Lord of Hyranza

"Duck, can I put this pocket money with you?" Charlie was a little at a loss, and threw the pocketbook back and said, "I'm afraid I'll lose the pocketbook."

Suldak took the money bag and said, "Then I will keep it for you for a while. Before you leave Hailansa City, the money bag can be left with me."

The streets are full of snow, and many civilians are clearing the snow.

However, only a not-so-wide road was cleared out on the street, which could barely accommodate a carriage.

If two carriages are going towards each other, one of them is destined to stop temporarily to evade. After walking for a long time before returning to the hotel next to the square garden, Suldak patted his forehead and said to Charlie: "I don't think it's better You stay here for a few more days, and return to Wall Village after the Tianshan Road becomes passable."

Charlie looked embarrassed, and said with some reluctance: "I didn't expect such heavy snow, so I can only do this for the time being. Duck, I don't want to live here anymore. The Datong shop only needs [-] copper coins a night. It costs two silver coins for one night here, it's too expensive here!"

Suldak asked with a look of surprise: "I live in Datong shop, what about your carriage?"

"I can take care of the horse and the wagon. I have nothing to do. I can definitely take care of the wagon!" Charlie said to Suldak.

Suldak frowned. Although he had never slept in a Chase shop, he knew that the environment would not be too good. Suldak hesitated before saying to Charlie: "This hotel, although It’s a bit expensive, but the environment is good, and there’s free breakfast. Let’s stay here temporarily. I’ve already paid for the hotel. By the way, if you feel a little sorry, maybe I can find you a temporary place work, which can offset part of your expenses."

Charlie heard that Suldak could help him find a temporary job, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Work? Well, although I don't know any crafts, I still have endless energy. Find a job in the city as well!"

Charlie's face became a little lighter when he heard that he could work.

Suldak looked at the time and guessed that Karl would sit in the tavern and have a drink at this time, so he asked Charlie to park the carriage in the backyard of the hotel, and then took Charlie to the tavern that Karl often went to. , the light in the tavern was a bit dim, and the hall was filled with the bitter taste of ale. Sure enough, Karl was sitting in front of the bar, chatting with the tavern proprietress without saying a word.

Seeing Suldak, the proprietress of the tavern nodded to him, then turned around to entertain other drinkers.

Even though it was freezing outside, the liquor girls in the tavern were still wearing thin short skirts, holding a tray full of liquor, shuttling back and forth among the crowd, and seeing Charlie flushed, he was too reserved to touch the liquor girls. Take a second glance.

Karl looked back and saw Suldak coming with a young man, holding a glass of wine and asking him with a smile: "Why are you here? I still want to send someone to deliver a letter to you, please take the time to go to the guard camp."

Suldak sat down on the high stool in front of Karl, put his hands on Charlie's shoulders, and introduced to Karl: "This is Charlie, my friend, from Wall Village."

Suldak introduced to Charlie again: "This is Baron Karl, my friend in Hailansa City, I guess he can help us."

Karl just nodded slightly to Charlie, and then asked Surdak curiously: "Tell me, what do you need me to do?"

Suldak said: "I need you to help Charlie find a temporary job." He then told Charlie to drive the carriage to Hailansa City and was trapped here in the heavy snow. After Carl listened, Looking at Charlie, he asked, "Do you have a wagon with goods?"

"Yes! Lord Baron Karl." Charlie said stiffly.

There was a nobleman on the opposite side. He had almost no chance to talk to noblemen. Now when he spoke, his voice trembled a little. Charlie didn't know how Suldak did it, but the conversation with Baron Karl was so easy and casual. .

Carl waved his hand indifferently, and said, "That's easy! Now that the city's snow removal team has recruited a large number of snow removal personnel, it doesn't matter if a single person pays that little wage. Each person only has one silver coin per day, but you There is a carriage that can pull the snow, and the daily work is relatively easy, that is, to transport the snow outside the city, in addition to the wages of one silver coin, there are about three silver coins for the carriage and horse subsidy every day."

"Baron Karl, I am willing to do this temporary job!" Charlie excitedly agreed immediately, not expecting to get four silver coins a day.

Carl put down his glass, tapped his head hard again, and said to Charlie as if he remembered something, "I'm afraid it won't be too long. Once the snow in the city is cleared, you may face unemployment again."

Charlie wasn't too worried about this, he said happily, "It's okay, the road to Wall Village will probably be open by then!"

