Before the meeting, Lear took out the pair of magic guide earrings, handed them to Catherine, and said, "Teacher, this is a gift from you, I hope that your future path as a mercenary will be smoother and fulfill your father's last wish." ”

Catherine looked at the beautiful earrings and hesitated. Susan stared at the pair of earrings for a long time, rolled her eyes, and walked away in amusement, wiping the saliva from the corners of her mouth as she went.

"The disciple is sincere, teacher, you can't let my sincerity be broken. Lear said.

Catherine crossed her left hand, raised her head, and said arrogantly: "Take it, you are a rich lord anyway!"

But when she went to grab the earrings, Lear suddenly grabbed and withdrew his hand, and smiled mischievously, "Let me put it on for you." ”

Catherine straightened her chest, her blonde hair fluttered, and asked unceremoniously, "Are you enough?" In the night, her eyes were as bright as the moon.

He smiled, this is the Catherine he likes, not stained with mud in the mercenary group, and not stained with fame and fortune in the Earl's Court.

"Then let's go to your room!" Lear grabbed Catherine's wrist and walked towards her room.

Catherine struggled slightly, but then involuntarily followed Lear.

Lear led Catherine to the dressing table, pressed her shoulders to sit down, and then put earrings on her with his own hands. While wearing them, explain the role of earrings.

Every time his fingertips touched his earlobe, Catherine's heart beat suddenly.

She looked at the clumsy teenager in the mirror, and her impetuous heart gradually calmed down, and she felt a familiar warmth and peace that she had never felt since her father's death.

Even if there is an entire mercenary group by his side, he is more secure than Lear alone.

She looked at Lear's face, her expression was in a trance, and she recalled what the two of them had experienced, from the time she rescued him, to the first day she knew him, she complained to him, taught him to learn the sword, and accepted this disciple. Finally, on that night, he completely opened his heart, cried and told about his suffering, and received his full help, and obtained the Lear family's vindictive inheritance.

She suddenly remembered the ambiguous gazes of those mercenaries looking at the two of them, and the eyes of the people of the Earl's Court looking at her, her face was slightly hot, but a sweetness was inexplicably born in her heart.

"Alas. He's already Earl Lear, and I'm still just a mercenary leader, and we hardly see each other these days except when we're practicing swords. Perhaps, Ness is his companion, and I am just a teacher or a lifesaver in his heart. But why did he give me such beautiful and expensive earrings......"

Catherine knew that this magic guide was worth a lot of money, definitely more than 20,000 gold carats. And the Firelight Mercenary Group didn't get so much money for this mission. The day before yesterday, Audrena fulfilled her promise and paid her 15,000 gold carats, and the other 5,000 gold carats said that she was thanking her for her help, but in fact she was courting Lear.

"What do you think, Catherine?" said Lear.

Catherine looked in the mirror and said with a smile, "I love it, it's the most beautiful and expensive gift I've ever received in my life." ”

Lear stood behind her, suddenly bent down, wrapped his arms around her waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and said with a smile, "Catherine, do you like it?"

She was like a frightened little tiger, she couldn't sit or stand, and after a while she realized that Lear was teasing herself, and the fierceness in her bones suddenly burst out, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Are you molesting the old lady? Believe it or not, the old lady pinched your balls!" Catherine was born in a mercenary group, and she hadn't heard any dirty words?

Lear subconsciously pinched his legs, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Don't be angry, I just think you're like my sister." Sister Catherine, why are you angry? I'm just giving you a hug. As he spoke, his hands rubbed against her lower abdomen.

Once she sobered up, Catherine was completely different, she turned her head and kissed Lear on the cheek, and said generously, "How's it going, my little brother Lear?"

Lear was going to kiss her, but she took it with a smile on her face. He was not greedy enough, and when he wanted to kiss her mouth, Catherine furrowed her eyebrows, and a sassy heroic spirit exploded.

"It's not good, it's murderous!"

He hurriedly dismissed the bad intentions, but his chin was still on her shoulder, and he said with a smile: "You know that nobles cannot lead private soldiers and garrisons out of the territory unless it is a war or a family duel, and can only take family knights and magicians. And the family knights and magicians could not meet the needs of the nobles, so there was a family mercenary group. Almost every wealthy nobleman has a 'personal guard regiment' disguised by a mercenary group, and I thought for a long time, I don't trust anyone in the Earl's Court, except you. ”

Catherine suddenly asked in a flirtatious tone, "Where's your Ness?" and she regretted it.

Lear smiled happily and said, "She's my sister, not from the Earl's Court." ”

"What are you laughing at!" Catherine was embarrassed, she had just behaved too jealously. She has a complex duality, a complete void in personal feelings, and a deep desire for a quiet life, but in the quagmire of mercenary groups, she bears her father's last wishes. On the one hand, she is an ordinary woman, and on the other hand, she is a strong woman who revitalizes the mercenary group.

In front of others, she will always be the image of the leader of the mercenary group and a strong woman, but in front of Lear, she will involuntarily expose her other side.

"Huh, what are you talking about, would you like to be the head of your guard?"

Catherine immediately cocked Erlang's legs, tilted her head and said, "It depends on what conditions you prescribe, I am the leader of the Flame Mercenary Regiment, and it is simply useless for you to be the head of the personal guard." ”

Lear pulled a chair and sat beside her and said, "First of all, I'll give you a medium-sized estate." ”

A flash of excitement flashed in Catherine's eyes, but she quickly suppressed it. A small manor in the Homan Empire was equivalent to a small village, a medium-sized manor was equivalent to a small town, and a large manor could have been called a city a thousand years ago.

Of course, the size of the villages and towns in the Star Continent is far less than that of China in the 21st century, but much larger than in medieval Europe.

Moreover, many of the estates in Lear's domain are half food crops and half cash crops, and the income is higher. The output of a medium-sized manor can support two heavily armed elite private soldier squads, but the money spent on these twenty private soldiers is enough to support two hundred mercenaries, that is, a medium-sized mercenary group.

"The estate I have given you must be one of the richest. Then, you have a permanent detached house in the Earl's Court, and you are the head of my personal guard, so you can't go out to live. I'll match you with two maids-in-waiting. ”

Catherine is both happy and flustered, happy that Lear thinks highly of herself, and much to her dismay, Lear seems to have bad intentions.

"There are multiple monthly salaries, first the basic salary of the family knight, then the secret knight's, then the mercenary captain, and finally the head of the personal guard. I don't bother to forget it, the monthly salary is 10,000 gold carats. I'll cover all other daily expenses, and I'll take care of your weapons and equipment. ”

Catherine was very excited at first, but finally turned into a long sigh and said, "Are you going to make me owe you a lifetime?"

Lear said, "You saved my life, and I owe you a lifetime." ”

Catherine lowered her head and said, "But you made me a swordsman, and you shot Pratt at the risk of his life, and we were even." ”

Lear said dishonestly, "You've always been so kind, and if you feel you owe me, just promise me." ”

Catherine immediately raised her head, her beautiful face was full of evil, and said, "You say it again!"

Lear hurriedly ran away, trotting and saying, "We've just said it's settled, my head of the guard, you're my man from now on!"

Catherine looked at his figure in the mirror, her eyes darkened.

However, before going out, Lear shouted, "I fly with the eagle and don't reward the canary in the cage, and I run with the lion and tiger and don't keep the guard dog in the nest." ”

Catherine gently caressed the warmth of the water and smiled brightly.