"Mr. Viscount, please come with me to the Dragon Palace. On Sunday you will witness Prince Li Qi being crowned a Duke there. Later, you will be crowned a Duke in the side hall together with several other young people."
On Monday morning, Lant came to Longtai Mountain, and Gareth Blue Dragon, the etiquette officer in the palace, took him through the process of this Sunday's canonization ceremony.
Because of today's trip to the palace, Lant slept in the main room of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. This was almost the softest bed he had ever slept on since time travel. In comparison, the bed in the school was narrow and hard, but it was not as good as the mattress on the grassland. It was so much better to just fall asleep with the animal skin spread out.
"Lord Lant, are you acting Viscount now or officially?"
"Agent, I have obtained the knight's qualification and will become a regular member soon."
"Then I suggest that you become a regular member before Thursday. The rehearsal on Thursday needs to determine the position of each noble in the ceremony. If you are late, we will not be able to arrange it."
Lant's canonization ceremony on Sunday was essentially two ceremonies merged into one. The first was the canonization ceremony of the king's son, Prince Li Qi, Red Dragon. This prince is the eldest son of the marriage between the White Xiao family and the Red Dragon family, and is also the future king.
Sunday was first the ceremony for him to be crowned the Duke of Dragon Tooth City. His appointment as the consul of the kingdom's capital was Li Qi's first step in participating in political affairs as a prince. Such a major event related to the fate of the kingdom needed to be witnessed by all nobles.
After Li Qi is conferred, the canonization ceremony for Lant and other court nobles will be held in the side hall of the palace.
In fact, the canonization ceremony itself is not complicated. It consists of entering the palace, receiving the title, lunch, and leaving. The most troublesome of the several processes is the palace entry stage. After entering the palace, all nobles need to find their own prince and stand with the prince. Watching the ceremony, he would not even be eligible to enter the Dragon Hall if he did not obtain the official position of Viscount.
"According to the situation of the great nobles, your lord's eldest son, Fernando the Maned Wolf Knight, will attend the ceremony on Sunday on behalf of Count Caspian Maned Wolf. You can just follow him."
Lant followed the etiquette officer around and wanted to find out the relationship between the White Xiao family and the Red Dragon family, so he kept testing Leith Blue Dragon's tone.
Fortunately, Gareth also understood that Lant was a country viscount and had a disdain for the kingdom's senior officials, so he gave a brief introduction.
The matter dates back to the year 910 of the God Emperor, that is, 86 years ago. In that year, the king of the Dragon Kingdom, Borya Red Dragon, passed away. The eldest prince Zokoda Red Dragon who was supposed to succeed was replaced by the second prince Kaia Red Dragon. Dragon Assassination, according to aristocratic tradition, the successor of the new king must be a high-ranking one, that is, a magister or a silver knight.
The heirs of the old king Borya could not reach him, so he had to look for them among his sons-in-law. Beto Lanyuan, the prime minister of the kingdom who was closest to Borya at the time, was himself a Golden Knight, and his son Arnold Lanyuan was a high-ranking knight. The fourth lady, Dorothea Red Dragon, is the old king’s most beloved daughter.
In the end, Beto and Lotya's eldest son Arnold changed his surname to Red Dragon. After breaking through the high level in 972, Beto Lanyuan abdicated, allowing Arnold to become the king.
Arnold was not Beto's first demon-wielding son, but he was Dorothea Red Dragon's first demon-wielding son. When Beto came to the throne, Arnold was just a junior knight, so 60 years later Only then did he reach a high level.
Nine years ago in the year 987 of the God Emperor, after the death of Bertolin Yuan, Arnold abdicated (this is Leith's statement) and was replaced by the then northern earl, Borya's grandson and Zokoda's son-in-law, Duson White. Xiao became king, and the son Li Qi Bai Xiao born to Du Sen and his wife Brigitte Hong Long changed his surname to Li Qi Hong Long.
"I have something to say hello to you, Viscount Lant," Gareth said to Lant after the introduction. "Originally, His Majesty wanted you to be the squadron leader in Prince Li Qi's bodyguard, but several of your Excellencies thought that you had no time to serve in the royal capital, so they asked you to join the Altar Guard."
"Oh..." Lant didn't know who this blue dragon belonged to, so he didn't dare to make a blind statement.
"Just this morning, Prince Li Qi told me that it was a pity that a hero like you could not join his guard."
"Yes." Although the person in front of him seemed to be from the eldest prince, Lant was still not sure.
"After a prince succeeds to the Duke, he can be crowned as a palace earl. Your team has a large number of people and consumes a lot of money. If you have the salary of a palace earl, you can maintain your hundred-man knights." The etiquette manager looked at Lant,
"You don't have to express your attitude now. You can wait until any time after the canonization and tell the prince your attitude when you come to the palace to see him."
"Thank you, Prince Li Qi, thank you." Lant expressed his gratitude, but in his heart he felt that there must be something waiting for him behind the words of Gareth Blue Dragon. There were too many tricks in the city, and he wanted to return to his hometown. Go down.
The first thing Lant did after coming out of the palace was to go to the teleportation hall. The biggest thing for Lant today was actually to officially inherit Viscount Roth.
The transfer between Maned Wolf City and the Royal Capital takes about an hour each in the morning and afternoon. In the morning, priority is given to the transfer from the Royal Capital to the Maned Wolf City, and in the afternoon, the priority is given to the Maned Wolf City to the Royal Capital.
As soon as he arrived at the Teleport Courtyard of the Earl's Mansion in Maned Wolf City, Lant went straight to the Earl's Mansion.
Lant's succession to Viscount has long been known to all the northwest nobles, and has been recognized by the parliaments of the kingdom and empire.
Today I exchanged the knight's certificate for the viscount's badge, so the process was smooth and simple. After confirming all the procedures and getting the knight's certificate from the earl's staff, under the witness of Count Caspian Maned Wolf, Fernando ·The maned wolf represents the earl and wears the coat of arms belonging to the viscount for Lant.
This is a magic badge that symbolizes the Knight Lord. The brown round bottom symbolizes the Maned Wolf family in the northwest. The two triangular stars on it represent the Field Viscount. There are at least 3 magic circles on this magic badge to ensure that the badge will not Wear too quickly and store information on rand and lot territories.
"I hereby pledge my allegiance to Earl Caspian Maned Wolf. I swear that as the tetrarch of the northwest, I will stick to the Lot territory, protect every territorial citizen, guard the integrity of the northwest territory, and serve as the earl's sword and shield." Lan He said the oath loudly to the earl.
"Very good" Kempins sat back on the chair belonging to the earl and asked the scholars, knights and court knights around him to leave. He wanted to have a few words with Lant alone.
"It's a pity that I didn't put the badge on you personally. My health is a little weak." The earl had difficulty speaking now, and he didn't have the majestic appearance of Gray Goose approaching the city.
"Count, can't the Archbishop heal your injury?"
"As a priest of the temple, he can be suppressed a little, but if you want to eradicate him, you must at least be a legendary level expert." The Earl looked at his abdomen, "You have been in the royal capital for two days, you should know that the situation in the royal capital is worse than Our Northwest Territory is much more complicated, the legends, His Majesty and the great nobles all have their own ideas."
Lant was hesitant to speak, but Lant agreed very much.
"Your next step is to open up Yeqi City, right?"
"Yes, my lord"
"Okay, I can help you raise a batch of food from the south, but I have a request. If something happens to me one day, you must ensure that my son inherits the position of earl."
"Yes, I swear to you"
