Knight and Wand

Chapter 181 Golden Lion Knight
He introduced Laura to his two companions, but until they left the Mage Tower, Leon did not tell Azerien and the others about the relationship between this mage lady and the Holy Sun Church.

"In the future, when Corvis and I are not around, if you encounter any strange things that you can't handle, you can come to the tower to ask Miss Lola. She is usually not stingy in giving help." Leon led the two down the stairs.

Azerien nodded and took note.

"When I first heard you talk about the magician from thousands of years ago, I thought it would be an old woman with crutches. I didn't expect it to be such a beautiful lady." Lohak said with emotion.

He suddenly leaned over thoughtfully, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Leon, according to what you said, you and this mage lady knew each other when we were on the run. It was earlier than Olivia. There is nothing between you, right? Does Olivia know that you have a beautiful girl hidden by your side?"

"How come you, a big and strong guy, are still in love?" Leon pushed his head aside.

"In Laura's eyes, I'm afraid our ancestors are just brats. What are you imagining? Besides, Olivia knew Laura before you two did. I brought her here a long time ago. What do you mean by 'hiding'? Don't tarnish my innocence out of thin air."

Lohak shrugged, looking aggrieved. "How can you blame me for imagining things? Look at how many pretty girls like you, Azerien. None of them are as attractive as you."

"Hey, here you go again? I can see that you just want to skip the wedding banquet and let Olivia stab me to death with a sword, and then eat my funeral banquet. Let's see the fight!" Leon pushed over.

Lohak laughed and dodged his companion's swinging arm. He ran away quickly while jokingly saying, "It's not that serious. I don't think Olivia would be willing to kill you. Besides, you are a baron. For a man like us, having a few lovers is not a big deal."

"Okay, okay, remember this, I will convey it to Miss Sally truthfully." Leon pointed at him from behind and said seriously, without chasing him, he turned around and pretended to walk down the square.

Lohak's face turned pale immediately, and he chased after him in regret and shouted, "Oh! Brother, I was wrong, I was just joking. I am a good man who follows the chivalrous creed and is loyal to the end. Please don't! Please let me go!"

Azerien shook his head and quickly caught up with the two people who were fighting and playing.

The preparations for the ceremony were not onerous, but as the area of ​​the residence doubled, Leon could see that the staffing at home was obviously stretched to the limit.

Ms. Elena and Ms. Martha will each be busy with important work. It is unrealistic to rely on only eight people, five maids and three servants, to clean up such a big castle.

Besides, Leon didn't plan to let Lina and the others fall behind in their daily studies. Once they had learned enough, he would not let these children do housework for him all the time.

Then it is urgent to expand the team of servants.

But after some consideration, Leon felt that it would not be appropriate to recruit servants for his daily life in the town of Avalon where he was currently unfamiliar with the place.

The example of the castle servant in Farolis who betrayed Eliphir was still fresh in Leon's memory.

It is better to find someone who is trustworthy to take care of your daily life.

After careful consideration, he felt more at ease with the old Selvan who had been following him all the way and enjoying the good life.

It just so happened that for the upcoming investiture ceremony and the subsequent territory inspection, he was going to summon old Brian to lead his troops to witness it, so in the letter, he asked the old knight to recruit as many as thirty trustworthy and authentic local maids in Selva to accompany the troops on this trip.

If there are newly-formed families, he will also provide them with housing and jobs in the town of Avalon, as there is a shortage of manpower to maintain the various public facilities inside and outside the castle.

The reason why there are only "maids" and no male servants is not because he has any bad taste, but most of the earliest local young and strong people in Selva are in the army, and the younger boys and children of the original family, Lina and the seven surviving children, are all there is.

“So from now on, Corvis is the orphan of your deceased wife’s distant cousin.

Your wife's surname is Arundel. She was once a member of the royal branch of Verania. She only took a ship to the Western Continent to escape the war. Is this statement correct? Uncle. "Leon asked.

Old Brian stared at Olivia's transformed golden eyes in a daze, then turned his head to look at Corvis, who had golden hair and golden eyes. At first glance, they really looked like his cousin.

The old knight had no objection to this newly created identity: "As expected, you have more ways. I will leave it to you."

Olivia seemed unable to sit still. She came to Corvis with her hands behind her back, looked the boy up and down with a smile, as if she was expecting something.

"What's wrong, Miss Olivia? Is there something on my face?" Corvis asked puzzled.

"No, it's just that I suddenly have a cousin, which is like having a new family member. It's a wonderful feeling. Hey, Corvis, can you give me your name? I want to hear it." Olivia asked with her hands clasped together.

