I'm not a lord

Chapter 15: A toast to celebrate

"Come, let's celebrate the new future!"

Sitting at the main seat in the restaurant, Lin En held up a full glass of mead and looked at the five brothers below with a smile on his face.

These five subordinates, who were as close as brothers, were all recruited and trained by him.

Their loyalty is naturally beyond doubt, and each of them has unique skills.

At a glance, the attribute panels of the five people appeared one by one.

Except for the youngest, Lao Liu, the remaining four have reached the two-star level.

The attributes and star numbers on the panel can only determine a person's ability at that moment.

And abilities can be trained and grown.

In the future, Lynn will have enough time and resources to train the five of them into independent talents and contribute to the construction of the territory.

When the bandits stood up and prepared to raise their glasses, the third brother sitting on Lin En's right suddenly shouted, "Please wait a moment."

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on him.

The third brother raised his glass, looked around at the crowd and said, "The reason we can drink tonight to celebrate our victory is because the Baron made the most accurate judgment and led us to victory. This glass of wine tonight is to wish the Baron good health and continued victory!"

Among the five brothers, the third one is the smartest and most thoughtful.

He has realized that since they have seized the White Bear Territory and gained the initial recognition of the people, they will gradually get rid of their identity as horse bandits and can no longer call each other brothers, otherwise they will be exposed sooner or later.

So we can no longer call Lin En "big brother", but should respectfully call him "Baron".

The remaining four brothers looked at each other, then understood the deeper meaning and raised their glasses: "I wish the Baron good health and everlasting success!"

In the bedroom on the second floor, Yagena, who had just finished dinner, was bored and was lying on the table flipping through an old parchment book.

Hearing faint cheers coming from downstairs, she closed the book in annoyance.

Isn't it just becoming a baron? Is there any need to celebrate so happily?

Please, you are the son of the Earl of Cold Wind.

But when she thought of Lynn's noble status, Yagna buried her head in her arms in distress.

All the excitement and joy belonged to them; she had nothing.

"The Earl's son, bastard."

Her indistinct and tender rebuke came from her arms.

A day passed and she still couldn't make up her mind.

Mistress, what a shameless and vulgar word.

She thought she would never have anything to do with this word in her life.

But who would have thought that she, the daughter of a respectable noble, would end up in such a situation today.

The most uncomfortable thing was that she couldn't refuse Lin En's request.

Apart from White Bear Territory, where else can she stay?

Besides Lin En, who else can help her get revenge?

Teacher?
Agna's teacher, the Duchess of the Moor, hated mistresses the most.

This lady is just a tool for the Duke to continue his family line. She cannot share even a little bit of true love, and it is very difficult for her to see the Duke on a daily basis.

The Duchess, who was not favored by the Duke and whose family was only from a minor noble family, naturally could not help Yagena.

Amidst her confusion and distress, Yagena actually fell asleep with her arms as a pillow. The bedroom was silent except for the occasional crackling sound from the fireplace.

The celebration in the restaurant on the first floor lasted for a full three hours.

When the excitement subsided, Lin En brought the third child to the study on the second floor. Although it was called a study, there was actually no book on the bookshelf, only the list of territories they had seized and some territorial account books sent by Albert.

In the era when all books were copied by hand, parchment books were valuable and rare items. The few books in this study had naturally been taken away by the fleeing knights long ago.

Lin En sat behind the desk, took out an envelope from the drawer, and instructed: "Old Third, pick a few capable people and go to Sanhe City for me tomorrow to deliver this letter to Leon."

The third brother took the letter and glanced down at the blank envelope: "Leon, that black market merchant?"

Lin En reminded again: "Yes, it's him. Remember, make sure it's him who receives the letter."

"I understand, big brother, don't worry, I will hand it to him face to face." The third brother tore open his wolfskin coat and carefully put the envelope into his arms.

Watching the third brother put away the letter, Lin En smiled and tapped the table with his index finger: "Third brother, have you been studying with the sixth brother recently?"

At the same time, he called out the panel and carefully looked at the third brother's data.

【Yang★★】

[Commander D] [Strength D+] [Constitution D+] [Intelligence E+] [Internal Affairs E] [Charm E]

[Loyalty: 98 (already accepted as a follower)]

[Feature 1: Potential - Gaining Experience Points]

[Trait 2: Discipline - Improve the military discipline of the troops you lead]

The third brother's real name is Yang. His father is a low-level knight, so he received some formal knight training and can barely be considered a professional.

When he was ten years old, his father lost his territory for various reasons, and the whole family was forced to wander, either joining mercenaries or becoming horse bandits.

The first time Lynn saw him was in a small town in the south of the Northern Kingdom.

At that time, Yang had just joined a mercenary group and was very green. His attributes were all E-, and he could only barely get a one-star rating.

However, when Lynn saw his two characteristics, he immediately decided to recruit him.

Let’s put aside the issue of [discipline].

In the original "Lord" game, [Potential] is an extremely powerful feature.

Followers with this characteristic have their attributes growing much faster than ordinary people. As long as they are carefully cultivated, they can often become the backbone of a faction in the later stages of the game.

After recruiting Yang, Lynn consciously cultivated him, carefully selected tasks for him, and reaped amazing rewards.

The originally skinny and weak little mercenary now has the second-highest attribute value in the bandit group after Lin En, and is much stronger than the second-in-command who joined the group a year earlier.

It probably won't be long before he can be promoted to three stars.

The third brother scratched the back of his head shyly. "Brother, I've been studying with my sixth brother for a whole year. According to him, I'm barely qualified to go to the monastery school now."

Lao Liu, the last one to join, is nominally the only intellectual in the team.

Lynn met Lao Liu when he was looting a monastery.

At that time, Lao Liu was still a student in the monastery. Facing the bloody swords and hideous masks of the horse bandits, he was not afraid. Instead, he showed longing on his face and asked the bandits to accept him.

Lynn found it novel and took him away.

After a series of tests to join the team, the former monastery student became the sixth brother in the team and happened to be the enlightenment teacher of the third brother.

"Not bad, that's a pretty high evaluation. Being able to become a student at the monastery means you've mastered basic reading and writing skills. I should give you a reward."

After saying that, Lynn opened the lower drawer, took out a brown parchment book with a blurry cover, and handed it to the third child.

"Brother, what is this?"

"Go read carefully the history of the founding of the Northern Kingdom, written by an unknown priest. Back in the day, being a bandit only required knowing how to read and write letters. Now that you're helping me manage my territory, you should read the history of the North."

(End of this chapter)