At this time, in the Niclair Manor, seventeen or eighteen knights in heavy armor were holding the big swords in their hands, and their positions were faintly surrounding the rebellious private army of forty or fifty people in front of them, and more than a dozen people surrounded the enemy who were more than three times their number, which sounded a little ridiculous, but those private soldiers with iron faces couldn't laugh at all, behind a dozen heavy armored knights, Fuxue with a straight face was holding two naval guns and waiting, The private soldiers had clearly seen that their boss, Sanders, had been hit hard by the two strange magic weapons, and was now lying on the ground like a dead dog.

Sanders, who is a high-level swordsman, is still like this, how dare these people act rashly.

At this moment, the knights who were surrounding them made way of a way, Luo Yun walked slowly with Yubari and Fuyuki, and the blade-like gaze swept over the faces of this group of private soldiers one by one, in Luo Yun's cold gaze, these private soldiers lowered their heads in shame one by one, but only one person in the crowd looked at Luo Yun without flinching.

Looking back on Duran's memory, Luo Yun was a little surprised that he still had a deep impression of this person Duran, Merlot, one of the two commanders of the Niclair family's private army, was only twenty-five or sixteen years old this year and had been promoted to a high-level swordsman, which can be called a promising future, it is worth mentioning that he was also a war orphan adopted by Duran's father, Viscount Zack, Duran had a very good relationship with him when he was a child, and as Duran grew up, the two gradually became a little rusty, And since Melo joined the private army of the Niclair family, the two have rarely seen each other for most of the year, but Duran, who is already dead, may not have dreamed that Melo, who was regarded as a brother when he was a child, has now fallen to Sanders and become his lackey in attacking Niclair's manor.

Sighing a little abruptly, Luo Yun said softly: "Your Excellency Merlot, we should have not seen each other for almost a year, but we didn't expect that the reunion after a long absence would be at such a time. ”

"Merlot, Your Excellency?" Melo chuckled, took off the iron helmet covered with visor, revealing a handsome face with a somewhat pale complexion, looking at Luo Yun who was standing not far away, he said with some amazement: "Yes, what is it that makes us what we are now." ”

Looking at the group of tired private soldiers beside him, Merlot showed a hint of apology on his face, and said to Luo Yun: "These brothers were tricked by me and Saunders to participate in the attack on the manor, if you can, please spare their lives." ”

"Huh...... So, you were also fooled by you when they besieged me and Colin in the hunting grounds? Luo Yun smiled and looked at Merlot playfully.

With a look of embarrassment on her face, Melo whispered with an ugly face: "Believe it or not, it was a subordinate of another commander of the family's private army, Knight Eddard, who intercepted you in the hunting ground that time, and my brothers definitely did not participate in the assassination of you." ”

Luo Yun raised his eyebrows, Knight Ed was another leader of the Niclair family's private army, and he turned his head slightly to look at some fragments of flesh and armor scattered next to the large pit under the tree next to him, these should be the last relics of the Knight Eddard.

As Sanders's hardcore lackey, Ed saw that Sanders was being chased by Blowing Snow and jumped up and down, so he immediately rushed forward to intercept Blowing Snow, but Sanders dared to entangle with Blowing Snow because he had an enchanted armor to protect himself and comprehended the half-hung fighting armor, although he was embarrassed left and right in front of Blowing Snow, but he was not killed by one blow, and this Ed was just an ordinary high-level swordsman, who was being dodged back and forth like a flea, and Blowing Snow was so upset that Blowing Snow freed up his hand and took away this Ed Knight with one shot.

Looking at Merlot coldly, although Luo Yun couldn't rule out the possibility that he threw the pot on the dead man, but there were some things that still needed to be answered from Merlot, he nodded lightly, and Luo Yun said: "Since that's the case, that's it." However, the Montenegrin bandits have killed my parents, and I will never let them go if they are killed, and I will spare your lives. ”

The faces of the bandits who had taken refuge in this group of private soldiers after Hagrid had fled, and who had relied on them to defend against the attacks of Kate and the others, changed suddenly, but before they could react, seven or eight large swords pierced into their bodies from all sides, and several of them became several broken corpses lying in pools of blood without even making a scream.

"Well, that's good." I don't know whether it was cold or appreciative sneering, Luo Yun ordered in a low voice: "Kate, take these people to the dungeon of the manor for temporary detention first, and then send them to the prison in Baishan Town after dawn." ”

A group of fifty or sixty private soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that their lives were saved, under the surveillance of Kate and others, they handed over all their weapons with a little frustration and a hint of relief, and walked in line to the dungeon located in the northwest corner of the manor.

Seeing the group obediently walk into the dungeon, Luo Yun whispered to Blowing Xue Xizhang and the others beside him: "After a busy night, you are also tired, let's go and rest first, I have something to say to him." ”

"But ......" Fuyuki just wanted to say something, but was pulled by Yubari and taken to a bench not far away that survived the battle to sit down, the two of them muttered something to each other, but seeing their erected little ears are obviously monitoring the movement here through electric detection, once Merlot has any movement, it will be hit by the two of them in an instant.

