Above the mage!

Chapter 314 Naturalization of the Plantagenet Dynasty

After the transaction was completed, Goder left Green Magic Materials Shop.

"Come on, take me to find a hotel to store my things."

Stayed one night at Bud's house, but it was just a stopgap measure.

The reason why they chose a hotel instead of renting a house like they did in Bremen was because Gode did not plan to stay in Holden for a long time.

After completing the naturalization process, he prepared to go to Dorne.

As Gold requested, Bud took him to a more upscale hotel in town.

He did not go there on foot, but took a "public carriage".

Yes, the public transportation in Holdertown was also a stagecoach.

But it is not an ordinary horse, but a zero-ring earth vein creature tamed by the Plantagenet Dynasty. Its full name is Coolie Horse, and it has infinite strength.

Just one coolie horse can pull a large carriage that can carry twenty or thirty people.

After a twenty-minute carriage ride, stopping and starting along the way, we finally arrived in front of the hotel.

The full name of this hotel is "Swan Hotel" and it is located in the bustling midpoint of Holder Town.

Although it is just a small town hotel, it has all the necessary facilities, including a spacious lobby, a restaurant, and even a small reading room with some old books.

Of course, the price is also very high.

An ordinary room costs 5 silver dragon coins per night, and a luxury suite is even more expensive.

Although Gao De was still financially well-off, his habit of frugality still made him choose to rent an ordinary room.

It took three days to open and I paid 1 gold and 5 silver.

After putting down his things in the room, Gode, under the guidance of Bud, went to Funan Tea Shop near Swan Hotel to buy tea.

——It is impolite to visit a noble without bringing some gifts.

Tea is the most classic gift, especially high-quality tea from foreign continents.

Dorne is a coastal city, and merchants often travel between different continents by ship to engage in long-distance trade.

As one of the small towns under the jurisdiction of Dorne City, Holder Town naturally has many goods from other continents.

The Funan Tea Shop sells the unique Zhongting Souchong tea from the Eastern Zhongting continent.

This is a kind of black tea with beautiful appearance and tight strips, just like black ribbons.

After brewing with hot water, the tea soup is dark red, with a unique aroma of pine smoke and longan soup. The taste is particularly mellow and has a long aftertaste.

The Zhongting Continent is the birthplace of tea, and Zhongting Souchong is the earliest black tea variety in the world. Since it was introduced to the Norlan Continent, it has been loved by nobles from all over the Norlan Continent and has become their new favorite drink.

Of course, the price is not very beautiful.

One pound of Zhongting Xiaozhong can be sold for as much as 8 silver royals.

However, it is said that the purchase price in the Central Garden Continent is actually only 1 silver dragon.

In the Funan Tea Shop, the merchant will also carefully pack a pound of Zhongting Xiaozhong tea in a carved glass jar, and pair it with a small bone china tea spoon with a delicate texture and white as jade, making the tea packaging particularly exquisite, making it look like a carefully prepared souvenir.

——At the same time, the price also skyrocketed from 2 Silver Dragons to 1 Plantagenet Coin.

The price-performance ratio is definitely not high, but the nobles just like this kind of thing. They value the exquisiteness and uniqueness of the gifts more.

So Gaode finally chose to spend 1 Plantagenet Coin to buy a hardcover edition of the Atrium Small Seed.

After buying the gifts, the next step is to pay a visit to Knight Gerard Wells.

But before that, you need to prepare a visiting letter.

Gao De had also learned aristocratic etiquette in Seres College, so he naturally knew that the visiting card for the first visit to a nobleman was an important item to show courtesy.

Blank visiting notes are sold at the nearby grocery store. They are made of thick off-white cardboard with fine texture. The surface of the paper is slightly embossed to give it a delicate texture.

Gao De borrowed ink from the grocery store, wrote the heading, the main text and the signature, and finally folded it in half and put it into the matching envelope, and then dropped a wax seal on the seal, and everything was done.

The price of such a visiting card is 50 copper and stone coins.

There is no cheap thing for nobles.

The same potato might only cost one or two copper coins on a commoner's table, but if it is made a little prettier and sold to a noble, it can be sold for a high price of 1 silver dragon coin.
The knights and nobles in the town generally live in two places. One is the manor house located on the edge of the town.

They usually occupy large tracts of land with beautiful scenery and superior terrain, which can not only be used for living, but also have vast private gardens, orchards and pastures.