Carl saw that Charlie looked very smart, so he put down his glass very simply, stood up and said, "Then let's go to Jasper now, and now he has been transferred to the city's logistics department. It seems to be in charge of managing the Qingxue stall in the city."

Suldak didn't expect that Karl's nemesis Jasper was in charge of the mess, but Karl didn't seem to care at all.

"By the way, you said you want me to go back to the guard camp. What's the matter?" Suldak asked after Karl.

Carl said as he walked, "The Ice Lake incident is over, and the guard battalion has caught up with the soup this time. The city hall has approved the expansion of the guard battalion's support squadron, and the establishment of two more support teams. The captain recommended you, and it is possible that Captain Sauron will let you serve as the sheriff outside the pass of Mount Pagolos, and the level is still the same as that of the small captain in the guard battalion."

The three walked out of the tavern, and Suldak asked Karl, "Do you know that I will return to Wall Village after I get my graduation certificate from the Knight Academy?"

Carl walked out of the tavern, tugged at his collar in the cold wind, then jumped into a roadside carriage and said, "You are so obvious, no matter how dull I am, I should have guessed it."

Speaking of which, Carl and Jasper were both born and bred in the noble family of Highlandsa. They were born and raised in the noble family of Highlandsa. Their family conditions were similar, and their abilities were also similar. There are not many opportunities for advancement.

Hailansa City is not a battlefield, the death rate of the guard battalion is not high, and the high-level people are well protected. If you want to get promoted, you have to rely on the boss above your head to be promoted or retreated. Finally, with such a promotion opportunity, Carl and Jasper were of course unwilling to give up, so Captain Sauron gave them a test question, and whoever did well would be the squadron leader of the supporting squadron.

Karl relied on a piece of merit brought out by Suldak to succeed in the position, which also meant that Jasper had no chance in the support squadron, and the big shots in the family came forward to operate him and transferred him from the guard camp.Now he is an employee of the logistics department of the city hall, and with family resources, it is estimated that he will make it out in a short time.

Carl brought Suldak to the door. Although Jasper was a little surprised, he was very enthusiastic. Although he and Carl were competitors at the beginning, but now times have changed, and many friends in Hailansa are far better than many enemies. Moisturize.

"That's no problem. We have to clear the snow overnight. Your name is Charlie? You can start work anytime!" Jasper said with a smile while sitting behind his desk.

He wouldn't personally go to the scene to supervise, call the assistants around him, and ask him to arrange Charlie.

Carl thanked Jasper and left the city hall with Suldak.

At this time, a castle made of remnant snow has been piled up on the square in front of the city hall, and there is still a steady stream of transportation from the street to this side. This heavy snow has seriously affected the traffic in Hailansa City. The guard camp is a distance from the city hall. Only a few hundred meters away.

The two came to the guard camp on foot, and a group of knights from the guard camp came to meet them. When they saw Karl and Suldak, they all waved and greeted them.Suldak still can't recognize the names of these guard battalion knights for the time being, but it seems that they have quickly accepted Suldak's extraordinary new colleague.

Walking into the courtyard of the guard camp, I saw several female colleagues of Ms. Gwendolyn holding the fence at the gate, watching the subordinates sweep the snow in the courtyard, and instructing them to build a big snowman in the courtyard, ladies While chattering indiscriminately, chatting and laughing, seeing Karl and Suldak walking in from the outside, Gwendolyn turned around and left immediately.

"Hey, Miss Gwendolyn, wait a minute!" Suldak shouted first.

"I can't hear, I can't hear what you are saying! Don't look for me!" Miss Gwendolyn walked quickly to the basement armory.

Suldak hurriedly stepped forward to stop it. Gwendoline watched Suldak take out the dwarven chain shield from his backpack with a smile. The two scratches on it looked so shocking, and she frowned and complained: "I knew it was nothing to worry about every time I saw you. Why didn't I see that you were a big trouble at the beginning!"

Although Miss Gwendolyn said so, she readily agreed to help with repairs.

Suldak and Karl came to Captain Saul's office immediately. Captain Saul saw Karl and Suldak knocking on the door and walked in. He casually asked them to sit down and let them sit down. The assistant brought two cups of lemon tea and asked Suldak with a smile, "Did Karl tell you about the expansion?"

"Yes, captain!" Suldak replied.

Captain Saul nodded and said: "Well, I won't repeat it. The support squadron wants to add two more security officers in the mountainous area south of the Red Pine Forest and the barren land outside the Pagros Mountain Pass. It is equivalent to the small leader of the support team, because it belongs to the remote area of ​​Hailansa City, the manpower can be recruited locally, and the guard battalion provides basic weapons and equipment, staffing and salary, and can recruit six players."