Corvis hesitated and looked at Leon.

Leon looked at it with amusement, and said to Corvis, who had become his "brother-in-law" at this moment, "Just give it a try, and use it as a preview for when someone asks about it in the future."

With the permission of his lord, Corvis turned around and tried to speak: "Well, if you don't find it offensive, then cousin?"

Olivia smiled happily, put her hands on her hips, patted Corvis on the shoulder, and acted like Jerry's cousin: "Hey! Cousin, I will protect you from now on. If anyone dares to bully you, I will help you beat him up."

The girl obviously enjoyed the feeling of suddenly growing older.

Corvis smiled helplessly.

Even though it was just an excuse to help cover up my past, it was like having my loved ones back again.
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Looking at Leon with gratitude, the boy felt a long-lost warmth for these words that he had lost for many years.

A few days later, with the preparations completed, it was finally decided that Olivia and Corvis' knighthood ceremony would be held in the main castle hall.

Originally, Azerien suggested the banquet hall, because the position at the top of the main hall of the castle was occupied by the castle's past heraldic sculpture totems, and it was impossible to place the lord's high-back chair.

However, Leon still chose the front hall. He didn't want to sit on the chair and pretend to be a monarch in front of Olivia and Corvis.

If the posture of clapping the sword while standing to receive the title was not too weird and not in compliance with the rules of the title conferring ceremony, he would not even want his lover and friends to kneel down to greet him.

Although people in this world are used to it, it does feel a bit weird to see his wife kneeling and bowing to him in public.

If it were posted on the Internet in his previous life, Leon couldn't even imagine how many combos the various boxers would throw at him.

Although they had done this to each other many times in more submissive positions when they closed the door every night.

On the day of the ceremony, the ceremony was not as grand as the two large investiture ceremonies in Glade County.

But the fortress hall, which was hung with coats of arms and flags and covered with carpets, and the scene where soldiers stood with swords in hand, still remained serious and solemn.

Just looking at the ceremony venue, it is much more grand than the big house where Leon and his two companions had held their ceremony in the village.

The knights present to witness the coronation were not only Azerien and Lohak, not counting old Brian who concealed his identity.

Larian and Canis also got involved.

As the current lord's advisor, the former would naturally not miss such an important occasion.

As for the latter, he had simply heard about this while strolling around Avalon, and he was eager to join in the fun.

As a warrior, Canis was quite impressed by the blonde girl who had defeated him fairly. He even wanted to find an opportunity to challenge the powerful girl again.

Seeing that the young master of the Wolf family did not seem to be trying to cause trouble, Leon agreed to let him join. After all, every time a genuine knight participated in witnessing, it would add more weight to the ceremony.

Four knights stood on the left and right of the totem platform in the hall, while Old Brian, Hawke, Zabron and other guards and knight attendants, more than a dozen people, stood on both sides of the long carpet. The rest of the participants stood behind the warriors and watched quietly.

The only special person present was Miss Raya, who sat on the second-floor corridor above the hall, overlooking the entire ceremony and was about to record this memorable day with her brush.

The deep sound of bells from the clock tower in Avalon marked the beginning of the ceremony.

Olivia and Corvis, wearing armor, walked steadily through the saluting line and came in front of Leon. They bowed and saluted, waiting to be crowned.

The four knights nearby drew their swords and held them in front of them as a witness.

Drawing the pseudo-thorn sword from his waist, Leon patted Corvis's shoulder armor lightly: "In the name of courage, facing a powerful enemy, you must be brave and fearless, without any cowardice. In the name of virtue, defending the land and the country, you must protect the people and overcome tyranny."

Obviously, the details of the words are different from those of a regular oath.

Leon also modified his oath, imitating the way his boss had done when he crowned his own flag.

After all, Corvis is still okay, but Leon can never give Olivia the so-called "loyalty to the king" words.

Coming in front of Olivia, he looked at the girl's excited eyes, smiled at her and winked.

I still remember that Olivia had always regretted not being able to witness the day when the three of them were knighted. Now, I wonder if the girl had enough fun participating in it herself.

Placing the blade on Olivia's shoulder armor, Leon continued his revised declaration.

". In the name of justice, knowing the injustice, you must uphold justice and punish evil. In the name of knights! Adhere to the creed, you must be loyal to the oath and abandon delusions."

After saying that, he put away the fake thorn sword, picked up the knight's sword that he had prepared long ago, and gave it to the two of them respectively.

"I, Leon Pendragon, do hereby anoint you Knights of Avalon.

