Chapter 637 Inquiry
"Lord Baron, this is a welcome gift, and the object of the display is for nobles with similar identities as you!" A beautiful young woman said to David gracefully.
This young woman is the etiquette teacher invited by Butler Jason, a descendant of a fallen noble named Euphemia.
Euphemia was born in an aristocratic family, but the previous generation failed to retain the title of aristocrat, coupled with economic difficulties, so Euphemia could only make a living by using the aristocratic etiquette she learned from childhood.
There are not many nobles like Euphemia, not all nobles are ancient families like the Luce family, as long as there are descendants, they can always inherit the title.
Generally speaking, the title inheritance of nobles needs to be descended, just like a duke who wants to transfer his title to his son, the son's title can only be reduced by one level, and he can only inherit the title of marquis.
When the title reaches the lowest lord, the descendant will be removed from the nobility and become an ordinary person.
Of course, if there are descendants of knights in the family, then a title of knight can be retained. This knight is not a profession, but a title of semi-noble, with some noble powers.
An ancient family like the Luce family has its own particularity. After being downgraded to the baron title, it will not be downgraded again, so the baron title is also the lowest title of the ancient family.
As for the promotion of the title, it needs to make a corresponding contribution, or have a large enough territory.
Territory is a special form of the great world of the gods. When a noble has a territory that exceeds a certain limit, he can become a lord.
The actual controllers of the great world of the gods are many lords, but these lords usually only pay attention to the affairs of the territory, and will not personally participate in the affairs of the great world of gods.
But once a major event occurs, the lords will gather together and collectively decide the affairs of the great world of God.
It is the Supreme Council that normally handles the affairs of the great world of God, and all the members in it are actually the representatives of the lords.
This kind of weird social structure, in David's view, can easily lead to chaos and social unrest, but the great world of God appears to be in order.
Everything is because God belongs to the great world and there is a greater existence, God!
The gods are the masters of the great world of gods, and the lord and the temple of the gods have formed a balance.
"Lord Baron, please concentrate!" Euphemia reminded.
David stabilized his mind, he put aside the things in his mind, Euphemia's requirements were very strict.
For the first time, David knew that the original etiquette would be so complicated, just like greeting each other, different people need to be greeted with different etiquette.
Some rituals appear to be the same at first glance, but the subtle gestures are very different.
He couldn't help but be glad that he didn't participate in the activities of the nobles, otherwise, with his current understanding of etiquette, it would be very rude to go there.
Maybe David will become a joke in the aristocratic circle because of a drinking party. He may not care about this, but he has to consider that he is in the great world of God, and he will use the identity of Arthur in the future. He needs this identity to have a good 's reputation.
After cultivating the road of knighthood, David felt that a new world was opening up to him. He was supposed to get the cultivation inheritance of the Luce family, so he tried to find a way to go to Battle Star and return to the Federation of Stars from there.
But after he got the inheritance of cultivation and carried out the enlightenment of knights, he realized the complexity of knight cultivation, and he needed the environment of knight cultivation in the great world of gods.
"Master!" Butler Jason broke in and bowed to David.
"What's the matter?" David saw Butler Jason come in,
I knew something must have happened, otherwise, with Jason's butler's character, it would be impossible to disturb his etiquette study.
"The Minister of Investigation of the Noble Affairs Office wants to see you, and the Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin is also here!" Butler Jason replied.
David has also heard Gershwin's Minister of Noble Affairs mention that there may be investigators from the Noble Affairs Office.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Euphemia, I think I need to excuse me for a while!" David turned his head and apologized to Euphemia.
"Lord Baron, your learning ability is very strong, and your apology is very standard!" Euphemia smiled and returned the salute.
"Master, this time there is also the Kagel City Lord of Jianmo City. I think this investigation minister has come with bad intentions!" Butler Jason reminded softly after walking out of the practice room with David.
David frowned. The status of the city lord of Cagle is very special. He is the subordinate of Earl Bunker, and he manages the city of Jianmo on behalf of Earl Bunker.
