Afra slowly awoke, took a long breath, and thought about it, and realized that the demon she had just frightened herself was actually the "noblest, most elegant, kindest, and most handsome" Count Lear she had ever seen.

She stood up in a panic, clasped her hands together, and stammered, "Yes, yes, yes...... I'm sorry, I'm ......."

Lear smiled and said, "It's okay, I find timid women more cute, and you look like a sleeping beauty in a fairy tale when you're unconscious." ”

Afra lowered her head, her heart scurrying like a deer.

The housekeeper hated that someone had seduced Afra the most, and snorted softly: "Dear Earl Lear, I haven't heard of any sleeping beauty in fairy tales, you must be talking nonsense." ”

Lear feigned surprise and said, "Haven't you heard the story of Sleeping Beauty?"

"Of course not!" the housekeeper's voice was cold, but Afra looked at Lear expectantly.

Lear tells them the story of a sleeping beauty, but he adapts it into a baron who uses magic to deceive the princess because he is greedy for her beauty, and the princess sees through and drives her away. The baron called in a witch to curse the princess, and the princess and everyone in the castle fell asleep, and the castle was surrounded by demons. Later, a young earl received an oracle from the sword god and trekked all the way through mountains and rivers, overcoming thorns and thorns, and slaying demons......

The Count went into the princess's room, and saw how young and beautiful the princess was, so he kissed her lightly on the forehead. A miracle happened, the princess woke up, and everyone in the castle came to life. In the end, the princess and the count married and lived happily ever after. Beautiful Afra, in my eyes, you are the sleeping beauty. Lear said, looking at Afra.

Afra's face was shy, and she didn't dare to look at him sideways.

The housekeeper Mokel sighed, thinking that the nobles of Homan were indeed better at speaking than the nobles of the mountains, and compared to Lear, the nobles of the mountains who pursued Afra were simply orcs.

Lear initially says that he was sent by the Sword God to save Afra, purely to find a reason to appear. Now I want to have a good relationship with the hostess here, pour ** soup on her, so that she will not be driven away. However, Afra's shy appearance was so beautiful that he was a little moved, and even had the idea of possessing her.

After his body was strengthened, the organs began to develop at an accelerated pace, and the hormone secretion was vigorous, and he was unconsciously affected. In addition, Afra's face is delicate, and he is even more innocent when he is shy, and his weak appearance not only stimulates his desire to protect, but also makes him have a strong other **.

The dinner party soon began, and it wasn't long before the militia who had gone out returned, and those who had experienced the battle told them about it.

Lear was eating venison when he saw a tall man walk into the castle with two men. This person is about 1.9 meters tall, with a black beard and a strong body. His name was Raymond, and he was not only the captain of the private army, but also the most powerful hunter in the mountains of Belém.

Raymond first greets Afra, then looks at Lear, while Mokel, the housekeeper, introduces each of them.

After Mokel's introduction, Raymond said gratefully, "Thank you very much, Lord Count, I will never be able to forgive myself if Miss Afra is hurt, please accept my thanks." With that, he placed his right hand across his chest and bowed ninety degrees.

Lear accepted his gift and said, "I'm also here to help." ”

Raymond said proudly, "Lord Lear, you saved Miss Afra, and you are my friend. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to say it, and I will do my best. ”

Lear liked this kind of upright person and said, "Okay, if you need help, I'll be straightforward." ”

The two of them toasted a few glasses of wine and started chatting.

It wasn't long before the two men were talking about swordsmanship, and Raymond suggested that he compete with Lear.

Lear smiled in agreement, and then walked out of the castle to release a line of floating flames, competing with Raymond in front of a crowd of onlookers.

Many of the people present adored Raymond, because Raymond had fought invincible opponents all over the Belém Mountains since he was a child, and he could climb into the beds of most women in the Belém Mountains if he wanted to. He is twenty-five years old, but he is still unmarried.

Before the sword contest began, the spectators quarreled, and one side saw Lear slaughter the Blackarmoured soldiers, insisting that Lear would win, while it was the people who went down the mountain with Raymond who retorted that they did not see Lear's brave battle.

