The second volume is mainly about territorial construction, so there are more characters and the story is relatively plain. In addition, the heroine appeared ~ ask for recommendation ~

"My lord, Zoroastrianism seems to be the ancient name for Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism is a very old religion, and its origins are now unverifiable. However, during the period of the ancient empire, it seems to have been very influential in the Persian region. They are different from the current church, and the gods they worship seem to be something called the primordial fire I'm sorry, my lord, because the age is too old, I can only hear about these according to the church's domineering habits, I'm afraid that the materials related to Zoroastrianism should be burned, even if you go to the Imperial Library, I'm afraid"

"It's not your fault, Ditohart, you've done a good job. As for Zoroastrianism, let's put it aside for the time being. Tell me about the county of love, whether it's gossip about those earls, or old news, I want to know everything. ”

"Your Will"

Arian Heard closed his eyes, feeling the powerful fluctuations of power coming from Shandy's spear, trying to ignore the conspiracy coming from behind him. This powerful weapon, although the seal was broken by the lord in this strange way. But Arian Heard wasn't Sinloth, she wasn't the owner of the gun. Even if Sinlos gave it to the female knight, he gave up control of the gun. But the spear itself has always rejected her, and Arian Hurd knows that at this time, what she has to do is to use her own will to slowly grind it. Until, become its new owner.

It was the first time for Arian Heard to have obtained such an ancient hero's weapon, and for her, the process of water grinding, although boring, was also an interesting experience.

It's just that how did Sinloth make this spear recognize him as the master in a matter of seconds? Do his actions and the phrase "Long Live the Sun" have any special significance?

Arian Hurd couldn't figure it out.

So the knight forced herself not to think about it.

Completing the task of the feudal lord is the glory of the knight, and everything else is unimportant - Arian Heard is no longer the little girl who has just left Alfred Castle. After so many years of training, especially the recent accidental killing of a Norman toddler, her heart has undergone a heavy transformation.

She still dreams of becoming a knight admired by the world, and she practices her martial arts every day and abides by the knight's creed. Although she knew that she would never be able to become the pure and powerful knight she dreamed of, with her bloody hands.

I'm sorry, the knight she didn't even remember by name. You gave me the hope of life, and all I can do is not give up my knightly path

"Daddy, Daddy?"

When the sleepy Ellie woke up, she habitually touched the side, but did not find her father's warm embrace. The dazed girl then remembered that they were no longer in Desmond. Last night, Sinloth sternly refused Ellie's request and didn't sleep with her.

Ellie was nine years old and away from home, and Sinloth had to think about some implications. You know, if you put it in the pagan world, nine years old is already the age of marriage.

The infidels are indeed foreign barbarians, and they can legally marry a civilized person like the Empire at the age of nine, at least until they are twelve years old. Comparing the two, every time this is mentioned, the imperial scholars are always instantly filled with a sense of superiority. The age of marriage has become one of the important reasons for many imperial scholars to attack the infidels.

Although, in the eyes of a certain lord, whether it is an empire or a pagan, their age of marriage is also true

"Ah, sister, are you awake?"

Ellie, who was sleeping in a daze, rubbed her eyes and showed a big smile to her sister who greeted her: "Hmm! Good morning Nanorka~"

Nanoka's gaze lifted from the table, and the second daughter tapped Ellie's head with her staff, looking at her stupid sister with confused eyes: "Sister, but it's noon now." ”

"Huh? Is it already noon? Why didn't Dad call me? ”

Because of a certain trait of the baron, the task of getting the bed ghost Ellie out of bed is usually done by the baron himself.

"Well, Uncle Ditohart brought a strange person to talk to Dad early in the morning, and it's not over yet"

Nanoka actually doesn't like Ditohardt, although he is very respectful to both Ellie and Nanorka, and there is nothing out of the ordinary. But Nanoka just hated him—not because he often crouched in the corner with the two of Hermint. Although Helmint is often stupid, he feels very sunny and amiable. And the conformist Ditohart feels like a poisonous snake in the shadows.

Quiet, but exceptionally dangerous.

"Huh? That's right. Ellie's two pigtails hung low, looking not very happy. But she also knows that when her father is discussing things with others, a good child can't bother. The little girl listlessly took off her kitten nightcap and put on a cute red coat.

