Chapter 172 The noble. (1/2)

“A noble fro back froeon Roland wanted to relax and sleep it off Before that could happen Elodia dropped a bombshell on his head Apparently, a very irowing city

This entire island was sodo Duke The house name was Valerian and they were the undisputed powerhouses of the south of this kingdom

A duke household was second only to the royal fadoht Even if soenerally related to this family appeared anywhere they would kick up quite the storreat? Thisto the city”

“Ah yeah sure…”

For Elodia this was a good thing as she knehat power nobles carried with theoverned by so cities If Albrook ed to attract one of them, to the commoners it e

This could causeon how the new lord handled things Soo the oposite way, if the noble was inco its full potential

Roland knew of a few reasons why a noble would be sent to a yet developing city like this Thethee people Another reason could be punishment or even banishment

Albrook was soard where the Valerian Duke had his main castle From what Roland knew he had soer cities that were more militaristic in nature A town like Albrook didn’t see that would be run by someone from the direct line

“Do you know the naovern Albrook?”

“No, he arrived a few days ago but they didn’t give any

Announcement

yet… Come to think of it…”

As Elodia was about to reveal so she stopped and looked at the clock that he had constructed

“Oh no, look at the tiet back to the shop!”

Before he could get h the door

“Wait… ere you trying to tell me…”

Roland trailed off at the end there, when nobles were involved he was very interested in as happening He didn’t think that he was in any danger but with a new boss in town, things could be changing The biggest danger would be to his own shop that a noble could find an eyesore

After living in Edelgard for a few years he kne soainst the contract that he made with the city, there were other ways to races of this neild card that came into the city

‘I bet all the other ifts… should I do the sa was frowned upon, here on the other hand it was part of the course Sending the nobles ‘presents’ was so any respectable merchants with deep pockets would do It was more a show of respect and would most of the time keep the noble happy

‘What would I even make … a nice durasteel sword?’

With the new resources in hand, he could probablyThe proble his old tools that were ill-fit for the e needed to be re temperatures of the other metals He also needed to produce better tools for this job which would take him quite some time to finish

‘It will probably take er, It would be better to go with soht some of his older prototypes would still be somewhat adequate to a noble’s tastes Before he could make a decision he needed more information, was this noble a battle maniac or maybe more of a brainy type?

He at least expected it to be a overn cities or large territories There were a couple of families that utilized everyone, so it still could be the case here

Without the proper infor so eon he needed a break After he had recharged his batteries he would tackle this probleht in mind, he headed to the bathrooo

“If it isn’t young master Arthur, on behalf of the citizens of Albrook I welco man dressed in a e His hair was pure white and it contrasted ith his deep green eyes His height was slightly above average just like his frame

“Ah yes, you were the old attendant, your nae”

An oldtowards this youth that didn’t look past twenty Roland would recognize his face as this was the cityh on the inside he was feeling a bit adamant about it

“You can raise your head”

“Yes my lord, let gage inside We have also prepared lodgings for the Valerian knights that have accoh space for all of theated to butler duties tried to have sos He had arrived in a lush-looking carriage and ell protected To this old man, it seeh to anger this young lad

“Luggage? There won’t be ”

“My lord?”

Ferdinand was confused at what the new lord had said but soon he would realize the truth Thefelloith a grand stature and a big gash on his forehead approached with heavy steps

“Young lord, we have fulfilled our duties of bringing you here, as the Duke ordered ill now depart”

“Is that so captain? I guess if it was a direct order fro”

Arthur Valerian sdoe force that consisted of fifty heavy arhts on horseback slowly removed itself fro lord, his personal hts

“T-this is?”

“As you can see Ferdinand, you don’t need to worry about me too much… now be so kind as to show me around the mansion”

The old e man in the shi+ny ar as no one dismounted their horses beside the captain Noas clear that they intended to leave the ot here

Ferdinand, who had spent a part of his life working as a butler for the Valerian estate quickly realized what this was about The young lad that he was interacting as clearly not someone favorably looked at by the Duke