Proof of the Sun King

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Armand de Aquitaine, the king's special envoy, was standing in the middle of the hall of the baron's castle, holding the king's document.

In the hall, there was a dense crowd, and all the knights and officials in Ryan's territory came. Ryan knelt quietly in front of the king's envoy without saying a word.

"Baron Jean-Malcador, since the creation of the title, has achieved outstanding military exploits and excellent governance. He has used courage, glory, and faith to prove your worth to ladies and kings. Here, Dino, the King of Knights of Brittany A-Jean-Richard-de-le-Angourand hereby proclaims Lein Macardo, Baron Jean, as Earl of Glamorgan, and I hope that you will use your loyalty, your life, your piety, to prove your loyalty to ladies and gentlemen. The value of the king." Armand said slowly, holding the king's document.

"I'm taking orders." Ryan didn't say much, he answered succinctly.

Because he didn't need to say anything more, Richard didn't ask him to go to the capital to receive the seal, but sent a special envoy to seal it. This is a very obvious signal, that is, the king is unwilling to seal him, and he doesn't want to see him. When he came to him, he was only forced to seal him, so he sent a special envoy directly to his fief.

Ryan is too lazy to do those false things, just make sense.

Armand nodded: "May the brilliance of the lady illuminate your path."

Then the envoy of the kingdom waved his hand, and the attendants approached from the outside with several pieces of clothing. The earl's dress was trimmed with a dark red velvet coat trimmed with white fur, and the soft hat was sewn with three sable furs to indicate the rank of the title. There was a gilded silver ring on the crown. , with 8 silver **** on the top edge.

Armand used the long sword to hit Ryan on the shoulder heavily, and the sword was awarded to the king, and the ceremony was completed.

In fact, this ceremony is a bit unruly. Normally, it should be the king conferring the sword on the king, but still that sentence, Richard didn't want to see him, and Ryan didn't want to see the king.

From today, Ryan is Baron Jean and Earl of Glamorgan at the same time. Thinking of this, Ryan tried his best to keep his face as usual, but his shoulders still trembled slightly.

Twenty-five years, he has been in this world for twenty-five years, and he is finally a hereditary noble!

Twenty-five years of drinking ice, knowing whether it is cold or warm.

The titles of Brittany are divided into five grades, namely baron, earl, marquis, duke and king. Among them, the marquis has only appeared in recent years, mainly to express the special award and attention to the earl. There is not much difference between Shang and Earl.

In addition, there are lords and knights, the former is to reward nobles, the latter can be rewarded to anyone, and even some serfs in the history of Brittany received the title of knight.

But there is a big difference between an earl and a baron.

As we all know, the transition from baron to earl is not only the promotion of the title, but also represents an essential change, that is, Ryan officially stepped into the ranks of the hereditary nobles through his own efforts.

This starts with the status of the baron. In the dark ages before the establishment of Brittany, due to the retreat of the imperial power, Brittany fell into the dark ages. At that time, the tribal clans began to divide their territories for autonomy, among which The title of duke began to appear, which was usually given to the tribal leader who led the tribe on various expeditions.

After the establishment of the Kingdom of Knights, the twelve first-generation Holy Grail Knights were added as twelve dukes, and they were divided into twelve duchies to form the Kingdom of Knights. Therefore, the duke was the highest title after the king.

In order to facilitate the management of their own territory, the duke also subdivided the earl. The earl means "Fang Bo", which means that they are guarding one side. The earl obeys the duke. Suppressed, or punished by other nobles, the title of count can be inherited by future generations, but the total number will be reduced or increased because some counts lack heirs. At present, the total number of counts in Brittany does not exceed 100. And half of them are virtual seals, that is, only titles and no fiefs.

Then there is the baron. In the earliest days of Brittany's founding, there was the title of baron but not the title of baron. Baron means "free noble" or "servant of the king", to Arthur's eldest son, the second generation of knights. When Lewis, Lewis made a lot of canonizations of barons, most of the high-level secular nobles were named barons, but there were only a few barons with actual fiefs, and most of them were false titles.

In the past, barons accounted for a large proportion of the nobility, but later the king of knights realized that it was not good to appoint barons indiscriminately, so he began to control the number of barons. Only then did barons stand out from the knight class and become the highest rank in the knight class. The lowest rank among the nobility.

