allonlinenovel Chapter 128 Stay
Chapter 128 Stay
Looking at Jules in front of him, John couldn't understand why he came here, so he asked:
"Uncle, has the king appointed you as the leader of the White Lion Knights?"
Jules modestly denied: "No, no, no, I am only the deputy, the one behind is the real one."
A knight wearing the armor of the White Dragon Knights came late on horseback.
As the knight took off his helmet, another familiar face appeared before John.
"Count John, long time no see. I am the new leader of the White Lion Knights and I am here to take over the position with you."
"Captain Warren, congratulations on your promotion." John congratulated him. He had met Warren before at a triumphal dinner. At that time, he was a captain of the White Dragon Knights and Jules's subordinate.
"I also received the appointment suddenly, and then I came here with Captain Jules. No, Senior Jules should be the deputy captain now."
"Uncle, you have retired, so how come you were summoned by the king?" John asked.
"I don't know about that. I was drinking in the tavern, and then Count Milo notified me to meet the king. Then I was appointed as deputy commander for some reason, and then I packed my bags to go to the White Dragon Knights for a week of training." Jules scratched his head and said.
"Alright, alright, let's quickly hand over." John cleared his throat and said to all the White Lion Knights:
"This is Warren, the captain of the White Lion Knights. He is an old friend of mine. Next to him is the deputy captain Jules, who is also my uncle. Both of them used to be centurions of the White Dragon Knights of the royal guards. With them around, I guarantee you will win battles every day. I wish you can write your legends in the future." After saying that, John rode his horse and walked towards the gate of the military camp, leaving the two men staring at the White Lion Knights.
After a long while, Warren asked the White Lion Knights:
"Everyone, I am your regiment commander Warren, and next to me is the deputy commander Jules. Count John has just introduced them to us. As for the location of your equipment, we need to wait for the military minister to conduct a statistics before we can distribute it, so please be patient."
Looking at the White Lion Knights who were still silent before him, Warren said:
"If you have any questions now, you can tell me. If you don't have any, let's disband."
As soon as these words were spoken, the White Lion Knights quickly surrounded him. Just when Warren thought they were going to ask him questions, he found that the White Lion Knights bypassed him and surrounded Yule.
"Deputy Captain, what kind of person is Earl John?"
"Was he like this when he was a kid?"
"What kind of books does he like to read?"
As the knights continued to ask questions about John, Jules began to brag again:
"Let me tell you, this John is a genius that has only appeared in three generations of our Hohenzollern family. He is simply an angel sent by the God of Light. As early as when he was born, a rainbow appeared in the sky..."
On the other side, John was resting in the apartment. At the same time, he was wondering why the king sent these two people here. Warren could understand it, but why was a retired drunkard like Jules also appointed by the king and given the position of deputy commander.
"A cunning rabbit has three burrows. I have more backers than just Count Milo."
Thinking back to Jules' words, John felt that Jules must have a bigger backer, otherwise he would not be so careless. There are many retired centurions of the White Dragon Knights, so why choose him?
"Forget it. When I have a deeper understanding, the answer will come out." Thinking of this, John led the Crusaders to Windham Cathedral.
Earlier, John was planning to have the Crusaders kneel down on one knee to salute the king to show their loyalty to the royal family. However, it now seems that there is no need to go to such great lengths. The most important thing now is to get the archbishop to recognize the legitimacy of his religious order.
As it was still early and there were not many people in the cathedral, John found Archbishop Midland who was reading in his study through the clergy on duty.
"Oh, Earl John, what do you want to talk to me about?" John responded to the archbishop's puzzled look.
"Your Excellency the Archbishop, the religious knights approved by the French King's Office and the Midland Royal Family have now been recruited. Do you need to go and observe..."
"Where!"
The Archbishop asked impatiently before he finished speaking, and when he learned that they were just outside the door, he immediately grabbed John's arm and dragged him out.
"Don't be anxious, let me go first." John struggled to break free and led the archbishop to the door.
When he saw two hundred fully armed, neatly equipped crusaders riding tall horses with red crosses on their bodies, Archbishop Midland first looked at them for a while, then asked them some questions about religion. After confirming that they were all knights with both military power and faith, he immediately and enthusiastically ordered their horses to be placed in the stables, and he took them to the cathedral.
Along the way, the archbishop's hands kept shaking and his heart kept beating.
"God of Light, I have been waiting for this day for decades."
Ever since returning from the holy war and becoming a priest, the Archbishop had always wanted to have his own religious force. However, as his letters to the French King's Office fell into oblivion, his initial enthusiasm became increasingly depressed, until today when he saw the possibility of his dream coming true.
So he not only summoned most of the clergy to hold a mass for all the Crusaders, but also poured a small glass of precious wine from his collection that was used for large-scale celebrations for each Crusaders.
While the Archbishop was busy, in a luxurious mansion near the palace, Savile was explaining his ideas to his father.
"So, Xavier, do you really want to join the White Lion Knights and become a knight? You know, you begged me to come here for the sake of gilding. And I also heard that you were chased all over the place by the Yoda people. If it weren't for the White Wolf Knights who saved you, we might have only met in the cemetery."
At the dinner table, Count de Loire asked Savile.
"Yes, I have changed my mind. This year has changed my mind a lot. I think it's time to develop independently." Savile replied.
"I can see that you have indeed changed a lot, but as a father, I have to remind you that the war nowadays is no longer like when Midland was founded, where you could be the leader of a large area of land as long as you had merits, or like in the early days of the Hundred Years' War when the casualty rate was not too high. In today's wars, death may befall both nobles and civilians," Count Loire reminded.
"That's true, but I still want to stay because this is the only chance to prove myself. From now on, I am Savile, the centurion of the White Lion Knights. I am no longer the useless Savile from before. It is the Knights who gave me all this, and now it's time for me to repay them." Savile looked at his father and answered firmly. At this time, he began to transform like many White Lion Knights.