[Please vote... I got my chrysanthemum blown apart, and now it has become a withered chrysanthemum...]
What followed was another heap of tedious formalities.
Although the Black Moon Kingdom differed greatly from the Bright Kingdom, the Black Moon Kingdom was made up of tens of thousands of city-states, large and small. The supreme commander of each city-state controlled everything within it, including the granting of noble titles.
In fact, within the Pugas City-State, Count Sailin was no different from the king of a small kingdom. Granting a new barony, especially to a mysterious Spellcaster, was naturally a very important matter.
Thus, the necessary procedures could not be omitted.
Merlin did not resist either, cooperating as he completed all the formalities. Once everything was finished, perhaps in order to win Merlin over, or perhaps to display Count Sailin's generosity to the outside world, Count Sailin finally decided to hold a banquet for Merlin three days later and invite all the nobles, great and small, within Pujias City.
A banquet hosted by Count Sailin naturally carried no ordinary influence, and it would be greatly beneficial in raising Merlin's status. Even though Merlin was somewhat unaccustomed to such tedious social dealings, for the Wilson Family to settle down more securely in Pujias in the future, this banquet was indispensable.
Thus, Merlin gladly accepted Count Sailin's goodwill before returning to the castle.
Perhaps because he missed the old castle in Blackwater City, Old Wilson had named this new castle Wilson Castle as well. The moment Merlin stepped inside, he saw the butler busily directing numerous servants as they cleaned the grounds around the castle.
"Young Master Merlin... oh no, it should be Lord Baron! Master Wilson and Master Barman are waiting for you in the hall, Lord Baron!"
The butler hurried forward when he