Chapter 175 Earl Harris (Two Chapters in One)

After dinner, Ryan returned to his room and checked the system prompts of the previous two battles:

[Your skill Tokkar Hammer Technique has been improved, experience value +112]

[Your skill Giant Bear Sword Technique has been improved, experience value +32]

[Your skill High Temperature Force Field has been improved, experience value +11]

[You have experienced a battle, Knight (Super) experience value +69, Wizard Apprentice (Super) experience value +12]

Both knights and wizard apprentices are steadily improving.

Ryan thought about it seriously. Although he is now a second-level wizard apprentice, he has not found any wizard school or organization, so in terms of combat power, the knight path is still the main one.

He initially estimated that it is now about 60% to 40%, that is, the knight's combat power accounts for about 60% of the total combat power, while the wizard is about 40%.

Of course, this does not mean that the wizard only accounts for 40%, which can be underestimated.

For example, when fighting against the flesh and blood tree spirit, if there is no wizard's combat power blessing, but all replaced by knight's combat power, it is estimated that there is a high probability that it will not be defeated.

The next step, Ryan plans to go to Master Gunther to learn swordsmanship, which is considered a further improvement on the knight's path.

Once he passes the sword holder assessment, Ryan has a hunch in his heart that he is likely to be able to touch the regular power of the empire on the mysterious side.

The next morning, just after dawn, Ryan heard the barking of the greyhound "Cookie" from the front yard.

"Woof woof!"

Ryan stood up and looked out the window of the second-floor bedroom. He saw a familiar carriage parked at the door of his house, and the slender noble girl Jenny was getting off the carriage.

It seems that the Crowley family is more anxious than he expected. Ryan thought.

He just put on a tunic and walked downstairs quickly.

"Sir Ryan, you are finally back!" Jenny, who was about to knock on the door, saw the door open and a familiar figure appeared in front of her, and she couldn't help but say in surprise.

"Miss Jenny, good morning." Ryan nodded and said.

"Sir Ryan, my mother is also in the carriage. Can you now?" Jenny wanted to say something, but she hesitated. Her slender fingers pointed to the carriage road anxiously.

"Of course!"

Ryan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Baroness Crawley to come too.

Things seemed to be more serious than he thought.

As soon as he entered the carriage, Ryan smelled a rich rose perfume. He looked up and saw that the plump Baroness was as beautiful as ever, but there was a little more sadness on her forehead and her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.

Seeing Ryan appear, a pair of big watery eyes looked at him expectantly.

"Mr. Ryan, I'm glad to see you at last!"

"Madam, good morning, are you in any trouble?" Ryan bowed slightly.

Although Ryan had some guesses that the difficulties encountered by the Crowley family this time might be related to the rebels.

But he still wanted to listen to Baroness Crowley's story first, so that he could have a more comprehensive understanding of the situation.

"Alas! The Crowley family has encountered a big trouble. Now the loss of this batch of goods means that we have to pay double compensation. I calculated the amount, which is about two thousand imperial gold coins."

"This will almost exhaust the existing liquidity of the Crowley family, but the biggest problem is that the wine industry is highly competitive, and competitors will take advantage of the situation."

Hearing this, Ryan nodded slightly.

He was basically sure that the difficulties encountered by the Crowley family were due to the robbery of the batch of Bordeaux aged wine.

This is really a coincidence!

The beautiful woman continued to tell the story:

"So, I hope that Mr. Ryan can organize a group of people to help the Crowley family retrieve this batch of goods. I will pay you double the recruitment costs of the relevant personnel and your reward."

After the story, the beautiful woman looked at Ryan with tears in her eyes and looked at Ryan with hope.

Jenny's eyes were also red at this moment, because she had been accompanying her mother to contact many parties in the past few days, but to no avail.

This made her deeply realize that if a family does not have strong enough military support, the wealth accumulated by business alone is like a fat beef cattle, which can be slaughtered at will.

She also understood why her mother had inquired about the newly promoted civilian knights in many ways before, hoping to find civilian heirs with good enough knight talents and persuade them to marry into the Crowley family.

