The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 637 The Daily Life of a Noble

After a grand (showy) but not particularly lavish investiture ceremony, the entire city of Swiftstream knew of the birth of a new lord, and the city was instantly swept up in a frenzy. The path to promotion had truly opened up to the commoners! This instantly made the civilians, who were still immersed in the heavy casualties of the Swiftstream defense battle, look forward to war and the next expansion!
However, these matters were no longer relevant to Ismir. He donned a noble's brocade robe, which was called a noble's robe because it bore the coat of arms representing nobility! The family crest completely distinguished the identities of commoners and nobles!
His emblem was a roaring bear with its head turned to the left. Composing this emblem had cost him a lot of brain cells, but fortunately Queen Nyx did not urge him (the Grassland Kingdom did not yet have a noble heraldry academy, and since there were not many nobles, it was managed by Nyx). Finally, he racked his brains and came up with an emblem that was different from the other noble emblems.

As for why he chose this giant bear emblem, it's naturally a fusion of his career and family aspirations. As a druid, he can transform into a wild bear when he advances to become a war druid! (Most war druids' transformation spells involve turning into a giant bear.) The roar of the giant bear serves as motivation for him, inspiring him to work even harder to become a hereditary noble!

"What should I do?" Ismir walked aimlessly through the streets of Swiftstream City, surrounded by envious glances from commoners. However, despite suddenly becoming a nobleman, Ismir was still essentially a commoner. Having never studied aristocratic matters, he almost made a fool of himself at the investiture ceremony...

"Lord Ismir!" someone suddenly called out to him.

"Are you Baron Lance?" Ismir asked awkwardly, placing his hand on his chest.

"Hehe, no need for formalities!" Lance returned the greeting and patted him on the shoulder casually.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Ismir asked Lance, looking bewildered.

“Of course, His Highness Nyx has taken into consideration that you are a newly promoted nobleman, so he specifically asked me to teach you the knowledge and etiquette of nobles!” Lance explained his purpose.

Nyx's original words were to tell Lance to teach this young man a lesson, as his clumsy manners were a disgrace to the kingdom's nobility. It was fortunate that there were no outsiders present, otherwise he would have been laughed at by nobles from other kingdoms for his poor etiquette.

Lance wholeheartedly agreed with Nyx's extremely hurtful words. After all, in the past, newly promoted nobles were required to study at the Guizhou Academy, and only those who passed the exams could be released. However, the kingdom no longer had such an institution, so Lance had to do it himself.

After Lance explained his purpose, Ismir immediately agreed without hesitation. After all, he was still very confused after being promoted to nobleman. Entering a completely unfamiliar circle without a guide would undoubtedly make him a new laughing stock in the circle.

After agreeing on their daily study time, the two parted ways. Lance estimated that the entire study period would only take about two weeks, requiring only a few hours of study each day. After all, he was a minor nobleman, and didn't have that much knowledge to master. "..." Ismir was once again bewildered after parting ways with Lance. He clutched his money box under his arm and looked around in a daze. Originally, he was just an ordinary third-tier professional. Although he wasn't extremely wealthy, he still had a few dozen gold coins in savings. However, after King Roland rewarded him with a thousand gold dragon coins, he was completely dumbfounded. Without any spatial equipment, he could only wander around the city of Jiliu with his box.

"Oh, oh, oh! A hotel!" Ismir slapped his head. After all, his doghouse was in Palembang, and he didn't have a home in Stream City. Considering that he would be spending the next two weeks in Stream City, he had no choice but to stay at an inn.

Although Swiftstream City wasn't large, it had developed a few taverns and inns. After all, there were still dwarves and traveling merchants from the Valley Kingdom and the Kingdom of Akvia who came here to trade. So, after he took out a golden dragon, he successfully obtained the right to stay in a room of about ten square meters for half a month, as well as three meals a day.

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“Tsk? The Mordland family? The Heinrich family…” Apophis Breo closed his eyes with a headache as he looked at the intelligence report. Although the population of the Lion Territory of King’s Landing was approaching 5000 and the military strength had reached 600, compared with the Mordland family, it seemed that he should be the one as a baron.

"What the hell! A family from its heyday has actually survived?" Apophis Breo looked at Olaf and scratched his head.

At this moment, Olaf also holds the title of lord. In order to reward this loyal centurion, Apophis Breo specially used his family's heritage awakening potion to help him join the ranks of professionals. Although he is not the knight that Apophis Breo hoped for, he is still a versatile warrior!
“I’m actually more curious about the Heinrich family… what’s so special about this family that even you are wary of?” Olaf asked curiously.

"Ahem!" Apophis Breo coughed lightly. How to put it? If the King's Landing family's fiefdom hadn't been in the North, they probably would have been kicked around by this family too. The Heinrich family, who had joined forces with the Sword and Shield family back then, undoubtedly had the confidence to declare war on any Grand Duke or Duke's family! It was these two families that started the Empire's Season 1, and their demise heralded the start of Season 2. Thinking of this, Apophis Breo's expression turned strange. Oh no! This time, they're not coming for me, are they? Is Season 3 about to begin?
After all, Duke Augustus and his family had gone to great lengths to suppress the Heinrich family, at the cost of Duke Augustus and his dragon rider family being almost entirely wiped out! Besides the mutual destruction of his family's legendary mage tower and the Heinrich family's epic mage tower, the current Duke Augustus—a green dragon rider at the height of his power—had his blood spilled across the sky. The death of one dragon rider wouldn't normally be a big deal; the Empire and the Orcs had been fighting for so many years, what dragon rider hadn't died? The problem was the place and the manner of his death! This was a death in civil war!

The consequence of this move was a split between the nobles of the East and West of the Empire, the division and war of the Dragon Rider Family Alliance. The civil war in the Empire during this period was even more interesting than the entire Middle-earth War. Various noble secrets and scandals emerged one after another. Even the royal family was caught up in the turmoil of the various noble conflicts and became isolated. The royal family originally wanted to summon a large army to mediate, and of course, if they didn't obey, they would just suppress them! In the end... it was all tears!
The royal family was shocked to discover that, apart from the nobles in the North who were gazing longingly southwards from the Wall, the rest of the nobles had entered into civil war! Even the imperial army was in trouble, since many officers were illegitimate sons of various noble families.

The royal family was shocked! This was outrageous! Dragon Knight families! Heed the royal summons! And then… the entire Lagrange Empire knew that the Anthony and McDoug families had started a dragon knight duel over who was the mistress (the Anthony and McDoug families were originally one family, descendants of the first Rune King, only their maternal lineages were different).
Alright, the Dragon Rider families have started fighting amongst themselves. The royal family can only hide under their blankets and watch the various families outside wreak havoc. They'll just have to wait and see which of these living fathers can actually win!
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