That night, Fitch and Shani were placed in the west tower of Kings Castle, a suite with a balcony, living room and bedroom. The suite was named after "Summer Rose", but the roses have not bloomed yet, and there are not many, only the circle around the edge of the balcony.
Queen Carroll arranged three maids for them, but Feichi left only one and asked her to take care of Shani. Shani shook her head, "Don't leave it anymore. I can't lift my veil, and they can't help with dressing and other things, and they will only waste time here."
Although it was their power to not have servants, a person who served did not conform to the customs of the kingdom. In the end, Feiqi and Shani only had a messenger, a ten-year-old knight attendant, who was promoted from the civilians and was still in the primary learning stage. He was a shy boy. When he saw Feiqi and Shani, he changed his hands several places, and there seemed to be no place to put him in front of him and behind him.
"My name is Sam Janji, the son of Hamfast Janji, I am still an apprentice, and my knight instructor is Takong Green, and I am willing to serve the adults."
"From now on you, especially when attending the inner court meeting, you are responsible for collecting documents, letters, and all kinds of errands. Don't be nervous, if there is anything I can't do, I will teach you." Feiqi said to Sam: "In addition, if I say you don't need your service, then you come to Ms. Shanny and listen to her orders and protect her. If someone wants to bully her, beat me up, don't care who it is, I will take care of you."
"I...yes, sir, I will work hard."
Shani shook her head: "Feich, why did you let him hit someone for me?"
"He is a knight attendant, and the knight's duties are to protect the lady from being bullied, and to move forward bravely without fear of power. This is also a kind of exercise. Of course, Sam must learn, but he will not be able to fight, and he will be able to win. Did your knight teacher Takong Green teach you how to fight?"
"Mr. Green only taught me a little about the use of wooden sticks, and the spear and spear have not started to learn."
"I know, after my schedule is determined, you will have time to continue the course every day." Feige patted Sam on the shoulder: "It's nothing more today. Your room is next door. Have you ever seen it?"
Sam nodded: "I've seen it, there are beds, tables and lockers. There is also a bell there, and a line is connected to this room. As long as you pull the rope, I will come over."
Feich gave Sam some money to buy some new clothes and daily necessities, and then sent him away. When he and Shani were the only ones in the room, he took out a brown smoke crystal ring from the space bag and knelt in front of Shani on one knee. Shani was startled, but her feet were as if they were paralyzed. She covered her mouth and her shoulders were trembling with excitement.
"I have done the job of the Countess and their agreement, so I can formally propose to you now. The reason I ask them first is that I don't want you to encounter any difficult situations. I just want you to be happy and safe. This ring I bought from the ferrymen of the Styx, called the Earth Element Ring. It can provide protection when you encounter danger, resist swords, guns, swords and halberds, and also allow you to enter stones and soil to avoid enemy tracking. Well... Anyway, this is a good thing, are you willing to accept it?"
"Even if you only give me a mud circle, I'm willing to accept it, let alone such a good thing." Shani reached out to grab it, but Feiqi grabbed her hand and took the ring up. The brown natural smoke crystal was cut into thirty-six perfectly flat sections, embedded in the ring holder of pure mitral. It quickly connected with the magic power in Shani's body, releasing a warm and fitting sense of intimacy.
"I feel a little different...it seems like this ring is connected to me."
"Is that? It seems that my idea is right: Medusa's bloodline may have the power of earth element spells, so earth element rings should fit you the most, and this feeling of connection is proof of it. But..." Feiqi picked up Shani with a strange smile on her face: "Today there is more than one connection work to do."
The night passed, and the hearts of the two people were closer together, and of course there were other things. For example, Feiqi was more sure that his human form needed exercise, so he consciously started the work and rest schedule and training plan at the Ice Peak Fortress. Although he did not have the supervision of Kelly and the company of Tron and others, he now had a servant named Sam. Thinking that such exercise should be useful to Sam, Feiqi asked him to join in instead of watching.
The two of them ran in the castle, familiar with the stairs, corridors, walls and squares here, and had to go down the mountain road to the lowest point, and then came up with wood, sand or other goods. After returning, Fitch used his magic to summon water to take a shower, and then went to Shani's place for breakfast, or asked Andrew for free.
