Farming in the Magical World

Hearing Tim's terrible statement, Lanny rolled his eyes. "Uncle Tim, I have no intention of challenging all the nobles of the North."

"I was just saying that," Tim realized his mistake and looked a little embarrassed.

"Do you have any plans or suggestions for training the security guard?" Having personally experienced the strength of this security guard, and being completely convinced of Lanny's training manual and methods, he humbly asked for advice.

"Next, let's do a battle summary. We should do this for every battle. For example, the shield bearers' ganging up on us this time was very good and deserves to be promoted."

"Also, your javelin tactics were quite good, but we still need to replenish our ranged weapons. Luckily, this leader was a reckless fool; if we had encountered a smarter one, we would have surrounded the castle and..."

In the following days, Lanny sent people to track down and find out where the escaped Grummen were going, while also arranging for people to dispose of the corpses left behind by the Grummen. He was worried that the hot weather would cause a plague.

The messengers quickly sent word that the escapees had broken out infighting again. Someone noticed that Albert, dressed in black, had left the group and disappeared. The remaining Grummans seemed to have lost their leader and fled, soon entering the Grumman Mountains.

Hearing that the threat had been eliminated, Lanny had the villagers in the castle's backyard sent out, and the castle, which had been noisy for a long time, finally returned to its usual tranquility.

That day, Lanny finally finished all the messy things and held a grand and solemn funeral for the three guards who had sacrificed their lives. As for the rewards and promotions for this battle, he planned to discuss them with Tim in a few days.

Feeling that everything was alright for the time being, Lanny went back into Granny Mei's room to see if there had been any new developments.

"How is it? Any progress?" Granny Mei was still in the room as usual, but when Lanny walked in, she noticed something was wrong. It seemed that Lanny had something on her mind, and Lanny hadn't noticed her even though Lanny was right next to her.

"Ah, Baron, what, what's wrong?" Granny Mei seemed startled, her whole body trembling as she jumped away, completely unlike her usual aged demeanor.

Lenny was also taken aback by her reaction, looking at her strangely, "You... ...?"

When Grandma Mei realized it was him, she relaxed and patted her chest, saying, "You startled me!"

Lanny's expression grew even more strange as he watched the other person's actions. It was really incongruous for an old woman to be doing such a thing, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was so odd about it.

After thinking for a long time without coming up with a solution, he stopped worrying about it and asked about the progress again.

The other person didn't answer immediately, opening their mouth several times and then closing it again, seemingly wanting to say something but stopping themselves, until Lanny was almost getting impatient before finally speaking, "Sir, I heard you're looking for... ..."

At that moment, Gavin suddenly appeared at the door, saluted, and said loudly, "Report! Earl Enno has arrived at the castle gate with a large entourage. Lord Tim requests your presence."

Oh?

Lanny raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that the count had finally arrived. Fortunately, he hadn't treated him as a lifeline, otherwise the count would have come to bury him.

He could ignore him, but the other party was not only his superior nobleman, but also his wife's father. Although he now knew that this count was not a good person, in the eyes of outsiders, he was indeed his "father-in-law".

He sighed inwardly, realizing that he really had to step in himself; the knight was no match for the count.

"I'll leave first. Good luck to you. Remember to let me know if there's any progress." With that, she left the room first.

Watching the departing figure, Melissa was lost in thought, still unsure whether to reveal her identity to the other person.

 …

When Lanny arrived, a group of people were standing at the castle gate, looking at the area not far away. Almost everyone was dressed as a knight in armor. One of them was slightly forward, with Tim standing next to him, pointing at the moat at the castle gate. There were three or four other figures around them.

For some reason, the group did not enter the castle.

"Earl Enno?" Lanny asked Gavin in a low voice as he slowly approached the group, worried that he might mistake someone for someone else and cause trouble.

Gavin, assuming the group was all in armor and the master couldn't distinguish them, didn't find it strange. He eagerly leaned closer and whispered, "The one at the very front, closest to Lord Tim, is Earl Enno. Master, is the Earl here to chase those Grummans? Why are they so slow? They... ..."

Upon hearing that the person closest to Tim was Earl Enno, Lanny automatically ignored Gavin's rambling nonsense and strode forward, smiling from afar before saying a word.

"My apologies, my lord, I'm a little late and have kept you all waiting!"

Hearing the greeting from behind, the group turned around and looked at Lanny, who was walking out of the castle.

