Cthulhu Gonfalon

Since Crick had found someone to pose as him after his death, his original plan had to be adjusted.

According to his original plan, it was time to take the final action of gathering the evil suitors through several events which had been prepared earlier and kill them all at once. Of course, there would be different ways to kill them, such as explosions, poison, and offering them up as a sacrifice to demons. In a word, since Crick was going to take action, he wanted to ensure that all of them would be killed, with no exceptions.

However, things had become different now.

For Crick, the most important thing now was to make arrangements for Romon to be disguised as him. As long as this was done, the residents of Keane Hill would have enough time to defend themselves against those evil guys in the future. With Romon’s help, Crick didn’t have to worry too much about his sister being bullied by others after his death. Thus, his violent means were no longer needed.

It wasn’t a big issue to make a few enemies. But if it wasn’t necessary, Crick preferred not to make extremely powerful enemies.

He had a detailed discussion with Romon for a while and finally made a preliminary plan.

Then he gathered the most loyal and reliable high-ranking officials in the Keane Hill and introduced them to Romon.

“This is Mr. Romon, a master from the Church of Void Mask,” he said. “He’s not only powerful, but also good at deceiving others.

“After my death, he will disguise himself as me. Under the excuse of seclusion to recover, he won’t appear very often. Then others won’t find out about my death.” He said this calmly, totally ignoring his astonished subordinates. “You’ll help him in this act as much as possible so as not to let others find out. Besides that, he’ll also serve as Anna’s consultant. Anna, if you have any problems, you can ask him for advice.”

“I’ll help you solve things directly when it’s necessary.” Romon saluted the girl who was still a bit young. “I’m a good bard. As long as I’m not fighting a Legendary Master, I can win. Well, if I can’t win, I at least won’t get hurt.”

This statement was quite confident, displaying his eye-catchingly strong power. But Anna didn’t care about it at all at that moment. She just looked at Crick with shock and worry.

“Brother! Are you really… really…” She choked several times, but still couldn’t voice her terrible assumption.

Crick sighed and whispered, “Yes, I’m really dying.”

For a moment, the atmosphere of the whole meeting hall was morbid. Apart from Baroness Amyveile, who had already known everything, even Anna, the current Baron, had just learned now.

For a long time, in others’ impressions, Crick had been a knowledgeable sage who could do anything. No matter how big a problem was, he could find a way to solve it. But today, he had told them clearly that he was dying.

Although he had also found a way to help the Keane Hill overcome their difficulties and solve the last problem, he was dying anyway.

All the people who could attend this secret meeting were loyal to Keane Hill and Crick. Now they were all in shock and sorrow, and no one could speak a word for a moment.

Finally, Crick broke the silence. He laughed and said, “Why are you so astonished? It was incredible that I could come back alive from the battlefield of the Sun’s Death Day. Even if I die now, I’ve earned a few more years of life. What’s so sad about that?”

Still, nobody talked.

“You guys are too young and simple! Open your eyes!” Crick smiled and shook his head. “Keeping a family growing and developing doesn’t depend on a person, but the inheritance from generation to generation. For example, Charles, your father, the Knight D’vor, died on the battlefield of the Sun’s Death Day, but you inherited his title and territory, and you have done a great job all these years. If I’m not wrong, your wife is pregnant, isn’t she?”

Charles Oss nodded. His wife was the second daughter of a nobleman living nearby, and they got along well with each other. Charles had planned on inviting Crick to preside over the naming ceremony after the birth of the child, but now that wouldn’t happen.

“Last time, you mentioned to me that you would like me to hold the naming ceremony and be the godfather of your child after they were born, and I promised you.” Crick laughed and said, “Of course, I can’t do it anymore. However, that doesn’t matter. You’ll have Anna as your child’s godmother instead.”

Knight Charles was stunned, then understood the meaning of his monarch, and looked at Anna at once. “Will I?”

Anna was still confused about why her brother had suddenly mentioned this, so she looked at Crick with a blank face.

Crick sighed in his heart and nodded with a smile. Only then did she relax and make the promise.

Alas! My sister’s intelligence is only ten. She’s really not very smart!

Upon seeing his sister’s mediocre performance, Crick was worried. Even with the help of loyal subordinates, as well as consultant Romon Geerteng, his sister was still too weak to support the family business.

With a deep sigh, Crick couldn’t help thinking of her marriage.

His sister wasn’t powerful at all. Relying on her alone, it would be hard to keep the family business alive. Thus, it would better to find a suitable husband for her while Crick was still alive. Then the couple would support each other and pass on the blood of the Keane Family.

However, her husband should be a man with a good personality, but not too aggressive. He couldn’t have a powerful background, either; otherwise, he might take advantage of Crick’s sister and annex the whole Keane Family.

Thinking about it, Crick couldn’t help sighing.

Romon looked at the worried look on Crick’s face and then at Anna, who was somewhat confused. He understood more or less what Crick was thinking, so he said with a smile, “All right, I have one more thing to say. Of course, it’s just for reference.”

The others in the conference room all looked at him, but he wasn’t scared at all. He smiled and said, “I am currently a tutor for Stephen Carter, the fourth son of the Carter Family in the Kingdom of thousands of Springs. This time, I brought him to propose to Miss Anna.”

The others were shocked at that, then they looked at him in a hostile way.

Romon had gone through countless storms in his life, so he didn’t care about their attitudes at all. He laughed and said, “Stephen is only fifteen years old now. To be frank, he’s a bit young and innocent. His relationship with his three older brothers isn’t good, nor is he highly valued by his father. I watched him grow up from a little child, so I can promise that he has good character. You don’t have to worry about him colluding with others to steal the Keane Family’s fortune. He’s kind of talented, so he may be able to make some achievements in the future.”

“Of course, his greatest advantage is that he’s good looking.” Romon looked at Anna with a smile. “Is Miss Anna interested in meeting him?”

Anna blushed immediately and didn’t know what to say.

Crick coughed twice and asked, “Did you bring the Projection Crystal?”

To be honest, Crick was also curious about how handsome Stephen was.

Romon nodded and took out the Projection Crystal to show the image of Stephen through a spell.

There was a beautiful little boy, as quiet as a girl, sitting at his desk and reading quietly. With the slow change of the image in the Projection Crystal, the boy gradually grew up. He learned swordsmanship, archery, and horseback riding, but it could be seen that he wasn’t very good at any of them. He also learned spells, but he wasn’t doing very well there, either. However, his innocence had never changed, nor did his handsomeness. He was indeed a good looking man.

After a while, the image disappeared. Romon put away the Projection Crystal and smiled at the others. He said, “Did you see that? I wasn’t boasting. Stephen is definitely one of the most handsome men in the world.”

Crick smiled and turned to Anna.

Anna’s face flushed, and her head hung down.

Crick immediately understood her and burst into laughter.

“This world prefers good looking men a lot!” He laughed and said, “This young man is handsome, and that’s surely an advantage! As for his personality and other aspects, we can test them later. All of you will help me with that, okay?”

Upon hearing that, the others understood his meaning and immediately burst into laughter. The Baroness Amyveile even went to Anna and congratulated her in a low voice.

Anna’s face turned even redder. She was so shy that she wanted to dig a hole to hide herself in.

The gloomy atmosphere of the meeting room from earlier was gone. Instead, it was full of joy.