When Sinloth returned to the hall, he found that everyone was already waiting for them at the round table. The Count smiled apologetically, and sat down with his wife and daughters. Arian Hurd is still not on the list, and it seems that the trip to the Demon Realm has really affected her.

We'll have to go to Jonta and ask her to take a good look at Arian Hurd.

It's just a little strange that Assasin, who always appeared at the table on time as soon as the meal started, disappeared this time.

This is not like the usual style of the little gluttonous cat.

"Robert, what about the Assasins?"

The maid who was opening the meal shook her head when she heard this: "I'm sorry, master, I just went to Miss Three's room to call her, but I didn't see Miss Three." ”

Dangerous.

Assasin almost cut off the tail of the red dragon at that time, coupled with the amazing invisibility technique. If she was hell-bent on running, it was hard to imagine anyone else in the human realm who could keep her - powerful stealth could even block out the detection of path prediction.

Now I guess I don't know where to run to the field, maybe where to play yarn ball.

But it's not good to leave it alone, Sinloth has already sat down, but Assasin's sudden disappearance still makes him a little uncomfortable. The Count thought for a moment and stood up again.

"Big night. It's really unsettling that this kid is out there alone, so I'll go to the dock to have a look. "Assasin doesn't look like it's in the castle. The Count, as he thought back to where the greedy cat was most likely to go, motioned for the knights who wanted to get up to sit down. They've had a hard day, and Cynroth is embarrassed to bother with something like this.

The Count shook his hand and laughed, "Maybe she's just nesting in some corner of the castle to catch mice, and I'll just take a look and come back, and by the way, I'll go see Tilpitz...... Robert, just save me a portion for dinner, you don't have to wait for me to come back. ”

"Yes, sir."

The maid bowed down to receive the order, while the other two daughters also made a fuss at this time.

"Dad, I'll go with you!"

"Dad. I'll go too! ”

The two little ones raised their little hands and looked at their father expectantly. But it's just going out to find a dead girl, not going out to play, and I don't know why these two little girls are so active. However, the Count thought about it for a moment, and still held Nanorka in his arms.

Xinlos touched Ellie's head and whispered comfortingly, "I'll be back soon, Ellie will be obedient at home." ”

The little one's two golden ponytails hung down weakly, and she looked disappointed that she couldn't hang out with her father. However, the girl nodded vigorously and replied crisply.

"Hmm!"

The Count said no more. After leaving a kiss on his wife's forehead, he took Nanorka's little hand, flicked his cloak, and disappeared out of the hall.

And after the absence of Sinloth. The atmosphere at the table immediately became strange. Everyone seemed to have lost the interest in talking, and after eating dinner haphazardly, they took their leave.

Mariana helped the little fool wipe his mouth clean with his mouth full of food. I was about to take her back to my room to sleep. Unexpectedly, Ellie rarely refused, and the girl shook her head. Two golden ponytails kept flicking.

"Mariana mother, Assasin is gone. Ellie was worried. Can Ellie go find her? ”。

Lady Fan Zhuo thought about it, even if that cat was thrown into the demon realm, she probably wouldn't be able to die. But she couldn't say that to her daughter, Mariana thought about it for a moment, but still smiled and nodded.

Nothing happened in the castle anyway, so Mariana agreed. If the daughters had a better relationship, she would have had less to worry about—and that's what Cinnroth would have liked.

"Thank you Mama Mariana!"

……

Ellie refused to be accompanied by Robert, and walked alone through the old corridors of the castle with a candlestick. A few candles on the menorah emit a soft glow that illuminates the path ahead for the girl. Even after several repairs and renovations, the old castle always looks a little eerie. But for Ellie, Desmond Castle is incomparably more intimate.

Because this is her and her father's home.

"Really, where did Assasin go?"

The castle currently has a cellar in addition to four floors above ground. Ellie searched slightly, but she didn't find her sister. The eldest lady of Fan Zhuo thought about it for a moment, and walked towards the tower that was not yet completed.

Because of the heavy snow, the mage tower was not completed for a long time, but with the help of the group of craftsmen who had become fanatical for some reason, the main work was completed. And on a night like this, the craftsmen who had worked hard all day had naturally returned to their camps, and the mage tower was empty and quiet at the moment, which was a little scary.

"Assasin, are you there?".

The girl's delicate voice echoed through the empty mage tower, but as always, there was no echo either. Just as Ellie was hesitating whether to go up to the second floor, a suppressed cry suddenly came from the corner of the mage tower.