"Madam, you don't have to worry so much. Maybe we can go and retrieve the goods now."

"Ah?" The beautiful eyes of the beautiful woman and Jenny both widened twice, looking at Ryan in surprise.

"But, maybe you should arrange a cart to move the goods first." Ryan looked at the luxurious carriage and said with a smile.

Seeing the beautiful woman and Jenny staring at each other with confused looks, Ryan did not keep it a secret.

He briefly told them about how he was ambushed on the road and killed the enemy, then killed his way into the enemy's base and happened to see the lost Bordeaux vintage.

Ryan did not hide the mastermind behind the scenes - the Zalal rebels - for the two women.

Suddenly, Ryan felt a fragrant and soft body fall into his arms.

It turned out that Baroness Crowley could not help but hug him and cry with joy because of the joy of regaining what she had lost!

Ryan froze!

At this moment, Ryan wanted to say, 'Madam, have you underestimated your temptation to the opposite sex! '

Ever since Lagret left, Renn has not known the taste of meat for many days.

At this moment, smelling the mature female fragrance of Baroness Crowley and seeing the large area of ​​milky white on the other person's neck, Renn felt a heat rising in his lower abdomen, and his mouth suddenly felt dry.

"Ouch!" Baroness Crowley let out a low cry when she was poked in the lower abdomen by something unknown.

The next second, the beautiful woman let go of Ren, her beautiful eyes lowered, looking slightly shy.

She gently lifted her hanging hair beside her ear and said, "Sir Ren, I'm so sorry. I was just too happy just now. Please forgive me for my gaffe."

And Ren also coughed to cover up his embarrassment.

If I had known earlier, I would have put on plate armor before coming out, but now I am wearing a tunic. I can't stop it.

Only then did Ren take a closer look at Baroness Crowley opposite him.

I saw that the noble lady was wearing a gorgeous one-shoulder lavender dress today, which was dotted with lace. The original white plush shawl was put aside, seemingly because it was warmer inside the carriage compartment.

Since she was not wearing a shawl, a large area of ​​fair and smooth skin on her neck was exposed, and a gold brooch was about to squeeze out of the chest of the long dress, and it could be fixed in place.

Gives people a silent temptation!

Women's skin is very sensitive.

The beautiful woman immediately felt that Mr. Ren, who was sitting opposite her, was looking at certain parts of her delicate body, but she did not dodge, but straightened her slender waist slightly.

This made Renn scream in his heart that it was too much!

In addition, he also confirmed that it is true that "small branches bear fruit".

The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became a little strange.

If Jenny wasn't still around, I guess

At this time, Jenny glanced at her mother, then looked down at Ren's waist, and couldn't help but immediately turned her head to look out the window, her cheeks flushed.

However, Ren tried his best to calm down the heat in his heart, thought for a moment, and said, "Madam, please arrange for someone to go with me to retrieve the goods that originally belonged to the Crowley family."

"Uh, now? Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Baroness Crowley looked up at Ren, then lowered her head and said.

After spending half a day, Renn took several of the Crowley family's confidants to retrieve the Bordeaux wine from his hidden location, and brought back his own and other trophies along the way.

When Ren boarded the carriage again, he saw the plump and beautiful Baroness Crawley. She seemed to be more beautiful than in the morning because her worries were gone, and her beautiful face was radiant.

"Sir Ren, thank you so much, if it weren't for you."

Ren waved his hand, stopped the other party's subsequent words with a smile, and said:

"I am the guardian knight of the Crowley family. Madam, you are out of sight."

"By the way, madam, I happen to have something going on here, and I may need to ask you for advice."

"Your Excellency Ren, you don't want to ask for advice. Please tell me." Baroness Crowley waved her hand quickly and said.

"That's right. I would like to ask if there are any conventional rules for the design of noble coats of arms. I was just awarded the title of Imperial Baron two days ago, so..."

"What!" Two exclamations immediately interrupted Ren's subsequent words.

Baroness Crowley and Jenny were seen looking at Ren with wide-open beautiful eyes and expressions of disbelief.

Wren became a baron?

How can this be?

How could it be so fast!