Brittanian law stipulates that barons are not hereditary, and the son of a baron must be recognized as a knight of the kingdom in order to inherit the title of his father, while the son of a duke does not need to.

It takes a life and death experience to advance from a knight to a knight in the kingdom. It can be seen that the succession of a baron gives priority to those with high war ability and martial arts, while the succession of a duke directly depends on the bloodline.

Therefore, barons have a low status among the great nobles. Strictly speaking, barons are nobles whose class is not stable, and they are completely military nobles who serve the war.

To sum up, the baron to the earl is a hurdle. Now, Ryan has passed it, he has become a real hereditary noble, the earl has the ability to wage war independently, appoint officials and manage the local independently. responsibility.

The king's document was handed over to Ryan, and the king's special envoy Armand said with a smile, "Hello, Your Excellency the Earl of Glamorgan."

Glamorgan? Lane always had an indescribably strange feeling when he heard this title, as if he was describing some kind of stupid person or thing.

I can't enjoy that much now. Ryan smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Armand."

"Congratulations, Your Excellency Ryan, the lady's champion." Armand smiled: "Congratulations on the promotion, can I ask you for a drink?"

Before Ryan could speak, Marquis Surya walked up with a smile: "Of course, Mr. Armand, you are very welcome."

At the same time, the female knight stretched out her small hand, and her pale fingertips stroked Ryan's palm, signaling him to listen to himself first.

Ryan thought that the kingdom envoy had a good attitude, and he didn't seem to want to embarrass himself intentionally, and he didn't know what Surya meant by doing this, but he still listened to the female knight obediently, so he said enthusiastically : "Of course, please move to the reception room."

The king's envoy walked towards the reception room, and Ryan took a deliberate step: "Suria?"

The female knight gently took Ryan's hand and whispered in his ear: "Ryan, don't be rude to your future vassal."

"Future vassal?" Ryan was a little confused, but Surya motioned for him to hurry in. The female knight took out a bottle of Wenford's top-quality wine "Lysalis" and entered together with Ryan.

The delicate glass goblet was placed on the table, and Suria lightly opened the cork, poured the red wine into the goblet, and sent it to Armand: "Hello, Mr. Armand."

"Hello, Surya, congratulations, the laureate winner of the Knights' Conference." Armand nodded and smiled, and then he noticed the clenched hands of Ryan and Surya, and there was a flash of enlightenment in his eyes.

Armand's appearance looks about thirty years old, but the vicissitudes in his eyes show that he is no longer young, with black mid-part long hair draped twice, his appearance is ordinary, but the blue eyes are full of self Has its own strength.

"Let me introduce, the Holy Grail Knight Armand de Aquitaine, the winner of the Knights' Assembly twenty-one years ago, one of the first Holy Grail Knights, the last blood of Fredmond, Duke of Aquitaine, the king's Flag officer." Surya introduced to Ryan.

"So you are..." Ryan opened his mouth, and the person in front of him was the last bloodline of the Duke of Aquitaine? Or the winner of the Knights Conference? Holy Grail Knight?

"Sorry, I was rude, I didn't recognize it all of a sudden!" Ryan quickly apologized.

There was only vicissitudes on Armand's face, he forced a smile, and endless memories flooded into his mind.

He recalled the past, when he was still a young and vigorous knight, full of revenge for his family and ancestors, he was the last bloodline of Fredmond, the first Duke of Aquitaine. When the Scarlet Duke slaughtered his own family, his line was spared because he was still fighting in Araby.

Armand swore an oath since he was a child to make the Red Duke pay his debts with blood. At the age of seventeen, he won the title of the Knights Conference. At that time, King Richard had just ascended the throne. Just when he wanted to do something, Richard planned to make Armand a baron. , but was rejected by him, Armand did not want a fief, he just wanted revenge.

In his twenties, Armand embarked on the path of the Holy Grail and started his own expedition. It took him nearly ten years to travel all over the old world, and finally he was near Magritte, the capital of Estalia. After slaying a terrifying legendary Beastman Beastmaster, he was recognized by the Fairy of the Lake, drinking from the Holy Grail and becoming the Knight of the Holy Grail.

