Chapter 78： Tax officer

A word from Colin made Quincy stand on the spot.

After a long while, he came back to his senses, and asked in disbelief: "Son, Lord Viscount, you, you mean..."

"Yes, I give you this opportunity to return you to the position of tax officer in Ice Rock City."

"Thank you so much! Your kindness and wisdom are as dazzling as the sun, as the sea..."

"Don't rush to thank you." Colin waved his hand, interrupting Quincy who was too excited, "If you screw up..."

"Then I will keep the library for you for a lifetime!" Quincy said loudly.

Colin rolled his eyes.

I didn't expect this old man to be a chicken thief.

Even at his age, I don’t know how many years are left to live.

I messed up and came back to keep the library.

On the contrary, it seems that Colin is providing him with old age.

"No, it's not just you. If you mess up, your son, right, do you have a son?" Colin nodded when he saw Quincy, and continued, "Your son will also come to guard the library, guard lifetime!"

Quincy's face changed a little now.

"Why? Scared? Did your previous rhetoric be bragging?" When Colin saw this, he started to arouse him.

"of course not!"

"Well, you can choose for yourself. Either continue to keep the library for me, or seize this opportunity I gave you and give it a try."

Quincy's chest was violently ups and downs, after a while, he gritted his teeth and said cruelly:

"Master Viscount, if I can really make Bingyan City the most dazzling city in the North within ten years, can you agree to a request?"

"Tell me."

"I hope you can give me a surname!"

Colin raised his brows.

In the Glorious Empire, only nobles are allowed to have surnames.

Of course, Quincy did not ask Colin to knight him when he made this request.

Because this is not allowed.

According to the rules of nobility in this world, civilians are not allowed to be knighted.

Because they have no noble blood, they are not worthy!

However, civilians are not really incapable of achieving a class transition.

And the only way to make the transition is to marry a noble daughter.

As long as the daughter of the nobleman gives birth to a descendant, then the descendants of the commoner and the nobleman will have a noble blood-although not so pure, it can barely be seen by the nobleman.

He also has the qualifications to accept the title.

After the nobility, this descendant can let Fengjun give him a surname (if he did not inherit the matrilineal surname).

And this surname can be shared with his father, grandfather, great-grandfather...

This is the real Guangzong Yaozu.

And Quincy's request now means this-let Colin help him, uh, he shouldn't be able to marry him.

should be to help Quincy's son marry a noble daughter, so that their family can achieve a class transition!

"Okay." Colin nodded.

Not only did he not think that Quincy, a commoner like Quincy who had made requests before they had done anything, was too uninterested, but he felt that this was a manifestation of self-confidence.

Ability is generally proportional to temper.

Compared to a good-tempered mediocre, he prefers a capable person who has a temper and a personality who dares to make demands.

If this former tax official could really make Bingyan City the richest city in the North, then Kelin felt that this person would be qualified to be among the nobles.

Seeing that Colin had agreed to his request, Quincy first showed an expression of disbelief, and then was ecstatic.

Finally, he knelt down in front of Colin decisively and swore allegiance to him.

Colin used [Judgement Blade] to nod on Quincy's shoulder, and accepted the other's allegiance.

"Okay, that's all about the tax officer. Now, you should help me find the record about this sword."

"Of course, of course! Please wait a moment!" Quincy's body was trembling incessantly before he was relieved from his excitement.

For a commoner, there is nothing more glorious than entering the aristocratic class.

Even if this matter hasn’t happened yet, Quincy seems to have seen a bright future for his family.

Before Colin waited long, Quincy walked out tremblingly with a thick book.

rummaged for a while, and Quincy said respectfully: "My lord, all the records about [Judgement Blade] are here."

Colin nodded, and sat down to look carefully.

There is no such thing as "artifact" in this world.

It is impossible to dominate the world with a knife or sword.

Maybe there is something like this in the hands of the gods, but it never flows into the mortal world.

[Judgement Blade] is just a well-made knight sword, made by a famous dwarf blacksmith, sharp, tough, but not invincible.

The arcane magic circle engraved on it will indeed greatly increase its value, but it is limited to this. It is obviously impossible to rely on this sword to challenge more levels and kill the square.

If it had such power, the Duke of St. Hild would not give it to Colin.

What really makes this sword famous depends on whose hand it was held in, and what great things it did.

According to records, this sword was originally the saber of the Duke of St. Theon.

One of the greatest things the Duke of St. Theon has done in his life is to kill an emperor of the Glorious Empire with his own hands!

And the weapon he used at the time was this [Judgement Blade]!

This incident had a huge impact at the time, and it almost caused the Glorious Empire to fall apart.

"The Kingslayer", Duke Saint Theon, after killing the emperor, suddenly became a target of public criticism and was cast aside by all human beings.

The entire human empire was panicked, and the lords raised their troops one after another in preparation for crusade against this "king killer".

But an incident that happened immediately made this "king-slayer" transformed into a "judge".

Not long after the King Killing incident, under the crown of the Pope of the Glory Church, the Duke of St. Theon was declared innocent in public, and an oracle was announced——

"He who has darkness in his heart will surely be judged!"

Contacting the situation at the time, this oracle was clearly saying-the emperor had darkness in his heart, and the Duke of St. Theon was trying to judge him!

This oracle saved the Duke of St. Theon.

Even the Lord of Radiance has sent down the oracle, so naturally no one would dare to continue to condemn the Duke of St. Theon All the infamy immediately went to the killed emperor.

Because the oracle contains the phrase "the one with darkness in his heart", the poor emperor was called "the black emperor".

Public opinion reversed in an instant, and the "Black Emperor" immediately became the most faint and evil monarch in the history of the empire, while the "Judge" Duke Saint Theon became the hero of the empire, and the limelight was instantaneous.

Therefore, the knight sword he used to kill the "Black Emperor" is also called [Judgement Blade].

After reading this history, Colin had more doubts in his heart.

Why did Marquis Garcia let him know about these things?

Is he suggesting something to Colin?

The former Duke of St. Theon used this sword to kill his monarch. Could it be that the Marquis of Garcia also wanted Colin to use it to kill his prince, Duke of St. Hild?

will not be so straightforward...

Colin suddenly thought that when Marquis Garcia reminded him to learn about the history of this sword, he was discussing the topic of loyalty with him.

Therefore, the message that Marquis Garcia wants to convey should also be related to loyalty.

What is loyalty?

The killing of Lord St. Theon, is it loyal?

If this is a betrayal, why would he be forgiven by the Lord of Radiance?

Colin thought for a while, then suddenly asked Quincy on the side:

"For the detailed record of the black emperor's life, please find it and show it to me."

"The Black Emperor?" Quincy thought for a while, but then shook his head and said, "Sorry, Lord Viscount, there is no record of the emperor's life here."

"No?" Colin raised his head in surprise.

The doubt in his heart suddenly became deeper.

How could there not be?