426 A Friend From Nothing(1/2)
Beta soon discovered Roland, and he immediately stood up and waved to Roland: "Brother Roland, come here."
Roland walked over.
The girl, who was suspected to be a paladin, also stood up.
"Brother Roland, this is Dinah, the one who sent me the mission." The youthful aura on Beta's face had disappeared a lot: "Dinah, this is my good friend, Roland."
"Hello." The girl named Dinah nodded slightly to Roland: "I heard Your Excellency Shuke say you that you are one of his best friends."
"You are indeed a paladin." Roland smiled.
It seems that my mental perception is not wrong.
The girl nodded: "It is also the worst of all paladins."
She spoke softly while asking Roland to sit down.
Then he continued, "It is far from being a talented person like Lord Shuke."
Roland felt that this was Dinah's humble words. After all, they were all paladins and all professions chosen by the goddess. In theory, it was not too far away.
But in fact...Dina is telling the truth.
Even at the same level, the gap between paladins and paladins may sometimes be greater than that between streams and rivers.
Shuk is the most talented of all paladins, which is a fact recognized by everyone.
In contrast, Tina's talent is at the bottom. But it doesn't matter.
Normally, as long as your behavior does not deviate from the doctrine, the profession of Paladin is lifelong, even if your strength is weak, you will never make any progress.
Because only the goddess of light has the right to ‘take back’ the identity of the paladin.
Pour Roland a glass of fruit wine, Beta said, "It's just Roland that you are the fastest. Li Lin and the others will probably have something to do in a few days."
Roland nodded: "After all, I can teleport, it's normal to be faster. Then again, what kind of mission is it?"
Beta subconsciously looked around, as if he was afraid that outsiders would hear it.
Dinah smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if others know, I won't hand over this task to them."
When the girl spoke, she looked straight at Beta with her eyes bright.
Roland tasted the wine with it, looked at Dinah, then Beta, and nodded in his heart.
But Beta didn't seem to understand the meaning of the girl's bright eyes. He did not look at Dinah's eyes, but said to Roland: "Ms. Dinah gave me a task, let's go to a ruin to find some Guangmingjingjing water and return. The reward is... a viscount belonging to the Hibiscus family, and there is a very vast land as my territory."
Roland was stunned for a moment: "The real powerful nobles divided the feudal?"
Beta nodded.
Roland looked at Dinah with some disbelief. It was too much for this girl to promise such generous conditions.
There is a big difference between a true noble and a quasi-noble, that is, a true noble has a territory and a subordinate "family".
Although Beta was a noble before, this was an advantage given to him by his identity, he was only a quasi-noble. Some privileges did not really enter the aristocratic class.
When he gets the territory, the situation will be completely different.
The entire country's "land" is limited. If you give it to you, I or others will be less.
Therefore, for the nobles, land is very important and very important, and is an important strategic resource that almost would rather die than throw away.
This girl has the right to release a large piece of territory?
What would the people in her family say?
Seeing Roland's slightly puzzled expression, Dinah explained: "That territory is mine, and... that territory is almost impossible to live in, so after Beta gets it, it will take a lot of effort to transform it."
Roland thought for a while and said, "Forgive me to ask, is that territory full of mountains and forests?"
Even the mountains and forests don’t matter. This is not a problem for the rabbits who have created the country. At worst, the infrastructure is fully developed.
"It's a swamp." Dinah said embarrassedly: "That was originally my dowry, but the patriarch saw me pitiful and gave it to me. The symbolic significance is far greater than the actual significance. Even if I give it to someone, no one will say anything."
So that's it... There are also sayings in this world that women are losing money.
It's really too feudal ideological.
But Roland thought about it in his mind and asked again: "How big is that swamp?"
"It's about 4,000 square kilometers!" Dinah said lightly.
This is not small, almost half of the magic city.
Roland looked at Beta: "What do you mean?"
"Check it." Beta said lightly: "As a god-born noble, I have a professional task, which is to own a territory, the bigger the better."
"Okay." Roland stood up: "Things have been settled. I'll go to the Magic Association and find some magic books to read. When Li Lin and the others arrive, you will notify me."
"Will you stay here tonight?" Beta also stood up and asked, "This manor is very big, and there is no problem with staying for a few more people. Dinah had already said that we would solve our accommodation problem."
Roland waved back as he walked: "No, I won't bother you."
Beta is still young and doesn't understand what Roland means,
However, a red cloud floated slightly on Dinah's face.
Roland left the manor and did not go to the Magic Society, but to the city wall.
Antis was still standing at the gate of the city and urged the city guards to collect cap taxes and maintain public order.
Roland walked to him and smiled, "It's boring to look at you."
The pretty face of white jade turned around, and Antis' expression seemed a little impatient: "Why are you running over again?"
"Inquiry about it."
"If you have something to do, come to me, throw me aside if you have nothing to do, and still think I'm a friend?"
"Okay." Roland waved to him: "I'll invite you to drink."
"No sincerity!"
Even though he said so, Antis followed.
The two sat in the most luxurious tavern in the royal city, with four beautiful maids standing next to them, serving both of them.
Roland ordered some wine and food casually. After the things came up, he asked while drinking, "Do you know the man Dina-Hizuki?"
"Hibiscus flower? Dinah?" Antis frowned: "No, how long have you kidnapped the queen and then put your ideas on the paladins? Is your hobby 'defiled nobility and holiness'?"
Roland happened to be drinking, and this sentence choked and Roland coughed heavily, and sprinkled water from his mouth and nose.
He choked and blushed.
After coughing for a while, Roland recovered and said, "I have no interest in her."
"Then what do you want to ask her?" She sent the silver wine glass to her pink lips with her white jade-like slender hands. After taking a sip, she continued: "Dinah is a paladin. In a sense, it's much more troublesome than the queen, don't mess around."
"No, it's my friend who knows her, has a good relationship with her and is living in her manor."
Antis yelled: "I have heard a lot about creating a friend out of nothing. Actually, this friend is you."
"It's really my friend, Beta, I don't know if you've heard it."
"That wandering noble Beta?"
Antis held his small and white chin with his palm, as if he was interested.
"He is called Wandering Noble? Is there such a slutty title?"
"It's quite famous," continued Antis, "Although we can't find out who he is, no one suspects his aristocratic identity is false. It seems to be a divine power that puts his identity in the public with those who know him."
This is probably the characteristic of the profession of the "God-born nobles".
"Tell me about this Ms. Dinah."
Antis turned his head and looked at him: "It's really not you who want to know?"
"I want to know too, but it's not what you think. I just want to help my friend get the lower limit so that I won't be fooled."
Antis shook his head: "The Paladin is not lying."
Roland nodded.
He knew that the Paladin was not a lie, but Dinah was not necessarily a Paladin.
It just feels like a paladin.
So what if she brought out Shuke's name? Roland could see that Beta was very familiar with her. Could it be that she could find a lot of news from Beta's words?
Roland still doesn't believe her very much.
After all, the reward given by Dinah is too exaggerated.
The title of real power and aristocrats also has a huge territory.
So what if it is a swamp, it is still a piece of land.
If it is really not worth it, the Hibiscus family has already given it away, so why wait until Beta appears?
"The head of Hibiscus is the 'marquis', and like my family, they are all royal relatives." Antis said with a smile: "Dina became a paladin when she was six years old, and then she often lived in the Holy Land of Light. She didn't have much time to come back, so I'm not very familiar with her."
To be continued...