“Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop.”
The sound of horseshoes rang continuously as they walked on the road. At the forefront of the group were Carter and his son Fez.
“Lord Father, how long do you think that kid can persist before he resells the territory and the city?” Fez asked with a cold smile on his face. He knew about his father's plan.
Carter’s eyes flashed with slyness, looking at the desolate mountains in the distance. “This kid is a bit capable, but he probably won’t be able to stay there for next spring.”
“He he he…” Fez laughed coldly, turned his head, and glanced behind him. “Lord father, as long as these kinds of idiots keep coming, we’ll be able to gather enough money to leave this place and buy a high nobleman status extremely quickly.”
Carter’s eyes narrowed and his brows furrowed. He said coldly, “Not everyone can be the city lord in this place. If they are hungry enough, those beasts can even swallow people who came here to become City lords.”
“Fuck! Those damn bastards! If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have to sell our territory and city.” Fez’s face had a savage expression like he was an evil wolf that devoured people.
“But…” Fez regained his calmness in the next second and smiled coldly. “But it’s thanks to those beasts that we have so much extra income. Otherwise, does he really think that 30 gold coins can purchase everything?”
“Ha ha ha…” Carter burst into laughter. Carter clamped the horse’s belly with his feet, raising the horse’s speed and increasing the group’s traveling speed.
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Two hours later, the group appeared in a city.
Lucas couldn’t help but smile as he looked at the wheat fields around him. He was surprised by seeing these fields. He hadn't expected that soon all these fields would belong to him. He was an orphan on Earth and had also planted fields before(meaning working in the fields). Seeing this gave him a sense of nostalgia. Lucas had done many types of different works to keep himself feeded on Earth.
“How is it? This territory is pretty nice, isn’t it?” Carter spoke. Lucas was surprised to hear Carter's voice from his side. Without him realizing, Carter had appeared beside him.
Lucas smiled at him. Compared to the situation on Earth, this place actually wasn’t that good. But he can live here freely without any worry.
“Let’s go. Let’s go into the city first. After today, this city and territory will be yours.” Carter said, smiling. He was trying his best to sell this city to Lucas.
“Hm.” Lucas nodded and followed him behind, observing the situation around him from time to time. He found that this territory was governed poorly.
Lucas reached a conclusion in his mind. 'This Carter doesn’t seem like a good person. He doesn't treat his city's citizens properly.'
After traveling for a dozen more minutes, they arrived at the city gate. The city gate was big. There was a rammed earth wall with a height of about 2 meters surrounding the city.
Above the city gate hung a wooden board with large words engraved on it: Sedona City. Lucas estimated the size of the city to be about the same as the size of a city on Earth.
The inside of Sedona city was so disorganized that Lucas thought he had entered a slum. But seeing how Carter and the others weren’t acting unusually, Lucas thought that it was probably normal in this place. The city inside had so much space but there were few houses in the city.
In the middle was a street with a width of about five or six meters. On both sides of it are houses made of wood and stone. They were so crooked that it seemed like a stronger wind could blow them down. There were many deserted houses which Lucas quickly noticed.
Lucas could feel that people were looking at him from inside the houses. The people on the sides of the road with lifeless eyes made his brows furrow.
Carter saw Lucas’s expression and smiled lightly. “My friend, they’re just a bunch of lowly commoners. If you’re unsatisfied, you can kick them out.”
'It seems like life in this city isn’t that good. Looks like my thoughts about Carter were correct. He is indeed not a good person. I have to be careful.' Lucas didn’t give Carter an answer. Lucas carefully looked around to his surroundings.
Carter smiled and rode his horse forward. He came to a castle made of stone bricks and said, “My friend, this is where you will live. This is a tall, safe, and comfortable castle. This is one of the best castles you will even find in the nearby cities."
Indeed, this castle was the most satisfying place Lucas had seen during the whole trip. Even the castle walls were higher than the city walls standing at about 7 meters tall. Castle was big according to this world building but in Lucas' view he only saw it as a medium sized castle which would work perfectly for him.
People can even stand on top of the walls which surround the castle, which means that the castle can actually be used as a war fortress. Lucas was impressed by the castle.
Lucas glanced at Carter. Living in this type of castle indicated that the other party didn’t have a sense of security. It seemed that this place wasn’t very safe.
The castle is divided into two buildings, the castle itself and the city lord’s mansion. After entering the castle they sat down in one of the living rooms of the castle. Carter made his son get two items out of his room. After a while Fez quickly returned with those things and gave them to his father.
“This is the baron nobility medal and the proof of the status of a noble.”
Carter handed an exquisite bronze medal which is the size of a baby’s palm to Lucas. The medal had one word engraved on it: Baron in this world language.
“This is a noble inheritance document. As long as you sign your name on it. You will be Baron Lucas from now on, a noble.” Carter passed him an exquisitely made sheepskin.
Lucas couldn’t help but frown when he looked at the contents of the document. It represented a baron nobility’s proof and history. The blank space at the bottom had 8 names signed, with the most being Carter’s name.
Carter, who had been paying attention to Lucas’s expression the whole time, said in distress, “This isn’t my first time selling my territory, but the previous buyers all felt this place was too boring after they brought it and asked me to buy it back again. That’s why there are so many signatures.”
“Oh.” Lucas was surprised. He raised the corners of his mouth and revealed an intriguing smile.
The expression made Carter’s heart tense. He suspected that Lucas might have found out about something and he quickly said, “Alright my friend, quickly sign your name, and this territory will be yours.”
Lucas took out a pen from his pocket, signed his name on the sheepskin, and left his thumbprint on it. Carter then also put his own thumbprint on top of the name.
“Ha ha ha… Baron Lucas, congratulations, from now on, you are a noble.” Carter said, laughing. He was laughing at Lucas' stupidity and the free money he was getting from him. Carter was sure that he would get his city back from Lucas after his death easily.
