Soon, Betta noticed Roland. He stood up and waved at Roland. "Brother Roland, come here."
Roland walked to him.
The girl who was suspected to be a Saint Samurai stood up too.
"Brother Roland, this is Dinah, the one who gave me the quest." Betta was much calmer than before. "Dinah, this is my good friend, Roland."
"Nice to meet you." The girl named Dinah nodded at Roland. "Mr. Schuck once told me about you. He said that you were one of his best friends."
"You're indeed a Saint Samurai." Roland smiled.
It seemed that his spiritual perception was correct.
The girl nodded. "And the worst of all the Saint Samurai."
While talking gently, she invited Roland to sit down.
Then, she continued, "I'm far from a genius like Mr. Schuck."
Roland felt that Dinah was being modest. After all, they were both Saint Samurai, a class appointed by the goddess. Logically speaking, they shouldn't be far apart.
But in fact … Dinah was telling the truth.
The gap between Saint Samurai and Saint Samurai, even if they were of the same level, could be even greater than the gap between a stream and a river.
Schuck was the most talented of all the Saint Samurai. That was a fact that everybody acknowledged.
In comparison, Dinah's talent was the lowest. But it didn't matter.
Normally speaking, as long as they didn't deviate from the doctrine, the Saint Samurai was a class for life, even if they were weak and didn't make any progress.
It was because only the Goddess of Light had the right to take back the identity of a Saint Samurai.
Pouring a cup of fruit wine for Roland, Betta said, "Brother Roland, you're the fastest. Li Lin and the others probably won't arrive until a few days later."
Roland nodded. "I can teleport anyway. It's normal that I'm faster. Speaking of which, what exactly is the quest? "
Betta subconsciously looked around, as if he were afraid that someone else might overhear him.
Dinah smiled and said, "Don't worry. I won't give the quest to anyone even if they learn it."
The girl looked at Betta with bright eyes as she spoke.
Lauren tasted the fruit wine and looked at Dinah and Betta. He secretly nodded in his heart.
However, Betta did not seem to understand the meaning of the girl's bright eyes. Instead of looking back at Dinah, he said to Lauren, "Ms. Dinah gave me a quest. She asked us to find some water from the Well of Light in a relic. The reward is … a viscount of the Hibiscus family and a rather vast land as my fief."
Roland was briefly stunned. "Enfeoffment of nobles with real power?"
Beta nodded.
Roland looked at Daina in disbelief. This young lady was really willing to part with such generous terms.
There was a big difference between real nobles and quasi-nobles. Real nobles had their own territory and a 'family' they belonged to.
Although Betta used to be a noble, which was an advantage brought to him by his identity, he was only a quasi-noble. He had some privileges, but he didn't really step into the noble class.
The situation would be completely different once he got his hands on the territory.
The 'land' in the whole country is limited. If it is given to you, it will be less for me or others.
So, for nobles, land was very important. It was an important strategic resource that they would rather die than abandon.
Did this girl have the right to give away such a huge territory?
What would her family say?
Seeing Roland's confusion, Dinah explained, "That territory was mine in the first place. Also … it's barely habitable. So, Betta will have to work hard to modify it after he gets it."
Roland thought for a moment and asked, "If I may ask, is that territory entirely a forest?"
It didn't matter even if it was a forest. It was not a problem for the rabbits who had built up their foundations. They could always use all their infrastructure.
"It's a swamp," Dinah said rather embarrassedly. Daina said rather embarrassedly, "That was originally my dowry. The chief felt sorry for me and gave it to me. The symbolic meaning is far greater than the practical meaning. Even if I gave it away, no one would say anything."
So that's why … So, there's a saying in this world that women are losers too.
That's too feudal.
However, Roland calculated in his heart and asked again, "How big is the swamp?"
"About four thousand square kilometers!" said Dinah casually.
It was almost half the size of Magic City.
Roland looked at Betta. "What do you mean?"
"Yes," said Betta casually. Betta said casually, "As a Divine Noble, I have a professional quest, which is to have a territory. The bigger, the better."
"That's good." Roland stood up. "It's settled then. I'll go to the Association of Mages and find some magic books. Inform me when Li Lin and the rest of them are here."
"Will you stay here tonight?" Betta also stood up and asked, "This manor is very big. It's not a problem for a few more people to live here. Dinah said that she would solve our accommodation problem."
Roland waved his hand as he walked. "That's unnecessary. I'll leave you alone."
Betta was still young and did not understand what Roland meant by that.
Dinah, on the other hand, blushed.
Roland left the manor. Instead of going to the Association of Mages, he went to the city wall.
Antis was still at the city gate, supervising the city guards to collect the poll tax and maintain law and order.