As a fiefdom of Earl Eno, the Wells family could rightly address the other party as Lord, but the four or five people around them had strange expressions.

They were all lower-ranking nobles under Count Enno, so they naturally knew that this pretty boy Lanny was Count Enno's son-in-law. However, when they saw Lanny walking over with a smile, they still felt disgusted and ashamed to be associated with him, thinking about his usual reputation.

Angus-Enno glanced at his son-in-law, hummed in agreement, and then turned to look at the front of the castle.

“Father, shall we go into the castle to discuss this in detail?” Lanny walked over, first nodding to the nobles surrounding the Earl, and then bowing to Earl Enno.

Count Enno did not answer, but remained silent, gazing into the distance, seemingly unaware of Lanny's question.

Angus Einar was tall and handsome. Although he was nearly fifty, his skin was taut and fair, and with a well-groomed beard, he looked like a handsome middle-aged man. No wonder Tiffany was so beautiful; she must have inherited his good genes.

Standing facing the wind, if it weren't for the knight's armor he was wearing, he would have the feeling of a poet descending to earth.

Seeing the count remain silent, the other nobles behind him exchanged glances, all wondering what the relationship between the two men was.

But for Lanny, who was being ignored, the feeling was quite different. He also noticed the subtle movements of the nobles around him, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should put his hand down from his chest.

Just as Lanny was feeling increasingly awkward, Angus finally pointed to the moat in front of the castle gate, looking interested. "That ditch in front of your gate is quite interesting. Whose idea was it?"

Tim was about to speak when Lanny interrupted, "It was Mr. Tim Miller's idea that led those barbaric Grummans to abandon their plan to attack the castle."

Upon hearing Lanny's words, Angus finally turned around. He glanced at Lanny in front of him, a hint of annoyance flashing in his eyes, before turning to Tim with a smile. "Heh, having known that Knight Tim Miller is both brave and resourceful, would you be interested in serving the Enor family?"

Upon hearing this, Lanny's face immediately turned ugly, and the people around him also looked at the Earl in shock.

Inviting a knight from another noble family to his face is practically a slap in the face, even if that noble is a lower-ranking one, not to mention that the two are father-in-law and son-in-law.

What is this? Is it blatant poaching? Or a show of force?

Lanny looked at the so-called "father-in-law" in front of him and thought to himself that this father-in-law really had ulterior motives!

Previously, Tiffany returned to the Enno family to plead for mercy to no avail, and brought back the Earl's intention to change the nobles of Castell Ridge, which Lanny did not really believe.

Through his study's collection of books and his conversations with Tim, he learned that while there were precedents of upper-ranking nobles replacing their subordinates, it was usually only when the subordinates had committed treason or had no offspring; otherwise, it was very difficult for upper-ranking nobles to replace their subordinates.

After all, all nobles are legally appointed by the kingdom.

Judging from the fact that the meeting lasted less than two minutes, regardless of whether the count intended to remove the noble title, he was at least full of malice towards the Wells family and no longer cared about saving face, directly trying to undermine them.

"Thank you for your kind words, Your Excellency, but I'm used to the leisurely life in the countryside, so I apologize."

Whether Tim genuinely didn't understand or was pretending not to, his face remained calm, and he refused Earl Angus's invitation without hesitation!

Upon hearing Tim's refusal, Angus-Enno's previously smiling face immediately turned cold. He snorted and walked towards the castle first.

Lanny and Tim exchanged a glance, both understanding that Count Enno's visit was likely not solely to pursue the Grummans.

But this was not a good time to talk, and the two of them had nothing to say. They could only raise their hands to signal to the other nobles behind them, and after the armored people clattered past, they hurriedly followed.

As for the noble army stationed on the open ground far from the castle, Lanny only glanced at them and then paid no further attention.

Angus was clearly very familiar with the castle. Without waiting for Lanny's guidance, he went straight into the hall, sat in the main seat at the far end, and looked coldly at the people entering the hall.

Since the Earl, the highest-ranking nobleman, did not speak first, everyone else remained silent, entering in turn and finding a seat on either side without saying a word.

For a moment, the only sounds in the hall were the clacking of armor as it moved, the creaking of chairs as they were moved, and the breathing of the people; the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

Lanny had originally intended to ask if they needed lunch prepared, but seeing Angus's cold expression, he lost interest and sat down at the back.

Fine, I'm too lazy to put on a show of enthusiasm for this cold-hearted guy. Let's just listen to what this "father-in-law" has to say.