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Chapter 524 - 524 493 Lady Ellen and Becoming a Lord 33

524: Chapter 493: Lady Ellen and Becoming a Lord (3/3) 524: Chapter 493: Lady Ellen and Becoming a Lord (3/3) After Yisen Gard finished packing, he left the house with Ian, ready to attend the luncheon set by Lady Ellen.

According to the golden-haired young man, his mother was quite keen on meeting Ian, the young talent who had saved her son.

When they were leaving, Ian said goodbye to Hua’an and Frost Butterfly, and since Hua’an had already overheard Ian’s conversation with Yisen in the study, she naturally didn’t say much.

Yisen also gave the two Fairy Misses a card, which would allow them to eat and drink for free at several restaurants under the Ellen Family’s flag, instantly making the two Fae cheer— it wasn’t that they lacked such funds, but free food just tasted more joyful.

Ian and Yisen boarded the Ellen Family’s Alchemy Furnace vehicle and headed for the second layer of the district.

There lay the residences of great nobles and the core parts of some powerful families, with many guards keeping a strict watch and even Armor Suits patrolling the area, places an ordinary person could simply not get near to.

In the past, the Cheharlowa Family had a main residence located here…

As Ian looked in the direction of the family estate Elder Prude had described to him through the vehicle window, he could not see the house as pictured in the old man’s memory, just a succession of grand, deep courtyards and thick surrounding walls.

At the entrance of these grand courtyard walls, there hung the crests and plaques of various families, each surname renowned in the Imperial Capital, and even throughout The Empire.

“Actually, not many are inhabited.”

Sitting alongside Ian in the back seat, Yisen Gard looked towards the mansions just like the young man, “The Adelaide Clan, Isaac Clan, Glass Clan…

like our Ellen Family, they are nobles positioned at the frontier.

The new generation of nobles from our families must live in the Imperial Capital, and these three families haven’t had a new direct member for more than twenty years, so apart from some guards and servants stationed here to clean and maintain the place, it’s usually empty.”

“And that over there is the Aide Family…

a well-known main house of the Iron Folk in the Imperial Capital, holding a status akin to your Cheharlowa Family.”

“Let’s not talk about this,”

Ian sighed, lying back on the vehicle’s soft cushions, “As of now, my identity is still officially ‘descendant of the dispossessed’.

What does the Cheharlowa Family have to do with me?”

The driver, steering the vehicle, seemed not to notice this exchange, his expression unaltered.

The difference between an Alchemy vehicle and a car lies in the fuel that the Alchemy Furnace Core burns— more expensive, yet providing far greater power; therefore, it can carry much heavier armor, and the Alchemy vehicles used by the nobles are armored to an incredible extent.

In addition to this, some ordinary civilian and military Alchemy vehicles might still require wheels…

but some high-end Alchemy vehicles have already achieved flight, serving as a simple means of aerial transportation.

Just like the three hundred-meter-high walls of the Imperial Capital, where ordinary people need to take a cable car to get up, while the nobles can directly enter the passageways using flying vehicles.

The moment he saw this device, Ian scanned the entire construction of the flying vehicle with the Silver Chip— it was then that he marveled at the fact that this Tella Continent truly had all sorts of strange and wonderful things…

so when would a giant hovering aircraft carrier make its grand appearance for him to see?

Before Ian had time to fully indulge in his imagination about whether a Tella Hovering Aircraft Carrier could possibly exist, Yisen Gard shook his head, interrupting his thoughts, “A ‘descendant of the dispossessed’ is only considered so for three generations, right?

Since you’re from after the third generation, you’re definitely no longer a displaced person.”

“Oh?” Ian thought a moment, realizing indeed that his great-grandparents were the exiles, his grandparents the second generation, and his parents the third.

In his own generation, he had already shed the mantle of being a displaced person, musing, “So I’m a regular citizen of The Empire now?

No wonder Elder Prude always said I was the hope of the family; from my generation onward, the White Folks of Harrison Port can indeed begin to strive anew.”

