Law of the Devil

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Chapter 347 [Raymond's decision]

The carriage is on its way to Cote d 'Ivoire. Dewey was sitting in a carriage, opposite him, with a divine, respectful middle-aged man in a gorgeous robe with a golden belt on his waist, clearly a nobleman's outfit, but a slightly blackened skull, a rather rough body and a slightly coarse finger joint - all of which were untethered by the orthodox and proud noblemen. For a truly proud aristocrat, what is desired is a pale face and a slender figure.

And this guy... looks a little more rude.

The man was no one else, a nephew of Old Munes, Minister of Finance of the Roland Empire, who had also served in the army, and was later transferred to the Imperial Inspectorate as a vice-president and to the title of Baron.

After donating 50 million gold coins, Dewey received a royal decree of pardon from the Rollins, and this time he went south to go to his home in the Rollins Plains to announce the big event himself.

And this fellow, as an officer of the Imperial Inspectorate, was the one who was ordered by the Regent to convey the pardon.

… In fact, sending this person to the Rollin Plains with Dewey means something else. This guy is the nephew of Secretary of the Treasury Munez, and the Rollins and the family of Secretary of the Treasury have an engagement contract, Dewey's brother, and the Treasury Secretary's little granddaughter, and they were engaged a long time ago, but then the Rollins collapsed, and nobody brought it up again —— well, if the Rollins had no hope of coming back, then this engagement would probably have been annulled. After all, the Rollins are not fools, they wouldn't have thought their family had collapsed, and they could have married the granddaughter of the Treasury Secretary of the Reich.

The relationship between the two families gradually faded away. But this pardon, signed personally by the Regent, gave the Rollins hope of a resurgence in the East Mountains - although Count Raymond's political career had come to an end, because the pardon, signed by the Regent, only agreed to restore the Rollins' title, while allowing the Rollins to decide for themselves the successor to the next Count. However, Count Raymond's official position has not been reinstated, not even in the constraints of his never being recruited, nor has he gone anywhere. After all, he was one of the heads of the coup d 'état. Such a great sin cannot be pardoned. Otherwise, wouldn't the Regent have struck himself in the mouth?

Old Raymond couldn't get out of the mountain again, but little Gabriel was watched unanimously! This little guy, who has been known as a genius since he was a kid, was smart enough to get news of the Rollins' restoration of their title... not to mention, he has a now red-haired, tulip-like Duke brother! In the future, when this little guy grows up, Shi Tu can be said to be a bright light!

In this context, the restoration of the relationship with the Rollins became a top priority for Treasury Secretary Munes. This time, his nephew went with Dewey to the Rollins Plains. On the one hand, a pardon order was issued in the official capacity of the Imperial Inspectorate. Another important thing was to repair the relationship with the Rollins as a good representative of the family of the Treasury Secretary - while also preparing to repeat the old story, hoping that the marriage contract between the two families would continue, and at the same time meet Little Gabriel, the future Count of the Rollins personally to see if the little guy was still so good...

The carriage traveled south, prompted by Dewey's arrow, and the nephew of the nearest finance minister did not offer any opinions.

Dewey had a good impression of this guy. This guy used to serve in the Imperial Army, not the kind of dude nobleman, but he was quite a bit of a man. He didn't show any dissatisfaction even though he had a hard time running all the way. He was quite happy with his words and deeds.

At last, on this day, we arrived at the Emerald River —— the Rollin River -- and Dewey knew that walking through the river was officially entering the Rollin Plains. He can't help but recall the first time he came here, when his fellow Rollins' escort cavalry cheered and shouted "home”.

Home… This should be my own home.

“Grand Duke, cross the river and get to the Rollins' territory.” The guest in the compartment asked with a smile.

Dewey nodded, but his mouth was polite: "Baron Cope, this is not the Rollin Plains, but the province of Cote d 'Ivoire. ”

Cope laughed: “It's not the same. You're too polite. When this pardon is issued, this is the Rollin Plains again.” After a pause, he said again: “Before I came, my uncle Lord Munes told me that the land of the Rollin Plains was fertile and the scenery was wonderful. Why is the Rollins not thriving when there is such a territory? ”

Dewey knew this guy was ordered to fix the relationship, listened to his compliments, said nothing, just laughed.