After speaking, Captain Sol pushed a letter of appointment in front of Suldak, and the name of the person to fill in the letter of appointment is still blank for the time being.

Captain Sauron went on to say: "Karl recommended to me that you go to the barren land outside Pagros Mountain and serve as the sheriff there. If you are willing, I will sign the letter of appointment now and go to the Minister of Personnel. Ms. Lovera is registered, the appointment can take effect immediately, and the appointment can be delayed until next spring."

Suldak immediately sat up straight and said to Captain Sauron, "I am willing to serve as the security officer outside the mountain pass, Captain."

Chapter 400 Knight Territory

Suldak pushed open the door of the dormitory and saw Natasha dozing off at the desk. He tiptoed into the dormitory and found that the room was almost brand new. The new one, the old one has been washed and hung on the clothesline on the terrace, and the snow on the terrace has also been cleaned by Natasha.

Natasha was wearing a thin nightgown, sleeping soundly on the desk with her white arms resting on her head, the room was not too cold, the sun shone on the table through the clean window, and her long golden braids were faintly glowing. Glossy, the light fell on her slender neck, and the fine hair was completely visible.

There are more people in the dormitory, and it is full of life at once.

Suldak covered her with a sweater, took out the magic scroll of 'Focus Fire', and boiled a pot of water in the room, which immediately warmed up.

Natasha probably heard the sound of boiling water, and suddenly woke up from her dream. She turned around and saw Surdak, with a trace of panic on her face. She patted the trembling bear breast through her pajamas, long He let out a breath and said, "Scared me, I thought someone broke in suddenly!"

"I told you to go out with me, isn't it boring to stay in the dormitory?" Suldak walked over and poured her a cup of hot water.

"Actually, it's okay, but there were two knocks on the door, and I didn't know how to respond, so I pretended you weren't there." Natasha sat on a chair and whispered to Suldak.

She always looks cautious, blushes when she talks, and has clear blue eyes, probably because she works a lot. Her body is very healthy, and her three meals have improved a lot in the past few months. She was a little thin before. Her cheeks became plump, she tightened the sweater she was wearing, looked at the heavy snow outside the window with some worry, and asked Suldak, "When will we be able to return to Wall Village?"

"It will take a while, the snow in the mountain valley may be deeper now, if you are not used to living here, you can also stay in a hotel outside, or rent a hut!" Suldak said, holding her hand.

Her hands were not smooth, with some calluses on the palms, and some frostbite on the back of her hands. These were hands that often had to work.

"It's good to live here, you don't need to live outside!" Natasha blushed and said to Suldak, her body was filled with this youthful and fiery atmosphere.

Suldak took advantage of the opportunity to hug Natasha's slender and soft waist, and wanted to kiss Natasha's bright red lips, but at this time there was a knock on the door, and Linna's voice came from outside the door: "Knight Suldak, are you back?"

Like a frightened rabbit, Natasha quickly escaped from Surdak's arms and hid in the chair next to the desk.

Suldak walked to the door helplessly and pushed it open.

Two young girl trainee knights next door stood at the door, looking into the room curiously. Linna's big eyes kept blinking, and the fire of gossip in her eyes was almost burning out. There was a smile on her face. He clearly said to Surdak: 'What?Won't you give us an introduction? '

Suldak moved away from the body blocking the door frame, allowing Natasha's figure to appear in front of the two girl neighbors. Linna and Nedra stared wide-eyed as if they had discovered a new world, and looked at the room. Natasha.

"My wife, Natasha!" Suldak said, looking at Natasha in the room.

Natasha's pretty face was slightly red, but she tried to raise her head, bravely looked at the two apprentice knight girls, and nodded slightly.

"These two are neighbors next door to the dormitory, and we usually get along well." Suldak pointed to the lively Lina and the restrained Nedra and said: "This is Lina, she is Ned pull."

"What does it mean to get along well? Obviously, the relationship is not bad. Nedra and I have also taught the history of the empire of the Suldak knights before. The Suldak knights also taught us the skinning technique. Let us experience it in the red pine forest. I have gained a lot from the action." Linna wrinkled her nose and said very dissatisfied.

Natasha stared at Linna and Nedra curiously, but didn't know how to communicate with them, her cheeks were flushed.

She thought in her heart: If Rita was here, the atmosphere would not be chilled out. She is really useless.

