[Chapter 110 The First Person to Surrender]
After coughing twice, David closed the gift box with a normal expression. He noticed Sharon was still staring at the gift box, so he pushed it over and said, “You seem to like it very much. I’ll give it to you.”
Sharon happily took it and was not polite to David at all.
As a girl who loves cleanliness, she hopes to take a good bath after a lot of exercise every day. This kind of gem is very suitable for her needs.
At the same time, the vibration gem is very suitable for relieving muscle problems caused by a lot of exercise.
“What other gifts have you received?”
“They are all jewelry, swords and other things. They are still piled up in Earl Stewart’s house.” David paused, and seeing that Elias had not left yet, he asked by the way: “It shouldn’t be difficult to hire someone to help transport these things?”
“It’s not difficult. There are many people who take on this kind of transportation work.” Elias asked by the way: “Do you need to buy a carriage for the Baron and Miss Rogers?”
Elias already knew that Sharon’s surname was Rogers. In addition, Sharon’s appearance and temperament did not look like she was from a civilian family. He thought she was in a similar situation to himself – her ancestors had nobles, but now they were down and out.
However, Miss Rogers is expected to change her future. It seems that she should become the Baroness of Glamorgan.
In fact, it is not surprising that Earl Stewart would misunderstand the relationship between David and Sharon.
David ran from the most remote place in the Kingdom of Tilan to the capital specifically, hoping that he could cross that threshold and enter the aristocratic class. In this case, he was accompanied by a beautiful young girl, and anyone would misunderstand the relationship between the two.
If it wasn’t related to her own interests, why did Sharon accompany David to the capital? Wasn’t it to make sure whether her future was bright?
Earl Stewart thought so, and now Elias thought so too, including the pharmacist Cordell and the personal guard knight Gareth Stanton who came to report the next day.
They didn’t think that David brought Sharon because she was good at fighting!
But these people have seen all kinds of things in the capital, and they are not ignorant. Before the Baron really introduced “this is the Baroness”, they would not call her randomly on their own initiative, but just maintain due respect and call her Miss Rogers.
In the next two days, Elias successfully completed various formalities. As long as David wants to, he can leave at any time.
It’s just that Gareth Stanton was slightly delayed.
It’s not that they can’t recruit at least ten excellent soldiers, but Gareth Stanton, the personal guard knight, is considering the factors of his lord, Baron Glamorgan, and tries to select young, excellent, and elite soldiers without families, and rejects Earl Stewart’s suggestion to help.
This surprised David a little. Gareth Stanton, who became his personal guard knight because of the order of His Majesty the King, is still very loyal to his duties!
In addition, the ten guards sent by the king have already greeted David. These ten guards will protect Baron David Glamorgan until they arrive safely in the territory of Winter Town. The
ten kingdom guards are already a considerable force, but the real deterrence is their organization and the exclusive armor on them that symbolizes the royal family of the Kingdom of Tilan.
These ten guards actually show an attitude: Baron Glamorgan is directly loyal to His Majesty the King.
Those nobles who have any bad ideas should honestly put those ideas away.
In addition, Earl Stewart directly arranged carriages and guards to help David transport the gifts, and agreed with David that after the team arrived in Winter Town, they would only need to decorate Winter Town’s specialty potatoes as a reward, and there would be no need to pay extra shipping costs.
“The drawings of high heels and maid outfits you gave me are the best reward.” At the end, he reminded David: “By the way, have you seen the drawings I drew by myself?”
“Diagrams?”
“It’s inside the box! I think you can think of it even without any hints, because I can feel that we are the same kind of people!”
“…”
David, who understood the gift in seconds, was a little panicked when he saw it. Could it be that he and Earl Stewart were really the same kind as he said?
But after this separation, there should be no chance to meet again in the future, right?
Three more days passed, and Gareth Stanton finally selected ten elite soldiers. These ten soldiers will be led by Gareth Stanton himself, as the personal guards of Baron Glamorgan to protect the Baron and his property and return to Winter Town together.
The team of more than 30 people was ready to go. After Elias confirmed again that Lord Glamorgan was indeed not going to recruit more people, he began to notify everyone to set off.
At this time, an unexpected visitor came and wanted to visit Lord Glamorgan.
