Chapter 129: Annoying
After carefully reading "The Art of Fiery Fighting Qi" and making sure that there were no other special difficulties except the potion, Gervis put "The Art of Fiery Fighting Qi" away. He could only arrange for Thomas to purchase medicinal materials after leaving the space, and try to practice it after preparing the potion.
After putting away the Dou Qi Jue, Gervis still sat cross-legged on the ground and began to concentrate on controlling the Dou Qi in his body to continuously flow through some tiny energy channels. It has been more than half a month since he got the "Secret Technique of Stealth II" from Bernard. Although Gervis has been practicing hard during this period of time, the progress is very slow and he still has not mastered this secret technique.
Fortunately, although he did not get started, he still gained a lot. As time went by, Gervis' proficiency in controlling fighting spirit had greatly improved.
Controlling Dou Qi is just like deploying troops. As Gervis becomes more and more proficient, the stimulation and operation speed of Dou Qi have greatly improved, which indirectly improves Gervis's combat capability.
Therefore, even though there was no progress in practicing the secret technique, Gervis was not in a hurry. He just used slow and steady methods to practice for more than two hours every morning and evening.
There is never enough time for training, and before one knows it, it is already noon. The little maid Anna enters the space to wake up Gervis, because the guards arranged by Gervis have already returned to the castle, which means that Baron Pat is more than ten kilometers away from the castle and will arrive soon.
A messenger had been sent to inform Gervis of Baron Pat's visit, so it was very formal and Gervis had to give adequate welcome to Pat's visit.
After being reminded by Anna, Gervis did not delay and quickly returned to the inner castle. He took a nice bath in the bathroom, and put on a brand new silk dress with the help of Anna's maid. After being dressed neatly, Gervis came downstairs and ran into Thomas who was looking for him for something in the corridor.
"My Lord, Baron Pat's team has arrived at Binhai Town. I wonder if you are going to greet Baron Pat outside the castle or in the front yard?"
For formal visitors, it is common etiquette to greet them in the front hall. As two nobles of equal rank, it is not impolite. If they go outside the castle to greet them, it means that the host values the visitor.
"Let's greet him outside the castle. After all, he is the first noble to visit us. We need to make him feel that I, Gervis, am a hospitable lord!"
To be honest, as neighbors, Gervis and Pat's first interaction should have been for Gervis to extend an invitation or go and visit, but Gervis was always busy with the affairs of the territory and had no time to consider the interpersonal relationships with other nobles. Although Pat's sudden visit was a bit abrupt, Gervis also made enough gestures to show his importance to Baron Pat.
A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. This saying can also be used among the nobles. Especially since both of their territories are on the edge of the Earldom of Jones. Now that the Earldom of Jones is under great threat, it will not do any harm for Gervis to win over a teammate.
Moreover, there were no merchants in Gervis's territory, not even any shops for purchasing supplies. All the serfs in Storm Territory basically went to the small town in Baron Pat's territory to buy things. Gervis had never heard that Baron Pat deliberately made things difficult for his serfs, such as collecting taxes or raising prices.
"Yes, sir! I will arrange it right away!"
After confirming the reception location, Thomas quickly took his leave. This was the first time he helped Gervis to welcome guests since he became a butler, so he was in a tense state, thinking that he must make this debut as a butler beautiful and make Gervis proud.
"Anna, let's go too!"
After Thomas left, Gervis turned around and looked at Anna. Anna's maid was dressed differently today. She had changed into a silk dress. Although the style was nothing special, the silk material plus Anna's already fresh and lovely appearance made Anna look like a noble lady.
In addition to Anna who was wearing silk clothes, there was another person in the castle who was also wearing silk clothes, and that was Thomas. When he first came to see Gervis, Thomas had already put on new clothes and his hair was very carefully groomed. It was also the first time that Gervis saw Thomas looking so much like a noble butler.
When Gervis brought the maid Anna to the vestibule, the castle was already filled with guards inside and outside. Each guard had a long sword on his waist and wore leather armor.
Not only were these guards fully armed, but thanks to the training subjects taught to them by Professor Gervis, each of them stood with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, standing still and in high spirits.
"good!"
Looking at the performance of the guards at the gate of the inner castle and on the city wall, Gervis nodded with satisfaction. Not to mention their fighting ability, their appearance alone was comparable to that of the soldiers of small countries on Earth, and completely different from the petty nobles of this world and their guards whose clothes might not even be neat.
In order to welcome Pat today, Thomas had ordered people to lay a long red carpet on the ground. The red carpet extended from the inner castle gate out of the castle. Gervis walked on the red carpet to the outside of the castle gate.
"grown ups!"
When Gervis arrived outside the castle gate, Thomas was already waiting with a group of servants. Four male servants and two female servants were standing on both sides of the gate, holding copper basins and white towels in their hands.
When Thomas saw Gervis coming, he immediately came behind Gervis, bowed respectfully to Gervis, and said no more.
Gervis responded, then cast his gaze towards the bottom of the gentle slope of the castle, where a team of carriages and horses had gathered. It was Baron Pat who was visiting today.
Baron Pat did not ride a horse, but sat in a large and luxurious carriage. It took six horses to pull the carriage. There were mounted guards in front and behind the carriage. These guards were dressed in leather armor and chain mail, with a long shield on their backs, and weapons in their hands included long swords and spears. Eight of the longswordmen had longbows and feather arrows hung on their saddles. It could be said that this was an army armed to the teeth.
"Comparing yourself to others is really infuriating. How rich must one be to be equipped like this?"
The preciousness of horses in this world was one of the most profound impressions on Gervis. However, in Baron Pat's caravan, apart from the six horses pulling the carriages, the thirty guards were all riding horses, and no one was walking. What made Gervis even more angry was that not only were Pat's men equipped with armor, but even their horses were equipped with light armor.
The fact that a horse can be covered in armor only means two things.
The first thing is that Baron Pat is really rich. The light armor of a horse is not cheaper than human equipment.
The second is that these horses are not ordinary horses. Not only can they afford fully armed riders, but they also have to wear light armor. This shows that these horses are war horses, war horses that even Gandalf dare not neglect.
(End of this chapter)
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