One thing that has always troubled Loen nobles, especially those big nobles with many heirs, is the issue of inheritance. If you want the family to pass on, having a qualified heir is the biggest prerequisite.
Under the tradition of monogamy, there are only legitimate sons and no concubines, so the nobles only need to consider the issue of eldest son. If the eldest son is outstanding, it goes without saying that it goes without saying, and it will be implemented according to the inheritance law of Loen. But if the eldest son is not talented enough,
But if the second or youngest son is outstanding, that will be the biggest headache for these nobles. Especially if it involves the issue of parents' preference, then the inheritance rights will be entangled for a long time.
Although Loen's inheritance law stipulates that only the eldest son can inherit the title and property, for these nobles, it is still possible to change the inheritance rights through various means before their death. For example, something happened to the eldest son and he was unable to inherit the title.
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As long as there are no mistakes in this method, other nobles will just turn a blind eye. After all, they cannot guarantee that they will not encounter such problems.
Of course, there are nobles who adopt this method for the continuation of the family, and naturally there are also nobles who don't care or have enough trust in their eldest son who has no talent.
In addition, there is another method of division, which is to leave the title to the eldest son and divide a part of the resources or property to the favored younger son. In addition to causing disputes between brothers, this method may also lead to the complete decline of the family.
But the three Levit brothers were unique among the nobility.
The eldest brother, Aldrich Leavitt, inherited the family title and stabilized the Leavitt family's position and interests in the House of Lords; the second brother, Emilius Levitt, inherited the family's power in the military and was later promoted to demigod; the younger brother
Although he transitioned from the military to political power, with the support of his two brothers, he also became the governor of one side.
In the eyes of other nobles, this inheritance method of the Levitt family not only did not bring about the decline of the family, but also expanded the family's power, and the relationship between the three brothers was even more stable.
But Auston knew that this was just a superficial phenomenon. He inherited nothing from his father, old Earl Levitt, and had no say in the family. He became governor only because they were targeted by the deceased Duke Negan and made a decision.
It's just compensation.
More importantly, he knew that he could only stay at the level of local governor and could not go higher. Because he would need more political resources, which would affect the existing political structure of the Levitt family.
The governor's term is five years, and he has already served his second term. According to regulations, he will return to Backlund in three or four years. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be given a title, and he will never be able to obtain the status of the Levitt family again.
He supported him, even though his two elder brothers loved and protected him.
In that case, he would be of little use to Prince Charlie.
Therefore, for Auston, he wants to tie the Levitt family to Prince Charlie before resigning and becoming a knight, so that even if he is not as good as his two brothers, he can gain more trust from His Royal Highness.
After Duke Negan was assassinated, Alston planned to go to his brother Amyrius to expose the matter and take this opportunity to allow the Levitt family to gain the support of Prince Charlie and become the leader of the conservative aristocracy.
But at that time, Nast's "Black Emperor" could not return, so he did not set off.
But not even two days later, Amyrius came to Olavi and warned him to stop smuggling to Fusac and destroy all evidence. He also said that the Negan family had known about this matter. In order to protect him, the Levitt family
Support the Negan family for the time being.
Alston felt that his spirit was about to leave his body at that time. It was not until Prince Charlie asked him about it that he realized it. He argued that this was a decision made by his two brothers. They wanted to avoid the impact of the new party first, and then gradually encroach on it.
The power of the Negan family.
Because of the two-hundred-year feud between the Leete family and the Negan family, Prince Charlie did not doubt the matter. He just asked him to show off with his two brothers quickly, so that he would use his power to make Amyrius become the key player in the war against Fusac next year.
The supreme commander sees the mutual benefit and win-win situation of both parties.
With no other choice, Auston had no choice but to agree.
For the sake of the throne, His Highness the Prince even dared to betray information to Fusac, causing heavy damage to the Luen East Balan fleet. Once this matter was known to outsiders, he would definitely be the first to be sacrificed.
Fortunately, he was not unprepared. From the beginning, he properly kept the evidence that Prince Charlie ordered him to betray the East Balam fleet intelligence to Fusac. After the smuggling of new arms was known to the Negan family
, he even made several copies of this evidence, just because he was worried that he would "commit suicide" like Charlie's butler.
