Chaos Crown

Chapter 23, it's show time!

Early the next morning, Aaron went out with his uncle Lothair, who was going to work at the stables, and Aaron was going to the royal library in Suzar to look up information about spellcasters.

Breakfast is hot goat's milk, bacon and fried egg sandwiches, and two sausages. The baker at home gets up earlier than Aaron and others, and he wants to bake today's bread early.

As soon as he came out of the house, Aaron noticed the mansion next door to their house. The front door of Woolf's house was wide open, and some people were moving furniture from it.

"Hurry up, time is money, my friend."

"Don't worry, don't break things!"

"Oh, take it easy, be careful, you idiot."

"Gond, this is all good stuff."

People were clamoring, pieces of furniture were moved out of Woolf's house, a young nobleman who was about 25 or [-] years old, with a pale face, wearing a shirt and robe, and a big bald head stood at the door of the room, staring blankly. Watching pieces of furniture and souvenirs being moved out and loaded into cars.

"That's... Yarrow?" Aaron recognized his neighbor at a glance. The Viscount frowned and asked his uncle, "Is he still divorced his wife?"

"Yeah, his wife must divorce him, and...you know, Aaron, Yaluo and the others... have a bad reputation now, and the royal family doesn't want to offend the Church of Mysterious Lady, so it's different from you, the royal family He is only allowed to keep a title of knight." Lothar sighed: "Yaro decided to sell this house, leave Suzar, and return to live in the knight's fiefdom in the countryside."

The two chatted for a while, and the man standing at the door next door also noticed the uncle and nephew. He waved hello with a smile, and then continued to focus on his own affairs.

Yarrow-Wulff, the child of Baron Woolf's family, a paladin of the church of Helm, the guardian god.

Yes, Yarrow is a paladin.

A paladin is a special profession. This profession is a bit like a priest, but the power of a paladin comes more from the belief in one's own oath rather than a god. This profession is a bit like a warrior, but compared to a warrior, a paladin Also has a certain ability to cast spells.

The vast majority of paladins swear to uphold justice and justice, swear to fight against the encroaching darkness with all the good in the world, and swear to hunt all the evil lurking around.

Therefore, a paladin should be a respectable profession in the society of the kingdom.

But this is not the case.

"It is said that there is a noble lady in Baldur's Gate who likes paladins very much. Her daily job is to write articles praising paladins. On Saturdays, she goes to the Temple of the Three Gods of Justice to participate in the paladin swearing-in ceremony organized by the priest. Even her afternoon tea All the time, I was talking about stories about paladins with other noble ladies.

The paladins in the suburbs knew it, and they didn't have time to change their armor, so they came to the upper city in a carriage, and poked their heads into the fence of the manor to look: Dear lady, your paladin is here!

When the noble lady saw the paladin, she despised him very much, and immediately asked her servants to drive him away.

The paladin left sadly. From this point of view, the noble lady didn't really like the paladin, what she liked was just the paladin she described. "

———National Joke

This joke can reflect the awkward status of paladins in the realm: people respect them, respect them, but don't want to be them.

Just like that noble lady, she likes paladins, but she will never marry a paladin.

According to the authoritative data of Candlekeep scholars, the last thing women in the kingdom want to marry is a paladin.

The Salian family and the Woolf family are family friends, otherwise the two boys would not have had such close names as "Aaron and Yarrow", but after the elders of both sides died in battle, the treatment they received was completely different.

Yarrow also failed to inherit his father's baronship, because he participated in special military operations against the riots during the Shoah as a paladin of the Church of Helm.

The target of his suppression is the Cormyr battle mages who rioted because of the death of the goddess of magic.

This is completely different from Aaron's father dying for his country.

Moreover, he had more than once clashed with believers of the goddess of magic on the street, and the two parties hated each other because of the fall of the second generation of goddess of magic. However, the Woolf family repeatedly appealed to the Church of the Goddess of Magic, and only retained a knight title under the collective opposition of more than half of the nobles and almost all battle mages.

What's more terrible is that his wife also proposed to divorce at this time-the original reason for the marriage between the two parties is that Yarrow can inherit his father's title of baron.

