The Struggle Between Light and Darkness (10)
A candidate saint for the Holy See is very noble in the eyes of others, but in Arturi's opinion, if he wants, the Roman family and the Noray Empire will give her as a gift, if he doesn't want it, as he said, whether Lily has a secret or not has nothing to do with him, he naturally doesn't need to threaten her with Lily's worried secret.
It's not about the means, it's just the absolute power and power he has, and the innate pride.
"Sometimes some little tricks are just a way of life, not to get something, I always want to get it, I always take it myself." He said this with a smile, and his expression was less cold and alienated than the previous rejection of people thousands of miles away, but seemed to be very pleasant: "So take it easy." ”
"I'm not a decent gentleman, but what I want, I won't use this means to get it, I will take it openly." The strong strength gives him full confidence, in a way, Arturi's straightforward pride makes people gnash their teeth, he puts his purpose in front of Lily, which is far more helpless than intrigue, Lily seems to have rarely encountered such a difficult object since the mission, Arturi's gaze seems to be able to see through her watch Xiàn into her heart, making her feel a little wolf bèi inexplicably, her eyebrows twisted, holding her breath without making a sound.
The fight between one man and one lion in the gladiatorial arena had come to an end, and the slave had bitten off a piece of flesh from one of his arms, but the shield in his hand had already fallen on the lion who had collapsed on the ground, and the shield had been somewhat deformed, and the lion collapsed to the ground. In addition to the instinctive convulsions of the body, it can no longer pose a threat to people, such a bloody scene caused everyone in the gladiatorial arena to scream and applaud wildly, the wounded slave sat on the lion that had no power to resist, his face was splashed with blood, until the lion did not move, he stood up, threw the deformed shield in his hand to the ground, and ran wildly in the field with his hands held high.
The appearance of this strong man attracted the attention of some nobles, and the slave had a powerful figure and killed a strong lion with his bare hands. This earned him certain opportunities. On the high platform opposite, several people dressed as butlers had already gotten up, apparently preparing to buy them.
The first contest quickly set the mood up, but Lily was not interested in this kind of contest, if it weren't for Arturi's proximity to her. Make her instinctively turn her head. She didn't want to see it at all.
Slaves in the colosseum were taken down. He was like a victorious rooster, a little triumphant, and the dead lion was also taken down. Everyone in the arena had already begun to roar and shout, and only some blood stains were left in the gladiatorial arena, proving what had just happened here.
The rapid drum beat sounded again, and this time the first to push out was a cage with a gray wolf in it, and when they saw this qiē, many of the originally shouting crowd suddenly began to scold with dissatisfaction:
"What's going on?"
Generally speaking, the gladiatorial arena will be held for more than five consecutive days in a month, and the daily competition is even if there is a matter of fighting between humans and beasts to warm up, but the same method will never be played twice, even if it is played twice, it should not be played together, many people are inevitably a little dissatisfied in their hearts, and began to make noise, at this moment, the gate on the other side was opened, and a girl wearing a leather skirt and long hair slowly walked out from behind the gate.
The noisy audience was suddenly quiet because of the appearance of this girl, the caged wolf was released, and Lily subconsciously reached out and pushed Arturi who was very close to her:
"Look."
Arturi didn't think that she would suddenly reach over, she obviously wanted to hide when she approached before, and the closer he got, the more she shrank into the chair, obviously not wanting to be touched by him, but she didn't expect that she would reach out and push him at this time.
By the time he realized that he instinctively wanted to dodge, it was still too late, even if Arturi moved very fast, and he wanted to turn his head away the moment Lily raised his arm to touch him, but Lily's fingertips still gently crossed his face, but the fingertips of his index finger touched some, and soon shared it again, as if he was shocked, a crispy and numb feeling like a weak electric current was derived from the place where the two met, and both of them were stunned for a moment.
An inexplicable feeling came over her, and Lily was a little surprised to find that she didn't feel anything like she had met a stranger on a mission. She even recalled the scene of touching his cheek before, even if he quickly avoided it, but the feeling was not the first time she had touched him, and a familiar and somewhat intimate love welled up in her heart, making her can't help but feel the urge to touch him again.
It's just that Arturi quickly sat up straight, and the corners of his mouth, which had been upturned in the past, were pursed at this time, and his expression looked serious and a little aggressive, his eyes were dark and inexplicable, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Worst! It seems that the touch just now annoyed him a little. When Lily came back to her senses, she noticed Arturi's movements, and remembered that he didn't like people touching him, and that he had avoided it several times before when she had almost touched him, not expecting to be suddenly bumped into by her. Although it was only a little bit, thinking of this person's character, Lily couldn't help but feel a little refreshed in her heart.
