Volume 1 Dragonfall Chapter 1 A New Beginning

Otos is now an "honorary arbiter" of the Federal Defence Force, staying as a doorman at the Marquis of Mano's Mansion in Sochia, in the municipality of Maisa Veki, Chia Sochi.

Seventeen years ago, the Federal Defense Army, which was formed in the belief of "Frommentigan the Creator", and the Holy See Inquisition, which believed in the "Bloody Queen Garmantha", sounded the first drum of the "Resistance" battle in the "Hundred Flowers" hall of the Maidelon Church in Bondsas, and the results of the battle were undoubted: under the leadership of the great Federal Defense Commander Manchel Freud, the group of shrimp soldiers and crabs of the Cathedral Inquisition Army would be completely defeated.

However, as the spiritual leader of the Holy See's Inquisition, the "Blood Queen" seemed to feel some strange signs, and had already absconded from the palace of Decher in panic, and now should have escaped from the borders of the Kingdom of Nex, as for why Manchel, the supreme executive of the Federal Defense Army, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue this heinous "human slaughter", the reason is unknown, probably because he wants this "vampire" Yu Mo to live in "remorse" and "grief". Of course, all the defenders felt that this woman was too old to pose any threat to the new regime, so they called her "banishment" and left her to fend for herself. The white-robed priest Bishop Salfrol, who had previously been in power throughout the territory of Chia Sochi, was finally cornered by the encircled Federation Defenders, and his bones were left in the final battle.

As the general of the Confederation Defense Army who infiltrated the Inquisition of the Holy See, Otos received a high reception after the battle, and the title of "Arbiter of Honor" was the best status symbol for their group. It's just that the bloodline of the fire phoenix Nexus that has lasted for thousands of years in the Kingdom of Nex has long been slaughtered by that Garmantha, and the election of a new king has not been held for a long time, and there have been many changes in the Kingdom of Nex in the past seventeen years, basically in the wind and rain, and the Senate Elders who temporarily replaced the king to make decisive instructions are also conscientious, so to speak, even if it suffered the ravages of the "Blood Queen" Garmantha's henchmen on the way, the Kingdom of Niex is still one of the few powerful countries on the continent of Fromantigen.

The convener of the Union Defenders was Floranti, the former friend of King Diamanda and the greatest king of the Saxophone kingdom for millennia, known as "The Sun Never Sets". Because of the embarrassing situation in the early stage, dragging mud and water, and the immeasurable strength of Garmantha, it has been steady and steady, so that the group of papal inquisitors and white-robed priests have a chance, and the last battle that was fought in the Medron cultists, Otos as a seven-year army since the age of thirteen, hibernation in the papal Inquisition for three years, should be indispensable, after the war received hospitality, even if you don't have to work, you can receive government allowances, and spend the rest of your life in the marquis's mansion in the nearby state and city.

For the next seventeen years of decadence, Otos "survived" with the young Marquis of Sochiz in the daily lights and wine, singing and dancing.

Speaking of the young Marquis de Sochis, as long as there is a bottle of the fine "Lafite" red wine from Stinoland, "Sunny Golden Beach", the bearded and unshaven Otos can talk to you for three days and three nights. Let's not talk about the true temperament of the same alcoholic temperament as the "Bacchus" Tyrnissos and the "Archangel" Axacs, inheriting his father Mancherda Brown. Mr. Sochis, who holds the position of Marquis of Mannoa, is now only in his early thirties, but he already has a full 3,000 ounces of gold galleons and more than 30 shops under the name of the Marquis of Mannoa, in addition to the Marquis of Mannoa's mansion, he is a rich party in the real sense, and when his father Marquis of Mancheda was ill seven years ago, he only left him a thousand gold galleons, and he has more than tripled his assets in less than ten years, so even Otos has to admire the business talent of this Marquis of Sochia.

Now that the situation has leveled down, the Federation Army will naturally be disbanded.

The knight Flo Sivanov, who was like a twin brother with him back then, could not accept the fact that Otos betrayed the "Blood Queen" Gamantha from beginning to end, even if he still had a chance to survive the rest of his life under the cover and proof of Otos, he did not accept this sloppy and blasphemous practice. Of course, in the last battle, he also remembered the brotherhood of the past, and did not continue to fight to the death as Gamantha's lackey against the Federation defenders led by Otos, but climbed to the huge dome of the Maidelon Church, known as the "Psychic Eye", with tears in his eyes. When the "Hundred Flowers" hall completely fell, he resolutely jumped and slept forever.

