By the time Hughes was out of the house, the magnificent carriage belonging to the Duke of Weems' palace had stopped at his doorstep.

A blonde aristocratic girl was waving to herself at the carriage window with a happy face, it was the Duke's daughter Relia.

Her expression was a little reserved at first, but after seeing Xius get into the carriage, she couldn't hold back and asked happily.

"Lord Theseus, what do you think of me today?"

The aristocratic girl stood up and circled around the spacious carriage with a flattering smile.

"Not bad. ”

Xius nodded slightly, but judging from his expression, it was obviously very perfunctory.

However, as if she didn't see it, Relia was even more happy, and she was about to laugh out of a flower, and asked.

"How about we go have an afternoon tea now, and we can dance a little bit then! I know there's a nice place!"

Xius never imagined that the girl would be so direct, almost without any reserve, and so obviously express her intentions.

He was a little overwhelmed.

"I'm sorry, Miss Relia, I have some things to do in the afternoon, I may not have much time, and when I take you to Sylvia's tailor's shop, we'll separate!"

Xius looked at the fair-skinned and lovely aristocratic girl in front of him, and hurriedly refused.

He found himself backing down, and the girl might get even worse, so his voice began to chill.

If it weren't for the admonition of Duke Weems and his father Wade.

He didn't even want to see the daughter of this lovely duke, without him.

Recently, he felt that she had a feeling of disgust and rejection in her, as if she was born to repulse, but he didn't dare to talk about it with others, otherwise the relationship between the two families would probably be .......

But it's impossible to keep him backing down.

You know, when the two first met a few months ago at Weems Manor.

She had been carried up to him by two maids, and he would never forget the screeching of the oak floor beneath his feet that day, and the smile of the folds of flesh.

This makes him feel like a nightmare when he looks back on it now, and it is even more difficult for him to accept it until he sees the girl in front of him again.

"Alright then, Master Theseus, shall we go to the tailor's shop to get the clothes now?"

Relia was not annoyed when she heard Hughes's refusal, but asked softly and tentatively.

But Theseus completely ignored the girl's weak expression, nodded indifferently, and said coldly.

"Go, if I can, Miss Relia, I hope to be quick. ”

So saying, Hughes leaned back on the velvet cushion and began to close his eyes and recuperate, and no longer talked.

Hughes Ramrifarn was so cold, even if Relia forced a smile, her expression still had an unnatural look.

There was silence in the carriage for a while, and Relia was still smiling shallowly, looking out the window at the changing scenery, not knowing what she was thinking.

Time passed slowly, and as the ornate buildings changed into ordinary and simple buildings, it meant that they were in the civilian area.

Since the priests of Woking always need the best clothing to please the goddess, Sylvia's tailor's shop is not in the aristocratic quarter, but in the temple quarter.

It stands to reason that she won't pass through the civilian area, but Relia wants to stay with Hughes longer, so she tells the coachman to take a detour.

As the wheels of the carriage reached the middle of a street in the civilian area, a clattering sound of glass shattering came from above the carriage.

The swordsmen who were guarding Relia immediately drew their swords and watched the surroundings.

But the action of drawing the sword made the surrounding residents scream and panic.

Fortunately, the panic quickly subsided.

From the conversations of the people around her, Relia knew.

It turned out to be a silver pseudo-dragon that came from nowhere and broke the window of the hotel, a very ordinary but unusual little thing, after all, the window is broken almost every day in Karando, but pseudo-dragons are not common.

The riots were like interludes, passing by in a flash.

As the carriage continued to drive, it was soon safe and sound to Sylvia's tailor's shop.

After the two got out of the car in turn.

"Miss Relia, I'm in a bit of a bad mood today, and I'm sorry for my rudeness!"

After getting out of the car and about to separate, Hughes got out of the car and felt that there was something wrong with what he had just behaved.

So he whispered an apology to the duke's daughter in front of him.

He didn't have any other ideas, he just didn't want to affect the two families because of this little thing.

After all, even if he becomes the prince of the Amm Empire in the future, for these dukes, he still has to focus on wooing.

"It's okay, Lord Theseus, Relia won't care, as long as it's you, it's fine!"

