This reception was undoubtedly a good night for most people, singing and dancing, cheerful and comfortable.

Even if the party is over, it can still be regarded as a midsummer night's dream, and it will be remembered for a long time.

But for some, life has to go on, and the suffering is not over.

This is the case with the mother and daughter of the Steve family, who see the mining tycoon as being similar to Sewit Talos, and whoever buys their mining company will be faced with the fact that their only pillar of business has been sold cheaply.

The day after the reception, according to the results of the auction, they had to go to Renas with the equity agreement to sign a contract with Sevet Talos and get their 4,000 gold pounds.

"Mother, I'm ready. ”

Scarlett opened the door in a plain dress, as the only descendant of the Steve family, she had to step up and help her mother share part of the affairs in this situation.

"Change the white dress I bought for you earlier!"

Mrs. Steve glanced at her daughter, who was dressed more conservatively than usual, and shook her head helplessly.

"But I don't want to ......"

Scarlett knew what that white dress looked like, and even though she was usually open-minded enough to blush a little when she wore it.

"If we lose Steve Minerals, we're just a mother and daughter in debt, and we're going to be in a situation a hundred times more difficult than we are now...... It's not a question of whether you want to or not, but we have to make a choice in order to survive!"

Interrupting her daughter's defense, Mrs. Steve's eyes were filled with sadness.

Reality never changes because of the grief and pain of some people.

In any way, Sewit Talos had no effect on buying the mining company, so why did he add 1,000 gold pounds to buy it forcibly?

Is it to see them pitiful?

This is undoubtedly a situation that exists only in fantasy.

Recently, due to the unexpected death of her husband, the Steve family has experienced too many tribulations, and the original intention to keep the name of the Steve family has now been poked by reality, and Mrs. Steve can't help but think about some bad aspects.

If they want to maintain their aristocratic status and not become a commoner to be bullied, they must find a backer, and some things are not so unbearable as long as they accept them and think about it carefully, after all, there are not many choices in front of them now.

It's like a person who has never been used to bread, but now he has to eat it, so at least he has to choose between a hard rye bread and a fluffy brioche bread that is more acceptable, right?

In the eyes of Mrs. Steve, the question of who to choose between Viscount Talos and Viscount Philip was hardly something to consider, the latter had only bullied them in frivolous language at the previous night's reception, and was a playboy and a corrupt character, while the former's character was average, but at least he was the mayor of a city and the descendant of a duke.

"I ...... I understand. ”

Clutching the frills of her dress, Scarlett bit her lip and retreated into the room with a pale.

Sobbs could be heard faintly from inside the house.

**

At this moment, the thoughts of the man who was reverie by the mother and daughter were not on their side at all.

In the Talos family's villa, Donald was in his study wiping the sword he had brought back from the auction with silk, and Lilo and Julia were sitting in the chairs next to him.

When the wipe was finished, Donald got up and stood in the open space in the room, stepped forward with his right foot, and made a thrust motion with his sword in his hand.

The posture is very handsome, coupled with the special physique of his own, the momentum is not small, and some buzzing sounds can be heard when the sword blade breaks through the air.

"Brother Sewit, did you have anything to do with us?"

Julia looked at Donald's movements and asked with some confusion.

"Do you think I have the potential to be a swordsman?"

As a man, Donald occasionally yearns for bloody hand-to-hand combat.

“......”

Julia was silent, and Donald, who looked at him strangely, quickly lost face.

"Cecilia, remember this moment of the day, because of your silence, a genius swordsman with great potential was strangled in the cradle. ”

"Hehe, I'll remember, but because I saved a genius wizard...... Feeling good?"

After getting along for a long time, Julia also knows that Donald will often joke with people when he is in a particularly good mood.

"It's not bad, yesterday's cocktail party successfully got one of the goals in the near future, and today they will come to Renas to sign a contract with me, and as for the two of you, it's for it. ”

Placing the sword on the table, Donald continued,

"This is one of the three things I bought at the auction, the auctioneer invited by Count Tulip is just an ordinary person, probably doing a demonstration according to what is written in the manual, and I always feel that its ability is not limited to completing the body strengthening of the sword-wielder by devouring blood, but I am not a master of identification or a weapon forging craftsman, and it is difficult to judge its special ability from the forging process or the lines on the sword's body, so I want to ask you to help me." ”

The ability of the bloodthirsty enhancement had already been seen by Donald in the previous auction, and it was naturally other abilities that he wanted to try now.

