Chapter 303
My Villains Episode 303
55. Marquis of Eavon(2)
Articles are precious..
Expensive weapons such as heavy armor, battle horses, and spears, which are visible elements, are one of the reasons. However, wearing precious equipment does not turn an ordinary farmer into a knight overnight..
This is because the most important factor that determines the value of an article is skill. These are superhuman skills that are clearly different from ordinary soldiers..
He begins training as early as six years old, or as late as eight years old, and only after enduring inhumane training for well over ten years does he acquire skills worthy of the title of knight..
There are two main ways to recruit these valuable knights as subordinates, but neither of them are that easy..
The first way is to give land to a useful warrior and make him the king's landlord, just like Ulkar did to me..
To use this method, you must first be wealthy enough to give land to your subordinates. Additionally, you must find and bring under your command rare talents who have the skills appropriate for knighthood and who are at least not heretics or criminals..
In short, it is a method that can be adopted only if you have enough land and great luck..
The second way is to gather talented children from your territory and raise them as knights..
Naturally, the servants and squires who train to become knights are beings with no productivity at all. A knight trainee is a soldier who eats a huge amount of food without doing any work..
Moreover, even if invested over a long period of time, not all trainees have the skills appropriate for a knight..
It is not uncommon to fail or lose your life during training, and even if you manage to complete training, you may only be able to barely fight a single orc due to lack of effort or talent..
In fact, it is no different from handing out random boxes using promising children as coins. Excluding all kinds of bad things, including dropping out and death, the probability of drawing the target product, a knight, is only 10%..
Of course, if this process is successful, you will be able to obtain a knight without a separate manor. You will have general knights, so to speak, who are distinct from the landlord knights..
In short, in addition to a rich talent pool and ample assets, deep patience and a little bit of
This method requires luck..
For this reason, it was rare for even a wealthy lord to have more than five knights..
If you look back, Osred, the great lord of Saban and the owner of South Harbour, did not have a single knight under his command. The title of Sir was not given to the commander of the guard or the gatekeeper, nor to the captain of the guard or the military commander..
In the case of Baron Mallory, the lord of Longville, the only knight he had was Sir Killian, who was in his 50s. Even so, he quickly betrayed me
Even though I left.
In this context, the sight of the army now appearing in front of the Monastery of Seteniora came as a bit of a shock to me..
It was not surprising that the number of troops marching under the yellow flag numbered eight hundred, and that many of them were on horseback, all wearing chainmail and iron helmets..
Because the army of the Mullin family that I once encountered also boasted of being as elite as me..
“Wow… … . “There are so many.” Of course, it seemed different in the eyes of the bundle that was clinging to my side and looking under the wall..
Anyway, what surprised me was the forty or so heavy cavalry driving the horses at the front of the army..
The heavy cavalrymen all wore high-quality plate armor and wore yellow surcoats with white tree branches carved on them. And the cape draped around his shoulders had different emblems discreetly embroidered on it..
In other words, all of those 40 heavy cavalry were knights..
“It's the knights of the golden age..”
Hayla, who had probably heard the news, came up to the gatehouse with mercenaries, including the veteran Confior and the heavy soldier Dervish, and spoke calmly..
“knights of the golden age?”
“huh. The knights of the Arriaga family..”
“ ah.”
Only then did the memory of Phoenix come back to me..
The emblem engraved on the knights' surcoats and waving flags symbolized the Ariaga family, a marquess of the Kingdom of Milanol..
“I heard that the letter was sent about 15 days ago, but I had no idea that the army would already be here..”
It was the monk Okan. He looked at the troops with a happy expression, then turned to me..
“If it's Arya's family's army, I can rest easy now..”
“That's right.”
It is a majesty that sufficiently replaces the mission of protecting the Holy Land, which was implicitly tied to me. As Utequai said, it is an army that will give freedom..
Looking down the wall, I saw a group of clergymen, including the priest Marcel and the cathedral knight Sir Kavar, coming out of the castle gate to greet a group of men..
What particularly caught my eye were the three men and women who were strictly guarded by fifteen knights..
An elderly man with curly gray hair, a young woman wearing a white scarf and a neat gown, and a boy who appears to be in his mid-teens..
The three men and women looked like they were from an aristocratic family, consisting of a slightly older father and his younger siblings, as their clothes and appearance were different..
“Is this the Marquis of Eavon?.”
“The marquis came in person?”
“It only takes ten days to travel from Lianwell, the capital of the Marquis, to this monastery. There's nothing that can't come.”
I quietly nodded at Heyla's words and took another look at the elderly man..
“……He is the Marquis of Eavon..”
Aside from Prince Ulkar, you are the biggest man I have ever met..
The Antram region, located a few days north of the monastery, is two to three times larger than a typical county and is considered one of the most fertile lands in the kingdom. The Marquis of Arya is the one who ruled that land for nearly 200 years..
Therefore, it was only natural that the Marquis of Eavon was mentioned as one of the most powerful figures in the Kingdom of Milan..