There was a continued hurry, the fifth day of the journey, to the castle of the Rollins, where Dewey had lived for a year.

However, the private guard camp of the Rollins, originally stationed outside the castle, had long since been dismantled. The carriage came outside the castle on the road, and no Rollins guard cavalry had come to greet it. It seemed very quiet, even in the past...

Alas, remember when I was there, this time of year, on the grass next to the road, there were a lot of holiday soldiers playing ball.

At this point, there was a Rodriguez voice coming out: "Duchess, here we are. ”

Dewey opened the window and looked at the tall Rollins' castle and the tall tower... couldn't help but sigh.

Mother, I still haven't let you down, the Rollins... finally recovered by me!

The carriage team entered the castle and came out to greet the old butler, Hill, who also seemed a little excited after Dewey jumped out of the car - Dewey had already photographed the advance knights arriving step by step along the way, and I'm sure they already knew about this return.

Indeed, the old butler had just finished his salute to the young master and heard a joyous surprise in the castle gate: "Brother!!! ”

Then a teenager ran out and hit Dewey with one head. Dowihaha smiled and hugged his brother hard, then pulled him apart to take a closer look.

Haven't seen him in almost two years, and he looks like he's grown up a lot. As her body grew stronger, she wore a white samurai costume and a short sword along her waist. She seemed to be quite the heir to the Lorraine Wuhun family.

Knowing that this was not a retrospective place, Dewey introduced the popular Baron Cope and looked inside: “Where's Mother? ”

Gabrielle's eyebrow revealed a slight apprehension: “Mother is in the room… Father is not feeling well lately and Mother is in the room with him. Moreover, the mother was supposed to come down to see you, but because of the presence of a dignitary, she said that she was a family member and could not come out to greet the guests without courtesy. ”

Then Gabriel coughed and stood down and said to Baron Cope, "Is this Lord Cope of the Imperial Inspectorate? I already know what you're doing. I'm just sorry that my father is sick and can't come down to greet you anymore. ”

Not feeling well? Dewey frowned softly, and then he beckoned to Kopp, "I'm sorry, Baron Kopp, but in that case, please accompany me to my father's room, where the pardon was read. ”

Nor did Kopp count on that, so he nodded and said yes.

Subsequently, Duwei and Kopp, led by Gabriel, entered the castle and arrived in the master bedroom upstairs.

Just when he pushed the door open, Dewey heard a heavy cough in the room, and it made Dewey's heart pound —— Father, it seemed pretty sick.

Pushing the door in, I saw the old Count Raymond lying there in the middle of the room, his old body, as if he had lost a lot of weight, as if he were a very old and thin lion, his face was no longer red, it looked waxy yellow, his eyelids were like deep recesses, even his former eyes, as if they were a little cloudy...

In Dewey's eyes, it's a little bitter: Father, how old are you?

It seems that he was dismissed from all official positions and lost his ancestral title and territory. Although his father fortunately did not die and returned to his home, he must have blamed himself extremely much in his heart! As the chief of the Rollins, the Rollins have passed it off to his generation, with the family as their father. These two years must have been very painful. Once a famous general of the former Empire, he is now a weak sick husband...

The Countess stood beside the bed, and in Dewey's eyes, the mother was still as beautiful as she used to be. Although her eyes had already been wrinkled and time had gradually invaded her beauty, she, however, lightened her makeup, stood there so still, her eyes looking into her eyes, that full of tenderness and kindness, made Dewey's heart burn immediately.

He took a deep breath and walked into the room, kneeling on one knee beside the bed: "Father! I'm back! ”

The Countess showed a deep love on her face, walked up, held her son's head gently, her slender fingers gently touched Dewey's hair, and she did not speak, so quietly looked at her son.

Count Raymond on the bed, struggling to sit up and watch his son kneel in front of the bed, coughed a few times, but sighed, whispering: “Dewey... you've worked hard for two years. ”

Baron Cope then also walked in and, after a salute with the two of them, read a pardon signed by the Regent himself just before Count Raymond's bed.

