Chapter 399: My Mask...

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"!?!?" Azmond became even more confused at Clover's actions as he stared wide-eyed at the woman passionately making out with him.

Furthermore, it turned out that the usually timid Clover was quite the bold one when it came down to intimate acts, as her tongue invaded the inside of his mouth with intense fervor!

'What the hell is this situation!?' He thought with a bewildered countenance.

"Slurp!... Wuvv wuv you so so much~!" Clover spoke through kisses as she sucked on his tongue and lips.

"What do you mea-?" Azmond was about to ask her a question, but he was quickly interrupted by her saying,

"Let's mate right now and make babies~!"

"..."

Azmond looked at the infatuated look on her face and suddenly realized something.

'My mask' He thought with devastation in his voice.

'When did I take it off!?'

Azmond tried to remember when he had taken off the mask; however, no matter how much he thought about it, nothing was coming to mind!

At least, that was until...

*Munch Munch*

A soft chewing sound echoed out as Azmond looked above him with his divine sense.

And what he was was Calista, using his mask for a sushi plate, as she chowed down on a variety of seafood with a content expression.

He observed this sight with a blank expression as he thought, 'Well, what was I expecting when things involved the Moonweaver sisters'

And speaking of the Moonweaver sisters...

"Y-You! I told you he was my mate, Calista!" Clawdia shouted from an entrance to the courtyard.

FWIP!

Her figure blurred as she phased in front of Azmond, Calista, and Clover with a fighting stance.

'Damn it'

Azmond's thoughts swirled around for a moment before he swiftly grabbed his mask back, all while replacing her sushi 'plate' with an actual plate.

Apparently, according to the 'New BrachMaster', the 'Old BranchMaster' had returned to the Royal Capital of AquaRing.

But more than that, the 'New BranchMaster' was utterly clueless as to where exactly Adrian IronHeart had gone.

It turned out that the 'New BranchMaster' had only arrived in the City of RiverBloom less than a week ago and was still being filled in on all the ongoings of his new position.

Nonetheless, Azmond took what he could get from him and hoped that Adrian's friend, Eldric, would know more about his disappearance.

And fortunately, his speculations turned out to be true, as the City Lord said, "Adrian and his disciple, Elara, have both returned to the IronHeart Duke Household. I remember him saying something about him taking over his father's position."

Azmond mulled over Eldric's words for a second before he asked, "Is this Duke Household a big deal?"

"???" Question marks formed in the City Lord's head before he asked, "You don't know of the nobility ranks?"

"Nope," Azmond replied in a straightforward manner.

Eldric was a little baffled by this information, but regardless of his surprise, he decided to inform him of the nobility ranks.

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The Ranks of Nobility.

Descending to Ascending Order:

Knight 4 per castle/residence

Lord/Lady 2 per castle/residence

Baron/Baroness 2 per castle/residence

Viscount/Viscountess 1 per castle/residence

Count/Countess 1 per castle/residence

Marquis/Marquise 1 per castle/residence

Duke/Duchess 1 per castle/residence

Princess/Princess indefinite amount per Kingdom

King/Queen 1 per kingdom

In most cases, every noble ranked household possessed both the female and male versions of the nobles, while there were many of such households for all noble ranks in every kingdom.

This was essentially what the City Lord had explained to Azmond, but on top of that, he also explained the average cultivation levels of each rank for the AquaRing Kingdom.

Furthermore, he went into detail about how one could become a noble of the Kingdom of AquaRing, which mostly boils down to either lineage or achievements and recognition.