Looking at Luo Yun, who had a smile on the corner of his mouth, Merlo laughed in a low voice: "Not only was you able to escape the assassination carefully arranged by Sanders unscathed, but you also got these two strong reinforcements, Duran, your luck is really very good." ”

"Luck? Maybe......" Luo Yun smiled, he was killed by the recharged Mercy Moon, but he was able to re-meet the familiar ship girls in this strange world, this is probably the so-called blessing and misfortune, disaster and blessing, looking at Merlot's face, the smile on Luo Yun's face slowly converged: "Tell me about Brother Merlot, who is the big man behind Sanders?" ”

Shaking his head with a gloomy face, Melo said in a low voice: "My identity is just that they have bought a private army commander, and the highest-level person I can access is Sanders, if you want to know the specific identity of that big man, go and pry Sanders's mouth open." ”

"But as far as I know, since that big man can casually take out a precious set of enchanted armor and give it to Sanders, the strength and power he has are probably not something that the Niclair family can imagine, so no matter what, you have to be more careful when he is concerned."

Nodding slightly, Luo Yun slowly leaned on the trunk of the tree behind him, he was not surprised by this answer, as Melo said, he and his private soldiers were just cannon fodder that Sanders spent money to buy, how could he let Merlot know any confidential information.

With a long sigh, Luo Yun asked with some confusion, "So can I know what Sanders used to buy you?" In Duran's memory, Merlot was not a greedy man, on the contrary, as a powerful knight, he adhered to the spirit of chivalry, and his conduct made Andrew Knight admire, Luo Yun was really a little curious, what Sanders used to impress this upright knight, and even made him make this kind of revenge devouring the lord.

Merlot's expression was suffocated, Yingting's face flashed a complex look of pain and tenderness, and when she was about to speak, not far away, the door of the villa opened, and Miss Elena, who was still wearing a maid's outfit, walked out, probably seeing that the enemy had been defeated, the private knight informed the maids who were hiding in the basement of the villa, and at this time, although she still maintained a serious and calm look on her face, Miss Elena's slightly hurried pace revealed that her heart did not seem to be as calm as it seemed, Probably seeing Luo Yun leaning against the trunk of the tree, Elena's face relaxed, and a shallow smile of relief gradually appeared on the corner of her mouth.

And just as he was about to say hello to Miss Elena, Luo Yun found that Merlot's face on the side suddenly changed miserably, it was an expression of shame and panic to almost despair, and even his body trembled slightly, and his eyebrows were raised, Luo Yun hurriedly sent a message to Yubari Fuyuki not far away through Retsuki, asking the two of them to quickly stop Miss Elena.

And Miss Elena, who was about to go over to see if Luo Yun was injured, was suddenly stopped by Yubari and Fuyuki, although she was a little unclear, but seeing Luo Yun smiling and waving at herself, she didn't look like she was uncomfortable, so she simply sat on the bench and chatted with Yubari Fuxue, the three girls who were about the same age obviously had a lot of common topics, and there was a crisp laugh from time to time in the chattering discussion, obviously talking happily.

Seeing that Elena had dispelled the thought, Merlot breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned weakly against the trunk of the tree, as if she had collapsed.

Looking at Merlot's appearance, Luo Yun also lost interest in asking questions, aren't the answers all obvious.

Bowing her head almost cowardly, Merlot was silent for a long time before she smiled lowly: "As you can see, I do like Elena, or rather, I love her, and I can sacrifice everything for her." ”

"When I was twelve years old, I lived in the Niclair Manor as an orphan adopted by Lord Viscount Zack, and for the first time since I lost my parents at the age of four, I had a warm room and delicious food, which was given to me by the Niclair family, and I have always been deeply grateful in my heart, but although everyone in the manor was very kind to me, I grew up in the eyes of others, and I could still feel the indifference hidden under their warm faces, but unlike those who wore masks, Miss Elena was like an angel, Although she was only seven or eight years old at the time, and her appearance was almost cold, I could feel the warmth and kindness in her heart, and then my relationship with her got better and better, even to the point where I could occasionally say a few words, and every day, what I looked forward to most was when Elena brought me food. ”

"But one day, the one who brought me food was replaced by another maid, and I quickly chased after me to inquire, and found out that because of Elena's excellent performance, Lady Adeline appointed her to be your personal maid."

In the end, Merlot glanced up at Luo Yun, the eyes were not sharp, but there was an almost crazy resentment in them, which made Luo Yun feel a chill in his back.

Yubari and Fukiyuki, who were chatting with Elena on a bench not far away, straightened their bodies slightly, and the No. 13 detective who blew snow had already locked on Merlot's body, and once he showed signs of trying to be unfavorable to Rakuun, the two of them could instantly bombard Merlot on the spot.

