Anna sneaked back to the academy apartment in the middle of the night.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw that the room was steaming, and there were some men's clothes on the sofa, and it was obvious that there were men taking a shower in the room.

She didn't panic at all, and didn't shy away from blocking the smooth Raymond in the bathroom.

"I heard that the Duke is going to marry Erin to you?"

"Where did you hear that? How did I not know..."

Raymond couldn't laugh or cry, he could hear Anna's footsteps from the time he opened the door just now, so he didn't panic. But she has been out for so long, and when she comes back, she cares about these gossip news?

At this time,

"I have good news..."

"The news you asked me to investigate has a result..."

The two of them thought of something, and they spoke almost at the same time, and the words were blocked.

Raymond was still wiping his body with a towel, and he was not in a hurry, and said, "You can say it first." ”

"Oh... Didn't you ask me to help you find out who was in control of the Blood Skull Pirates last time? ”

Anna didn't wait for Raymond to answer, and continued: "Later, I sent someone to investigate, and sure enough, I found some clues. Over the years, the Blood Skull Pirates have secretly received a lot of equipment and potions, and they have also returned a huge amount of money to that sponsor... Although those huge financial flows are very hidden, I have obtained definite clues, and I am sure that the 'Gustav family', the Minister of Defense of the Territory, is behind the scenes! ”

"Secretary of Defense? It's no wonder that the Blood Skull Pirates are so well-equipped, and they can avoid encirclement and suppression so many times this time..."

Raymond showed a hint of apology, but vaguely felt that something was not quite right.

It stands to reason that the Secretary of State for Defense is the number one minister under Philip's leadership, a proper "hardliner". There was no reason for him to betray Archduke Philip and secretly engage in such a deed where the risks were not proportional to the benefits.

Unless, he has a heart of disobedience!

After thinking about it, he asked again, "Is your source reliable?" ”

"Absolutely reliable!"

Anna said affirmatively, "This is news from the Golden Fang. And... I still have an account of their dealings! As long as you look up, you can definitely find evidence. ”

After a pause, she picked up her tone and asked instead, "And... Do you know who the eldest son of the Minister of Defense is? ”

"Who?"

"Dunn!"

"That your fanatical suitor?"

"That kind of bastard who kills teachers is also worthy?"

“...”

Raymond suddenly felt that these things were too much of a coincidence.

This son is the scum who killed the teacher and seduced his mother, and his father still has a heart of disobedience. Fortunately, I only knew it early, otherwise I am afraid that it would have caused big trouble.

"That's not right... I remember that in the game, the Gustav family was not on the side of Archduke Philip until the last moment..."

He was about to ask something, but Anna interrupted, "By the way, what good news did you just say you were going to give me?" ”

Raymond said with a smile: "That... Can you please let me put my clothes on first? ”

When Anna heard this, she was like a qualified housewife and complained, "Are you embarrassed to say? I'm already very merciful enough to allow you to live in the house, and you dare to run around without clothes? Still messing around with dirty laundry on the sofa? ”

Raymond's tone was quite innocent, and he said, "How did I know you would run back in the middle of the night?" ”

"You're more suspicious when you take a shower in the middle of the night, right?"

Anna hooked a towel and threw it into the bathroom, and said with a wicked smile, "You didn't take advantage of my absence... What indescribable things have you done? ”

She didn't give Raymond a chance to refute at all, and said to herself, "Tsk... But it's normal to think about it. For other aristocratic young people, at this age, they have long been regular customers in major taverns. At this point, you kid is still good..."

Raymond also gradually adapted to the bold concept of this world. It is normal for young aristocrats to visit Fengyue Field, just like those ancient literati in their previous lives, they didn't have a few good friends in the Qinglou, and they were embarrassed to say that they were talented when they mentioned any glamorous words.

"Where do you want to go? I've been meditating just now and I've lost track of time..."

He walked out wrapped in a bath towel.

"By the way, you haven't said you want to give me any good news?"

Anna put his dirty clothes in the basket with a look of disgust, and did not turn her head.

She casually joked, "Could it be that you want to surprise me and tell me that you got the Crown of Silence?" ”

"Hmm."

Raymond blinked and said in surprise, "This... How did you guess? ”

"Hehe... Your surprise is not sincere at all. ”

Anna didn't look up at all, completely unconvinced.

How is that possible?

You got something that you didn't get after so many years at Phillip Academy, and you just got it casually? How long has it been? Even if Erin really married you, she wouldn't have taken you to that secret room so easily, right?

