[Chapter 106 Baron of Glamorgan]
After changing into a formal dress, David tidied up his appearance with the help of the messenger sent by the palace. His messy hair was also cut short and neatly arranged.
After deciding on the look for the ceremony tomorrow, he had to remember the process of the ceremony under the guidance of the palace messenger, remembering what he should do and when? And what things he absolutely should not do.
It sounds boring and dull, but it is not difficult.
As Earl Stewart said, as long as there is no serious brain disease, no one will make mistakes.
After doing these things, David can rest. He must ensure that he has enough energy to attend the ceremony tomorrow, and these messengers sent by the palace will work overtime to make small changes to the size of the dress to ensure that there will be no problems when the dress is worn on David.
In addition, there are knights standing guard outside David’s residence, and there are carriages parked at the door of the inn. All of this is to prepare for the ceremony the next day.
When David lay back on his bed, he relaxed a little. Being surrounded and served respectfully by a group of people made him feel a little uncomfortable.
“Actually, it’s pretty good…”
He fell asleep happily, and opened his eyes before dawn the next day.
He was reminded yesterday that he needed to get up early, wash up, and immediately tidy up his clothes and appearance after solving personal problems, and then go to the palace.
Since he walked more and more smoothly on the Holy Light Road, his physical fitness and mental strength are now far superior to ordinary people, and he does not need a long sleep to relieve fatigue.
Just a proper rest can ensure that he has enough mental and physical strength.
Wash, change clothes, no meal!
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the ceremony, no one participating in the ceremony will eat before the end of the ceremony.
The messenger originally wanted to explain, but David said that he could understand why: he knew about bathing and fasting before major ceremonies in his previous life-not for any sense of ritual, but for an important practical role. After all, it is embarrassing for important people to keep running to the toilet halfway through the ceremony.
David, who had changed into a formal dress, boarded the carriage that had been prepared long ago under the guidance of the messenger.
In the car, David met Earl Stewart.
“You look in good spirits.” Earl Stewart looked at David and didn’t see any fairy spirit on the face of the young man opposite him: “When I inherited the title of the Stewart family, I was not as calm as you are today.”
“It’s okay, maybe everything went too smoothly, so I didn’t feel any sense of reality.” David responded casually. He did feel that things went too smoothly, but the sense of reality was pure nonsense.
In the final analysis, the importance he attached to this so-called title was just that.
He wanted to obtain the official recognition of the Kingdom of Tilan, first, to test his golden finger;
second, to strive for a relatively peaceful development environment when Winter Town was still very weak. It would be
best if these things could be done, and he would not be particularly disappointed if they failed. After all, his real foundation is his golden finger, those friends from various worlds, and the Winter Town that he and his friends built together.
However, now that he has the official recognition of the Kingdom of Tilan, the nobles in Iron Tree Castle can no longer use some despicable means.
Although those means cannot really threaten himself and Winter Town, it will make people feel disgusted and irritated if they pop up from time to time.
Now he doesn’t have to worry about these things anymore. Moreover, after Winter Town is officially recognized, he can recruit people in any village or town in the kingdom under the official name of the Kingdom of Tilan.
This is different from David, who only had a village built by a pioneering order before. For the civilians of the Kingdom of Tilan, David was just a civilian like them at that time. What’s the big deal about building a village? Who knows what the situation is in that village?
Without enough fame and reputation, ordinary people will not pay attention to you at all! Even if David promised various benefits, these people would doubt the authenticity and would not even think about going to Winter Town to have a look.
But now it is different. Winter Town, which is officially certified by the kingdom, can issue an official announcement to recruit people. Then some people who live poorly in their hometowns, or even some people who live well but want better opportunities, are willing to go and have a look. This is the official authority.
Thinking of this, David wondered if he could start considering the development plan of Winter City?
David, who was thinking wildly, soon arrived at the palace. What followed was a very dull ceremony:
basically, various etiquette officers and judges kept talking on it, asking David from time to time whether he understood his duties, powers, etc.?
All David had to do was to answer “yes” when asked, and to maintain his image as much as possible.
This was not an interesting thing, especially with so many nobles watching. David felt like he was an exhibit, and he couldn’t move.
