Karros Castle.
The warm morning light shone into the Iron Castle, and a golden radiance filled the entire hall.
"Mother!"
Two seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls dressed in ladylike dresses gracefully bowed to Amelia.
"Celise, Cecil, after breakfast, obediently go to the home tutor. The etiquette teacher that Sir has invited for you came from Howl Castle and knows the most elegant etiquette of the Blue Bloods!"
Amelia said with a sullen face, "Even if Sir isn't here, you can't skip class! A cultured lady won't take care of the flowers in the back garden all day, understand?! "
"We understand, Mother!"
The two girls stuck out their cute little pink tongues and lifted the hem of their skirts. There was a hint of slyness in their naivety, "When will Sir Godfather return?"
"Very soon!"
Amelia looked at this scene and sighed in her heart.
He knew that although his two daughters had grown into beauties known far and wide, a trace of affection secretly hung on that Sir Knight.
It was a pity that with their status, it was impossible for them to become Sir Knight's wife. As for mistresses …
Amelia seemed to have thought of something and her cheeks immediately blushed.
"And …"
A hesitant expression appeared on Cecil's face as she said, "That Lord Cesar is really too hateful … … When will he leave?"
"Lord Cesar?"
The smile on Amelia's face turned cold and she looked a little nervous, "What happened to him?"
"He often looks at me and my sister with a lecherous expression!"
Cecil said angrily. At her age, she already knew what she needed to know. Furthermore, she was very dissatisfied with Lord Cesar who occupied the best guest room in the Iron Castle the moment he arrived.
"How to treat him is something that only Sir Knight can decide!"
Amelia smiled again, "Alright … Ladies, it's time for today's lesson!"
After the two ladies left, the smile on her face gradually turned cold, "Grandma Sata!"
"Respected Madam, what matter do you have to summon your servant for?"
The door opened and a tall, middle-aged woman with a gloomy face walked in.
"For the next few days, stay close to the two ladies and be especially careful of Lord Cesar. Do you understand?"
Amelia was not an ordinary noblewoman. Her previous sufferings had tempered her.
"If this person really has bad intentions, then we'll treat him the same way we treated those arrogant people before …"
She sneered, causing Grandmother Sata's body to tremble. After all, that kind of punishment was too cruel for a man.
After Grandmother Sata left, Jorfu, who was dressed in a military uniform, walked in. "Madam!"
Due to his physical condition, Old Joff was no longer fit to stay in the main battle force. But with his rich experience, he was more than enough to serve as a sheriff. Moreover, the security of the entire territory of Carros was in a good state.
"What is it?"
Amelia rubbed the space between her eyebrows. She had a premonition that Georf wouldn't bring any good news.
"Not only is Lord Simon interested in our factory, but a few of his followers crossed the cordon last night and have been apprehended by the factory guards of the breastplate factory!"
"Thief?!"
Amelia was shocked at first, but then she smiled.
In the departments involving steel, weapons, and other key areas, Wu Ming implemented military management. Those factory protection teams were trained as soldiers for a long time and led by experienced sergeants. If there was a slight problem, they would be pulled to the battlefield and it would be a large army.
To spy for information under such a difficult situation, unless they attacked with a stronger force, it would be no different from suicide.
"There are five of them. How should we deal with them?"
Jorfu asked solemnly.
"What information did they come into contact with?"
"The most successful one only took a look at our production line from afar. All the information rooms and blueprints are undamaged!"
Jorfu replied proudly with his chest puffed out.
"Detain them all!"
Amelia immediately made a decision.
"But … Lord Simon …" Jorfu asked hesitantly.
"Remember, Jorfu. Those you caught last night were only thieves with bad intentions! What is Lord Simon's identity? Why would he be involved with such filthy scum? "
Amelia said with a smile.
"I understand, Madam!"
Jorfu's eyes lit up as he bowed and retreated.
… …
Amelia heaved a sigh of relief when she was done, a trace of fatigue appearing on her face.
Only now did she realize that she was still a woman, and hoped to have an arm to rely on.
'My Lord, please come back as soon as possible!'
Amelia thought silently, but when she entered the living room, she put on a professional smile as she looked at a noble who was eating a piece of ham with a knife and fork, "Good day, Lord Simon. I hope everything here is to your satisfaction!"
