king of the castle

Chapter 201 Future Father-in-Law

"Anna's father wants me, what is he trying to do?" Roger walked quickly to the Duke's study, feeling a little uneasy, even more nervous than when he met the king last time. 【】

No wonder Roger felt this way, Hamilton was Anna's father after all.Roger has even passed Anna's ass, and usually touches her when he is free, but now he suddenly wants to meet Anna's father, he will inevitably feel a little nervous.

"Calm down, calm down." Roger, who came outside the study, tried his best to cheer himself up: "Just treat it as a hairy son-in-law meeting his future father-in-law, it's no big deal!"

Roger is open, but if his thoughts are known to others, they will definitely scold this guy for being shameless.Anna, who is known as the flower of the capital, is the dream lover of many young nobles. It is really shameless for Roger to pretend to be his son-in-law in front of Hamilton.

But the hint was useful to Roger himself, who, finding himself composed, knocked lightly on the study door.

"Come in!" A rough voice sounded from the study, probably Anna's father, Duke Hamilton.

Roger was also polite, he opened the door and went in, and saw a burly young man with a neat beard sitting behind a desk reading a document.Although the man didn't raise his head at all, his whole body still exuded the aura of someone who has been in a position for a long time, even more majestic than Xia Boxing.There is no doubt that this man is one of the most powerful people in the kingdom, Anna's father, the Duke of Hamilton.

Anna was originally sitting quietly in a corner of the study, but when it was Roger who came in, she quickly went up to her and whispered dissatisfiedly, "Where have you been, I've been looking for you everywhere!"

"Hey...he tricked a few people back for the new territory." Roger smiled at Anna, "That's the father-in-law... no, it's your father, right?"

Although Roger changed his words very quickly, Anna still heard his words and couldn't help frowning and asked, "What does father-in-law mean?"

"This is the dialect of my hometown, and it's a respectful title for the girl's father!"

The two whispered, of course, but Hamilton couldn't hide it. The Duke glanced at Roger, who was whispering to his daughter, with a smile on his lips, and then put down his hand and said, "Are you Roger Lee?"

"I am Roger Lee." Roger saluted without being humble and said, "I have met the Duke."

Hamilton seemed to be very interested in Roger, and looked at him for a long time before smiling: "Well, he is a good young man, no wonder he saved Anna's life on the Lund Peninsula, I should really thank you for that, Tell me, what reward do you want?"

"Why don't you marry your daughter to me." Roger really wanted to say that in his heart, but on the surface he just smiled modestly: "In such a situation, anyone will lend a helping hand. I didn’t even think about asking for anything in return.”

"Haha, what a humble young man, not bad!" Roger's decent answer made Hamilton's impression of him better, and he asked with satisfaction: "I heard from Anna that you have won the title of knight, and the Senate has also won the title of knight." Already recognized your baron status?"

"Thanks to Anna's help." Roger smiled at Anna: "If she hadn't helped teach me etiquette and dancing, I would have been eliminated in the etiquette test, and it would be impossible to graduate smoothly."

As the real owner of the Duke's Mansion, how could Hamilton not know that his precious daughter has been dancing with Roger almost every day recently?Seeing Roger talking about it now, the Duke blinked at him deliberately and said: "Then you have to thank Anna, she usually likes to dance. Don't talk about other people, even if it's me as a father, Only at the New Year's Ball in a year can I have the opportunity to dance with my precious daughter!"

"Father, what nonsense are you talking about!" Anna couldn't take it anymore, and said coquettishly to Hamilton, "If you talk about it again, I'm leaving!"

"Okay, let's not talk about this!" Although he kept saying that he would not discuss this topic, Hamilton laughed and said: "My daughter is actually shy, um... this is a good sign!"

"Hmph!" Seeing that her father was still making fun of herself, Anna stomped her feet and was about to go out.But the Duke of Hamilton suddenly withdrew his smile at this moment, and said to Roger seriously: "What law do you have with your territory?"

Seeing that her father finally got to the point, Anna stopped again, looking at Roger with concern, wondering what his plans were.

"I heard from Anna that the place is terrible." Roger replied unhurriedly: "But now it's almost always bad, and I have the confidence to build my territory into the best place in the kingdom. "

Of course, a person like Hamilton would not believe that Roger can manage the territory well just because he showed a few words of determination, and then asked with great interest, "Do you have any specific plans?"

"I go out during the day to find people who can make the territory prosperous." Knowing that there are some things that cannot be hidden from the Duke, Roger simply said frankly: "And I have found them."