Several questions suddenly popped into the minds of the two women.

"Your Excellency Renn, you said you are now a baron?" Baroness Crowley was the first to come to her senses, and immediately asked directly, regardless of whether it was presumptuous or not.

"Yes, two days ago, I participated in the nobility canonization assessment of the Province of Munster and received an excellent evaluation, so I was granted the title of Baron."

Ren nodded and spoke concisely.

Baroness Crowley nodded immediately and said: "That's it! But Sir Ren, you are really amazing. I heard that the passing rate of this canonization assessment is less than half. You can actually get an excellent evaluation. It's really amazing." ”

Listening to the beautiful woman's praise, Ren was still very happy inside.

"In fact, you don't have to worry too much about the design of the coat of arms. Because in my opinion, being a baron is definitely not your end, and every time the title changes, the family coat of arms can be redesigned. This is allowed by the empire."

"So, you just need to tell me the pattern you like, and I will help you refer to it."

"So that's it." Renn nodded.

Of course, becoming a baron is not his end. Since the family crest can be changed as the title increases, it will be much easier.

Renn immediately put the rough idea in his mind, crossed his hands and said: "A big sword and a two-handed war hammer, crossed, okay?"

"Yes, both weapons represent a certain combat skill that you are good at. The only thing you need to worry about is whether other nobles have already taken the lead in using this coat of arms. If it has already been occupied, then I suggest that you add a certain Just the symbol.”

"Such as water, fire, forest and other symbols." The beautiful woman said in detail.

"Well, if it's repeated, then add a circle of flames, just on the edge of the two weapons." Ren made a gesture.

"Great idea."

"By the way, Ren, now that you have obtained the title of baron, the empire will arrange a mansion for you in the future. However, you still need to decorate the mansion and recruit servants yourself. Do you think I can help you with these chores? Make preparations first.”

The beautiful woman seemed to have thought of something and said proactively.

Ren knew that the other party intended to repay what happened today.

"Huh? Is there a mansion as a gift? If Madam can help, that would be great." Ren's eyes lit up.

"Yes, by the way, you haven't met Earl Harris yet. Logically speaking, you should receive an invitation from the governor of Meist County - Earl Harris." The lady chuckled.

"Indeed, I just returned to Goldshire last night, and I didn't even have time to report back to the town." Renn shrugged and said.

"It's no wonder. After Earl Habs receives you, you, the rising new baron, will soon be known to the nobles of the entire Meister County. Presumably, you will receive him when the time comes. You will be inundated with visits and invitations.”

Baroness Crowley seemed to think of some lively scene and couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Um?

Renn had a headache when he thought about the kind of meaningless social activities among nobles.

I am so busy improving my strength that I have no time to deal with this.

"Oh, by the way, you must recruit a reliable and experienced housekeeper for your new residence. Otherwise, many things will trouble the owner."

This made Ren's slightly frowning brows become even more frowning!

This is too much trivia!

It is obviously impractical to leave these matters to your parents.

As for experienced housekeepers?

I have no clue at the moment.

It is easy to recruit some servants from outside, but experienced housekeepers are in a very important position in any family. They are basically trained from an early age, just like the child servants of the Habsburg manor.

The beautiful woman who was very observant saw Ren's brows suddenly frowning, and she immediately guessed something and said, "Are you having any difficulties? Maybe I can help with these trivial matters."

Hearing Baroness Crowley take the initiative to ask, Ren thought, yes, professional things should be left to professionals.

Baroness Crowley is naturally not good at fighting, but she is quite proficient in family management and business.

"Indeed, ma'am, I wish I could give up all these entertainments. Besides, I really can't think of where I can find a trustworthy and capable housekeeper." Renn couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Giggle~" Madam and Jenny couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle when they saw Ren's rare wry smile.

"Look, how about I temporarily take over the position of your housekeeper until you find a suitable housekeeper?" Baroness Crowley said with a smile.

"Of course that's good, but wouldn't it be too condescending for you?" Ren said, looking at the beautiful woman.

Although Ren didn't know much about some things, he generally knew a few things.

