Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 213

2021-07-24

Chapter 213 Knight Title
A temporary farewell to Lavender Baron and his friends, Shade in The servant led up the stairs. The first and second floors are in the style of a grand banquet hall, but on the third floor it becomes a very ordinary corridor with the layout of the rooms on both sides.

Miss Galina and maid Tifa, waiting for Shade in the study near the stairs. Shade noticed that the Demoness seemed to enjoy talking to people in the study.

"Good evening, Miss Galina."

This time we met directly, not through the door. The red-haired duchess sat in the chair behind the desk, with Miss Tifa Serveit, the valet standing beside her. The Duchess wore a black and white evening dress, and the whole person looked more beautiful than the last time they met. Since it's this outfit, Shade guesses she'll be making public appearances soon.

"Good evening, detective."

She motioned for Shade to sit anywhere.

The conversation didn't start immediately, and Miss Galina looked at Shade curiously before she said:
"I really don't see it, you still know Lacia?"

"Who? Oh, Laccia Cavendish Princess, yes, I know. Yes, I know."

I can't figure out the situation at the moment, so I can only follow the words go down.

"Congratulations, detective, there's a big surprise waiting for you tonight, do you want to guess what it is?"

Miss Galina asked, and Shade sat down On the sofa, I thought of what Mr. Anlus said in the morning. Without using Shade to guess, Miss Galina gave the answer directly:
"The title of Knight that has not been awarded for hundreds of years is going to be awarded again."

She whispered, and then watched with satisfaction To the doubts and surprises on Shade's face:
"Knight title? Me?"

This surprise Shade really didn't expect, Knight's title does not fit the background of the steam era at all .

"Yes, the title of Knight. Originally, Anros and I fought for you together, but it was only the Delarion Honorary Knight Medal. didn't expect you to know Lacia, Lacia specializes in Writing back, she cleverly did not write directly to our king Your Majesty, but wrote to Queen Diana, and then asked the queen to lobby the king, so the title of Knight belongs to you."

She sighed, and then asked in a teasing tone:
"Tell me, detective, what is your relationship with my grandniece?"

This way of addressing It took Shade to think about it for a while to sort out:
"This is a friendship."

This must have been Miss Luisa's letter to Laccia Princess, so she was on her way home from a foreign visit. Princess, will write back to fight for the title for Shade.

This once again shows Shade just how good the relationship between women writers and Princess really is. He owes Goldilocks more and more.

"Friendship?"

Not only Miss Galina didn't believe it, but the maid also smiled, obviously disbelieving, but fortunately they didn't ask too much:
"Anyway. , congratulations, detective. I've got the news ahead of time that you've been awarded the title 'Rejed Knight'. Of course, just titled, but no Fiefdom, equivalent to that's just honor, and it can't be passed on to your descendants. But compared to the medal of honor, the title of Knight is already a very high compliment."

"Rejed" is a small town under the city of Tobeysk, and the title of Knight in the past often means a small piece of Fiefdom, so it corresponds to the place name.

Seeing that Shade hadn't reacted yet, Miss Galina added:
"Let me think about it, with this title, you can call yourself when you introduce yourself in the future." Rejed's Hamilton' (Hamilton of legend). Oh, doesn't it feel good?"

"Good"

Shade nodded, no respect for the honor Too much real feeling, after all, he is not a person living in this era, he does not have a deep understanding of things such as glory, and the title of Knight is just a title, and there is no gold pound to get:
"Miss Galina , this title. What good is it?"

That's what he cared about, the duchess behind the table had long expected Shade to ask this question:
"The title itself is an honor, you can It can be regarded as a noble. The lowest-rank noble, but at least not a commoner. With this, if you can contribute to the kingdom again, the difficulty of direct knighthood in the next step will be greatly reduced."

"No, I I mean, does the title itself have any?"

He twitched his fingers sorry, Miss Galina wasn't the first day she knew Shade, so it wasn't surprising what he thought:
"No, not even In the past, the Knights had to pay some taxes to the kingdom on a regular basis. But if you are short of money, when you give awards later, it seems that in addition to the title, there are rewards from the royal family.”

She turned her head and asked. To the maid:
"What is it specifically for? In the era we live in, no one has ever seen this kind of Knight ceremony."

"Delarion's honorary Knight Medal, and a token of identity The Knight long sword. Because the kingdom has not awarded the title of Knight for a long time, this sword is an antique found in the warehouse. The price of the medal is immeasurable, because no one has sold it, the specific estimate of the antique Knight long sword is not It will be less than 100 pounds. But it's better not to sell it, it's an honor."

The maid also knows Shade well.

"I won't sell it."

Shade said, in fact, he is calculating how much money he has left to repair his third floor without affecting his life. .

