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The castle was the property of the Reis family, who owned not only a barony but also two castles. The Black Swan Castle is a small castle on the northern outskirts of Barrington, built against the hills, but it is a great place for the Lacey family to spend their holidays, and they also use it when they come to Barrington for errands.

At this moment, there are two people sitting in the garden of the castle chatting, and the old man in his fifties is the owner of the castle, Finn? Baron Lacey, who has a well-groomed beard.

The other is a girl, with long, slightly natural curly black hair, amber eyes, even if you don't apply powder, her beautiful face can't hide it, with bronzed skin and graceful posture that seems to have been treated by natural sunbathing, she can be called a peerless beauty.

The girl's name is Nasria? Somer, a mage from the Federation of Nine Cities, has been in Barrington for the past few days.

She came out this time mainly to buy some rare alchemy materials in various places, and on the other hand, she also sold her goods along the way to balance this trip. Because of the invitation of Baron Finn, who had met several times, he was also a guest in the castle these days.

"I think Duke Lauren is planning to stay in Streamstream City forever."

Fein spoke with some apprehension of the duke who had fled the country and had come into exile. Some time ago, the poor old duke had a letter brought over saying that he had arrived in Stream City and needed to stay there for a few days.

But he stayed too long, some beyond what the letter provided.

"Duke Lauren?"

Nasria is a researcher, and she is the undisputed rising star of the Nine Cities Federation School of Structural Matter. But she is not very good at entertaining between nobles, and she lives in Black Swan Castle because of Baron Finn's many invitations, and she is very gracious.

She was trying to remember which of Finn's aristocratic friends was named Lauren.

"An old friend of Valle."

"Valle, the small island nation of the coup d'état." Even though Nasria is not very interested in politics, she has heard of such big things.

It is said that the Valais royal family had the blood of the Gino royal family, and after the fall of the Gino Empire, a branch fled to the island and founded the country. This coup may represent the complete end of the Gino royal family.

"Yes, old Lauren was going to take refuge here, they had some trouble at sea, but luckily they arrived. According to Thaksin, it should have arrived the day before yesterday. Fein thought for a moment, then added, "Maybe I should send someone over to take a look." ”

"Where does Duke Lauren live? I'm also on my way to Stream City and need to buy something, so I'll go get the Duke here, stop by anyway. ”

Nasria glanced over the garden, where there was a large magical airship more than twenty meters long and more than ten meters wide. It was her Flying Eagle, and at the tail of it was a small deck on which stood a woman in her thirties, guarding the outside of the castle, and it was her bodyguard, Hadani.

They had been in the Black Swan Castle for a long time, and Nasria was not very good at socializing among those nobles, so she just found a reason to go out, which could be regarded as repaying Baron Finn's hospitality in the past few days.

Of course, she did need to go to other cities, because she didn't have a lot of materials.

"As for the matter of Duke Lauren, let me send someone, how can this matter be allowed to the honorable lady Nasria."

Naturally, Finn would not agree, after all, Nasria was a guest and did not know Duke Lauren.

"It's just a stop, besides, the airship is relatively empty, so it's not bad to bring the duke and duchess over and enjoy the scenery of the Grand Duchy of Tyre from the air." Nasria insisted.

At this time, the steward of the castle came to report the visit of Sir Ralph of the House of Baris.

"Ralph? Bailixi. ”

Finn frowned, these days, Ralph has come over often, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is for Nasria. However, Finn was not easy to turn people away, and asked the butler to let people in.

Ralph was in his early twenties, tall and burly, richly dressed, and clad in a white knight's cloak, and he was the second in line to the throne and the genius of the Bariss. At the age of ten, he became a knight's squire, at the age of fourteen he became a trainee knight, and at the age of seventeen he became a full-fledged knight, and it is said that he will soon be able to obtain the title of elite.

Not only in the Grand Duchy of Tyre, but throughout the Holy Griffin Empire, Ralph is also a genius on the highest rank.

"Beautiful Lady Nasria, it's a pleasure to meet you." After greeting Baron Finn, Ralph was as courteous as ever to the mage.

"Hello, Sir Ralph." Nasria smiled reluctantly, and her thoughts of leaving to pick up Duke Lauren grew stronger.

However, they talk for a moment, and when they hear that Nasria is going to Streamtown, Ralph insists on going together.

"Duke Lauren is here in Tyre, and we need to meet him anyway."

Ralph's tone seemed sincere, but everyone knew that he was not a drunkard, and he really didn't look down on a duke without a country, and he had no friendship with the other party.

Addressing each other as dukes is just a tradition of some nobles.

"Nasria only has one Hadani guard, and it is difficult to guarantee her safety, so she is willing to serve as a temporary guard for Lady Nasria."

That's what Ralph really is for.

"I'm glad Sir Ralph helped, but it's enough for me to have Hadani, you know I'm a mage from the Nine Cities Federation, and I don't need to bring too many men."

Nasria felt a little anxious, Ralph was so pestering, she hated this person in her heart. But her politeness told her to be patient and not to say anything excessive, which would be unladylike and would have embarrassed Baron Finn.

Despite Nasria's words, Ralph insisted on going.

In the end, Nasria had no choice but to let him follow.

Because this time Baron Finn also came to Barrington for something to do, it was impossible to leave, and Nasria had already put forward the idea of going by herself, so she couldn't change her mind halfway.

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