In the end, Suldak drove away the two girl neighbors who refused to leave Lai's room with the hint of "it's too late, we're going to rest".

In the silent night, there was no light in the room. Suldak stood on the terrace with Natasha in his arms. From here, he could see the bustling night scene of the entire Hailansa city. The Mage Tower not far away was like a city that never sleeps. The first floor is brightly lit, and looking back to the other side, you can see the street view of half of the rich area, and those manors are also lit with gorgeous lights. For Natasha who lives in a mountain village, this kind of night view is It is extremely shocking and surprising.

A thick blanket was wrapped around the two of them, and Suldak hugged Natasha tightly from behind, resting his chin on Natasha's shoulder, and whispered to her about the city.

Natasha held Suldak's hand tightly. She tilted her head back and looked at Suldak's side face in a daze. Another face in her memory seemed to overlap with her eyes at this moment. At the same time, she was in a trance.

"You became a knight, and little Peter will become a great knight in the future, right?" Natasha asked Suldak with a face full of hope.

Suldak nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course, this honor will of course be reserved for little Peter. I promised old Sheila. As long as he grows up, we will send him to the Knight Academy, just like Linna, like Nedra, learned some skills in this academy, and if he wants to go to the plane battlefield to make meritorious service, it is best to join the heavy cavalry regiment after graduation."

Natasha felt a warm current passing through her heart, and unconsciously her eye sockets became a little moist.

Suldak narrowed his eyes and said softly, "If he doesn't want to go to the front to fight, I can leave him in the guard battalion for military service."

"Is it really possible?" Natasha's eyes widened. She never thought that one day little Peter could legally avoid military service on the battlefield.

Suldak pinched her soft face, and said with a smile: "Now your husband is the sheriff of the barren area of ​​the Pagros Mountain Guard Battalion, and this ability is still there!"

Natasha was a little excited and incoherent, and said in a low voice: "I'm not saying that there is nothing wrong with going to the battlefield. All the young people in the village have to go to the battlefield..."

"I know what you're worried about...I know." Suldak said so to comfort Natasha's agitated mood, but his eyes were looking at the bright starry sky above his head. The sea is constantly spreading outward.

……

Riding through a circular garden surrounded by red bricks, around the circular corridor in the garden, he found the alley paved with stone strips. In the alley, Suldak saw the city guard at the door of a low building. Beibu' plaque, Knights' Order is on the second floor of this building.

He tied the horse to the door of the low building, stepped on the snow-covered stairs, and climbed up to the attic.

The snow here has not been cleaned yet, it looks really deserted, knocked on the door, and a lazy voice came from the room: "Come in!"

Walking into the attic, Suldak saw the old knight leaning on the chair, with his feet on the table, looking at the door with a sleepy look, and saw Suldak walking in wearing a salamander leather armor , and then asked with some reluctance: "You don't study hard at the Knight Academy, what's the matter with the Knights?"

Unexpectedly, the old knight still remembered himself, Suldak quickly stood up straight, and handed the old knight a roll of parchment with the knight certificate in his hand.

The old knight unfolded the parchment scroll, saw the stamp of the city hall, looked up at Suldak again in surprise, and said dumbly: "The knight certificate issued by the city hall is really rare! It seems that you immediately No small credit."

"Since the city hall has recognized your status as a knight, there is no problem with the knight order." The old knight put his legs down, turned around, took out a seal from the drawer, stamped it on the side quickly, and stretched out his hand Said to Suldak: "Give me your knight badge, the reserve service on it can be removed."

The old knight took the knight badge from Suldak, walked to the steel seal manual press next to the file cabinet, put the badge in the mold and pressed it again, then removed the reserve symbol on the badge and replaced it with the official knight number.

It took almost no effort to complete these procedures.

The old knight solemnly put the knight badge on Suldak's chest, and then the two performed a knight salute. This moment was full of ritual.

The old knight patted Suldak on the shoulder, and told her: "In this case, according to the knightly decree of the Grimm Empire, after you officially become a knight, you can own a piece of land as your knight's collar, of course it will not be too big. , but choose a place with fertile land, enough to feed your family.”

After speaking, he took out a huge map of the Hailansa area from the file cabinet. Although this map was not as intuitive as the sand table in the office of Marquis Bernard, the land on it was drawn with countless boundaries and frames. The land has a corresponding name mark, and the old knight skillfully found some unclaimed land from the densely packed marks, and inserted it on the map with a pin with a red color flag, so that Suldak could choose more intuitively.

