Rose Empire

"Should those children who are qualified to awaken be sent to the academy to study?" Cecilia asked curiously again.

"Send them over too. Even if they can awaken extraordinary powers, they still need to be literate. I don't want my army to be full of illiterates. It's enough to have those wolf warriors who can't read a single word." Charlotte pouted and suddenly asked, "Speaking of extraordinary qualifications, I asked you to re-test the extraordinary qualifications of the citizens of Ambratu. Have you finished it?"

More than a month ago, after seeing Cecilia's test results on the children of Ambratu citizens, Charlotte wrote back and asked Cecilia to do a second test. This time, Charlotte asked Cecilia to select all the citizens who had blood relations with extraordinary people and test their qualifications.

"It has been tested." Cecilia put down the paper and pen, rummaged through the pile of parchment she brought, and found a statistical result. "A total of more than 8,000 people were tested, and only 162 people were qualified above level 4."

"Huh? Why is that?"

One hundred and sixty-two people, or about 2 percent.

Charlotte picked up the data and looked at it carefully. According to the results of the previous tests, extraordinary talent seems to be hereditary. The proportion of children of extraordinary people with talents above level 4 is as high as 3.7%. But why is it that when the statistical sample is expanded to all the blood relatives of extraordinary people, the statistical data has dropped significantly?

Just as Charlotte was puzzled, Cecilia suddenly said, "I found an interesting phenomenon when I was collecting statistics."

"What phenomenon?" Charlotte asked curiously.

"In those extraordinary families with multiple children, the youngest son or daughter has better qualifications than the eldest son or daughter." Cecilia said, holding up a finger.

Charlotte had a flash of inspiration and immediately turned the pages to find several families with extraordinary people who had raised multiple children. As expected, she discovered that the extraordinary talents of older brothers and sisters were mostly inferior to those of younger brothers and sisters. Sometimes, older and younger brothers with the same father and mother were only one or two years apart in age, but their talents were vastly different.

This statistical result made Charlotte feel as if there seemed to be a gap between older siblings and younger siblings, and when people's age crossed a certain gap, their extraordinary talents would suddenly disappear for no reason.

Charlotte felt as if she had touched upon some truth. She tapped the parchment in her hand with her fingers and pondered for a long time before she gave the order: "Select ten children around ten years old from the families of Ambratu citizens who have the qualifications to awaken. Perform a qualification test on them once a month and submit the test results to me once a month."

Cecilia was a little confused, but she still replied, "I see."

As she was talking, Charlotte suddenly thought of something else, so she asked, "By the way, has the copper mine in Ambratu County resumed production?"

Copper mining is the pillar industry of Ambratu and the most important source of income that Charlotte can currently see. She cannot help but care about it.

"Who knows?" Cecilia shrugged and said, "Mr. Jonathan has been carrying out the cleansing plan. Every day, former citizens of Ambratu are reduced to slaves or even hanged. Knight Mariasis has protested to me many times, but I followed your arrangement and did not interfere in the affairs of Ambratu County. However, it has only been more than a month, and Mr. Jonathan probably has not had the time to resume copper mine production."

The three-month labor term is already halfway through, and after serving for more than a month, the former citizens of Ambratu will have the right to return to Ambratu. Jonathan Hackman, the county governor, is apparently working overtime to perform his duties - trying every possible means to prevent these former citizens of Ambratu from returning to Ambratu.

Cecilia's words revealed a hint of dissatisfaction. Charlotte could fully imagine the reason. Jonathan had a deep hatred for the citizens of Ambratu. He would not let go of the opportunity to avenge himself and his parents and children. He would inevitably create some unwarranted false cases and take some inhumane and radical measures.

Although Cecilia felt that Jonathan's behavior was inappropriate, Charlotte just nodded and said, "Tell Jonathan to kill fewer people. I still need slaves to dig the canal."

"Yes." Cecilia still wrote it down carefully.

"Then, tell Jonathan to do what a county governor should do, restore the production of the copper mine and the economic order of Ambratu County as soon as possible, and don't let the people of Ambratu live in misery." Charlotte added.

Although most of the former citizens of Ambratu were forcibly moved out of Ambratu, there are still at least 50,000 civilians and 30,000 slaves in Ambratu County. This population has far exceeded the Viscount Lanwan's territory. If they make trouble, it will be difficult to quell them easily. At that time, Charlotte might follow the example of the Earl of Quick Forest next door and start a massacre.

"Yes," Cecilia said again.

Just as Charlotte and Cecilia were discussing government affairs, there was a knock on the study door.

