"In the name of the king, I grant you a great honor. With honor comes great responsibility. Are you willing to solemnly swear that you will rule your territory and your people? And abide by the laws and customs of the kingdom?"
"I do, my lord."
"You will take an oath to be just and kind in your words and deeds."
"I do, my lord."
"Will you pledge your allegiance to Camelot and fulfill your life's duty?"
"I, Kai Britannia, swear with my life to protect the kingdom and its people. I will be loyal to the king throughout my life and will never forget my duty." Kai knelt on one knee in front of King Uther and took the hand from King Uther. The result is a scepter symbolizing the duke's power.
King Uther was satisfied to watch his adopted son take the oath, and was deeply relieved. He got a crown from the hands of the great bachelor on the side. This crown was obviously specially customized. It was smaller than the king's crown as a whole. It was engraved with the pattern of a roaring lion. Right in front of the crown, there was a huge heart. ruby.
Morgana, who was standing behind King Uther, had a rosy face and a glow of happiness between her brows. Her eyes looking at Kai were also full of pride and pride.
"Now, in the name of the King of Camelot, I officially proclaim Kay Britannia the Duke of the Rhine!"
As King Uther put the ducal crown on Kai, warm applause erupted in the hall. Everyone thinks that Kai is worthy of the title of Duke. After all, Kai's performance in the previous war was too dazzling. He not only repelled the attack of the Kingdom of Sendrid at the minimum cost, but also made the Kingdom of Sendrid pay ten thousand. War compensation of 10,000 gold coins. Later, Kai also saved the life of Arthur, the crown prince of Camelot.
If it weren't for the purpose of stabilizing Arthur's status as the legitimate heir, Kai's canonization should have been carried out long ago.
Now, Arthur's performance at the Knights' Conference has greatly increased the recognition of him by his subjects and nobles. King Uther can feel free to grant Kai a title. So just after Arthur won the lance competition, King Uther couldn't wait to officially crown Kai as Duke of the Rhine on the next day of the New Year.
Interestingly, Arthur's territory was exactly the territory of Morgana's father, Duke of Cornwall, Glos, during his lifetime - Londinium. A huge territory located on the plains southeast of Camelot, where the Thames River flows right through. The original meaning of Londinium in Celtic language is the place where the river flows. This territory is considered a wealthy territory in the Kingdom of Camelot.
But because Duke Groth of Cornwall died in battle, Morgana's mother died early, and Morgana was too young, so this territory has always been managed by King Uther. It is said that it was the request of the Duke of Cornwall. , in fact, due to some secret events in the early years, 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 the marriage between Kai and Morgana in disguise, and returned the territory to Morgana in another way.
No one objected to this, and many people even thought it was very interesting for King Uther to do this.
Morgana naturally understood that in the envious and jealous eyes of everyone, Morgana was so shy that she almost fainted. Because this means that her and Kai's wedding date is not far away.
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After the canonization of Kai, the ceremony did not end. On the contrary, the more exciting moments had just begun. At this knights meeting, 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 change of heir to the throne are completely over. Kai was made a duke, which meant that he had lost the qualification to become a crown prince. In a political sense, the canonization of a hundred knights is not as good as the canonization of Kay.
But Kai's canonization had actually been planned for a long time. King Uther summoned the nobles and palace ministers of the kingdom for this matter. Therefore, this matter has been rumored a long time ago, and both nobles and commoners have been mentally prepared for this.
But the canonization of knights is different. Every year at the Knights Conference, knights stand out and are recruited by noble lords. As the host of the conference, Camelot naturally has great advantages. Basically, those outstanding knights were selected by Camelot, and only then could they be assigned to others.
Therefore, both Camelot's own people and other noble lords attach great importance to Camelot's enfeoffment after the Knights Conference. In this way, just like the ancient Chinese imperial examinations, those who passed the exams actually had nothing to do with most people. The reason why people were so concerned was naturally because they were watching 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 are destined to be disappointed. Although everything seems to be going wrong in Camelot in the past two years, with monsters and disasters always causing trouble, in fact the production and life of the people have not been affected much, especially It was a war against the Kingdom of Cendrid, and Kai won very beautifully. Although Camelot launched the summons, Kai ended the war before the summons took effect.
This had very little impact on Camelot's autumn harvest. Kai obtained the maximum benefit at the minimum cost. The casualties of the soldiers were very small, but he received a large amount of war compensation. This war dividend made Camelot's finances extremely healthy.
Plus these days, taxes have been collected and Camelot is rich, very rich. Now that he has money, King Uther is naturally generous.
So this time, King Uther killed all the outstanding knights at once and canonized fifteen knights. Even Gawain, the white horse knight second only to Arthur in the conference, was recruited by King Uther with a high salary.
The other noble lords saw this and were heartbroken.
In this era where countries are competing for hegemony, 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 story. What does it mean that the king can canonize knights on such a large scale? It shows how powerful Camelot is! Being a part of Camelot, the more powerful Camelot is, the greater the benefit to them.
So although some people felt sour, the overall atmosphere of the banquet was great.
After the knight's canonization was completed, unlimited wine and food were brought up by the servants and attendants. Today is New Year's Eve. According to tradition, all the food and wine in the kitchen must be eaten and drank before twelve o'clock today. There must be no A little bit left over.
No matter what, today is New Year's Eve, everyone will temporarily forget their worries and exchange cups with others, eating meat and drinking wine. It's very Water Margin. After all, it was BC. There weren't that many Taoisms originally. Sometimes the knights were no different from the Liangshan heroes.
Just when everyone was immersed in the carnival atmosphere, a scream suddenly stunned everyone.
It's New Year's Eve! According to Celtic tradition, no matter how serious a grudge is on this day, it must wait until midnight. What's more, this is a palace! Someone is actually making trouble at this time?
A group of knights who were already a little drunk immediately drew their weapons and prepared to chop the troublesome bastard into minced meat and drink it!
I have to say here that the Celtic tradition is really extensive. On New Year's Eve, they went to the palace for a dinner, and all these tough men were armed. Really are……
