Returning to the small town of Iowa, the students of Galloping Academy, who had been away from the plains for nearly a month, let out a long sigh, especially Elenda Maned Wolf, niece of the Earl of the Northwest, and Remeth Mormont, daughter of Viscount Whitetree City. The girl couldn't wait to return home immediately.
So not long after the team was disbanded, Elenda came over and begged Lant: "Sir Lant, do you have a portal to Yeqi City? Can you open it for me and Remes? We have never I haven’t been away from the kingdom for so long!”
"Indeed, but you two have to wait a moment," Lant said, taking out a noble badge from his pocket and sticking it on Elenda's clothes.
"This is..." Elenda looked at the badge, her eyes filled with light.
"Currently, the highest I have the authority to do is to grant you the title of court baron." Lant casually attached another badge to Lemes, "You have a hereditary knight's fiefdom, which is probably a knight's farm. After you guys come back, slowly draw on the map."
"Sir, are you serious!" Elenda's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief, "Are we really hereditary lords with fiefdoms?"
"Why are you lying to me?" Lant took out a dozen noble badges and wore them not only for the two girls, but also for Dandelion, Uffie, and every knight apprentice participating in the commando team.
"You are the first human army to engage in maternity battles in the hinterland of the orcs. Such an achievement was quite rare even a thousand years ago."
According to the recommendations of the General Staff, all knights who have meritorious service in killing ratmen and orcs west of Iowa will be awarded knight fiefs, and knights who join the commando team deep into the heart of the basin will also be awarded the title of palace baron.
"There should have been a ceremony, but my sealing ceremony is at the end of the year, and I guess you won't be able to get there early," Lanter said with a smile, "I see that you are anxious to go home, so I will give you the badge first."
"Thank you Lord Lant!" Elenda couldn't help but hugged Lant and happily ran towards the lord's castle.
"Sir, I don't want to be a feudal knight. I want to join the Galloping Horse Knights and fight with you!" Ufei said with a firm look.
Among all the demon possessors under Lant, she is considered to be in a rare single state. Not only does she not have a demon-free partner or elder, she also has no relatives.
Therefore, Ufei's goal has always been to be a family knight or palace knight of Lant, and he has no intention of running the territory on his own.
"This is a symbol of your achievements. If you don't like management, I will find someone to help you manage it in the future so that you can earn a share of the income every year." Lant smiled and patted Uffi on the shoulder, "But the Knights of the Galloping Horse, you Just don't go, I want to train some palace attendants in the future, you can teach them, and they can be regarded as my palace knights."
"Thank you, sir!"
When Lant walked up to Dandelian, he noticed that the girl was hesitant, so he asked with a smile: "Why, do you think you are the only one who got the merit and can't share it with your brothers and sisters?"
Dandelion was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Sir, after a month of thinking, I don't want a fief anymore. If possible, can you allow me to go to Dragon Tooth City and be a guard of the palace?"
Lant looked at the girl in silence for a long time, then sighed and asked: "Dragon Tooth City is a complicated place. You have lived there before. Are you sure you want to go back?"
Dandelion felt that Lant seemed to have something to say, but she did not object to her, so she carefully replied: "Sir, I have some old friends in Dragon Tooth City. Now that I have some gold coins, I want to help them..."
"If you must go, then go." Lant's tone softened, "But the city may be chaotic recently, so you have to be careful."
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In the evening, at the Lord's Mansion of Maned Wolf City, when Elenda returned to the castle, she was told that her father, Caspian Maned Wolf, and his new love, Jessica White Owl, went hunting in the northern Frostwolf Forest. It has been two or three days since we set out, and not only these two people, but also my eldest brother and second brother are not here.
"They are not here?" Elenda couldn't believe it. During the same period last year and the beginning of this year, the Northwest Territory carried out military operations one after another. Not long ago, the Maned Wolf Knights even participated in the counter-insurgency operations in White Tree City. At this time Earl Duan should not leave his fiefdom to live happily with his girlfriend.
"A few days ago, His Majesty the King found the earl and forced him to agree to split the Northwest Territory. White Tree City, Lot Territory and Galloping Horse Barony were split into the Western Earldom. It is very likely that our Northwest Earldom will no longer have the authority to develop in the future!" The old housekeeper said this as if he himself had been wronged, "Once the Maned Wolf family loses their right to develop, I'm afraid their situation will plummet."
"Um, what about my dad?"
After Elenda's reminder, the housekeeper remembered: "The Earl has been depressed since he came back. Only then was Ms. Jessica persuaded to go to the Frostwolf Forest to relax."
"I know," Elenda said and ran outside the city lord's palace. Before it got dark, she returned to Yeqi City from the portal, caught up with an internal merchant ship heading east, and got on it.
What surprised Elanda was that this ship was a newly customized ship from Yeqi City. The hull was several times larger than the previous river cargo ships. The space on the deck was only used to store magic pattern containers. The space below the deck was There are watertight compartments and bulk warehouses.
There is also a submerged cabin at the stern of the cabin. There is a 1-meter-square opening in the bilge that can directly enter the river bottom from the hull. The finless porpoises can get on the boat through this opening to rest.
It was on this ship that Elenda met the finless porpoise mage Lennikova Finless Porpoise. It was she who led the team to inspect and accept these new cargo ships and presided over the trial ceremony.
"Elenda, I didn't expect to meet you here. You just finished fighting, shouldn't you go back to your Maned Wolf City?" Lennikova asked with a smile in the cabin.
"My father went to the Frostwolf Forest, and I want to find him." Elenda told the truth, "The Maned Wolf Knights and the guards in the castle didn't listen to me. I want to ask the Frostwolves from White Wolf City to Knights help me lead the way."
"No wonder, but I can help you too!" Lenikova nodded, put her arm around Elenda's shoulders, and whispered seductively, "I know your family has its own route in the Frostwolf Forest. and plantation, as long as you agree to our clan going to do business there in the future, how about I take you there for free this time?"
"I can't control my family's business lines, but I have a shop in White Tree City. As long as you take me to Frostwolf Forest, I can share the management of that shop with you!"
The finless porpoise girl's eyes were full of surprise: "The earl's daughter is indeed different, it's a deal!"
(End of chapter)
