Chapter 70: The Marriage Contract
The next morning, the room was warmed by the fireplace, and Eve held his freshly heated milk in her left hand and bread made in the tavern in her right hand, and stepped barefoot on the shaggy carpet while Eren was out.
She walked back and forth comfortably for a while, and there were few opportunities for such a leisurely time now. If Alan had been watching, he wouldn't have let her get to the ground barefoot.
At this moment, the wooden door was pushed open with a creak, and when I saw someone coming, "Dear Miss, good morning." Eve was stunned, and the drunken boss took two steps closer to her, smiling slightly, and made Eve, who was a little wary of strangers, take two steps back, "Good morning, may I ask you...... Is there something wrong with you? ”
"Oh, that gentleman told me to ask you out." The boss rubbed his big rough hands, "He had a few drinks with people outside, and he is a little drunk right now, and wants you to go out and play together." ”
Eve couldn't believe it, Eren barely drank in front of her, not to mention that he had just gone to prepare dry food for the next few days, and before he left, he said that he would be back soon. She was a little hesitant, "I'm sorry, I've been feeling unwell because of a cold recently, please tell him, I'll be back soon after two drinks." ”
"No, that's the case......" He stepped forward and grabbed Eve's arm, Eve's eyes were dark, she was hugged from behind, she panicked and touched the corner of the other's robe, and was relieved when she realized that someone was coming.
Elan's right arm hooked Eve, and his left hand covered her eyes, Eve only heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, and was held by Eren on the table, moving so fast that he couldn't see what was happening behind him.
"I'm just out for a while, and you take your shoes off." Alan grabbed her ankle and tried to kick it twice, and forced it on.
"I didn't mean to...... It was hot in the room. Allen's index finger touched her lips, and he didn't listen to any explanation, and he pulled his thick coat and carried her out of the room.
Passing by the tavernkeeper who was lying on the ground, Eren gave him a fierce glance and blocked Eve's view with his body.
The man's partner who was guarding outside almost immediately noticed the boss's death, and they blocked the door of the dilapidated tavern to cover the snowy weather outside.
"Man, you made a fuss, do you want to leave with your little lover without explaining anything?" The man at the head stared at Eve's exposed white skin, eager to take a bite on it, which would surely leave a beautiful red mark.
Eve looked at the people around her with some fear, and they drew their daggers and daggers with very unfriendly expressions. She reached out and wrapped her arms around Alan's neck. Alan lowered his head and kissed her in the eye as a comforting gesture, then pressed her head to his neck to prevent her from lifting.
As those people approached, Allen's eyes gradually turned from black to red, and the fangs in his mouth also faintly revealed a little sharp tip with the change of eye color, and the other party opened his mouth in fear, and almost at the same time turned to escape, "suck ......"
Before he could finish speaking, he fell limply to the ground, like a puppet with a broken string.
Eve didn't know what was happening, and when Alan carried her out of the tavern and continued on to Otto, she had regained her appearance, leaving only a room full of corpses. The north side of Landis is covered with cold, heavy snow, and the birds are gone. He stepped on the thick snowdrift, and when he stepped on it, it was a deep footprint.
Eve finally understood the reason why Eren wanted to dress her in such thick clothes. It was really cold here, her hands were shivering and purple from the cold, and Alan also noticed it, so he took Eve's hand and pulled open the buckle on his chest and stuffed it in, and the warm body temperature passed through his clothes.
"Aren't you cold?" Eve's words were frozen in the snow, and the white mist dispersed in the air. The heavy clothes were all over her, and Eren was wearing just an ordinary magic robe.
He lowered his head and bit her lip and kissed her for a while, "It's not cold." ”
The night in the north was long, and it should still be noon, but it was already a little dark, and the wind and snow were gradually drifting. Alan estimated the location, took her on two moves, and soon reached the border.
There are special soldiers at the border who routinely check the border, and Eren uses a magic spell to evade screening, takes Eve to the nearest town, rents a carriage, and hires a skeleton to drive it.
"Shall we go back to Gari?" Eve sat uneasily on a soft cushion, still holding a hot ginger tea in her hand.
"Yes, but before that, we have to go somewhere." When he arrived at a familiar place, Alan suddenly felt like a fish in water.
The skeleton outside was speeding towards Gary with the carriage, and Eve leaned against the small table, holding the pastry and trying to bring it to her mouth, but it slipped and fell outside, and she lowered her head in a trance, only to realize that her hands were shaking.
Alan also found out, and he picked up the pastry and brought it to her mouth, "Open your mouth." ”
Eve ate the pastry as he wished, but thought of the Lauren hovering over the palace, and chewed it twice and swallowed it dryly.
