Gawain's journey was not fast.
Although Rebecca seemed a little anxious along the way, Gawain still arranged the trip at his own pace. He asked the team to stop in every town they passed, and after stopping, he would arrange the soldiers. Disguise yourself as a traveler or mercenary and blend into the crowd to spread the news that "the founding Duke Gawain Cecil is resurrected" and "the Grand Duke Gawain will arrive in St. Sunil City in the near future". He will also bribe local bards. And the gangsters spread a similar but more bizarre version - the funding he received from Viscount Andrew was enough for him to complete these things.
Originally Gawain was still worried that neither he nor Rebecca had any experience in dealing with similar local snakes and would encounter difficulties when doing these things, but he did not expect that the knight Byron who was traveling with him would show up. In addition to his extraordinary abilities, this middle-aged knight may not be very strong among his colleagues, but his ability to deal with idle people in society is impressive. Basically, it doesn't take him long after arriving in a city. Being able to get in touch with those "rats", and before the soldiers spread the news, various rumors about the southern border began to spread among the lower classes of society...
Gawain thought of this person The origin of Knight Byron - According to Rebecca, Byron was not a serious nobleman, but was once a mercenary who traveled around. He was taken in by the previous generation Viscount Cecil after a certain incident. Being able to join the knight class, it now seems that the experience of this former mercenary gentleman has not been wasted.
The other person who helped a lot did not go beyond Gawain's expectations. Amber was indeed a good hand when dealing with those ruffians, and should it be said that he had high professionalism or a strong business level? ...Gawain gave the half-elf lady some funds to bribe those gangsters. After she finished her work, she came back with more money...
Of course, this behavior was criticized by Rebecca, who was well-educated. Strongly condemned, and in order to maintain his superior image in front of future generations, Gawain had no choice but to press Amber's head and make her promise to return all the stolen money and promise never to do it again in the future.
This made Amber particularly hurt, as if the value of life had been denied - Gawain felt that it was probably impossible for this Elf Shame to establish a normal outlook on life.
Besides the purpose of this stop-and-go journey to ferment rumors, Gawain also has another purpose that is not so easy to say: he needs to know the world better.
It’s not because the memory in his mind is seven hundred years different from the current era, but because he himself is not from this world at all. After all, the pictures he saw in the sky could only be used as maps, and the memories he inherited lacked sufficient sense of immersion and flexibility. This was because he tried to search the memories several times but was in vain because he did not understand the corresponding "keywords." Then he realized that for Gawain now, the most urgent need is to understand the world.
This process is quite smooth.profit.
He saw the poor and backward southern countryside of the Ansu Kingdom, the bustling central cities, the mountains and jungles, and the fortresses built by humans, and all of these are gradually changing. It merged with the overlooking maps he remembered in his mind.
By judging some details, he confirmed that the "latest" top-down map in his mind should not be out of date for too long. It was a record left about ten years ago - that was The last look he took while hanging in the sky.
For this slow-paced world, maps from ten years ago are completely fine to use.
As for whether there will be any problems in Tanzanian Town after being away from the South for so long, Gawain is not as worried as Rebecca. He believed in Hetty's ability, and was basically certain that Viscount Andrew would conscientiously fulfill the terms of the deal - not because he believed in the character of Mr. Viscount, but because he believed that interests could firmly tie the other party to the Cecil family. Together. Before leaving the southern territory, he arranged for Knight Philip to spread various gossips. In addition to letting everyone know about the resurrection of Gawain Cecil, the news could also make the surviving Cecil citizens become everyone's The focus of attention also gave Viscount Andrew, who had taken in the refugees, no choice - he could only continue to raise the refugees until Gawain Cecil returned from the royal capital and everything settled down. One day will do.
No matter how long the journey takes, the journey will have its end. Two months after leaving the southern region, the towering walls of Saint-Sunil City finally appeared in front of Gawain and his party.
This is a city built on the plains. Its scale is far beyond that of those poor and backward southern towns. The white city walls and neat patches of bright blue roofs are the biggest features of this city. Therefore, it has two reputations: "White City" and "Blue Crown".
Since the founding king Charles I led his people to cultivate fields on this plain and build a city on this plain seven hundred years ago, the city has undergone countless expansions and renovations. The earth and stone city wall has long since disappeared, leaving only a few commemorative wall fortresses in the old city. The newly built huge stone city wall is ten times larger than the original one. The stones used to build the city wall are all from northern rocks. The hard stone in the ridge and eastern areas is made of molten copper and lead poured between the bricks. Within such a thick and solid city wall, a crystal blessed by the earth element is buried every hundred meters to ensure that it will not crack. Disintegration - the level of luxury that the ancestors who pioneered here could never have imagined.
