Volume One, The Wizard's World Chapter Fifty-Six, Father and Son
Lae City is not the territory of the Hyde family. They live in the city only because the earl is also the lord of Lae City.
Speaking of which, we must mention the administrative system of the Kingdom of Camelot.
Within the kingdom, there are two systems: fiefdom and autonomous assembly.
Fiefdoms refer to the territories of nobles who have been canonized by the Pendragon family. They are directly controlled by the lords, and everything in the territories is controlled by the lords. In addition to a few obligations such as maintaining the expenses of the royal family stationed around the territory, these fiefdom nobles also
Everything can be decided with one word, equivalent to a small country.
The Autonomous Assembly is a self-governing government organized by the squires in the towns in places that have not been enfeoffed by the royal family (including newly added territories and fiefdoms recovered after the nobility has died out). All administrative matters except public security are left to them.
Decide.
Fessland is a typical fiefdom, ruled by a lord. Avon Town is an autonomous village, managed by an autonomous council composed of squires. Fessland has a garrison, while Avon Town has no garrison.
Although Lae City has the position of city lord, it is a military position and has nothing to do with administration. Therefore, Earl Hyde is not the master of Lae City, but is the military controller and is responsible for wartime leadership.
The Autonomous Assembly and the City Lord's Palace are both in the East District, where the nobles live, and the two places are not far apart.
The Lai River is connected to the outer sea, and the shipbuilding industry is developed, so the business development of Lae City is also relatively fast. In other words, the Autonomous Assembly here is quite wealthy. The office building is a four-story building built with new materials. Although it is not high, it is as deep as a row of luxury buildings.
The cards are fully supported horizontally, symbolizing great power and wealth.
Walking a few streets west from here is the City Lord's Mansion. It is ancient and noble different from the conference office building: the main body of the building is different from the current trend, showing an old castle-like style, with a tall arch in the front facing the street, surrounding
In front of the tall buildings is a large white stone square, which is extremely wide.
The arch is extremely wide, and a two-horse carriage only occupies less than half of its space. The horses' hooves and wheels make crisp sounds on the stone slabs, giving people a refreshing feeling as clean as the sky after rain.
"Master, we're here." After the carriage stopped, Warren knocked on the door outside.
Ian looked at the expressionless Enya and smiled: "Enya, we are home."
After jumping off the carriage, Ian wanted to carry Enya down. But to his surprise, the little girl refused, so he had no choice but to let her go.
Then Warren took the two of them to see the count. He and Enya went to recover, while Ian came back to ask for asylum.
Earl Arlin Hyde was a burly man with the same expressionless face. When Ian saw him, he was receiving guests. He was wearing a bright red uniform of the city lord, sitting upright, looking very heroic.
Warren didn't follow him in. It was the old housekeeper Fawn who took the brother and sister in.
Fawn is a loyal servant of the Hyde family. He has served the Earl's family since the original owner's grandfather's generation, and has a transcendent status in the city lord's palace. In the memory, he was very good to the original owner, so he was very respected and loved by the original owner.
"Young master has grown up!" Fann looked at the little master carefully several times after not seeing him for many years, and finally sighed with emotion, "You have grown up, time flies so fast!"
Ian was indifferent, but it was rare for someone to care about the original owner. He subconsciously got close to him and said with a smile: "No matter how old he looks, he is still Grandpa's little Ian!"
But unexpectedly, as soon as he finished saying this, Fan and Enya's eyes widened at the same time, as if they had seen a ghost.
Back then, because of the count, Ian was extremely withdrawn and taciturn. Even Warren and Fawn, who were closest to him, had never seen him joking. Now when they saw Ian suddenly say such a sentence, for a while
He was so surprised that he was speechless.
"I've really grown up, haha!"
After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the reason. Finally, Fan attributed everything to Ian's four years away from home. He thought it was not a bad thing, so he just sighed again and said nothing else.
"Master, the young master is back." Fawn opened the door, and it happened that the earl was also seeing off the guests.
Father and son had not seen each other for many years, but Yaerlin was not happy at all. He just raised his eyelids and glanced at Ian casually, without any other expression.
The count did not speak first, and Ian naturally remained silent.
Then I heard Yaerlin say: "Enya, have those people been dealt with?" The tone was very stiff.
Enya lowered her eyelids, raised her head and glanced at Ian, shook her head hesitantly, but said nothing.
"Did you fail?" Earl Hyde's voice still lacked any emotion and was very cold. "It failed for the first time... This is not a good sign. The training time will be doubled in the future."
He thought for a while and then said to Fan: "Let Warren go to his father's place to get twenty sticks. As for the position of squadron leader... let's keep it for now."
Compared to the punishment Enya received, Valen's twenty sticks were much lighter, and his position was not removed, so Faen quickly agreed: "I would like to thank the master on behalf of those two father and son."
"Wait a minute." It was Ian who spoke. Seeing that Enya and Valen were about to suffer for him, he did not endure it anymore, but stood up and said, "There was a reason for this incident. They met me halfway before returning.
, please don’t punish my sister and Warren.”
Count Arlin looked at him as if he was sizing up a sculpture. He only felt that this work had changed a lot compared to the past. This made him wonder if the wizard was really magical enough to change a person's personality? Otherwise, he was timid before.
Why does a dull boy become brave and steady?
Ian looked at the Earl without fear. Even though he was a fake, now he was more real than the real thing.
"Ha!" Although he was already impressed by him in his heart, Yaerlin burst into laughter and said, "Have you become particularly confident in speaking after becoming a wizard?"
In the past, Ian would have chosen silence and confrontation at most, instead of like now. However, now that his core is different, it is difficult for Ian to completely imitate the original owner's style. He looked directly at the earl and said: "I just discuss the matter.
, it has nothing to do with whether I am a wizard or not. I really need help this time, so I asked my sister to lead the team back."
Just as he was about to explain the whole story, he suddenly heard a servant coming to the door to report that someone was looking for him.
Fann glanced at him doubtfully, and then said to the servant: "Has the person identified himself? Why are you looking for the young master?"
Earl Arlin also frowned and looked at him, a little dissatisfied. Did he cause trouble just after returning home?
(Here it comes? So fast!)
Ian was shocked. Even though he had already guessed the speed of the Sentinels, he did not expect that they would arrive behind him. You must know that he was Pros who traveled by water day and night for two days to get there.
, and if you go by land, it will take at least three days, plus rest and eating, it will take more time.
Not to mention the extra day he had due to the convenient transportation, it was enough time for him and Jasmine to run away for most of the day. Plus the time they spent tracking and dividing their troops. Under such favorable conditions, the other party
Still following him, wouldn't Jasmine...
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt very unsure of Kongsuer's arrangements. Seeing Yaerlin frowning and staring at him, he had no choice but to spread his hands and said: "This is why I asked Enya and the others to come back with me. Someone is chasing me.
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"Grandpa Fawn, please invite them to the living room first, and I will explain the whole matter to my father here." Before Count Yaerlin could answer, he said to Fawn, "Remember to be polite, they are all from the monastery.
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Fawn glanced at the count and saw that he had no instructions, so he followed the order.