"These aristocratic ladies are really not shy. They are so explicit. They want to ask someone to stay overnight as soon as they meet. Don't their elders care about them?"
Holding Nalant's arm and sending away the noble ladies who had just come to embrace him, Isabella couldn't help but spat.
However, after she finished speaking, she found Nalant staring at her strangely, and Isabella's pretty face suddenly turned red.
"Narant, I just think they are too frivolous, there is no other meaning!"
"Ok, I know!"
What else could Nalant say when he saw Isabella's appearance?
At the moment I could only smile and nod.
Isabella recovered slightly and quickly let go of Nalant's arm.
After letting go of Nalant, Isabella was doubting her previous behavior in her heart.
"I...why do I suddenly hate the behavior of those noble ladies? Such things didn't often happen at banquets in the past, and I never got angry?"
"Maybe...maybe it's because I'm familiar with Nalant and I don't want him to be deceived..."
Finally, Isabella found a suitable step for herself.
When the next banquet came to an end, the nobleman brought several painters to find Narant.
When Nalant saw this, he understood in his heart that he didn't need the noble to say anything and just followed him to the high platform in front.
These painters were invited to paint portraits of Narant and his host.
Narant and the host of the banquet stood in the center, while the other family members or nobles stood on the sides or behind.
The artist's skills are very good, and it took less than half an hour to complete the portrait.
"Thank you, Baron Narante!"
"You're welcome. Thank you for your hospitality this time. Then I will continue my journey!"
After the portrait was painted, the banquet was coming to an end. Narant said goodbye directly and started to set off.
After that, the nobleman didn't hold back any more. He wrote his surname on the north side of one of the portraits and gave it to Nalant.
Nalant took the portrait out of the castle and handed the portrait directly to Lilia.
"Sir, there are another portraits. This is already the thirteenth one!"
Lilia took the portrait and carefully placed it in a wooden box.
And there are more than ten identical portraits neatly stacked in the wooden box.
The only difference is that in these portraits, the nobles sitting to the left and right of Narant are all different characters.
"Sir, you didn't expect me to be so popular in the Nok Empire. Let's set off!"
Narant smiled helplessly.
The nobles of the Nok Empire like to record some precious scenes.
There are no cameras in this world, so if the nobles want to leave precious scenes, they can only ask painters to help them paint.
In their opinion, Nalant was already a legendary little nobleman. Being able to entertain him in this way must be something worth commemorating and showing off.
After all, not everyone can defeat the Bach Empire's 100,000-strong army with only 2,000 troops.
In this way, every time Nalant attended a party, he would be invited by the nobles to take a "photo".
In fact, Nalant didn't know that his visit would make the artists of the Nok Empire even more popular in a short period of time.
Those nobles who planned to entertain Narante had hired several painters at high prices early to wait for Narante's arrival.
And as a result, this painter was really hard to find on Nalant's route.
After wandering around the Nok Empire for more than ten days, Nalant finally arrived at the Nok Capital.
This is the first time Jerry and others have arrived at the royal capital of the Holy Continent Empire.
Looking at the crowds of people and the towering city walls around me, everyone felt strange.
Nalant had already been to the Nok Empire once with Natasha last time, so it didn't feel too strange.
"Lord Narant, you have finally arrived!"
And when Nalant and others arrived at the gate of the capital city of Nok, a small group of people immediately ran over.
One of them, a rich middle-aged man wearing a silk dress, immediately saluted Narant and greeted him.
"You are?"
Nalant looked at the other person, but he didn't seem to recognize him.
Moreover, the costumes of the other party's group were obviously not sent by Duke Miller.
"Sir Narant, I am the manager of Frank Trading Company in the capital of Knock. I know that Baron Narant will arrive in the capital of Knock soon, so I am here to welcome you."
The middle-aged man immediately responded respectfully.
"It turns out they are from the Frank family!" Nalant nodded.
Although he did not pass through the Frank family's territory during this trip, he sent a messenger to inform him.
Mainly to inform Natasha of his whereabouts.
