Full Time Mage Lord

  Chapter 35 The Golden Family

  The early morning sunshine pours on the Haider Plain with warmth and gentleness, especially at the turn of spring and summer. Both sides of the official road are filled with endless fields, and the blooming flowers dot the green land.

  On the seemingly fertile land on the surface, the growth of any crops here is unexpectedly slow. Especially the southwestern region of the Haider Plain, which was once considered a land blessed by the gods, but now, it seems to have been abandoned by the gods.

  Desolate Bone City is located in the south-central part of the Heidel Plain. Starting from Lexingburg, follow the northeast official road and go all the way to the end. It takes two days for a horse-drawn carriage.

Although the little lord of Lexingburg, Baron Shuk, did not have a lot of money, this time he still called up two carriages. He and Bill sat in one, and Hugh and Jack in the other. Together with two coachmen, the group of six headed towards the capital of the Haider Dominion, Bone City.

Along the way, Xiu Yin kept observing the scenery outside the car window. He didn't know much about this brand new world. Even the original "he" had only been to Desolate Bone City a few times, so that the vast Haider Plain He doesn't know about other places.

  However, combining memories, rumors from people, and after a day's drive, Xiu Yin confirmed a fact.

  The closer you get to the north, the more pedestrians and carriages on the official road, and there are even some road sections where vendors set up stalls in the grass beside the road.

  —Has a feeling of coming from the country into town.

   Passed a small town along the way, and Jack told him that it was Araki Town.

  Hearing the name, I thought it was a down and out town, but in fact, this town was already close to Desolate Bone City, with a population of nearly 10,000.

Although he just passed by the entrance of Araki Town, Xiu Yin could see that the prosperity of this town was incomparable to that of Lexingburg. It shows its style, but there seems to be nothing in Lexingburg, only a "Leixing Tavern" after entering the town proves that this place is already Lexingburg.

   "Uncle Jack, why does Lexingburg appear to be a bit desolate? Even if the mineral production has plummeted, then the citizens of the previous glory days should still be there?"

Comparing Lexingburg and Araki Town, Xiuyin asked Jack beside him suspiciously. According to his father, when the Neumann family was prosperous in the past, there were nearly 100,000 people. Declining, the contrast is a bit too big.

"Ugh…"

Hearing Huyin's question, Jack couldn't help sighing. Few of the younger generations know about the deeds of the Neumann family back then, because even people of Jack's age only know about it. perhaps.

  Just when Jack was about to speak, he suddenly asked, "Hasn't the baron told the young master?"

   "Father only briefly said about the glory of the family, but he didn't mention why it declined." Xiuyin replied.

Jack raised his chin slightly with his right hand. After all, he had the maturity of an elderly person. He soon knew why the baron did not explain to Xiu Yin in detail that Xiu Yin had not obtained the right to inherit the title, so some internal affairs of the family could not be resolved. It should not have been explained to Xiu Yin.

However, for some things that outsiders like himself can know, the baron did not explain too much to Master Xiu Yin, so according to Jack's understanding of Shuke, it is that Shuke does not want to burden the child who inherits the title. Too much stuff.

  After all, history is heavy, especially compared with the rich yesterday and the barren today, the reality is so cruel.

Therefore, Xiu Yin, who is still a minor, should not be too much bound by the past history. Jack looked at the young master who had grown rapidly recently, and said slowly, "Master Xiu Yin, you just need to know that the former Neumann The family is also one of the 'golden families', remember that and you'll be fine."

   "En." Xiu Yin simply responded, and did not speak again.

   "Golden Family", Xiu Yin stroked his bright red hair. He was no stranger to this term, and the current supreme ruler of the Haider Dominion, Earl Fel Fisher, was also one of the "Golden Family".

Xiu Yin found that "his" was extremely lacking in historical knowledge. Apart from the biography of mages recorded in the book, it was difficult to find more historical legends about the Starlight Kingdom in his memory. Xiu Yin didn't know the information about the "Golden Family".

  The only piece of information he can understand is that the current "Golden Family" is the descendants of several outstanding ministers entrusted by the king after the establishment of the Starlight Kingdom.

There are five "Golden Families" in total. Except for one of them who has become blood relatives with the royal family, the remaining four families correspond to the four major dominions of the Starlight Kingdom. The "Golden Families" are in their respective dominions. With extremely high rights, in addition to donating a certain amount of money and food to the king every year, everything in the territory is controlled by the lord of the dominion.

"According to what Uncle Jack said, there should be six 'Golden Family'..." Xiuyin pondered, "he" grew up in an environment that included all the sayings about the Golden Family that could be seen, and even the habits of people. In Chinese, it is the saying of "five big families".

  When Xiu Yin thought of this, he didn't think about it any further. He knew that the things inside must be very complicated, otherwise his father wouldn't have never mentioned it.

Originally, Xiu Yin planned not to continue talking about the family, and it would be inappropriate to ask a person outside the family about the family, but he suddenly remembered that when he was attacked by the sharp-horned demon wolf on the way that night, he rushed to When Captain Kassel greeted Jack, he shouted "Old fighters from Lexing City..."

  Leixingburg, with a population of only a few thousand, didn't look like a town anyway, and Captain Kassel's expression wasn't that mocking at the time, so a bold idea came to Xiu Yin's mind.

   Now he wanted to confirm his guess, so he asked Jack beside him one last question, "Uncle Jack, did the Neumann family ever own a very big city?"

"Eh?"

Jack first looked at Xiu Yin with a surprised expression, but soon his face changed into a smile, "Hey, who did you hear that from? If there really was a very big city, it wouldn't be called Lexingburg La!"

  Jack had a reluctant smile on his face. He knew that it was just Huyin's guess. Even if he knew something, he couldn't tell Xiuyin now. At least he respected Baron Shuk's choice.

  However, Xiu Yin got a satisfactory answer. Jack's extremely unnatural expression, anyway, confirmed Xiu Yin's guess. Xiu Yin, who has a certain level of actor training, still has some knowledge about observing other people's expressions and guessing their psychological activities.

  Shu Yin also thought that his father didn't tell him this, maybe it was because it was not yet time, and maybe when he got the complete answer, the required condition was the status of the heir to the title.

   Putting aside these thoughts about family affairs, shortly after passing through Araki Town, the carriage arrived at the capital of the Haider Dominion—Desolate Bone City before the sun set.

   I found that some readers complained, declaring that there will be no family of the strongest king!

  (end of this chapter)