Those who can move freely in the castle are trustworthy people, so Charlotte responded without even looking up: "Come in."

"Your Excellency." Celine Adkins pushed the door open.

"What's going on?" Charlotte asked.

"Knight Jack Moore sent a message saying that a fleet arrived from the Isthmus of Lanwan, saying they were looking for you, Lord Viscount," Celine replied.

"Oh, the fleet is coming so soon?" Charlotte put down the parchment in her hand in shock and said to Cecilia, "Let's go and take a look together."

Cecilia nodded, also interested.

The three of them left the castle together and rode on the giant eagle towards the Lanwan Isthmus.

On the way, Charlotte asked Celine: "How is the teaching of those girls going?"

Celine's current students were the qualified little girls selected from the three Lanwan citizens, as well as the two slave girls Sophia and Nina. Although dozens of qualified girls were found in the families of the former citizens of Ambratu, Charlotte did not allow them to enter the castle to study with Celine and Cecilia.

Xilin puffed her cheeks and said, "I can't really teach them anything. Miss Cecilia taught them a lot."

Celine was a practical person. She only had a vague understanding of the basic knowledge of the supernatural faction, and was not really a good teacher. However, she was still dedicated and took her students to practice some basic swordsmanship and fighting techniques every day. Cecilia was fully competent in all the subjects she was responsible for, teaching students knowledge such as writing, arithmetic, and art. This made Celine feel a little inferior, and she felt that she was indeed an uneducated country girl.

Charlotte did not comfort Celine. She smiled and said, "I will introduce someone to you tomorrow. She will help you teach students. She has solid theoretical knowledge and is proficient in a very rare supernatural faction. You can communicate with her."

"Eh?" Celine asked curiously, "What kind of person is she?"

"Her name is Heidi Stephens. As for what kind of person she is, you will get to know her after you meet her." Charlotte said with a smile.

The giant eagle quickly flew over the Lanwan Isthmus. Looking down from the sky, it could clearly see a small fleet docked on the coast of Lanwan.

The giant eagle landed, and Charlotte jumped off her mount. A middle-aged man with a beard, wearing leather armor, and a strong build knelt on one knee to greet Charlotte: "Miss Charlotte, it's been a long time."

"You are..." Charlotte stared at the middle-aged man for a while before recognizing him, "You are Sir David Bennett."

"Yes." The middle-aged man smiled, but the terrible scar on his face made his smile look a little hideous. "Miss Charlotte, you have grown so big."

"Come on, Uncle David."

Charlotte was a little surprised. David Bennett was an old knight who followed Helen Melefield to the Principality of Green Plains as a dowry. However, he was later transferred to the navy as a fleet commander, and Charlotte had not seen him for many years. Jose Melefield was able to transfer this man to Charlotte, which was undoubtedly a very powerful helper for Charlotte.

"Uncle David, thank you for coming to support me in this poor and remote territory." Charlotte said with a smile.

"Poor and remote? You don't know how I've lived these past few years," David Bennett scratched his messy hair and said, "I've been living on Clam Island for the past two years. There's not even a village on the island except for our fleet, and I often can't eat fresh vegetables once a month. By coming to your territory, we can at least land..."

Clam Island is a small island located southeast of Sailfish Island, across the sea from Sailfish Island. It is closer to the coast than Sailfish Island, but its area is much smaller than Sailfish Island.

"I really don't want to go back to Clam Island! It's better to be on land," David said with emotion as he looked at the busy Lanwan Isthmus. "At least there are more people."

Charlotte looked at Uncle David's expression and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"By the way, Miss Charlotte, where is our fleet based? There is no suitable port nearby?" asked David Bennett.

"The base is not nearby." Charlotte said.

"Where is that?" David asked confusedly.

"Sailfish Island." Charlotte raised her hand and pointed in the direction David had just come from.

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Volume 112: Chapter 100 Chapter The Rose Knights

David Bennett went back the same way he had come.

The Green Plains Principality was not a maritime power. Compared with its powerful army, the Principality's navy was as weak as a child. It was so weak that the concept of a "Principality Navy" almost did not exist in the Green Plains Principality.

The original duty of David's small fleet was to patrol the coast, investigate illegal activities, and protect the merchant ships of the Melefield family. It was more of a maritime police force than a navy. Even such a "maritime police force" was only a handful in the Green Plains Principality.

