Shepard turned his head to look, Duomi's brown eyes were particularly beautiful in the moonlight, and a touch of green was immersed in the crystalline eyes, showing the difference in the owner.

However, Shepard didn't care, and just asked, "Are the two ladies asleep?" ”

Duomi nodded and said, "After coaxing the little master and the young lady to sleep, the two ladies were also tired, so they both fell asleep." ”

Shepard stretched out his hand and touched the maid's long silky hair, and said softly: "You and Eliza don't be tired of yourself, since I let you manage the servants as the head maid, you have to call if you have something, the old woman with a broken mouth who doesn't have long eyes last time looks a scoundrel and difficult, don't you still cry and rush back to the civilian area to come back, hehe, when my Earl's Court is her home?" ”

Duo Mi said coquettishly: "My lord, we are fine, we are used to staying with the two ladies every day, anyway, it is a convenient thing, and we will not be tired." ”

Shepard lowered his head and touched the girl's delicate lips, and then said softly, "Okay, in a few days I will go to Count Duris with Sidney and them, and you will have to deal with this matter." ”

"Yes." Duomi hummed softly, only to feel a big hand caress her shirt and open her mouth, and subconsciously exclaimed......

……

A few days later.

After the renaming, the city is still prosperous, and because of the rapid development of the Prell, it has also led to the post-war recovery of the city of Franco, especially the Count Dures Francois took out the family's secret, a very special mellow fruit wine recipe, this kind of honey is not high, but mellow and sweet, especially loved by noble ladies and ladies, and occupies a place in the wine market.

Outside the city, outside the manor, which had been built for no more than a year, carriages of different ages came to the gate, and naturally there were attendants who greeted them and received the guests, and the coachman and the attendants of the guests drove the carriages to the place where they belonged and waited, and when the banquet was over and the master called, they would appear at once.

The carriage with the griffin insignia of the Prell family griffin grunted to a halt in front of the manor, and the welcoming waiter's eyes lit up, and he hurried to meet him, but after the four-wheeled carriage opened the side door, the first to come down was a middle-aged, weather-covered aristocratic man.

Fortunately, the welcome guest did his homework in advance, and immediately smiled all over his face: "Venerable Knight Sidney Henry, welcome to your arrival." ”

Sidney glanced at the welcome casually, and he saw at a glance that this welcome was just an honorary knight, so although he could only call him a knight and not an adult, it was not worth mentioning compared to a real power nobleman like Sidney, and his status completely depended on what kind of master he followed.

With such a delicate employer as Dureth, the welcome knight naturally responded with no rudeness, and when Sidney came down, Tommar also stepped out of the carriage in a knight's civilian clothes, and after the two, Shepard was dressed in regular clothes, wearing a top hat, and a pair of white gloves on his hands.

"Dear Lord Prell! On behalf of the hosts, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. The responsible greeting knight could not even speak, but bowed and saluted, and beckoned someone to help guide the way.

Shepard gently pushed away the hand that the servant wanted to support, took off the gloves and stuffed them into his pocket, and laughed loudly, "What do you do?" What kind of friendship do I have with His Excellency Dures, you don't need to come to this set, order someone to take me in! ”

Sir Yingbin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, although Count Dureth had many friends, but there were not many powerful figures, after all, he was originally only a close confidant of the Marquis of the border, Vaster Popple, only the Earl of Prell in front of him was an exception, the two were not only friends formed in the war, but the Earl's own strength was also awe-inspiring, not to mention that the wealth and strength of the Prell Territory even Her Majesty had heard of it.

Shepard led the way to the manor, followed by Sidney and Tommar, who had not noticed it yet, but as the waiter shouted in front of the door, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"Count Shepard Prell has arrived! Sir Sidney Henry arrives! Sir Thomas Rich! ”

In the garden of the manor, many long tables are laid with clean and smooth tablecloths, delicate silver tableware is placed on the tabletops, and melons, fruits and vegetables are contained in the above fine oriental porcelain, as well as a variety of sumptuous meats and exquisite desserts, and some things that are purely used for decoration.

