“…… Is it just for this reason? ”

In Clarence's imagination, the reason why Jade chose to join the Noxian military must have been quite complicated, and it was likely to involve many unknown relationships or secrets in the complex social class of the aristocracy, but the result was only ...... Does he want to serve Burnham? This slightly prosaic reason made Clarence's curiosity feel inexplicably hurt.

"It's really just for this reason," Claire didn't seem to see the slight disappointment in Clarence's eyes, but continued, "because my family has always refused to recognize Burnham's dominance, and once I swore allegiance to him, it would be equivalent to a change in the attitude of the Ortore family, and in order to avoid this, my father and grandfather had no choice but to revoke his nobility, and my mother had always been very concerned about this matter, but given our position, she could only ......"

Clarence couldn't deny this, the interests of the Black Rose and the Noxian military were at least the same, but for this group of nobles, Burnham was indeed the one who took away the status and power they should have enjoyed, although some nobles also chose to compromise with Burnham, but most of the nobles were still slightly hostile......

"Don't talk about that...... This is my home, and here we are. ”

If the council hall can already be regarded as a landmark building in Noxus, then the building in front of you is even more magnificent than this, this palace-like building is located in the lower left corner of Nittrick, and this position is also opposite the council hall, this position seems to represent the relationship between the occupants, the indifferent opposite.

Again, you read that right, in the crowded city of Noxus, the Ortore family mansion has an entire courtyard that even the Noxian military can't do, and this vast green courtyard seems to announce to everyone that its owner has power over Burnham.

"Hmm...... It's a ...... here, but Clarence, who grew up in the most ordinary family, has never really seen such a picture, he is indeed an officer, yes, but as I said before, although the military holds the greatest power in Noxus, but in terms of financial resources, they are still much inferior.

"Welcome back, Miss, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The car in which the two of them were riding had just stopped in front of the gate, and several servants were already waiting there, looking at their clothes, Clarence even felt that his usual clothes were not as good as theirs, and their respectful movements were extremely comfortable, and even made him feel a little embarrassed.

Is this the aristocracy? No, it should be said that the real nobles, although they have been in contact with some before, but from those people, Clarence did not feel such courage at all, at this time he only felt as if he was standing in front of a mountain, and at the same time was unceremoniously laughed at by the mountain for his insignificance.

"Let's go inside...... Lord Clarence? What are you doing? ”

Claire asked the servant to step back first, and just as she was about to take Clarence to her father herself, she found Clarence standing behind her in a slightly sluggish state, looking ahead in a daze.

"I'd like to ask in advance...... Is there always someone in charge of guarding this courtyard? “

"Yes, it's patrolled all day, and there's all sorts of protective magic......"

"Really...... Let's go. “

Looking at the vast courtyard, which seemed to be an oasis in the middle of the city, Clarence did not feel any enjoyment, on the contrary, it was purely instinctive with the Assassins, and he sensed a rather unfriendly atmosphere, or rather...... It was very unfriendly to him, and he could almost feel that somewhere in this courtyard, a pair of eyes were staring at him closely, and if he showed any flaws, this pair of eyes would not hesitate to attack and take his life......

However, if there is someone here in charge of guarding, this feeling is understandable, after all, he is the first soldier to enter the Ortore family in this capacity in so many years, and for these nobles, he can be regarded as a dissident in a sense......

"You don't have to be so nervous, even if they are not friendly to you, as long as you walk with me, they will not ......"

Clang!

Claire's words did not fall, she only felt a shadow flash in front of her eyes, she was not mistaken, just a few meters away from her, the two people had begun to talk to each other with the weapons in their hands, in front of Clarence, a man was holding a thin sword and he was deadlocked, if it wasn't for Clarence blocking it in time, the sword in the man's hand might have pierced Claire's body.

Is this what is called "patrolling around the clock"? And defensive magic? Clarence just wanted to sneer at this time, as an assassin who captured the name of the opponent's most important target, he had an almost instinctive perception when facing the enemy assassin, after all, there was only another assassin who knew the assassin best.