But at this moment, she noticed that the room suddenly shimmered with colorful light, like the dazzling brilliance of the finest gems reflected in the light.

"Huh..."

Anna couldn't hold back her curiosity, and when she looked back, she found that Raymond, who was wiping her hair, casually took out a crown and put it on the bookshelf next to her.

Raymond didn't feel a sense of accomplishment at all, and thought she would be pleasantly surprised, Nunu said, "Oh, I put things here." ”

At this moment, Anna was stunned.

It was this gorgeous crown that shimmered in the light.

When she overlapped the image in her memory with the crown in front of her, the expression on her face froze somewhere. It was as if someone had cast a spell to immobilize him, and he didn't know that the clothes in his hand were slowly sliding to the ground.

Her eyes trembled, her mouth opened slightly, and she gradually revealed a shocked expression.

Raymond looked at her motionless, thinking that something had happened, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

At this time, he actually watched the sparkle in Anna's eyes flicker more and more turbulently, and when he looked closely, two lines of crystal tears slowly flowed out.

"Where did you find it?"

Anna's voice trembled slightly, and it was obvious that she was not at peace inside.

Raymond was a little confused, and his eyes were full of doubts: "The secret room on the third floor of the library, didn't you tell me?" ”

Anna walked over slowly and picked up the crown.

She rubbed the jewel on the crown, as if she saw an old friend she hadn't seen for many years, and muttered to herself: "It's really the 'Crown of Silence', I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to see it again in my life..."

Raymond looked at Anna with tears streaming down her face at the moment, and her mood was extremely unstable.

When I looked at it again, she was whimpering and sobbing quietly.

There had never been a girl who cried so sadly in front of him, and he was stunned for a moment, and he was a little confused.

This... What's going on?

I don't seem to have provoked her, have I?

Could it be that I just said the wrong thing?

He, a straight man of steel, understands Anna's complicated feelings at the moment. After more than ten years of fruitless pursuit, today I suddenly got what I wanted.

Bitterness, excitement, gratitude, pain, hope... These emotions surged out all at once, crushing the strength she had disguised for so many years.

It was a big surprise for her!

A surprise that was enough to make Anna, a deceased princess who had not shed a single tear since the age of twelve, cry so out of shape.

At this moment, she seems to want to vent all the grievances that have accumulated for more than ten years with tears...

【Ding! Anna's opinion of you is +40...the current relationship is 'close'. 】

Ha? Got a good feeling?

Raymond didn't know what was going on, but looking at Anna who was crying, he was at a loss for a moment.

But at this time,

When Raymond was completely defenseless, Anna threw herself into his arms, buried her head in his shoulder, and sobbed.

"That..."

Raymond felt he should say something, but swallowed it in embarrassment. He could clearly feel the warm tears wet his shoulders, and he had no intention of stopping.

After a moment of hesitation, he finally put his hand on Anna's back and patted it gently. The fiery red hair is smooth to the touch, and a faint fragrance spreads through the nose, making people feel comfortable soaking in the hot springs.

Neither of them spoke in the room, but the atmosphere gradually became gentle and rich.

At this time, Anna almost bit his ear and said, "Raymond, thank you..."

"It's fine. I promised you. ”

As he spoke, Raymond felt that his words seemed a little thin, and added another sentence, "Besides, this is also our fair trade." ”

Anna whined, "Aren't you afraid that I will lie to you, there are no Devil Fruits in 'Nightmare Ghost' at all?" ”

Hearing this,

Raymond was startled, and immediately took it seriously, and his face was difficult to see: "Huh? Are you really lying to me? ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere changed suddenly.

"Poof..."

Anna was amused by Raymond's serious tone, and said quietly: "How could it be that I lied to you, of course it's true!" ”

"Oh!"

Raymond breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Scared me, I thought..."

Suddenly laughing, Anna somehow swept away the sadness and excitement in her heart.

She wiped away her tears, looked at Raymond with red eyes, and said, "You really gave me a surprise!" ”

She put her arms around Raymond's neck like a koala, making him feel very uncomfortable. Those beautiful eyes stared directly, making people always have a feeling of electric shock that they didn't dare to look at directly.

"That's... Can you please let me get dressed? ”

With this, Anna realized that her actions were a little too ambiguous.

At the moment, she is almost all over Raymond... I was already wearing a sexy and thin one, a cotton suspender belt and a small vest with a pair of buttocks-baring leather hot pants... And Raymond only had a bath towel around him. The skin touches each other, and the two of them can clearly feel each other's temperature and heartbeat.

