Chaos Crown

Chapter 18, Our family is in decline
After setting up the tombstone for the Battle Mage, Aaron and Eleanor parted temporarily.

Eleanor, as the priest of Our Lady of Silver, is going to report to the Church of Our Lady of Silver in Suzar. According to her, she has a mission.

Although Aaron felt that this task was most likely to monitor and assist him, but since Miss Priest didn't intend to tell the truth, Aaron, as a gentleman with the power of Slaanesh, naturally wanted to save face for Miss Priest and not expose her.

Many temples in the city have hotel functions, and for their own believers, temple hotels are much cheaper than outside hotels.

Some deities have shrine hotels that are comparable to grand hotels, typically the shrines of the Lady of Fortune or the Lady of Fire.

Of course, the price is not cheap.

Some temple hotels can only be regarded as a shelter from the wind and rain. For example, the Temple Hotel of the God of Suffering really has a roof and a place to sleep. A dozen people squeeze into a room with thatch under their bodies.

However, the God of Suffering is really generous to mortals. His temple has always provided magical healing of the first ring and below for free, and provided free food and shelter to the poor. If travelers really can't afford the money, the temple will not drive them away.

No, the living conditions in the hotel are not good.

I should find a way to let Miss Pastor live in my home!

As a monitor, how can you not monitor closely?
Aaron was full of justice and empathy for Miss Priest.

Let's talk about it in the evening, the two of them have already agreed to go to Salian House to have dinner together.

Aaron also has his own affairs to attend to.

After he came out of the cemetery, he first went to the Purple Dragon Knights.

The fortress of the Purple Dragon Knights in Suzar is not difficult to find. This is a large independent castle with its own walls and fortifications. Even if the city walls are captured, as long as the Purple Dragon Knights and the palace do not fall, the attackers will There is still a very long war to be fought.

At this time, the gate of the Purple Dragon Knights Fortress was closed, and Aaron didn't know what happened here.

"What happened?"

The older guard spread his hands with a playful smile: "Who knows?"

Aaron rolled his eyes.

The guards at the gates of the fortress are served by many retired senior knights. They just lack a little strength or a little luck (or maybe they lack someone who can speak for them), and most of these guards are just right. At the barely elite level, it is not very outstanding among professionals, but it is better than rich experience.

If these guards face a fight, the first five to ten rounds are not even worse than some young knights.

Therefore, for the fortress guards, youth equals immaturity, youth equals innocence, youth equals wrong.

Aaron is too young.

Although the guard was very rude, Aaron didn't fight back with words. He just smiled and snapped his fingers in front of the guard with a smile on his face.

"Snapped!"

boom!
A mass of pink flames bigger than a bull exploded in front of the guard, and the blast wave directly knocked the guard to the ground.

It's not over yet, the pink cloud quickly formed into a few fire monsters, and rushed towards the face amidst wild laughter, opened its mouth to expose its teeth, and bit the guard's face directly.

"Don't kill me! Don't!" The guard sat down on the ground, covered in sweat, and realized it when he was about to struggle.

Nothing at all.

The flame does not exist, the fire demon does not exist, and the teeth do not exist.

Only the young nobleman with his back to the light, smiling at him, and snapping his fingers existed.

It's illusion magic!The well-informed guard turned pale and hurriedly got up to apologize.

An ordinary purple dragon knight is one thing, a magical spellcaster is quite another!
Didn't you see so many fighters eager to advance to the sub-class of arcane knight, just to get a few low-level magic and greatly strengthen their combat flexibility?

"Shooting training is going on inside, Your Excellency the Mage!" A flattering smile appeared on the guard's face: "In order to prevent accidental injury, the main entrance is closed. If you want to go in, keep going to your right. There is a small door there. In and out."

Aaron thanked the guard and he continued on.

A small white door appeared in front of him, with a portrait of a god painted on it.

This is a noble and elegant human woman wearing a luxurious robe, and wearing a simple golden crown on the long platinum hair in the shawl.

He is the lucky goddess Timora, also known as the lucky lady. This goddess has great influence in Suzall. The largest temple in Suzall is the temple of Timora-this temple is comparable in size to the purple dragon. Knights Fortress.

No one hates good luck, and naturally no one disrespects the lucky lady.

In recent years, Timora's influence in Cormyr has continued to expand. Because it was the turbulent year two years ago, Timora came to Arabel, the largest city in the north of Cormyr, in the form of a saint. Any mortal can meet and shake hands with the goddess as long as they donate enough gold coins, taste delicious food and wine together, tell interesting stories to the goddess, or listen to the goddess in the outer layer Interesting facts to explore.

