Moriarty followed the baron through the winding cloister to a side hall called "Little Fantine". In the hall, Lord Rosser and his eldest son, Hart, were already waiting, while on the other side of the couch, a beautiful woman in a pale green off-the-shoulder dress was reclining and yawning slightly in boredom.

"I've kept you waiting, Heim." The baron smiled slightly, and waved his hand for the servant at the door to close the hall door again.

"Nothing." The Lord nodded, and his gaze immediately stopped on Moriarty behind the Baron.

"Hello, Lord Rosser, long time no see." Unlike Salk, who is old and strong, and has not seen him for several years, Rosser is a little old, especially his originally tough face has a little old age spot, which makes people sigh a kind of heroic twilight.

"Hello, Sir Hart." Then, with the same expression, Moriarty asked Hart again. Rosser saluted.

"Well, it's been a long time, it's been five years since we last met at Windsor Castle." Rosser looked at Moriarty, nodded, and said slowly, "It's like blinking." ”

"Yes, I still remember the courage of the day when you rode a horse and a gun and fought fiercely against the 'Hellfire', and you were really a model for my generation." Moriarty looked back at Rosser and said in a sincere tone.

"Hehe, it's a pity that those years are gone." The Lord was not shy about mentioning this past incident, although Rosser was defeated by Lawrence at that time, but being able to fight with a powerful eighth-level warrior, even if he was not defeated in the end, he was still honored, and he would only be respected and respected by everyone.

However, with a slight sigh, Lord Rosser stopped the subject, which had made him a little sentimental, and then turned and took the left hand of the woman who had come to his side, and said, "Let me introduce, this is my daughter, Michelle." ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Michelle." In accordance with aristocratic etiquette, Moriarty bowed to the young lady of the Rosser family, whom he had met for the first time.

Different from Martiel's elegance and delicacy, although Michelle in front of her is also a rare beauty, it belongs to a completely different style. Although this aristocratic lady is also dressed in a dazzling gown and has a shallow aristocratic feminine smile on her lips, she does not give the impression of being beautiful, charming or charming.

Tall and straight. Yes, it's upright. That's how Moriarty met Michelle. After Rosser, the first word that popped into my head. Perhaps, compared to other aristocratic ladies, Michelle's posture is a little too straight, straight like a standing flagpole. And the fair-skinned shoulders on both sides of her are not as round and smooth as Matiel, but they are more thin, skinny, and have a sense of linear pulsation. Moriarty reminds him of cheetahs galloping across the grasslands of the Old World.

"Hello, Sir Ensberg." With a slightly deep but particularly magnetic voice, Michelle's voice is also quite distinctive.

"I heard you're already a second-level mage, Moriarty. As it happens, my daughter is also interested in the world of magic, so I'd like to talk to you. Rosser glanced at the baron on the side and said slowly.

"Well, then leave this side hall to these two young people, I think they will need a quiet environment to communicate more." Baron Ensberg immediately smiled and said.

"Yes, it's my pleasure." Although he knew that this qiē was a prior arrangement and excuse from the parents on both sides, he could not allow Moriarty to have any room for refusal, so he could only accept it. However, when he glanced at Michelle's expression on the other side, he found a flash of anger flying quickly in his eyes.

"Then let's get out first." The baron nodded, and walked out of the "little Fangding" with the Rosser father and son. …,

And before leaving, Lord Rosser cast a last glance at his daughter with a vague apology. At the same time, Hart. The brief eye contact between Rosser and Moriarty when they were at a staggered turn was tinged with a palpable hint of resentment.

When the door to the side hall was closed tightly, Xiao Fang Ding fell into an awkward silence. After staring at each other for a moment, Michelle suddenly sighed boredly and sat back on the sofa by herself.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you and your father and brother." Seeing Miss Rosser's rather rude behavior, Moriarty did not mean to blame, but walked to a single sofa beside her and sat down, and said bluntly: "I can rest assured, I will make it clear to my father when I go out, and I will definitely let this embarrassing matter end as soon as possible." ”

"Oh? Sir, you're not interested in this marriage? So Baron Ensberg is doomed to disappointment? Hearing the other party's words, Michelle glanced at Moriarty with interest and teased.

"I already have a fiancée. As for my father, the occasional little loss doesn't hurt. Moriarty smiled gently.

"Do you know, then, what price the Baron paid to convince my father?" Miss Rosser's words became sharper and more direct, as bright as her eyes.

"Manor, trade route, or caravan shares?" Since Michelle was not shy about asking questions, there was no need for Moriarty to be tactful. Although in such a question-and-answer room, Miss Rosser's identity seems to have been reduced to a commodity at once. It's just that the price of this item is really expensive.