Moreover, she was also surprised to find that it seemed that Raymond seemed to be a little dishonest, and his body temperature was still warming...

"This stinky boy, I don't know where to go!"

Anna quickly let go of her hand, and a blush flashed across her pretty face.

At this time, she actually listened to Raymond say something that frightened her.

Raymond's expression was a little twisted, and he said, "That... Now that you've got the map of the Nightmare Ghost, can you promise me one thing? ”

"Huh?"

A casual panic flashed in Anna's eyes.

She knew that she was not really defensive about Raymond, otherwise she would not allow him to live in her apartment. Rather than believing in his character, it is more about believing in his own vision of people.

However, at this moment, she really didn't expect that guy to make a request like herself... It's not a robbery while it's hot, but no matter how you look at it, it's a bit like a means for a veteran in the love field to take advantage of the victory and pursue.

In this situation, I am afraid that no woman would shake her head and refuse him.

But...

Anna felt that she couldn't mess with herself, squinted her eyes, and said faintly, "Hey, hey... I haven't seen you for a few days, you kid is good at it... Where to learn these tricks? ”

"What?"

Raymond looked at her and was stunned for a moment, does this agree or disagree?

Thinking about it, he still decided to state his conditions first, and said, "That, Mentor Anna... I think you'll take me with you when you trigger the Nightmare Ghost. Do you think that's good? ”

In his opinion, now that Anna has obtained the crown, he is afraid that the next step will be to prepare to set off in search of the treasure left by the ancestors. If she ventured to that sea like this, it would definitely be more than lucky.

There was silence in the room, and the atmosphere was eerily awkward.

"That's what you're asking for?"

Anna twitched out of the corner of her eye, looking at his serious appearance, obviously not joking.

She suddenly felt some strange fluctuations in her heart... If he really made some excessive demands, could he really refuse?

Sure enough, I thought too much! This kind of straight man of steel, even a simple little girl like Erin hasn't won it, how can he understand such a profound flirting routine.

"yes!"

Raymond nodded solemnly.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that women were really complicated. A moment ago, I was crying so much that the rain brought pear blossoms, why did I suddenly change back to my previous shrewdness? And... The light in her eyes was so complicated that she couldn't understand what she was thinking.

He thought of his previous words, and asked in hindsight: "What did you just say about me?" ”

"It's okay."

Anna rubbed her eyebrows, and sure enough, she was hopeless.

She is really worried about Erin, this kind of straight man, he is afraid that the meat will be delivered to his mouth, and he is afraid that he will not even be able to realize his mouth.

Hey?

I seem to have some strange thoughts... Now that I'm living with him, it seems like I'm more like meat delivered to my mouth?

Anna shook her head, all thoughts in her head vanished.

She had thought that Raymond would make some embarrassing request, and she was worried for a while.

Now I'm sure I'm thinking too much.

Looking at that stupid look, Anna instead had a flirtatious mind, raised her eyebrows and said, "Yo~ I thought you wanted to make some excessive requests..."

As she spoke, the charm between her eyebrows revealed again, and she teased: "Tsk... I would have liked.. For the sake of you doing me a great favor, it doesn't matter if I promise you a condition. Didn't expect that?."

"Huh? You promised? ”

Before Raymond could react, he said happily: "Remember to bring me with you when the time comes... I've seen that nightmare ghost in some ancient book, and I seem to know something. ”

"That's a minor problem."

Anna felt like she was talking to a log again.

She rolled her eyes, couldn't help but want to test how stupid this guy was, and said, "Or, give you another chance to make a request?" ”

After speaking, she was afraid that Raymond would not be able to understand, so she raised her eyebrows and said softly: "As long as it is not too much... Maybe I won't refuse you..."

Hearing this,

Raymond's eyes instantly became like a wolf in the night.

He stared straight at Anna and confirmed, "Really? ”

Heh, is it finally exposed?

"Hey, hey, hey... Don't you have to make an inch, huh? ”

Anna accepted it when she saw it, and she was afraid that he would really make any embarrassing requests, so she quickly changed her words: "Erin's girl is good to you, you can't be cranky..."

"Huh? Why are you mentioning Irene? ”

The thoughts of the two chatting are not on the same channel at all.

Raymond didn't realize what Anna was hinting at, and then said expectantly, "I think the Nightmare Ghost has not been set foot in for thousands of years, and there must be many treasures in that ruin." In addition to the Devil Fruit, if there are any other treasures in the ruins, I would like to get some suitable for myself..."

“...”

Hearing this, Anna lifted her forehead and sighed.

Ay... Completely hopeless.