Two days passed quickly, and the long-awaited throne ceremony of the nobles and the people was held as scheduled. Looking down from the towering castle, there was a sea of ​​joy everywhere, and the shouts of the king's long livery were like mountains and seas. Flags were flying, ribbons fluttered, and people singing and dancing occupied the streets and squares. Feich wore a short robe, long boots, long swords hung around her waist, and a light ball was lying on one side of her shoulder. He held the cat stick in his hand, holding the other hand with Shani, standing among the Hall family. His outfit was weird, and Shani was always covered with her face, so it was easier to attract others' attention. Feich could imagine other people's discussions, but now it is the king's throne ceremony, and everyone should focus on the king to show respect, and no one would disturb this sacred and solemn ceremony.
The bishop of the Goddess Church, who thought he would become a spell consultant, was Bishop Bray Baker. I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Bishop Baker looked at Fitch several times with a strange look. However, he still fulfilled all the steps of the ceremony conscientiously and solemnly, put the crown on Andrew’s head accurately and solemnly, and then retreated aside to let His Majesty accept the allegiance of the important ministers.
Next is a line up, and everyone has five seconds to speak, starting with introducing their name and family, and ending with "I will obey past orders, be loyal to my duties, and never betrayal". The team is very long, from the front of the throne to the near the castle gate. Andrew must sit on the throne and face everyone with a majestic and kind attitude, solemn and friendly attitude. He must keep a smile, raise his hand gently, and nod slowly. Feiqi looked at him for a while and felt bored and tired for him, and he didn't know how he persisted.
Fortunately, as family members, Feiqi doesn't have to queue up and can leave the Throne Hall to go for a walk elsewhere, and Sam is following them. Seeing him, Feiqi said, "There are many flags here. You will be very useful in the future. Go ahead and follow us two of us and can't learn anything. Go around yourself, or go to the arena to see."
"Sir, I think it's better to follow you. There are many people today. If you have any instructions, it will be more convenient for me to be nearby." Sam said.
Feich prefers to be alone with Shani, but Sam is indeed more convenient for her to be around. After the king ascended the throne, he has officially become a spell consultant and one of the twelve people in the king's inner court. In addition, he comes from the Hall family and is the king's younger brother, which makes him one of the most influential people. Many nobles send servants to send letters, hoping to meet Feich, most of whom are the nobles of Feinberg. If Sam is not here, Feich will receive the letter from the messenger, which will be joked.
Although she was out for breath, Feichi didn't go much far. Just on the wall of the castle, which was a few steps away from the Throne Hall, Feichi chose a battlement and sat on it, reading the spell book in the bright sunshine. Shani sat beside him, opened the space bag, took out a piece of embroidery, and continued to thread the needle. She was going to make some exquisite clothing and accessories for Feichi's family to make gifts to get closer to the relationship faster. The ring of earth element commands shone brightly on the middle finger, but its current function was just a thimble.
"Xiani, if you have time, go to the city to find a place to live. The house is bigger and older. Anyway, I will transform most of it to place various magic circles."
"How big is it? Do you want to move all Minas Ishir's magic circles here?"
"If you don't move the strategic teleportation array, let the king pay for it, let's build another one in the capital." Feiqi said this and Shani understood that the area required was calculated based on the three barrel array, and it can only be larger than that, not smaller.
Space spells are the type of spell that Feiqi is most proficient in, but he still feels that he still has room for improvement. Based on his own knowledge, by reading other people's spell books, Feiqi can quickly obtain new spell ideas and methods, and then learn from his own magic system.
Cross-plane teleportation can be said to be the most complex part of the spatial spell system, and there are many problems that need to be solved. For example, the relative position of the two worlds, considerations of the universality of spells and spells, considerations of the living environment of the spell caster, etc.
Fitch has always used large-scale magic circles to connect two spaces first, and by the way, the environments of the two places are also connected. If it cannot be teleported, you can know before departure. According to some spell books, if the caster relies entirely on his own resilience to adapt to the opposite environment, then this step can be omitted, and the plane transmission will become simpler - and it is also more dangerous and more barbaric. Generally, humans, the body of the elves caster is relatively weak, and this transmission risk is too great. However, for the devil, in order to better conquer various worlds, hell has long equipped them with strong bodies, so...
Feiqi can use a single-person plane to teleport spells in any devil form. He just needs to convert other people's spells into runes of the magic matrix. This greatly enhances his mobility. He does not need to pass the three-barrel magic array to go to hell, and does not need to use summoning to return to the mortal world. However, he plans to use a dimensional anchor magic array in the entire palace area to prevent anyone from teleporting in, including himself. Therefore, he asked Shani to find another residence in the city and set it as a teleportation entrance and exit.