Suldak didn't look at the contiguous stretches of unowned land around Earl Hoyle's Manor and Baron Grenfell's Manor. Regardless of the old knight's hint, he pointed to the land around Pustule Mountain on the map and asked the old knight: " How much land can I claim here?"

The old knight was so angry that his beard was about to stand up. He pointed at the barren land on the map and said angrily, "You plan to choose the land in the barren land? Haven't you ever tasted hard times, you silly boy? Do you know that? The land here doesn't even grow grass!"

Suldak touched his nose in embarrassment, and whispered to the old knight, "I am from Wall Village outside the mountain pass."

After listening to Suldak's explanation, the old knight understood why Suldak chose this way, but he still persuaded him earnestly: "Oh, choosing a knight collar is also very particular. The closer you are to the city of Hailansa, the better you get The knight territory is smaller, but the land is relatively fertile."

He paused, took a sip, and then continued: "The farther you are from Hailansa City, the territory you can get will multiply, but the land will be barren."

The old knight frowned and said: "If you want to choose the land outside the mountain pass, the approval conditions of the city hall will definitely be relatively relaxed, and the approved territory will be much larger, especially in these barren lands outside the Pagros Pass. It’s a place where no one goes, and you might even be granted a whole mountain.”

Seeing that Suldak was quite moved, he quickly reminded him: "But you have done your fieldwork. It is best to find a place with lush water and grass outside the best mountain pass. If you can't find the best place, you should go honestly." Choose a piece of land on the side of the red pine forest. The territory there is the most cost-effective, and there are dense forest areas everywhere. You can first build a logging camp in the territory and cut down the adult trees, so that you can get a settling fee. Then open up a small farm on the land where the trees have been cut down, and many newly promoted commoner knights will choose this way."

"If you were an aristocratic knight, I wouldn't tell you so much. He has a rich family and doesn't care about this little territory at all. But you are a commoner. Go back and think about it. Once you are selected, you can't change it!" the old man said. The knight reminded again and again.

Suldak repeatedly stated that he would think about it carefully, and then he left the Knights.

Chapter 401

The waiter at the door pushed open the heavy carved oak door, and Suldak took Natasha into this magic lighting store. As soon as he entered the door, he saw all kinds of gorgeous magic crystal chandeliers hanging on the ceiling of the store. Each of the wicks bloomed with soft light, setting off the room of the magic lighting store in a golden and emerald manner.

When Natasha walked into the magic lighting store, she raised her head and stared at the chandelier above her head with amazement in her eyes. She had never seen such a gorgeous lighting in her life.

There are also three neat rows of wall lamps installed on the surrounding walls. Most of the bases of these wall lamps are made of copper. Dak even saw a wall lamp with two lamp bases in the shape of two winged men spreading their wings. The ball of light raised by the two winged men was the lampshade of the wall lamp, and the wick inside exuded a soft brilliance.

In the impoverished Woer village, not every household can own even a kerosene lamp. The villagers would go to bed early to save some lamp oil.Natasha followed Suldak, her face was full of admiration and surprise. A female shop assistant walked over from the shop with a slight look of disdain in her eyes. Although Natasha was wearing a beautiful dress, the female shop assistant From Natasha's behavior, it can be seen at a glance that Natasha is a countryman, and people in the city will not show the expression on Natasha's face.

However, her gaze was only fleeting. When she saw Suldak wearing the salamander leather armor, her eyes turned to Suldak's chest, and she saw that Suldak was wearing a silver glittering necklace on his chest. He immediately showed a subdued smile, retracted his abdomen slightly and inhaled to maintain the most appropriate standing posture. Standing in this way not only made his waist appear slimmer, but also made his chest appear taller.

It's a pity that the knight-lord in front of him didn't set his sights on the ditch he tried to squeeze out, but on those copper wall lamps.

The female clerk immediately adjusted her mentality, and it would be good if the knight in front of her could buy a lamp, so she smiled sweetly from the bottom of her heart, and asked in the most gentle voice: "Master knight, what can I do for you?" Is it?"

Suldak's eyes fell on the wall lamps on the store wall, and he slowly turned his head and asked the female clerk: "Do you have the lamps that engrave the magic circle in your store?"

The female clerk looked at Suldak in surprise. Few customers would specifically ask for this aspect. She hesitated for a moment, and immediately said: "We do have magic lamps with magic circles in our store, but the store There are only three lamps in the house, and the brightness of this kind of wall lamp with the magic circle is far less stable than that of the lamp with the moonstone wick, and the consumption of magic spar fragments requires an additional cost."