"This long sword is constantly spilling out negative energy, and there seems to be some resentful spirits attached to it...... You're more proficient than I am, can you see something?"

Drawing some of the light elements from the sunlight by the window in the study, he condensed them into his two fingers, and then wiped them across the blade of the sword.

Ahh

Like the sound of red-hot iron dipping into cold water, Donald looked at the rising white smoke, turned his gaze to the two girls, and shrugged his shoulders, which was considered to verify his statement.

Lilo held the sword in her hand, and extremely strong negative energy poured out of her hand, and then Donald noticed that the gem in the beast bone where the hilt was connected to the sword began to glow blue, just like when the wooden box was first opened at the auction, or even brighter.

As the gem glowed, a cold air stream immediately wrapped around the sword, and it didn't take long for the desk next to it to be covered with a thin layer of ice.

"Absorbing negative energy activates the ice attribute airflow...... The key is in this gem?"

It was clear that the gem inside the hollow beast bone was somewhat like the power supply station of the sword, and Donald clearly remembered that it had changed during the previous vampire demonstration.

"What did you say?"

At this time, Julia suddenly asked, Donald turned her head a little confused, she waved her hand again and said,

"I'm talking to Blackie, and he says that there seem to be a lot of resentful spirits in this sword. ”

"Julia, I remember that your spiritual food talent is supposed to be specifically for dealing with spirits, maybe you can put it to the test. ”

Another discovery was that Donald's voice had risen twice, and he now felt that he had made the right decision to buy the sword at a high price.

"Well, I'll try. ”

Julia nodded, and casually condensed a ball of energy and placed it near the long sword, and before she could withdraw her hand, an invisible force had already pulled this energy into the body of the sword.

This time there were no more visions, and after the energy mass was swallowed, the sword was calm again.

"Wraiths do exist, but what is the purpose...... Tsk, there is no need to be so clear, the first two abilities alone are enough to prove the value of this long sword, blood, negative energy, the acquisition of these two things is bound to create killing...... I'm in good luck. ”

Inserting the sword back into its scabbard, Donald became more and more satisfied with the sword, and whispered these words that made the two girls next to him misty.

"Brother Sewit, do you really want to be a full-time swordsman?"

Julia, who heard Donald talking to himself, thought that he was really going to become a swordsman, and pulled the former's clothes with some concern, and continued,

"Xiao Hei said that this kind of magic weapon will affect people's minds after a long time, and the whispers of killing and resentful spirits will make people with weak willpower gradually fall into madness, I know that Brother Sewett is strong-willed, but you don't need this weapon at all. ”

"That's what you want, the crazier the better...... Don't worry, even if I want to become a full-time swordsman, I can't use this weapon, you guys go play first, I still have something to do, go first. ”

Hearing that this weapon could make people crazy, Donald not only did not feel sorry, but valued it even more, rubbed Julia's head, got up and strode out of the study with his sword, he was a little impatient to start his plan.

Huxley was busy in the hall with the affairs of the villa, and in the eyes of most people he had always been the conscientious old butler, and he stopped what he was doing when he saw Donald standing by the corridor on the second floor and motioned to him.

The conversation between the two took place in the garden.

As soon as Donald came up, he threw the wooden box containing the sword to Huxley, and he sat on the swing under the great oak tree, swinging back and forth.

"You're ......"

Huxley subconsciously took the wooden box, and for a while he didn't understand what Donald meant.

"I ask you if there is any mysterious area near Renas City that is particularly rich in folklore, whether true or not. ”

"Out of the city?"

"Yes, it has to be outside of Renas, but not too far. ”

"I don't think there's anything like it, so I'll find someone to check it out right away. ”

Although he didn't quite understand what Donald meant, Huxley, as a minion, reacted quite quickly.

"No, you haven't heard of it, even if you ask, I'm afraid it won't meet my requirements, so you'll have to figure it out yourself...... I'm going to give you a very important task. ”

With his feet against the grass to stop the swing from swaying, Donald looked at the flower garden not far away, and said without looking back.

"Speak, please. ”

Huxley's posture changed from bowing to half-kneeling.

"I've asked you to send this sword to the blacksmith shop in Renas for the last two days, to have some exterior decorations on it, so that no one can recognize it as the sword I got at auction, it's a secret, and you'll have to watch it for yourself, and pay to send people to spread the word in all parts of East Germany. ”

Donald glanced at the box, as if thinking of something, and suddenly said with a smile,

"The content of the message is simple, someone has found a magic weapon left behind by the ancient alchemists near the city of Renas, and its name is ...... Frost Sorrow!"