Originally Posted by
Barry Goldwater
"Congratulations on your ascension to the throne of your forebears, King Edgar." De Vere greeted his unexpected new liege with practiced formality, bowing as he did so. "And thank you for leaving me in my capacity as Treasurer, in which I shall serve you as diligently as I served your predecessor. My duties in that office are what brought me here today, actually...according to the latest statements, whose details I shan't bore you with, we still have nearly six thousand pounds in the royal coffers, after all of the Conqueror's past expenses - four castles, including one here in London, and sellswords for the war, of course." He paused to let Edgar process all of that information.
"Is there anything you wish to direct your remaining funds to? More castles and royal residences perhaps, on the southern coast if you are concerned about William's blood-heirs, or on the Welsh border? We have enough to begin construction on two this year, by my estimation, unless you have other projects in mind." That the Norman army raised Edgar up as their king was not a development Aubrey had expected in the slightest. But all of his lands were in England, not Normandy, and this new King was content to let him keep them, so as long as that remained the case, De Vere was content to work with this newest in a series of new regimes.