In addition to preventing teleportation, it is also a relatively troublesome thing to deal with air targets and potential enemies. After the throne ceremony, Earl Hall found Feich and expressed concerns about Andrew's safety. This was at this time when Feich knew that the assassination of Andrew had happened twice. It was said that they were all assassins hired by the rebel Viscount, but their true identities were not found out.
The meaning of Count Hall was very obvious, which was to let Feich focus on this matter at the inner court meeting and put the construction of the castle first. However, Feich always believed that the castle was to be eliminated. When facing the double pressure of air and teleportation, any fortress above the ground or prominent is just a living target. Moreover, Mount Lawton is not high, and is even far less than the peak where the Ice Peak Fortress is located. Therefore, any castle built here has no tactical value except showing the king being high.
The first imperial meeting was held, with the king, queen and twelve inner court members all present, and one servant was present. Since Andrew's power to the throne actually came from the blood of Carroll, the queen gave a speech this time, and she would not have to attend again. All the etiquette was designed to allow Andrew to exercise the king's power more legitimately, but the real political confrontation began when the first topic of the inner court meeting was raised.
"The first thing to put is to increase grain production and fill everyone's stomach, so my suggestion is to start promoting high-yield crops such as potatoes in China." Feich is the youngest among the members of the inner court, but he was the first to speak and didn't care about the red tape in the meeting at all.
"There is nothing to discuss about farming. Just issue an announcement and order those mud legs to work in the fields. Is it necessary to say it in this solemn palace?"
"Who are you from? I haven't been in the capital circle for a long time. Please forgive me if I can't remember who you are. Anyway, I'm just discussing things, not discussing people." Feiqi kept smiling, but everyone could see that the smile was just polite and perfunctory. "It's just that the order is not enough, and it also requires guidance on planting, which includes providing seedlings, posting announcements and conducting publicity, tracking the planting situation, and then continuing to harvest, processing, warehousing and even distribution. This requires a lot of money, manpower and energy, and cannot be completed by the next announcement."
"But what does this have to do with you, the spell consultant?"
"I looked at the duties of the inner court. As long as the participation of spells and matters related to the church of the Goddess of the Truth, the caster, are related to me. Promoting potatoes is inseparable from spells in many ways, especially the final processing and storage, so I say this is normal."
"As far as I know," said a bald, grey-bearded old man with age spots all over his head, in a slow voice: "All crops underground are cursed by hell, and before eating, they need to carry out purification rituals from the church. Can our treasury pay the church enough gold coins to complete the large-scale purification?"
"Earl Kander, your advice is very pertinent. If you ask the church to hold a purification ceremony, it will cost too much money. In fact, there is no need for purification ceremony at all. Potatoes are now a safe crop." Feiqi said: "On the one hand, the devil of hell has not cursed the crops under the ground. On the other hand, the problems of potatoes have long been eliminated and can be planted and eaten with confidence."
"Ah, it seems that I'm quite famous, at least you know my name, which makes me very relieved." The old man said with a smile: "Young Feige Hall, can you guarantee that crops such as potatoes will not cause curses and ensure they are healthy?"
"They will not cause a curse by themselves unless someone deliberately makes trouble on this matter. As for health issues, it depends on how to eat potatoes. Eating a ton of potatoes at a meal will definitely cause health problems, even dead people! Therefore, I will not give this kind of guarantee without any prerequisites. If I have to make some guarantee, I can use the contract method to consider all aspects carefully. It is actually very beneficial to make a contract, and those who fail to complete the task can be held accountable better!"
"No, I don't think there is any trouble. Everyone is a noble who is honest and capable. If they want to bargain with mercenary merchants, it will be shameful if they spread." Earl Candle shook his head. He knew very well that a contract might make Fitch Hall lose his prestige and have to leave the inner court. But if this method is promoted, the remaining eleven people will be finished sooner or later.
"As a spell consultant, as long as you can make sure there is no objection on the church and do not need to hire a priest for expensive purification, the remaining funds can be supported." Earl Candle nodded to Andrew: "There is no war preparations, so this work can be arranged as an alternative to the noble combat obligations, which can save a lot of money."
Chapter completed!