What a miserable man, Aaron smiled wryly and shook his head.

This also explained the current embarrassing situation of the Church of Heim. Due to the death of the goddess of magic, the relationship between Heim and the gods on the good side has fallen to the bottom.

Haim, a cold stone, didn't have many friends.

So choosing the right boss is very important, so choosing a mate is even more critical.

Aaron thought about his own affairs, walked to the street corner, said goodbye to his uncle, and went to the royal library alone.

After experiencing the catastrophe of the saints and the death of King Yasan IV in the Goblin War, Suzar was obviously not as prosperous as it used to be. People can only come to Susa to seek a living. Maybe the nobles can find some decent places to live, and the refugees can only stay in hotels and the streets.

But this is also the normal state of the people in the country. When Aaron saw someone coming up to beg for him, he held the hilt of his sword to signal the other party to get out of the way, because he knew that every coin he gave out would only be exchanged by this man. A tool for wine, he doesn't do such stupid things.

If he wants to give alms, he will do it through the Church of Our Lady of Silver, just like he gave a large box of spices to the pastor, Eleanor at least used that box of spices to solve the food and lodging of dozens of people.

But even in a relatively chaotic situation, Suzall, and even Cormyr as a whole, is still a fairly wealthy country.

Among other things, when Aaron passed by the market, he paid special attention to the prices of several key items in the market.

Wheat is 1 copper coin a pound, edible coarse salt is 5 copper coins a pound, barley wine is 4 copper coins a cup, and pork ribs are 3 silver coins a piece.

Stable prices and sufficient supply in the market show that Cormyr still has strong vitality. The country just needs some time to recover from the catastrophe.

The former "Aaron" was very dissatisfied with Alice Ser Obeszier, the daughter of the Queen Regent. Sometimes, as long as it is a normal person, it will feel dissatisfied, not to mention that Aaron is still a nobleman.

And from the incident between himself and Yarrow next door, it can be seen that the royal family is consciously taking advantage of a series of catastrophes to reclaim the title of nobility, which is of course not good news.

But now Aaron felt that the princess regent might not be so hateful.

When the country's discipline is in collapse, isn't it just the need for a strong leader like the Regent Princess?

After the death of King Yasan IV, if it wasn't for the "Daughter of the Iron Queen" who decisively took over the power and put Cormyr into a state of military control, Aaron wouldn't dare to imagine what kind of chaos would happen now, let alone the 1 copper coin in the market A pound of wheat and 5 copper coins a pound of coarse salt.

It's just that I still can't confirm what Alice Searle thinks about me.
Aaron walked and thought, and it didn't take long before the royal library arrived.

The royal library located on the other side of the palace is still majestic and eye-catching. Unlike the random elevation of buildings in the city, the royal library is designed strictly according to the design drawings given by the elves. Every building that makes up the library is engraved with a mysterious magic circle. One by one, the power of magic pervades the library, and every corner shows the past glory of the Elven Empire and the present glory of Cormyr.

In the corridors, courtyards, and gardens, monuments tell the great achievements of the predecessors. Those statues standing among the violets are all the protagonists of the legendary epics in the history of Cormyr. There is a noble family on each wall The coat of arms of Cormyr's battle mages, which is well-known throughout the country, regards the library as their holy place. After the battle mages are far away from the battlefield due to their age, they will always donate their wealth, books, and knowledge here.

Many battle mages are eager to leave their names in a corner of the royal library, but this kind of honor is destined to be awarded only to outstanding people, and only those heroes of the kingdom have left their own rich and colorful traces in the history of Cormyr. Pen celebrities are eligible to have their own statues.

Heroes, Immortals!
Aaron silently saluted the statue, heroes should always be respected.

Who doesn't have a dream of erecting a statue in their hometown?

The magnificent library is located in the center of the building complex, next to the Battlemage Academy, decorated with laurel wreaths, purple dragons and the coat of arms of the royal family of Obesthir everywhere, watching the distance.

A retired battle mage was sitting at the door. It seemed that he was not young anymore, with gray hair on his temples, a crutch was in his hand, and his attention was almost focused on the large book in front of him. on the head.

