The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 447 - 270: Magic Lock, Magic Key, The Powerful Domination Sect’s Magic_2

Chapter 447: Chapter 270: Magic Lock, Magic Key, The Powerful Domination Sect’s Magic_2

Ivita handed her the Sword in Fire.

In these feudal lordship ceremonies, tradition dictates that he must give the investiture sword to the other party.

Even though things are simplified now, this most basic rule cannot be changed.

Ivita said to her, "I shall hereby invest you as the Lady of Village One."

"This is the document of your investiture."

The female Ranger stood up, accepting the documents, scanning through, prepared by Ivita in the past seven days. The papers only mentioned the Lord of Volcano Island because the Island didn’t belong to any kingdom or duchy system, nor did it belong to any independent nation’s system, thus it could only be inscribed as a Lordship.

Similarly, concerning the title bestowed to her, it would merely indicate the Knight’s lordship.

This was the result after Ivita consulted with Wilson. Wilson suggested that this was the usual method adopted by settlers in the early phase when their territory hadn’t expanded enough to form an independent nation.

Everything used the lordship as a substitute for the investiture system, which meant it wouldn’t seem arrogant and disrespectful.

In this era, if you wished to establish a new independent nation, you must attain approval from the Church or the Holy Gold Rose Empire, or the authorization of a kingdom law or a duchy law, with at least one of these satisfactions necessary.

If you wanted stronger legitimacy, you needed to have approval by all four parties simultaneously.

It would clearly be impossible for Ivita to seek the approval of the law, or the Church and the Empire when he only had such a small island. That’s why he had to put it that way.

After the investiture of the female Ranger, making her part of his own people.

Ivita looked at the Old Knight and said gently, "This is not mandatory. So you can refuse. I won’t be upset because of that."

"I don’t need to try to force anyone."

The old Knight sighed, "No, my Lord, you misunderstand. Any territory is priceless to a knight. How could we possibly detest it? I am willing to accept your investiture. I was just overwhelmed earlier. The Persopolis Family has lost their own territory for a long time now. I didn’t expect that we would win our own territory on an Island in the Black Sea."

Thus, he knelt on one knee, and just like before, received the bestowal ceremony from Ivita.

Ivita looked at the Broken Steel Sword he used for the investiture and told the Old Knight somewhat awkwardly, "This is Ambros’s Sword of Sovereignty, so I can’t give it to you. When I come back to this island later, I will give you a precious sword as compensation."

The Old Knight was also taken aback.

He didn’t expect Ivita would use such a sword for his investiture.

Even if Ivita really gave him that sword, he wouldn’t dare to accept it.

Knights were originally very practical in their pioneering territories and pushing civilisation to the forefront. Many of their ceremonies could be simplified, placing an emphasis on being practical. Therefore, the Old Knight had no complaints about Ivita’s compromise.

As Ivita wasn’t a knight, it was natural that he wouldn’t carry an assortment of swords on him.

In this way, the old knight had also completely become one of his men.

Ivita handed two sets of documents to the old Knight and the female Ranger. "This is a colonization order issued under my name as the Lord of Volcano Island."

"I permit you to build new villages or even towns anywhere on this island."

"The second document permits you to increase the population on Volcano Island through plunder and human trafficking. This is not a requirement, but only to facilitate your development."

"Alright, my Lord." The Old Knight accepted the documents, carefully safeguarding them.

These documents are legally effective.

They will serve as the basis for their rights on Volcano Island in the future, so they must be carefully protected."

The old Knight didn’t mistrust Ivita. The Persopolis family is an old family. They have witnessed many tragic incidents where old families within the Saxon Kingdom had their territories, mansions, and castles confiscated by the tyrannical Red Queen, since they hadn’t properly preserved the royal investiture documents and the right documents to their manor from hundreds of years ago.

Therefore, he knew that the basic etiquette of an old family was to always keep all legal documents related to estates and territories.

Ivita didn’t mind what they did on Volcano Island. This was originally a territory he had forcibly obtained to get the first subordinate law.

If his vassals could really plunder a lot of people on this broken island, that would actually benefit him.

However, the island did have several thousand square kilometers of area, so there were indeed many places worth developing.

By the evening, Ivita had again conferred the Persopolis Knight, who had just awakened three days ago and was still physically weak. In this way, Ivita had conferred all three villages on Volcano Island.

However, to exchange two second-ranked Knights and one second-ranked Ranger for the use of such territories was a profitable deal for him.

The next morning, Ivita and the Hearthstone Witch arrived on a high mountain in the center of Volcano Island. This place was distant from residences and had a high altitude, which was very suitable for using the Domination Sect magic.

Ivita casually picked up a stone from the ground and drew on it. He drew a door that was two people tall. The moment he finished drawing, the ground-door seemed to become real.