The Whispering Verses Chapter 212: Knight title

After bidding farewell to Baron Lavender and his friends for the time being, Shade went up the stairs under the guidance of his servant. The first and second floors are in the style of a grand banquet hall, but on the third floor it turns into a very ordinary corridor with rooms on both sides.

Miss Carina and the maid Lana were waiting for Shade in the study near the stairs. Shade found that the witch seemed to like to talk to people in the study.

"Good evening, Miss Carina."

This time we met directly, not through the door. The red-haired duchess sat on the chair behind the desk, and Miss Tifa Servit, the personal maid, stood beside her. The Duchess was wearing a black and white evening dress, and she looked even more beautiful than the last time we met. Since she was dressed like this, Shade guessed that she would appear in public soon.

"Good evening, detective."

She motioned to Shade to find a place to sit down.

The conversation did not start immediately. Miss Carina looked at Shade curiously before speaking:

"I really don't see it, you still think Lesiya?"

"Who? Oh, Princess Lesia Cavendish, yes, I know...Yes, I know."

I don’t understand the situation yet, so I can only follow the words.

"Congratulations, detective, there is a big surprise waiting for you tonight. Do you want to guess what the surprise is?"

Miss Carina asked. Shade sat on the sofa and suddenly thought of what Mr. Anlos said in the morning. There was no need for Shade to guess, Miss Carina gave the answer directly:

"A knighthood that has not been awarded for hundreds of years is about to be awarded again."

Her lady said, and then she saw the confusion and surprise on Sha De’s face with satisfaction:

"Knight title? Me?"

Shad really didn't expect this surprise. The title of knight was not at all in line with the background of the steam era.

"Yes, a knighthood. Originally, Anros and I helped you get it, but it was only the Dralion Honorary Knight Medal. I didn't expect that you actually knew Lesiya, and Lesiya wrote back specifically. , she cleverly did not write to our King directly, but wrote to Queen Diana, and then asked the Queen to lobby the King, so the knighthood belongs to you."

She sighed, and then asked in a teasing tone:

"Tell me, detective, what is your relationship with my great-niece?"

This method of addressing made Shade think about it for a while before he straightened it out:

"This...friendship."

This must be Miss Louisa's letter to Princess Lesia, so the princess, who is on her way back from a foreign visit, will write back to fight for Shade's title.

This once again made Shade understand how good the relationship between the female writer and the princess was. He owed the blonde more and more favors.

"Friendship?"

Not only did Miss Carina not believe it, but the maid also smiled, obviously not believing it, but fortunately they did not ask any more questions:

"Anyway, congratulations to you, detective. I have received the news in advance that you have been awarded the title of 'Knight of Rejed'. Of course, there is only a title, but no fiefdom, which is equivalent to an honor and cannot be passed down. To your descendants. But compared to the medal of honor, the knighthood is already a high praise."

"Reged" is a small town under Tobesk City. In the past, knight titles often meant a small fiefdom, so they corresponded to the place name.

Seeing that Shade had not yet reacted, Miss Carina added:

"Let me think about it. With this title, when you introduce yourself in the future, you can call yourself...'legend of Hamilton'. Oh, doesn't it feel good? ?"

"Very good..."

Xia De nodded, not having much real sense of this honor. After all, he was not a person living in this era. I don’t have a deep understanding of things like glory, and the title of knight is just a title. Are there any gold pounds that I can get:

"Miss Carina, what are the benefits of this title...?"

This is what he cares about. The duchess behind the table has long expected that Shade will ask this question:

"The title itself is an honor. You can be regarded as a noble...the lowest level of noble, but at least it is not a commoner. With this, if you can contribute to the kingdom again, the next step is to be directly knighted. will be greatly reduced.”

"No, I mean, does the title itself..."

He twirled his fingers in embarrassment. It was not the first day that Miss Carina met Shade, so she was not surprised by his thoughts:

"No, even the previous knights had to pay part of the territory's taxes to the kingdom on a regular basis. But if you are short of money, when the awards will be given later, it seems that in addition to the title, there will also be rewards from the royal family... ”

She turned to the maid and asked:

"What exactly is given? In the era we live in, no one has ever seen this kind of knighthood ceremony."

"The Medal of Honorary Knight of Delrayon, and a knight's long sword that symbolizes status. Because the kingdom has not awarded a knighthood for a long time, this sword is an antique found in the warehouse. The price of the medal is immeasurable. , because no one has sold it, the specific valuation of the antique knight's sword will not be less than 100 pounds... but it is best not to sell it, this is honor."