"Uh......h Woo......"

"Who's there?"

The sudden cry in the darkness scared Ellie, but the thought of the knights and her friends nearby made Ellie a little bolder. The girl plucked up her courage and shouted to the corner: "Who is there?" ”

"Uh......h Is it Mom? Mary is here! ”

……

A small girl hides in a dark corner, the girl is so petite, and she hides behind a pile of construction clutter, no wonder Ellie didn't notice her when she first came in.

The girl wore a gorgeous gown, and her silky hair was draped over her shoulders. And on her head, she also wears a small crown. A purple ribbon ran through the crown and tied a lovely bow at her chin. The girl's barren breasts made Ellie feel good about her.

“…… Maria? Ellie tilted her head. The name is repeated. The people in the castle, young and old. Ellie can basically be named. But the name, Ellie swore by honey candy, was the first time she had heard it. The girl blinked, and a thought came to her mind: "Is it the new students of Sunday school that Dad mentioned last time?" ”。

"Sunday school? Mary didn't know. ”

The girl who called herself Maria shook her head, holding a small crystal bottle in her arms, her face full of urgency: "Sister Ellie, have you seen my mother?" ”。

“…… Uh, no. ”

Mary seems to be only nine years old. It's also normal to call Sister Ellie. But in addition to her sisters, it was the first time she was called a sister by outsiders, and Ellie was still very happy. It's just that although she wants to help this girl who suddenly appears in the castle, Cute Li really can't do anything.

Ellie even Maria had just met, so how could she possibly know her mother?

"Woo, Mommy......"

Hearing Ellie's answer, bright tears flashed in Maria's eyes again: "Woo, Maria lost Shesta...... Mom is gone...... too."

The girl cried so sadly that even Ellie became a little sad. The girl did not dare to conceive. If my father was gone, what would I be like? Empathetic, Ellie also became flustered, and the eldest daughter of Fanzhuo racked her brains. Trying to comfort the girl in front of her: "Don't cry Maria, your mother must be looking for you...... By the way, how did you get lost? ”

"Blame. Monsters are chasing us...... "Monsters? ”

Before Ellie could finish speaking, there was a sudden gust of bad wind behind her. Something seems to be coming at Ellie. The girl was startled, and her body subconsciously squatted down. I hugged my head. Fan Zhuo's eldest daughter only felt a chill on her head, and a few beautiful golden strands of hair had already floated out.

After this blow, Ellie hurriedly turned around. In the flickering candlelight, a tall humanoid creature stood in front of her. The humanoid figure is extremely tall, it looks like it is two meters away, and the muscles on its body are extremely strong, and the muscles that bulge high seem to announce its strength to the world.

But such a strong human figure just wore a tuxedo similar to that of Claude's butler. And on the black dress, a golden eagle wing is shining. If you just look at this, the human form probably just looks like a strong servant of a certain family. It's just that further up, it's completely different. The place where it was supposed to be a head has now been replaced by a hideous black goat's head. The humanoid monster with the head of a goat held a thin lightsaber in its hand and looked coldly at the little girl in front of him.

The red sheep's eyes were full of killing intent.

"Yikes!"

"Whew!"

The two little girls screamed at the same time, and Maria grabbed her crystal bottle and crouched down. Ellie's reaction was completely different, the little girl's mind was also blank, but the previous trip to the Demon Realm played a role. In a daze, Ellie pulled up Maria, who was crouching on the ground and screaming, and ran towards the outside of the mage tower.

"Drill the heart and cut the bones!"

"Whew!"

Regardless of the magic backlash, Ellie subconsciously gave the other party an offensive magic, and the distance between the two was too close, and the sheep-headed monster didn't even have time to dodge. The sheep-headed monster that had eaten the magic took a few steps back, and its already hideous face became even more terrifying, and it endured the pain in its heart, and stepped forward again with a roar, and swung its lightsaber in a flurry of lightsabers, vowing to smash everything in front of it to pieces.

Just taking advantage of the opportunity for the sheep-headed monster to retreat and step forward again, Ellie had already pulled Maria out of the sheep-headed monster's attack range. However, in a panic, Maria has completely lost the consciousness of escaping, and she is only dragged by Ellie, barely advancing.

How can you escape such a speed?

The sheep-headed monster raised his lightsaber at them again, and Maria remained dumbfounded. In a hurry, Ellie ignored the filth on the ground and threw Mary to the ground. The cold lightsaber slashed dangerously past the girl, and Sen Leng's killing intent stirred goosebumps on her fair skin.

