Chapter 185:
Marshal Loren received a promotion, not only in military rank but also in nobility.
His baron title of Frederick, inherited from his mother, was elevated to count by King Louis, but without a fief.
This wasn’t due to the king’s lack of generosity, but because Marshal Loren had half dwarf blood. Although the king greatly trusted the marshal’s loyalty, granting land to a mixed-blood could easily cause unnecessary ripples in the next generation.
Moreover, silver dwarves already had their own vast ancestral lands within the Kingdom of Goldflower.
Though Marshal Loren deeply resented his irresponsible dwarf father, as the grandson of the silver dwarf grand duke, he owned “hereditary lands” near Silver Citadel in the mountains that were far richer than the average human count’s domain.
Furthermore, once he marries his cousin, Princess Livrosa Silverheart, the granddaughter of the current silver dwarf high lord, he would possess eleven vast mountain peaks from Bourbon to the Anju region as his domain.
Its area was comparable to the entire Transia, which a hundred years ago, would have been the size of a duchy.
Therefore, the marshal had no need for such external possessions.
However, this marriage…