Roger's words caused Anna to misunderstand, and the daughter of the Duke thought that he was really going to bring a large number of prostitutes to the territory, and out of embarrassment, she stretched out her hand and twisted Roger's waist hard.

"Ouch!" Caught off guard, Roger couldn't help but yelled, but Hamilton stared in amazement.Of course Roger knew that he could never tell the truth at this time, so he could only cover his cheek with a bitter face and said, "Toothache, hiss...it hurts so much!"

"Hehe, the toothache is really unbearable, you have to pay attention." Hamilton gave his daughter a deep look, and then continued to ask: "Who exactly did you find?"

"Master Addison and two students of Master BASF." Roger said, wringing his fingers, "Master Addison promised to provide a puppet item every month, and Master BASF will also provide a batch of potions to my territory every month. sell."

Hamilton and Anna are both good people, and they immediately understood Roger's purpose in doing this, and they couldn't help sighing in their hearts that his move was beautiful. As long as this news spreads, Kent Town will definitely become the focus of everyone's attention. Many people go there admiringly.

Knowing that Roger didn't intend to find a prostitute to take over the territory, Anna's mood immediately improved. She smiled softly at Roger, as if apologizing for screwing him just now.Roger also shook his head slightly to Anna, expressing that he didn't mind what happened just now.

Hamilton didn't notice that Roger was flirting with his daughter, he just lowered his head and sighed: "You are such a lucky guy, you actually poached a talent like Master Addison, and took away two students of Master BASF. How many people are jealous!"

"It's mediocrity not to be envied by others." Roger said an old saying on Earth, and then shrugged shruggingly: "And...even if I don't do this, there will be a lot of people targeting me."

"Haha, well said!" Satisfied with Roger's unrestrained attitude, Hamilton stood up and patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said, "I'm looking forward to seeing you make some achievements and slap those who are against you hard." Guy a slap in the face!"

"I won't let you down." Roger was also full of confidence in himself.

"I like a confident young man like you." Hamilton glanced at Anna meaningfully and said, "And you must hurry up, I can afford to wait, but it's hard for Anna, a girl's youth is always limited ,Ha ha!"

The meaning of Hamilton's words was already obvious. Although he also felt that his daughter had a good impression of Roger, the Duke would not agree to marry his daughter to Roger before Roger made a big career.Although Roger said everything clearly and logically at the moment, in the end he still had to prove his ability with facts.If Roger can't achieve something, no matter how much Anna likes him, Hamilton will not agree to the two being together.

Roger also understood Hamilton's decision very well. After all, all parents want their daughter to marry a useful man, so he quickly smiled and said to the Duke: "Don't worry, I will soon prove that your daughter's vision is not wrong !"

Knowing that Roger understood what he meant, Hamilton also laughed and said, "I hope so!"

"Father, what are you talking about with him!" The conversation between the two men made Anna shy, and finally stomped heavily: "I don't want to listen to your nonsense, it's so annoying!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Anna left the study quickly, leaving only Roger and Hamilton smiling at each other.

In the next few days, Roger was so busy that he kept his feet on the ground, running about going to the territory.Although not many people went to Kent with him, there were quite a lot of things to deal with, especially with more than 30 cars loaded with luggage.Most of these luggage are the tools of the puppet master Addison, as well as the alchemy equipment of the two students of BASF.

These things are very precious, and they cannot be bought in Kent Town, so they can only be brought from Mandos City.But most of these tools and equipment are very easy to damage, just looking for so many carriages is enough to give Roger a headache.Many coachmen immediately shook their heads and refused when they heard that they were going to Kent Town.

Roger curiously asked why they were unwilling to go to Kent Town, only to know that there have been many orcs in Kent County recently, and going to Kent Town is risking their lives.Although Roger offered a high price, no one wanted to lose their life just to make money.

In the end, with the help of Hamilton, Roger was able to get enough carriages.After several days of busy work, I finally loaded all the luggage into the carriage, and I was able to set off early the next morning.

This night was Roger's last night in the Duke's mansion. Out of courtesy, he first thanked Duke Hamilton for taking care of him during this time.The Duke also had some polite words with Roger, expressing his expectation that he could make a great career, and finally reminded Roger cryptically that the person he should see most now should be his daughter.

Now that the future father-in-law has spoken, Roger is naturally more respectful than obedient.It was only after arriving outside Anna's room that Roger remembered that he had been busy with his departure recently, and hadn't seen Anna for several days.

"She seems to be avoiding me on purpose these few days, what's the matter?" With such doubts in mind, Roger knocked on Anna's door.