While chatting thus casually with Yisen Gard, Ian continued to observe his surroundings.

He noticed that the level of security in the second layer of the district was indeed incredibly tight.

Just in the area he had just passed, there were roughly three hundred elite guards patrolling…

in the entire second layer of the district, there likely were thousands of guards who could be considered elite soldiers on patrol.

This place, in truth, was so heavily guarded that not even a mosquito could get in.

But here…

most of the houses were empty.

Ian couldn’t help but sigh when he thought of the many small-town residents who were still worried about their temporary residence permits outside the Imperial Capital.

They arrived at the main estate of the Ellen Family, located in the second district.

Behind the towering walls that were three people tall, the five-story marble building shone brightly, resembling a small fortress.

Almost every window and door that could expose light sparkled with brilliant gold, proving that indeed there were people moving about inside.

The Alchemy carriage passed through the automatically opening gates and parked in a nearby spot.

Ian and Yisen Gard got out of the vehicle, only to find a beautiful woman standing at the entrance, wearing a silver-based, red-edged, exquisite silk robe.

Her splendid golden hair was tied up, and a string of silver-white pendants hung from her slender neck, accentuating her snow-white skin even more.

She looked at her son and the white-haired youth next to him with a complex gaze.

“Mother?

Why are you outside?”

Seeing this scene, Yisen Gard couldn’t help but feel astonished and quickly walked forward.

Lady Ellen was a true noble with royal bloodline, and theoretically, such a high-ranking noble would never do anything that would diminish their status—Which lady of a noble family would stand at the entrance to greet guests?

It was indeed too much of an overstep.

“I wanted to see you the moment you arrived, how so?

Do you think any rules could restrain your mother?”

The golden-haired woman snorted coldly, as it was apparent that a princess of the royal family still thought quite differently from ordinary nobles, “I said, last night, or at noon today, to bring your friend here to see me…

but you didn’t message me last night.”

She approached her son and stretched out her slender fingers, pinching Yisen Gard’s cheeks: “What?

Have you grown wings?”

—No wonder Yisen Gard kept saying ‘my mom says this, my mom says that…’ So this is Lady Afrina’s personality?

Now I understand why he seemed a bit of a mama’s boy…

Watching this scene, Ian showed a look of realization.

“No…

Ah…

Mom…”

Yisen Gard’s cheeks and neck heated up, and his snow-white skin turned red, especially after he noticed the knowing look from his friend behind him, he became even more embarrassed: “Mom…

I was wrong…

I just thought you already knew…”

“I do know, and it’s not that I want to control everything about you…

but you need to understand the importance of priorities and procedures…

This will only benefit your future.”

Her own son’s obedient admission of fault and the endearing pleas seemingly pleased her, yet Lady Ellen sighed.

This mannerism, isn’t he a carbon copy of Yisen Gard?

Indeed, mother and son: “You’re growing up, and you will certainly keep some things from me.

It’s one thing with this friend, but what if next time you meet with some friends whose dangers you don’t realize?”

“You have to be responsible for your own safety.”

Then she turned to Ian.

“Ian…

indeed a fine young man.

I thought you would come in Armored Clothing, which would have been much more convenient.”

Lady Ellen’s words left Ian and Yisen startled for a moment as they exchanged glances, clearly not understanding the meaning of her words.

But Ian quickly grasped the situation, his eyebrows slightly raised at a premonition forming in his mind.

“Prepare to come in, good child, go to the room on the side and wear your Armor Suit.

Before the noon banquet, we have an important matter to attend to.”

As expected, Lady Ellen tilted her head slightly, although she was meeting Ian for the first time, she seemed to have an in-depth understanding of the young man: “It’s your knighthood ceremony—It’s the part near the lake in Leyan Territory, is it not?

If you’re not satisfied, you can choose anywhere else outside of Leyan City.”

“In any case, congratulations to you, young Knight.

You have become the youngest Lord in the history of South Ridge.”