Even occasionally one or two high-quality men can be favored by the goddess and become her guest of honor.

Goddesses have appeared in front of you, and naturally Lady Luck's influence in Cormyr is growing.

But now Arabel City is already in ruins - during the goblin war a few months ago, the orc Khan Tujin under the command of the ancient red dragon led a large group of orc tribes to occupy it, and set fire to all the temples of all the gods. They raised it.

The ancient red dragon and the former king of Cormyr, Asan IV, died together, and Cormyr, who suffered a heavy loss, was unable to recover the city of Arabel. Alice Searle, the regent princess of the kingdom, ordered people to accept Arabel's refugees to temporarily live in Suzar.

The wicket is also guarded, and Aaron took advantage of the situation and used it to charm humans.

Casting the spell now is as easy as breathing.

"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency Salian, someone is coming." The guard said loudly, trying to make his voice drown out the noise nearby.

A knight in full armor approached him. He was wearing a standard purple dragon knight full-body plate armor, with three irises pinned to his helmet, and a tattered purple robe was wrapped around his polished breastplate. The two long mustaches and his thick bushy beard fully demonstrate his masculine charm, but the hair on his oily and smooth forehead has become sparse.

With thin sunken cheeks, deep eye sockets, and a long and protruding nose, Aaron would feel uncomfortable every time he saw him.

This person is Ian Hartson, the Great Instructor of the Purple Dragon Knights and also the Chief Inspector, a master professional. In addition to being a powerful Purple Dragon Knight instructor, he is also in charge of the Knights’ finances, logistics, discipline.

"Ouch, who is this, isn't this the little chick of the Salian family?" Ian glanced at Aaron from the corner of his eye, and said with a fake smile: "Why did you come back alone? What about the mission?"

"I'm here to write the mission report, Great Mentor." Aaron said lightly.

"Are you ashamed to write a mission report when you come back alone?" Ian stared at Aaron, observing the changes in Aaron with his small sunken eyes, and sneered: "Tsk tsk tsk, yes, after all, you really have to get used to the next one." People have a life!"

"Wow, wow, do you need me to give you a little time to cry alone in the lounge? Huh... Dad... Mom~" The Zilong Knight Master looked at Aaron's mental state and found that although he was A person came back without feeling down or sad, feeling bored: "I'm just telling you the truth."

"And I want to report the truth to His Royal Highness Alice Sale, our Chief Inspector, will you let me in?" Aaron didn't have any expression on his face.

This person is so annoying. After more than ten years in charge of financial logistics and supervision, he can no longer communicate with people normally.

"Are you really going to tell me about you and Irina? I saw her flirting with Bradley from Baron~" Ian clapped his hands and laughed, "So you were really dumped by her? Wow, no, I really should ask everyone to come and see the chick who has become so handsome even though the mission failed~"

"Well said, so where is your female sorceress apprentice? Didn't you say that you were squeezed to death by her delicate little hands, oh, my little sweetheart, the light of my life, the fire of my soul... Aaron imitated Ian's expression and gestured in the same tone: "Speaking of which, this seems to be your No. 20 six introduction objects. Tell me, Ian, has the priest of the Fire-haired Lady Church followed up with you?" The guard said, don't let this water ghost come again, and we can only find a female ogre to have a blind date with him!"

Every time Aaron said a word, Ian's face turned black, and the master Zilong stared at the junior who had changed a lot in front of him, as if his mouth was gagged, but he didn't know how to say it What to fight back.

"Oh, let me think about it, what is the journey of Your Excellency the Great Teacher? Falling in love, stable relationship, getting engaged, getting married, buying a house, having a baby, having an extramarital affair, continuing to have a baby, getting divorced, being alone, going to the Kingdom Court because of the division of property, There was a lot of quarreling about the visiting right to go to the temple...... Where is our dear Grand Master?" Aaron counted with his fingers pretending to be surprised, and covered his mouth with his hands: "Oh~ It seems that even the first There are no steps!"

"Tell me, dear master, are you going to enter the nursing home just like this?" the young viscount reminded very kindly.

Every time Aaron said something, the muscles on Ian's thin, all-black face twitched a few times.

The guard next to him was already holding back his laughter and was about to pass out.

"Hmph~ It seems that the little chick is fine."