It seemed that he suppressed the anger in his heart, the resentment in his eyes quickly disappeared without a trace, and he smiled lightly, Merlot continued: "At that time, the relationship between you and me was still very good, and you called me to Brother Merlot and Brother Merlot, so I took advantage of your absence to trick the guard on duty into sneaking to your room, and sure enough, I saw Elena in your room, and she even had such a gentle smile on her face when she was sorting out your clothes, do you know that she has never smiled in front of me for so many years!" ”

The expression on his face became hideous, and Merlot hissed: "It must be you, it must be you who promised Elena something and then forcibly possessed her, I know that a lustful noble young master like you always likes to attack the beautiful maids around him, and from then on, I swore that I must kill you, a damn aristocratic scum!" ”

Luo Yun: "......"

Retsuki: "......"

Sighing weakly, Luo Yun finally knew how this guy got to this point, to put it bluntly, he was an inferiority complex and autistic and extremely good at brain supplementation paranoia, inheriting Duran's memory, Luo Yun can be said to have the most say in this matter, Miss Elena became Duran's personal maid at the age of eight or nine, and Duran, who was only five or six years old at the time, even if he had some strange ideas, how could he have the ability to do such and such things, and for a long time, Duran has always been a little afraid of the majestic and calm Miss Elena, as for Miss Elena's feelings for Duran, although she is called a master and servant, she is actually similar to a brother and sister, and even said that the owner has no problem treating pets, at least Duran has found that Miss Elena is secretly recording things like pet breeding logs with him.

Speaking of which, Miss Elena is simply a textbook-like cold woman on the outside and hot on the inside, in front of people, even in the face of Duran's parents, Viscount Zack and his wife, she always has a straight face and does not smile, but in the private space alone, she will shed that layer of self-protection and indifference and return to the gentle and intimate big sister, so don't talk about Merlot, even Duran, who has been with her for several years, has only seen Elena's smile a few times.

And Luo Yun's bewildered expression obviously did not hit Merlot, who was full of desire to talk, I saw him look at Luo Yun and smile coldly, and then said: "Since that day, I was afraid that I would not be able to help but expose my killing intent when I played with you, so I applied to Lord Zack to join the family private army, after he agreed, I became a family private army soldier, in the barracks, I trained hard, and my harshness on myself made the private army commander at that time feel cold, they only thought that I was working hard and hard, But no one knows that this is the only way for me to temporarily forget the pain of Elena being overrun by you. ”

Luo Yun: "......"

"Then the commander of the private army was relieved and returned to the field, and I took over the position of commander of the private army, and the next year, when the viscounts were killed while they were out and about, Sanders seized the power of the viscountdom, and I realized at that time that my chance to take back Elena was coming." Not caring about Luo Yun's expression, Merlot said in a low voice: "Later, Sanders really found me, saying that he was willing to give 100,000 gold coins to get the loyalty of me and the soldiers under his command, and he was accompanied by the big thief and strong man, obviously with the idea of killing me directly if I didn't agree, but how did they know, I had been looking forward to this day for too long." ”

"As for what happened later, you should know very well, you don't need me to explain, speaking of which, it was your good luck that saved you this time, if it weren't for those two weird girls, Sanders would have won." Looking at Yubari and Fukiyuki, who were chatting with Elena on the bench with some complicated eyes, Merlot sighed and said to Luo Yun almost pleadingly: "Each of those brothers in the family's private army is a good man with righteousness, and it is only with a leader like me that they have done wrong things, I hope you can spare their lives for the sake of their loyalty to the family for many years." ”

"If they can keep their peace, I won't hurt them, so don't worry." Nodding goodbye, Luo Yun turned around and walked towards the bench where Blowing Snow and the others were sitting.

Before he could take two steps, Merlot's somewhat hoarse voice came from behind him: "Duran, no matter how many women you have around you in the future, please don't let down Elena, she is a real angelic girl, she deserves to be happy." ”

In Merlot's opinion, Duran, who will attack Elena at the age of five or six, is a hungry ghost, and he definitely did not let go of the two girls of unknown origin, and now Merlot knows very well that Luo Yun may forgive the capital crimes of those private soldiers, but he has no possibility of letting him go, and the only thing he can rest assured about now is Elena.

"......" Luo Yun wants to hit the wall a little, this guy of yours will make Duran, who died sadly as a virgin, cry in the ground.

Not bothering to pay attention to this brainy guy, Luo Yun continued to walk towards Blowing Snow and the others.

In Melo's opinion, Duran paused slightly before turning around and leaving after hearing his words, he boasted that he still knew a little bit about Duran, although this guy was lustful, but he was very emotional, and he would not do anything to abandon his old love when he had a new love.

Leaning against the trunk of the tree, Melo secretly glanced at Elena's face that looked more and more brilliant under the magic light, and sighed with relief, the scene when the two first met was still in front of him, although it was just an ordinary greeting of concern, but the warmth contained in it was enough for him to reminisce for a lifetime, and slowly pulled out a sharp short sword from his waist, Melo stabbed the blade into his heart, feeling the cold chill on the blade and the suffocating pain, Merlot's face showed a smile.

"May you be happy, Elena."