The Knight's Journey to the Empire

The night sky is exceptionally beautiful tonight. Under the starry sky, the white moonlight like a veil covers the earth, giving the world a mysterious atmosphere.

The temperature is a little cool tonight, but there is no wind and no insects chirping.

It's cool and quiet, and there's a very peaceful atmosphere that makes people feel comfortable and at ease.

Soran drank a few more glasses of wine during dinner, so he couldn't sleep now.

So he and Javier started strolling around the tax collector's villa.

It’s true, this tax officer’s villa is quite large, about 7,000 to 8,000 square meters.

There is a small garden and a small fish pond, and it is quite nice.

In fact, many hereditary nobles lived in such courtyards.

Because the construction of each castle requires a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, not every noble can build it.

For some economically underdeveloped territories or some small nobles with insufficient resources, it often takes the efforts of several generations to build a castle for their families to live in.

Some families even became heavily in debt after building castles, and they lived a miserable life of paying off debts from then on.

Of course, this does not apply if there is a castle originally built on the fiefdom.

"Hey, Javier, just say what you want to say. Seeing you hesitating and reluctant to speak, I'm worried about you!" Soran sighed.

Javier could be said to be the one who had grown up with him. Soran had long respected him as his elder brother, and they knew each other very well.

After dinner today, Soran saw him like this, and naturally knew what he wanted to say.

I don't know why, but Javier kept hesitating and didn't say it out loud.

"Master, you have become a lord. As a subordinate, I shouldn't interfere in your affairs, but Javier really doesn't want to see you go astray and take the wrong path!"

"Master, you were so polite to the vampire mayor today. Do you really want to be a corrupt and degenerate noble?"

Javier's tone was clearly a little disappointed when he said this last sentence.

As the young master's personal valet, Javier has grown up with the young master. Like a kind brother, he also hopes to train Soran into an upright, kind, and noble aristocrat.

Although he himself knew that most of the nobles were beasts in human clothing and shameless people.

Soran suddenly felt a little sad, and his heart was suddenly filled with loneliness.

"Javier, you disappoint me so much!"

Javier lowered his head, but he didn't quite understand what the master said: "Please explain it to me, Master!"

"Javier, you watched me grow up, and I always treated you as my brother! What kind of character am I? Don't you know?"

"Among all these people, you are the one I trust the most! I trust you 100%!"

"But what about you? You don't believe me, and you actually think I would accept that kind of rotten, degenerate garbage!"

Among these confidants, who does Sauron trust the most?

Javier is definitely the best, no one can compare to him.

He is definitely someone Soran trusts 100%.

The kind of trust that is unconditional.

Hearing this, Javier lowered his head even more.

With so many things happening recently, Javier actually couldn't figure out whether Sauron's core had changed.

But it is true that as the young master's closest person, he should believe the young master and not doubt him.

I have let down the young master's trust in me.

"I was just being polite to that bastard mayor, just to hold him back and keep him stable. After all, we just arrived and don't know all the circumstances. We can't just listen to Ramos' one-sided story."

"Poor people are not necessarily simple, and nobles are not necessarily evil!"

"The butt determines the head. Since each has different interests, their positions will naturally be different!"

"Otherwise, why would I remind everyone at the meeting today? It is to make everyone see their own position clearly and consider our common interests!"

"Besides, that damn mayor has a security team of more than 30 people under his control. For us, this is a force that cannot be underestimated."

"And what about us? What do we have? Except for a few of us who have been to the battlefield, the others were just ordinary civilians and have no combat experience at all."

"As the saying goes, even a rabbit bites when it's cornered. If we push him into a corner, he'll suddenly become angry and attack us. What should we do?"

"Although we will win in the end, we will lose at least a few people, even if we injure one thousand enemies and eight hundred of our own!"

"Now is the beginning stage of the development of the territory, everyone is precious. Whether they are enemies or friends, they are all my people and my wealth. Because they are value itself, they can create wealth for me!"

"I don't want to lose the wealth that originally belonged to me because of a piece of trash!"

"I'm sorry, Master. I misunderstood you. Please punish me!" Javier's voice was very sincere. He was apologizing to Sauron from the bottom of his heart.

"Javier, remember, you are the person I trust the most and the person closest to me. I need you to believe in me and trust me unconditionally and firmly at all times, okay?" Soran helped Javier up his bent body, looked straight into his eyes, and spoke sincerely and firmly.

"Yes, young master, Javier understands!" Javier's tone was also very firm!

Soran nodded with relief.

The relationship between him and Javier was not simple. It was not a relationship of loyalty between a monarch and his subjects, but a brotherly relationship of complete trust between the two.

This relationship is even higher than blood relationship.

Then Soran and Javier prepared to continue walking and then went back to rest.

Javier's room is right next to Soran's room. He chose this room specifically to make it easier for Soran to call him.