"Pain, pain, pain, ......"

Managed to dodge the goat-headed monster's blow, but the goat-headed monster's agility was obviously beyond Ellie's imagination. Before Ellie could get up from the ground, the sheep-headed monster had already raised his lightsaber again.

"Yikes!"

The magic disturbance caused by forcibly launching the Drill Heart Piercing Bone just now has not subsided, at Ellie's level. For a while, it is impossible to form a valid spell model. Seeing that the sheep-headed monster's lightsaber was slashing at her, the girl covered her eyes. Scream loudly.

Bite.

There was a crisp sound, but the pain of being torn did not come. Ellie's claws opened a small slit. Look in the direction of the sheep-headed monster. I saw that Marianna was burning with golden anger, and she was holding the lightsaber in the hand of the sheep-headed monster with two fingers.

With her two slender fingers, Mariana blocked the opponent's attack. Lady Fanzhuo's fingertips trembled, and an inexplicable wave rose from Lady's fingertips, constantly fighting against the evil and strange power on the lightsaber.

"Mom!"

Ellie stretched out her paws in front of her eyes and laughed. Hearing her address, Mariana shook her brows in surprise. But now was not the time to speak, and in a stalemate, Mariana kicked the sheep-headed monster in the chest, kicking it upside down.

"Ellie. Don't get in the way. ”

"Uh-oh."

Mariana's voice was cold, without the slightest emotion in it. But even this Mariana, in Ellie's opinion, is much kinder than the usual mother who is smiling all the time. The eldest daughter of Fan Zhuo, who was dumbfounded, said in a daze, and hurriedly got up from the ground, not forgetting to pick up Maria, who was also very sluggish and fell aside.

"Maria, my mom will take care of this monster, let's get out of here. Don't get in the way of mom. ”

"Mom?" Maria didn't seem to come back to her senses until this time, looking at Marianna, who was bathed in the moonlight and confronting the sheep-headed monster, she was stunned, "Sister Ellie's mother......"

The sheep-headed monster obviously does not have a high IQ. After the emergence of a new opponent, he immediately put aside the two girls he was chasing. It roared and rushed towards Mariana out of order.

Madame Fanzhuo, who was dressed in a long dress, did not draw her sword. She looked indifferently at the sheep-headed monster rushing towards her, and didn't even make any move. Just when Ellie wanted to remind Mariana. The next moment, an incomparably brilliant sword light bloomed in front of Ellie's eyes.

The sword light is too fast. It was too bright for Ellie to see what was going on. The big eyes tried to open wide, but they only saw the sword light blooming layer by layer like a lotus flower, and Mariana seemed to turn into a phantom, with the body of the sheep-headed monster as the center of the circle, constantly shuttling in it. The sheep-headed monster acted as if it was dead, and nothing reacted.

By the time the sword light had dissipated, Mariana had turned her palm into a knife and slashed directly into the sheep-headed monster's brain. The monster didn't snort and fell to the ground. And the body, which was originally quite complete, was torn apart by countless sword qi in the next instant. Hundreds of thousands of sword qi bloomed at the same time, cutting the sturdy body into countless tiny pieces of minced meat.

The flesh that fell to the ground trembled, turned into countless blue points of light, and disappeared into the air.

Ellie and Maria stared at Mariana standing in front of the point of light with their mouths wide open. The necklace around Lady Fandro's neck and the ring on her hand were emitting a faint shimmer, and with the serene moonlight, she looked as powerful and beautiful as the legendary Valkyrie.

"It's all right, Ellie."

Lady Fanjo smiled and took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood from her hands, and came to Ellie's side. Mariana comforted her daughter, but her eyes turned to Maria.

Unlike the clumsy Ellie, Mariana had never seen the girl before, so she was naturally suspicious. Today's situation is really strange. If she hadn't been upset and came out to see, who knew what would have happened to Ellie?

"Maria, let me tell you, this is Ellie's mother." Ellie didn't notice the abnormality of her new friend, and the girl who was almost alive smiled happily and introduced her relatives to her, "Mom is very powerful." ”

"Mom's ......"

Maria hugged the bottle, and tears flashed in her eyes again: "Sister Ellie's mother is so powerful, but will Maria's mother also save Maria?" Mary was a bad boy, and Mary was always ...... Mary is always ...... Maria caused so much trouble for her mother, and her mother hated her the most...... Whew, Mommy doesn't want Mary anymore......"

