Grue Town, Yamei Province.
At the beginning of the Month of Freezing Earth, this remote town far away from the center of the Goldspink Empire suddenly welcomed a row of silver-armored knights with family insignia and banners.
Grue Town's old scholar, Parsia, saw the pattern on the banners and his eyes widened. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
— Fierce tiger stepping on a python, python coiling around the full moon.
Parsia's neighbor was the only blacksmith in the town, Tim. Tim saw his old neighbor's expression and asked while smoking a hookah, "Hey, old man, what's with your expression … Do you know where these knights came from?"
Parsia took a deep breath and whispered to Tim, "If I'm not wrong, the pattern on the banners seems to be the family insignia of the Morn Family."
Morn Family?! Hearing this, Tim turned around and looked at old man Parsia in a daze.
"Are you sure?"
Before Parsia could answer, Tim seemed to have thought of something. His whole body trembled, and he slipped into his narrow and cramped blacksmith shop. He locked the door and trembled.
Parsia shook his head when he saw Tim's cowardice through the window of the blacksmith shop. In the past, these two bad friends would have laughed at each other. But today, the Morn Family suddenly came to Grue Town. Thinking about the Morn Family's role in the empire, Tim's cowardice could be explained.
Parsia recalled the rumors he heard in the Hunter's Tavern in the city.
The Morn Family was known as the backbone of the Goldspink Empire. In the past hundreds of years, they had produced at least six military generals and made great military achievements in defending against enemy invasions. Moreover, every time there was a war, the members of the Morn family didn't hide in a safe shelter and give orders. Every member of the family was a warrior of the Vanguard Battalion at the front line. They weren't afraid to fight, and they were brave and resourceful. Such a family with such a strong background naturally controlled the military lifeline of the Empire.
Recently, the Goldspink Empire and the neighboring Heylan Empire were in a state of war. The border of the Heylan Empire wasn't far from Grue Town. Maybe the Morn Family's knights came for this reason.
Parsia guessed that there were two purposes: recruiting soldiers or setting up defenses. Maybe both.
Either way, it was fatal to Tim the Blacksmith. According to the conscription law of the Goldspink Empire, every family in a town that was included in the conscription area must have at least one young adult or one hundred gold coins to get a conscription exemption token. He was the only male in the Dimu family, and he happened to be at the age of conscription. If he was conscripted, the lives of his future wife and daughter would definitely be at risk. As for the gold coins? The Padt family was probably the only family in Grue Town who had a hundred gold coins in their bank account. One had to know that one gold coin was enough for his family's living expenses for half a year.
After experiencing the initial shock, Pasha quickly recovered. He was an old bachelor who was approaching the end of his life. He was not in the conscription range, so he was not worried. He even had the time to observe the Morn Family's movements.
Wait, they didn't look for the mayor of Grue Town. Are they not here to recruit soldiers?
Parxia continued to observe and found that the Iron Horseshoe Cavalry went to another place.
Even in the Month of Freezing Earth, Viscount Padt's mansion was still filled with flowers and flowers!
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Pat Manor.
Two maids wearing beige linen headscarves were whispering to each other as they worked.
They were gossiping about the two young masters of the Padt Family.
"Master and Madam have been dead for two years. According to the laws of the empire, the Month of Frost after the Month of Freezing Earth will be the time for the first young master to inherit the title." The younger maid with an apple-shaped face was a bit worried. "I wonder if the second young master's situation will change after the first young master inherits the title."
"Ollie, it's better for us to not talk about the adults' business. But I don't think you need to worry about this. You work in the tea garden of the second young master, but it's too far away from the main house. You might not know, but the first young master and the second young master are very close! Don't worry, the conflicts between the rich and powerful like in the opera won't happen in our manor. "The middle-aged maid with a pockmarked face smiled.
At this time, the sound of hooves came from the path outside the tea garden.
Not long after, a knight in bronze armor appeared in front of them.
The knight stopped at the entrance of the tea garden and took off his helmet.
This was a brown-haired young man full of masculine aura. The backlight illuminated the contours of his face, making his originally handsome appearance even more extraordinary at this moment.
The young man glanced at the two maids with his gray-green eyes. He ignored Ollie and focused on the middle-aged maid.
"Good afternoon, Head Maid Mana."
Mana put down the bamboo basket in her hand and bowed to the young knight. "Good afternoon, Mister Leo."
Leo glanced at the newly picked tea leaves in Mana's basket and felt a bit helpless. "Did my brother go to that old man again?"
Mana lowered her head and answered politely, "He's studying with Mister Jon."
Leo curled his lips and muttered to himself, "Studying? What's wrong with that old man? He's talking nonsense every day. My brother wants to learn from him and gives him tea leaves every day. I think he's a psycho. I don't know what's wrong with my brother, but he insists on studying with that old man. "
Leo pulled the reins of his horse in annoyance. "Alright, I know. Go on with your work. I'll go find him now. "
With that, Leo urged his horse to gallop away.
A moment later, Leo arrived at the southeast corner of the manor. On a small hill near the woods, there was a rather delicate wooden house. The style of the house was very strange. It had two floors. One side of the house was connected to the ground, while the other three sides were suspended in the air and supported by pillars.
This stilted building was totally different from the buildings in Goldspink Empire in terms of construction, shape, and style. Even the other countries that Leo had been to didn't have similar styles.
"What an amazing building! Three sides are suspended in the air, and it's still standing. " Although Leo complained that old man Jon stole his brother's attention, he was also impressed by Jon's amazing craftsmanship. However, he never showed it on his face. Besides, other than the stilt house in front of him, Leo didn't admire Chown at all. Perhaps the construction method of the stilt house was very popular in Chown's "country"? Even though Jon had been living in Padt Manor for nearly 20 years, Leo never knew where Jon's country was.
Leo pushed open the fence and saw some vegetables and fruits in the yard of the house. There were also withered vines crawling on the shelves. During the month of harvest, these vines would produce many "hanging bunches", which Jon called "grapes". Leon had tasted them before. They tasted sweet. However, it was already past the grape season.
As soon as he opened the bamboo door of the house, he saw a young man with delicate features inside a small room. He was writing something on a parchment scroll with a quill dipped in ink.
Leon walked closer. Even though he tried to hold back his steps, his bronze boots still made loud noises when they touched the wooden floor.
"Oh, you're here?" The young man wrote down a period on the parchment and looked up at Angor. His voice was clear and gentle, with a strong sense of intimacy.
"My dear little brother, Angor. From your tone, could it be that you knew that I would come today? "Leon said with a smile.
Angor shrugged and chuckled. "I don't know. But answering like this will make it seem like I have more authority."
"Did the old man teach you that?"
Angor shook his head. "Do I need to teach you that? My old man liked to talk like that when he was alive. "
"What if someone misunderstands you and doesn't say anything after coming in? What will you say?" Leon raised an eyebrow.
"I won't say anything and wait for him to speak first."
"What if he doesn't say anything?"
Angor curled his lips. "That'll be awkward. If it's me, I'll turn around and leave to avoid further embarrassment. If someone asks me to stop, there will be a follow-up. "
Leon nodded with a smile. He did not comment on this. Instead, he looked around the room.
"Where's old man Jon?"
Angor frowned when he heard Leon mention Jon's name. He looked a little worried. "You know, the professor's health is getting worse. Every part of his body is shrinking. Two days ago, he couldn't move his legs anymore. He just applied some medicine on them. He's resting upstairs now. "
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