With Duris's family background, he couldn't afford to buy such a set of exquisite tableware for banquets, but after all, he entered the city of Francos as a victor, so the property left by the original Salbota family and some unlucky nobles was naturally taken over by him.

From the garden to the hall, there were guests laughing and chatting with acquaintances, and noble ladies and ladies in splendid costumes also had their own little circles, often several people gathered together, attracting greedy eyes from all around, and occasionally bursts of laughter, as to what they were talking about, it is not known.

Naturally, Dures was talking to his acquaintances with his glass, and beside him were the old acquaintances of Baron Rosbar Spinino, as well as the descendants of the two Marquis of Vast, Baron Comili and Baron Gothrock, and even the original Philologists such as Count Chausz Locks, as well as the special guests of Andok Mokray and Midor Mokre, from the Flame Family.

Rothbal still looked nonchalant and rude, clutching a roasted chicken leg sprinkled with spices in one hand and a glass full of wine-filled brandy in the other, and praised as he nibbled: "Your Excellency Dureth, your chef is really good, and of course these spices...... It tastes so good! ”

The people in this small circle were accustomed to the appearance of Rothbal, this baron, although neither graceful nor polite, was a trusted ally, Dures took a sip of the gin in his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't praise me, whether it is the chef or the spices, I bought them from Shepard, although I also like food, but I have to admit that I am not as professional as him, and if you want to say that he knows fine wine, he is not as good as me." ”

Rosbal muttered as he ate, "Well, forget it, I don't have that much spare money to spend on these things." ”

Andok Mokray suddenly asked, "Lord Dures, I heard that there is a dragon in Lord Shepard's territory!" I wonder if it's true? ”

Dures laughed and said, "You're right, I happened to go to Shepard's territory last year, and he invited me to winter hunt with him, and that's when I saw that green dragon, and it was really a terrifying monster!" I don't know how he was tamed either! ”

Baron Comili said enviously: "A dragon, my God, I heard that the coat of arms of the Prell family is still a griffin?" I'm going to add that dragon and decorate it with gems! ”

"That griffon is no weaker than a dragon," Dureth, who knew a little about the fighting power of the steel-feathered griffin, shrugged his shoulders and explained, "It's not an ordinary griffin, it's a mutant that can go head-to-head with any dragon in the whole year, the top of the griffons!" ”

The nobles, who had little knowledge of the higher magical creatures, exclaimed, and Dures, as the introducer, was inevitably a little complacent, the nobles were such a group of people, most of their lives focused on how to make themselves the center of attention and trend in the crowd.

"Count Shepard Prell has arrived! ……”

The attendants' roll call came, and the nobles and their ladies all stopped talking, and everyone turned their heads to look at the entrance, and watched the ordinary-looking, majestic, tall and well-proportioned Count [Warlock] strode into the garden.

"Shepard! My friend! Dures greeted him in an exaggerated loud voice and walked over to shake Shepard's hand.

For his once low-key comrade-in-arms who had become so frivolous now, Shepard could only laugh at it, and without waiting for Duris to reach out to him, he hugged him in turn and said loudly: "Dureth! My comrades-in-arms and friends! Hahaha, congratulations! ”

Both sides were exaggerating their joy, and such an excessive, slightly performative act was actually a harbinger of estrangement between the two parties, but both Shepard and Durres understood this, they were still members of the Marquis Vast's family, and they were still close and important allies, but they could no longer be close friends.

A hint of ridicule appeared in Shepard's heart, both for his own hypocrisy and for the hypocrisy of human beings, but since he was promoted to medium divine power, the increase in clones has allowed the use of each clone to be shared, for example, the second clone is in charge of the kingdom, the third and fourth clones travel the continent and improve their professional strength, and the positioning of the first clone has gradually become an important channel for him to experience human life, and the gods cannot be disconnected from human civilization, because this is the basis of their existence, and they must also maintain attention and understanding of human beings.

