As the night fell, smoke gradually rose from the camp in the wild.
It was already winter, but the towering Alxis Mountains blocked the cold current from the north, so there would be no extreme cold in the southern part of the Eastern Region in winter.
Especially for the Blood Cavalry who came from the Northern Frontier and had been galloping on the Sky Ice Field all year round, this cold was nothing.
They didn't raise the bonfire for warmth, but to cook food and drive away mosquitoes and wild beasts.
"Teacher, the main force of the Blood Cavalry should have arrived at White Dew City by now, right?"
Next to the bonfire, Prince Harrison fiddled with the dry wood as he asked Colin, who was beside him.
Colin had just finished gnawing a deer leg. He threw the deer leg bone into the bonfire and nodded.
"Yes."
"Teacher, do you think they can successfully break into White Dew City?"
"They should be able to."
Prince Harrison blinked, as if he thought Colin was a little too confident.
After all, although the Blood Cavalry was almost invincible in the field, they couldn't escape the limitation of cavalry. Facing a strong city like White Dew City, they might not be able to smoothly take it.
However, because he had seen Colin create miracles time and time again, Prince Harrison could only suppress this doubt in his heart.
At this time, Princess Judy interrupted, "Teacher, if they really break into White Dew City, what are you going to do?"
Colin smiled and said, "What do you think I should do?"
The little girl tilted her head and said, "I think you can ask the House of Saint Prospero to pay a large sum of war reparations!"
Colin shook his head, "If it's just reparations, isn't it too good for the House of Saint Prospero?"
"Then you can ask the Eastern Region to send a large number of slaves to the Northern Frontier to work for you."
Seeing that Colin was still smiling without saying anything, Prince Harrison also suggested, "You can also ask the Eastern Region to cede some territory."
Hearing this, Colin touched his chin and showed an interested look, but still said, "It's still too good for the House of Saint Prospero."
Princess Judy pouted: "You can't really occupy the Eastern Region, right? You are not a descendant of the Paladin family, so you can't be the Lord of the Eastern Region. "
"Who made this rule?" Colin suddenly asked curiously.
"The first-generation Holy Knights." Princess Judy immediately said.
Prince Harrison nodded and added, "When the Empire of Light was established, the first generation of Holy Knights had signed a 'Holy Covenant'. It clearly stated that only the descendants of the Holy Knight family could be conferred the title of Duke."
Colin searched through the memories of his predecessor and found that this ignorant and incompetent fellow had never read the Sacred Covenant. He decided to look for it himself when he had the time.
After thinking about it for a moment, Colin asked again, "If Vera gives birth to my son, will he become the Duke of the Eastern Region?"
"No." The two little ones said in unison.
"Why?" Colin asked curiously. "Aren't Vera and my children considered as descendants of the Paladin Family?"
"Not really."
Colin's interest was piqued. However, before he could ask, Prince Harrison explained, "That's not the case.
"Teacher, the descendants of the Paladin Family are different from the descendants of ordinary nobles. The father must be a member of the Paladin Family to be considered as a descendant of the Paladin Family.
For example, your sister Caitlin, if she gives birth to a child for Earl Oman, the child will of course be considered as a descendant of the Oman family, but at the same time, he can also be considered as a descendant of the Angele family. If the Angele family has no descendants, he can also inherit the title of the Angele family.
However, the Paladin Family is different.
Unless the child's father is from the Paladin Family, otherwise, he will not be considered as a descendant of the Paladin Family. "
Colin's eyebrows furrowed as he realized something. "So, Vera and my child can only have Angele as their surname?"
"Yes." Prince Harrison nodded and added, "However, you can choose a child from the descendants of the House of Saint Hilde to be your adopted son and let him inherit Cousin Vera's title."
"Is this also the content of the [Holy Alliance]?" Colin asked.
"No." "This is a tacit unspoken rule of the Paladin Family. When you and Cousin Vera have children, the House of Saint Hilde will naturally remind you."
Colin rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought again.
He suddenly felt that this tacit unspoken rule of the Paladin Family might be the real secret of the Paladin Family.
According to this rule, the inheritance of the Paladin Family was actually a paternal inheritance.
It had nothing to do with the mother.
Therefore, for so many years, the number of Paladin Family in the Empire of Light had only decreased and never increased.
Those ordinary nobles who wanted to improve their family's bloodline by marrying the daughters of the Paladin Family, such as the "Golden-tailed Butterfly" Morrison Family in the Northern Frontier, were probably just drawing water with a bamboo basket.
This also explained why Emperor Reinhardt, who had a bunch of illegitimate children, had to keep his pregnant lovers in captivity until they gave birth to children.
It seemed that this was to prevent the bloodline of the San Lorenzo family from being leaked out through these illegitimate children.
However, if the Paladin Family was really a paternal inheritance, then one thing did not make sense — the existence of female Paladins.
From the perspective of genetics, the genetic difference between men and women only existed on the sex chromosome — women were XX and men were XY.
According to the previous inference, the genes of the Paladin Family must be on the Y chromosome, which was unique to men.
In this way, the female descendants of the Paladin Family who lacked the Y chromosome would not be able to inherit the Paladin Family's bloodline, but they should also not be able to step into the Holy Domain.
However, the fact was that although female Paladins were extremely rare, they still existed.
For example, one of the only two Paladins in the Empire of Light — the Lord of the Western Region, the Duke of St. Gerrion, was a female Paladin.
After struggling for a long time, Colin suddenly laughed to himself.
This was an unscientific supernatural world, and he was still trying to explain everything with science. It was a bit ridiculous.
However, Colin did not think that the genetics he had mastered in his previous life was worthless. After all, the humans in this world were not much different from the humans in his previous life. Even if there was a problem with the inference just now, it should only be a deviation in a small aspect.
As long as he could find the source of this deviation, he might be able to crack the secret of the Paladin Family's bloodline inheritance.
Just as Colin was letting his imagination run wild, a servant came over and reported.
"My Lord, a messenger claiming to be from Skylark City requests an audience."
"Skylark City?"
Colin recalled the map of the Eastern Region that he had studied before. "Is that the territory of the Fiennes?"
"Yes, my Lord." The sentry nodded. "Do you want to see this messenger?"
"Bring him here."
After a while, a middle-aged knight in armor came over.
"Honorable Guardian of the Northern Frontier, Count Angele, my name is Robert Fiennes. On behalf of the Fiennes, I sincerely invite you to Skylark City as a guest!"
Colin looked at the knight in front of him with a playful expression and said:
"Knight Robert, you should know that the Fiennes Viscounts are currently being imprisoned in Silvermoon City by Queen Aisha, right?"
"Yes. Therefore, the Fiennes invited you to Skylark City this time to discuss the conditions of ransoming the Fiennes Viscounts with you. "
Colin thought for a while and said: "How about this, I will wait three kilometers outside of Skylark City. Go back and ask your family's manager to come out and meet me."
"My Lord, the Fiennes would like to host you and treat you well. At the same time, we would like to clear up some misunderstandings between us …"
"Don't say anymore, I will not enter the city."
"My Lord, are you worried that …"
"Yes, I am worried that you will assassinate me." Colin said with a straight face.
Knight Robert was speechless.
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