I was looking down the wall in a daze, lost in thought, and by chance my eyes met a dark brown gaze. The subject of attention was a boy with a handsome face wearing shiny white leather armor..
The boy, who was looking up at me, turned to the Marquis of Eabon and the young woman and whispered something, and soon the Marquis and the woman also looked up..
Although I felt a little embarrassed, I didn't really commit a crime, so I just stood there with my arms crossed and made eye contact with them..
Unlike the young woman who was looking up at me blankly with her mouth slightly open, the Marquis of Avon narrowed his eyebrows and asked a question to Father Marcel..
“Who is that person??”
Marquis Eavon and Priest Marcel did not lower their voices, so the conversation could be heard clearly despite the considerable distance. Like my other senses, my hearing was also at a level beyond that of a criminal..
“Who are you referring to??”
“Hey, that guy standing on the castle wall. A tall man with black hair.”
“Ah, you mean Lord Phoenics..”
“……Lord Phoenics? That person is a prosecutor covered in blood.?”
“yes. He is also the leader who helped protect the sacred site, Your Excellency..”
«eww ,,
The Marquis looked at me for a moment with strange eyes and then nodded..
Because there was limited space in the monastery, half of the Arriaga family's army had to pitch tents in front of the curtain wall..
From what I heard, only half of the troops, five knights, and one battle wizard are stationed at the monastery anyway..
The rest of the troops, four hundred soldiers, over thirty knights, and six battle wizards, came solely to protect the marquis..
“Making a fuss. Even the king’s journey wouldn’t be like that..”
At the words of Dervish, a lieutenant general sitting on a tree stump in front of the communal house, Eson, who was pushing the snowbank with his long feet, snorted..
“Damn. Have you ever seen the King's journey? Eastern Riding country boy.”
“This bastard. You act like you know something when you're also a southern hillbilly.?”
“Is Leadburn a village? “You wouldn’t say that when you see Lemerick’s cathedral, would you?” The blunt Eson shrugged his shoulders and continued..
“Besides, I've seen the King's journey in person..”
“You? when?”
“Is it four years old or three years old? It is said that the previous king, King Jun-eom, once visited Lidburn..”
“King Jun-eom?”
Gidon, the crossbowman who was lighting a fire to boil water next to him, intervened in their conversation..
“I think I've heard of it. It is said that King Jun-eom toured the southern part of the country about a year before his death..”
“Yeah, it must have been right then..”
Eson beat the heel of his boot on the stump on which the dervish sat to shake off the snow..
“It's nothing compared to the Marquis' army I saw today. There were over a hundred knights of the Royal Guard alone, and there were countless soldiers. My eyes were almost rolling..”
“That's about it?”
The dervish said 'Hmm' and asked if he had smoothed his chin..
“Then I saw the king now.?”
“The current king was Prince Lionel at that time, but Prince Lionel did not come. Instead, Prince Arlot came. Other memories are blurry, but that mesmerizingly handsome face remains vivid..”
“So handsome?”
“then. Not only did he have a handsome face, but he also looked great wearing white armor and riding a white horse. For a while, when the neighborhood kids gathered together to play, they would fight over who would play the role of Prince Arlot..”
“That's about it?”
“Young kids don't know. When Prince Arlot rebelled, I was secretly willing to support him..”
When Eson playfully lowered his voice, the dervish laughed and scolded him..
“You crazy bastard, be careful what you say. Is that something you should say in front of Nari??”
Only then did Eson find me sitting on a chair in front of the house and pretended to be surprised..
“Oh, Nari. Since when have you been here??”
“…… Stop talking nonsense and clean your eyes properly. “Don’t step on it, sweep it with a broom.” “Oh, I was going to do that already. My boots are all wet..”
He scratched his head and lowered his voice again..
“By the way, I heard that Prince Ulkar is also a very handsome man. What do you think??”
“Prince Ulkar?”
“ yes.”
I scratched my chin and answered roughly..
“You're handsome.”
“……“Is that the answer?” “Well then, what?”
“Well, didn’t you feel something when you saw the face?.”
“What is appreciation? Do I even have to look at the man's face and make an impression??”
“No, rather than that, I heard that Prince Ulkar looks exactly like Prince Alot.-”
“stop.”
Hayla, who was sitting next to me, warned in a low voice..
“As the dervish says, you better be careful..”
“Uh, that, yeah……
Because her voice was unusually cold, Eson closed his mouth with a stiff expression on his face..
It was then. Two men wearing yellow surcoats approached the communal house, holding reins. Arya was the knight of the family..
They glanced around the communal house and immediately made eye contact with me..
“You are Lord Phoenics.?”
“……exactly.”
“I found it in one go. Then, the lady next to me… … Lord Phoenix's fiancée‘?”
Heyla nodded quietly, and the two knights made eye contact and nodded..
“Follow me. His Excellency the Marquis of Eavon would like to see you two..”
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