Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 544: Floating ~ Count Ezra

Of course, Lowry would not let these birds go to any particularly dangerous place. Besides, he did not need to know Earl Hamilton's secret, so this hall where banquets were held all year round was his target.

It’s not that he just wants to gossip, but these low-level communications are the information he lacks the most.

Sometimes, the communication between small and medium-sized nobles can make people see a lot of things.

In particular, dissatisfaction with those in higher positions is always accumulated, and at the very beginning, it must appear in the form of complaints.

Then, these petty nobles will naturally reveal some information in their exchanges during the social season.

They are the ones who have the most communication about each other's lives.

Then Lowry can make some preparations in advance.

Of course, he was not afraid of the dissatisfaction of these small nobles, but if it was just something he did casually, especially if he went a little too far, Lowry would not continue to insist.

He wasn't really here to cause trouble for everyone... The wealth and power of Qingfeng Territory had already made these small nobles very envious.

There is no hatred at all, because Lowry can no longer be considered one of their kind.

Isn't it normal for a great wizard who can create magical objects to be rich and powerful?

Moreover, it is easy for the little spirit birds to switch defense in this place.

When the Earl of Hamilton held a banquet, he would just have one of his own attend one or two.

During the social season, the Earl's Castle was semi-open, so Lowry could just find someone he trusted enough to go there... He could even not inform anyone about it.

However, Lowry has no such plans at the moment.

After all, unlike Leon's time, Hamilton Castle's social season is more comprehensive, and naturally there will be various chambers of commerce opening shops there... This is all thanks to Lori.

For chambers of commerce, opening up new trade routes in an unfamiliar place requires a lot of planning and arrangements.

They deliver goods, but there is no logistics agency to entrust them to, so they can only rely on their own people.

However, most chambers of commerce have to make two trips to Qingfeng every year.

To get from Qingfeng Territory to Hamilton Territory, all you have to do is borrow a boat from Lori, and you don’t even need to drive a magic ship.

The large white sailboat led by Qingfeng was moving fast and steadily. The magical creatures living in the lake, especially the large water plants that loved to entangle the boats, would not touch the sailboats, and a round trip only took half an hour.

After the new Earl of Hamilton found out about this, he immediately sent people to renovate the small dock on their side. He even repaired the road leading to the small town of Hamilton to make it wider and straighter in the middle of winter, and added a magic circle to prevent it from being buried by wind and snow.

The previous Leon Hamilton didn't care about this aspect.

However, it is understandable that when a large number of caravans began to come and go from Lowry's side, Leon and Yuri already knew that their future was not in Hamilton.

They are not stupid, so how could they spend their own money to let later comers enjoy it?

The fact that they were able to hand over the original Hamilton to Ezra without any damage shows that these two are indeed very talented.

You know, Yuri had to work very hard to barely recover the costs he had paid before they left.

In short, thanks to the specialties of the big iceberg and convenient transportation, the Earldom of Hamilton established the most complete commercial street in the shortest time.

Lori was quite curious about the scholar Bowen who handled all these things in an orderly manner. He and Yuri were really two different types of assistants.

Although Ezra is half a hands-off boss, he will make his own requests. In addition, Countess Hamilton also has her own needs. Bowen will never have the same freedom as Yuri.

Bowen definitely has more daily administrative work to do than Yuri.

Yuri is actually more like the one who gives orders, while Millian and others are the ones who accept tasks and arrange work for others.

What Bowen did was more like a combination of half Yuri and Miriam.

But he still finished well.

It's not as comprehensive as Yuri, which even harbours murderous intentions everywhere, but it makes everything look well-organised and has a more worldly feel.

Hamilton County is much more lively now than in the past.
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The little spirit bird would naturally choose to hide in the place with the strongest magical energy, so Lori's field of vision was almost the same as that of the Earl and Countess Hamilton.

The changes he felt were naturally also observed by the Earl and Countess Hamilton.

"McMillan family, were there any Storm Riders involved in the previous war?" Countess Hamilton couldn't help but ask softly.

"No." Ezra answered firmly, "They went to the East Territory at the beginning."

"The Sebephia family?" The Countess suddenly realized, "It seems that the existence of that family is not a secret to the gods."

"Heh~" Ezra sneered.

For the Northern royal family, although this was not surprising, they were not very happy about it.

If we say that the Northern Royal Family was able to break free from the control of the Church of Storms after the White Dragon King ascended the throne, before that, the royal family had actually been more or less influenced by the church.