And gave Selva as a fief to the knight Olivia.

Grant Aycliffe the fief of the knight Corvis." Leon read out the rest of the ceremony.

Olivia tightly grasped the beautiful two-handed sword in her hand, raised her head, and recited her oath with shining golden eyes.

".I will fight for Avalon, for Orland, for the territory and the people with my honor and life."

Leon nodded.

"Arise, Knights of Avalon."

After the ceremony, the armor was removed, and then there was a feast to celebrate the birth of the new knight.

With the help of the team of maids recruited by Old Brian from Selva, the banquet attended by dozens of people went very smoothly.

It turned out that several servants of the Pendragon family had already had several experiences in organizing aristocratic banquets in Selva, and now they were each appointed as the team leader of the new maids.

Especially Lina, although she always acted childish in front of Leon and others, but under the education and training of ladies like Elena, she had long grown into a qualified head maid, dutifully dispatching the servants to maintain the progress of the banquet.

These "little leaders" were not very old, but fortunately, the new servants were all fellow Selva people who knew each other very well, so no one had any objection to these young boys and girls who had long been servants of the lord now managing themselves.

After the lively and orderly banquet ended, Leon was not in a hurry to rest. He took Olivia and Corvis to the study and talked about their identity registration after becoming knights.

This cannot be delayed. Due to the poor efficiency of officials in this era, it was only recently that the family crests of him, Azerien, and Lohak were officially recorded in the Noble Heraldry Institute in the royal capital. If they are not submitted as soon as possible, it is unknown how long it will be delayed.

"Leon, why did you give me all the territory of Selva? I've always been by your side, so it doesn't matter if I don't have any territory." Olivia asked in confusion.

The hometown where she grew up became her fiefdom, and the neighbors on the street became her subjects. Olivia still feels a little strange about this.

"I have wanted to do this for a long time. It was you who killed Doson. I have always felt unworthy of receiving Selva as a reward from Lord Elliver. Now I am giving it to you as a return to its original owner."

Leon spread his hands. What's the difference between giving it to his wife and giving it to himself? Since he was going to confer a title, he couldn't take away his own title and fiefdom. Naturally, he wanted to give the girl the best fiefdom. Selva, which was already thriving, was the most suitable.

Moreover, the girl in front of him is not only his partner, but also the greatest contributor and the strongest general in his camp besides Miss Lola. How could he be stingy with her?

Leon shook his head and mentioned another topic that he was more interested in: "Let's not talk about this. Have you thought about your own emblem?"

Olivia shook her head and couldn't help but rest her chin on her hand in thought.

She didn't have any special ideas. Since she was going to marry him anyway, there seemed no point in designing a special emblem.

Of course, Leon obviously didn't think so. He didn't disturb the girl who was considering it, but turned to look at Corvis: "What about you, have you thought about it? Do you plan to use a new emblem, or continue with your Arundel family's?"

Corvis nodded. He had already made a plan, so he told Leon the emblem he had chosen.

It is neither the family emblem of the past nor completely unrelated. The boy selected some main elements from the complete family emblem.

The final result is a silver-white base with a red eagle with its wings spread out as the main body.

"Well, go back and ask Miss Raya to draw it. I'll have someone make the seal ring and wax seal for you as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Leon continued to look at Olivia patiently, waiting for the girl's decision.

It's no wonder that he cares about this kind of thing. How to describe this feeling? It's like collecting cards. Every time a unique knight's flag is hung in the main castle hall, it's like adding a rare card to the card book of a card player, which makes him particularly satisfied.

Olivia frowned her beautiful eyebrows, humming softly as she thought about it, and finally sighed and looked at Leon: "Now that I am your knight, it seems that it is okay for me to continue to use your sword wing emblem?"

"So you don't have any ideas?" Seeing that the girl had no particular intention, Leon immediately perked up, reached out to open the drawer, and took out the unique emblem that he had usually made a draft and recently asked Miss Raya to draw in detail.

"Come and take a look at this. I guarantee you'll be satisfied." Leon handed over the drawing paper with a smile.

The golden border, like a lion's mane, forms a kite shield shape on the drawing paper.

Inside is a noble blue base.

The emblem features a lion face.

Sorry, everyone from House Wrynn of Stormwind.

Leon felt sorry in his heart, because your emblem is so suitable for your little lion.

Olivia stared at the exquisite emblem, her eyes flickering, and she felt indescribably strange in her heart.

She also thought that the emblem was beautiful, but if she used it, wouldn't she be unable to get rid of the nickname of the Golden Lion for the rest of her life?
(End of this chapter)