The blonde aristocratic girl said with a nonchalant expression, but the unnaturalness in her eyes and the slightly stiff movements still betrayed her.

"That's good!

Theseus felt that he had finished dealing with it, and was about to leave in a happy mood, but he didn't want Relia to suddenly call him out.

"Anything else, Miss Relia?"

"Lord Theseus, I would like to ask one last question. ”

"If I ...... Me or His Highness Hevilo, which will you choose?"

Relia seemed to have made up a lot of determination, and asked through gritted teeth.

"I'm sorry, Miss Relia, I'm already engaged to Her Royal Highness the Princess......"

Hughes's words left no room for the slightest.

But when Relia heard this, she still didn't give up and asked.

"Isn't that you, and you'll be able to be with me when she's gone?"

"Miss Relia, you may not be sleeping well...... I still have something to do here, so I'll go first. ”

When Hughes saw her talking like this, he dared to answer it, and left her directly as if he was hiding from the plague.

And Relia stood in place, looking at the slender back, still muttering to herself.

"I'm not going to give up!"

She looked hesitant, but resolute, and seemed to have made some decision, and walked towards Sylvia's tailor's shop.

Today she is going to buy an extra dress for her favorite head maid.

......

The sound of clanging bells rang in my ears.

Gordon's consciousness gradually awakened, and it opened its dark golden vertical pupils.

After a good night's rest, it felt the lost strength in its body fill its limbs again, allowing it to easily support its now somewhat large body.

Its head lifted slightly, and it began to look at its surroundings.

Strange yet familiar, it quickly remembered why it was here.

"Sgaioh! Grush!"

Its sound pierced through the flames, startling the gathered dependents.

Soon, Sgeyer, the dragon-veined kobold warlock who was the overseer, and Grush, the leader of the Blackfire Clan, came to the increasingly strong black dragon with awe.

They bent their knees and half-knelt on the ground, their heads below Gordon's field of vision, humbly.

"Sgeo/Grush is here! my master!

"How long have I been asleep?"

Gordon's voice was emotionless.

"Two hours, my master!"

As a warlock, Sgeo was accurate to the minute and the second, and he said respectfully.

"Oh, what about the passage below?"

Gordon nodded slightly, indicating that it knew, and then, of course, it did not forget what it had told before it fell asleep, and it asked Sgeo again.

"It has been dredged up again, and the resettlement of your dependents is still working hard, and by this time tomorrow, they will be able to carve out twenty or thirty spacious caves in the rock wall, enough for the master's family to live in. ”

Although Sgeo is not interested in kobolds, this is the family of his master, and he still does his best.

"Well done!"

Gordon bowed slightly, and praised the kobold as if in approval.

Squeo hurriedly lowered his head and said humbly.

"It is my supreme honor to receive your praise! My lord! I have prepared your food! Do you want to enjoy it now?"

Sgeo, who had talked to Grush, the leader of the Blackfire Clan, didn't know much about the dragon in front of him, but it didn't prevent him from doing everything in his way.

"No hurry!"

Although Gordon felt a little empty in his stomach, he didn't forget that he had left Nina in the campfire hall.

Now that everything is settled, it is natural to send someone to pick her up.

It also didn't have to worry about its deep sleep affecting Nina, and it had explained to Nina before it left that it might take half a day or even a day for it to pass on the news.

Now that it had slept and regained its strength, it turned its head to the half-kneeling Grush, without worrying about other accidents.

"Grush, go, gather those goblins, and you will go back to the campfire hall later, and bring the stored food and necessary tools.

"Also, remember to bring Nina with you, and be careful to protect it!

Gordon commanded Grush with a serious face.

"Yes, master, even if I pay with my life, I will not let Miss Nina be hurt in the slightest!"

Grush's voice was very loud, and his emotions were quite excited, and he was very happy.

After all, which Goblin of the Blackfire Clan doesn't know that the closest person to the owner is Miss Nina, and protecting her is not trusting the Blackfire Clan!

Thinking about it, Grush's eyes unconsciously glanced at the dragon vein kobold warlock on the side.

The smug look in his eyes was undisguised.

Gordon didn't bother to look at the goblins' sneer, and didn't send Squeo, naturally because he was worried that Nina didn't know him.