His Lordship, known as Cissé, looked to be not more than forty years of age, with blue eyes, pale skin, and a wig on his head. Almost as soon as one approached him, one could smell a foul perfume, which made one want to vomit.
Amelia naturally knew the ins and outs of this lord.
In reality, there were only a few nobles in the Windfirefly Plains who could obtain fiefs. Some of the descendants of nobles had noble bloodlines, but were poor and unable to maintain a self-sufficient life. They had no choice but to rely on other nobles in hopes of receiving rewards through their services, or even rewards of fiefs.
Some of them had made meritorious contributions, but did not have the qualifications to be granted fiefs, or did not have any extra land. They would be temporarily conferred the title of Lord of Honour, a non-hereditary title that was considered half a noble.
But with this title, as long as they could get their hands on a piece of land and pass it down, they would slowly enter the ranks of nobles.
Hence, these Lords of Honour were the craziest dogs under the nobles. In order to farm enough meritorious contributions, there was almost nothing they did not dare to do.
"In fact … it's very bad!"
Lord Sisse stuffed every piece of food on the table into his mouth as if there was a bottomless pit in his stomach. His pair of eyes sized up Amelia from top to bottom, and that impudent gaze made Amelia secretly clench her teeth.
"I want to see Sir William Wallace!"
He wiped his mouth with a white napkin in a gesture that he thought was elegant, and immediately said, "But he keeps going out! Oh! Does William not know that as a lord, he is responsible for this land? "
"My master is an excellent lord. He brings endless wealth to the territory, allowing every citizen to live and work in peace and contentment!"
Amelia replied, not yielding an inch.
"But a good lord should not leave his fief, and even more should not not fulfill his obligations!"
Simon waved his knife and fork, a silver table knife almost pointed at Amelia's nose, "William's lord, the great Blueblood leader, the Earl of Blue Mountain has fallen into war, and as a vassal, he ran away when he should have fulfilled his obligations! What is this? This is the most intense betrayal of the sacred oath! "
His mouth was righteously accusing William, but his heart was already blooming with joy.
The wealth of Karros Territory was famous throughout the Windfirefly Plains. If he did not make a fortune this time, how could he be worthy of the hard work he had put into planning this mission, and the tiredness he had put into traveling all the way?
In fact, he even had a secret thought in his mind.
He knew that his lord was dissatisfied with Sir William. If he could find an opportunity to strip this lord of his territory, and then transfer it to himself … He seemed to see a river flowing with gold!
Although it was difficult, with the connections he had accumulated with the Earl, there was still a chance. When the time came, he could put all his gains into the Earl's territory as a bribe.
As for the reward? It didn't matter, this land would give him the best reward.
As a feudal lord, collecting taxes was his instinct. If he did not ruthlessly scrape a few feet from this place, how could he be worthy of him?
"I object!"
Amelia was so angry that her towering chest kept heaving up and down, "Sir William left the territory before the conscription order came! He did not intentionally violate his obligations! Moreover, as early as when I received the conscription order, I had already ordered a hundred soldiers to fulfill their obligations to the Earl of Blue Mountain! "
"But the truth is the truth! Even if there were a thousand strong soldiers, they could not replace the fact that their knights have not arrived! "
Lord Sisay took out a piece of parchment sealed with blue tiger wax and shrugged his shoulders, "I regret to inform you that if Sir William does not return after a month, I will have no choice but to temporarily 'take over' this territory according to the Earl's decree."
"Sir William will definitely return!"
Amelia said in a low voice, her expression firm.
"Alright!"
Lying on the armchair, Cesar's expression was lazy as he casually asked, "Also … where did my loyal servants go?"
"You should ask yourself that!"
Amelia sneered.
"My men disappeared in Karros Territory …" Sisay's face turned cold, "You must give me a satisfactory answer!"
"My Lord!"
At this moment, another servant in grey rushed in and whispered a few words into his ear, causing Sisay to stand up, his face flushed red, "You dare to detain the Earl's emissary, are you trying to rebel?"
Amelia was shocked. She did not expect him to find out so quickly.
"I'm going to the factory now, get them to hand over my servants, and hang all those who did this to them!"
Seizing the opportunity, Lord Sisay's eyes shone with excitement as he shouted loudly.
"You … You have no right to do this!"
Amelia said in a low voice.
"I have the right to do this, because right now, I represent the Earl!"
Sisay replied with a proud expression.
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