"Hamilton of Rejed. What a strange statement."

He himself sighed.

"This is often the title in Knight's novels, but in reality, very few people call themselves that. After all, the era of Knight is over, but people seem to think that the spirit of Knight still exists."

Miss Galina said, but the first half of the sentence is not entirely correct, because nobles with Fiefdom can call themselves in this way. For example, Miss Galina's Fiefdom is the County of Saladir, and she can call herself "The Cavendish of Saladir".

"Knight spirit? No, I don't have that spirit."

Because they were all acquaintances, Shade didn't have to shy away from anything. What happened at noon on Wednesday was purely an encounter, he just had time, and it didn't do much damage to his own interests.

"You can't say you're wrong, but people don't always judge themselves correctly."

Miss Galina said.

"Who said the second half of the sentence?"

Shade curiously asked, thinking it was a sentence left by the writers of this world.

"I said it."

Demoness answered with a golden pen in his hand.

With the rewards and remuneration, Shade naturally has to pay a little attention to the development of the case. Last time Mr. Anlos said that this was not the man from the Grey Gloves, but then there is no further text:
"speaking of which, Miss Galina, have you found out the background of the murderer who assassinated the queen?"

"This matter, the investigation is over."

The Duchess shook her head and said with a regretful expression.

"Do you know who sent the shooter?"

Shade asked again, then saw the maid standing next to Miss Galina and shook his head slightly at him.

"Of course I don't know. Detective, I know you're wondering why you didn't investigate. That's because MI6 didn't dare to investigate."

"What do you mean?"

Miss Galina just laughed and did not speak, and the maid behind her replied instead:
"The royal family specifically spoke to the Church of the Orthodox God and asked the warlock squad to protect the Yordle Palace, but no suspicious persons were found. Queen Anna was attacked immediately after she appeared in public for the first time these days. The attacker seemed to be aware of the danger around Yordle Palace, and the Queen who went out was not surrounded by Orthodox Church guards. This is a bit of a coincidence in itself."

Shade was startled, a foreigner who was used to seeing similar plots in his hometown, and immediately came to an astonishing conclusion under the tone of the conspiracy theory, so he lowered his voice and asked in a low voice:
"Is it the king? To frame up Kasen Rick, in order to provoke a war? In order to achieve his ambition to unify the old continent."

Both Miss Galina and the maid laughed:
"Oh, why do you think so? Of course not."

Miss Galina shook her head with a smile and put down the pen in her hand:

"No one wants to continue fighting now, including our king. MI6 It was found out that it was a certain one of his disappointing sons. Detective, you should know that as the heirs have grown up in recent years, the idea of the crown is also that Queen Diana is not the first of the current king. Any wife, there are several Princes and Princesses now, only a few such as Laccia are hers."

The Duchess paused and winked at Shade:

"Do you still need me to continue?"

"No need, no need."

Shade shook his head immediately, he didn't want to get involved in this. In this kind of thing:
"This information is enough to make me think of complicated court political struggles that outsiders can never understand, or the plots of those vulgar court erotic novels. These things have nothing to do with me. Don't let me know."

This is the truth, the political struggle in the palace is not something that newcomers from outside the country can participate in, and it is not good to get involved.

"It's good if you know how to be cautious. I don't even care about this kind of thing. However, you still read court erotic novels?"

She looked towards Shade in surprise. , but Shade just looked through Sparrow's relics to determine which novel was the so-called "Code Book".

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Then let's get back to the point and come to you, not just to tell you about the title of Knight. It's like this, the ceremony who awarded the title of Knight is very It's complicated, do you understand those rules?"

Miss Galina asked again, but her tone changed slightly. After the conversation about the identity of the gunman, she seemed to be in a bad mood.

"I don't know."

"Then you can learn it an hour before the king appears. I think the king's ceremonial officer, when the time comes, will urgently teach you, It must be too late."

She waved at the maid behind her, and the maid wanted to lead Shade out.

But Shade sat there and didn't move, but looked towards Miss Galina, who looked at him suspiciously, knowing that he still had something to say.

PS: In order to prevent the gangsters, please explain that the title of Knight has not been awarded for hundreds of years. As mentioned above, the appearance of firearms caused the decline of Knight Formation, thus making the Knight class die out. And Shade won the title of Knight, and it is a reason for his efforts. He only has honor, and it is also the reason that he does not have the rights of the Knights in the past.

Therefore, the title of Knight is not obtained by the author to cheat, but is in line with the background of the story.

Of course, there are deeper reasons, but we haven't gotten to the plot of Laccia Cavendish's status in the royal family, so I won't give any spoilers. But you can realize that she can visit Carson Rick on behalf of the royal family, which is very important information in itself.