Another option is to choose a large house in the center of a small town.

This place is close to public places such as markets and shops, which is convenient for their daily life and social activities. The disadvantage is that the land is limited, so they can forget about having a private ranch.

Knight Gerrard is the latter case.

Therefore, after coming out of the Funan Tea Shop, Gao De turned slightly left and walked a street. Not far away, he arrived in front of Knight Gerard's mansion.

The house is four stories high and is located next to the main street, making it particularly eye-catching. The side facing the street has exquisite windows and doors, highlighting the status of the owner.

Gode ​​took a step forward and came to the gate of Knight Gerald's mansion.

On the wall on one side of the door, there is a conspicuous metal pull ring with exquisite shape. It is cast into the shape of an elegant iris with delicate and clear petal texture, but this is actually only part of the doorbell structure.

This is an extremely common mechanical pull-ring doorbell. When you pull the pull ring, the internal mechanical device pulls the rope connected to the bell inside the door, and the bell will make a crisp sound.

However, this type of doorbell is actually quite old-fashioned. Those more fashionable nobles have already begun to use alchemical machines as doorbells.

With the new doorbell machine, visitors only need to press a button to make a sound to notify the owner of the house. At the same time, the owner of the house can also see the visitor's face from inside the house.

After a while, the door opened and a butler in neat uniform appeared at the door.

The butler was standing on the steps, looking down at them, but he was not arrogant. Instead, he bowed slightly and asked politely, "You two look unfamiliar. Who are you? Is there anything I can help you with?"

His voice was clear and melodious, with the most traditional and authentic Dorne accent, and it was steady.

Godard handed over the visiting card he had prepared long ago, saluted and replied in a formal manner: "I am a wizard from another country. I have come to visit Knight Gerard specially. I hope I can trouble him to be my guarantor and help me become a formal resident of Holder Town."

The butler took the visiting card and nodded slightly, "Please wait a moment, I will go and inform the master."

After a while, the butler appeared again, this time with a smile on his face, "Master Gaode, the master invites you in, please follow me."

Gold and Bud looked at each other, and then, led by the butler, walked out of the house, through a spacious hall, and came to a beautifully decorated reception room.

The butler motioned for Gao De to sit down, and then said: "Master Gao De, please rest here for a while, the master will be here soon." After that, he retreated silently.

Gold sat down with the somewhat nervous Bud.

Bud's hands unconsciously tugged at the corners of his clothes, his legs slightly brought together, and he looked around in panic.

After a while, Knight Gerard walked in.

This is a middle-aged man, tall and strong, with strong facial features and bright eyes. However, if you look closely, you can find a hint of fatigue in his eyes.
Upon seeing this, God immediately stood up and handed over the gift in his hand, "Knight Gerald, I'm sorry to bother you so much. This is just a small gift, not a token of respect."

"Master God?" Gerard took the gift and asked, "I heard from the butler that you are here to ask me to be your guarantor?"

"Yes, I am from the Principality of Sean. After the Holy Empire's Ice Flame Legion occupied Saint Sean City and changed the Principality of Sean into Sean Province, I left the Principality of Sean and became a wandering wizard. After I came to the Plantagenet Dynasty, I wanted to settle down here and continue my magic practice, so."

"I see." Gerald nodded thoughtfully, then glanced at Bud who was obviously too nervous beside God, and asked casually, "Who is this?"

"Sir Knight, I am Bard, a local resident. Yesterday, I encountered a leyline creature in the riverside forest and nearly lost my life. Fortunately, Wizard Gode showed up and saved my life. To thank him, I am acting as his guide and helping him deal with some matters." Bard explained hurriedly.

"Do you know the cost of having me as a guarantor?" Gerard listened for a moment and asked directly without any further greetings.

"I know a little, but is this enough?" Gao De handed over a heavy purse with a smile.

The purse contained 220 Plantagenet coins.

Although Bard said that the starting point was 200 Plantagenet Coins, Goder still added 20 more Plantagenet Coins to be safe rather than to push the line.

Gerard took the purse, but did not open it. He just weighed it in his hand and seemed to know the exact number of coins in it.

He showed a satisfied look and took out an envelope from his pocket. His personal seal was printed on the seal of the envelope.

Gerard handed the letter to Gode: "This is a letter of recommendation. Take this letter to the town council. As long as you pass their interrogation, you can become a formal resident of Holder Town."