After the long lecture and questioning, King Abelson-Tilhan came on stage and stamped the document that had been prepared long ago. Then two copies were kept by David and the royal family of Tilhan respectively.
But before the final stamping and reading, there was a small episode.
“Surname?”
Because David was not knighted, but directly obtained the title of baron, according to the regulations, he can and must obtain his own surname.
According to the customs of this world, the main way to obtain a surname is to be “granted”, and David is currently loyal to His Majesty the King, so only King Abelson is qualified to grant David a surname.
Afterwards, David witnessed the very unique surname-granting ceremony in this world: the palace attendant brought a thick book, and then His Majesty the King flipped through it casually, looked at it for a few times, closed it, and reopened it again.
Just a glance, David knew that this granted surname was actually determined purely by flipping through the Brunnian human common language dictionary. At the same time, the superior who is qualified to grant surnames can appropriately “adjust” according to their own preferences, and finally “compile” a suitable surname.
His Majesty King Abelson on the throne, after flipping through the documents several times and thinking for a few seconds, finally decided on David’s last name: “From today on, you are the Lord of Winter Town, David-Glamorgan Baron” “
…”
Suddenly feeling that he was enveloped by great malice, David blinked, and resisted the urge to protest, but accepted the last name of Glamorgan.
Watching the civil servant next to him write the new last name on the document, and finally asking His Majesty the King to stamp it and hand one of them to David, the whole ceremony was over.
“Congratulations, Baron Glamorgan.”
“Thank you very much.”
Taking the document made of special materials in his hands and putting it away, David-Glamorgan officially became the Baron Lord of Winter Town in the Kingdom of Tilan from this moment on, and was directly responsible to His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Tilan, and did not need to obey the orders of anyone in the kingdom. In
other words, even the Lord of Iron Tree Castle, Marquis Morgan, had no power to give orders to David, a small baron, and any noble in Iron Tree Castle, once invading Winter Town, was equivalent to declaring war on His Majesty the King.
“Baron Glamorgan stays, the others can go back.”
After the ceremony, His Majesty asked David to stay alone, and all the others who came to watch the ceremony went home directly. When only David and a few officials and guards were left in the hall, King Abelson stood up from the throne and motioned David to follow him: “Accompany me to the garden.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“There’s no need to be so reserved for such an informal chat.” Abelson waved his hand casually, and walked towards the direction of the garden, asking David: “Are you a little disappointed?”
“No, in fact, this is what I hope.” David knew what the king meant, and his answer was also sincere: he had never considered making Winter Town the fiefdom of Her Royal Highness the Princess and becoming her subordinate. “
I like ambitious young people.” Abelson didn’t know what he had misunderstood. Maybe he thought David was unwilling to cling to the princess, and thought he had enough ability to get more: “And he is also very capable.”
“Thank you for your compliment, Your Majesty.” David felt that to some extent, the king was not wrong, so he accepted the other party’s compliment very frankly.
“If you have the ability, you should show it as much as possible, so that those who don’t have the ability can recognize themselves and stay where they should be.” As Abelson walked, he looked at the still empty garden with only a little green: “You should understand what I mean.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” David did understand what His Majesty meant. It seemed that the king was very dissatisfied with the nobles of Iron Tree Castle. He was able to successfully become the Baron of Glamorgan thanks to the nobles of Iron Tree Castle: “After I go back, I will thank my colleagues.”
Abelson smiled and nodded. It seemed that David did understand what he meant.
He was worried that he would be too obscure when he said this. Should he arrange someone to give some advice? For example, Sutton Stewart, who was familiar with David, was very suitable for this kind of thing.
Now it seems that David is smarter than he thought.
Considering that David is less than 20 years old, Abelson suddenly felt that maybe he should try to let Sophia and David contact each other, instead of completely cutting off the connection between the two as originally planned, so that the two young people would have no intersection.
While thinking about what to choose, Abelson suddenly found that his daughter Sophia also came to the garden and walked in front of him. After greeting him, she smiled and greeted David: “It’s nice to meet you, Baron Glamorgan.”
(End of this chapter)