The rising sun shed its gentle rays of light, illuminating the entire territory. The Pompeii Castle also seemed to be dyed golden, becoming a golden appearance.

In Luther's room.

The bed had been replaced with a wooden plank bed, with a thin blanket and a pillow on it. Luther was lying on the bed in his shorts, sleeping soundly, with the window and door open.

Because the summer and autumn in Pompeii were so hot, Luther needed necessary ventilation.

The sunlight shone in through the window and onto Luther's legs. At that moment, Luther had actually woken up, but because the morning was a leisurely time and there hadn't been much happening in the territory recently, Luther decided to sleep in.

As a result, not long after, Luther felt his nostrils a little itchy, and Luther opened his eyes helplessly.

What caught my eye was a delicate little loli.

Lily Pompeii, the little girl was lying on the bed, sweeping a piece of grass she had picked up from somewhere outside her nostrils.

Seeing Luther wake up, Lily smiled happily.

"Big lazy bastard."

Luther rolled his eyes, sat up from the bed, hugged Lily, and put her under the bed. Then he got off the bed, put on his shoes, and started to get dressed.

"Lily, you are a lady from a noble family. You should be reserved. It is unladylike to come to a man's room so early in the morning."

Luther said as he put on his clothes.

"Who wants to be a lady? I, Lily, will become a female knight sooner or later, and I will be stronger than Luther and Pompey. When the time comes, if I tell Luther to go east, he won't dare to go west."

Lily puffed out her chest and said proudly.

"In one year and two months, I will be eight years old," Lily added quickly.

Luther's eyes became completely hygienic, ever since he promised this little Loli last time that he would teach her knight training when she was eight years old.

This little girl would come to wake her up every day and constantly remind Luther that she was growing up day by day.

Stingy, vindictive, and persistent.

The loli named Lily is definitely not someone you want to mess with.

But Luther would occasionally send this little Lolita out. After putting on his clothes, Luther said to the little Lolita, "Lily, help me call little Maya over."

"Oh." The little girl didn't realize that she was being sent out. She went to call Lily over readily, as if she was helping a friend.

Soon, cute little Maya came, wearing a maid outfit and small round-toed leather shoes.

Little Maya still has a stern face, but she would be very cute if she smiled.

"Little Maya, I want two large loaves of bread, two cups of milk, and three steaks for breakfast." Luther said quickly.

"Okay, I'll go tell the kitchen right away." Little Maya nodded, then ran away quickly in her little round-toed leather shoes.

What a responsible little maid.

"Lily, isn't it time for you to go to your cultural classes?" Luther reminded Lily after little Maya left.

Not realizing that she was being disliked, Lily remembered that she still had to go to class, and quickly said to Luther: "Luther, goodbye."

Having said that, he ran away.

Luther felt his ears were much quieter. He let out a breath, stretched himself, washed up, and ate breakfast with little Maya's help.

Then Luther went to his study and read for a while.

Since he doesn't have any cultural classes, Luther has free time in the morning. If there is anything in the territory, Luther will deal with it first.

Of course, most of the time there was nothing to do, and even if there was something, Lelouch would handle it. So Luther was very leisurely in the morning, reading a book.

It's a very routine novel, telling the story of a wandering knight who rescued a princess from a giant dragon, became her husband, and was named earl by the king.

Old fashioned.

But from it, Luther can still understand a little about the dragons in this world.

Quite useful.

"Knight Luther, Knight Brazil has returned with a group of five to six hundred freemen. Mayor Lelouch wants you to go to the city hall."

At this time, a guard came in.

Because he became a formal knight and took charge of the entire Pompeii Territory, he became the next generation of Pompeii Knights respected by the territory.

Except for those close to him, everyone else called Luther the Luther Knight.

"Okay." Luther nodded and sent the guard away. Then Luther took a black hat from the hanger and put it on, went downstairs, left Pompeii Castle and arrived at the City Hall.

In Lelouch's office, Luther met Lelouch and the Brazilian Knight.

The Brazilian Knight is a young man with ordinary appearance but strong physique. His surname is Solon and he is the cousin of Luther, Newton, and the same clan as Solon.

According to seniority, Luther should call the Brazilian Knight his brother.

However, Luther is currently the next generation of knights of Pompeii, and the Brazilian knight is the guard knight of Pompeii's family. Both sides are monarch and subject.

"Knight Luther." The Brazilian Knight was the first to salute Luther.

"Brazilian Knight, you have worked hard." Luther returned the salute and said thank you for your hard work.

Then, Luther asked Knight Brazil to sit down, and he also took out a chair and sat down. After sitting down, Luther asked, "How is Knight Stone's work going? Is it going well?"

"It went smoothly. We easily obtained the Parker family's permission to recruit freemen in Sparta. The Parker family's territory is in chaos because of Marquis Parker's actions. There are many freemen without land and jobs."

The Brazilian knight briefly told Luther what had happened.

Luther nodded. Stone, Pompey, was indeed the strongest and most experienced knight among the Pompey family's knights currently making a living outside.

Overseas assignments are definitely the first choice.

"It's just that because Pompeii is close to the forest, the freemen are skeptical about Pompeii's ability to defend against attacks from monsters and dragons. Recruitment can only be done little by little. The first batch is 532 people, not including the children. Knight Stone plans to recruit 6,000 to 7,000 people in Parker, and then go to another earl's territory to buy 3,000 to 4,000 serfs."

The Brazilian Knight said again.

Luther was not surprised when he heard this, because it was true that Pompeii was very safe in the past year.

But in fact, Pompeii Territory has been accompanied by bloodshed since its establishment.

Monsters, dragons, and even some humanoid species would appear from time to time in the forest. There were even many times when the Pompeii family's castle was breached.

It happened many times over long periods of time, hundreds of years.

Therefore, even though the Pompeii family owned this territory and had the right to expand into the forest, the size of the territory could not be increased.

Important reasons.

The most prosperous time for the Pompeii family should be now.

Sixteen knights in total.

(End of this chapter)