She saw that Arturi's eyes quickly darkened, and the color of the pupils of a pair of originally pale blue eyes gradually dimmed, and she grinned at the corners of her mouth, no longer like the wolf bèi who was forced to dodge by him in the corner of the chair before, and apologized insincerely:
"Dear Lord Arturi, please accept my sincerity, I know that you don't like women to get too close to you, but I accidentally touched you in a hurry, and I really shouldn't have it."
Arturi stared at Lily, and didn't know if he had listened to her words, he reached out and touched the face he had just been touched by her, his face was cloudy, not the cold and reserved look before, but it seemed to be in a very complicated mood, he cautiously stretched out his hand, wanting to touch Lily, but he didn't know what he thought, and suddenly withdrew his hand, clenched it into a fist, and obviously looked gloomy.
He stood up suddenly, his tall body pulled out a shadow, shrouding Lily in the shadow of his body, which inexplicably made people's hearts heavy, and at this moment, bursts of cheers suddenly broke out in the gladiatorial arena, breaking the silence in the VIP Pavilion, Lily breathed a sigh of relief, and subconsciously turned her head to look, and saw Anna standing there at this moment, the wolf who was not shorter than her body when she stood up had been twisted by someone, and obviously swallowed her breath and was lying on the ground at this time.
Anna was unarmed, from her appearance to this moment to kill the wolf, but only a few minutes, this gray wolf that seemed to be a fierce wolf had died in her hands, the most important thing is that she was not injured much, she stepped on the wolf at this time, her face was up, the sun was shining on her face, Anna at this moment seemed to be like a queen in the gladiatorial arena, sexy and charming.
Soon there was thunderous applause in the arena, Anna in the gladiatorial arena squinted her eyes, and looked at the VIP pavilion where Lily was, she seemed to know who was sitting here, her red lips hooked, and the next moment she shook her hair, ignoring the screams and shouts of the excited crowd in the gladiatorial arena, and the figure quickly disappeared after entering the gate.
Arturi didn't know if he had seen the scene just now, and when Lily turned his head, he realized that he had been staring at him with his head down, and after a while he pulled out his chair:
"It's too noisy here, let's go." As if he was fine, he didn't seem to mind the touch of Lily just now as much as he did before, and even motioned for Lily to get up:
"If you don't like it, find a place you like."
There was no joy or anger in his tone, Lily hesitated for a moment, stood up, the movements of the two attracted the attention of Leon at the door, he made an apologetic gesture to a few people outside, hurriedly came in, and soon found out that something was wrong with the atmosphere, he glanced at Lily, he also saw the scene when Arturi was close to Lily just now, the two were obviously very close before, but I didn't expect that this moment I don't know what happened, I was about to leave inexplicably, and the Grand Duke's face looked terrible, He paused:
"Your Excellency is leaving?"
Arturi nodded, recovering his previous cold appearance, and the two nobles with titles standing at the door laughed when they heard this:
"Adults can stay a little longer, here is only open for a few days a month, every day is wonderful, adults rarely come to the imperial capital, and there is a young lady of the Roman family to accompany you, but enjoy the good show for a while. If you have a favorite show, I can summon Qiubi, and he may have other good things in his hands. He was a well-known slave owner in the imperial capital, with a large number of slaves under his command, and he often traveled between countries, buying slaves either to be sent to the gladiatorial arena or to the territories of various nobles, and he said this was a middle-aged man wearing a duke's scarlet coat and a curly mustache, and there was a medal of honor pinned to the big hat representing his identity, and he smiled flatteringly.
Arturi seemed to be uninterested, and Leon politely rejected the nobleman's offer on his behalf. Lily originally wanted to stay and inquire about Anna's identity, but when she came out of the Holy See today, she was directly picked up by Leon in a carriage, this gladiatorial arena is a place full of violence and darkness, and the people of this world are very indulgent in the relationship between men and women, there is no Brian by her side, and if a lonely saint stays, it is easy to be targeted.
She didn't really want to leave with Arturi, but this morning Leon had gone straight to the temple to pick her up in a carriage, and she was going back now, and there was no means of transportation. (To be continued......)
PS: Ahhhh......h
Everyone is holding back this to me, I have three shifts today, only dozens of monthly passes, I have been so diligent these days......
I'm already crying and fainting in the toilet, don't anyone try to persuade me, I'm covered in injuries......
Their desperation made me a little defensive