Roland walked to him and said with a smile, "It's quite boring to watch you."
"Why are you here again?" Antis turned his pretty face around, looking a little impatient.
"I need some information from you."
"You come to me if you need anything, and you leave me aside if you don't. Do you still consider me a friend?"
"Fine." Roland waved at him. "I'll buy you a drink."
"You're insincere!"
Although he said that, Antis still followed him.
The two of them sat in the most luxurious tavern in the capital, and there were four beautiful maids standing beside them, serving the two of them.
Roland ordered some food and wine. After the food was served, he asked while drinking, "Do you know Dinah Hibiscus?"
"Hibiscus? Dinah? " Antis frowned. "Seriously? You've only abducted the queen for a short while, and you're already thinking about the Saint Samurai? Is it your hobby to defile the noble and the holy? "
Roland happened to be drinking. His words choked Roland and made him cough so hard that some of the water splashed out of his mouth and nose.
He choked until his face turned red.
After coughing for a long time, Roland finally recovered and said, "I'm not interested in her."
"Then why are you asking about her?" She brought the silver cup to her pink lips and took a sip. Then she continued, "Dinah is a Saint Samurai. In some ways, she's more troublesome than the queen. Don't do anything stupid."
"No, a friend of mine knows her and is close to her. He's staying in her manor."
Antis chuckled. "I've heard a lot about making friends out of nothing. Actually, this friend is you, isn't he?"
"It's really my friend, Betta. I wonder if you've heard of him before."
"That wandering noble, Betta?"
Antis held his small, white chin with his palm, as if he was a little interested.
"He's called a wandering noble? I didn't know he had such a fancy title. "
"He's quite famous." Antis continued, "Although we can't find out whose descendant he is, nobody suspects that he's a fake noble. There seems to be some kind of divine power that reveals his identity to those who know him. "
It was probably a feature of the class of Divine Nobles.
"Tell me about this Lady Dinah."
Antis turned around and looked at him. "You really don't want to know it yourself?"
"I want to know it too, but not for the reason you think. I just want to help my friend in case she's tricked. "
Antis shook his head. "Saint Samurai don't lie. “
Roland nodded.
He knew that Saint Samurai didn't lie, but Dinah wasn't necessarily a Saint Samurai.
She just felt like a Saint Samurai.
Even if she mentioned Schuck's name, so what? Roland could tell that Betta was very familiar with her. It was possible that she couldn't find out a lot of information from Betta's words.
Roland still didn't trust her.
After all, Dinah's reward was too unbelievable.
She was a noble with real power and an enormous territory.
Even if it was a swamp, so what? It was still a piece of land.
If it weren't valuable, the Hibiscus family would've given it away a long time ago instead of waiting for Betta to show up.
"The head of the Hibiscus family is a marquis. Like my family, they're both relatives of the royal family," Antis said with a smile. "Dinah became a Saint Samurai when she was six. She lived in the Holy Realm most of the time and didn't come back much. So, I'm not very familiar with her."
"Then tell me what you know."
Antis heaved a helpless sigh. "I feel that I owe you something … As the most distinguished young member of the Hibiscus family, Dinah is very loved by the head of the family. So, even though she's a woman, the head of the family still gave her a swamp territory as her dowry."
Roland thought for a moment and said, "But female Saint Samurai usually don't get married."
"It's just that they rarely get married, not that they're not allowed to get married," Antis said. Antis said, "Dinah has a lot of suitors in the capital. After all, whoever marries her will automatically become a viscount, a title of real power, and a fief. Although it's a swamp, it's still land, isn't it? "
It seemed that Dinah wasn't lying.
Roland asked again, "Then, has the Hibiscus family run into any trouble recently?"
"Sort of." Antis thought for a moment and said, "You know that the battle for the throne is about to begin. The Hibiscus Burial is different from my family. We don't need a position, but the Hibiscus family does. Dinah came back from the Holy Realm to support her family. However, her forces and abilities … To be honest, they're not good enough. "
"Why? The Saint Samurai are no worse than the princes and princesses. "
"There are plenty of princes and princesses who have titles but no power." Antis shrugged. "She was as strong as she is now when she was six, and she's still … How many 'forces' do you think she can gather in the Holy Realm? How useful can she be after she returns to the capital? "
Dinah's strength had never improved since she was a little girl, which meant that nobody in the Holy Realm regarded her as a real Saint Samurai.
Roland was stunned. "You just said that she's the most distinguished young member of the Hibiscus family."
"Yes," Antis said matter-of-factly. "Because the other young members of the Hibiscus family are even more useless. If they continue like this, the Hibiscus family will be removed from the capital in twenty years. "
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