Chapter 163: The Stall (Monthly Ticket Plus)
If Gervis was present, he would definitely be able to see that this team of only ten people wearing silver armor are actually all titled knights. The roses engraved on the silver armor represent that they are the strongest fighting force of the Jones family - the Rose Knights.
The Order of the Rose has one thousand trainee knights, two hundred bronze knights, and ten silver knights. The safety of Winterfell is guarded by them, and the order in Winterfell is also managed by them.
The East District of Winterfell is where nobles gather, so for the purpose of deterrence and protection of the nobles living here, the patrolling city guards are all titled knights. Unlike the other three districts, only the captain is a titled knight, and the others are ordinary apprentice knights.
When the crowd automatically made way, the captain of the city guard came directly to Thomas and the others, looked at the porcelain bowl with a wisp of steam placed on the platform, and said coldly to Thomas and the others: "Don't you know the rules of Winterfell?"
"Thank you for your hard work, Captain. We are of course aware of the rules of Winterfell, but my master said to set up a stall here, and we servants are just following orders!"
Seeing the captain coming forward with rather cold words, Thomas was not afraid. It was indeed against the rules of Winterfell that they were setting up a stall here today, but it was also a helpless move. Winterfell was a place where every inch of land was valuable in the East Borough. Gervase was now penniless and could not afford to buy a shop, while the people with the greatest purchasing power all lived in the East Borough, so Gervase gave him such instructions.
Gervis was even prepared that as long as the caravan made money this time, he would consider buying a store in the East District, so that he wouldn't have to set up a stall on the roadside in the future.
"Captain, you've worked hard on patrol. Come over here and have some ice cream to cool down. I'm here to explain to the captain!"
It was also the duty of the city guards. Although the tone just now was unfriendly, Thomas did not get angry. Instead, he stepped forward enthusiastically and prepared to pull the captain aside to inform him of Gervis's identity.
"Hmph, don't give me that. Let me tell you..."
"Captain Anthony, I think you'd better listen to what Butler Thomas says first!"
Just when Anthony was about to make a harsh remark and start doing things according to the rules, Eagle, who had already finished his ice cream, interrupted him and gave him a look, indicating that he should go to a place with fewer people.
"Iger, you're here too?"
"Then I'd like to hear your explanation first."
As a member of the East District City Guard and the Order of the Rose, Anthony is not afraid of offending the nobles in the East District as long as he follows the rules, because his greatest reliance is the Earl. As long as he is loyal to the Earl, his life and property can be protected.
Just now he thought Thomas was going to pull him aside to bribe him, but of course he refused. Maybe some city guards would accept bribes, but he, Anthony, was a knight after all, and he would not ruin his reputation for a few silver coins.
However, after meeting Iger and receiving his hint, Anthony gave up the idea of immediately raiding the place and arresting the person. After all, he and Anthony were old friends, and he must have a reason for hinting to him like this.
"Thank you, Lord Eagle!"
After Anthony walked out towards the crowd, Thomas walked side by side with Eagle and thanked Eagle.
"Butler Thomas, you don't have to thank me. I'm not helping you, I'm helping him. After all, he and I have been friends for more than ten years!"
Hearing Thomas' thanks, Iger shook his head.
"You are too polite, Lord Eagle. I dare not reveal my master's name in that situation. Otherwise, it will damage my master's reputation. I will tell my master about your help to the caravan after I return!"
Next, the two stopped talking and quickly walked to the outskirts of the crowd and walked under the shade of a tree, where Anthony was waiting with a frown on his brow.
"Captain Anthony, let me introduce myself first. My master is Baron Gervis, the Lord of Storm Territory, and I am his steward Thomas. This caravan belongs to my master, Baron Gervis, and setting up a stall in this square is in accordance with my master's orders!"
When they got here, there were no other people around them. Thomas' words became serious and neither humble nor arrogant. He was completely different from his enthusiastic appearance just now, otherwise Anthony would not have misunderstood that he wanted to bribe him.
"Baron Gervis? Stormlord? Even if it's the lord's caravan, they can't just set up a stall in Winterfell, especially in the East End!"
Hearing the neither humble nor arrogant tone, Anthony did not react, but he was a little confused about the words Gervis and Storm Territory he mentioned. He seemed to have heard of the name Gervis vaguely somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a moment, and the Storm Territory was something he had never heard of before.
At this moment, Anthony frowned even deeper, and looked at Eagle beside him in confusion, waiting for his explanation, because if Eagle had not spoken just now, he would not have come here.
"Ah! Baron Gervis is the Earl's husband!"
Seeing Anthony's puzzled look, Eagle knew that if he didn't tell the truth to his old friend, he would definitely get into trouble today.
"The Earl's husband, Baron Gervis? The one south of the Dead Leaf River?"
At this moment, Anthony finally remembered why the name Gervis was so familiar. This was because the Rose Knights had also received a notification from Rose Castle, containing the identity and name information of the Earl's husband. However, apart from this ordinary notification, there were no other details. As time went by, everyone basically forgot about it.
"That's the one!"
Seeing that his friend finally reacted, Iger smiled and nodded to him.
After getting the confirmation, Anthony didn't say anything to Iger anymore. He just gave him a look of gratitude and then turned his attention to Thomas.
"Butler Thomas, I'm very sorry about what happened just now. I don't know the identity of your team, so I just followed the rules..."
"Captain Anthony, you don't have to do this. You are just doing your duty. We won't be selling goods in this square for a long time. My master has ordered me to find a suitable shop nearby. If it weren't for the fact that the goods this time are ice cubes and ice cream, which are not easy to preserve, we wouldn't be setting up a stall in this square to sell them!"
Seeing Anthony's slightly pale face and hearing his apology, Thomas' tone became cordial, and he also explained in a more lofty way the reason why the caravan set up a stall in the square to sell ice cream.
After all, if people knew that Gervis let them set up stalls here because he had no money to buy a shop, it would damage Gervis's reputation. As a butler, he must prevent such a thing from happening.
"I see. Don't worry, Butler Thomas. The East District is under my patrol jurisdiction. I am very familiar with this area. If there are suitable stores, I will pay attention to them for you!"
After confirming Gervis's identity, Anthony not only turned pale, but also broke out in cold sweat, which was only covered up by the hot sweat.
You know, Gervis is the Earl's husband! He almost overturned his stall just now, but it was only because of his status as a knight that Anthony didn't get scared to death.
Anthony couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if he really overturned Gervis's caravan today.
What happened today was just like what happened on Earth, where the husband of a female president of a large company set up a stall to sell roasted sweet potatoes downstairs of the company building, but the security guard almost overturned the stall. Anthony couldn't help but be afraid. Of course, the most important thing was that Anthony didn't know that Gervis was actually not very liked by Alice.
(End of this chapter)
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