Back in Curona, Armand got his own endless glory. Like his ancestor Fredmond hundreds of years ago, Armand became the king's flag bearer as the Holy Grail Knight. The banner of the King of Knights, the "Battle Banner of the Lake God".

That's right, it's the blessed flag that the first-generation knight king Arthur got from the fairy in the lake. The flag is painted with the image of the fairy in the lake holding the Holy Grail and the pattern of irises. This battle flag has the divine power of the fairy in the lake. Under the banner of the army, Arthur led the knights to complete the unification.

It is said that as long as this flag appears on the battlefield, the knights will never be defeated and fight to the last man. Under this flag, the knights will never fear or escape.

"I just want to say thank you, Your Excellency Ryan." Armand broke away from his memory. He couldn't contain his excitement, and his tone was full of expectation: "About the Red Duke..."

"I killed him." Ryan nodded: "I ended him completely, I can be sure."

"I'm not doubting you, Your Excellency Ryan, but... The Red Duke has always run very fast. He often withdraws from the battlefield as soon as the situation is not good. The speed of the zombie dragon is unmatched. I can know how you seized the opportunity to kill Kill him?" Armand asked repeatedly, the king's flag-bearer was very anxious, as a Holy Grail Knight, he shouldn't be so rude.

But under such deep hatred, no one can remain calm, and the Holy Grail Knight is also a human being.

"He is a family member of Abbott Wallace. Of course he runs very fast, but I'm not bad." Ryan suddenly said playfully: "Because I have learned a lot from a lady surnamed Zhang, that is, as long as you run Go fast enough and time won't catch up to you."

"??????" Armand and Suria didn't understand what Ryan was saying, and wanted to ask again, but Ryan signaled that he couldn't say any more, and he took out a sword: "In that case, today I will take this Return the sword to its original owner."

"This is... the sword of Aquitaine!" Armand immediately reached out and took the sword.

The hilt of the Sword of Aquitaine is engraved with the pattern of irises, and the sword is engraved with mysterious runes. For hundreds of years, this sword has also followed the Duke of Aquitaine from generation to generation, and has been passed down to the Duke of Scarlet. on hand.

Armand took the Sword of Aquitaine, he did not refuse, the sword originally belonged to him, the last blood of the Duke of Aquitaine reached out and stroked the sword, his voice was indescribably sentimental: "Finally came back."

"I tried to purify this sword, but..." Ryan was about to say that the Sword of Aquitaine had completely lost its power and turned into an ordinary sword.

But Armand turned a deaf ear, and the Knight of the Grail cut off his hand.

Hot and holy blood dripped on the blade of the Sword of Aquitaine, making a scorching sound.

A miracle happened, when the sword of Aquitaine was raised again in Armand's hands, it was restored~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After five hundred years in the hands of the Scarlet Duke, it could not be completely transformed, In the purification of the Holy Blood of the Holy Grail Knight, in the blood of Aquitaine, it was restored, the decay and rust on the sword had disappeared, and it released an aura of purity like the sky.

Then, Armand knelt in front of Ryan.

"I, Knight of the Holy Grail, Armand de Aquitaine, swear my allegiance to the Lady's Chosen Champion, Ryan Maccador, in the Lady's name."

Ryan's face was a little surprised, and even a little suspicious, but he quickly realized that the Holy Grail Knight would never joke about the fairies in the lake, they followed their words.

So Ryan put the sword on Armand's shoulder, the goddess of nemesis was burning with white flame, and the flame of purification was burning on the sword: "Then I will make you my knight, my flag bearer."

The simple ceremony of conferring the sword on the king was completed. Not long ago, Armand gave the sword to Ryan, and only a few dozen minutes later, the special envoy of the king pledged his allegiance to Ryan in the same way.

Sometimes life is so magical, reality is always more incredible than it is.

But there is something even more incredible.

Armand took out a huge banner, full of divine power, woven from soft velvet satin left by the high elves, and painted with the icon of the nymph of the lake holding the chalice and golden irises .

"This is??!!" Ryan exclaimed, losing his temper.

"The king did not allow me to take this flag away, he said it belonged to the royal family." Armand smiled: "But the lady asked me to dream, this flag never belongs to the king, it only belongs to the lady."

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