The advantage of dual-wielding weapons was immediately apparent at this time, Clarence blocked the opponent's attack with a short knife, and with a flick of the fingers of his right hand, the sword of the other knife was aimed at the man's chest, since the general had given him the task of keeping Claire safe, the person in front of him was the object he had to eliminate.

But it can be hidden here, this man will not be an idle person compared to him, and just when Clarence is ready to fight him, the intensity of this battle is far greater than he imagined.

Thrusts, just thrusts, there is only one thing that the man with the raiser used by the aristocracy does, that is, the thrust, but completely beyond Clarence's expectations, even if it is just this action, but under the man's extremely tricky angle, it completely blocks Clarence's counterattack, whenever he dodges a thrust and intends to counterattack, the man will always aim the blade at the right angle where he is ready to make the knife, this kind of fight is very uncomfortable, Clarence only felt that all his moves were being suppressed by the other party, and there was no way to fight back at all.

If you continue like this, you will definitely be defeated by the other party...... After taking a few steps back, Clarence couldn't help but grit his teeth, and after swinging forward to open up some distance, he took out a few daggers from his arms and threw them at the man, of course, this feint attack is not a threat to the man, but it is obvious that Clarence never thought of defeating the opponent in this way, but in the face of these daggers that are not threatening, the man can't stand still and let the dagger concentrate on himself, he seems to wave a few thin swords at random, and easily knock these daggers away... …

Clarence's goal was achieved, taking advantage of the short gap between the opponent's swing of the sword, he suddenly used his strength to move behind the man in an instant, although the man's speed was already fast, but he used a thin sword, and the other party was a double knife, even if he blocked a short knife, but how to solve the second one?

"Hmph."

Even though it seems that Clarence has the advantage at this time, but judging from the man's expression, in the face of Clarence who wants to take his life, he didn't pay attention to it, using the excellent elasticity of the rapier itself, the man pressed hard with his wrist, and used the elasticity to pull open up a space, taking advantage of this gap, the man leaned down suddenly, aimed at his chest and slammed it hard-

How could it be so easy, although he successfully flicked a short knife, but the second short knife was already ready, Clarence smiled coldly, and the short knife held in his right hand was aimed at his chest and stabbed hard, because he used the thin sword to bounce away just now, the man could not immediately withdraw the thin knife, he could only watch the short knife stab into his chest-

Syllable!

Clarence thought he was wrong, but his reason told him that he was not wrong, yes, the man was only using a rapier, but who said that this rapier could not be used as a two-handed weapon? The man stretched out his hand and grabbed the front of the thin sword, and folded it hard, breaking the sword into two parts, and with his bare hands, he grabbed the fragments of the thin sword and aimed it at Clarence and stabbed it hard.

"Stop y'all of you! Father, what exactly are you doing? ”

Father......? She just said father?

"Don't be so nervous my dear Claire, I'm just trying his strength, although in general he doesn't meet my requirements, but considering his age, I give him a good evaluation."

Clarence was a little confused for a moment, the man in front of him who was dressed not much different from an ordinary nobleman was Javier, the head of the Ortore family? Ortore? But of course...... It's not that he doesn't believe it, it's just that this man ...... It's really hard to see the depth.

"Hmm...... It is a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency Javier, we may have had some unpleasant experiences just now, and I apologize if what I have done has upset you......"

"Are the people in the military so urbane now?"

Before Clarence could finish his words, Javier had already said to him with a smile: "No matter how you look at it, I was the first to attack, and you are just carrying out the task assigned to you by your general, since you have done nothing wrong, why do you apologize to me, is it possible that your view of justice is based on who has more power?" “

"This ...... You're right. "This man is really different from the other nobles...... In Clarence's contacts with the other nobles, the rubbish, as Havel had said, surrendered only to power, and he had not heard such powerful words for a long time.