Under normal circumstances, there will be a knight's wife or a lord's wife who serves as a higher-level noble, such as a viscount or the housekeeper of an earl's residence.

But at the level of a baroness, it is rare to serve as a housekeeper, unless it is a marquis or even a duke family, but the highest title in the entire Meist County is an earl.

"It's just a part-time job. Compared with your previous help to the Crowley family, these are trivial things."

"By the way, Sir Ren, I also plan to transfer a shop under the name of the Crowley family to you as a thank you this time. The family currently has a tailor shop, bakery, and blacksmith shop in the county."

Renn, who was about to refuse, was stunned when he heard the familiar words "blacksmith shop". He swallowed the words of refusal that were almost on his lips again.

After thinking about it, Ren said:

"Madam, I am more interested in the blacksmith shop, but it is for forging rather than management. Therefore, I think the Crowley family should be responsible for the operation and management of the blacksmith shop, and the profits will be half."

"However, I may often forge some weapons or something, which may affect the normal work of the blacksmith shop. Let me tell you in advance."

"Huh? Your Excellency, Ren is interested in forging?" The beautiful woman glanced at Ren in surprise, and then looked at Jenny next to her.

"Yes, very interested." Renn nodded.

Renn felt there was nothing shameful about this. Needless to say, Baron Blacksmithing would become a Duke one day. As long as the blacksmith's career panel was there, Blacksmithing would also be a required course for him!

"Your Excellency Renn, maybe you don't know that my late father, Baron Crowley, was a senior armor-caster. He once wrote two volumes of books on armor-casting technology. Perhaps, when you are free, You can take it and take a look," said Jenny on the side.

"Huh?" A glint flashed in Renn's eyes.

Senior armorsmith?

Books about armor casting?

"That's great! Madam, Jenny, how about I go to the Hamilton Sheriff's Office first, and then head to the county town with you later?" Renne couldn't wait to read the books.

Perhaps, he had a vague hunch that the armor caster would most likely be one of the blacksmith's subsequent career paths.

"Of course." The beautiful woman said with a smile.

Goldsmiths Town Hall, Sheriff's Office.

"Sir, I'm back!"

Hamilton was delighted to see Ryan. He immediately stood up from behind the large desk, walked forward, looked him up and down for a long time, and then asked:

"Ryan, did you succeed?"

"Success. Excellent evaluation, awarded the title of Baron!" Ryan said with a smile.

"Great! Ryan, you always surprise me! Huh? You said you were awarded the title of Baron? The result is out? How could it be so fast!" Hamilton was surprised and asked several questions in a row.

"Yes, the result came out in three days! I don't know why it's so fast, but it seems that other people's evaluations have not been officially announced yet."

Ryan thought about the red-haired girl Evelyn. She should also have an excellent evaluation, but she still didn't receive any notification from the empire.

"Huh? Is it a special case? Good boy! No, you are now awarded the title of Baron, I have to call you sir!" Hamilton suddenly reacted and said.

Hamilton looked at Ryan and sighed!

Less than half a year had passed. When he met Ryan, he was still a boy servant.

But now, he is actually a baron!

"My lord, you are joking." Ryan waved his hand immediately.

"By the way, please tell me briefly about the enthronement assessment." Hamilton, a lord who had only received good reviews before, was very curious about Ryan's special treatment from the empire.

Ryan nodded and immediately picked out the key points of the matter and told Hamilton about it.

For example, how he used the explosion of the ammunition depot of the three-masted sailing ship to blow up the "Shipwreck", and that he might be ranked first in the enthronement assessment this time, etc.

Hamilton was fascinated by what he heard. It took him a while to digest what Ryan said. Then he asked, "So, the invitation letter for the Sword Bearer is also."

In Hamilton's hopeful eyes, Ryan nodded and said, "I have received it. In about three months, I will go to Munster to participate in the selection of the Sword Bearer."

"Great! Ryan, well done!" Hamilton patted Ryan's shoulder heavily.

"By the way, I almost forgot an important thing."

