Chapter 104 Bernard's Night Visit

When Thomas left the study, Gervais began to look for books on the bookshelf. Since he last read "Cecil's Travels", Gervais has been trying to find similar books on the bookshelf, but to no avail.

As a viscount, his castle study has a large collection of books, thousands of them, most of which are travel notes or autobiographies of nobles. Therefore, Gervis cannot judge which books may contain the content he wants. He can only look for them one by one. He will open all travel notes and autobiographies of nobles to check. However, facing these thick books, he doesn't know when he can find the book with the content he wants. Maybe except "The Travels of Cecil", all other books may be normal.

Boom boom boom~

Just as Gervis was about to take a travel book from the bookshelf, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Gervis was a little puzzled. Why did Thomas come to find him again after he had just left? After all, Anna was still sleeping, and Thomas was the only one in the entire castle who could go directly upstairs to find him. Even other guards could not enter the inner castle without permission, let alone run to the third floor.

"Sir, the guards reported that the town's blacksmith is outside the castle, and he said he wants to see you!"

Thomas slowly opened the door of the study, walked in from outside, came to Gervis and bowed respectfully, then reported the matter to Gervis.

"Bernard the Blacksmith?"

Gervis seemed to be lost in thought. Bernard came to see him so late at night. He had some vague guesses in his mind.

"Bring him to the study, and bring up a cup!"

"Yes, sir!"

Thomas quickly responded and left the study quickly.

Since there was a visitor, Gervis gave up his plan to read, went to the sofa in the study and sat down, took the wine to the square table next to the sofa, poured himself a glass of wine and waited patiently.

"Sir, the blacksmith Bernard has been brought to the door of the study."

After a moment, Thomas walked in alone.

"Well, let him in, and you go do your own thing."

"Yes, sir!"

Thomas carefully placed the cup he had just brought on the square table, then bowed respectfully and left.

The etiquette of the nobles in this world is very complicated. Although Gervis seems casual, that is because he is a baron lord and can do whatever he wants in his own castle. However, outsiders or servants must abide by these etiquettes. When guests come to the study, Thomas must inform them in advance and get Gervis's confirmation again before they can enter the study, a private space for the nobles.

"My Lord, please forgive me for disturbing you so late at night!"

After Thomas left, Bernard entered the study with permission. He did not look around curiously, nor did he feel restrained. He just walked quickly to Gervis and bowed respectfully to him.

"Haha, there's nothing to disturb you. Mr. Bernard, please sit down and talk. You've come to the right place today. I got something good today, and it's a good opportunity for you to try it too."

Gervis attaches great importance to talents, and is very willing to show respect to them. Thanks to the memory of the Earth, he can perform well without pretending. After all, the nobles in this world are accustomed to being high and mighty. Even if someone wants to show respect to others, it is impossible for them to be as natural as Gervis.

As Gervis spoke, he scooped a spoonful of wine into the glass that Thomas brought.

"Thank you, Lord."

After hearing what Gervis said, Bernard was no longer polite. He bowed and thanked him, then sat respectfully on the sofa on the side. After sitting down, he looked at the jar on the table. He had already smelled a special sweet smell when he entered the room, but he was a man with strong self-control. Before sitting down, he didn't even look at the source of the tempting fragrance.

"Come, have a taste."

After Bernard sat down, Gervis saw Bernard's action and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he placed the wine he had just poured in front of Bernard. Bernard was the only person Gervis could not see through. Even Brian, the alchemist, did not give Gervis such a feeling. This made Gervis have some illusions. Ordinary people should be as harmless as children in front of the Titled Knight, but Brian made Gervis feel like a black hole, bottomless. However, Gervis was very sure that Bernard was not a Titled Knight.

"Thank you, Lord."

Gervis was able to pass the glass to the square table in front of him, which no longer regarded Bernard as a lowly civilian. In response, Bernard sincerely thanked Gervis again, and then picked up the wine on the table and drank it.

There is no doubt that the wine is delicious. Even Bernard, who is always calm and composed, his eyes lit up after tasting the delicious wine. He was reluctant to put down the wine glass and took several sips before he gave up.

"My Lord, is this wine?"

After taking a few sips and savoring the taste carefully, Bernard finally exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, golden wine! I have it only here. The castle will make and sell this kind of wine in the future."

Gervais nodded and smiled as he answered Bernard, feeling that he had enough politeness, he began to ask about business.

"Bernard, what do you want to see me about tonight?"

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"Praise your good fortune, Lord!"

After sincerely praising Gervis, Bernard straightened his body, the surprise on his face faded away, and he slowly stated the purpose of his trip.

"My Lord, I am sorry to bother you so late at night. It is because of my son Alec."

"Alec? I wonder what's up with Alec?"

After Bernard spoke, Gervis knew that his guess was correct. Bernard did come here to ask Alex to become a guard, but letting Alex become a guard was his means of indirectly controlling Bernard. Now that the fish had been hooked, Gervis certainly had no reason to let go, so he pretended to be confused and asked with some confusion.

"It's like this. Alec secretly applied to be your guard this afternoon without telling me. I would like to ask the Lord if you can show mercy and release him from his guard status."

Seeing that Gervis didn't understand, Bernard rarely lost his usual calmness and composure, showed a hint of request, and asked Gervis respectfully.

Alec had expressed his loyalty to Gervis in the afternoon, and he did it in public. Unless Gervis took the initiative to announce the termination of their loyalty, Alec would not perform his duties at that time. As long as Gervis wanted to do it, he would have sufficient reason to hang Alec on the wooden pole as a flag.

"Oh, Alec actually hid it from you. I thought you agreed. My men were going to eliminate him, but Alec just refused to accept it and made trouble. I saw that he was your son, so I gave him a chance and recruited him. For this reason, my guard quota increased from 30 to 31. I didn't expect it to backfire. But Alec likes being a guard so much, and he is no worse than a blacksmith after becoming a guard. How could you object?"

At this moment, Gervis seemed to suddenly realize something. He briefly mentioned what happened at noon and began to ask about the reason.

"Sir, Alec is my only son. If he doesn't follow me to forge iron, our family's blacksmithing skills will be lost in my generation."

Bernard had already learned in detail how Alec became a guard from the vivid accounts of his neighbors, so he rushed to the castle to ask Gervis to release Alec from his allegiance and guard status.

"Bernard, this is where you're wrong. Alec's dream is to become a noble. Do you think it's better to be a blacksmith or a noble? Besides, Alec was born with supernatural powers. If he just forged iron, he would be a blacksmith all his life."

(End of this chapter)