The carriage sped through Otto in the moonlight and finally stopped in front of an old house.
Eve fell asleep on Alan's lap, silently, only the gentle sound of the wind passed by, and quickly left, not daring to linger too long. Alan lifted the curtain on the car, and the cold white moonlight hit his expressionless face, with a cold and terrifying atmosphere.
He stroked Eve's cheek and dropped a kiss on the pretty neck, with a cloudy * in his eyes. I miss the feeling that seeped into my soul......
But no, not only is she physically weak, but there is also an annoying little thing in her stomach that keeps grabbing the nutrients and energy of her mother.
Alan suppressed his *, and now there was more important things to do.
When the morning light shattered the night again, Eve was forcibly carried to a magician who had just woken up in round glasses, and the folds on her face were a record of her short life, and now she was obviously unhappy that her good dreams had been disturbed, "Read the terms carefully, and then sign the contract here." ”
"Contract?" Eve looked at the plain parchment in front of her in confusion, her eyes widened, and after a few careful readings, she still said to Alan in disbelief, "Marriage...... Marriage, marriage? ”
"Yes." Alan picked up the quill pen and signed his name at the checkout, then stuffed the pen into Eve's palm, "Sign." ”
"No, Alan. We're not saying ......"
"You have two options, one, sign it yourself. Two, I'll sign it for you. ”
"Wait." The person in charge coughed, she pushed up her round glasses, and said in a shrill voice like an old and broken car, "The signing of the magic contract and the signing of the partner must be voluntary, and you should respect each other's ideas. ”
Eve's hand was forcibly pinched and pressed against the parchment by Alan, "You promised." He felt a strong sense of oppression, "Sign it, or I'll lock you in the castle now, and I won't let you out for the rest of my life, let alone take you back to Gari." ”
"Alan, that's not what you said at first." Eve was forcibly manipulated by him, forced to sign her name one by one, and each stroke fell like a fiery mark imprinted deep in her heart, heavy and breathless.
"You ......"
"Shut up." Alan pinched her slender fingers, ignoring Eve's reluctance to bite her teeth, and forced her to sign.
When the finishing stroke was over, Eren let go of her, and Eve seemed to be pulled out of a fight, her fingers flickering, and the goose feathers fell straight to the ground.
The old woman in charge of registration was so surprised that she could barely speak when she saw this for the first time.
Alan took out the dagger and slashed at his finger, the sharp blade of iron as clay cut through his skin, and the blood dripped onto the contract paper, glowing with a strange sheen.
Eren grabbed Eve's hand again, ignored her pleading eyes, and forced a light touch on her index finger, and blood continued to pour out of the wound, also landing on the contract paper.
The parchment that had absorbed the blood bloomed into a demonic color, and then changed back to its original form, so that the contract was established.
Eve looked at the contract paper as if she had been drained of all her strength. That's how she ...... So, married to Allen like this?
"Knock on the ink." Alan reminded the old woman, but she hadn't recovered from the shock yet. Alan simply took the ink and knocked a red seal on the parchment.
According to the custom of the Luo'an continent, the contract concluded at the time of marriage is kept by an institution that specializes in the affairs of marriage, and only after the relationship between the two parties breaks down, will it be specially torn up and eliminated.
"I'll keep the contract." Naturally, Alan put the parchment paper in his pocket and carefully packed it, for fear that something might happen.
Eve was still sitting in her chair, and her strength to speak was almost gone, and Alan didn't care what others thought. As long as the contract is signed in the place dedicated to the enthronement marriage contract, no matter which place it is in Otto, Gary, or Landis, the marriage is a certainty.
Eve still couldn't believe it when she got into the carriage, she never thought she would get married like this. Eren was very close to Eve, and just sitting next to him was invisible suppression. He looked at her coldly with an unacceptable look, and a dark light flashed in his eyes, "With me, are you very unacceptable?" ”
Eve's hand was wrapped in the palm of Alan's palm, and he kissed a little in front of his fingertips, but the action of holding her was extremely rude, and it hurt so much that Eve's tears were about to fall, "That's not what we said at the beginning. ”
"Are you still thinking about Lloyd?" Alan indifferently kissed one side of her cheek and whispered, "There hasn't been any possibility between you for a long time, don't you understand?" ”
"I know." Eve was so pained that tears fell to the ground, but in Alan's eyes, it was all her reluctance and reluctance. He dragged her onto him, slid his big hand into the hem of his dress, and said to Eve's frightened eyes, "Honey, we are husband and wife. ”