Knight and Wand

Chapter 59: Lord of the Manor
After bidding farewell to Knight Balf who had left, Leon and his two companions discussed how to divide the three territories.

Although they had not yet gone with Lord Balfe to see the other two manors with their own eyes, they had already learned from him some general information about Longka and Pleyton.

"Lonka" is not far northwest of Selva. It is much smaller than Selva before the disaster, with a population of only about thirty or forty households.

After Leon roughly converted the measurement units used by the Orland people into the concepts of the Earth in his previous life, the area of ​​Longka was about 900 acres.

Longka is located closer to the safe woodland on the edge of the Nightmare Forest, so there are many hunters and leatherworkers.

"Pleton" is located further north of Longka. It is larger than Longka, with nearly fifty households living there and a territory area of ​​more than 1,200 acres.

It is closer to the town where Baron Elliver is located than Longka and Selva, so there are obviously more frequent merchants coming and going, and it seems to be more lively than the other two places.

And the last village, Selva, or should be called "Selva Manor" now, was originally the largest and most populous of the three territories, but now it is in the worst situation.

After the disaster, the population of the approximately 1,500 mu of land is now less than that of Longka.

After the disaster, many families were almost wiped out. Now, excluding Olivia and her daughter, there are only about 139 villagers in Selva.

Among them were sixty-three young men who had not yet returned to the village, twenty or thirty young women, and the rest were all girls, girls and children, with only a few young men who escaped the disaster.

There are huge differences among the territories. Obviously, Pleton is the richest, followed by Longka. It will be difficult for Selva to resume production in a short period of time, and we certainly cannot expect any output from the territory for a while.

Fortunately, although the three pieces of land have different values, they did not worry too much about this issue.

"Selva is more suitable for me, you guys go to Longka and Pletton." Leon thought about it and put forward his own idea.

Hearing this, Lohak smiled meaningfully, shook his eyebrows, and said jokingly, "Ah~ I knew it. Don't worry, Master Leon, we won't compete with you for this place."

Azerien leaned against the bed, looking at Lohak's teasing expression, and remembered the laughter and playfulness he heard from the master bedroom next door yesterday afternoon. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Well, Master Leon is interested in this, and I have no objection."

Leon looked at the teasing expressions of his two companions in confusion, and quickly explained: "What Master Leon? What do you know? I hope to meet the griffin here again in the future. What if it flies back to find me one day and can't see me? You two are not very familiar with it."

"Yes, yes, I understand." Lohak nodded perfunctorily, holding back his smile and turning to look at Azerien: "Give me Lonka, don't refuse. I've never been as smart as you and Leon, and I really don't have the confidence to manage a bigger and richer place. You used to be the son of a baron, so you must know a lot more than me. It will be more beneficial for us to let you govern Platon."

"Yes, that's what I thought too." Leon also echoed.

Azerien looked at the trusting eyes of his two companions and had to give up his modesty and nodded: "Okay, in that case, I will do my best. Let's work together to restore Selva's production as soon as possible."

Although they said that they would allocate territories to each other, they had no intention of really dividing the profits and living separately from the beginning.

They were originally homeless, forced to make a living, and perhaps forced to find their own way out because of their own strengths and abilities.

But now that they have turned their lives around and become knights of the Kingdom of Orland, they have the power to choose their own lifestyle.

The three brothers who have shared life and death together and are fellow Serrians will naturally unite to face the future.

After discussing the areas they were responsible for, Leon inevitably talked about other topics of interest.

He was still very concerned about customizing his own coat of arms. As an Earth soul from the 21st century, "personalization" had always been one of Leon's hobbies in his previous life.

When he was sword fighting in the past, he wanted to spray a layer of customized patterns on the HEMA armor himself, not to mention the knight's emblem that would represent his identity in the future.

Although we cannot fly our own coat of arms on the battlefield, we can at least print the coat of arms on our armor and horse's robes.

Lohak scratched his head and thought for a while. His decision was still simple. He planned to find someone to draw a war horse emblem, which happened to match his surname.

Azerien needed no introduction. The Flarel family had its own traditional emblem, and according to his description, it was much more complicated, a combination of four grids. In the upper left corner was a white flaming sun wheel symbolizing the Holy Sun faith, in the lower right corner were three abstract golden irises, and the other two grids were painted with different blocks of color and stripes.

Leon leaned back in his chair and pondered for a long time. After a while, the blue and golden lion logo of the alliance in the "Magic O World" flashed through his mind.

After a moment, the golden sun logo of the Nilfgaard Empire on a black background flashed in Hunter O.

Various favorite patterns from his previous life repeatedly flashed through his mind, and finally, he finalized his plan and informed his friends of the emblem he had decided to adopt.

Black background.

A red sword stood upright in the middle.

Gray-white eagle wings are spread out on both sides.

The black background just symbolizes the hardships and obstacles along the way.

The sword symbolizes the opportunity to return the sword, gain the friendship of the Thorn Flower Family, and become a knight.

The spread eagle wings symbolize the griffin friend who was saved by him and ultimately saved him.

The sword-wing emblem, how commemorative! Leon nodded with satisfaction.

This pattern really matches my name and my current identity as a knight.

Except that I don't have any little secrets.

Well, if you must say, Miss Lola's existence is a secret.
After deciding on each other's coat of arms, the next step is to ask someone to find a specialized herald and craftsman to draw it as required, and to customize seals and wax seals with the corresponding patterns.

According to Lord Balfe, these things will be used in daily correspondence or on some important occasions.

Being a noble, even a minor noble, still requires a lot of necessary attention.

Not only do you need to purchase items that symbolize your status as quickly as possible, you also need to quickly equip yourself with the most basic daily necessities.

It’s not that I really want to enjoy a decadent life of having everything provided for me.

It can be used for daily dining, daily chores, horse breeding and grazing, weapon maintenance, accounting, and running errands.
If they have to do all these things themselves, they won't have to do anything else in the future.

What's more, equipping oneself with knight squires and being ready to respond to calls at any time is clearly marked as a knight's duty.

Of course, before having a servant, there is a more critical issue.

Leon left his partner's room and went out to look for Olivia.

He wanted to ask the girl which big houses in the village were now ownerless, as he also had to quickly decide on his future residence.

Last night he didn't dare to go to the girl's room to rest again, but just slept in the townhouse next door where the injured lived.

The big house at the old home in the village seemed to be a good choice, with a spacious hall, a large yard, and many rooms upstairs.

But in fact, it seems that there is still a young and strong male member of the deceased village elder's family who has not returned to the village yet.

As a lord, Leon was too embarrassed to occupy the properties of his subjects, as that would lead to the extinction of the whole family.

Anyway, he didn't expect to build a castle in the short term. Even if he had the money to hire workers to build it, it would take at least one or two years to build a small one.

Before he had that much spare money, he could only find a more spacious house to live in.

(End of this chapter)