Chapter 62: The Earldom of Constant Foreign Troubles

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In the study of Rose Castle, a pretty figure was sitting at the desk. This beautiful figure was none other than Gervis's cheap wife, Countess Alice. At the moment, Alice looked tired, her long golden hair was tucked behind her ears, revealing a large area of ​​fair and smooth skin on her neck. The beautiful eyelashes on her sapphire eyes trembled from time to time, and she was reading a report intently in her hands.

Boom boom boom~

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the study. Alice put down the letter in her hand, stroked her hair and said, "Come in!"

"grown ups."

The person who came in was Alice's personal maid Lina. Lina walked in from the door with two letters in her hands.

"What's the matter?"

When Alice saw Lina come in, a bright smile immediately appeared on her originally cold and pretty face, instantly revealing her alluring charm.

"My lord, the castle has just received a letter from Lord Gervis."

Alice's peerless beauty made Lina, as a woman, quite excited, but fortunately, she grew up with the Earl and could now resist effectively. While answering, Lina raised the envelope in her hand and handed it to Alice.

"Grevis? What does he write for?"

Alice had forgotten about her cheap husband these days. After all, ever since the old earl disappeared, County Jones had encountered an unprecedented crisis. Alice had devoted all her energy to it and had no time to pay attention to her husband who was only in name only.

Alice took the envelope handed to her by Anna and opened it without hesitation. She was a little curious. Why did Gervis send someone to write to her just a few days ago?

After reading the two letters, Alice frowned slightly, raised her head and asked Lina with a frown.

"Lina, Viscount Lanny should be the heir of Count Yolande, right?"

As a descendant of the earl's family, Alice was somewhat familiar with the name Lanny, but she had rarely paid attention to it before and was a little unsure, so she asked her personal maid and castle butler.

"Yes, sir. Viscount Lanny is the second son of Earl Yolande. He is stingy and greedy, but he is deeply loved by Earl Yolande."

Lina now also serves as the housekeeper. She is very familiar with the basic situation of every great noble in the principality. Whether it is their family situation or personal preferences, she remembers them all in mind. In order to deal with such situations, she gives very detailed answers.

"In addition to the territory of Lord Gervis, Viscount Lanny's territory also borders the territory of your vassal Baron Pat. A month ago, Baron Pat sent people to report to Rose Castle that bandits often crossed the border from Viscount Lanny's territory to his territory to ambush and rob passing caravans."

"I have sent a small group of knights to go, but because the bandits will eventually flee back to Viscount Lanny's territory, the knights are unable to pursue them. They just withdrew from Viscount Pat's territory to Rose Castle the day before yesterday."

"Sir, there are more and more such incidents nowadays. Do we need to send more guards to the border to guard it?"

Ever since the old earl disappeared, the territory has been constantly harassed by other nobles. As the housekeeper, Lina is more anxious than Alice.

Because most of the time, in order to prevent the Earl from having more pressure, she suppressed the matter and sent out the Knights to provide support. However, those "bandits" were like loaches, they would run away after fighting, and would stop only when they knew that support was coming. The Knights did not have the right to go to other territories to arrest bandits, and in the end they could only return empty-handed.

"No need, Lina. We border too many noble territories and don't have enough troops to disperse to every place. Send messengers to other noble territories and tell them that if anyone infringes on the interests of the Jones family and its vassals again, then our Jones family will no longer trade rose powder with them."

"Yes, sir, but I am worried that they will unite and complain to the king. After all, the king is very happy to see us isolated now."

Although the method Alice proposed could make some families wary, they would most likely attack the Jones family from other aspects. As the housekeeper, Lina had to remind Alice of the consequences of doing so.

"Don't worry, Lina. I will write to my grandfather for help. I believe that with my grandfather's deterrence, those shameless nobles will not dare to harm our Jones family openly."

Alice shook her head and dispelled Lina's worries. Although the Jones family seemed to be facing constant external troubles, in fact, no noble in the principality dared to really provoke a war with the Jones family.

Even without the old earl, the Jones family still has the Northern Lord as their marriage family to rely on, especially now that Alice is the Northern Lord's granddaughter."

Except for the lack of high-level golden knights, the Jones family is the best among the earl families in terms of both military strength and economic strength, and no one dares to underestimate it.

"Yes, sir. What is the response to Lord Gervis?" Lina asked respectfully.

"Tell him to be patient for now. I believe Count Yolande doesn't want us to cut off his supply of rose powder, and he should react soon." Alice thought for a moment and replied to Lina.

"Also, send Viscount Lanny's case to the capital and let the king make a ruling in my name. Also issue a wanted order for that Benny. No one has ever betrayed our Jones family and still lived out the rest of his life."

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"Yes, Lord Earl."

Lina responded respectfully, and when she was about to leave, she remembered that she had a letter in her hand, so she handed it to Alice again.

"My lord, here is another envelope. It contains the new names that Lord Gervis has given to his territory and castle. I will take it to the government affairs center of Winterfell and have it recorded."

Alice took the envelope and glanced at it. She didn't react when she saw the Storm Territory, but when she saw the Golden Castle, a strange look appeared on her face.

"Well, the name of the castle is a bit vulgar. Go ahead. Now that he has become the lord there, he can decide everything by himself!"

"Yes, sir, I'll take my leave now!"

After Lina left, Alice looked serious and thoughtful, looking at the portrait of the old count, who had been her strong support and had protected her from the wind and rain in the past.

Although Alice acted strong and calm in front of Lina, she was the only one who knew that the Jones family was already in a precarious situation. If she could not stabilize the situation, the Jones family might be slowly devoured by other families.

Although the Lord of the North can temporarily protect the Jones family, how many years can she do so? The Lord of the North is already old. Unless she can quickly reach the Golden Knight, she can stabilize the family's situation again. However, she is currently only a Silver Junior Knight. If she wants to break through and become a Golden Knight, she still has a long way to go. I don't know if she has enough time to grow.

Only a genius like Alice can be sure that she will become a Golden Knight in the future. Other ordinary knights are not even sure whether they can reach the threshold of Golden Knight in this lifetime.

(End of this chapter)