However, according to the information sent back by the messenger, Natasha happened to be working for her family this time and went to a duchy in the Nok Empire to open a new branch of the Chamber of Commerce, so she was unable to meet Nalant.
"Sir Nalant, our business has prepared accommodation, please come directly with us!"
The steward immediately made an invitation.
tap!
tap!
"Everyone, get out of the way, Lord Duke Miller is leaving!"
However, at this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves and noise coming from inside the city gate.
Soon, a group of elite cavalry came to the city gate guarding a luxurious carriage.
"Brother Narante!"
When the carriage stopped, the first person to appear was not Duke Miller.
But a pink and tender little guy.
Upon seeing this, the little guy immediately called out to Nalant with a milky voice.
She also very formally held up her skirt and performed the etiquette of a noble lady toward Narant.
Nalant was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this was Duke Miller's granddaughter.
"Miss Rita!"
Nalant immediately got off his horse and bowed to the little guy in a polite manner.
"Gee, brother Nalant, you finally came to King Nok's capital to see Rita!"
"Uh, yes!"
Although Nalant didn't know that this little girl was waiting for him, seeing her happy look, he still nodded in agreement.
"Rita, your brother Nalant has come after a long journey. Why don't you stop pestering him first? Wait until Nalant has had enough rest when you return to the manor, and then let him play with you!"
At this moment, Duke Miller finally stepped out of the carriage.
"Duke Miller!"
"Haha, boy Nalant, this time you are famous in the Holy Alliance, great job!"
Duke Miller got off the carriage and patted Nalant's shoulder gently with his palm, his eyes full of appreciation.
"Duke Miller, I am forced to do nothing. The Bach coalition forces are coming to attack my territory. If I don't stand up to resist, my territory will be destroyed!"
Narant is as humble as ever.
"Well, since I have the ability, I must give those unreasonable guys a lesson!"
"By the way, Nalant, I received a message a few days ago that you are coming to the capital of Nok. Why are you four or five days later than expected?"
Before Nalant set out, he also sent a messenger to inform Duke Miller.
Originally, Nalant expected to arrive at the Nok Kingdom four or five days ago, but now it is obviously much later.
"Duke Miller, this is all because the nobles of the Nok Empire are too enthusiastic..."
Nalant immediately informed Duke Miller of what happened on the road.
"Haha, that's it. Narant, you kid should be happy. In the past hundred years, I haven't heard of any young man who can be as famous as you in the entire league!"
Duke Miller immediately laughed, obviously imagining Nalant's helplessness when he was warmly invited by a group of nobles.
"Grandpa, didn't you say you want Brother Nalant to have a good rest? Then quickly let Brother Nalant get on the carriage and go back to our manor!"
At this moment, Rita suddenly pulled Duke Miller's trouser leg and made a dissatisfied sound.
"Okay, okay!" Duke Miller immediately responded after hearing this, "Narant, let's go to my manor!"
"this……"
Narante was a bit embarrassed.
If it was just him, he would definitely not refuse. After all, he and Duke Miller are also old acquaintances.
But the problem is that there are also nobles from the Glory Continent like Isabella and Jerry in the team.
"These are..."
Only then did Duke Miller notice Isabella and others beside Nalant.
"Duke Miller, these are all nobles from the Holy Continent like me..."
Narant explained briefly again.
"The Bach Empire has indeed gone too far this time, and it is also very shameless."
"Since these nobles were accepted by them in the first place, they were the nobles of their Bach Empire. How could they expel them without any reason and plunder their wealth?"
"Since they are your friends, let's go live together in my manor. Nalant, you don't have to worry about not being able to live in my manor!"
Duke Miller understood the cause and effect of the matter and invited Isabella and others together.
"Thank you very much, Duke Miller!"
Nalant nodded and did not refuse again.
Immediately, Narant said a few words to the manager of Frank Trading Company, and then followed Duke Miller back to the Duke's Mansion.
Returning to the Duke's Mansion, Narant took a good wash before going to Duke Miller's study.
