Chapter 411

Soma hastin is only 29 years old, but he is already the powerful figure in the hastin family, second only to Domingo hastin.

Because he is the Lord of lomine.

Of course, in fact, the whole Hastings family knows that soma Hastings manages more than just lomine. Although nominally he is the Lord of lomine, in fact, he has great power and has the management power of the whole tintine - in other words, he is an acting Lord without appointment power. However, Domingo will not object to the letter of appointment submitted by him to Domingo hasting, so everyone in the hasting family knows that soma will not be too far from becoming a formal acting Lord with the power of appointment.

Of course, soma is also very smart.

That is, he did not participate in the election for the next patriarch of the Hastings family - as a collateral branch, although soma Hastings has Hastings' surname, in the final analysis, people who think they are of their own blood, such as Domingo Hastings, don't look up to such distant relatives, Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the candidate successor of the Hastings family to fall into soma's hands.

It is precisely because he chose to give up that soma can now become an existence below one person and above ten thousand people in the whole Hastings family. This is partly because he is smart enough to be reassuring, but in part, he is really talented, unlike other distant side members who only talk big and make some unrealistic * * * * * * * * * *.

It can even be said that there is a rumor in the Hastings family: which patriarchal candidate can win the support of soma Hastings, then he will completely sit on the throne of the Hastings family patriarch.

But is soma Hastings really not ambitious?

Even a little sensible noble children don't think so, but in fact, many people always overestimate their own strength. Almost all future patriarchal candidates of the Hastings family think they can control soma Hastings. Therefore, they don't care how powerful soma Hastings is now, I even wish soma's influence could be stronger, so as long as we can get his support, it's really a certainty.

Only soma herself knows that even if he has ambition, he can't show it in him. The only hope is his grandson.

He has planned to choose a candidate to support him as the patriarch when he is most influential, and then let his children grow together with his own children, cultivate deeper fetters and friendship, and completely get rid of the embarrassing identity of distant branches. In his son's generation, although it is still a collateral branch, it will not be considered too distant relatives. In this way, his grandson will have the hope to compete for the position of head of the Hastings family.

This is a long-term ambition that needs patience.

But for many people, this is also a result worthy of expectation and struggle.

Just like the history of the Michelin family.

Therefore, for this long-term ambition and purpose, soma hastin spared no effort to manage the whole tinguine, and was eager to make him stronger. Under such circumstances, soma's personal interests are completely tied to the interests of the whole Hastings family. Therefore, soma naturally devotes 12 points of energy to deal with accidents within her own management.

Just like now, a file on his desk is the identity report and some related speculation of the seven adventurers who died on pinecone street last night. And I don't know if it's coincidence or other reasons. It's on the table with this file, as well as some information and intelligence about Sean and others. Of course, these intelligence messages are the result of alikate's disguise.

Soma's eyebrows were frowning, which was typical of his thinking.

Of course, he knew about the mysterious drawing that master Rhoda obtained a few months ago, and it was precisely because of his order that the yelos family intervened - of course, he arranged it after reporting to Domingo and obtaining Domingo's consent. As any nobleman knows, the yelos family is a dog worthy of the name of the Hastings family. Since the dog is ready to bite, even if other honorary nobles are not happy, no one dares to tear face with the Hastings family without a good way, Naturally, I can only watch the forced negotiation between the yelos family and old man Rhoda.

But I don't know why, this time the usual trick of the yelos family didn't succeed. On the contrary, there was a herald from the mage Guild Headquarters to feed back to the branch here, which made the yelos family feel ashamed and angry. They all planned to kidnap Rhoda. Seeing that the yelos family is wrong, of course, other nobles are also trying to save. Sending guards to secretly protect Rhoda is one of the means. At the same time, due to the joint pressure of the nobles, the mage guild dare not go too far.

Therefore, in the case of compromise, a banquet will be held at Hastings manor a few days later.

