Rise In Calradia - Chapter 442: : the great triumph, the fetid king

The king’s army returned in triumph. The banners and spears of many lords were as dense as the trees in the forest. The citizens on both sides of the street had never seen so many soldiers. It was different from the elite troops during the king’s review last time. This time they understood What a real “army”.

Since the Caladian Empire was completely broken, those large cities with a population of more than 100,000 and built of magnificent stone buildings have long since disappeared. Today’s Calradia, even a large city like Palaven, has a permanent population of only 20,000 . And this army is almost equal to the whole city’s population. As long as the citizens open the windows, they will be dazzled by the seemingly endless crowds that fill the streets and alleys.

But even so, there are still some people who are willing to join in the fun. Especially when the king announced that he would distribute free bread and beer to the whole city, half the city joined in the celebration.

In the streets and alleys of Pravin, all you see are flowers and all you hear is applause. People welcome their king’s return in the warmest way and celebrate this victory without a fight.

The king rode through the street on a war horse in military uniform, paying homage to the passers-by along the way, while the soldiers behind him handed out baskets full of bread and dried meat to the crowd who shouted the loudest and waved the most. Sprinkled with salt. And another group of soldiers opened the barrels on the carriage, and anyone along the way would pour them out as soon as they stretched out cups, bowls or other containers, no matter how much was spilled.

All of this is imitating the grand triumphant ceremony of the Karad Empire.

The irony is that once upon a time, the nobles of the West used to sit in their castles and complain about how wasteful the imperial people were, how the emperor of the empire wasted a lot of money and material resources on what they regarded as pariahs in order to promote himself, and was as satisfied as a jester Strolling performances on the street for the public to watch. But now, their heirs are proud of holding this ceremony that was once exclusive to their enemies.

Of course, Byron is not optimistic about this triumphant ceremony in private. It is not that there is any problem with the ceremony. The main reason is that King Harauu obviously did not understand the gap between Palavin and the magnificent cities of the former empire. During the triumphant return, it was so crowded that he no longer remembered how many stampede accidents he saw along the way.

But the new king was very satisfied with the triumphant ceremony, and he even wanted to enter the city in a decorated chariot and wearing a crown in the style of Callad like the ancient emperors of Callad, but was eventually dismissed by the lords as “too unswadi”. It was rejected for the reason.

The army sent the king into the castle mightily, and the king also gave a public speech saying that after ten days, he would open the gate of the castle to let the high-ranking officials in the city and many low-level nobles and rich people enter the castle to participate in his coronation. ceremony.

Considering that this kind of prosperity with the people has happened more than once in the past two hundred years, the earls and lords did not say much, they just asked those low-level nobles and commoners to recognize their identities and not step into the position close to the throne. That is the earls who are qualified to stand there.

But now, the castle is still closed. After all, before the new king’s enthronement ceremony, the coffin of King Harlaus still needs to be buried in the tomb of the kings in Swadia.

That’s right, until now, the bones of the old king are still parked in the basement of the castle. The smell there is already unbearable. Even if you light a hundred incense sticks, you can’t cover the disgusting smell of corpses, let alone open it to deal with it. Inside the remains of the former king.

This is actually out of helplessness. The successive kings of Swadia have three main tomb areas, one is located on the high cliff in the coastal area of ​​​​Paraven, where the original Swadians landed in Calradia. And took that land from the Empire, where they ruled as lords or semi-independent warlords, including the common ancestor of several bloodlines of the present royal family. The second one is to the east of Suno, which is the resting place of the founders of the Swadia system. At that time, they continued to forge ahead, forcing the empire to give up a large area of ​​the west coast and recognize the independence of Swadia. The current royal tomb area is in the north of Palavin. That area was once a part of the old “Palawund” city. Although the location of the city has changed over the past century, the kings of recent generations are buried here. Even the noble father of Madame Isona.

However, Mrs. Aisona’s rapid advance made the whole city panic. King Harauu couldn’t sleep at night, and he would see the city being breached in his dreams. Mrs. Aisona sat on his father’s throne in front of him. But starting from the reality, at that time, rumors were all over the sky, and it was widely rumored that Mrs. Isona’s reconnaissance team had arrived near Palaven. In order to protect his father’s coffin from being captured by the enemy, King Harlaus could only “sleep” in the basement for a night. It’s been a while.

As a result, people didn’t take out the king’s coffin until after the war ended inexplicably. After a whole day’s treatment, the old king finally made the old king smell so good that it wouldn’t suffocate people to death. Afterwards, the army opened the way, and all members of the royal family and the lords and nobles who were present followed the coffin on both sides and behind, and marched all the way to the royal tomb in the north of Paraven.

Here, everyone left their horses~www.mtlnovel.com~ The four Lords, Earl Crags, Earl Harlangoth, Earl Glenward, and Earl Dilinard, carried the coffin, and they Once the most trusted vassals and allies of the late kings, and among the lords present now, they are also the highest and most respected (by any means, be kind or fearful), They therefore took up the honorable duty of accompanying His Majesty the King on his last journey on earth.

At the funeral, the archbishop of the church piously told the great achievements of the monarch in his life to the heavenly father, praised his achievements, and prayed to the heavenly father to let this great monarch ascend into its hall. In the process, although it was full of flattering and exaggerated modifiers for the new king and descriptions that obviously did not conform to the actual situation of the previous king, at least at this time the archbishop removed the long list of titles that King Harolds had during his lifetime, and put him called:

“Our brother, a competent son, father, and husband.” No matter how glorious he was in life, at this moment, the king is as tall as the poor.

King Harauu and the lords went forward and whispered their thoughts to the king and expressed their nostalgia.

And Byron had already prepared his own words for the monarch to whom he had sworn allegiance.

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