Sinloth had long since discovered that Nanorka preferred white, while Ellie was golden-red.

After Ellie finished grooming, she realized that her sister seemed to be busy with something at the table. The little girl leaned over curiously and looked at her sister's desk of manuscript paper.

It was full of all kinds of dense formulas and patterns, and Ellie just glanced at it a few times, and she felt countless Venus rising in front of her eyes. Ellie's eyes turned to the mosquito coil, and she hurriedly looked away from the horrible pile.

"Oh, Nanorka, what are you writing?" After Hermint's initial education, Ellie could see that it should be some magic array, but it was too complicated, and just looking at it, Ellie was already dizzy. It's hard to imagine that her sister made this complicated bunch.

"Dad didn't know where to get some really powerful demonic plants, although it took a lot of work off my shoulders. But with those plants, Mirror City will have to do some fine-tuning. Dad's green tree, I seem to have heard my grandfather mention it, it seems to have a lot of origin, but I just can't remember it. The magic on Daddy's Sandy Spear is also so interesting, but unfortunately I don't have the tools at hand right now, so I can't start researching."

I don't understand it at all

Allie broke out in a cold sweat as she listened to her sister's mouthful of jargon and many unintelligible terms. Once it is mentioned that she is good at what she is good at, Nanoka is always like this, and it is difficult to stop. Knowing her sister's problem, Ellie wisely chose to interrupt her.

"Nanoka, let's go out!"

"Huh? Wait, sister, don't pull me"

Ellie's fleshy paws pulled Nanoka and walked down the crowded street. And the three female knights followed closely behind the two eldest ladies. Arian Hurd was now guarding the baron's door, and the only way to protect the eldest lady was to come.

"Ah, my sister is really. Such good weather, I didn't even use it for research."

"Hehehe, it's because of such good weather that I need to go out for a walk. Nanoka usually runs around outside, so let's relax today. ”

Nanoka wanted to refuse, her dream was to revive her grandfather's workshop and surpass him to become the world's number one alchemist. In a world where the magical element is inadequate, this dream is especially difficult. The opening of the workshop alone has already cost her a lot of effort. What's more, she also sees Desmond's condition.

She wants to help Sinloth.

She didn't want to waste her time shopping meaninglessly. However, looking at Ellie's innocent smiling face, she couldn't say anything. Today, let's relax a little. Just think it is, oil the machine qì well, only today.

"Well, okay then."

"Hehe, I knew that Nanoka was the best!"

So, the two little girls started to wander around on the bustling streets of Dublin. They are both counties of Desmond, but Dublin and Desmond are worlds apart. Looking at the bustling crowd, Ellie always had the illusion that they were not in the middle of nowhere, but in the heart of the Empire, the royal capital as beautiful as flowers.

"Hey, there's perfume here, too."

Ellie took Nanoka all the way around, and suddenly her eyes lit up, as if she had seen something incredible. The girl hurriedly dragged her sister towards the elegantly decorated shop pù on the side of the road, and the two tall guards at the door of the shop pù did not stop them when they saw the obvious aristocratic attire on Elle and Nanoka.

The three of them looked at the door and found that it was an elegant perfume shop. The three female knights glanced at each other with a wry smile and gave up their intention to enter. It would be too bad for them to go in such uniforms. For the sake of the ladies, let's stand outside.

The lean shopkeeper was serving two young guests, who were an obvious combination of master and servant, who was evidently knowledgeable and well-versed in perfumery. No matter how foolish the innkeeper was, the servant could always expose his lies very lightly. Originally, when encountering such a customer, the owner would not continue to entangle. But the obvious hesitation of the owner greatly encouraged the shopkeeper. Such a young and obviously unaware aristocratic lady is not something that can be met often.

Maybe you can make a big profit.

Thinking so, the innkeeper puffed up his tongue and tried to persuade the distinguished guest. At this moment, the bell rang at the door, and seeing a new customer coming to the door, the shopkeeper had to temporarily stop talking and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello. It's just that the guests were unexpectedly young, and they turned out to be two girls who were less than ten years old. If you use perfume at this age, it's a little early.

