The territory that Sean named is not small, and it can even be compared to a barony. Of course, this is the result of taking into account the Black Swan Castle and the surrounding land, which is about the size of a jazz collar if you don't count the Black Swan Castle and the surrounding area.

It's just that this territory nominally belongs to Asuna, but in fact, even Asuna herself has not confirmed it, and even the delivery ceremony with the kingdom of Dabion has not been completed - it's not that she is lazy, but it's so obvious that Asuna is so open to people's territory, Asuna naturally can't ask for it. And the kingdom of Dabion didn't seem to mind Asuna's attitude, they didn't even pay attention to it, and just withdrew the team, so that the territory became a borderless land.

There are a total of three towns in the entire territory, and after losing the protection of the lord, the three towns need to face the alien races that may be attacked by the wild lands, which has made the three territories a little miserable in the past year. And in order to get rid of this ubiquitous shadow, the three towns have also come up with some solutions, that is, they began to hire mercenary groups to assist in the garrison, and because the taxes of the territory no longer have to be paid to the lord, so they naturally have extra money, and over time, the three towns have now become a lawless area.

As for the Black Swan Castle, it was the castle of a viscount of the Kingdom of Dabiang. His original territory happened to occupy the other third of the Anglodara Mountains, and it was he who refused Asuna's oath to take the oath, which led to the later war between the two countries, and the viscount was the first to die under Asuna's army, and after the annexation of this territory, the Black Swan Castle became Asuna's possession.

The reason why Black Swan Castle is famous is that there is a small area in this ancient castle, but it is an artificial lake that leads to an underground spring. At that time, a large group of black swans rested here, and they were not afraid of people, which naturally added a beautiful scenery to this ancient castle. That's why people call this castle Black Swan Castle. Only with the death of that lord. After a war, Black Swan Castle has never been visited again.

At the beginning, Asuna even came to live here for a short time, just to meet these so-called black swans, but unfortunately none of the black swans appeared, and Asuna returned to Tonis Fortress in a hurry. Since then, the castle has been completely abandoned due to lack of repair and maintenance. Somehow, the story of the haunted came out, and the castle became a ghost castle.

At this time, if it weren't for Sean's mention of the castle, Asuna would have almost forgotten that there was such a castle on the edge of her territory.

"Black Swan Castle has no problem for you." Asuna spoke, "But the territory you named for is a bit of a problem. ”

"Trouble?" This time it was Sean's turn not to understand.

Although he knew that this territory belonged to Asuna. But how could he know that Asuna didn't have a delivery ceremony with the Kingdom of Dabion for some reason? So at this time, hearing Asuna say that it was troublesome, Sean couldn't react a little, and just looked at Asuna with a puzzled face.

"Although this territory is nominally mine, in fact I did not get the contract documents from the Kingdom of Dabiang." Asuna was not ambiguous, and simply explained the current situation to Sean, "Although the Kingdom of Dabion retains the contract documents, they actually do not protect this territory anymore, so this territory has now become a Dominion...... A Dominion between the Kingdom of Dabion and the Duchy of Lane. ”

Sean's brow furrowed slightly. The subtext of Asuna's words is clear. That is, he wants this territory without a problem, but the legal right to the territory is not on her. And I'm afraid the security of this territory is very bad. It is even possible that because of the laissez-faire and autonomy of the past year, even if there is a lord in the past, they will not buy it, after all, once they are used to freedom, it will be difficult to accept any restraints.

"It doesn't matter, if I can't even control this territory, I won't be qualified to talk to you about those things." Sean smiled, seemingly unconcerned.

"Since you don't think there's anything wrong with it, then I'll arrange the relevant procedures." Seeing Sean so insistent, Asuna nodded and said no more, "By the way, I still don't know your last name?" ”

"Connery." Sean pondered for a moment, then said, "Sean. Connelly. ”

"Okay, I see." Asuna nodded.

Immediately, Sean and Asuna said goodbye and left, anyway, everything has been done, so naturally there is no need to continue to stay here. Only this time, it was not Elizabeth who sent Sean out of the house, but a soldier of the Thundering Edge leading the way in front, which made Sean relax a little, after all, following Elizabeth, Sean really felt a little uncomfortable.

After making sure that Sean had left, Elizabeth suddenly closed the door, then pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at Asuna with some curiosity.

"What's wrong?" Asuna saw Elizabeth sitting here like this, but she didn't speak, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

She was under the impression that Elizabeth rarely behaved like this.

