The Death Knight of the Secret World

Chapter 55 0055. Invitation
The dinner for the Beckman family to return to the upper aristocratic circle of Backlund was a relatively high-standard noble banquet initiated by the freshly baked Mr. Viscount Beckman.

In Backlund, the capital of the Loen Kingdom, the title of Viscount is considered to be among the middle class.Although it is incomparable with the Earl and Duke, how many Earls and Dukes are there in the entire Loen Kingdom?
Backlund, a super metropolis with millions of people, has nearly a thousand noble families entrenched here.But among these aristocrats, only the earls and dukes are the ones who can really be called great aristocrats.

There are about a dozen earls and six or seven dukes in Backlund City, and together with the Loen royal family, they form the [upper aristocratic society] circle of the Loen Kingdom.

For example, the future Miss Justice Audrey Hall who will be [Backlund's most dazzling jewel] as an adult, as the daughter of a powerful and wealthy earl, the [guide] who enters the society of upper-class nobles is Ruen queen.

Moreover, it seems that several princes of the Loen royal family are willing to pursue her.

And the lower limit of the title of Miss Justice's normal social circle happens to be - viscount.

The class barriers in the aristocratic circle are very strict, and people with insufficient status cannot squeeze into the real upper class.

The viscount, which has dozens of mid-level titles in Backlund, is already half out of the ranks of low-ranking nobles such as [Lord (from Baron) → Baron → Viscount).

But the level of the viscount is still a little embarrassing.Because the viscount is a watershed when the nobles hold banquets, and those who are below this title may not even get an invitation letter.

But the viscounts are the kind of [middle-level nobles] who can call a mid-level banquet by themselves and invite a bunch of barons and lords to have fun together.

As for barons and lords, if they hold a banquet by themselves, they will send invitations to nobles who are higher than them, but they will not be there at all. At most, they will ask the third-level butler to send a small gift to save face.

Most of the people who would respond to the banquet invitations of low-level aristocrats such as barons and lords were businessmen and low-level civil servants working in the government, and sometimes there would be some rising stars in the military or young political rookies in the government.

The original title of the Beckman family was from baronet—that is, [Lord], a passer-by in the aristocratic circle of Backlund.

However, because of a very accidental [small invention] made by Mr. Beckman during the Jianhai period, the Beckman family jumped over the baron and was directly promoted to viscount. This kind of thing is very rare even in wartime.

During the war, the difficulty of becoming an official or promotion will be a little lower. The promotion channel will be forcibly opened by uncontrollable external factors such as war, and elites from all walks of life will have a great chance to be pulled out.

But in peacetime, it is typical that it is difficult to move an inch, and the degree of difficulty of promotion is frighteningly high.

This time, the Beckman family's return to the middle-class aristocratic circle in Backlund was very grand, because there were two great nobles in the high-level VIP list that had been confirmed.

One of them was the immediate boss of the eldest son of the Beckman family, that is, the one whose mistress had died and whose wife punched a panda's eye—Count Louis.

The Earl's mother was the cousin of the former King William VI, so he was falsely considered to be a member of the [royal family], so he attended on behalf of the royal family.

The other great nobleman was then Vice Admiral Earl Negan, who was the younger brother of Prime Minister Duke Negan.The Negan family is the most loyal followers of the Augustus family of the Loen royal family. The family can even be traced back to the establishment of the Loen Kingdom, and they are very hardcore.

The Negan family has been important ministers of the Loen Kingdom for generations, and Duke Negan has even become a hereditary grand duke.In this generation of the Negan family, besides the head of the family, there are also several members who also hold important positions in the Kingdom of Loen. This Earl Negan serves as a lieutenant general in the navy department.

The Beckman family's salted fish turned around, in addition to relying on the shares of the cannery to pay a large sum of gold pounds to the royal family in disguise, and obtained certain privileges.Also through the family relationship, it was mixed into the procurement list of the Navy Department.

Therefore, the welcome dinner scheduled to be held at the end of June in 1348 was quite high-end and high-end.

The freshly released Mr. Viscount Beckman printed a lot of invitations and distributed them to Backlund's aristocratic circles and important officials in government departments, and they were all in the limelight for a while.

According to tradition, the year of the nobles of the Northern Continent is divided into two stages.

From the end of the winter month to the new year of the first month, the nobles will return to their fiefs one after another, and lie down on their own land, accumulating funds on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will start in July and end in the winter month [Social Season] ] Make various preparations.

It is also a coincidence that the Beckman family returned to the middle-level aristocratic social circle this time to catch up with the beginning of the Northern Continent social season.Coupled with the involvement of the royal family and the naval department bosses, the banquet became even more lively.

When Beomie returned to the Sweeper's office, she even met Mr. Beckman's housekeeper, who had come to deliver the invitation letter to Ms. Sura.

At this time, Beomi realized that her immediate boss was actually a member of the royal family.

Lady Sulla is the daughter of the Earl of Birmingham, one of the royal earls, who is William VI's cousin. The previous Earl of Birmingham married William VI's aunt and became the earl of the royal faction.

