Chapter 45: The Funeral
September 1, 1987, Langton Castle Cathedral, Alice. Langton's funeral was held here.
Before that, Xiao Ruo had been with Alice in the church for a week. She used a special embalming coffin and placed Alice in it. The clothes on Alice's body were made by spending a month in the Chaos Bead, the clothes were made of the top material in the fairy world, foreign silk, and the style was the duke's dress of the head of the Langton family.
Alice in the coffin, although she looks very thin, has a serene face and a smile on the corner of her lips, as if she is still alive. For seven days and seven nights, Xiao Ruo accompanied Alice on her last journey.
The people who came to Langton Castle today were similar to the last banquet, of course, there were some uninvited people, and Xiao Ruo didn't care. She transferred most of the forces in the Chen manor, and guarded around the church with the family guards who had been tamed by Qi Qiong, and someone jumped out just in time to stand up.
Xiao Ruo sat in the family seat, the expression on his face was neither sad nor joyful, and he listened to the cardinal on the stage reading the eulogy. For some reason, she always felt that the one in the eulogy was not Alice, at least not the Alice she knew.
Before her eyes were constantly rolling all kinds of pictures since she had known Alice, her earnest teachings, her playful jokes, her seriousness and depth, and her melancholy and loneliness...... At this moment, she suddenly realized that Alice was already so important in her heart.
Xiao Ruo didn't bother to pay attention to the whispers of the people behind her, if they were more sensible, they wouldn't make trouble at this time, otherwise she didn't know what she would do.
"Ahem!" James. Habsburg coughed lightly, reminding him that it was a shame for his son, who had been looking at the Langton show. Next to his wife Melinda. Habsburg covered his mouth and snickered, his Roy had really never seen such a look.
Roy retracted his gaze in embarrassment, and sat down with his eyes and nose, but he still couldn't stop worrying in his heart.
He didn't want to admit that he was attracted to Xiao Ruo. The Habsburgs had always had only women chasing after him, and he himself had never had a heart for any woman, including Victoria.
But since the last attack in Xiao Ruo's Garden, her figure has often appeared in front of his eyes, even in his dreams. She was in his arms for only a few minutes, but at that time, he felt like he was hugging the whole world.
Knowing that something happened to the Langton family, Mrs. Langton died, and Guardian Joe was not spared. He hurriedly ran over to find Xiao Ruo and wanted to help, but was refused.
This is the first time he has taken the initiative to show favor to a woman, but he has been rejected!
At that time, Roy really wanted to leave and ignore this woman who didn't know how to lift, and this woman was not perfect, but he still stayed. Seeing that although Xiao Ruo was keeping vigil in the church, the orders were conveyed in an orderly manner, and the entire Langton Castle was not flustered at all, and the strength of some new-faced guards that he glimpsed from time to time made him secretly surprised.
Moreover, the people of the Vincent family came a few days ago, and even the main combat power of the Vincent family has arrived. This made Roy a little surprised, he thought that in Mrs. Langton's absence, the alliance between the Vincennes and the Langton family would be dissolved, and he didn't expect that a Langton show that had just appeared for a short time would be recognized by the Vincennes family.
This Langton show is really not simple, he can see that the Langton family is very well prepared, and the people who come to trouble this time are estimated to have no good results.
She didn't need herself, and the realization left Roy frustrated.
In the morning, I saw Xiao Ruo, who had only seen one time in the past few days, and today she was wearing a black dress, looking noble and generous. The face without powder is still beautiful, and the slightly frowning brow and slightly melancholy expression make people feel pity.
Just one glance made Roy's heart skip a beat, like an adolescent boy at a loss, and the anger aroused by being ignored a few days ago was all gone, leaving only an inexplicable sense of happiness in his heart.
This woman, he's going to decide!
Xiao Ruo is too lazy to care about the cranky Roy, this person came over to ask for help a few days ago, joke, does she need help?
She's strong enough to handle all intrigues, and of course, Alice's affair is an accident.
In the past few days, people have been bothering, and David and none of them have come over to knock on the side, and they are all vaguely saying that they want to help.