This situation cannot actually be blamed on the successive Dukes of Green Plains for not making progress and neglecting the development of the navy. The entire Orlan Empire is basically in a similar situation. Not to mention the non-sea-based Principality of Bonan, the Kingdom of Cato, the Kingdom of Koxin, and other famous lords, they basically have no decent navy.

On the contrary, Madachi Tone, the former Duke of Panma who surrendered from the Edisa Empire, has a navy consisting of 200 warships. It can be said that he is "overwhelmed by all", but it is in the inland sea of ​​the continent, the Ryun Sea.

The royal family of the Orlan Empire also has a considerable naval force, but it is also on the Ryun Sea.

In the open seas and oceans, the Oran Empire and its great lords are like a group of delicate little girls. Even when they clench their fists, they still look adorable.

It would be absurd to say that the Orlan Empire, the largest country in the Eagle Continent and with a long coastline, is incapable of building warships on a large scale. It can only be said that the strategic focus of the imperial nobles is entirely on the continent, while ignoring the ocean.

At the time of parting, David Bennett was reluctant to leave, his heart filled with deep love for this land.

The focus of the empire and the principality is not on the open sea, so you can imagine the treatment of David and his offshore navy. Not only are their equipment very poor, but their supplies are also intermittent. Being stationed on an island is not like being stationed on land, and they can go to nearby towns to buy some supplies to improve their lives. David, who lived on the island for a month and could not eat fresh fruits and vegetables, even had an absurd dream at night that he was lying on the ground and eating all the grass on the island.

In David's opinion, it made no difference whether he was stationed on Sailfish Island or Clam Island, after all, the two islands were not far apart. David had been to Sailfish Island many times, and he knew very well how remote it was.

Charlotte swore that she would build a port town on Sailfish Island within a year, which made David and his fleet reluctantly return to Sailfish Island.

In the future, if Charlotte broke her promise, David probably wouldn't say anything, after all, he was not only a knight of the Green Plains Principality, but also an old minister of Helen. But Charlotte was not so stupid, and improving the living conditions on Sailfish Island was obviously an urgent matter.

Charlotte felt a little tired after all the things that happened. To relieve her tiredness, she relaxed with Nina and Sofia that night.

Renee protested that Charlotte had disturbed her evening practice, but Charlotte argued that the two little slave girls had not seen her for a long time and must have missed her.

Her own young lady is so shameless, what else can Renee do?

However, the two little slave girls were really good at serving people. After getting up the next day, Charlotte felt refreshed.

As mentioned before, Charlotte introduced Heidi to Celine.

"The Thousand Faces Faction?"

Celine looked at the white-haired girl in front of her with confusion. Although the Thousand Faces Faction was well-known in Platinum City, it was too unpopular for a girl like Celine who came from a country knight family.

"Hmm..." Heidi nodded and then introduced the faction she studied in detail. This was not only for Celine, but also for Charlotte. The journey from Platinum City back to the Viscount Lanwan was so hurried that Charlotte did not have time to have a good chat with Heidi.

In most of the supernatural factions in this world, the warlocks can awaken an ability every time they add a wing. However, the Thousand Faces faction is an exception. This supernatural faction has only one ability from one wing to nine wings, and that is disguise.

At the Warlock stage, the Thousand Faces Warlock can change his appearance by changing his hair, skin, muscles and other parts. High-level Thousand Faces Warlocks can change their appearance by changing their pupils, fat, internal organs, bones and other parts, which actually goes beyond the scope of disguise. The Thousand Faces Warlocks at the Legendary stage are even more exaggerated. They can completely control their bodies and transform into various flying beasts or even other intelligent races.

Shilin was not stupid. After listening to Shilin's introduction, she almost understood why the Thousand Faces faction was so "unpopular". This was a supernatural faction prepared for assassins. Individuals and forces who had the training methods of this faction certainly did not want to pass on the methods, and the warlocks who had practiced this faction certainly did not want others to know that they were Thousand Faces warlocks. As time went by, this faction became less and less well-known.

However, what made Celine even more dumbfounded was Heidi's next sentence.

"The Thousand Faces faction is compatible with many supernatural factions. For example, a warlock who has studied the Thousand Faces faction first can completely study the Japanese Griffin Knights faction, or other supernatural factions." Heidi said.

"Is this actually possible?" Celine was stunned. She had never heard of a person being able to practice two supernatural schools at the same time. "Isn't this too amazing?"

Charlotte didn't feel anything about it.

It is difficult enough for a person to practice one faction. There are countless extraordinary people in Eagle Continent, but only a few can truly reach the legendary level. If you have to split your attention to do two things, the growth path of a warlock will only be more difficult. The essence of the Thousand Faces faction lies in disguise. The faction can practice the characteristics of two factions at the same time, which must have been designed by the creators of this faction to reduce the flaws in disguise.