But it has nothing to do with the owner, it's good to make money.

"Oh, what a couple of lovely little ladies. I wonder what the little ladies want? ”

Ellie walked into the store, looked at the dazzling array of perfume jars in the store, and couldn't help but admire: "Wow, there are so many types of perfumes here." ”

Hearing the little lady in front of him mention his pride, the shopkeeper in his thirties touched his carefully trimmed mustache and said proudly: "This young lady is really good-looking, in the whole of Dublin, only I have the most kinds of perfumes here, the most complete." No matter what kind of perfume you are, you can find it here. ”

This can't be blamed on the shopkeeper, at this time, the production of zuò perfume is not only complicated, but also uses many stabilizing agents such as musk. Not to mention the low yield and the storage time is not long, so the price is unusually high. However, because of the church, in order to cover up the body odor, the ladies are always happy to do this kind of thing. Because of this reason, the price of perfume has skyrocketed.

The popularity of perfume, the noblewomen of the Dharma demons and the church, is really indispensable.

The Lord commanded Moses, "Take the sweet spices, Nathaph, Shihelel, and Helbina, and these sweet spices and pure spices shall be of the same great weight." And thou shalt make pure and holy incense with salt and incense according to the method of incense. ”

Sometimes, unruly Hebrews would even say how much it would cost for the Lord to advertise the perfume. Of course, even among the Hebrews, only the most rebellious young people would say it in private.

In fact, at one point in the ancient empire, it was illegal not to wear perfume.

It's not surprising that there is such a store in Wangdu, and Ellie is surprised that even Dublin has one. You know, Britannia, but it has always been with a certain province, and has been ridiculed by the royal capital as a rural province. And the great governor of Britannia, who was also ridiculed as the governor of the countryside.

"Ahh

Nanoka let out a loud sneeze, and she wrinkled her little nose, smelling the bad perfume that filled the room, and her nose couldn't help but itch, not knowing what the shopkeeper was proud of. Such an inferior perfume, in Belica, but absolutely no one will use it.

"Nanorka, what's wrong?"

Of course, Nanoka would not be rude to tell the truth directly, but just smiled apologetically at the shopkeeper. The well-informed shopkeeper didn't care, and returned with a gentle smile.

For this kind of fat sheep, the shopkeeper is always full of patience.

"Hmm, everything?" Ellie pursed her lips, she actually came in on a whim. For perfumes, she doesn't have much interest. As the owner thought, perfume is too early for a girl of this age and bathing habits.

"Yes, you can imagine it, you can't imagine it, we have it all here."

"Hmm, are there irises here? I want to buy some for my father. Ellie hesitated, then she took out her small purse and counted it. After some estimation, I finally decided to buy some back. Although Sinloth always smells of the sun, it smells good. But if you buy it yourself, your father will be happy, right?

"Is it Iris? It looks like the young lady's father is a gentleman, please wait a moment. ”

While the shopkeeper turned to look for the jar of iris perfume, Ellie casually looked around the store. The area of this shop is not large, but the decoration is extremely elegant, even if it is placed in the royal capital, it will not lose its dignity. This kind of shop pù is destined not to have too many customers, just like at this moment, except for the Ellie sisters, there are only two customers in the store.

One was a green-haired girl of twelve or thirteen years old in a long white dress and covered her face with a veil, while the other seemed to be her servant. It's just that the dress is too gorgeous, like a nobleman. And the servant was constantly persuading the young lady to something.

The servant spoke so quietly that she couldn't make out what he was saying from a distance. But Ellie wasn't interested, she glanced at it slightly, and it passed.

"Miss, the words of the gift. I'll be ready for you, how can you come to such a place yourself, if the butler knows that your brother is like this, and if something goes wrong with you, what will the Salian family do? ”

The young lady just shook her head, but didn't speak.

"Lovely little miss, this is the iris you wanted. Smell it, and your father will be pleased with this fragrant scent. ”

The shopkeeper carefully lifted the sealing clay of the jar, and suddenly, a strong smell of perfume rushed towards Ellie and Nanoka. Ellie and Nanoka frowned instantly, this taste

"What's the matter, two young ladies, don't you like it?"

