Come to another world and become a lord

Henry was extremely surprised when he received the letter from Carl. When Iren was planning to use Jim as a threat, he had imagined several situations, but this one was not one of them:

"He wants to see me, alone?"

"Yes~" the soldier holding the letter replied without emotion.

"What does he want to do?" he asked again.

However, there was no response. After all, how could a soldier possibly understand what the lord was thinking? He sighed and then said:

"When is the earliest he can come?"

"He can come before dinner if you like," said the soldier.

"He wants to come and have a free meal?" Henry smiled jokingly, and then replied, "I see. Go tell him that I welcome him to come."

After the soldiers retreated, he said to his subordinates around him:

"Did you all hear that?"

After seeing everyone nod, he said again:

"Then take action!"

"Are we going to ambush in the tent?" someone asked uncertainly.

"No~" Henry replied, "I asked you to prepare fruits and barbecue!"

Then he seemed to have thought of something and asked:

"Is there any wine left in the barracks?"

"There's still some stock." someone replied.

"Then take them out and pick the best!"

After seeing everyone rushing out, he sat back in his chair again, looking at the ceiling and muttering to himself:

"Ambush? Is it necessary? He came alone. What do you call this? This is called going to a meeting alone."

As the sun sets and night falls, a bonfire is lit outside Henry's tent. A tender roasted whole pig is brought up, sizzling with oil, and the air is filled with the aroma of wine and barbecue. A long table is set up inside the tent, and the 12 knights accompanying Henry take their seats. The attendants serve food and pour wine, and everyone begins to wait for Carl to appear.

It was not until the sky was completely dark and the surrounding woods were pitch black that Carl's figure vaguely appeared in people's sight. He was not wearing armor, nor carrying any weapons. Instead, he was wearing his tattered linen clothes as always, riding a pony and staggering in front of everyone. He dismounted and said with a smile:

"Sorry, sorry, I'm late, I'll have a drink as punishment~"

Then he drank a whole glass of wine under the gaze of everyone. After putting down the glass, he looked around at the people around him and suddenly said:

"I have wanted to meet with you all for a long time, but unfortunately I never found the opportunity due to various trivial matters. You all are heroes who fought side by side with me to repel the Great Khan!"

When he said this, Henry's eyes widened, and he suddenly realized that the knights sitting there were all his subordinates, his people. Naturally, they had followed him to participate in the night attack on the Great Khan. So these people knew Carl, and Carl also knew them. In a sense, they were comrades-in-arms!

At this moment, he saw Karl raise his glass to him and said again:

"Henry, old fellow, shouldn't we give them a toast to that?"

"For what?" he asked without thinking, and then quickly realized that he had fallen into the other party's topic.

Then he heard Karl raise his glass and said to everyone with full energy:

"Of course it's for victory, to celebrate that we fought together to repel the Khan! It's also for honor, as we fought side by side to defend the kingdom! Finally, it's for ourselves, because we, and everyone present here, our families, our relatives, our friends, and our people are all safe because of this. Shouldn't we raise a toast to these?"

"Should!" someone in the crowd said.

"Well said!" someone else shouted.

Then everyone raised their glasses and drank along with Carl.

In an instant, everyone's guard was lowered, and the atmosphere at the table relaxed. When Carl mentioned the defense of Rickburg, everyone present, as witnesses of that battle, started to talk:

And soon they became busy chatting. Henry saw Karl put his arm around the neck of one of the knights and said half-jokingly:

"Do you remember meeting Noura on your way back?"

"Huh~ How could I not remember? I thought we were doomed at that time." said the knight who was seduced.

"It's all thanks to Lord Carl's words." Someone else said.

"Hmm~" Carl's face turned red, and he seemed a little confused. "To be honest with you, I was actually scared to the point of peeing. I really peed myself. Don't think I looked so calm at the time. The first thing I did when I returned to the castle was to change my pants!"

Instantly, laughter broke out in the crowd, and they even forgot why they came here. Henry should have predicted this situation. Yes, the knights here all participated in the battle with the Khan, and the bravery and wisdom shown by Carl at that time were deeply impressed in everyone's heart. With such a common experience, they were equivalent to comrades in life and death who surrounded the kingdom together. He believed that many people actually admired Carl from the bottom of their hearts.

Carl had not talked about anything about Porter Village since he first came here. He just ate meat and drank wine, and then chatted with everyone and reminisced about the past. It seemed to have turned into a pure gathering of friends. Henry even saw some people shed tears of excitement after drinking too much.

He put down his glass, and then suddenly said to Karl:

"Time is precious, let's get down to business."

At this time, Karl also put away his smile, his originally confused eyes became clear again, and then he said in a loud voice:

"His Majesty's order has come down, declaring that the four surrounding villages, including Potter Village, belong to Lord Rickburg."

It was just a simple sentence, Carl only said this one sentence, but Henry already understood the weight of it, everyone began to lower their heads, silent, and the atmosphere fell into awkwardness again. He saw shame on the faces of these people, they were ashamed. It was completely different from when they fought against the Great Khan. At that time, they fought against the many with the few and created miracles; they defended the kingdom and became heroes in people's hearts. That was honor and pride. But now, what else is there here except shame? The honor of the knight has been trampled upon and is worthless. But what can he do? Earl Morton is his lord, and he must obey the lord's orders.

"Karl, I don't want to do this either, but there's nothing I can do about it." For some reason, he felt a little ashamed when he said this.

Karl just shook his head, then said with a wry smile:

"You know, Henry, Rickburg is the gate of the kingdom, shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending against the northern nomads. But now, after repelling the Great Khan and protecting the kingdom, it is being stabbed in the back and its land is being taken away. To be honest, I don't want to judge this matter on a moral level, but at least you should know the principle of the lips and teeth being cold."

Henry had to put his head down again.

"I understand what you said, but I don't have the final say on this matter." He said silently, "At least I can guarantee Jim's safety. I won't let Eren hurt him."

"Thank you very much~ That's enough." Carl bowed his head to express his gratitude, then raised his glass again and shouted, "Let's not talk about these unhappy things. We are here today just to get together with our comrades. Come, let's drink together!"

The atmosphere became enthusiastic again and everyone raised their glasses.