Obviously, at the beginning, he said that he wanted to find his mother, but now he seems to be a little repulsed. Mariana didn't know what was wrong with the girl, but the warrior's instinct told her. There was really nothing threatening about the little girl in front of her.

Either way, let's bring it back and show it to the magicians.

Thinking so, Mariana gently touched Maria's head. The tone was extremely soft: "Parents in the world are always the same, no matter how big a mistake you make." As long as you sincerely apologize, your mother will definitely forgive you. How can there be a mother in the world who doesn't love her children? ”

"Really?". Maria choked up and looked up, her face full of tears: "Doesn't Mother hate Mary?" ”。

"No, it won't."

Mariana stroked the top of her head and whispered comfort. And Ellie also held her little fist and cheered her on: "Ellie likes her mother the most, and her mother likes Ellie the most." No matter what Mary has done, Mary's mother will forgive you. Don't cry all the time, Dad said. When a girl cries, she doesn't look good. ”

"Is that so......"

"Maria likes her mother the most, and her mother must be ......"

The girl lowered her head and muttered to herself, and in the comfort of the two, the choked tone gradually brought a little lightness. At the same time, starting from the feet, the little girl's body began to slowly break apart. Just like when the sheep-headed monster disappeared, blue points of light slowly floated in front of the two of them.

"Ellie!"

Mariana grabbed her frightened daughter's little hand. Hurriedly stepped back. Is the girl who was okay just now the same monster as the sheep-headed man?

"Thank you, Sister Ellie......" Maria didn't seem to notice her abnormality. The girl wiped the tears from her face and smiled sincerely: "Thank you...... It's a pleasure to meet you. Sister Ellie...... Now Maria is going back to her mother...... Don't forget Mary......"

The girl whispered, but her figure had already collapsed. And the crystal bottle, which had been held in the girl's arms, also fell to the ground.

"Maria!"

Ellie struggled. Pulled his paws out of Mariana's shackles. The girl tried to grasp the light that was slowly dissipating, but no matter how hard she tried. But it was always useless. The girl's eyes were hazy with tears, as if she was very sad.

At this time. A point of blue light that should have dissipated slowly turned into the purest magic and landed on Ellie's forehead. The magic is filled with the girl's gratitude, as if comforting the sad Ellie.

"Woo, Maria......"

The girl appeared suddenly, and disappeared suddenly. Mariana sighed, the situation just now was too chaotic, and she had already ushered in the end before she could clear her mind. Ellie always trusts others so easily, but she pays sincerely, and she may not always be able to get a sincere return like now.

Mariana touched her daughter's head as a comforting touch, and then picked up the crystal bottle that had fallen to the ground. Madame Fanzhuo picked up the crystal bottle on the ground and looked at it carefully. In the crystal bottle, there was nothing but an ancient piece of parchment.

Madame Fanzo thought about it for a moment, took out the parchment from the bottle, and read it carefully. The words on the paper are written in the grammar and font of the ancient imperial period, and they seem to have been made by children, and the font is deformed and there are many grammatical errors. But after all, having been a poet for a while, Mariana was still able to understand the meaning.

"Be a good boy and don't cause trouble to your mother."

"Mom didn't come home because she was busy with work."

“…… Mom...... If you think Mary is in the way...... Mary, even if she is eaten, she doesn't mind. ”

"It's all because it's such a Mary, so it's a worry for my mother. I'm sorry to be born into this world. So Mary wants to make delicious baked apples for her mother's sake. ”

In that case, my mother would have felt how good it was to have Maria for the first time. If you eat Mary, will you find it delicious? ”

"Mom...... You know? There is only one mother in the world. There are no good mothers and no bad mothers, only one and only one mother. So Mary, there is only one mother in the world, that's it. Also, Maria also wants to be, and there is only one Mary of Mom's...... Maria, who wants to be pampered when she is in a good mood, and Maria, who doesn't want her when she is in the way, are not two people. Mary too, there is only one Mary...... So, a terrible mom is the same as a gentle mom...... There is only one Mary...... Mom. ”

“…… Mom, thank you all the time. ”

“…… Sister Ellie, it's the witch who kills! Run! ”

……

The chess piece in Beatoriche's hand collapsed violently, but the blonde girl did not look abnormal, still looking at Luciola in contemplation.

Luciola looked at the chess game in front of her, and her eyes gradually became a little more enlightened. (To be continued......)

ps: Maria is Zhenria, and the mother and daughter of Louza and Lori are really sadistic...... Also, Mary is lying