The Original Vampire

How hard is it to get promoted from Baron to Viscount?

The baron title of the Angele family was acquired by Colin's great-great-grandfather who fought on the battlefield for half his life.

Since then, although the three generations of barons of the Angele family have all fought on the battlefield, and two of them died in the front line, they still have not been able to upgrade the family's title to viscount.

Of course, there are many northern lords, slow metabolism, and serious rank solidification, but it also shows the difficulty of promotion.

This time, Colin never expected that he would not only inherit the baron position of the cheap dad, but also be promoted to viscount.

In addition to the surprise, Ke Lin also realized that his promotion was actually the result of the combined effect of many factors.

As a result, most of the old lords in the north were swept away by the two brothers of the Saint Hilde family, and a large amount of land was also reclaimed by the Saint Hilde family, which naturally led to a great reduction in the difficulty of awarding titles.

Second, Colin, after all, participated in the battle of chasing and destroying the trolls, and took a lot of credit.

Although it was said that Colin played a very small role in that battle, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he played soy sauce throughout the whole process, but Duke St. Hilde obviously did not want to give all the credit to the Black Cavalry. general.

Therefore, as the nobleman who participated in this battle, apart from Marquis Garcia, Colin was the only nobleman who was loyal to the Duke of St. Hilde, and of course he would receive the Duke's attention.

Come on, I don't know if Marquis Garcia and Vera played any role in this matter. If the two of them mentioned Colin in front of the Duke, it would not be difficult to be promoted to Viscount.

In short, this time Colin is broken!

The Angele family has taken a big step forward in his hands, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is proud of his ancestors.

In the crowd who did not see the ceremony, sister Caitlin was already in tears with excitement, and she put both hands on her chest at the same time, presumably to comfort her dead father and let him rest in peace.

After Colin took the oath, a squire came up with a brand new Viscount gown in his hand.

The suit was a dark red velvet jacket and black trousers, with the Anglet family insignia embroidered on the chest and two silver stripes below the insignia - a symbol of the rank of viscount.

Colin took it with both hands.

Afterwards, the attendant once again handed over the Viscount's exclusive ring and sash, as well as a piece of parchment with gilded text and the seal of the Duke of St. Hilde - on it was written the new territory conferred to the Angele family.

Colin held this pile of things, bowed to Duke Saint Hilde again, and then withdrew.

Sister Caitlin ran up to Colin in high spirits, her joy almost beyond control.

But she also knew to pay attention to the occasion, just whispered in Colin's ear:

"Colin! It's great! Father will be proud of you when he finds out! Our Angele family has struggled for so many years and finally became a viscount family! Quick, let me see, where is the family's new fief... "

Colin looked at his excited sister, but he didn't have much trouble in his heart.

After all, he doesn't have a high sense of identity with the Angele family, and he wants to know more, is this sister really happy for him, or just pretending?

Just as Colin stared at her sister Caitlin for a closer look, she suddenly found that the joy on the other's face suddenly solidified, and was replaced by shock and doubt.

"What's wrong?" Colin blinked and asked in a low voice.

Catelyn spread the parchment out in front of Colin, and asked in disbelief, "Look at the family's new fief... how could it be here?"

Colin then looked at the parchment suspiciously, and then he was also stunned.

How could it be here?

Is it a typo?

...

Just as the Colin siblings looked at each other, the award ceremony continued.

This time the name was called,

It's Kahn Sudo.

The eldest son of the Su Duo family, who had some grudges with Ke Lin, walked to the center of the hall with excitement and knelt down on one knee.

In the past two months, the ever-changing situation in the northern region has, to be honest, made Kahn a little dazed and fearful.

But fortunately, he remembered his father's words before his death, and followed in the footsteps of his uncle, Earl Uman, so that he survived this catastrophe without any risk.

It even made a great contribution!

From Kahn's point of view, if that pesky Colin can be made a viscount, shouldn't the title of the Suduo family also be promoted to the first rank?

However, just as Kahn was looking forward to the duke's canonization, the duke inserted the long sword in his hand into the marble floor under his feet and questioned Kahn:

"Knight Knight, tell me, what is loyalty?"

"What?" Kahn looked up stupidly and looked at Duke Saint Hilde blankly.

The crowd watching the ceremony suddenly became quiet.

Kahn's sister, Cynthia Sudo, who Colin called "the mad woman", was also surprised by the Duke's questioning at this time.

Her hands clenched instantly, instinctively realizing that something was wrong.

Colin squeezed the parchment in his hand and looked at Kahn, who was stunned in the field.

"Loyalty...loyalty...of course...that is..."

"What is it?"

Duke St. Hilde's face was grim, and his arrow-like gaze seemed to have penetrated the poor knight kneeling in front of him.

Under such gaze, Kahn only felt that his mind was blank, and he didn't know what he said.

Duke St. Hilde's tone was extremely cold: "Is it out of loyalty that you asked Charles to give up his position as a marquis in public?"

Done.

The Su Duo family is over.

This was the thought in the hearts of all the nobles present.

Obviously, the Duke of St. Hilde is turning his back on old accounts.

When Kahn was pushed out by the Earl of Uman as the first bird, many people guessed that he would pay the price for it.

Now, the price has really come.

Kahn thought that by following Count Uman's "defection", he would be able to write off the previous offense.

But obviously, Duke St. Hilde didn't intend to let the Sudo family go easily.

The face and glory of the Saint Hilde family cannot be trampled on by any small nobleman.

Of course, in fact, what really made Charles give up his title voluntarily came from the pressure of Marquis Garcia.

However, Marquis Garcia had enough confidence that the Duke's anger would not pour out on him.

And Kahn Suduo, huh, he doesn't have the ability, so he can only become the object of the Duke's prestige.

Kill the chicken to warn the monkey!

"me……"

Looking at the useless Kahn, Duke Saint Hilde sneered and suddenly said loudly: "Viscount Colin, tell me, what is loyalty?"

All eyes suddenly turned to Colin.

Colin was stunned for a while, but soon strode forward.

He seemed to have some hunch about it.

"Lord Duke, I think that loyalty is to give everything oneself unconditionally, regardless of the reason, regardless of right or wrong, regardless of gain or loss!"

"No reason, no right or wrong, no gain or loss..." Duke St. Hilde chewed on Colin's answer carefully, with a hint of admiration and deep meaning flashing in his eyes.

Afterwards, he threw the long sword in his hand straight at Colin, and at the same time ordered: "Okay! Then I will order you to kill Kahn Sudo immediately!"

"Yes!"

The nobles present hadn't reacted, and even when Kahn himself was kneeling on the ground in a daze, Colin had already caught the long sword thrown by the Duke.

Then, without hesitation, swing it out!

"Shh!"

A silver light flashed.

Blood splattered!