Passed down to Ms. Sula's father's generation, it is already the third Earl of Birmingham, but it is a pity...the Earl of Birmingham only has one daughter.

Therefore, the old earl recruited a husband for Ms. Sura, but unfortunately the lucky man did not live for a few years, leaving Ms. Sura as a widow.

The Earl of Birmingham is also a loyal supporter of the royal family. He once held an important position in the Loen Army Department. Later, due to some changes in the family, he began to retire to recuperate.

After the Earl of Birmingham retired, the family had a sense of [decline], because the Birmingham family is still active, and only one member, Ms. Sulla, is left, and she is still dawdling in the sweeper department.

However, the Earl's influence in the Loen Kingdom cannot be underestimated. The current Prime Minister, Duke Negan, served as the Earl of Birmingham's deputy more than 20 years ago.

Therefore, Ms. Sura's identity is really worthy of the invitation letter sent by the butler of the Beckman family.

After hearing the scar-faced old man Jurgen introduce Ms. Sura's family status, Beomi was a little surprised.Because this is the only daughter of the earl, the future countess.

Moreover, it seems that Ms. Sulla and the current King Henry III are also relatively close relatives.

Well, when I accepted the Extraordinary characteristic before, didn't I act a little...

The traverser Beomi was lost in thought!
If I had known that you were the king's distant cousin, I would have to show my loyalty to the royal family in front of you.

Beomi handed over the task list to Ms. Sura in a complicated mood, wondering if she wanted to make amends.

"You did a good job this time!" Ms. Sura took a look at the task list and began to praise Beomi.

"As for Old Gordon's death, our Sweeper Department is very sorry, but we do not have law enforcement authority, and we can only conduct investigations through the Church's Extraordinary. You can provide such important clues. I am here to help the Evernight Goddess Church. It can be regarded as a confession!"

"This morning, the red gloves came. They took away the old Gordon's file. They have taken over the case. We, the sweepers, will no longer be involved in the rest of the matter. All we can do is wait. !"

"That is to say, after this, we can't follow up?" Beomi felt a little unacceptable: "Old Gordon is a member of our Sweeper organization!"

"I'm also very unwilling!" Ms. Sura said in a deep voice, "But we sweepers are not law enforcement agencies. Strictly speaking, we belong to the municipal administration."

"Old Gordon's death has been determined to be a case involving extraordinary people. This is not within the scope of our sweeper's business!"

"But..." Beomi still felt a little uncomfortable.

"It's nothing but, I know you have a good relationship with old Gordon and Jurgen, but we sweepers really don't have law enforcement authority!" Ms. Sula shook her head.

"Even if I asked Red Gloves to participate in the investigation of the case, our sweepers couldn't find enough people to participate in the investigation of this case."

"It's a case involving the sacrifice of evil gods, and more than 50 people died. It doesn't make any sense for a low-sequence transcendent to join the investigation. If you want to participate, you must be at least a sequence seven transcendent. A transcendent of this level, in our There are currently only three in the Sweeper organization, and there is no way to dispatch them without an order from the headquarters."

"Then... what if I want to investigate by myself?" Beomi raised her head and stared at Sura.

"I won't stop you, but I won't provide you with any help either!" Ms. Sura stared at Beomi: "Also, I want to remind you that this is a very dangerous behavior, because The murderer may be a high-sequence transcendent."

"For a case of this level, even if the night guard handles it, there will be heavy casualties. That's why red gloves are needed to handle it."

"If you are not afraid of death, you can go to investigate, but I hope you can think about your brother before you make a decision. What should he do if you die?"

"He's only eight years old!"

"...Okay!" Beomy clenched her fists tightly, "I won't take my life as a joke."

"As long as you can figure it out!" Sura breathed a sigh of relief. "You have to have confidence in the red gloves!"

"I don't have much confidence in them!" Beomi curled her lips in disdain: "A mere Zangwill, who has been arrested for two years and hasn't been caught, how can you make me have confidence in them..."

"You know Zangwill?!" Ms. Sura raised her eyebrows.

"I've heard a little bit!" Beomi shrugged, the janitor who failed in the promotion, and stole the quill from behind the Chanis gate.

"If you don't want to get yourself into unpredictable troubles, it's best to pretend you've never heard of this person!" Ms. Sura said sternly.

"...Got it!" Beomi said reluctantly.

"Remember, don't tell anyone about this!" Su La warned.

"I see!" Beomy nodded slightly, expressing that she would keep it a secret.

"By the way, you go back and prepare, and go to an event with me tomorrow night!"

"A dinner party for the Beckman family?" Beomi asked a little uncertainly.

"...Yes!" Sura stared blankly at Beomi, wondering how he knew.

"I met Alan Beckman from Beckman's family when we were in the South City branch!" Beomi explained.

"Oh." Sura seemed to realize something, as if Jurgen had indeed said it.

"Is there no problem?"

"Why me?" Beomi was a little puzzled.

"Because I can't take Jurgen and the others!" Su La pointed out.

(End of this chapter)