Chapter 195

Chapter 195.

After resting for a day in the castle of the Earl of Kent, the young mage Andy traveled with the Earl to Sente, the capital of Duke Ferdinand’s direct territory in the Northwest.

After arriving in Sente, they first went to the Kent family’s mansion in the city of Sente and stayed there, and at this time, it was already late in the day, so the Earl decided to pay a visit to the Duke’s castle the next day.

However, before breakfast began, there was an unexpected arrival – Duke Ferdinand’s eldest brother, Henry Viscount Ferdinand. Viscount Ferdinand.

The Earl of Kent put the little mage in his place and received Viscount Henry alone in the hall.

After the two of them spoke polite words for a while, the Earl asked, “What is Mr. Viscount doing in Centurion City?”

Henry has his own fiefdom elsewhere, he should not live in Sente on weekdays, he himself wouldn’t be so bridged that he happened to run into him on a trip to Sente.

“Oh, Earl Kent, you know. My elder brother’s health is not so good recently, so I moved to Sente to live here, so that I can visit and take care of him often.”

“You guys are truly brothers, whenever I encounter such things I regret that I don’t have a brother to take care of each other.”

Earl Kent pretended to be touched. Inwardly, he knew very well why Duke Ferdinand was not in good health, it was all because of the previous ‘visit’ by himself and Barnett, while they had utilized the brain worm to control the Duke’s mind, they had also greatly eroded his physical health.

At this rate, the Duke is estimated to only have a year to live.

The Viscount’s face showed an expression of deservedness, ”Naturally, my elder brother treats me just like my father. Ah …… Earl, when you entered the city, my servant happened to see you in the street, so I immediately rushed over to catch up with you.”

Maltz was secretly alert in his heart, has Viscount Henry already begun to set up his eyes in Sente?

“And what is the purpose of Lord Earl’s visit to Sente?”

Hearing the other party ask this, Maltz revealed a slightly embarrassed smile, “Uh …… well this. I’m naturally here for the physical matters of the Duke-sama as well.”

Seeing the embarrassed color on Maltz’s face, Henry’s own heart was clear, the ‘physical things’ in the other party’s mouth naturally refers to the man’s that aspect of things.

He shook his head, and a tsk sound came out of his mouth.

“This big brother of mine, ah, is just unwilling to obey the arrangements of the Heavenly Lord. If you ask me, ah, this is fate, he’s that old, what else does he want to change.”

The “fate” that Viscount Henry was referring to was the fact that Duke Ferdinand did not have a son.

Since the eldest brother did not have a son, the title would naturally have to be passed on to one of the lucky brothers.

As the duke’s eldest brother, he was the most promising.

So when his elder brother’s health was deteriorating, he came running to Sente Layout.

Earl Kent didn’t answer, just looked at the viscount with a smile on his lips.

Although Maltz was known as the Duke’s hawk and dog, he was used to deal with outsiders, and Viscount Henry, who was the Duke’s younger brother, wasn’t afraid of that, and had no qualms about all the words he spoke.

Of course, if one wants to compete for the Duke’s throne, the Kent family, a powerful force that must be pulled together. After all, this is a powerful family in the Northwest second only to Ferdinand.

“Earl Kent! I want to come and give you a gift this time, and I still hope that you won’t refuse it. Lift it up!”

The servant who came with him and waited outside immediately walked in with an exquisite wooden box in his hand.

The Viscount took the wooden box and set it on the table and opened it carefully.

In an instant the Count seemed to feel that the room was filled with radiance.

Only to see that it held a golden statue of an elk.

Henry lowered his voice and said, “This is a treasure handed down from the ancient empire of Bella, made of pure gold.”

The earl’s heart surged.

Maltz. Kent still preferred this kind of thing, aside from the fact that it was made of gold, this thing was a precious artifact in itself, and placing it in the house was a great way to enhance one’s taste in the eyes of others.

Still, a bit of politeness was necessary.

“This …… is really too precious, I can’t accept it, but I appreciate your thoughts.” “How can the Count not accept it? As a bannerman of our Ferdinand family, you have diligently served our family for so many years, it is really not too much for me to send you a little bit of a small gift on behalf of the family.”

Henry strengthened the tone of the word “bannerman”.

I am the bannerman of your sickly big brother, not your kid, the anger in Maltz’s heart flashed.

But he still had a sincere smile on his face, “That’s all proper, my due diligence, how can I ……”

“No, no, no, you must henchmen.”

……

The two men pulled back and forth for half a day, and finally Earl Kent reluctantly accepted it.

Maltz invited Henry to stay and enjoy a rich dinner. During this time, Henry himself was in high spirits, frequently raising his glass, as if the dukedom was already within his grasp.

After I don’t know how many cups, Henry drank some head, full of red.

“Maltz ah! I didn’t expect your drinking capacity to become so …… burp! You didn’t used to be able to drink this much!”

He directly addressed Maltz by name, all but ignoring the fact that the other party’s knighthood was even higher than his own.

“Heh heh! You flatter me.”

Maltz indeed did not have any drunkenness on his face at all, and was unusually sober mentally, although he had as much wine as Viscount Henry.

Ever since he studied the regimen Barnett taught him on a daily basis, things like alcohol had less and less effect on his body.

Even he didn’t know what was going on, and now he was perfectly capable of not getting drunk from a thousand cups.

“When I become a duke ……”

The wine strengthened his courage, and Henry began to speak some paradoxical words, although his mouth was no longer very sharp.

“I will give you more wealth, hiccup! …… give you more fiefdoms!”

Henry patted his chest vigorously.

“What my big brother has given you, I will give you again without any less.”

Kent sneered in his heart, while his mouth said, “Viscount, you are drunk.”

“Hm? Drunk? Hiccup! I really seem to be a bit drunk. Well …… I’ll leave you alone for now. Hiccup! First …… farewell for now.”

Henry shook his head and stood up to bid farewell to the Earl of Kent.

The Earl immediately went up to assist him himself and slowly made his way to the door.

“Maltz, remember what I said today. I know that my stupid brothers will surely come looking for you too …… or they already have. But …… hiccup …… what they offer you, sue …… tell me all about it, and I’ll give you …… guaranteed more than those few fools more.”

“Haha, I’ll make a note of that, I’ll make a note of that.”

Earl Kent assisted him outside the mansion and helped him into the carriage.

“In the future, we’ll walk around more!”

After leaving such a sentence, Viscount Henry left in the carriage.

Maltzkent stood in the doorway and watched the carriage go away, a sarcastic smile replacing his face.

“Hmph!”

After a cold laugh, he turned around and returned to the mansion.

(End of chapter)