Chapter XLVIII. The Court and the Master of the Court

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The Central Castle, as its name suggests, sits in the middle of the map, near the confluence of two great rivers, the Mute River and the Changtian River.

You can see the walls from afar.

The walls are high, and the stones are flat and densely layered, and they are endowed with endless patience and time.

The fact that the snowwalkers are superior to human physical strength makes up for the lack of technical conditions, and the scale of the buildings is spectacular for a high-tech age viewer like Moshi.

When they reached the gates of the city, the groom suddenly drove away, causing some commotion.

But the vocals were quickly drowned out by the sound of metal clashing.

Mo Shi lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw the black soldiers pouring out of the city gate—

Duna, who was sitting beside him, suddenly began to tremble, trembling all over, and bowed her head deeply.

The soldiers wore fierce black iron dog-headed helmets.

This is the armor of the soldier who once held an iron axe high and almost cut off the girl's head.

A two-horned horse trotted over, it was Dino's horse. He took hold of the reins, took off his stirrups and jumped down, reached out and lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked inside, and noticed the girl's fear.

"It's the King's Black Dog Knights. He whispered to Mo Shi, "In the past two years, the Black Dog Knights have been dispatched very frequently to supervise various affairs...... Some people think that it is because His Royal Highness has been ill for a long time, and the war in the north has not yet subsided—I am afraid that the king will not be in a good mood these days. ”

- Apparently this is exactly what happened.

When they entered the castle, the receptionist made it clear that the king had been receiving the "blessing" of warding off the sick and had not been able to receive the visitors.

"How many more days will it take for His Majesty's 'baptism' ceremony?" Diffonor asked the receptionist.

"Half a month at least. The attendant replied.

"Satsuki?"

"Nope. Great God Moon. ”

He led the group through a complex corridor where the scale of the buildings was larger than the red sand castle, and it spread out like an open folding fan.

The women lived in different places than the men, so Diya and her maids were led elsewhere by a chief maid. But in fact, the reunion is not far away, because even ordinary human hearings like Mo Shi can hear the laughter of many girls. There are many, many women in this palace.

As they walked through the corridor, a number of young girls suddenly poured out of the window on the second floor opposite. They are all human-faced, and they are all young. They are reserved but not reserved enough, and their conversation is mixed with the kind of shrill laughter that is intended to attract attention. Mo Shi is not an ancient person, so I don't know if this is decent.

But in his time, no girl would have been excited about the arrival of strange male visitors, and he could only imagine it through the classical film and television works in his memory.

One of the girls caught Moshi's eye—not sexually attractive, simply because she was really eye-catching.

She stood in the middle of all the girls, looking a little older.

Her eyes are ice blue, her ears are light yellow, and her hair is lighter in color.

Her countenance was so polished by the delicate rules of etiquette that it was impossible to see what she really looked like for a moment. Beside her, a girl—very young and with blond hair—threw a handkerchief out of her arm.

Because of this handkerchief, all of a sudden everyone stood still, standing on the promenade.

The handkerchief fell slowly.

Dino glanced at his brother, then turned to look at Shekka and Moshi, and realized that no one was going to come forward to catch the handkerchief.

Moshi was able to fully appreciate this ...... This kind, embarrassing.

The handkerchief fell and swept past the eaves, the pillars, and the trees in the courtyard......

Eventually, it'll fall to the ground—

Eventually, Dino stepped out of the fence of the corridor and stepped out into the park, leaning down and holding out his hand, grasping the corner of the handkerchief before it was stained with dust on the ground.

After a moment of silence, the second floor was completely noisy.

The girls' laughter is honestly not unpleasant.

Mo Shi looked up and saw the older girl, she was scolding the young girl, a little too excited to the point that her face turned red.

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"That's ...... Uh," Dino Firesparrow sat in front of Shekha and Moshi later, covering her face with her hands, "That's Princess Terrina and Princess Terlota. ”

This is indeed an embarrassing thing.

After all, it was a princess, and she was the object of Diffondor's marriage.

"So, that handkerchief," Sheka said cautiously, "I guess it'......"

"Oh, it's Princess Zelota, not Terina. ”

Mo Shi heard Sheka exhale: "Great......"

"If it weren't for that, I'd have jumped off the wall and killed myself!

"Alas......"

"Because you have, you have the spirit of a knight. Mo Shi couldn't help but cover his face, "You did the right thing." At least you didn't make that girl sad. ”

"Your Highness. ”

"Ah, yes, Your Highness. ”

- There are probably more highnesses here than there are people who are not.

In any case, the fur blankets here are clean and soft. Mo Shi thought.

"I think it's just a handkerchief, it doesn't mean anything. Sheka reassured.

There was a sudden knock on the door. The knock on the door startled the nervous Dino, his ears instantly lowered and could not be lowered, Mo Shi couldn't help but reach out and touch it, and this scared him again.

Shekka sighed, raised her voice, and said, "Please come in." ”

Outside stood a well-dressed maid, who was clearly of high status and old enough.

"Terrina and Princess Terlota want to apologize for what happened during the day. ”

She spoke, using that slightly arrogant central accent, and looked around the room (this was the room where Dino was temporarily staying) to find Dino Firesparrow's gaze.

She passed the invitation on behalf of her master: "Princess Terrina hopes that you, Lord Dino Firesparrow, will spare some time tomorrow afternoon, and she wants to apologize to you in person and in person. Maybe you'd like to go?"

Dino was completely stunned.

Shekha had no choice but to answer for him: "Of course." I think Master Dino would be more than willing to go. ”

"But what apologies?" said Dino at last, and the remark caused the maid to chuckle.

Although she was still respectful and serious, she seemed to be full of ridicule in her words: "Of course, it is for Princess Gelotta's overly frivolous and inappropriate behavior, which must have caused trouble to you, your brother, and the other lords. ”

The maid paused, then continued, "I heard that you are not an adult, and you are not yet differentiated. Therefore, Princess Terrina thought that it would be appropriate for her to convey her apology to you personally. ”

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After all, the firesparrow was the great lord of the West, and the day after their arrival, people began to visit their homes, and there was no sign of slowing down from the morning until lunchtime.

Mo Shi was not a major minister among the entourage, and because he was still a "nameless man" who was "waiting for the king's acceptance", it was naturally inconvenient to entertain guests on behalf of the firebird.

- So he was very idle.

So when Dino asked Moshi if he would like to accompany him to Princess Terina, Moshi agreed.

This is also why, Moshi now stands in the garden and waits idlely: he is an adult foreign male who is not allowed to enter the princess's boudoir.

The garden of the princess's backhouse is not small, but the gardens of the snowwalker nobles are not very flowery and special plants, just made up of rows of tall and short trees, some of which are pruned into unique shapes, and some of which are mosaic of round shrubs, which are not without ornamentality.

Mo Shi walked along the tree wall and came to a man-made lake.

There, he met his future wife.