Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 371 - 371 178 Knight Order_3

371: Chapter 178 Knight Order_3 371: Chapter 178 Knight Order_3 Front hall, banquet hall, conference room, parlor, office area…as well as the vacant rooms in the four corner fortress towers, and the high-level “Lord Residence.”

Only Leon knew that the most spacious room at the top was naturally not any lord’s bedroom, it was originally the dwelling of Galron, the Chief Guard of Lady Aphrodite, ancestor of the Thorny Flower Family.

The reason there was no lord’s throne in place here was that the owner of the Purple Bauhinia Fortress, Lady Aphrodite, actually lived in the Mage Tower, not this main castle that managed day-to-day affairs.

Having informed everyone of their respective room locations, Azeryan saw Olivia overlooking the Avalon District from the observation balcony and quietly pulled Leon aside.

“I haven’t arranged a room for Olivia yet…you’ll see to it yourself.”

Leon raised an eyebrow, gave him a thumbs up, a brother understands my heart.

…

As night fell, after sharing dinner with everyone in the main castle, Leon came to the conference room with Azeryan and others to discuss the pressing matters of the territory.

The first priority was, of course, to define the duties of everyone by his side for the now vast territory.

Establishing a functioning simple administrative system was the urgent order of the day.

With Avalon and Selva included, Leon himself governed over four towns and fourteen villages.

Lokhak had one town, one fortress, and two villages.

Azeryan had five villages.

The population living in the territory exceeded ten thousand, and with the scale being different, if they hoped to continue to be hands-on as before, Leon and the others probably would have to spend all their time scurrying around, dealing with various trivial matters.

Although Leon had no experience in establishing a bureaucratic system, Azeryan had been immersed in the bureaucratic structure of Holy Land City, and Lady Vanessa and Miss Sally were also on-site, able to offer suggestions based on their past limited understanding of their family’s territories.

Chief of government affairs, chief secretary, chief financial officer, chief stablemaster, medical, internal dining, public safety, forest patrol, tax officers, copyists, accountants…as well as court officials whose cases were currently being judged by their own few knights, not so urgent yet but definitely needed in the future, and even education officials, when there was extra capacity in the future.

Start by establishing the positions within the structure, then summon the town mayors and village officials from all over to meet in Avalon…

“Mr.

Leon, if I may be so bold to ask…do you intend to incorporate Lord Azeryan and Lord Lokhak’s territories into your bureaucratic system as well, to manage them together as you did in Selva before?” Lady Vanessa couldn’t help but ask, holding back the peculiarity.

Upon hearing Lady Vanessa’s words, the three men, including Leon, were all taken aback.

Yes, this did seem…a bit odd.

They were used to living together, which caused them to subconsciously discuss all their lands as one.

But now it was no longer three small villages, and from any angle, the Avallon Territory had neither the right nor the legal basis to rule the lands under the other two Thorny Flower Knights.

“I don’t mind,” Lokhak scratched his head, unbothered.

To Lokhak, his life, his relatives, and everything he now possessed came from Leon’s grace.

Even if he had to give away all he had now, he would do so without hesitation…except his sister, of course.

“I have no objection either,” Azeryan shook his head, his thoughts simple; emotion and friendship were important factors, but at the same time, Azeryan could see the future and hope he could have by following Leon.

Leon furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, understanding the implication behind Lady Vanessa’s words.

He looked up, smiling at Azeryan and Lokhak, and said, “Of course, we wouldn’t mind, but if there’s never a fitting name, and we always appear as one, not to speak of others, what would your descendants think in the future?

It’s too early to discuss this now, but it does give us an opportunity to think about this issue in advance.”

“Then how about this—I’ll just swear fealty to you directly, Leon, and become your Knight?

You’ve already become such a substantial Baron,” Lokhak had a flash of inspiration, thinking he had a great idea.

Azeryan couldn’t help but laugh and facepalm at his joke.

“What are you babbling about?”

Leon, helplessly admiring his brother’s startling wit, said: “We are both vassals of Count Eriv, having just received our new fiefs.

Are you already betraying our Lord, wanting to renounce your title?”

“Oh, okay, right,” Lokhak suddenly realized he’d said something foolish and shrugged.

The room fell into a slight silence; Leon picked up a cup of hot water to moisten his throat.

His gaze aimlessly drifted to the side, where Olivia, dressed in the same white dress and blue skirt as Altoria, was quietly listening from the side.

Leon’s heart stirred.

At the same time, he remembered the invitation from Princess Ines that day.

A novel idea surfaced in Leon’s mind after a long absence.

“How about we establish a ‘Knight Order?'”