The maid also knows Shade very well.

"I won't sell it."

Xia De said that he was actually calculating how much money he still had left so that he could repair his third floor without affecting his life.

"Rejed's Hamilton...what a strange statement."

He himself sighed.

"This kind of title is often found in knight novels, but in reality, few people call themselves this way. After all, the era of knights is over, but people seem to think that the spirit of chivalry still exists."

Miss Carina said, but the first half of the sentence is not entirely correct, because nobles with fiefdoms can call themselves this way. For example, if Miss Carina's fiefdom is Saladir County, she can call herself "Gavindish of Saladir".

"Chivalry? No, I don't have that spirit."

Because they are all acquaintances, Xia De doesn’t have to avoid anything. What happened at noon on Wednesday was purely a coincidence, he happened to have time, and it didn't do much harm to his own interests.

"I can't say that your point of view is wrong, but people always fail to evaluate themselves correctly."

Miss Carina said.

"Who said the second half of the sentence?"

Xia De asked curiously, thinking it was a sentence left by a literary giant in this world.

"I said so."

The witch answered while playing with the golden pen in her hand.

With rewards and remuneration in hand, Xia De naturally has to pay a little attention to the development of the case. Mr. Anlos said last time that this was not a person from Gray Gloves, but nothing more happened after that:

"Speaking of which, Miss Carina, has the background of the murderer who assassinated the queen been found out?"

"This matter, the investigation has ended."

The Duchess shook her head and said with a very regretful expression.

"Do you know who sent the shooter?"

Shad asked again, and then saw the maid standing next to Miss Carina, shaking her head slightly at him.

"Of course I don't know. Detective, I know you are curious about why you didn't investigate further. That's because MI6 didn't dare to investigate further."

"What do you mean?"

Miss Carina just smiled and said nothing, and the maid behind her answered instead:

"The royal family specifically spoke to the Orthodox Church and requested the ring warlock team to protect the Yodel Palace, but no suspicious persons were found. Queen Diana was immediately attacked by the attackers when she appeared in public for the first time these days. It seems that the Queen is aware of the danger near Yodel Palace, but there is no bodyguard from the Righteous God Church around her. This is a bit of a coincidence. ”

Xia De was shocked. A foreigner who was used to seeing similar plots in his hometown immediately came to a shocking conclusion under the tone of the conspiracy theory, so he lowered his voice and asked in a low voice:

"Is it...the king? In order to frame Kasenrik in order to provoke a war? In order to achieve his ambition to unify the Old Continent."

Miss Carina and the maid both laughed:

"Oh, why do you think so? Of course not."

Miss Carina smiled and shook her head, putting down the pen in her hand:

"No one wants to continue fighting now, including our king. MI6 found out that it was one of his several unfulfilled sons... Detective, you should know that in the past few years As the heirs come of age one after another, the thought of that crown... Moreover, Queen Diana is not the first wife of the current king. There are only a few princes and princesses such as Lesia. One is... not all the others are hers..."

The Duchess paused and winked at Shade:

"Do you still need me to continue?"

"No, no, no."

Xia De immediately shook his head, he did not want to get involved in this kind of thing:

"This information is enough to make me think about the complex political struggles in the palace that are absolutely incomprehensible to outsiders, or the plots of those vulgar palace **** novels. These things have nothing to do with me, please don't let me know ”

This is true. The political struggle in the palace is not something that newcomers to the country can participate in, and there is no benefit in getting involved.

"As long as you know how to be cautious, I don't even want to pay attention to this kind of thing. However, you still read palace **** novels?"

She looked at Shade with slight surprise, but in fact Shade just looked through Sparrow's belongings to determine which novel was the so-called "code book".

"Okay, let's not talk about this matter. Then let's get back to the topic. We don't come to you simply to tell you about the knight's title. That's it. The ceremony for awarding the knight's title is very complicated, you know. Those rules?"

Miss Carina asked again, but her tone changed slightly. After the conversation about the identity of the shooter, her mood suddenly seemed to get a little worse.

"I don't understand."

"Then you go and learn it one hour before the king appears. I think it will be too late for the king's etiquette officer to teach you urgently by then."

She waved her hand to the maid behind her, and the maid wanted to lead Shade out.

But Shade sat there without moving, but looked at Miss Carina, who looked at him doubtfully, knowing that he still had something to say.