Under the guidance of the servant, Colin arrived at his room in the Lion's Roar Castle.
It was a long journey and it was inevitable that he would be covered in dust. Therefore, Colin naturally had to take a bath and change into a clean set of clothes.
This was also a form of respect for the first family in the Northern Frontier.
Knock, knock, knock.
As soon as he changed into a clean set of aristocratic casual clothes, someone knocked on his door.
Colin thought that it was the servant who had called him for dinner. However, it was obviously still early.
Moreover, the butler had told him that there would be a banquet tonight.
Out of curiosity, Colin opened the door.
Then, a flash of surprise flashed across his face.
Outside the door was Vera who he had not seen for a long time!
Today, Vera was wearing a red velvet coat. Her long golden hair was still wet and it seemed that she had just taken a bath not long ago.
Her white skin was exuding a charming blush, and it seemed that she could not stand Colin's burning gaze.
"Long time no see, Miss Vera!"
"Long time no see, Colin." The female mage smiled slightly, revealing two faint dimples. She looked very cute.
"This should be your first time in the Lion's Roar Castle, right?"
"Yes." Colin, the "country bumpkin", nodded honestly.
Vera smiled, turned around and waved at Colin: "Let's go, I will show you around."
"Okay, Miss Tour Guide!"
"Hehe …"
The crisp laughter still echoed in the corridor, but Vera's figure had already disappeared around the corner.
Colin closed the door and chased after the faint rose fragrance.
"This is the front yard. Originally, there were a lot of osmanthus trees planted here. However, my father thought that their fragrance was too strong, so he replaced all of them …"
"This is the tower. When I was a child, I liked to climb up there because I could see very far away. However, my father always said that girls should not climb so high …"
"Over there is the kitchen and the warehouse. When I was a child, I liked to hide there when I played hide and seek with Charles and Adams. They always could not find me, haha!
However, the old butler would get angry every time. He always said that this is not a place for a lady … Hmph, you are as old-fashioned as my father! "
"That's the garden, my favorite place …"
"That's the church …"
…
Vera seemed to have transformed into a chirping little bird as she kept introducing everything about the Lion's Roar Fortress to Colin, as well as the beautiful memories that she had left in this place.
As she spoke, Colin seemed to see that innocent, cute, and somewhat eccentric little girl in a trance.
"This … is the place I was most afraid of when I was young."
Vera suddenly lowered her voice.
Colin also felt that the atmosphere around him seemed to have become heavy.
He curiously followed Vera into a courtyard in the depths of the castle. However, he suddenly froze on the spot!
Numerous gazes shot towards him like sharp arrows, rendering him unable to move at all.
Looking up, Colin was shocked to discover that the owners of these gazes were actually huge statues!
"These are the Paladins from the House of Saint Hilde's history!" Vera said with a serious expression on her face.
Paladin!
Colin suddenly realized that it was no wonder that they could have such a powerful aura.
After a quick count, Colin found that there were a total of twelve statues here.
In other words, in more than a thousand years, the House of Saint Hilde had only given birth to twelve Paladins.
They were the guarantee of the family's prosperity and the embodiment of its noble bloodline.
They were also the source of the House of Saint Hilde's supreme glory.
At the same time, Colin also noticed that the eyes of these Paladin statues seemed to have been carefully designed. They were all looking in the same direction, which was the entrance of the courtyard.
The people who had just walked in were caught off guard and had to bear so many gazes. Even if they were all statues, it was still enough to make a timid person tremble in fear.
"This is Paladin Francois, this is Paladin Britta, this is Paladin Lymes …"
Vera pointed at the statues and introduced them to Colin one by one.
Finally, the two of them came to the largest statue placed in the center of the courtyard.
"This is the first Paladin of the House of Saint Hilde – the 'Lion of Fire' Ryan Saint Hilde."
Colin raised his head and looked at the huge statue that was more than ten meters tall. His heart trembled slightly.
The pioneer of the Northern Frontier, the gravedigger of the trolls, the northern barrier of the empire … these series of glorious titles were all about the first Paladin of the House of Saint Hilde.
Colin easily found the relevant information about him from his memory.
More than half of the territory of the Northern Frontier was conquered by Paladin Ryan more than a thousand years ago.
More importantly, he had completely broken the backbone of the Giant Demon Clan!
He had established the military and psychological superiority of the Northern Frontier over the Troll Empire.
Even if more than a thousand years had passed, the trolls could only linger on in the ice fields. They could no longer return to their ancestral land.
The story of the Paladin's life had long been sung by bards thousands of times, but it was still very popular.
The reason why the people of the Northern Frontier recognized the House of Saint Hilde was most likely because of Paladin Ryan.
This was also the reason why the other families had never dared to dream of becoming the ruler of the Northern Frontier.
The Northern Frontier could only be defended by the House of Saint Hilde!
"Colin, do you know? Actually, I used to want to become a Paladin. "
"Is that so?" Colin turned his head and looked at the female mage. She was staring at the statue of Paladin Ryan with a face full of admiration.
"Yes. I had planned to ask my father to help me arrange a baptism ceremony on my tenth birthday. But …
When I was six years old, my father sent me to Yevel to study arcana … "
"Why did the duke send you to study arcana?" Colin took the opportunity to ask the question that had always been on his mind.
In this world, the nobles and the mages were natural enemies.
Vera was the adopted daughter of the duke, so no matter how he looked at it, she should not have anything to do with a mage.
"At that time, my father told me that if I wanted to know the truth about this world, then I should go to Yevel."
Colin frowned, "So you believed him?"
"Why not? That is my father! "
Colin rolled his eyes and thought to himself, what a gullible little girl.
From the perspective of this old silver coin, the duke sent Vera to Yevel because he wanted her to stay away from the center of power in the Northern Frontier.
After becoming a mage, it would be even more difficult for Vera to inherit the title of the duke.
In short, the duke was guarding against his younger brother.
However, obviously, Marquis García still found an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos in the Northern Frontier to let Vera return to the Northern Frontier.
He had even received the duke's promise that after Charles, Vera would be the first in line to inherit the title of the duke.
Unfortunately, the duke went back on his word in the end.
He had broken his promise to his younger brother.
Since then, the hatred had been planted, and he did not know when it would break out.
"So, have you found the truth about this world?"
"Uh, not yet …" Vera pursed her lips and said with a firm look on her face, "But I firmly believe that this path is the right one! My relentless pursuit of the truth of the arcana will lead me to the truth of this world one day! "
Colin was about to continue teasing the naive female mage when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.
"Miss Vera, Viscount Angley! The queen's carriage is about to arrive at the Lion's Roar Fortress. "
"The queen?"
"Aunt!"
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