After reading it, in the eyes of Count Raymond of Old Mai, an astonishing explosion of divinity erupted! At this moment, he seemed to be regained as if he were the famous general of the Empire who had traveled with his army in the past, and he took a deep breath: "Unexpectedly, I still have one more day in the Rollins!” He looked at his eldest son and whispered: “Dewey! Thank you! Otherwise, the Rollins will truly be in my hands. I'm afraid that even if I die, I won't forgive myself! ”

Baron Cope smiled: "Raymond... you and I have known each other for a long time. This time, it was the Duke of Tulip! Speaking of which, you and I are socially related, I have come to greet my uncle. ”

Count Raymond smiled: "Well, Baron Cope, please convey my gratitude to Lord Munes. ”

"It's just a pity, old friend, that your Duke can't recover," said Cope. “I think you can understand that. The Regent has restored the Rollins' title. In addition to issuing a pardon order, there is one other thing I came to do this time, namely, regarding the attribution of the Rollins' Count title, please decide on the heir to the title. When I go back, I will bring it back to the Regent King and the royal clan... After all, the Rollins are also part of the royal family. ”

Successor? Who else besides Little Gabriel? It's just an outing.

Old Raymond laughed and was polite enough to invite the envoy to the finest room to rest.

When there were only four members of the family left in the room, Count Raymond had a heavy expression on his face: "Dewey, this royal decree did not need you. Now that you're back, there's got to be something else important, right? ”

Dewey nodded and his expression was never relaxed: “Father… there is indeed something important that I came back this time, on the one hand for a pardon order and, on the other hand, for the support of my family! After my brother takes office as Count, I need the full support of the Rollins! And the family's private army..."

He wasn't finished yet, and Count Raymond suddenly smiled and interrupted, “Well, these things, they're not too busy right now. Dewey, I'm weak. I need a break. Something's up. ”

Dewey stunned for a moment and smiled and nodded. “Okay, Father, I'll be there tonight...”

He was supposed to go back to his room tonight to rest. But he hasn't finished, Count Raymond suddenly said, "No, you can't go back to your room tonight! ”

“You sleep in the study tonight!” Count Raymond looked at his son and his eyes flickered, word for word: “This is our tradition! ”

Herald… tradition?

Dewey is a bit strange, tradition is right... but I am no longer the heir to the Rollins!

But looking at the father in the hospital bed, Dewey didn't raise any objections, he did what he asked. Old Butler Hill has everything ready.

Tonight, Dewey is still sleeping in the study at the castle.

Count Raymond left Gabriel in the room.

He looked at his youngest son and suddenly felt guilty: "Gabriel, would you be somewhat dissatisfied with my decision? ”

Gabriel's young face was full of determination: "No, Father, I think everything you've decided is right. ”

“You're smart. My son.” Count Raymond suddenly reached out and called his youngest son to bed and gently touched his face: “But I don't think you can lead the family to glory. So my decision remains: you succeed me as Earl. But... the position of chief, I decided to let Dewey do it! ”

Gabriel had no objection, and in the young Gabriel's view, following his brother was a matter of scripture and earth.

“My body, I know for sure, I won't be able to live long.” Old Raymond seemed to laugh, and around him, his wife, his eyes filled with deep pain. Old Raymond grabbed his wife's hand and looked down at his youngest son: "Gabriel, remember my words, never forget them forever, ever! ”

“... father, what? ”

“Your brother!” Old Raymond's unprecedented seriousness: “Follow him! Follow him for the rest of his life, by his side, loyal to him! ”

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Dewey went back to this incredibly large study, looked at the tall bookcase around the room, and looked at the paintings on the wall —— that's where he found Sameer.

I'm going to be living in the study again tonight... but my father just said so.

Tradition… The tradition of the Rollins is that only the chiefs or heirs must live in the study on the first night when they return to the castle. (This tradition is described earlier in this book).

But I... am not a Rollins now in name and identity.

In the study, the servants had brought food and water, and when the door closed, Dewey was left alone.

When I lived here alone, I was still a powerless, spoiled young master. But now that I am a duke of fame, I can summon tens of thousands of people to die for me in one word!

Looking at the painting on the wall, Dewey suddenly smiled.

“Here, but the beginning of a series of strange encounters! I wonder if something interesting will happen again tonight...”

(That's it for today, 5,000 words. I can't really write much... It seems that my condition has not been adjusted yet, and I need to continue to adjust... Alas, yesterday I still feel in good shape, today I feel exhausted again...

Tomorrow I'll see if I can write some more.

I don't ask for votes anymore, I'm not doing well, I'm sorry everyone.

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