At least the successive kings were very devout to the Lord of Storms.

But, interestingly, the king who actually received all the news about the Lord of Storms was Travis, who had the least respect for God.

"The gods will not look down upon the people kneeling at their feet just because they pray sincerely enough." Bowen warned behind the table, "He will only look at the people who can stand in front of him. This is not a problem of the gods. He may not even know his own kneeling priests."

Ezra took a deep breath, "I'm sorry, Bowen. I got carried away."

Bowen lowered his head and continued to read the documents without commenting: "Please, be more careful!
Look at the priest Schroeder and you will know whether you can stand or kneel."

However, this seems to be a common problem among many northern nobles, especially members of the royal family.

The White Dragon King has been in power for too long, so long that some young people who have never seen the power of gods have forgotten the terror of gods.

Fortunately, His Majesty Travis is planning to retire, otherwise, if a few hundred years pass, the people of the North will probably be so crazy that they will even forget that the Lord of Storms is the national belief.

Furthermore, the situation in the North is very special.

If it were someone else from somewhere else, even if they were not afraid of the Storm Church and dared to attack their priests and bishops, they would not be able to cause trouble directly at the door of the Storm Church.

The Lord of Storms will not reject the desire for revenge, but that doesn't mean that the person seeking revenge even dares to despise him.

Unless his prior consent is obtained.

But, apart from the Lord of Qingfengling, who can do this?

Therefore, it is easy for a fool to fall into the illusion that the Lord of Storms is not that scary.

And Count Ezra is the kind of simple man who is easily deceived by the outside world.

Bowen didn't know why.

Obviously, he is ruthless enough to do such a thing, and his judgment of people and things is fine, but sometimes he loses his focus and is carried away by a certain atmosphere in an instant.

But it hasn’t always been like this.

I just don't know when it will come, it will come once in a while.

No, Ezra's illness should not have ended this time... Bowen thought thoughtfully, was it because he almost fell for the deputy commander's trick but was forcefully stopped halfway that caused his illness to not end?

Gotta give it a try.

After making up his mind, Bowen continued to work hard... He was the only one who could do this, and he would not expose Ezra's problem to anyone, not even Ezra's wife and children.

Regardless of whether they had suspected it long ago, such words would never come from Bowen's mouth.

Countess Hamilton usually wouldn't intervene in the confrontation between the two, so she just pulled the subject back: "In other words, the MacMillan who came to the North is not..."

Bowen put down his pen in annoyance and said helplessly: "Not all McMillan are Storm Riders, and not all Storm Riders are McMillan.

If it was true that one of McMillan's Storm Riders died in the North, Celestia, as the heir, could not have been unaware of it.

She was so shocked only because a Storm Rider, unknown to her, had appeared in the North!

That means, the Storm Lord Temple did something in the North!
What she is worried about is totally different from what we are worried about!"

"Then we have no way of knowing the reason, right?" Countess Hamilton didn't care at all about Bowen's increasingly loud voice.

She had been married to Ezra for so many years, and under his influence, she had long been accustomed to expressing her own judgment first, and then having it denied or even corrected by Bowen.

Anyway, no matter how angry Bowen is, they will automatically and consciously give an appropriate response without looking at the cause and effect and making random guesses based on a few known conditions.

Moreover, I will definitely make up for the things they don’t know.

So, she just smiled and asked, "So, what's the most likely reason?"

Bowen took a deep breath and said, “The incarnation of the Storm Lord has always existed in the north of our country.

This is also the reason why no matter how tough our King's attitude towards the Storm Church is, the Main Temple has nothing to say.

Fortunately, if it were in other countries, Priest Schroeder would never be sentenced to so much punishment.

He, wasn't caught in the act, understand?
The Schroeder family obviously has the backing of the Storm Lord Temple. There are some things that just a high priest like him cannot do.

Especially, those horrible experiments.

There must be a more powerful existence behind this.

If they are so daring in the North, then some countries where the Storm Church is more powerful must be even more terrifying.

Therefore, although the Schroeder family has been very active over the years, they have not gone too far.

Until what happened to Gezar's family.

It was strange that even the McMillan family, who had always been very concerned about the Schroeder family, knew nothing about those things.

Those who sent Storm Riders to the North either had something important to report to the Storm Lord, or they could only come secretly.

Or, they are trying to deceive the Storm Lord, or even trying to take him somewhere else."

(End of this chapter)