"I plan to let Doris, Lola and Julia practice the Thousand Faces School." Charlotte stated her purpose.

"There's no problem with Julia and Lola, but Doris is too young. She's only seven years old this year. Let's wait another two years," said Celine.

In this world, the younger the warlock is when he or she awakens, the better. Children who are too young can easily suffer irreparable injuries during the awakening ceremony. Many supernatural factions have similar records. Although the cause is still uncertain, the mainstream view is that this is caused by the incomplete physical development of young children.

"Well, let Julia and Lola give it a try." Charlotte decided hastily.

"Now?" Celine asked in surprise.

"Of course now. I have prepared the three extraordinary materials needed for the awakening ceremony." Charlotte nodded as a matter of course. These materials were purchased during her stay in Maigang and she brought them along.

Doris, Julia, and Lola were called to the platform on the top of the castle tower. The three little girls looked at Charlotte with eyes full of indescribable admiration and love.

Charlotte called the oldest Laura to her, reached out and rubbed the little girl's cheek, and asked, "Laura, did you miss me?"

"Yeah." Laura, who was being touched by Charlotte, tensed her body and gave the answer without thinking.

"How much do you miss me?" Charlotte raised her eyebrows and asked again.

Laura's cheeks flushed, and after a while she whispered, "I have to chant your name every night before I can fall asleep, and I always look forward to meeting you in my dreams. Please forgive my offense."

"It's okay, I forgive you."

It seems that this girl is already well-versed in human affairs. Charlotte put her finger to Laura's lips.

Sure enough, without much hesitation, Laura gently kissed Charlotte's index finger knuckle. The little girl was shaking with excitement, as if it was a great blessing to kiss Charlotte's finger. Julia and Doris behind her also showed envious expressions.

A smile appeared on Charlotte's lips. It seemed that the repeated "confusable" effect was very good. Even after half a month, the closeness of these three girls to her had not been significantly weakened.

Charlotte planned to train these girls as assassins and spies. In this way, both the number and strength were secondary. The most important consideration would be loyalty. These three girls were obviously very loyal to her.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes.

Under Heidi's hosting, two rounds of awakening ceremonies were completed. Lola succeeded, Julia failed, and the failed girl suffered some minor injuries.

"Can I, can I try it again?" Julia, who was a little stubborn, asked the Viscount cautiously, who showed a regretful look.

Charlotte smiled and ruffled the little girl's hair, comforting her: "Don't worry, you are only eleven years old, take good care of your body first, there will be opportunities in the future."

Julia's eyes were red and she was almost in tears.

"There is still one ritual material left. Cecilia, do you want to try it?" Charlotte turned around and asked Cecilia, who had been watching for a long time.

Cecilia smiled helplessly: "Miss, instead of wasting expensive extraordinary materials on me, you might as well ask Sophia to give it a try, as long as you trust her."

"Sophia?" Charlotte was a little confused.

"Yes," Cecilia nodded and said, "I have tested the qualifications of Nina and Sophia. Sophia's qualifications are at least level four. Her chance of awakening is much higher than mine."

"Then let her try."

Charlotte could naturally trust her two little slave girls. They had been the objects of Charlotte's practice of her "confusing" ability for a long time. There were no secrets between them for Charlotte, and their loyalty was no less than that of Lola, and even higher.

The third extraordinary material was not wasted, and Sophia successfully awakened under Heidi's guidance.

Charlotte was quite satisfied with the result.

Celine and Heidi took Julia and Doris back for treatment and rest first, while Charlotte, Cecilia, Sophia, and Lola walked down the tower and said, "Cecilia, Sophia, and Lola's lessons need to be improved a little bit."

"Eh? They are already extraordinary people. Do they still want to continue being my students?" Cecilia pointed at her nose in surprise.

"Well, I want to set up a secret department that is responsible for collecting intelligence, spying on information, and assassinating important enemy figures. In the future, girls like Sophia and Laura who practice the Thousand Faces faction will be placed in this department. This department will be called..." Charlotte paused for a moment before continuing, "Let's call it the Rose Knights. You have to teach them more things, such as multiple languages, various etiquette, and cultural common sense of various countries."

"Yes," Cecilia nodded, and then said with some doubt, "But don't you already have the Grey Knights? The Grey Knights' duties are also to spy and assassinate, right? Will there be a problem of overlapping powers and responsibilities?"