"Hehe, it's both. Overall, it should be enough to completely get the Rosser family, which has always been not very thick, out of the financial predicament that has been going on for many years. Michelle smiled, as if she herself thought it was a pretty good deal; Before Moriarty could speak, Miss Rosser asked, "Do you know what kind of promise Viscount Salk made in order to support this marriage?" ”

"Viscount?" This sentence was quite unexpected by Moriarty, but in the blink of an eye, he vaguely guessed something.

"Hmph, in order to give his beloved daughter his heart, Lord Viscount has spared no effort to find a bride of Erathia for you as soon as possible. God knows, Martier. Salk is a nymphomaniac, knowing that you have a woman in Bracada, but he still refuses to let go, and even fantasizes about being his wife to Erathia. What a stupid idiot! Speaking of this, Michelle, who had been talking and laughing freely, finally couldn't suppress the turbidity in her chest and said angrily.

“… I'm sorry..."

Moriarty didn't know how to respond to such anger; Whether it is in favor or against, it is inappropriate, and I have to apologize softly. Moreover, this is the first time he has learned about these inside stories that were not clear before. Obviously, this time Moriarty's return is not only about the adjustment of the power sequence within the Ensberg family, but also involves the sensitive nerves of the Salk and Rosser families.

"If you're still a man, just do your best with Matiel. Salk to make it clear. The longer it drags on, the more it hurts everyone. And I can tell you very clearly, me, Michelle. Rosser would never accept such a marriage arrangement. My husband can only belong to me forever, forever! With that, Michelle stood up and walked out of the "Little Fangding" hall without looking at Moriarty again. Moriarty was left alone and sat in place, smiling bitterly.

After about ten minutes, Moriarty slowly rose from the couch, summoned the servant at the door, handed him a note, and whispered a few more words. The servant immediately bowed and left. Moriarty herself, on the other hand, walked out of the side hall and walked in the direction of the garden outside. …,

Around 6 p.m., the welcome banquet will begin. Sadly, just half an hour ago, due to a sudden feeling of physical discomfort, Matiel. Salk hurriedly said goodbye to the baron and got into the carriage and returned to Windsor Castle. Naturally, Viscount Salk, as his father, also had to leave early with great regret. It's just strange that in the aristocratic crowd who bid farewell to Salk's father and daughter, today's protagonist Moriarty has never been seen. This can't help but make many people with a heart think about it.

Although the sudden departure of Lord Viscount and Salk Pearl has overshadowed the originally high-value county nobles' gathering, it is not decisive. Soon after seeing off Viscount Salk and his party, the banquet officially began.

In the opening stage, Baron Ensberg and Moriarty gave welcome speeches and toasted respectively. Of course, as the "absolute protagonist" of today's dinner, Moriarty received far more attention than the Baron himself.

After drinking several glasses of red dewdrops in a row, smiling and receiving waves of praise and applause, Moriarty suddenly raised his hand and slowly suppressed the noise in the banquet hall.

Then, in the midst of everyone's attention, Moriarty publicly proposed to the Baron that in order to continue his magical career, he would return to Bracada soon after. Considering the orderly succession of the family in the future, it would be irresponsible to assume the status of the first heir of the Ensberg family under such circumstances. So after thinking about it for a while, Moriarty thought that it was up to the infant Lazio. It was only fitting that Ensberg would succeed him.

The baron was silent for a moment in response to Moriarty's stark statement. But he did not make false retentions as most of the people present privately speculated to show the noble fatherly love and helplessness. In the end, he just nodded silently and patted his eldest son on the shoulder again, and the baron loudly announced that he would accept Moriarty's "Jianyì" and change the family's heir to the throne. At the same time, in front of the nobles of Kent, he took back the family coat and ring representing his first heir from the hands of his eldest son, and then turned around and put it in the second son's cradle on the side.

Immediately, a burst of applause rang out in the banquet hall.

It's just that many nobles, including Lord Rother, Lord Herring, and Lord Balek, who have fought side by side with Moriarty for a short time, are still more regretful and puzzled after seeing this "drama". Perhaps, in the eyes of these standard Erathian nobles, it was not a wise decision to give up their titles, families, and estate possessions for the sake of magic. Even if the change of the heir of the Ensberg family this time can be said to be the decision of the baron himself, it will be difficult for others to reverse it, but in any case, Moriarty, as the eldest son, should try his best to resist to the end. Rather than compromising like a cowardly quail, as is the case in front of him, completely allowing great power and wealth to slip silently out of his hands

The first update.

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