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Chapter 552 Please Perform a Miracle

At daybreak, Frederick woke up in the castle's guest room. After being helped by the maid to dress and wash up, he went to the dining room with the butler to have breakfast.

Baron Avex and Lowena arrived first. In the restaurant, there was a bearded knight munching on venison sausages. He was wearing a half-breastplate and a tunic. Judging from the emblem, he was a vassal of another lord.

When Frederick came in and sat down, Abex said to him, "Principal, this is the knight of Count Orva."

The bearded knight had put down his sausage and stood up to salute Frederick.

Avex continued, "The territory of Earl Ova is two days away from here. The Earl has been suffering from a strange disease in recent years. I would like to ask you to perform a miracle to cure him."

Frederick appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually panicking and in a state of panic.

The Osmaga Empire deployed a legion of 3,000 men in the White Mountains. Its mission was to control the territory in the mountainous area by relying on this trade route. This legion was led by Count Ova.

The Count of Orva has a loyal family background. His mother is the cousin of the late Emperor Ferdinand. When he was young, he was one of the vice-captains of the Royal Knights.

Politically, he belongs to the type of person who "always supports His Majesty the Emperor, and supports whoever becomes the emperor." While he is loyal to the empire, he acts like a local emperor in the White Mountains.

This time, Frederick planned to pay a semi-formal visit to Count Orva, but he did not expect that the events of the previous few days spread so quickly that the Count came to him on his own initiative.

You know your own business. Frederick has a ghost miracle, and the previous three times were just coincidences.

Seeing that he remained silent, everyone thought that he was hiding something.

Avex said: "Principal, Earl Orva is a devout believer. He is kind and generous, and often helps lords and caravans that are harassed by monsters for free."

He thought that Frederick's miracles depended on the person. If it was a vicious person, he would not have enough time to stab him with a knife. Only people like Skinner who had a good reputation were qualified. So he began to talk about the good deeds that Count Orva had done in the past.

Lovina thought the same thing. After Avex finished speaking, he said to the bearded knight, "Talk to the principal about why Count Ova is in poor health. It's possible that he made some mistake and was punished by God."

What he said made sense. There was no shortage of stories of this type in the stories made up by the Church of Light.

The bearded knight immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no, your Excellency is not ill because of any mistake."

"Three years ago, you helped a caravan drive away monsters and accidentally hit your head on a branch."

"This kind of thing used to be nothing to adults, but this time it's different."

"Since that day, the adult has suddenly experienced dizziness, with eyes trembling and a feeling of floating, as well as nausea and recently vomiting."

"For adults, the onset of the disease is very short, less than half a minute, but you don't know when it will come. Sometimes it comes when you stand up from a chair or lie down too quickly. Recently, it even comes when you turn your head too quickly."

"The archbishop said that the devil wanted to hook your soul away, but fortunately you are a pious person, so the devil failed."

"But the devil has been at odds with you, and has been harassing you for the past few years. You have been having a very hard time."

After he finished speaking, the restaurant suddenly became quiet, and everyone - including the butler and the maids... - were looking at Frederick, waiting for his response.

Frederick's face remained calm, but he was no longer as panicked.

If he guessed correctly, Count Orva had the same problem as himself in his previous life after hitting his head on a telephone pole. In the end, two colleagues helped him, one searched the Internet and the other followed the video, and finally the problem was solved.

"I'll go and take a look." Frederick didn't dare to say anything firm. "Whether it works or not still depends on the will of the God of Light." The good thing about being a charlatan is that if things work out, you get credit as the intermediary. If things don't work out, it's God's business and has nothing to do with the intermediary.

The bearded knight thanked Frederick immediately and looked as if he couldn't wait to take him away.

But Frederick was not in a hurry. He had breakfast first and then continued on the road with Fontana's caravan.

Although there was no feudal relationship between Baron Avex and Count Orva, nobles also respected the ways of the world, so he went with them.

Before setting off, Frederick took great interest in putting spike collars on the hounds beside the caravan.

The wild beasts in the forests would bite their prey's neck to kill them. Now the iron spikes on the necks of these hunting dogs are as long as fingers, so the monsters have no way to bite them.

At this time, the bald businessman who was "punished by God" came over and asked cautiously: "Sir, can you give me the handkerchief from yesterday?"

Frederick was puzzled at first, but soon remembered that the bald man was talking about the handkerchief that was used to wrap his hand and remove the blood clot yesterday.

The handkerchief was a daily consumable of the Wesson family. It had a yellow double-headed eagle emblem without a red background embroidered on the corner. It was a cheap item for him, and he had a stack of them in his backpack.

He remembered that he thought the handkerchief was dirty, but it was uncivilized to throw it directly on the ground, so he gave it to Sister Renee to dispose of it.

Apparently, Sister Renee did not throw the handkerchief away, but kept it.

Frederick said indifferently: "If you want it, I'll give it to you."

The bald merchant thanked her profusely and immediately went to find Sister Renee.

The convoy soon set off, and Frederick chatted with a young businessman.

This merchant from the Kingdom of Sardinia mainly sells some low-end jewelry. He imports small jewelry made of crystal glass from the Principality of Wesson and sells them in big cities. He also purchases ordinary silk embroidered scarves from the Kingdom of Sardinia and sells them to the Principality of Wesson. The customers on both sides are young people with well-off wallets.

The cities in the north of the Kingdom of Sardinia were very wealthy, especially Venice, where ordinary citizens could afford one or two small pieces of jewelry.

The skilled workers in the Principality of Wessen are also well-off. Some of the scarves are bought by men as gifts for their partners, while others are bought by girls for themselves, so there is no worry about sales.

The journey was uneventful and we arrived at an ordinary town in the afternoon.

Avex had been neighbors with the lord here for generations and had a good relationship with him. He took Frederick and Lowena to enjoy a meal of roasted whole lamb.

The bearded knight did not stop, but borrowed a vigorous horse from the lord and went back overnight to report to Count Ova that Frederick had arrived.

The next day, the road suddenly became narrow, less than a hundred meters wide, with steep cliffs on both sides, the shortest being over a hundred meters and the highest being four or five hundred meters. From time to time, goats could be seen licking salt on the cliffs.

There is a rock salt mine nearby. The convoy coming from the opposite direction is carrying refined salt. Judging from the flag, it belongs to the Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duke of Bavaria.

After walking for a long time, the convoy finally got out of the canyon and the view in front of them suddenly opened up.

This is a huge basin. Tractors are harvesting ripe wheat, cattle and sheep are eating leisurely on the pasture. There is a fort on each side of the mountain pass. In the distance, there is a huge castle built halfway up the mountain. A team of knights are rushing towards the mountain pass with colorful flags.

(End of this chapter)