"Sir, I want to consult books on spellcasting." Aaron interrupted his thoughts: "This is my proof."

The Battle Mage raised his head impatiently from the tome, and saw that it was a very handsome and beautiful young nobleman. He couldn't help feeling a little good in his heart, and Aaron was very polite, so he reached out and took the parchment scroll, casually I glanced at it: "On the second floor, the bookshelves on the right hand side are free to read and can't be taken away. If there are books that you can't find and want to read again, just ask me."

"Thank you, what about the gods?" Aaron then asked.

"On the left hand side of the third floor, those bookshelves that turn right at the end... Oh, so they are the children of the Salian family." The battle mage tilted his head downward, aiming at Ya with his upper eyeliner from above the thick glasses. Lun, I wonder if this kid was so handsome before?
"Take this, you don't need to show proof next time you come in." The Battle Mage didn't move, and a card made of special materials flew out from the drawer of the cabinet behind him and landed in front of Aaron.

The mage's hand is convenient, Aaron thought as he took the card.

"Thank you." Aaron took the card and wanted to leave.

"Just read the books, don't be like those guys over there." Maybe Battle Mage really likes Aaron, and he added: "I get annoyed when I see them."

A few young people were not far away, chatting on the only way to go upstairs. As Aaron approached, their conversations also reached Aaron's ears.

"Yes, yes, Sharp, well done, you deserve the honor."

"Make it clear to those guys that they didn't pick the right guy."

"You are awesome, brother, the Lord of War must have noticed your bravery!"

"Let's do it again, man, do it better, we can do it."

The leader was a man with a cropped head, taller than Aaron, with strong arms, a pair of round eyes and a flat and big nose.

"Hey, isn't this the last living member of Salian's family? Brother, are you okay?" The man winked at several of his men, and they dispersed immediately, blocking Aaron's way up the stairs.

"It's okay, brother, are you okay?" Aaron didn't want to talk nonsense with this man, time is money.

This man's name was Sharp, and he looked like a purple dragon knight at first glance to Aaron, but he didn't have a noble title, only a knight title. He didn't like Aaron's annual salary of 800 gold lion coins for a long time.

"I feel great, buddy, the Lord of War is blessing me!" Sharp continued to stop Aaron in front of him: "We are discussing recent things, such as I completed the task, but you failed miserably .”

"Hahaha~"

"Oh, stop talking, Sharp, if you keep talking, our Salian buddies will cry."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

"Can you share your experience with us? Your Excellency Salian, how did you escape back to Suzal under the enemy's stick?"

Several people around Sharp booed together.

"You're so interesting, honey." Aaron raised his eyebrows: "But I'm not free now, see you later, buddy."

"Hey~ don't go!" Sharp took a step sideways to stop Aaron, he grabbed Aaron's arm: "We are talking to you, buddy, this is how your family teaches you etiquette? Huh? Ignore my sincere inquiry ?”

"My God, my God, can you be so arrogant without the control of your parents?" Sharp exaggeratedly shouted at the people around him: "Look, he bullied me!"

"That's why we don't like you, Lord Salian, you are so annoying~"

"Give him some color, Sharp~"

"Make some noise, make some noise~"

Several entourages followed behind Sharp and booed, but Aaron was not allowed to go up.

"Okay, Lord Salian, we are not unreasonable people, just tell me." Sharp grabbed Aaron's arm very enthusiastically, and asked with a sincere expression: "You sacrificed your biological parents?" , relying on the 800 golden lion coins that your aunt got from rolling around at the gate of Wangting, is it really safe to use it?"

Aaron smiled when he heard the words. He glanced around and reached out to signal Sharp to follow him to the table a few steps away: "Want to hear it? Come here, come here, stick your head over here, and I'll tell you."

Sharp poked his head over immediately.

Aaron, who continued to smile, saw that the distance was almost there. He picked up the glass wine bottle on the table and slammed it on Sharp's forehead!

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, the glass bottle was smashed to pieces, and the cider mixed with blood dripped down his head.

Covering his head, Purple Dragon Knight Bu Sharp let out a terrible scream.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

　Yes, yes, just stick your head over there!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)