The Earl of Bunker is the most powerful noble of Dasheng Star, who owns a large amount of land, and even the city of Jianmo is owned by the Earl of Bunker.
It can be said that half of the land and resources of the entire Dasheng Planet belong to the Earl of Bunker, and the remaining half of the land and resources are shared by the Dasheng star nobles.
The assets of the Luce family are estimated to be less than 1% of the assets of Earl Bunker.
The most important thing is that the status of Earl Bunker, although he can not be regarded as the lord of the great world of God, is very close to the existence of the lord.
Therefore, Lord Bunker's subordinate, the city lord of Kagel, has a very high status. Because he manages Jianmo City, he is the representative of Earl Bunker in a certain sense.
The Minister of Investigation, Dryden, invited the city lord of Kagle without notifying David. Even if David did not know its purpose, he could guess the maliciousness of the other party.
Entering the parlour, David saw the visiting guests.
"The Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin, we meet again!" David smiled and greeted the Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin with a greeting of friends, and then he greeted the rest of the people with a greeting of nobles: "Welcome to Luce. castle!"
"Baron Arthur, hello, I'm the city lord of Kagle of Jianmo City, you are younger than I thought!" The city lord of Kagle smiled and introduced himself.
He was invited to come this time because of the application of Dryden's investigation minister. The city lord of Cagle is an earth knight, and the captain of the escort standing behind him is also an earth knight.
The Minister of Investigation of Dryden said that he had found traces of the followers of the evil god, and the nearest land knight was him and the captain of the escort behind him.
As for Baron Arthur, the city lord of Cagle has also heard of it.
In the aristocratic circle, there are not many secrets. Baron Arthur, the illegitimate son of the old Baron Luce, has also lived in the Interstellar Federation since he was a child. For the continuation of the Luce family, he was invited back to inherit the title of baron. This incident has made many noble circles. people were jealous.
You must know that there are many non-eldest sons in the noble circle who cannot inherit the title, and can only strive for the future through their own efforts.
In their eyes, Arthur, who was nothing, easily got the title of baron.
However, after seeing Baron Arthur today, the city lord of Cagle felt completely different from the rumors. The aristocratic atmosphere displayed by Baron Arthur was like someone who grew up in the Interstellar Federation.
"Thank you for your praise, Jianmo City is extremely prosperous under your governance, and it is the best city I have ever seen!" David also praised back.
David is telling the truth, but the best city referred to here does not include the city of the Interstellar Federation, and the city in the great world of God, the only city he has really entered and played is the city of Jianmo.
David used his eyes to look behind the city lord Kagel again, and it was the escort captain, the Earth Knight.
"Baron Arthur, this is Captain Marquis of the Jammer City Guard!" The city lord Cagle saw David's gaze and introduced David with a smile.
The reason why David first noticed City Lord Cagle and Captain Marquis was because he felt that these two were Earth Knights.
In Battle Star, Earth knights could be seen almost everywhere, but after arriving in the great world of the gods, he realized that earth knights are not ordinary knights. Only knights with excellent blood power and inheritance can become earth knights.
The appearance of two earth knights at the same time made him know that something must have happened. He looked at the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin, and the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin gave a slight wink.
"Baron Arthur, this is the Minister of Investigation of Dryden, and this is the master alchemist of Ix. They are here to investigate the destruction of the Atkins family!" Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin told David introduced.
It's just that when introducing the Minister of Investigation of Dryden, his voice increased a little.
In fact, without the emphasis of the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin, David can perceive the malice of the Dryden Investigation Minister through his spirit.
The malicious investigation made him not vigilant.
"Gershwin Minister of Aristocratic Affairs, you don't need to do the introduction!" Dryden's investigation minister said in a deep voice.
He turned his head to look at David, his eyes filled with scrutiny.
"Baron Arthur, I am here to ask you something on behalf of the Noble Affairs Office. I hope you can cooperate with the Noble Affairs Office!" Dryden's investigation minister said in a deep voice.
