The visitor was none other than Elf, the butler of Oatmeal Castle, who was usually responsible for food procurement and preparation of financial forms in the castle.
It can be said that he usually holds a position second only to a few people in the castle, managing twenty or thirty servants of all sizes in the castle. Usually, he only needs to serve the baron and his wife and several young masters and young ladies.
This new Baroness...actually, she can't be considered new. To be precise, she should be the second one. After all, she has been a Baroness for some time.
Less than a month after the previous mistress Lilith passed away, Baron Klar selected the most affluent merchant from among the wealthy merchants in the territory and immediately married his only daughter - it was said that this was to properly take over the wealthy merchant's property.
The rich businessman was not stupid either. It was said that he had found several lovers and tried hard to give birth to a male heir in order to fight against the baron.
The inheritance law of the Golden Duchy allows female heirs to inherit, but if there is a male heir, it will automatically fall on the eldest son. It is said that the rich businessman is quite old, and his previous children have all joined the army and died. Whether he can give birth to an heir now really depends on God's will.
The Baron's eating style is too ugly.
But this also depends on whether his relationship is really strong.
The entire western region of the Golden Duchy is ruled by only two earl families, one is the Moonlight Mushroom Family and the other is the Golden Rose Family.
Klar's father, Baron Armand Oats, was born into the personal guard of the contemporary Earl Stephen. He was talented, brave in combat, and generous and magnanimous. He had a certain reputation in the aristocratic circles throughout the West.
In particular, as a baron, he always maintained friendly relations with the two contemporary earls, making him a model of nobility.
Unfortunately, God is jealous of his talent. When he was about to break through the Great Knight stage, he was suddenly accidentally injured by a monster. He forced himself to return to Deepwater Territory with his seriously injured body, but he passed away after only three days.
Throwing away the mess in his mind, Krober focused his attention on the meeting held by the Baron.
Elf did not mention the nature of the meeting when he delivered the message, but the baron never let him participate in the management of the territory.
It should be some kind of military meeting, but I don't know whether it is a bandit suppression or escort mission.
The noble families of the Golden Duchy generally hold meetings very rarely, and usually gather together in the form of gatherings to discuss military or economic matters.
But the Oats family is just a baron family, and a relatively poor one at that.
It has been passed down for only two generations in total, and the only thing that can be put on the table in the family is the oat elf.
The banquet was held in the mode of a great noble entertaining all the lesser nobles under his command. Although there were not many lesser nobles in Deepwater Territory, if it happened too frequently, it would be enough to cause headaches for the Oat Family, which had limited resources and shallow cultural heritage.
Military meetings on suppressing bandits gradually brought Krober along when he broke through to become a low-level apprentice knight. After all, even an apprentice knight was considered the backbone of this impoverished barony.
There are three official knights in Deepwater Territory. One is Baron Klaar Oats of Deepwater Territory. The second is Klaas Oats who serves as the deputy knight commander under Earl Stephen. The third is the old knight Foster who has always been by Krober's side to take care of him.
Baron Klar was of average talent, and even in his middle age he was still struggling with the initial stages of formal knighthood. He was not a wise man, and he did not enjoy the support of the people in his territory.
On the contrary, Krober, who showed extraordinary talent at a young age, was very popular among the people. This also caused rumors to spread in the territory, resulting in a huge rift between father and son and brothers and sisters.
As they walked along, the civilians who saw Krober and his group saluted him enthusiastically, and Krober would respond with a smile, which, combined with his handsome face, made him seem extremely approachable.
The common people who had never left Waterdeep in their lives had never seen these things before. They were all impressed by Krober's charm and believed from the bottom of their hearts that this was the demeanor that a noble should possess. This also led to the reputation of Baron Klar and his eldest son Crocker being directly lowered.
After all, you can't in good conscience praise a lord who looks like a fat pig as being extremely handsome, unless he is your lord.
Therefore, Baron Klar has always been recognized as the most handsome man in Deepwater Territory, and Krober is second.
As for whether the baron is handsome or not, it doesn’t matter. The name of Baron Klar of Deepwater Territory represents absolute power in this land.
It didn't take long for the group to arrive at their destination, the Oatmeal Burger.
This is a castle built of wood and mud. It has three floors in total. The first floor consists of some rooms and halls. The rooms are generally inhabited by servants and housekeepers in the castle. The kitchen and utility room are also on this floor.
The rooms on the left side of the second floor are usually occupied by the descendants of barons such as Krober, and the unused rooms on the right side are used to entertain guests, although few guests come to the remote Deepwater Territory.
As for the third floor, it was the Baron's own room. Sometimes the Baroness would live there, but she usually lived on the second floor. There were only four rooms on the third floor: one was the Baron's bedroom, one was his study, and there was a small room that contained some precious items, such as the family breathing method and gold coins.
The fourth room serves as a kind of armory, where all the weapons and armor of the Oat family are stored. It is said that the heavy steel armor worn by the first baron is kept in it.
At this time, matters had already been discussed in the hall. The arrival of Krober and his party did not even cause the slightest ripple. Only Lord Eric, the commander of the territory soldiers, nodded slightly to Krober.
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