Black Iron Crown

"Long time no see, my old friend Sir Horn!" Seeing Sir Horn jumping off his horse, Reiner immediately stepped forward and gave him a big hug, laughing enthusiastically.

"I'm glad to see you, too!" Sir Horn also laughed, the two of them are familiar with this kind of hypocritical performance.

"I miss you so much after you've been away for so long! When I heard the news of your arrival, I immediately asked someone to prepare a banquet. Let's go in first and talk about it!" Reiner smiled and patted Horn, who was ten years older than himself. Sir, he said without feeling a little bit of disobedience.

"Ha! Don't worry!" Sir Horn slapped Reiner's hand off without a trace, pointed to Brother Ryder behind him and said, "This is Brother Ryder, a special envoy sent by the royal family, who once assisted His Majesty the Emperor Carrying out religious reforms, he is an old monk with a very high status!"

Brother Ryder stepped forward and didn't speak immediately. A person of his level would not be able to salute a corporal to Reiner. He had to wait for Reiner to speak first before he could return the salute. This was an unwritten rule.

But although he didn't speak, he had a very kind smile on his face, looking at Reiner like a kind elder.

After all, Reiner is about to be canonized as an earl, not to mention that the royal family puts the hope of integrating the Northern Territory on him. Once he succeeds, he will inevitably become a powerful character. Even if the integration of the Northern Territory fails, then It's nothing to him, why not give the other party a little face and make a good impression at this time?

After listening to Sir Horne's words, Reiner glanced at Brother Ryder, and immediately made a gesture of respect, and said, "So it's Brother Ryder, because of your arrival, Fort Moreland has received the highest honor! Allow me to invite you to my castle for a treat!"

Brother Ryder seemed very satisfied with Reiner's humility and respect. He nodded and said in an old voice: "Good Baron Reiner, I will understand your arrangement!"

In this way, a group of people went to the main castle in a mighty manner. A rich banquet had already been prepared in the main castle hall.

Of course, a group of accompanying soldiers naturally did not have this qualification. They would be arranged in the barracks and eat the same food as the Merland army.

Among the royal team, only Brother Ryder and Sir Horn were eligible to enter the main castle to attend the banquet. However, due to their good relationship with Sir Horn, Feid was also allowed to attend the banquet as an attendant.

There are more people participating in Reiner's side. There are as many as a dozen eldest sons who have been trained in various knight castles. In addition, there are Logan, Sir Corder, Sir Wallas, Sir Ryland, Lumbarre and Wind, and Reiner's mother, Mrs. Moreland.

At the banquet Rainer and Sir Horn and Brother Ryder exchanged glasses,

The toasts were staggered, and the atmosphere was very cheerful.

"Huh? This..." Sir Horn looked at Vaxy, who was silent at the banquet, and said, "Isn't this... Sir Vaxy?"

Upon hearing this, Sir Vaxey immediately put down the participation in his hands, with a helpless smile on his face, and replied to Sir Horn: "Yes, I haven't seen Sir Horn for a long time!"

As the former emperor's personal bodyguard, even though he had lived and slept on the grassland for nearly two years, he was still recognized by Sir Horn.

"You... didn't expect you to be alive!" Sir Horn's tone was a little amazed, and he was also a little emotional. At the beginning, he knew that Sir Waxey volunteered to lead some people to stop the enemy army and buy time for the empire.

He thought that the brave and unparalleled Sir Vaxey had died on the grassland, but he didn't expect to meet him in Moland Castle.

"Since we are here, there is no reason for you to stay here. Come with us when we go back!" Sir Horn glanced at Reiner, saw that he didn't show any expression, and sincerely said to Wa Sir Kesey said.

Sir Waxey hesitated for a moment, but did not answer right away. He looked at Rainer, who was still expressionless on the top, and after struggling, he said, "Thank you for your kindness, Sir Horn, but I owe a lot to Baron Rainer. , and he also forgave me, and in return I decided to serve him for ten years, so...sorry Sir Horn."

Sir Waxey had already learned everything from Logan, and all the twists and turns that happened in the past two years made him full of annoyance, and at the same time, he also knew how dangerous the imperial capital was at this time.

Once he returned to the imperial capital, he would most likely face the pursuit of Earl Redmara, so he decisively chose to stay under Leiner's command. He felt that it would be safer to follow Leiner's side.

This is not because Reiner's strong personality charm convinced him, but because although Reiner's situation is also precarious, it is better than the result of his narrow escape in the imperial capital.

He just chose the less bad option between two bad options.

Sir Horn nodded helplessly when he heard the words. He didn't want to say much about the "self-defeating" of the team Vaxi, after all, the two were just acquaintances at the beginning.

After the banquet went on for a while, Sir Horn and Brother Ryder looked at each other, then nodded together.

Looking at the appearance of the two, Reiner raised his eyebrows, he knew that he was about to get to the point.

Sir Horn cleared his throat, and the scene suddenly fell silent. Seeing everyone looking at him, he said to Reiner with a smile on his face: "Baron Reiner, I came to you this time, except that I want to buy some more Besides steel, there is another thing!"

"That is, canonize you, Baron Rainer, as an earl!" Brother Ryder's vicissitudes of voice sounded immediately, and he stood up from his chair and said: "This is the meaning of the royal family! You, Rainer Merland, You have made great contributions to the royal family, and led a group of lords to insist on being loyal to the royal family under the corrupt situation in the north, and your loved ones remain loyal!"

"The royal family felt your hardships and hardships, and decided to grant you the title of earl! Now you can call all the lords who still support the royal family, and we should be canonized for you under the witness of everyone!" Brother Ryder looked at Lena said softly

At this time, needles could already be heard in the banquet hall, and gradually, more and more rapid breathing sounds could be heard.

Everyone was extremely shocked and excited. Lumbare and his father, Sir Ke, looked at each other, and they could see boundless ecstasy from each other's eyes.

After hearing this, Little Wende was so happy that he almost jumped up, and let out loud cheers.

Sir Ryland and Logan looked at Reiner with a smile on their faces, as if there was incomparable reverence in their eyes.

Sir Valas was extremely proud, as if he was proud of having a volunteer like Reiner.

As for the subordinates below, they also cheered and hugged in the same way, and then happily discussed with their companions. Reiner's title of earl meant that their status would also rise.

Not to mention whether there will be other rewards, can a knight conferred by a duke be the same as a knight conferred by a baron?