Is this even a manor ?
Sarah walked in the front while the female knight walked at side surrounding the Aaron carriage into the city wall .
The city wall was broken and old while some people were entering and exiting but seeing the carriage all of them become silent and stepped back while mumbling to each other.
There was guards at the city wall and seeing the female knights and the carriage they became alert and immediately they raised in weapon and said coldly at them
"HALT ! STATE YOUR NAME AND REASONS BEFORE ENTERING THE CITY"
Sarah pet growled loudly seeing two puny ants blocking their path which made the guards immediately suffer in fear.
Sarah gave a glance at the guards and said coldly
"How daring ! you guards dared to stop the royal family carriage ?"
The nearby people saw the royal symbol and immediately broke out in thoughts.
"They are From the royal family!"
"Omg I never seen so many female knight ...."
"Tsk tsk who is the person in the carriage ? Does anyone know?"
"Are you stupid? did you forget there was a messenger yesterday from the royal family saying that there will be new Duke allocated to this land ."
"Oh yeah. Don't tell me that there is a new Duke sitting Inside the carriage?"
"Shhh...don't talk loudly ! Do you want to die that badly"
"oh sorry!"
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The guards was not that dumb . So they already guessed who this people are so they immediately kneeled down and said in fear
"We greet the Duke and please forgive our ignorance of your arrival"
The carriage was silent so the atmosphere become tense. But Sarah broke the atmosphere by saying in cold tone
"Humph....Where is the others ? they dare to not welcome the New Duke ! Are they planning to rebel ?"
The guards broke out in cold sweats and didn't know what to say since they are never given any orders about visiting of new Duke . The tense atmospheric become even more colder as the time passed by . When it was about to become worse a voice heard which broke all the tension
"How can we dare to not welcome our lord ?"
A fat man came towards them wearing full of gold ornaments which showcased his wealth. Behind him were guards following him with serious looks .
Before Sarah could say anything another voice could be heard beside the fat man .
"We forgive for delaying the welcome of lord Duke. Please forgive us Sir "
A tall hunk came with casual clothes. He had a cold face and bulging muscles all over his body . Even Sarah had a serious face seeing the hunk man coming towards them.
She couldn't help but say to that man
"Are you from the Kor family and the current Leader of the Demon hunting merchant , Kor Bemann?"
Bemann gave a bow and said with still cold expression
"Yes it's indeed I, Kor Bemann . We greet the New Duke" .
Sarah eyes now had a serious expression confirming the identity of this person. Even Aaron who was sitting in the carriage had a change in expression seeing this person.
This person was even famous in the blaze Kingdom. Before he was just a normal person and no one didn't bother about him but few years ago this person name become too terrifying . He Single handedly killed a Wild lion without weapon in a singe punch . He punched a wild lion head to death this made this person too scary and he created his own merchant clan as Demon hunting .
Their members had only 100 people but every single one of them can be comparable to Knights . They may not win against in a battle with knights but still they can almost endure the fight from knight unlike other guards and bodyguard who can't even stand properly in knight presence.
That's why every merchant family are fearful of this person and even some lesser noble family didn't want to offend this person.
Sarah then immediately looked at the fat amn and said guessing his identity too .
"Then you should be the Bright moon auction house, Head leader , Houston vas from the Houston merchant family. !"
The fat man immediately nodded his head and said with a wide smile
"Yes yes ! Your excellency you are correct I'm indeed Vas Houston and the current head of the Bright moon Auction house ."
The Houston was number one richest merchant family in the forsaken land . Every month they will get 15% revenue from their auction . That 15% may look small but that number will be equal to the spending of every people in Forsaken land for a month.
There wealth made many people envy but no one dared to think about this fat sheep since they can even hire knights to do their work .
No matter how the merchant family wealthy and more people they have, they can't compare to the noble family . Because of a single reason and that is they don't have loyal knights under them .
To train a knight is too difficult , One in ten thousand can they train a knight and to make them loyal to their family is impossible since human heart is always fickle and unfathomable .
A knight symbols Bravery , loyal , Sacrifice, Ethics and Strength so they will always be loyal to their family and they won't hesitate to die . And they only serve nobles and royal family not merchant or commoners.
For example like Aaron who was clearly a royal family and that is the rightful heir for the throne but now his status is that of a Duke so he can only have some knights under him but now due to a common goal the noble family Sarah Abe knight with her Valkyrie member who had 25 knights under her had a common goal with Aaron so their situation is unique indeed. And what more is that these female knight are impressed by Aaron noble behaviour who treats everyone equally so they are respectful to him .
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Sarah woke up from her thoughts and returned back to her sense . When she about to say something this time Aaron talked from inside the carriage but his voice was filled with power and order
"No need for formalities .Show us the way to the manor ".
They bowed in response and lead them inside while the people had various thoughts on their mind but one thing for sure is that there will chaos soon coming .
When Aaron who was at the carriage saw the manor he immediately had the urge to ask
"Are we really in the right place ? Or you sure that this is even a manor?"
Are these people these much lazy?
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