"Yesterday, Earl Harris sent a warrant. I hope you can go to his mansion to meet him after you come back." As he said, Hamilton turned around and handed Ryan a piece of paper that looked like a letter.

"It's just right. I'm going to the county town later, so I'll visit Earl Harris first."

"Well, after you settle some things, come to see me again. I have a friend who hopes to ask you, Ryan, to help solve a mysterious incident."

"But I haven't agreed yet. I want to hear your opinion first." Hamilton said.

"Okay, sir, I'll go to the county town first." Ryan nodded.

After taking the Crowley family's carriage to the county town, Ryan planned to go to Earl Harris first, and then go to the Crowley family to read the late Baron Crowley's book on armor casting.

Soon, the carriage stopped at the Earl's mansion, which covers a large area.

This was Ryan's first time to come to Earl Habsburg's mansion. Although in a sense, he and the Habsburg family had some kind of connection a long time ago, it was not until today that he had the opportunity to meet the most powerful person in the entire Mayest County for the first time.

Not a viscount, but an earl, and there is also a prefix - hereditary.

The weight of the hereditary earl is not a small figure even if you look at the entire Dragun Empire.

In addition, Earl Habsburg is quite special. Because he is deeply trusted by the top leaders of the empire, after the previous governor of Mayest County was transferred, Earl Habsburg served as the governor of this term, and his influence was further deepened.

Therefore, as a newly promoted baron, Ryan had to deal with the earl in many matters.

However, Ryan could not tell whether he had a good or bad impression of the earl at once. It was quite interesting that his offspring, Claire, was on good terms with him, while Alonso was on bad terms with him.

In a luxurious study, Ryan met the Count of Habsburg for the first time.

This was an old man with meticulously combed hair. Although his forehead was smooth and full, with no wrinkles at all, and no age spots, his gray hair showed that he was no longer young.

He was wearing a black noble hunting suit inlaid with gold, which was very decent. Even the Kaliri bird pattern on his chest was woven with gold threads, giving people a sense of low-key luxury.

The overall feeling that Count Harris gave Ryan was calm, majestic, and unfathomable, as if he was facing a volcano that was about to erupt, and he was always a little nervous.

"Good day, Count!" Ryan bowed respectfully.

"Hello, Baron Ryan, please sit down." Earl Habsburg smiled and nodded to Ryan.

"Ryan, I heard that you received excellent evaluation and were awarded the title of Baron by the Empire in the Munster Province Canonization Assessment a few days ago. I am very surprised!"

"Ryan, your performance is very good."

"Thank you for your praise, Lord Earl." Ryan bowed slightly and said with a smile.

"I asked you to come this time, first, I want to see you, and second, I want to ask you about your next plan."

"Ryan, are you interested in being my captain of the guard?" Earl Habsburg changed the subject and said with a smile.

Ryan was stunned!

Captain of the guard?

This position is extraordinary, which means that Earl Habsburg trusts him very much.

That's right!

According to my resume, I was born and lived in Goldshire since I was a child.

In the eyes of Earl Habs, he is considered a native and deserves to be well cultivated and trusted.

It's a pity that my current goal is no longer limited to Meister County.

To a certain extent, staying in South Sea Fleet Rennes will allow you to see and experience more things than staying in Meist County.

Obviously, facing Count Habbs's olive branch, Renn could only politely decline.

"Thank you, Lord Earl, for your recognition, but I am really sorry. I want to go out more to improve and train myself while I am still young."

Earl Habs took a deep look at Renn, paused, and said: "The young eagle always wants to spread its wings and fly to see the wider sky. I can understand this. Renn, you don't have to be sorry. I It wasn’t like that when I was young.”

"In this case, because of your outstanding performance in the canonization assessment, you have brought honor to Meister County, so I will give you three choices for your appointment."

"The first option is to serve as the deputy public security officer of the county, mainly responsible for daily and night patrols in the county."

"The second option is to serve as county jail justice and be in charge of Meister Prison."

"The third option is to serve as the consul and sheriff of Fishing Port Town. Pirates are rampant in the area and the security pressure is great. I need a strong person to go there."

Um?

Give yourself three choices?

Immediately, Renn thought quickly.