At that time, everyone will conduct a research and Discussion on this mysterious drawing - in fact, it's just how to divide the cake. Originally, the initial proposal was auction, but all nobles lost confidence when they thought of having more money than the mage guild. Due to some dark considerations, no one wanted to involve those big families and royal families. Therefore, the banquet to be held in Hastings villa seemed very secret.

At this sensitive time, an external honorary nobleman arrived in Hastings city and contacted master Rhoda. On the night of contact, seven adventurers employed by the yeros family died on the spot. No matter how you look at it, it is obviously strange.

But as Sean said, sometimes even if you know things are wrong, you still have to make mistakes again and again due to some face problems. This is the so-called aristocratic practice - of course, for aristocrats, this is actually safeguarding their family honor. A young aristocrat like Sean, who has just won the title, will certainly feel insulted to himself and his family in the face of such slander, so he will certainly not bow to others, and things will naturally be made big.

But Sean, is it really such a noble?

Soma had just closed the two files and was about to discuss with the yeros family how to deal with the foreign aristocrat Fran dumoy, when the door was suddenly knocked.

"What's up?" Soma asked in a deep voice. Because of her long-standing prestige, soma said this with a dignified momentum.

He knew very well that because of his instructions, usually no one would knock on the door of his office unless there were special circumstances. The normal processing steps must be to record things. When he opens the door at noon and in the evening, the Secretary responsible for sorting and recording things will give him the documents recording things. Then he will take a little time to deal with the things that need to be responded. This is even a day's work.

But at the moment, he didn't open the door, and his secretary knocked on his door, which means that the matter is very important or urgent and needs him to deal with it immediately.

So although he was asking something, the man got up and left his seat, went to the door and opened the door of the office.

"Lord."

Soma's secretary is not a woman, but a man. He looks a little gentle and white. He looks like a weak scholar described in the earth books, but he looks full of a rigorous and serious momentum wearing gold wire glasses. The only thing that has not changed is his unsmiling face and his cool tone.

"What's up?" Soma repeated again.

"Someone wants to see you." The Secretary said.

Hearing this, soma frowned, and her face showed a trace of anger. His voice suddenly became a little cold: "is that why you knocked on the door and interrupted my train of thought?"

"Yes." The secretary was still serious and nodded, "I have taken them to the reception room to wait for you."

Soma looked at her secretary coldly. Maybe outsiders didn't know, but soma knew very well that her secretary named Qazi was also a rare talent, because he could always organize very complex and chaotic things clearly, and then transfer these well-organized contents to his own hands, no matter how complex the records were, In his hands will become orderly.

In this way, it naturally reduces soma's workload, which also improves his work efficiency. Moreover, when the things handled by him are handed over to Qazi, the things will also become orderly. What should be handled first and what can be solved in the end do not need soma to worry about and repeat, and Qazi will arrange everything properly.

Looking at Qazi's calm face, soma's anger caused by the interruption of his thinking was soon suppressed. Just as he knew Qazi very well, Qazi also knew soma very well, so if it was not very necessary, Qazi would never disturb himself.

When reason regained the upper hand, soma had guessed that the identity of the other party might be very special. Otherwise, Qazi would let them wait until they came out of their lunch break, instead of knocking on their door after taking the other party to the reception room. Soon soma said, "who is the other party?"

"Viscount Fran dumoi and his two retinues." Qazi answered, "I think this is the top priority to be solved at present, so I will interrupt your thoughts. Please forgive me."

Soma was really shocked when he heard the name of the visitor. He couldn't figure out why the foreign honorary nobleman came to him. But at the next moment, soma realized that the foreign honorary aristocrat was probably not as simple as he thought, so he soon walked towards the meeting room, and Qazi quickly followed soma's pace after closing the door of the office, lagging behind in a position about one position away from soma.

At this moment, the temperament emitted by the two people almost reached an amazing consistency, with a resonant atmosphere.