One was placed in the safe in his office, one was given to his favorite mistress, one was given to his most trusted servant, and the other was placed in the bank account of his brother Amyrius at Balam Bank.
In a registered safe.
Even if something goes wrong, he can at least guarantee that his brother will have one piece of evidence.
After carefully recalling his arrangements, Auston nodded with satisfaction, pinched his sore and swollen eyebrows, and walked to the bedroom attached to the office to lie down and rest.
…
In the dark underground chamber, candle flames swayed, casting exaggerated and deformed shadows on the walls, adding a bit of a terrifying atmosphere.
The "Viscount of Fear" Bird Mustang, who had returned to his original appearance, sat on the only wooden chair, his long robe dragging on the floor, his eyelids drooped, and his breathing long and powerful. On the low table in front of him was a detailed Ora
Defense map of Victoria Island.
The unconscious Auston Leavitt was lying at his feet, wearing only close-fitting clothes and his forehead was bruised and swollen.
If he was not the "interrogator" of Sequence 7, lying on the ground in Oravi in January for half an hour would be enough to cost half his life.
This underground secret room is on a farm southeast of Oravi, at least 25 kilometers away from the Governor's Palace and the naval base.
Above the secret room, Rawls wrapped the "Dream Catcher" in opaque black cloth with satisfaction, threw it into the space money bag, and left the farm with Alicia.
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Governor's Palace.
"Auston Leavitt" sitting behind his desk rearranged the documents he had messed up and walked to the attached small bedroom.
Looking at himself in the mirror, he has black hair and blue eyes, a high forehead, slightly swollen eye bags, and the corners of his mouth have not drooped yet. He adjusted his clothes to make his face look a little tired. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he walked to his desk.
Finally, he picked up the pen and shouted:
"Mirko."
The sound of hurried footsteps outside the door came. A young man with neatly styled hair and regular features opened the door and walked in. When he saw Mr. Governor frowning, he immediately slowed down his steps, bowed his head and said respectfully:
"Mr. Governor."
He is a newly transferred secretary who belongs to MI9 and has the responsibility of supervising Auston Leavitt, but lacks relevant experience in secretarial work.
"Prepare the carriage, I'm going to the naval base to see Commodore Joseph."
"Now?"
Mirko looked at the wall clock on the side. It was already 11 o'clock in the evening. Commodore Joseph would set out for the Rossed Sea area tomorrow morning. I'm afraid he would have rested long ago.
"Huh?" Governor "Oston"'s face became a little longer, with a sense of indifferent majesty.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Mirko nodded quickly, turned and left the office.
A few minutes later, "Auston" left the office, and the figures of Rawls and Alicia were slowly outlined.
"He should have extraordinary items related to the 'Arbiter' pathway."
Alicia nodded and confirmed Rawls's guess, and said:
“As ‘faceless men’, their biggest flaw is that it is difficult for them to simulate the target sequence, so most of them use extraordinary items to make up for it.
In the Fourth Age, many of the 'faceless men' of the Zaratul family would use this method to disguise themselves. They would do a better job. For example, the 'faceless men' would only play the role of 'judge' or 'conspirator'.
For Extraordinaries of the same level, Sequence 5 has a 'Puppet Master' impersonating them. This is to prevent the 'Law Master' from discovering something wrong through the level they are at.
Even in the end, every 'Law Master' may not be able to distinguish the Extraordinaries from other paths, but they can all distinguish the 'Diviners'. However, this situation was only concentrated among demigods. After all, at that time, demigods
There are many opportunities to come into contact with powerful people at the angel level. The 'Cunning Mage' can hide from the 'Law Mage', but he cannot hide from the angel's gaze."
In other words, the "Law Master" can only determine which level the extraordinary person is at. Unless he is very familiar with that path, he cannot tell which path the target is... Rawls looked at the carriage that had left outside the window.
Thoughtful.
Therefore, it is impossible for the guy pretending to be Alston to use this identity to hide from Amyrius and his party. They can clearly distinguish the difference between Sequence 6 and Sequence 7. But if this is the case, what does Nast want to do?