Gawain stood under the city wall of Sunil, looking up at the stone bricks shining in the sun, and found that there were no corresponding details in his mind.
This city is completely different from the small city in Gawain Cecil’s memory.
With legal documents and reliable proof of noble status, Gawain and his party enteredThe city did not encounter any setbacks.
His Majesty Francis II, the king who ruled the entire Ansu Kingdom, was waiting for these visitors from the south in his palace, Silver Castle, especially for a certain person from seven hundred years ago. The arrival of special guests.
In fact, he has been waiting for many, many days, and he is almost suffering from neurasthenia.
The ancestors are too damn capable, and this time the king has said that he will not let you play like this - the secret reports from all over the south and the intelligence from every town along the way from south to north have almost never stopped. Formal information from officials at all levels and gossip collected from the people can be piled up on the desk more than one meter high. There are at least more than a hundred versions of the content - not including the dialect version, no matter which version it is. , the central content of which is all about the ancestor who suddenly lifted up his coffin and led his descendants straight to the royal capital. However, only these messages kept coming day by day, and the ancestor himself...
Why don’t you come? ?
The plan made after receiving the secret letter from Viscount Andrew has long been abandoned, and the response method discussed with close advisors has also been carried out by the ancestor while traveling and swaggering through the city. One by one, everyone knows that Gawain Cecil has returned. Of course, considering the efficiency of information dissemination in this era, it is an exaggeration to say that everyone knows, but at least those who have the ability to find out the news Everyone among the merchants and the minor nobles must know about this.
Then what Francis II can do becomes very limited.
Sit in the Silver Castle, receive the returning legendary Duke openly, talk to him openly, and then send this living ancestor away openly.
At the very least, every aspect that attracts attention must be upright.
However, Gawain did not intend to free His Majesty the King so quickly - or in other words, his goal in the first half had been achieved, and now he wanted to test the King's attitude and the people around the King. Therefore, he did not let the convoy go directly to Silver Castle in a low-key manner. Instead, not long after entering the city, he ordered all the soldiers to take out the flags that had been prepared in the cars.
What is painted on the flag is the emblem of the Cecil family and the sword and shield emblem of the Ansu royal family. The two emblems are juxtaposed. It is exactly what Gawain restored based on his memory. The flag used by Vin Cecil when he was the Grand Duke of the South.
Even if there are only twelve large soldiers, they must step out of the honor guard formation.
The Cecil family has indeed weakened, but even if it has weakened to this point, this family that once followed the king to expand the territory and established the clan with force still retains the last bit of pride and defends the people. There will be no compromise with the land or on the battlefield - Rebecca, who is only seventeen years old and can only fireball, can be said to be the weakest generation of lords in Cecil's history. She is not good at civil and military skills, but she still has brains. She might have been pinched by the door, but she could still lead herThe last few family soldiers guarded the castle, allowing the last civilians to break out, relying on the glory that has been passed down to this day.
Therefore, the Cecil family has the poorest fiefdom in the Southern Territory, but they still cultivate the best warriors in the Southern Territory.
Even if only a dozen of these soldiers are dead now.
The soldiers raised their flags and lined up in two lines on their horses. Looking at the emblem flying on the flag, they seemed to be infected, their heads raised high, and behind them, the Rebbe Ka and Gawain also got out of the car and rode forward with the soldiers on their horses.
Byron was at the front clearing the way. This mercenary-turned-monk knight tried his best to behave appropriately like a true nobleman, so as not to dishonor his allegiance. The face of the family, but Gawain drove his horse to his side and told him in a low voice: "Relax - put aside those etiquette rules. When we walked here, some people were even carrying "An ax for cutting wood."
And at the end of the team, in the carriage that was supposed to be occupied by Gawain and Rebecca, there were now Miss Thief and the dozing maid. Betty.
"Aristocrats are really sick creatures, aren't they?" Amber looked out of the car, then turned back and poked Betty's arm, "If you have to go out to ride a horse even if you have a car, you have a brain problem. "
Betty's head moved little by little, as if she was nodding, but a small snot bubble suddenly appeared.
Amber blinked and looked at Betty, and suddenly noticed the pan on her hand. She suddenly got into the idea of playing a prank. She used her excellent skills as a thief and quietly approached the pan. Pan...
Betty suddenly picked up the pan and held it in her arms, staring at Amber with a look of astonishment: "No! Master said, this is mine!"
Amber: "...?"