[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-506":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2338969,4572,"Chapter 506","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-506",506,"\u003Cp>“Lady Mary! Long time no see! I’ve been gone so long—did you miss me?” Gervas grinned broadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Mary clenched her teeth, recalling how this man had already received his title, yet still deliberately swindled her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas, I haven’t even settled accounts with you yet! Last time, you were already a baron, yet you still tricked me with the Black Pine Forest estate—it was utterly despicable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, today you sided with outsiders to cause trouble on the family’s lands—how can you face your father?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Lady Mary turned to Andrew. “Andrew, look—this is your good Gervas. Last time, you sent him so much supplies!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now he’s bringing a count’s entourage to spend the night on our lands—this has brought you trouble!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Lady Mary still didn’t understand the situation; she assumed Gervas was merely a lackey to some count, come to Gail Lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough! Mary, what are you talking about? These soldiers are Gervas’s own—how could they possibly bring us trouble?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What am I saying? Everyone knows noble entourages are the most unruly… you… what did you say? These are his soldiers? How is that possible? Isn’t that outside a count’s force?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mid-sentence, Lady Mary’s eyes widened again, doubting whether she’d heard correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gail family was also a baronial house, and even counted as a semi-ancient baronial lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Gail family’s military strength was at most one-tenth of the force outside the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even counting the two hundred cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how could this Gervas—just a newly appointed baron—possibly have so many soldiers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mary, Gervas is now a count lord—this force belongs to him!” Andrew finally revealed Gervas’s true status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“C…Count? Him?” Lady Mary was struck as if by lightning, staring at Gervas with wide eyes, frozen in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas smiled even more brightly, revealing a row of white teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady Mary, surprised, aren’t you? But I only just received my countship! Here is the count’s seal, here is the count’s sword…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the gleaming golden seal, and the exquisitely crafted count’s sword inlaid with colorful gems,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Lady Mary had a thousand reasons to refuse belief, she could only accept the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her expression shifted repeatedly; after a moment, she forced out a smile. “G…Gervas, my tone was too harsh just now! I… I’m sorry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, after such a long journey, you must be exhausted. I’ll go to the kitchen right away and have the cooks prepare food for you! Go rest inside the castle with your father!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Lady Mary.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“N…no trouble at all! Gervas, don’t be so formal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Lady Mary fled toward the inner castle gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, she still couldn’t face Gervas now that he was a count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint smile she’d managed to force out had already drained all her “noble self-discipline.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Lady Mary leave, Gervas’s lips curled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was at least a small revenge for the original owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Andrew, too, let out a quiet sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His second son had risen in fortune—he was both astonished and delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon returning to the castle and seeing Mary, he had grown tense again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well the strained relationship between Gervas and Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only ever tried to suppress their conflicts, never truly resolved them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had feared that upon returning, Gervas would seize the chance to retaliate and oppress Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that happened, as both husband and father, he wouldn’t know what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“G…Gervas? Are you Gervas?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a cry came from the castle wall—it was Gervas’s adoptive older brother, Ernst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been waiting for Lady Mary’s signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lady Mary never gave him one; instead, she hurried back into the inner castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t caught fragments of words like “it’s you” and “Gervas,” he wouldn’t have known what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh! Brother Ernst, why are you on the wall?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… this… that…” Ernst didn’t know how to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ernst, come down quickly and meet your brother Gervas—Gervas is now a count lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? C…Count? Gervas became a count…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the escort of his father, older brother, and Viscount Pat, Gervas returned to the inner castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Gervas had planned to go to the parlor, but upon learning that the banquet hall was already hosting a dinner with neighboring nobles waiting, he changed his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, these guests required Andrew’s hospitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the music in the banquet hall had paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles were gathered in small groups, chatting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The topic was simple: whether Viscount Pat could persuade the count’s entourage to change their mind about spending the night in Springtown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here they come! They’re back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh! Who’s that? What an extravagant robe!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait—I feel like I recognize that young man. Isn’t that Andrew’s second son, little Gervas?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh, it really is little Gervas! He’s here too—and dressed so well? How extravagant!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed! That robe must have cost dozens of gold coins at least—he’s only been lord for less than a year, and he’s willing to spend so much on such an expensive robe!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably spent heavily for this homecoming—he’s returning as lord for the first time, so he had to make a grand impression, dress properly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the crowd, many nobles recognized Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, among these baron neighbors were some of Andrew’s friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when they saw Gervas’s lavish robe, they immediately assumed he was a noble trying to appear richer than he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this wasn’t meant as an insult to Gervas—it was simply how nobles generally behaved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They presented only their brightest faces, hiding all flaws—nobles prized appearances above all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas! It’s you! What are you doing here? Has Carolyne returned?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a sharp voice rang out in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas turned—it was his half-brother, Roni.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d heard this brat had just sensed his battle aura, which was why tonight’s banquet was held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling how the brat had sobbed uncontrollably when he left last time, Gervas couldn’t help laughing out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roni didn’t know why Gervas suddenly laughed, but he felt certain Gervas’s gaze was mocking him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, he flew into rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas! What are you laughing at? I’m asking you—where’s Carolyne? Did you bring her back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can return her to me now! I’ll become a Bronze Knight by fourteen at the latest—such talent means Silver Knight is certain, even Gold Knight is possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So now, return Carolyne to me—I’ll still forgive your actions!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1071,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8e3136f80bc8a7dc4e7a5e0f5954863ddab63a1d1e63c8438a2fee8d13a5811b","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-507","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-505",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]