"I bet Count Lear will win, he's a mighty warrior who kills Pinkov's privates!" said a young man in a gray leather coat.

"Bah, soft bones, you stammered when you saw that he was a nobleman, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy could not be a swordsman, you must be dazzled! Compared to Raymond, this kid is a bean, and he is still shriveled!" said another boy dressed in black.

"You're the soft bones! You'll know how powerful Lord Lear is in a moment, and he can fly you with one finger!" the gray-clothed young man blushed and complained for Lear.

The battle was completely beyond all expectations.

Raymond only made a sword and was repulsed by Lear's counterattack, after which the tall man was powerless and was suppressed by Lear.

While fighting, Lear also pointed out his shortcomings.

"This sword is missing!"

"Hard, harder, did you grow up eating grass!"

"Pay attention to your steps, your steps are messed up, how did you become a high-level warrior!"

"I said big man, the starting style is the green of attack and defense, and you must always ensure the perfection of the starting style, how did your swordsmanship teacher teach you!"

Lear didn't even use his fighting energy, whether it was swordsmanship, footwork, strength and agility, he completely suppressed Raymond, and his strength now surpassed that of Susan, the strange power girl.

Lear just wants to subdue Raymond and let everyone know his strength so that no one can find fault.

Raymond is unusually embarrassed at first, but as the battle progresses, he realizes that Lear is not laughing at him, but pointing out his shortcomings, and his words are unpleasant but useful.

Catherine was already much more clever than Raymond, and Lear not only studied under Catherine, but after entering the Earl's Court, there were senior swordsmen who took turns to guide her, and her knowledge of swordsmanship far surpassed Raymond's.

At the end of the fight, Lear was just panting, while Raymond was sweating profusely and his hands and feet were weak.

With a plop, the tall Raymond fell to the ground in a panic, and then shouted: "Don't fight, I admit defeat, I admit defeat!" Count Lear, you are a powerful swordsman!"

Lear then put away his sword and said, "You are very talented, but you have not been guided by a famous teacher. If you want, you can practice with me every morning. He could see through the battle that Raymond did not systematically learn swordsmanship and had many misunderstandings about swordsmanship.

Raymond looked at Lear, then at Afra not far away, lowered his head, suddenly sighed, and then made an astonishing move.

He walked up to Lear, half-knelt on the ground, and said loudly, "I, Raymond, am willing to learn swords from you, and ask Mr. Lear to accept me as a disciple." ”

Lear was stunned and stood there in a daze, he had never thought that a man of twenty-five or sixteen would worship him as a teacher, it was too sudden for him.

"This ...... Why do you want to worship me as a teacher?" asked Lear.

Raymond said seriously: "Your swordsmanship gives me a power that I can't resist, every sword is so perfect, I have never seen such an opponent, in terms of swordsmanship alone, even Lord Pinkov is inferior to you." ”

Lear was calloused when he heard others praise him at the Earl's Court, and he thought it was someone who was praising himself. But today, when I heard Raymond boast about himself like this, I realized that my swordsmanship seemed to have really reached a very good level.

Lear thought for a moment and said, "If you sincerely worship me as a teacher, I am willing to accept you as a disciple." However, there is a rule in our Catherine school that we must pass the test before we can officially accept disciples. In this way, now you are my apprentice disciple, and when you become a swordsman, I will officially accept you as an apprentice. ”

"Yes, teacher!" said Raymond earnestly.

Although Lear's eye for people is not as good as that of those cunning old men, he thinks that his eyesight is not bad, and he sees that Raymond is quite simple, so he is willing to try him.

The dinner was not bad, much better than he expected, mainly because the game in the mountains was very fresh, whether it was bacon or cured meat, there was a natural meaty aroma. Although these meats are fishy with almost no spices, they are better because the meat tastes pure.

However, he did not dare to touch the messy soup and the overly colorful raw vegetables, and after the meal he found that he had foresight - most of them had mild diarrhea after eating, and he almost laughed when he saw that Afra wanted to be convenient but could not leave at will, and Afra also noticed Lear's gaze, and her face was so red that the housekeeper asked her several times if she had a fever.

