rogge is really a good match for your precious daughter. He is much better than my unsatisfactory son!" Charles looked at Rogge carefully and said with emotion.
Charisman smiled indifferently, his eyes flowing on Filia and Rogge.
Brandon crossed his hands on his chest, looked at Rogge and said, "Huh, that's it. He's not worthy of Xiaoya."
After listening to Rogge's speech, Brandon already had some recognition of Rogge, although he didn't admit it.
But Young Master Yanyang Reinhard didn't care so much. He forcefully pulled Filia behind him and glared at Rogge.
In his opinion, whoever steals his sister is an enemy.
Rogge is afraid of Brandon, but not afraid of Reinhardt, because Filia said that Reinhardt bullied her when she was a child.
Although Rogge didn't ask carefully what kind of bullying it was, bullying was bullying. Even if he looked like he doted on Filia to the extreme now, he couldn't absolve himself of the "guilt" of his childhood.
So Rogge brought Filia back to his side in front of his future brother-in-law.
Reinhard was very angry, his fists clenched loudly, and flames seemed to come out of his body, and he said word by word: "Boy, let go of your hands!"
Rogge did not give in. He looked at Reinhardt and said, "Those who bully my sister have no right to order me."
Reinhard was stunned, pointed at his nose and said, "I bully my sister? When did I ever bully Xiaoya?"
The two looked at Filia, and Filia said lightly about Reinhardt's "crime", "Brother, I don't hold grudges, but I remember you snatched my orange when I was three years old."
Everyone: "..."
In the silence, only Ofina, who is very sensitive to what she eats, stood up, glared at Reinhardt and said, "That's so bad! You actually stole my sister's food, how shameless!"
Rogge defeated Reinhard in this aspect. Not only did he not take away anything from Ofina, he also kept making food for her.
The young man held his head high and was full of momentum, protecting Filia behind him.
"Xiaoya, I was young and ignorant at that time, and I didn't know that was your orange!" Reinhardt defended.
"The oranges in the house are all my oranges, don't you know?"
"Ah... I know... I know, but I only ate one. I saw that you really liked it, so I took one to taste it. It was not a robbery!"
"That's stealing. Do you know it's wrong anyway?"
Seeing that Filia was willing to hold him accountable, Reinhard quickly admitted his mistake, stood at attention and loudly said: "I got it!"
Based on his experience, as long as a woman is willing to open her mouth to hold you accountable, it means that she has almost forgiven you in her heart and will be done with admitting her mistake.
I don’t know if this trick will work on Filia, but it’s extremely useful on Emily, so I’ll use it first.
Rogge felt secretly happy. After spending more than a year with Filia, he thought he knew her best.
"This uncle is in trouble." Rogge thought to himself.
Sure enough, Filia heard Reinhard admit that he had made a "mistake" and continued: "What should I do if I make a mistake?"
"It should, it should..." Reinhardt looked at Filia's face and didn't say anything for a long time.
Philiya said in a persuasive manner: "Should you listen to me?"
"Ah, yes, yes!" Reinhard's mind was in a state of confusion. No matter what Filia said, he would accept it.
"Then I want you to accept Rogge."
"Okay?"
"I want you to accept Rogge, or I'll ignore you."
"Don't! I...I accept it. Isn't it okay to accept it?"
Filia came to the two men, grabbed one of their hands with each hand, pressed them together hard, and shook them.
Reinhard looked at his sister's happy smiling face and felt... he wanted to cry.
Filia used a little trick to help Rogge deal with his most difficult brother, leaving him with a relatively simple middle-aged man to deal with on his own.
"Haha, you young people are still energetic!" Privately, Charles didn't have the airs of an emperor at all.
He had just watched a play nearby and thought it was very interesting, so he invited everyone and said, "Today's instructor's speech was very good. Rogge and Ofina, you two really gave me a surprise. That old guy Anderson That’s pretty good!”
"There will be a banquet at my manor later. Come all of you. Roger, you have just been made an honorary viscount. Come and get in touch with the aristocratic circle."
In fact, Rogge didn't want to have too much contact with the aristocratic circle. The nobles he came into contact with, especially the children of the aristocracy, were not many good people. But the emperor personally invited him, and Rogge couldn't refuse.
Just when he was hesitating, Charles said again: "I got some good things from other countries. It is said to be the highest quality food. I will share it at the banquet!"
Ofina's eyes lit up and she made the decision for Rogge, "We have to go, we have to go."
Emperor Charles showed a sly smile and said, "Then come with me."
"The information is indeed correct. The little girl is a glutton. It's so easy to handle." Charles secretly rejoiced.
Rogge was still "shaking hands" with Reinhardt, and the two of them shook hands very hard. At this moment, veins popped out on his arms and face, and his face was flushed but he forced himself to remain serious.
This was the first direct confrontation between the two, and no one wanted to back down.
Filia looked at the two of them with a smile for a while, then stretched out her hand to open the two hands with blood marks on them, then threw away Reinhardt's, and gently held Rogge's hand and left.
Rogge turned around and showed a winner's smile to Reinhard.
"Boom!" Reinhardt's body ignited with blazing flames.
This is the visible anger of a man!
