I built a manor in the Middle Ages

Chapter 52 The Monastery

"Master, the weather is cloudy again. It seems like it's going to rain again."

The clatter of horse hooves echoed across the vast plains. Ryan, laden with food and supplies, looked up at the sky, his tone tinged with worry.

"It's okay. We'll be arriving at Cooper Castle soon. We can get out of the rain in the tavern."

Luc clenched his whip and seemed quite calm about the coming rain.

Although rain is indeed a big trouble for travelers.

The long ride made Luc's buttocks a little sore. This time he did not deliberately go close to Ward Village, but when he was about to approach Cooper Castle, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a group of people in the distance.

For some reason, a lot of people gathered outside Cooper Castle. They were dressed differently and obviously did not come from the same group.

Looking at the Cooper Castle, which was much busier than last time, Luc's brows unconsciously furrowed.

"Where did these people come from?"

"Master, that seems to be the direction of the monastery."

The crowd only stayed for a moment, and then walked westward in a black crowd. Ryan touched the short, furry beard on his chin, and a glimmer of memory flashed in his eyes. He had stayed in Cooper Castle for some time and was not unfamiliar with this land.

"monastery?"

Luc nodded silently, "Let's go to the tavern first!"

Luc withdrew his gaze and decided to go to the tavern to take shelter from the rain.

As soon as the two men stepped into the dim tavern, it started to rain outside. The tavern waiter took the feed from the warhorse, and the tavern owner came forward to greet them eagerly. He no longer remembered Luc, the stranger, but the chain mail and knight's sword on Luc's body, as well as the squire beside him, made him realize that he might be a knight.

"Your Excellency, are you also here to celebrate the founding of St. Martin's Abbey?"

The tavern owner showed a row of thick yellow teeth and smiled flatteringly.

"You've come just in time, sir. The monastery won't be welcoming guests until the afternoon. Why not take shelter from the rain and enjoy some delicious food? Don't worry, I have freshly baked, fragrant white bread covered in honey, sweet wine, and Ryan?"

The innkeeper was in the middle of his introduction when he suddenly caught sight of the squire's face and exclaimed in surprise. He didn't remember Luc, but he knew Deaf John's slave. How had this prisoner of war, in just over six months, become a knight's squire?!
The tavern owner slowly shifted his gaze to Luc's face. His memory and reality gradually overlapped, and he finally remembered that this was the buyer.
Luke looked at the subtle changes in the tavern owner's expression with amusement, and led Ryan to a relatively clean wooden table. He put the sword and money on the table and said to the tavern owner:
"Forget about the white bread and wine, just bring up some ordinary food. And you come here!"

Luc took out two pfennigs and stuffed them into the tavern owner's hand, who was still in a daze. "Tell me about the Abbey of Saint Martin in detail."

The tavern owner grabbed the two pfennigs and subconsciously put them in his arms. The money awakened his consciousness. Yes, what did Luke and Ryan go through in the past six months have to do with him? Anyway, as long as he could make money, it was fine.

This is the way of survival for tavern owners. In the past, all kinds of people came here, and they only needed to provide food, drinks and accommodation. If the guy looked like a newbie, they would charge him more money, and if he looked difficult to deal with, they would be more restrained.

It was obvious that the long sword beside Luc was not just for decoration. The tavern owner just looked at Ryan with a complicated look and began to introduce the situation of St. Martin Monastery to Luc.

After a while, the tavern owner left, and Luc held his chin and thought about what the owner said.

In fact, the focus of his trip to Cooper Castle was precisely on the monastery! Ever since Ryan mentioned the monastery when he was raising cats, Luc had already set his sights on the monastery.

Henry's arrival took his plan to the next level.

At this time, the monastery had nothing to do with asceticism or integrity.

In Luc's former barony, there were priests who could even marry and have children. Yes, marry and have children!

For monks, they had taken a vow of chastity and therefore were not allowed to marry.

However, secular monks were not subject to this restriction because there were no explicit regulations. In most areas today, priests in most parishes can get married.
The marriage of monks will inevitably give rise to a series of problems, such as the transfer of property to offspring.
And this is just one of the phenomena.

For Luc, he was not interested in the environment inside the monastery, but only cared about what benefits this environment could bring to him.

Luc was not unwilling to inherit Henry's noble status. Once you inherit the noble status, many things will have a certain legality. Although the "territory" in the mountains and forests is still illegal, there will be a lot of room for operation in the future.

How could it be so easy to just inherit an identity?
Although Henry's family has been destroyed, and perhaps the emerging aristocratic circle he knows has been eliminated, the risk still exists.

The knight class has its own set of codes of conduct, and ordinary people will most likely make many mistakes if they want to imitate them. Moreover, if you say you are a noble, then you are a noble. Wouldn’t that mean the world is full of nobles?
When faced with a knight of suspicious identity, the local church has the right to investigate.

Luc's purpose is to start from here!

First establish contact with the monastery, so that if one day you need to put on the cloak of nobility, you can let the monastery turn a blind eye!
The boss served a table of simple food. It was called simple because compared with white bread, the oat porridge with coarse salt and roasted pork skin were far better than the dishes of ordinary drinkers. But for Luc and the others, it was not a rare food.

Ryan stood aside and watched the boss walk away, sighing a little: "Master, did you see the way the boss looked at me just now?"

"Compared to when I was at John's house, there's a long-lost respect in his eyes."

"That's a sign of respect for the sword. Hurry and eat. We need to be at the monastery before this afternoon."

"No, sir, you eat first. I'll stand and wait until you finish eating before I eat."

Luke looked at Ryan in surprise. When did he have such a "rule"?
Ryan chuckled and said, "Master, you forget that I am just a slave. You don't care about me in the mountains because you are kind. I can't forget this outside."

Seeing Ryan's persistence, Luke shook his head and ignored him.

After the two men finished their meal, they took their horses to the blacksmith shop first, but what Luc didn't expect was that after hearing that he wanted to make an iron pot for cooking, he directly said that he couldn't make it.

The blacksmith's skills in making armor and swords are already very advanced, but it is precisely because of his advanced skills that he, as an expert, knew the difficulty of making the iron pot after listening to Luc's description.

Luc was surprised but didn't think much about it. He changed his request and asked the blacksmith to make a batch of iron arrowheads for him.

As the rain gradually stopped, Luc mounted his warhorse and headed towards the monastery with Ryan.

(End of this chapter)