After a long time, Ian Hutson, whose face was darker than Lady Evernight's holy emblem, forced a smile.

For a split second, Aaron caught a trace of relief in Ian's eyes, but before he could recognize it, this trace of imperceptible emotion disappeared.

"Welcome back to Suzall alive, little chick."

"Come on, take him to the library, our little chick is going to write a mission failure report."

"Hope he doesn't misspell the word."

"Yes!"

————I am the dividing line of the little chick———

In the library, Aaron briefly wrote a mission report, reporting the reasons for mission failure, enemies encountered, intelligence collected, battle damage and death.

When reporting the loss, Aaron directly filled in the loss of a horse, a complete set of weapons and equipment, and a carriage. After thinking about it, he felt that the cost of the nine-ring miracle technique would definitely not be reimbursed, so he simply wrote it up.

After completing the report, Aaron sealed the report with paraffin, sealed it with the red Conrad ring, and put it in the box.

This is called "recording".

The archivist of the Purple Dragon Knights will send it to the high lord of the Purple Dragon Knights, the quasi-legendary powerhouse Staval, or the Zilong Regent Princess Alice Searle. This is "filing" .

After the file is recorded, Aaron has to go home and wait for the news, and wait until the supreme lord or the princess regent reads his report. Before one of them has read it, Aaron is not allowed to leave Suzar.

Normally, if the task goes well, the supreme lord or the regent princess will give a reward with a few words of approval, and Aaron can move freely after confirmation.

This is the most normal procedure.

But Aaron felt that what he had to face was probably the second one.

His identity as Viscount Salian, his sudden awakening of spellcasting talent, his awakening of charisma, the failure of all his teammates to die in battle, the appearance of the Queen's Blade, and matters involving the Virgin of Silver, Aaron's report can only be sent to the In the palace, the regent princess will read it in person, and then it is very likely that the regent princess Alice Searle will order him to enter the palace to have an audience and explain the situation.

It should take a few days from filing to being summoned, and he needs to prepare well. At the same time, Aaron must confirm a problem.

How does the Queen Regent think of him?Is this country fit to stay?
I believe there should be an answer in the subsequent summons.

Coming out of the fortress of the Purple Dragon Knights, Aaron walked along the clean and tidy avenue, facing the faint sunlight after four o'clock in the afternoon, and walked home.

The Salian House is located in the Sanguan District, a wealthy area in Susal. All the dignitaries lived here, and it was once a symbol of the prosperity of the Salian family ancestors. The mansion covers an area of ​​about 230 square meters, with a rear The garden has three floors and a total of 14 rooms including two servant rooms, underground warehouse, wine cellar, independent bakery, kitchen, study, 5 bedrooms and so on.

Since Aaron's grandfather, Earl Salian, was defeated in the Tucan invasion and was killed by nomads like a father beating his son, the enraged King Asan IV ordered the confiscation of all fiefdoms, and all those surnamed Salian were deprived of their surnames and exiled After reaching Guangze in the east, the mansion was inherited by Aaron's father.

Manuel the Purple Dragon Knight Commander, that is, Aaron's father, was the only outstanding knight who did not participate in the fiasco. After a disaster, he was allowed to retain the title of Viscount, the surname Salian, and the family mansion near the palace.

Although my father kept secret about how badly the grandpa family lost and what mistakes they made, but judging from the fact that no one in the kingdom's nobles spoke up for them, it should be that the honor and reputation of losing for hundreds of years was completely destroyed.

I believe that some people will definitely have doubts when they see this. Since the title of viscount is not inherited by the earl, and the title of earl and fief of the Salian family are all confiscated, how did Manuel's title of viscount of Salian be passed on to Aaron? of?
The reason is simple. The Manuel couple sacrificed their lives for their country in the Holocaust of the Saints two years ago, and died in battle in the northern city of Tivanton. It is said that they were killed by several drow in the melee.

King Yasan IV took pity on him for his loyalty and bravery for the country, and the king decreed that the title of viscount can be inherited for one more generation.

That's why everyone calls Aaron "the last Salian".

It is already a miracle for this family and the title of viscount to be passed on to Aaron after going through all kinds of hardships. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible to pass it on.

This family, which lasted 900 years and worshiped the Silver Virgin Surun for more than 700 years, seems to have come to an end here.

Our family is gone!
　Our family has fallen again~
　　Do you remember our old and deep house,

　　So rich and majestic.

　　It stands proudly motionless around that palace... I forget next.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)