Mystic Dominator

"By the way, Patricia, do you know something called a secret name?"

On the carriage heading to the castle, when Ronald looked at the street scene passing backward on the road, he suddenly remembered what he heard from Luna last night.

Although Patricia did not have the airs of being a noble, her status was there.

With her status, she might know something.

It's a pity that Ronald's guess was somewhat wrong. Patricia's reaction when hearing this word was similar to his first time, with a puzzled look on her face:

"Secret name?"

"What is that, a codename used by an organization?"

"I don't know either." Ronald spread his hands helplessly, "I heard this statement from [Nikos]. I just wanted to ask you because I don't know the specific situation."

Patricia: "Sorry, I don't know anything about this either."

"..."

At this point in the conversation, Ronald had actually given up on delving into the 'secret name'. It wouldn't have any impact anyway, so there was no need for him to continue to worry about it.

But just a few seconds passed, and the coachman driving the carriage in front turned back and spoke to the two of them.

"Sir, the secret name you mentioned is the custom here."

"If you don't mind my low status, I can tell you what it means."

Most of the taxis on the streets of Nickland are open carriages.

In addition, the speed on the street was not fast, so the driver easily heard the conversation between Ronald and Patricia in front.

Normally, the coachman would have already started chatting with the two passengers.

However, he knew that the two passengers this time planned to go to the king's castle, so he was so reserved when he spoke.

Ronald was naturally not someone who cared about his identity, so he immediately asked the coachman for advice.

In this way, the story began on the carriage driving to the castle.

"gentlemen,

The secret name is the tradition around [Nikos]. We generally have at least two names: one is the name that is called to the outside world; the other is the name that only immediate family members and the person know, and will only be told to very close people. This is the so-called secret name. "

People with very close relationships...

Ronald thought of a lot of things in his mind in an instant, but he quickly put aside these messy thoughts and continued to ask about the things involved in the secret name itself:

"You just said that people here generally have at least two names?"

"That's right." The coachman nodded, and then explained, "In addition to the famous name and the secret name, there are also Christian names given by the church, as well as secret names given by the godfather, or nicknames given by the boss."

"In our [Nikos] area, anyone who has some experience actually has many names. For example, when I was a coachman, I usually used the name Xi Ke."

"..."

When the coachman told all this, he obviously had a proud tone.

The locals seem to be very satisfied with this custom of multiple names, and don't care much about the trouble it may cause.

And beyond that.

Ronald confirmed one thing.

The countess whom I first met in the Springs only used her name [Leticia] to the outside world, and a lot of things can be seen from this.

Another period of time passed, and the carriage came to Ronald and Patricia in front of the king's castle.

After paying the driver a relatively large amount of money as a thank you.

Ronald raised his head and looked at the building in front of him, and soon saw something different.

First of all, the castle was definitely not built for royal life, because it also included functional areas such as docks, underground prisons, and ordinary residential areas.

If you have to make a judgment.

Gu Yun

This place is more like a fortress capable of handling war, different from the palace-type buildings Ronald has seen before.

And focus on the surroundings.

If you are more careful, you will find that there is a very big gap between the edges of the castle and the buildings in the city in terms of wear and tear - the castle was obviously built much earlier than the city, and may even be more than a hundred years old.

With these two pieces of information, the past of this 'King City' emerged before Ronald's eyes.

Long before Niklan, or rather the Nikos Empire, appeared.

The ruler's first ancestors should have occupied this castle, and then gradually developed the country's scale and peripheral cities.

"Ronald, what are you looking at?"

"We should go in."

Just when Ronald was thinking about these things, Patricia recalled Ronald's meaning from the front.

So he smiled at the swordsman girl, and Ronald followed him immediately.

Entering the castle was very smooth.

Due to the perfection of its internal architecture, the Nikos royal family actually invited distinguished guests from Greed to stay here, and Patricia visited here yesterday and today.

Basically just asking a few questions, she and Ronald successfully walked into the castle.

After passing through the gate, the first thing you see is a square transformed from a market. At this moment, you can see knights belonging to the royal family training here, and there are servants carrying supplies around.

Looking around the square, the buildings that were once used for residences have been simply transformed and become the residences of the castle servants and guards.

And although many people are working to entertain guests.

But some daily activities in the castle have not changed because of the arrival of Greed's guests.

Crossing the square and continuing back, the buildings here are more luxurious than where you came in.

Among them, you can also see the decoration styles with obvious differences in styles.

It was here that Patricia stopped, then smiled and explained to Ronald:

"Ronald, this is the accommodation area where Nikos entertains foreign guests."

"I will live with His Highness in the red house on the left. We also stayed at your place in advance, with Costate..."

"Sir, you are finally here!"

Suddenly, Patricia's introduction was interrupted.

In the direction pointed by the swordsman girl, Ronald's maid rushed out of the house, then without saying a word came to Ronald and bowed down to salute.

Ronald looked further away.

It can be seen that the expressions of several knights on Nikos' side are very nervous.

They know that these are Greed's distinguished guests, and they also know how powerful these guests are, so when faced with every situation, these people cannot treat them lightly.

"..."

"Costat, here I come."

Ronald nodded apologetically to the knight, and then greeted the maid with a smile.

However, he never expected it.

After just a greeting, Costart gave himself a nasty surprise.

After saying hello, the maid knelt on the ground with one leg, and then reported nervously:

"Costat...Costat took the liberty of making some decisions for you yesterday."

"And I hope you can listen to me now!"