The shopkeeper looked at the two frowning little girls, and his heart was full of alarms. It stands to reason that a girl of this age is the easiest to deceive, and the perfume in his hand is indeed genuine, and he will not mix it with water like other peers. At most, it's just a trick to buy more, and those nobles who want to save face won't come to trouble him for this.

So, what's the problem? The shopkeeper sneaked up on the jar and sniffed it carefully.

That's right, it's a pure irise.

"Nanoka, I don't think this perfume smells weird, but I can't tell what's wrong."

"Well, sister, you're right. But it's not the perfume problem, it's the time of picking, I didn't choose the petals I picked in the morning, and when I made zuò, I also cut corners, and I didn't use musk, but some kind of sorry, sister, I can't smell it, so the smell smells weird. ”

"Oh oh oh, Nanoka is amazing."

"No, it's just that when I'm with my grandfather, I exercise a lot. Grandpa always said that if you can't even grasp the quality of the raw materials, how can you make something convincing?"

When Nanoka said this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her heart. Perfume petals are expensive and made of gold

The shopkeeper touched his forehead and felt that there seemed to be some sweat on it. He had the heart to refute these two little girls who didn't know anything, but after all, they were old people who had been dealing in perfume for many years. Because he was an old friend, when the delivery came, he only checked it slightly as usual and didn't think much about it. I didn't think it was like that before, after being reminded by this girl in a white dress, it seemed to be really like that. It's just that if you weren't a veteran like him, you wouldn't be able to smell it, but this little girl is the end

Oops, it looks like I've really been cheated this time. Damn, wait until I go and settle accounts with that bastard, but although I think so, I can't admit it.

"Maybe the two eldest ladies smelled it wrong, how could I sell a questionable perfume to a guest here? If the two young ladies are not satisfied, I will change the variety for the two young ladies, and I personally think that if this kind of rose is properly blended, your father will also be very suitable for use."

The shopkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and quickly put away the jar of iris perfume. The shopkeeper turned around and went looking for another jar, which had to be put to the end today. For the aristocracy, the quality of things is not important many times, what they care about is face. Dublin's No.1 perfume shop, the face of the best perfumes. If these two little girls spread the word about today's events, then he wouldn't want to do business in Dublin.

Even Madame Butterfly can't protect him.

And this scene all fell in the eyes of the green-haired girl on the side. Her eyes lit up, as if she had thought of something. The girl squirmed, but finally walked up to Ellie and asked in a low voice, "Hello, my name is Shanaiduo and I want to buy some perfume for my aunt, but I don't know what to buy, can you help me?" ”

The voice is soft and weak, and it is pitiful. Obviously she is older than Ellie and the others, but she seems to be the weaker party.

Ellie glanced curiously at the girl covered with a white veil, and said, "But I don't know too much, I just felt Nanoka, what about you?" ”

Nanoka glanced at the girl in front of her curiously, she had a very strange feeling, the girl in front of her didn't seem to be a real person. A faint mist enveloped her whole body. But Nanoka blinked, and the fog disappeared without a sound.

Maybe you're too tired and dizzy, right?

"I've heard my grandfather mention it a little bit before."

When the girl heard Nanoka's answer, she seemed to be greatly encouraged: "It's okay, it's better than I don't know anything"

So, the three girls, under the sad and indignant gaze of the shopkeeper, began to judge the perfume jars that the shopkeeper took out one by one. And the shopkeeper also knew for the first time that he had lived in vain for so many years. was so miserable by that respectable old friend. How lucky I am to be alive until now.

Dozens of jars, not a single one of them is genuine!

The servant on the side looked at the three little girls who were chirping, and wanted to stop it. Honorable eldest lady, how can she mix with the daughters of these rural nobles, isn't that a flat reduction in status?

But when he saw the silk thread and sewing techniques of the red dress on Ellie's body, the servant, who was proficient in aristocratic clothing, couldn't help but change his face greatly. He immediately lowered his head, not even daring to look at the faces of Ellie and Nanorka.

This technique, this silk, the princess of the Byzantine province is not right, isn't the emperor a queen? How could there be a princess of this age? The servant seemed to see a great conspiracy looming before him, and he lowered his head and disguised himself as a piece of wood, not daring to have any more thoughts