Later, Otos used the ten ounces of gold Galleons awarded by the Union Army after the victory of the battle to build a mausoleum for his brother in the town of Bondesas, but because of the flames of a handful of embers, the pile of bones in front of the church of Medron was burned to ashes, and in the end, he could only use the mound as the last memorial left by the knight Sivanov to this wonderful world in the flood of tears, and on the tombstone of this knight's mausoleum, there is a row of crooked English, which was engraved by Otos's own hand, and it is written that Flo loved to recite to him in his lifetime:

The number of lives is like weaving, and it should be like a rock.

Today is Sivanov's birthday โ€“ his birthday, to be exact. Otos was going to borrow horses from the Marquis of Sochis's mansion to go out of town, knowing full well that the wise Marquis of Sochiz would not refuse his good friend. Of course, in addition to the necessary traveling mounts, Otos also brought thirteen silver deles and a few bronze nats, which he felt should be enough for the day's expenses, in addition to buying flowers and tomb worship, he also planned to go to the tavern on the outskirts of the city, he always felt that when he drank with Sochim in the Marquis's Mansion, he was a little restrained, or some aristocratic and powerful people's houses were inevitably depressed, even if the approachable Marquis of Sochi was willing to sit on an equal footing with a rough man like him.

"I know, tell the groom which horse you want to ride in the stable, just say what I said, of course, I don't go out now, if you feel tired, you can also take my special carriage. There are also a few bottles of fine wine in the underground cellar, not your favorite 'Lafite', you can bring it if you don't mind, I know you drink in my house a little unpleasantly, but how can the wine in those taverns outside be better than the century-old cellar in my Sochis cellar? You don't have to be too nervous, everything is up to you... Oh, by the way, there's going to be a special, extraordinarily grand banquet at Mayor Chilan's house in the evening! I told him, I'll introduce you to his new friends later, and you'd better come back sooner, or you might not be able to drink that guy from Chilan, and those young and beautiful single chicks, well... You're all that old, are you sure you're not married?"

The Marquis of Sochis seemed to be in a particularly good mood today, and he talked incessantly, and Otos leaned over to listen to him, but he was also a little irritated to listen to him endlessly.

Otos, now dressed in a baggy shirt and oversized trousers that didn't fit in proportionately, looked like a down-and-out beggar on the street, except for his rather sturdy body.

Sotis looked up and saw that Otos, who was now so disheveled, couldn't help but laugh, and was about to continue to tease, but Otos, who couldn't help it, seized the opportunity and raised his hand to stop the Marquis of Sochis's joke. And Sochis, as the owner of the Duke's mansion, naturally did not make it difficult for the doorman, and looked at him and nodded with interest, and stretched out his hand to signal that his dear doorman, Mr. Otos, could now speak.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your kindness, but I have my own plans! It's too unfortunate, I really won't be able to attend the banquet in the evening, and I also bother Lord Marquis to greet and apologize to Mayor Qilan on my behalf, and if I have the opportunity, I invite him to go to the back garden with you to enjoy the flowers and taste the wine together." What do you say?" said Otos, bowing his head, one hand in front of his stomach and the other behind him, respectfully like a butler.

Sochim could only smile and wave his hand, and then nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, okay! Listen to you, this matter is my own opinion, if something goes wrong at night, I will bear it myself, and Mayor Chilan is like you, a 'drunkard', like Rafi of "Stinoad"! Since you don't want to go, you can go to the tavern to soak in those rustic chicks you like! I won't stop you! Don't worry... Just report to me on the results of the battle when you come back, and of course, if you want to hear me, I will tell you without any mind!"

"Oh, my dear Lord Marquis Sotis Manoa, you are so good at laughing... Since there was nothing important, the contemptible person retired first... Take care of yourself now, and at night let those noble ladies who think of themselves be so noble and noble as you sink under your handsome appearance, which is 'rare in the world'!" said Otos, his deep eyes shining with a light of renewed hope, and he hadn't laughed so heartily in a long time.

Soฤes frowned slightly, nodded helplessly, and responded with a smile: "I'm sure I know all this, don't I know better than my dear Mr. Otos Sayavich? Probably much more than your noble feet stepping out of the mansion door!"

"That's for sure. You are the famous Marquis of Sochis, how can you be as calculating as an ant like me?... Leave first!" Otos smiled and saluted, and then left without looking back.

Sochis got up, beckoned to Otos' upright back, smiled and promised, "Say hello to that good brother of yours for me, I may not know much about your past, but... You can rest assured, you live in my 'Manoya' mansion of the Marquis of Sochis, I can't guarantee the rest, but you will definitely have no worries about food and clothing in this life!"

"May it be as you wish... However, I will be a reckless man who can light a gun and a sword, and he may not be able to enjoy this kind of blessing with you!" Otos didn't care, waved his hand teasingly, and quietly closed the elegant wooden door.