>>5205094>>5205098>>5205109>>5205339>>5205605>>5205755You preferred not to continue antagonising her. She was a powerful figure of the local politics and you did not needed more enemies. It was quite annoying that when you removed a problem with brute force another one arose directly after, but such was the life of a lord. It was harder than you thought. You simply walked away and heard her reproaches.
-So you will not even answer me ! How dare you ignoring me ! You... You awful person !
Once she was far away you looked at Oldfossil and Bohémond and both of them looked at you, approving. Oldfossil told you.
-Wise choice my lord. It is better not to antagonise this lady, she has more soldiers at her disposal than us. And it will pass, she can sometimes have fits of rage.
You approved, quoting someone that you knew and that was wise in science.
-Yes, she is a typical bastard child. Bastard children are always mad or evil, it is why they are not allowed to inherit and that we should keep them into monasteries.
Bohémond approved, saying.
-Yes Monseigneur, if the bastard of Lord de Tocard was put in a monastery he would not have caused so much trouble !
You laughed at it, the bastard was the son of the neighbour of your father and he poisoned two of his legitimate brothers to inherit. Then he tried to intrigue with the Barrois to try to take back his father's lands. A real nuisance, Lady Sue was an angel near him. Fortunately his father managed to catch him and to hang him by his bowels, it was well deserved. You wondered how many bastards you had ? You preferred not to think about it, it was always better not to let them know that they had noble blood, they would not cause trouble in the future. It would be sad to hang your own child by his bowels because he had thought he had rights to your inheritance. You remembered Manfred of Sicily who was a bastard who usurped Conradin, his nephew, that was still in your dungeons because he was legitimated, heh, Manfred even assassinated his father and his brother. Bastard blood meant bad news even if you were a bastard of an Emperor. Even two centuries ago it was a bastard who was responsible for the greatest crime in the world, the conquest of England and it's transformation into a powerful kingdom. So you answered.
-Yes, people not born out of a proper Christian wedlock are unstable.
Bohémond approved but Oldfossil seemed to be more reserved about it, he said carefully.
-Mmmmh... My lord, you know there is some positive characters that can be bastards, for example Jo...
-No, I am sure that historians who wrote about this person are born out of wedlock themselves. There is maybe a vast bastard conspiracy to try to rob legitimate children of their rights to inherit. I woe the day when they will manage to obtain satisfaction.