Mage, City Lord, Bard, Hunter, Warrior, Veteran, Thief, Killer...... The different types of gods and goddesses make their respective identities strange, just like the god of mages, Azus, his white-bearded robe and staff-wielding mage style is widely spread in mage circles, but many people can't remember this when they face it, maybe it's the special of the gods, or maybe those people never thought they would be so lucky.

Shepard and Dures let go of each other, their smiles were equally sincere, and it was unknown whether the meaning was the same, Shepard picked up a glass of wine from the long table next to him and laughed, "Where is your beautiful bride?" My friend! ”

Dures shrugged, "My honey is doing the pre-ceremony prayer, and she'll be there when the wedding begins." ”

Shepard smiled: "Duris, you have to come on, my two children are more than a year old, although your son is not young, but you left in the country, only one child is too little for an earl." ”

Dures said helplessly: "Why don't you have two children? Your mistress in Bloucester City was born too, right? I don't have the ability to be as strong as you, I said that if a woman is pregnant, she can conceive quickly, and the children born are all round and fat, healthy and lively. ”

Shepard laughed: "This is talent, you can't envy it." ”

After two or three sentences, Sidney, Tommar and Rothbal, Comilly, Andok and others also came together, and this circle instantly became the focus of the audience, and naturally there were no unknown people on both sides, but familiar faces.

"By the way, my Earl, I heard that a mage has settled in your adventurer's town?" Baron Comili suddenly remembered something and asked Shepard, but there was a lot of envy in his tone.

Shepard smiled faintly: "Yes, a mage who loves archaeology, it is said that he found in the wreckage of that floating city the knowledge of the alchemy circle of the Magic Empire, so he asked me to rent a place for him to experiment, but the mage's experiment was too dangerous, so I refused his request to enter Blost, and only allowed him to stay in the town." ”

Comili smashed his mouth, as if he was about to chew the news and swallow it: "A settled mage...... Oh my God, especially since he knows alchemy! ”

"A wild mage, how could an academic sect live in seclusion in such a suburb? But he hasn't left for half a year, and he hasn't opened a store or made any deals, which makes me wonder how he manages to make ends meet. Shepard said casually.

"But Baron Comilly, that mage is nothing special, he has communicated with Mr. Henry Drake, according to Drake, this mage is about the same level as him, so even if he finds something in the ruins, it will not be too precious treasure."

A few people around him thought about it and felt that there was indeed some truth, but Sidney silently spat in his heart: Isn't there anything special? So how come there are three waves of people in a row who want to kill that mage? The adult even gave the magic bubble in his own collection to the mage, and besides, it was her, not him.

Sidney's expression was gloomy, the mage had hired a group of adventurers to enter the ruins of the floating city, and the adventurers escaped with heavy casualties, and the female mage had not entered the ruins since then, although the rumors that circulated said that the mage Taicai was seriously injured, but only he who had faced the female mage knew that this was definitely not the case, and it could make an epic spell swordsman feel pressure, at least a high-level peak spellcaster.

The topic of mages was lightly pushed away by Shepard, and Duris took a sip of his wine and said, "Speaking of which, some time ago, a group of warrior monks passed through the city of Franc and wounded my guards, but those wastes couldn't stop them, so they forced them to bow down and didn't allow them to stay, so they let them go. ”

Shepard was suddenly interested: "Warrior monk? Where do they come from? ”

Dures thought for a moment, "It seems to be from the north...... I don't know if it's sea or land, though. ”

Shepard sighed and said with a smile: "Speaking of the sea, I plan to organize a fleet to go north, see the scenery of the north, and see if there are any new business opportunities, how about it?" Would you like to add one? ”

Dures was about to speak, when a female scream suddenly sounded from behind the manor.