At the end of the dinner, Lear calls out the big man Raymond.

There was a moon and starry sky, and the night in the mountains was not too dark, and the two men slowly moved away from the castle.

He didn't instruct Raymond to practice his sword, but asked, "Now it's just the two of us, tell me the other reasons why you worship me as a teacher, I think there is something inside to this matter." Lear was confident that his swordsmanship was better than Raymond's, but he never thought he would be able to impress the most brilliant young man in the Feron Mountains so quickly.

Raymond smiled wryly and said, "For as long as I can remember, I have been taught by my elders to take good care of that girl, even if it is at the cost of my life. As time passed, the girl grew more and more beautiful, and my feelings for her changed from simple protection to affection. However, the gap between me and her is too great, and she only sees me as a reliable bodyguard, so I can only bury my love for her in my heart. ”

Lear didn't expect Raymond to be in love with Afra.

"I grew up with her and met a lot of people with her, but there was never one who could make her blush and peek out and even absent-mindedly when she ate her favorite beef tongue. You know what it's like to have your loved one look at another man constantly, even when she's shy. ”

So, I challenged the man with the strength of the wine. Guess what? Before, no matter who I fought against, she would look at me anxiously and cheer me on, but this time it was different. I offered to fight the sword, but she looked at my opponent worriedly! I could see that she had not yet fallen in love with the man, but that she had a special crush on him, but this was the first time in so many years that she had developed a crush on a man. ”

"In the end, I lost, and I knew that I would never get a chance to be with her, because she would not fall in love with a man like me. I've decided that tomorrow I'm going to propose to the girl on the other side who likes me, and that's the wife I should marry. And she is just the hostess I need to protect with my life, both in the past and in the future. ”

Lear looked at him, sighed softly, speechless, he felt as if he had robbed someone else's wife.

"Teacher, please take good care of that sleeping beauty, and if possible, don't make her sad. Raymond turned his head and strode away, tears streaming down the strong man's cheeks.

Lear then understood.

"I see. He worshipped me as a teacher, mainly to show me that he would not fight with me for Afra, and also to give up the idea of dividing and concentrating on sword training. ”

Lear turned his head to look at the castle and saw Afra looking at it in the doorway, and then she hurried into it.

Lear smiled as he looked at the castle in the night.

He returned to the castle and took out a set of seven magic guides, the name was very simple, it was called the "seven-piece set", which was used by the rich nobles when they went out, with a total value of more than 300,000 gold carats. Although this is inside the castle, it is not his own territory after all, and he also needs to be careful.

He used it in turn, first spewing potions to repel insects, then using a large cleaning magic to clean the entire room, including the bedding, and then using a magic spell to drain the water elemental and dry everything wet.

However, he was not at ease, so he rolled up the futon and put it in the dimensional bag, which is a completely vacuum magical environment where all living things cannot survive, and it is one of the most effective methods of insecticide and sterilization. Magic Bags have no such effect.

He took out the bedding, re-made the bed, and used a magic guide to form a mosquito-like curtain to protect against poisonous gases and mosquitoes. He placed a vigilance wizard in the doorway, and the vigilance wizard connected to another magician. Once the Vigilance Wizard is triggered, another Wizard summons a Shadow Guard with swordsman-level strength.

Finally, he enters the Veil Wizard and puts on a ring that instantly grants him a level 5 magic armor if the Vigilance Wizard is triggered or deactivated.

A peaceful night. He originally thought that the Sword Heaven and Earth would disappear after the sword was asleep, but at midnight, he still entered the Sword Heaven and Earth on time from his sleep. However, there is no sword commander, and the sword puppet stays in place and does not understand. Lear tentatively sends commands to the sword golems, which also work, and then trains as usual.

However, without the sword, he could not have automatically fallen into a deep sleep, so he only practiced for two hours before continuing to sleep.

When he woke up the next day, he put away his seven-piece suit and went to practice his sword in the open space outside the castle.