A guarantor is a necessary condition for becoming a formal resident, but having a guarantor does not mean that one can unconditionally become a formal resident of Holder Town. One must also pass the qualification review.

Godard took the envelope and bowed again, "Thank you, Knight Gerard."

Everything went very smoothly. After receiving the letter of recommendation, Gao De saw that the other party was not in the mood to entertain them, so he tactfully said goodbye and left.

The next stop is the town council.

This is the "government agency" of Holder Township.

Compared to Knight Gerald's house, the town council looks much more rustic.

It has no gorgeous carvings or exquisite decorations. It is just a solid and broad building, quite large in scale, made of large blocks of gray bricks and stones, giving off a rustic and heavy feeling.

There are also special guides at the door.

After Gao De explained his purpose to the guide, he was taken into the town council, through the corridor, and to a room.

"Lid, this person wants to apply to become a formal resident of our Holden Town and has brought a letter of recommendation." The guide said to the staff in the room.

Gode ​​entered the room and handed over a letter of recommendation from Knight Gerard.

The staff member took a look and couldn't help but frowned, muttering, "The guarantor is Knight Gerrard again. This is the fifth one in the past six months."

Although he grumbled, the staff member was very friendly and handled the matter in a businesslike manner according to the procedure. "Give me your ID."

Gao De quickly handed over the jade token that he had made at the gate of Hold Town for one gold coin.

The staff member took the jade token, then skillfully opened the drawer and pulled out a brand new piece of parchment from a stack of parchment. Then, he stretched out his finger and gently pressed an antique-style button on the table.

In an instant, the familiar feeling enveloped Gaode again.
It is still the "realm of honesty".

"Which country or region are you from? Which city or town are you from?" The staff member cleared his throat and asked. This was to determine Gaode's motivation for entering the country by asking for basic personal information.

"I'm from the former Principality of Sean and was born in Hogan City." Goder answered while sighing in his heart that there are also "visa interviews" in the other world.

After hearing this, the staff member immediately began to rustle the parchment with his feather pen, writing down Gaode's answer word for word in neat and dense handwriting.

"What's your full name? Who are the other relatives in the family?"

"My name is Gao De. I was born a wandering beggar and have no relatives."

After hearing this answer, the staff member raised his head and looked at Gao De in surprise. You know, the information on the jade token showed that the person in front of him was a first-ring wizard.

It was already a rare thing for a homeless beggar to knock on the door of magic, let alone become a first-ring wizard at this age.

"What is your reason for hoping to become a formal resident of Holder Town? What kind of business do you plan to engage in to make a living?" After a brief moment of surprise, the staff member quickly came to his senses and asked the next key question.

"After becoming an official resident of Holder Town, I want to go to Dorne City to participate in the Sea Sentinel Assessment to see if I have the chance to become a Sea Sentinel. If I fail, I will choose to stay in the Plantagenet Dynasty to continue my mage training. I plan to make a living by obtaining extraordinary materials and reselling them." God said "truthfully", but cleverly skipped some key details.

For example, he only talked about obtaining extraordinary materials, but never mentioned his unique methods, and just left it to the staff to make their own assumptions.

In the staff's inherent cognition, it is natural to think that Gaode is a mage hunter who relies on killing underground creatures to obtain precious extraordinary materials.

In fact, Gode took these extraordinary materials directly from the North, and then teleported them through the astral realm to bring them to the Plantagenet Dynasty for sale.

"Are you currently suffering from any infectious disease? Do you have any history of it?"

"none."

"Do you have any acquaintances in the Plantagenet dynasty? Where do you live? What is your business?"

"none."

"Do you have any important social connections in the Province of Sean?"

"Nothing." Gao De's expression did not change, but he felt a slight pain in his heart.

In the Principality of Sean, his important social relationships were actually with two "mentors", one was Master Seda and the other was Mentor Hexi, but both of them are no longer with us.

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The staff asked dozens of questions in total, ranging from personal life to future plans, from health status to social circle, no matter how big or small, it took more than half an hour to complete the inquiry.

"Okay, I have recorded everything. Lord Qiao De still needs to review it. The specific results will be out in three days. Come back then."

The staff member put away the parchment filled with records and added a sentence.

"If you have a guarantor and answer that there are no major problems, your application will basically be approved."

"Thank you!" Gao De expressed his gratitude.

(End of this chapter)