Shaking his head, Rawls walked to the bedroom attached to the office, stood in front of the window, stretched out his hand to hold down a tile, and Alicia, who was following behind, used her "invisible hand" to make the bed float.
Press hard and the tiles will sink.
The floorboard under the bed silently bounced up and slid aside, revealing a sturdy black safe.
According to Alston's dream memory, Rawls easily opened the safe, took out a translucent crystal ball from inside, and slowly instilled spirituality into it. He nodded after seeing a miniature version of Alston inside.
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Turn off the safe, restore the mechanism, and return the bed to its original position.
Rawls, who lacked enough experience and knowledge, asked with a crystal ball:
"Do you know anything about this thing?"
"It should be something made by the Moss Ascetic Order or the Artisan Church. They can always make something with special effects."
It doesn't matter, as long as it is useful... Rawls looked at the crystal ball in his hand. If something happened to Auston and this thing was leaked, would Prince Charlie follow in the footsteps of Edsac.
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Bayam, Governor's Palace.
"Has anyone seen Señor's second officer at the dock?"
Prince Grove Augustus, who was wearing a big cloak, touched his upturned beard. Before, he would never have asked about a Sequence 6-related matter. Even the pirate general Senior was the same. He only had four
Only the king can get him interested.
But things are different now. George Negan died in the hands of Senior. Although this guy was very close to the Church of Storms, which made him very dissatisfied, he was partly responsible for this matter.
"Yes, they should be trying to capture the boatswain of the Golden Dream, 'Flame' Danitz. Some members saw him appearing at the dock, but he disappeared after that."
As a brigadier general, Overton could only stand aside because everyone sitting in the living room had a higher position than him.
"Didn't you propose to eliminate the pirates in Bayam before the war? Let's consider him as the first target and deal with them before the Church of Storms can react."
Grove will not let the people from the Church of Storms get the upper hand.
Emilius, who was playing Russell chess with former Navy Commander-in-Chief Pablo Connery, took the "Queen" chess piece and said:
"With the manpower of MI9 alone, it is estimated that it will be difficult to take down a 'living corpse' without causing a big disturbance. They are not afraid of bullets, but you lack the sealed artifacts to restrain yourself."
"I plan to recruit some adventurers and let them participate, but this will take time." Brigadier General Overton responded solemnly.
"No, it's better to do it as soon as possible! Do it yourself, Admiral Amyrius, and send your secretary there as well." Grove directly rejected this method.
Amyrius's face was a bit gloomy. Although Lieutenant Colonel Lu Er'an was affiliated with MI9, he was also his secretary. It was strange that he was happy to directly bypass him as the secretary who would command him as the general.
Although Pablo couldn't understand Grove's behavior, he had no choice but to smooth things over:
"Play chess, play chess!"
Brigadier General Ofotong, who successfully received assistance, also left silently.
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"I have confirmed the information you provided. According to what I promised you before, you can get one-tenth of the bounty of 'Iron' Maiviti and the pirates around him. The specific amount will have to wait until we capture him.
It will be determined later.”
It was still the same two-story building. Overton, who was wearing a brigadier general's uniform, was sitting on the sofa, looking at the stern man in front of him with blue eyes, with a bit of a smile on his serious face.
"Steel" Maiviti, the "living corpse" of Sequence 6, the second officer of "Admiral Blood", not too big or too small, can just be the first target of MI9.
Maiviti's bounty is 6,000 pounds. One-tenth is 600 pounds. Including other pirates, he should be able to get 1,000 pounds. You can get so much just by providing a piece of information. Danitz, you really want it.
Thank me... There was a hint of madness in Klein's dark brown eyes:
"Can I join the hunt?"
Although making money is good, perfecting the identity of Gehrman Sparrow is the most important thing. Of course, being able to get more bounties is also good!
"hunting?"
Brigadier General Ofton raised his eyebrows, thought for a while and finally agreed.
"Of course, but you can't leave here now."
This is because they are worried that I will leak information about the operation... Klein nodded.