David, who was already prepared and even checked out of the room, met this visitor in the lobby of the inn. It turned out to be Floyd, the instructor knight of the Tilan Knights who was defeated by him when countless nobles gathered in the Tilan capital.
“It’s you!”
“Yes, Lord Baron.” Floyd wore the standard armor of the Tilan Knights, without a helmet, and his hair was meticulously combed, but if you look closely, you can still see that he is a little haggard.
“Do you have something to talk to me about?”
“Yes, Lord Baron.” Floyd paused, as if thinking about the wording in his mind: “I want to swear allegiance to you.”
This sentence explained his purpose and attracted the attention of everyone around him.
There were not many people in the lobby of the inn at the moment. Most of them were people who were going to follow David to Winter Town.
Including etiquette officer Elias, pharmacist Cordell, guard knight Gareth Stanton and four guards, as well as Sharon and Newton. In addition, there were the innkeeper, the waiter and two people who were talking to the innkeeper.
Now everyone was silent, including the kingdom’s guard cavalry who had just walked in and was about to inform David that they could set off. They kept looking at Floyd.
“You want to swear allegiance to me?”
“Yes.” Floyd answered neatly, completely ignoring the scrutiny, curiosity, wonder, and “What’s wrong with this guy’s brain?” that kept sweeping over him.
“Why?” David immediately added: “I know my situation very well. I can’t even recruit the most third-rate wizards and ordinary knights. As a teaching knight of the Tilan Knights, there is no reason for you to surrender to me, a small country noble, right?”
David’s question was also the question of everyone present. Everyone present kept their mouths shut, wanting to know what was wrong with this teaching knight of the Tilan Knights.
“I am no longer a teaching knight of the Tilan Knights.” Floyd tried his best to control his expression, but still showed a little bitterness.
“Oh~”
Only David spoke, but Floyd seemed to hear everyone here say “oh~”.
“Have you left the Tilan Knights?”
“No, but I don’t plan to stay in the Knights anymore.”
David looked at Floyd, and finally looked at the expressions of the people around him and made a decision: “I accept your loyalty.”
He didn’t know what considerations Floyd had based on to choose to leave the Tilan Knights and surrender to his command; he was too lazy to investigate what troubles Floyd had encountered in the Knights.
There was only one reason why David decided to accept Floyd’s offer of service: this was the first person who had chosen to serve under him.
No matter what troubles he was in, his status as a knight of the Order of Tiran was there, and David had no reason to push such a talent away, especially when there were so many people watching.
Spreading his hands slightly, Elias took out the sword that was originally in the box when David started to speak, and then handed the hilt to David.
David took the gorgeous sword given by Stuart and drew it out. With the pleasant sound of the sword, Floyd had already knelt on one knee in front of David.
He lowered his head, supported his knees in front of him with both hands, and faced Baron David Glamorgan, to whom he was about to swear allegiance, and then recited the oath of allegiance in a loud voice.
“I swear in the name of Knight Floyd of the Knights of the Kingdom of Tiran. From today on, I will use my sword and shield to drive away all enemies that stand in the way of Lord David Glamorgan… (omitted)… Here, I offer my loyalty!”
The people behind David moved aside at the right time and watched David quietly put the back of his sword on both shoulders of Floyd after Floyd finished his oath.
“I, Lord Baron of Winter Town in the Kingdom of Tiran, David Glamorgan, accept the allegiance of Knight Floyd.”
The ceremony was simple and not complicated, but for Floyd, it meant that his life would go in another unknown direction from now on.
After David signaled that he could get up, Floyd secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter how much entanglement and hesitation he had before, he had already taken this step, and hoped that his choice was not wrong! He raised
his head slightly, wanting to take a look at his future master, but his eyes met with David’s.
David looked at the slightly flustered Floyd and said softly, “You made the right choice.”
His voice was very low, but the quiet environment made David’s words clearly heard by everyone. The innkeeper, the two people who talked to him, and the guards standing at the door all looked indifferent. It was obvious that they did not agree with David’s words in their hearts.
“Go and deal with your own affairs, and then catch up with the team after you are done.”
After instructing Floyd to deal with the follow-up matters of the Knights, David led his people out of the inn, mounted his warhorse, and officially embarked on the return journey.
(End of this chapter)