Chapter 92 Blackmail 1

Chapter 92 Blackmail 1
Emerson Wilder waited for Earl Kent’s arrival in the castle’s dining room.

He was stationed in Emden as a royal commissioner nearly half a year ago, Earl Kent’s family was related to their Wylde family, and the two families had never broken off their dealings, and he had operated well in the dark before being stationed in Emden by his superiors.

This trip is a vacation in the territory of his relatives, unlike the northwestern lords, the Kent family has always been known for its wealth, Emmerson naturally will not suffer after coming here, and by virtue of the relationship between the two families, he will not be like other royal commissioners to suffer from the eyes of the master.

There was a notification at the door, “Lord Earl has arrived!”

Emerson stood up and greeted Earl Kent’s arrival.

The castle master walked slowly into the dining room, followed by a young man whose eyebrows bore a resemblance to the earl’s.

It was the Earl’s son, Emmerson’s cousin – Jaaius Kent.

He greeted the Earl’s father and son, “Good day, Uncle Kent. Good day, Cousin Jaaius.”

“Sit down, young Emerson.”

The Earl greeted Emerson cordially as he sat down, not at all as cold as he had been when the Viscount Angelo had arrived earlier, and with a slight blush on his pale face.

After father and son came to the table and sat down, the count gave a command to the servant next to him, “Serve the meal.”

Jaaius greeted Emerson, “It’s been a long time. How is it, are you still used to living here?”

Emerson smiled and responded, “Uncle Kent treats me well. Rather, it’s you, when did you come back?”

Jaaius said, “I just arrived home last night, and I didn’t inform you for fear of disturbing your rest.”

A few months ago, Jaaius led an army to the south to work for the king, but then because of the lack of food and supplies in the royal capital, the army of the king was temporarily disbanded.

The three of them discussed the recent situation, and Earl Kent said, “This time, the provisions were burned cleanly, and after this disbandment, I don’t know when His Majesty the King will summon the lords from all over the country to work for the King again.”

The lack of food in the royal government was known to all three people here, so there was nothing to be shy about saying it.

Jia Ace shook his head, “Before I left, the crowd was abuzz with rumors, our majesty has truly encountered an unprecedented crisis this time. It’s not just about food, it seems that the rebels in the south are a bit overpowered and it’s a struggle to deal with them.”

The tone of his voice was not the least bit worried for the king.

Earl Kent heard this and said slowly towards Emerson meaningfully, “Looking at this situation now, both the Wilder family and the Kent family have to plan ahead!”

Emmerson of course knew what the Earl said “plan ahead” was, it was just not to hang on the royal family tree and leave a way out for himself.

Although he is a royal commissioner, but he is still the first loyal to their own family, in the situation is not clear before, temporarily maintain their own royal loyalist image, once the royal decadence has appeared, a little distance, when the royal defeat has been set, immediately turn to the other side.

Now in this era, everyone does not do so.

He gave the Earl a self-evident look, “Thank you Uncle Kent for the reminder, I’m sure my father will be prepared for anything.”

Earl Kent laughed out loud, knowing just as much about judging the situation and the times, this was the reason why their two families were able to interact and even unite for a long time.

As they were talking, the servants brought up the breakfast.

When the dinner plate in front of the earl was uncovered, a smell of blood floated out.

Emerson wrinkled his nose, although he had dined with this Uncle Kent several times, he still wasn’t used to this smell.

On the earl’s dinner plate was a delicate glass, which held not wine or juice, but crimson blood that made one’s hair go numb at first glance.

His cousin Jaaius was impassive, apparently used to his father’s special drink. Emerson had visited Emden before, but the Earl of Kent had not been in the habit then.

On this visit to Emden, the first time he dined with the Earl, a large glass of blood was placed on the table and he was taken aback.

The Earl explained to him that this was a method of health care taught to him by a traveling healer, and that a cup of sheep’s blood or pig’s blood at every meal, supplemented by secret medicines, would strengthen his body and prolong his life.

Emmerson previously in the correspondence between the two families know that the Earl of Kent had a serious illness, in the dying moment, a passing through his territory of the doctor saved his life, I think that is the person who taught him this method of health.

Now it seems that this kind of health art or a little effect, his uncle Kent is more than 50 years old, but from the body seems to be very strong, the only strange thing is that the skin has become a little pale, I think it is all day long to stay in the castle do not go out of the reason it.

Earl also warmly recommended to Emmerson his health techniques, but he thought of the pungent smell of blood on the thank you, how to drink that kind of thing at mealtime still have a good appetite.

The count picked up the cup and took a sip, revealing a very enjoyable expression.

At the beginning, he himself was very uncomfortable when he drank it, but gradually he fell in love with this flavor.

For this reason, he ordered the kitchen to kill a livestock every two days, the blood obtained on that day is the most delicious, and then left a few cups to be put into the ice cellar to freeze, waiting for the next day to drink.

The Count took a sip of the “drink” and began to enjoy the food on the table.

As he ate, he said, “Let’s not talk about the rebellion in the south, but a lot of things have been happening in our area lately!”

Jaaius, who had just returned, was interested and waited quietly for his father to tell him more.

“Our neighbor to the north even eliminated the pirates that were violating the territory by himself, I remember that the boy from the Gleiman family should have just turned 15 years old by now, to have this kind of ability.”

Jaaius scoffed, a mere pirate, he said with slight disdain, “Even if the lord’s age is young, the bannermen under him can still work.”

Earl Kent continued:

“After fighting the pirates, this young earl of ours seems to have swelled up, and has even taken over Bairdine next door, and speaking of which, he and Bairdine’s lord, Myron Garnerd, are blood sworn brothers.”

“There are two versions of what happened, one was proclaimed by Gleiman, that Garnard’s bannermen were going to conspire to get their lord killed, and that he, as Myron Garnard’s blood-sworn brother, couldn’t just sit back and do nothing, and that the notice had Myron Garnard’s handwriting on it, but it could have been forced on him.”

“The other was proclaimed by Garnard’s bannermen, that Gladman coveted the wealth of the Bairdings and had seized Myron Garnard under the guise of a banquet, and that they had risen up to seek justice. Of course unsurprisingly they failed, and how could a few viscounts and barons stand against an earl, so the fellows ran to us ……”

Jaaius followed up on his father’s words, “Want us to send troops to aid?”

“It’s like this, Angelo, the governor of Baildin, has been coming over to me for three days.”

“Which side do you think is telling lies, father?”

Earl Kent shrugged, “It could be Greiman, it could be Angelo, or both sides could be telling lies. And who can tell? Old Garnard died for no apparent reason, and Angelo and the others can’t be blamed, and it’s an indisputable fact that Gladman took over Bairdine. So, my boy, it doesn’t matter who’s lying, what matters is ……”

“Make the choice that is best for us!” Jaaius understood what his father was going to say.

Seeing how mature his son was, Earl Kent smiled and nodded, raising his cup to take a sip of his “drink”.

“Angelo has already made his offer – half of the Bairdine lands, I wonder how high Gleiman can go, and I’m now considering who I should have make the trip to Arda.”

As soon as the earl’s words fell, Emerson, who had been listening to them in silence a moment ago, stood up.

“Uncle Kent, if you agree, I am willing to make a trip to Arda.”

(End of chapter)