Ridiculous, is it really when she's a three-year-old child? She understands the thoughts of these people very well, doesn't she just want to take advantage of the fire to rob? I don't see if I have that ability.
The Langton family left behind by Alice, she doesn't allow anyone to use their brains.
However, she accepted the kindness of the Vincent family, after all, the two families have always been friendly, and Alice also hoped that she could maintain her relationship with the Vincennes family before her death, not to mention the reason for Eva's this.
Hum! Feeling all kinds of eyes behind him, Xiao Ruo sneered in his heart, this time the matter is done, and he will be able to stop for a while.
As for those people in black, if they reappeared, Xiao Ruo could only say that these people were not to worry. If you don't know how to advance or retreat after suffering so many losses, this organization has nothing to pay attention to.
After the bishop had read the eulogy, it was time to place Alice's coffin in the Langton family's burial chamber. However, this process only allowed Xiao Ruo and the people close to him to enter, so everyone was left outside and greeted by their own attendants.
"David, what are we going to do?" A man beside Davy who looked like him, but was older, whispered.
"Father, I made it very clear, we are going to advance and retreat with the Langton family." David glanced at his father helplessly and said righteously.
"Well, but you weren't ......," said old Hawthorne, looking around, and then stopped.
David was depressed in his heart, and he couldn't say anything to his father, so he simply explained: "That was before, but now, I can feel that standing on the same front with Langton Show is the best for our Hawthorne family." Also, Father, don't you feel it too?"
"Really?" Old Hawthorne blinked in confusion, and then rejoiced: "I think my talent is too poor, David, fortunately the Hawthorne family has you."
David shook his head, although his father is knowledgeable, he is obviously not suitable for being a head of the family, especially his ability and talent, it is really a bit poor, if it weren't for Hawthorne's thin family, his father would never be able to do the position of head of the family.
"Father, believe me, this Langton show will give us an unimaginable future." David's eyes sparkled, and he remembered what he had finally sensed, and he had no opinion at all about being a subordinate who was about to become a teenage girl.
The Hawthorne family has always been a vassal of the Langton family, and the main reason is that the Hawthorne family has a part of the bloodline of the Langton family, so it has a sensing ability similar to "real induction" but with great limitations.
And David, the heir of the Hawthorne family of this generation, is the one with the best ability to inherit the family, coupled with his own outstanding ability, he has developed the Hawthorne family at a young age.
And now, it is a key point for the family.
David glanced at the people around him, especially Gary, with a hint of coldness on his face. Even if it is a subsidiary family, the Hawthorne family must come first!
One last glance at Alice, Xiao Ruo once again went through the experiences of the two since they met in his mind, and closed the door of the tomb with his hands.
"Everyone's bothered. Rachel. Langton thanks everyone! Thank you for all you do for the family!" Xiao Ruo stood in the tomb hall and bowed to everyone in the hall.
She finally knew where Alice's "retirement place" was. These people were all the stewards of Alice's house, and they have lived here ever since.
It's a huge underground complex, not small, but cold and lonely. Except for gray, there are hardly any other colors to be seen. Food, clothing, and clothing were always delivered, and these people never went to the cemetery until they died of old age. Or when the Langton family is at a critical juncture, the head of the family will have a way to inform them.
The old people from the reign of the previous heads of the family still exist, and Xiao Ruo could feel their strength, which shocked her a little. In the past, she had only heard Alice mention it slightly, but now she really realized the strength of the so-called ancient family.
Charlie's coffin is in a burial chamber next to Alice's tomb, which is also his wish. As for Joe, he killed Alice, and Xiao Ruocai ignored him, and only let Anthony find a cemetery casually.
"The head of the family doesn't have to be like this, this is the fate of what I am waiting for, I just hope that the head of the family can take care of the family well in the future." It was the person in charge of the family's external industry who spoke, and Xiao Ruo had only met a few times.
"Rest assured, I will not disappoint the previous head of the family. So, I'll leave it to all of you. Xiao Ruo reassured.
"Congratulations to the master of the house."
ps: Forgive me, I was lazy, I didn't carefully check the specific steps of the Western funeral, and omitted a lot, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for it.
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