"Narant, how are you going to exchange prisoners with the Bach Empire this time?"
"Duke Miller, I would like to exchange gold coins!"
Nalant didn't hide anything, and also told what happened to the lion a few days ago.
"It is possible to exchange gold coins, but according to the ransom you asked, the Bach Empire may not be willing to exchange it."
Duke Miller was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Nalant could really speak.
A thousand gold coins for an extraordinary knight is equivalent to tens of millions of gold coins.
Even the Bach Empire cannot take it out casually.
"Duke Miller, I know that at this price, they will definitely be reluctant to redeem the person, but I am just asking for an exorbitant price, so I still need to go to the Holy City to negotiate this time!"
"Well, now that you have an idea, I won't say anything more. If you need any help in the Holy City, just go directly to the parliamentary representative of our Nok Empire!" Duke Miller nodded.
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"Okay, thank you Duke Miller!"
"Grandfather, brother Nalant!"
But at this moment, a figure suddenly ran out of the door, it was Lita.
"Rita, why are you here again! Grandfather is discussing business with Brother Nalant!" Duke Miller was helpless.
"Grandpa, Rita heard that Brother Nalant has rested well, so she came to give him a gift!"
With that said, the little girl Rita took a beautiful little puppet in her hand and handed it to Nalant.
This puppet is the image of a little princess, wearing a silk skirt and looking very delicate and cute.
"Brother Nalant, thank you for saving Rita last time. This little princess is given to you!"
"Rita, your brother Narant is neither a child nor a girl, so he doesn't want to play with puppets!" Duke Miller smiled helplessly at Narant.
When Rita heard this, she immediately looked aggrieved.
"Haha, Miss Rita, I like your gift very much. Thank you for your gift. I will definitely treasure it!"
When Nalant saw this, he directly took the puppet given by Rita.
"Ah, Brother Nalant, do you also like puppets?" When Rita saw this, the disappointment on her face faded, and she immediately revealed surprise.
"Yes, who can refuse such a cute puppet? And it's a gift from Miss Rita!"
Narante smiled and nodded.
"This is really great!" The little girl became even more happy.
"By the way, since I accepted Miss Rita's gift, I must also give a thank you gift!"
With that said, Nalant took out two things from the storage space.
One of them is a big birthday cake.
This birthday cake was made by Rose in advance, and Nalant had several of them in his storage space, in order to bring them to the Holy City for Stella to try.
However, now that I meet this cute little girl, it doesn't hurt to give one to her.
But the second one is a group of earth spirits that exudes a faint light.
"This...Narant, this is too valuable. Keep it yourself. After all, you have a goblin craftsman now, and you need the magic crystals most."
When he saw the earth spirit, Duke Miller naturally recognized him at a glance.
"Duke Miller, I harvested a lot of earth essence in my previous expedition, which is enough for use."
"So, I don't lack this ball of earth essence, and I gave it to Miss Rita. If she doesn't use it to feed the yellow elf, she can also wear it to enhance her physical fitness!"
The essence of the earth has many benefits. In addition to feeding the yellow elves and making a certain land more fertile, it also has long-term nourishing effects on the human body.
In this way, it is also a very suitable gift for Nalant to give this earth essence to Rita.
As for himself, there are still dozens of groups of earth spirits that he has not used at the moment, so there is really no shortage.
The main reason is that he already has a dozen mana crystal mines in his current territory, which is enough for the time being.
If too many mana mines were opened at once, he was worried that it would attract the covetous attention of the entire continent.
"Ah, what a fragrant cake, what a beautiful ball of light!"
But little girl Rita doesn't know the value of this earth spirit.
When she saw the two gifts, her beautiful eyes widened immediately, showing an expression of joy.
"Haha, Miss Rita, do you like these two gifts?"
"I like it, Rita likes it, thank you Brother Nalant!" The little girl nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"nice! You love it!"
Nalant placed the cake on the table and personally handed the crystal bottle containing the earth essence to Rita.
"Narant... you... ugh!"
When Duke Miller saw this, he could only shake his head helplessly.