Throne of the North.

Chapter 25 The Viscount's Difficulties

"He's already a baron at such a young age. The Clayton family has produced another nobleman."

"Machi, look at others, then look at yourself."

As he was talking, Miles looked at a middle-aged man at the first floor of the dining table with a murderous look on his face.

March Miles, the second son of Viscount Miles, is a member of the Miles family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Viscount Miles also fought for his life when he was young. He was a general who followed Grand Duke Mayes to attack the North Wind Province.

After the victory, the declining Miles family moved from the south of the empire to the North Wind Province, and rose again after taking over the entire Lingdu County. Viscount Miles even became the county governor of Lingdu County.

His contributions were great, but at the same time, due to the political struggle between Grand Duke Meyers and the nobles of the empire, his achievements were mostly in vain.

Apart from Lingdu County, Viscount Miles only had three or four pioneer lord and pioneer knight orders.

He gave one of the pioneer lord orders to his second son. After all, the viscountship would be passed on to the eldest son, so he wanted to give his second son a chance.

But the problem is that the ability of this March Miles is really too poor. In less than ten years, he abandoned his territory in disgrace and returned to Viscount Miles to live a life of idleness and waiting for death.

Having wasted a noble ticket, there is naturally no chance to get a second chance.

However, Ryan heard at Barnes Manor yesterday that the territory chosen by March Miles happened to be next to the youngest son of Viscount Dragun, another Viscount of Lingdu County.

The reason why March Miles returned in defeat was closely related to that person.

The butler took a few gold coins from him and told him this story, but Ryan had already understood that the relationship between the two viscounts in Lingdu County was more serious than he had imagined.

The young Viscount Miles was a man of great courage, and he made the decadent Miles family rise again in the North Wind Province. However, the entire Miles family had already become corrupt, and apart from Viscount Miles, there was no one who could support the family business.

As Viscount Miles grows older, the Viscount family will once again fall into decline.

This is the reason why Viscount Miles is angry. He can't see any outstanding among his descendants. Moreover, the Miles family is very large. There are many Miles besides them. They are all lying on this big tree sucking blood, but they can't see what their fate will be if the Miles family declines.

But Ryan still didn't know whether Viscount Miles was just blind or doing it on purpose.

You have to know that his own barony was not obtained in a harmonious way, and was also the result of the political struggle in the empire.

It's hard to tell whether Miles has good intentions or bad intentions when he brought this up.

"Mr. Miles, I came here this time for something."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"Ryan, seeing you is like seeing Earl Clayton in the imperial capital. Back then, that Earl fought pirates on the west coast and once annihilated an entire pirate group."

"I also know that you are in the frozen land territory. If you want to borrow some food, my Miles family has stored some."

Ryan looked at the viscount with some confusion. He always felt that the viscount disliked him.

Moreover, if he were not a teenager, Viscount Miles would certainly not be so direct, but after seeing his youth, he relaxed his guard, thinking that he could not sense the slight malice in the tone?
As for the reason why this somewhat malicious viscount was still kind to him, Ryan guessed that it must be because his father, the earl, returned to the empire.

A viscount of the empire, no matter where he is, will definitely pay attention to the aristocratic circles of the empire.

As a noble family with hundreds of years of inheritance, Miles should have a lot of connections and relationships in the south of the empire. Beifeng Province has no shortage of various minerals. Over the years, the Miles family must have deepened a lot of connections with the nobles in the south of the empire through iron ore.

Although after becoming a noble, Ryan was equivalent to being independent from the Clayton family and establishing his own Ryan family, he was still the son of the earl after all.

Ryan didn't intend to argue with Miles about these things. The orcs were heading south, and if they weren't careful, everyone would die.

"Mr. Viscount, I am not here for food this time."

"In fact, there is a very important message that I want to tell the Lingdu County Magistrate."

Ryan mentioned the Viscount's position, causing Viscount Miles to sit up straighter.

"Oh?"

Ryan smiled and said, "This piece of information is quite valuable, but I don't know what price Viscount Miles is willing to give."

When it comes to interests, Ryan naturally wants to get enough benefits.

Viscount Miles stared at Ryan without saying anything in his old eyes. The Viscount's youngest son, Rag Miles, who was four or five years older than Ryan, started shouting.

"Baron Ryan, you are facing Viscount Miles, the governor of Lingdu County. If you have any important information related to the safety of the empire, please speak out immediately."

Ryan looked at Rag Miles with some surprise, then glanced at the others imperceptibly. He saw the relief in Viscount Miles' eyes, as well as the confusion and shock of the other members of the Miles group.

In the name of Lingdu County Magistrate, Ryan forced Miles to face up to what he knew, while Rag used the same method to try to force Ryan to make concessions.

After all, the orcs' migration southward concerns the safety of the entire empire's border, and no noble can take on such a responsibility.

"I didn't expect that there would be such an heir in Viscount Miles' family. It seems that Viscount Miles has a successor."

Ryan spoke to Viscount Miles from the position of a noble, a baron. Naturally, even though Narag was older than him, he was the one who looked down on him.

There are only two real nobles sitting in front of this table, Baron Ryan and Viscount Miles.

However, after Ryan finished speaking, he glanced at March Miles and Viscount Miles' eldest son, Christian Miles, which was very intriguing.

The power struggle among aristocratic families, Ryan looked at Viscount Miles with a smile. Would Viscount Miles, who once followed Grand Duke Mayes, have a solution?

"Baron Ryan, since this is a major event concerning Lingdu County in the Northern Wind Province of the Empire, it is not convenient for others to participate. Please come with me to the study."

"Christian, come here too."

After hearing this, Ryan understood that Viscount Miles was unable to handle household affairs.

Thinking of how Viscount Miles had teased him about his family before, Ryan subconsciously looked at Rag, the youngest child of the Miles family.

"Mr. Rag, aren't you coming? Just now, it seemed that only Mr. Rag understood the news that the orcs were heading south."

Ryan's voice was still as childish as that of a teenager, causing many people present to change their expressions.

(End of this chapter)