"You're going to give him a piece of land?" Elizabeth's voice was a little surprised, "Judging from the territory he has divided, it should be the size of a barony." But although you are a marquis, you do not have the power to be a baron, and now the Duchy of Lane has a bit of a big opinion of you, and the noble circle is also unprecedentedly united with each other, it is impossible for you to insert another nobleman into it. ”

"I'm just giving him a knighthood." Asuna said lightly.

On the Miracle Continent, the canonization of a title cannot be solved with a casual word of words.

The lords of any territory, no matter how big the title, can only canonize the two titles of knight and knight, and the territory given to them is also divided from their own fiefdom, which is not hereditary, but only for life, and the commoners call these knights and knights' fiefs knights and knights knights' fields and knights' domains - the area is usually very small, like the knight's territory has only a small manor in half, and the knight's territory is better, and there may be a village. And all the income of these territories is naturally attributed to the knights and knights of the territory, which is regarded as a disguised salary payment.

Rather, it is necessary to canonize the title of baron and above. Only a true leader of a country qualifies for this. For example, Grand Dukes, Kings, Emperors, and many more. However, the Grand Duke is only eligible to be canonized as a marquis and below, and only the king of the kingdom and the emperor of the empire are eligible to be canonized as dukes, but the empire is stronger than the kingdom, that is, the empire is qualified to have a vassal state, but the kingdom is not - the reason for this is due to the difference in the strength of the country, if the two countries are so similar to each other's national strength, how can they be willing to become vassals?

And the Empire. It has never been done only by superficial strength, but by fighting. If you can make an empire a kingdom, then you can naturally call yourself an empire.

At worst, it must be recognized by half of the empire before it can become a new empire.

On the Miracle Continent, there are only seven empires from ancient times to the present. In addition to the five old empires such as Cinnas, Maggie, St. Joels, Millennium Covenant, and Amelia, the other two "empires" are not very stable. Every few decades, a kingdom that feels strong comes to the door, so the position rotates quickly. On the contrary, the road of "recognition through half of the empires" has never been taken, after all, the interests and focus directions of each other in the seven empires are also intricate, and it is likely that when you get the nod of one, you have already offended the other two.

It's not easy to get the four empires to nod your new imperial identity.

So Asuna's "I'm just giving him a knighthood" is not a humble statement, but she can only go this far. If you want to go any further. She can recommend. But in the end, it depends on the will of the royal family of the principality, not on her alone. This is why Asuna told Sean that the Duchy of Lane would not allow new nobles to join the circle at will.

Sooner or later, Sean will know these things, so Asuna might as well talk to Sean first, so as not to have any misunderstandings in the future. It's just that Sean's arrogance and courage made Asuna look a little different.

"But I'm curious what you talked to him about, and how he suddenly made him a knight?" Elizabeth suddenly smiled narrowly, "Could it be that he is the secret lover you have been keeping all along?" …… Hey, I'll just say how you can't look down on that guy Dutch, he's the only young guy closest to you in the Duchy of Lane. ”

"It used to be, but it won't be anymore." Asuna shook her head and denied Elizabeth's words.

Ducky. Zoff, lord of Danawi, a powerful count.

He has ambition and strength, and under his rule, the Danawi Leader is indeed growing at an astonishing rate. I'm afraid that it won't be long before this lord can pull out a strong private army, and even if he can't become a powerful marquis at that time, the title of a powerful earl will definitely not be able to run.

In the entire Duchy of Lane, Ducky is known as the closest person to Asuna, but it is definitely not a compliment for a man to be the second to Asuna. So it's no wonder that Ducky is so desperate to prove himself, but it's a pity that the more he is so eager to show himself, the more everyone will regard him as Asuna's second.

"I can't see it, you have a lot of confidence in this handsome guy." Elizabeth and Asuna are already very familiar with each other, so it doesn't hurt to make a little joke.

It's just that Asuna didn't answer Elizabeth's ridicule, but slid the note on the table to Elizabeth: "He wrote it." ”

Elizabeth picked it up with some curiosity and looked at it, and her eyes immediately changed: "This guy, what a big breath!" …… Do you believe it? ”

"Faith." Asuna nodded, "But the surname Connery, I really haven't heard of any of the great nobles of the Chainas Empire have this surname, you go and check if it's the surname of those hidden ancient wealthy families in the Chainas Empire, those guys like to do this kind of mysterious things the most." ”

Elizabeth also restrained her smile after reading the contents of the note, nodded in understanding, and then left the meeting room and began to investigate.

And Asuna, of course, also has a lot to deal with, and the top priority is to prove Sean's status as a pioneer knight and sir. (To be continued.) )

PS: Three more! One more chapter! It's kind of compensation for the mistakes in last night's update!