first wizarding world war.

Chapter 102 The Divine Contract

Generally speaking, temporarily recruited armies such as the Free Knights would disband on their own after the war, but because the operating mechanism of the Fast Empire was not as precise as a gear, in fact many knightly orders would continue to operate for a while after the war and receive a longer period of salary.

Most of the time, the empire just turns a blind eye to such things and doesn't really care.

The registration period of the Free Knights is generally one, three, or five years, depending on the scale of the war. It often happens that the knights at the front are fighting, the registration period expires, salaries are stopped, the army mutinis the war, and the war is lost.

Renewing the registration period of the Knights is even a very unpopular job.

How powerful is a ful?

It allows a knightly order to be registered for the maximum number of years prescribed by imperial law!
Although the Empire has never had a knightly order that could collect salaries for more than 20 years without being at war, it is still a very cost-effective favor.

Charlotte took the registration document of the Knights Templar and performed a polite imperial salute. He and the middle-aged clerk tacitly said nothing to each other, and did not even glance at each other.

Charlotte and Dorothy went out.

The middle-aged clerk left work as usual and followed his colleagues.

Charlotte left the Central Government Office and asked, "Dorothy, where are you going?"

Dorothy said without hesitation: "Back to college!"

Charlotte was also planning to go to Gorgias University to find Anne, so she told Lady Nancy right away, and the carriage drove to Gorgias University. The four universities and the central government office were all in the Val d'Oise district, so the carriage arrived quickly.

Charlotte had planned to separate from Dorothy at the university gate, but she didn't expect Dorothy to say to the copper tube of the telephone, "Just go in."

She glanced at Charlotte, who was slightly surprised, and said, "You graduated from the University of Sheffield, but I graduated from Gorgias University. What's so strange about having a permanent pass to my alma mater?"

Charlotte put her hand on her forehead and thought, "Am I weird about this? Don't I want us to appear together and cause Anne to misunderstand?"

Although the young lady of the Su Mei family is no less capable than the young lady of the Brittany family in terms of the goal of living off others, Charlotte still has integrity. He said patiently, "I just think it's inconvenient."

Dorothy smiled softly and said, "I know you are afraid that Annie will misunderstand, but she won't. When I was admitted to the university, I swore in front of the goddess that I would never marry."

Charlotte's expression changed slightly and she asked, "You are a divine covenant holder!"

Dorothy nodded, and Charlotte felt a little sympathy in her heart. The noble lady from the Su Mei family said lightly, "Don't sympathize with me. I'm tired of this kind of sympathy, just like I'm tired of the marriage arranged for me by the family."

Charlotte sighed and said, "I used to wish my family would arrange a marriage for me."

"later……"

Charlotte paused deliberately but did not continue, acting like a web writer who had a bad ending, which aroused Dorothy's curiosity. She asked, "Although you come from an ordinary family, you were able to get into university and become an imperial civil servant. You should be a good marriage partner. Why didn't your family arrange a marriage for you?"

Charlotte said calmly, "Because my eldest brother is the boss of the family."

Dorothy immediately felt sympathy and imagined all kinds of scenes of the poor younger brother being bullied by his overbearing brother and sister-in-law.

If Charlotte's brother knew that someone thought this of him, he would definitely feel very wronged. Although he didn't want his brother to interfere in the family business, it was mainly because his brother was a typical playboy, had a bad reputation, and was a spendthrift. He was worried that his brother would interfere in the family business and waste the hard work of several generations. It was not that he didn't care about the brotherhood. Charlotte agreed to give up the inheritance rights, and he also remitted 550 ecus to his brother, which was almost 70% of the cash deposits of the Mecklen family. This was impeccable.

Although the Mecklen family was a business family, they were not extremely wealthy. Their assets were only about one or two thousand écus.

Charlotte said this mainly to cut off from the past. She tried hard to create a lonely image in front of everyone and did not behave differently just because their relationship with Dorothy was average.

When it comes to image management, you have to be consistent and appear the same in front of everyone.

To comfort Charlotte, Dorothy said, "Don't be too sad. You have to know that the marriage partner arranged by my family for me included Zimmerman Axel Robin. And it was after that incident. Do you know how desperate I was?"

Charlotte immediately stopped caring about her image and asked in shock, "After the Night Window Incident?"

Dorothy rolled her eyes at him and said, "What else? Do you think it was after the Imperial Rose incident? I'm really going crazy if I do that."

Charlotte imagined it and found that she could not understand the thought processes of the nobles of the Old World.

He could imagine what kind of mood Senior Sister Menilman must have felt after she discovered the ugly face of her ex-fiancé and broke off the engagement. The elders of the Su Mei family held a meeting and decided to replace her with a cousin.

He could also imagine how shocked Dorothy must have been at that time...

But he couldn't understand how the logical modules in the brains of some nobles who caused this scene operated?
Is this something a decent human being could come up with?

Charlotte asked, "And you became a divine bondman?"

Dorothy nodded and said, "I decided at that time that I would become a divine covenantee as soon as I entered college. I would never get married."

Charlotte understood deeply that if he were in the same family environment, he might not want to get married either.

There is a saying in the imperial education circle: the National Academy serves the royal family and the empire, and the Imperial University serves the gods.

But most college graduates still choose to join the government and do a high-paying job.

Only a very small number of people feel the "favor" of God during their college years and declare themselves to be God-covenanted ones.

In other words, an apprentice priest!

After graduation, you can join the Orthodox Church and have a priesthood.

Charlotte had thought about whether to take this path, but although joining the Orthodox Church would give him various privileges, he would no longer be able to get involved in worldly power, and his life would be constrained by dogma, such as not being able to get married or own worldly property. It was very inconvenient, so he gave up the idea.

Of course, you can also choose not to join a true religion after graduation and make a living on your own, but you still have to abide by various doctrines, such as not being able to get married or own worldly property.

Those who have made a divine contract can also voluntarily give up their identities, but the price will be very high. They will be despised by the gods, and the extraordinary abilities of the god system they believe in will be erased. They will have to bear negative buffs worse than the curse of the evil god for the rest of their lives.

(End of this chapter)