Moreover, Sgeo has other uses.

When Grush roared and summoned the goblins to go, it looked to the other side and said to Sgeo.

"You'll go down with me to see the underground cavern later, and remember to bring a few good ones with you. ”

Gordon said to the kobold who was digging the cave, to Squeo.

It hadn't forgotten that after the Nedrake died, its lair was still there.

Exploring the lair will definitely require manpower.

Kobolds are natural swimmers, so it's no better to explore their nests.

Moreover, it also prevents it from taking risks personally.

You know, in the sea, it is not a home battle, and you dare not take it lightly.

"Yes, master, I'll pick the right one!"

Squeo understood Gordon's words and immediately set off to arrange the right person.

It wasn't until Sepio and seven or eight kobolds were standing ten feet in front of him that Gordon stood up and said to them.

"Let's go!"

As he spoke, it stepped on the embers of the extinguished flames on the ground and walked towards the underground passage not far away.

It wasn't the first time Gordon had walked through the underground passage, but it was the first time he had reached the end and seen the underground cavern described by Lotvieve.

The roof of the cave is vaulted, and Gordon of [Dark Vision] can clearly see the sharp inverted stone pillars above.

And the rock wall in front of you, on one side is the sheep intestine path, which leads to the sacrificial platform, where the kobold used to worship.

On the other side, the water looks blue under the torches.

"Let's go down. ”

Gordon didn't come closer, but commanded the kobolds.

"Yes! ”

The kobolds jumped into the sea without the slightest hesitation in awe.

In a few moments, the humanoid figure covered in red scales disappeared under the blue waves.

Gordon is keeping a close eye on the family members of the title, whether the number of kobolds in the column has changed.

It wasn't until about ten minutes later that all the kobold family members went ashore safely.

Some of them also came forward with coins or shiny stones from the sea dragon's lair.

After seeing this, Gordon accepted them one by one, and it was only natural for the real dragon to take the items offered by the kobolds' families.

Gordon then began to inquire carefully about the kobolds' underwater environment and what was so special about it.

Then, based on the bits and pieces of clues from their mouths, Gordon quickly assembled the outline of the nest.

After making this decision, Gordon jumped into the sea with the dragon-veined kobold warlock Squeo behind him, and dived into the sea like a swimming fish.

No matter what kind of dragon it is, underwater breathing is the most basic ability.

Gordon effortlessly reached a depth of twenty meters and saw the bottom of the water with corals, reefs, seaweeds, and fine sandy beaches.

The underwater area is much larger than the area on the shore, about two or three times larger.

It is covered in rock walls on all sides, except for a circular hole in the opposite side of the rock wall where seaweed is deposited and dances in the current.

If nothing else, it's the exit from the Sea Dragon's lair.

But Gordon didn't rush out to see, it was wandering around the nest of the sea dragon beast.

After all, the feeling of being in someone else's home is a little novel.

However, as Gordon continued to scan, the small sea dragon beast's lair was quickly seen by it, just when it judged that the treasure of this nest ** was probably worth floating in the range of [200-300] gold coins.

I heard Sgeo's exclamation, and it seemed to have stepped on something.

It also breathes in the water, and can talk freely in the water.

"There seems to be something here, and it looks like I've stepped on it."

Gordon looked at the sound and saw Sgeo pointing at his feet with an innocent face.

It was now under the cliff near the passage below, and it was already crouching and digging for the sand beneath its feet.

The grit wasn't thick, and Sgeo easily exposed what was hidden under the gravel.

This is a statue, and judging by the mage hat on the head of the statue, there is no doubt that this is a mage.

Gordon leaned in, just as Sgeo had peeled off all the gravel covering the surface of the sculpture, and the bottom half of the sculpture had already broken a small hole.

You can see the hollow inside.

But it didn't affect Gordon, and he could see the lingua franca written under the base of the sculpture.

Gordon couldn't help but read it word for word.

"A true mage, always with the heart of an apprentice – Holmotan"

Then through the cracked cracks, it saw a golden light shining.

Gordon saw a golden pocket watch hidden in the hollow hole under the pedestal.

Its valuative power is unconsciously activated.

【*********】

Seeing this price, Gordon unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

It cannot be identified......