"Minister of Investigation, Dryden, do you mean to interrogate me?" David asked with a smile on his face.
"No, you misunderstood, this is just a routine investigation, because the Atkins family's annihilation case is of great importance, and all relevant people must be questioned!" Dryden's Minister of Investigation quickly explained.
The Minister of Investigation at Dryden thought that David had just come to the great world of God and did not understand the situation in which God belonged to the great world. He wanted to use the Noble Affairs Office to suppress David and cause David to have a psychological burden, so he had some answers when answering questions. pressure.
But what he didn't know was that David had been taking Euphemia's etiquette class since this morning. Euphemia's etiquette class was not only about etiquette, but also some knowledge of nobles.
Euphemia also happened to talk about the functions of the Noble Affairs Office in the morning, which gave David a more detailed understanding of the relationship between the Noble Affairs Office and the nobles.
"Listening to your tone, I thought I had become a criminal, and you brought someone to arrest me!" David said lightly.
"Baron Arthur, it may be that I have a bad attitude. You only need to answer a few of my questions, and it won't bother you for too long!" Dryden's investigation minister said in a different tone.
Dryden's investigation minister is also an old official. Seeing that he could not intimidate, he immediately changed his way.
"You ask!" David said with a wave of his hand.
"Where were you three nights ago?" Dryden's investigation minister took out the pen and parchment, and asked as if to record.
"I was in the castle that day!" David answered briefly.
When he answered, a trace of the spirit of Master Ix alchemist approached him.
This trace of spirit is extremely subtle, and if it is not a person with extremely strong spirit, it is impossible to discover this trace of spirit.
David's heart moved, this mental detection should be to detect whether he is lying.
This is the same as the lie detector of the Interstellar Federation, except that Master Ix's method is more secretive.
If it weren't for David's higher spirit, Master Ix's alchemy might have been successful.
City Lord Kagel, who was sitting on the side, and Captain Marquis, who was standing behind him, both moved their eyes, and their spirits could also detect the movements of Master Alchemist Ix.
It's just that it will offend Master Ix alchemy and the Minister of Investigation of Dryden, as well as the forces behind them.
Although the city lord of Cagle didn't care about Dryden's investigation minister's power, he also had no friendship with David, so he was only going to be on the sidelines.
David didn't seem to find the spirit of Master Ix alchemy, and let the spirit stretch out.
Master Ix didn't want to do this, but he came here this time to cooperate with the Dryden Investigator Minister. As long as he did this once, he would have repaid his favor, and he would never have to pay attention to the Dryden Investigator Minister and his boss in the future. .
Perceiving David's mental fluctuations when answering the question, Master Alchemist Ix shook his head cryptically to the Minister of Investigation at Dryden.
When Dryden's investigation minister saw Master Ix alchemy shaking his head, he couldn't help feeling anxious. His greatest assurance was to bring Master Ix alchemy here.
As long as Master Ix alchemy detects that David is lying, the Minister of Investigation of Dryden will say it on the spot, and then with the testimony of the city master of Cagle, coupled with the identity of Master Ix alchemy, it is almost a confirmation of Arthur The Baron's suspicious.
But who would have thought that the first question would get a completely different answer from what he imagined.
"Who can prove it?"
The simplicity of the question reduces the time the respondent spends thinking, which is also an interrogation technique.
"At that time, the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin and the priest of Forbes were guests in the castle. I think they can prove it for me!" David replied with a smile.
"I can prove that you can contact Priest Forbes at any time if you need it!" This time, the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin said directly without testing by Master Ix alchemy.
"Baron Arthur, have you ever been in contact with a believer of the evil god?" Dryden's investigation minister suddenly asked.
His question stunned everyone present, and no one thought that he would ask such a question, which was almost accusing David of colluding with the believers of the evil god.
"Cthulhu believer?" David seemed to recall it for a moment, and then replied, "Yes, I have been in contact with it!"