Hear the squire's report and see Penny Ropeny? The expression on Gülen's face changed, and Gawain immediately guessed what was happening.

As he knew, and speculated - Patty? Glenn is the daughter of the lord of Gülen, and the little girl's current state must not be very good, and the reason why she connects to the psychic network of the Eternal Sleeper may also be related to her physical condition.

Gawain hid the fluctuations in his heart, and his face was just pure curiosity, "Ms. Gülen, what happened?" ”

"Don't worry, you can just wait here," Lady Penny contained, controlling the worried look on her face, she bowed slightly to Gawain and said in a low and quick tone, "I need to leave for a while, and I'll be back soon." ”

Gao Wen thought for a moment and nodded, "...... Feel free to go about your business and don't worry about us. But if you need help, I'm here to help. ”

Lady Penny thanked her quickly, and then hurried out of the parlour with her attendant.

Gawain watched as the other man's figure disappeared behind the door, but until the end he controlled the urge to ask further, and did not come up with any idea of meeting the other party's daughter - because it was too abrupt.

Patty? Gülen should only be a ten-year-old child, and he Gao Wen has just been resurrected not long ago, and he is currently clearing the wilderness in the south of the border duke, and it is really suspicious to suddenly see the other party's daughter when he can't beat the eight poles, and he can't pull someone's single mother to open his mouth is "Fellow, I heard that you still have a girl in your family?" If that's the case, my reputation will definitely be gone......

In order to avoid arousing Penny's vigilance and resistance, he had to make his words and deeds natural, so Gawain just silently watched the baroness leave the room, knowing that he would always find a chance to meet that "Patty?" Gülen: "One-sided.

After waving his hand to silence the noisy harps and lyres, Gawain began to wander around the reception room with great interest, observing the collections and creations from the former Viscount Gülen, looking at the rather personal things, and recalling in his mind all kinds of accounts and rumors about the former Viscount Gülen—things that were only a few years ago, and only a dozen years ago, but which had become absurd in the chaotic habits of this era and some ulterior motives. It's like a dark story that has been handed down hundreds of years ago.

In those various versions of the circulating story, the former Viscount Gülen was a mentally ill person who was plagued by evil spirits or genetic diseases, he had the characteristics of both wisdom and mental madness, he used his wisdom to amass wealth, but he squandered it wantonly, ruined the family's tradition and reputation, and caused chaos in the order of the territory, he was once the best of the young generation of southern nobles, and was the ideal lover in the hearts of countless noble ladies, but he finally fell into the thirst for forbidden knowledge. Even he ended up dying in the magic lab......

Gawain kept piecing together the true and false stories in his mind, most of those stories were the result of the Amber Mission's investigation, and when he combed through the stories again, he turned to the half-elf who was licking the plate and nodded, "Have you eaten enough?" ”

"Eat enough, eat enough!" Amber patted her stomach in a particularly unproductive way, "Look at your expression and tone...... I'm going to have to work again, right? ”

"It's not a trouble," Gawain smiled, "you go to the castle gate and see the door......

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Before the evening dance begins, Penny Rope? Glenn finally reappears in front of Gawain - Amber, of course, returns to Gawain one step before her.

The baroness had a look of exhaustion on her face, but her emotions had apparently calmed down, and when Gawain saw her, he naturally asked with curiosity, "I heard the squire just now, Patty?" Gülen is ......"

"It's my daughter," said Lady Penny with a faint smile, as if the smile on her face softened only when she mentioned her daughter, "she's not in good health......

"Hopefully she'll get back to health soon," Gawain said, "and I'd like to see that kid if I have the chance—I have a pretty good druid on my territory who might help." ”

The expression on Penny's face softened, and her tone of voice to Gawain was a little more sincere than before, "Thank you for your kindness, but I'm afraid no druid can cure Patty." Of course, you can go and meet her, and I think Patty would be happy to meet a legendary character like you, who used to hear your stories a lot when she was a child. ”

The prom started as scheduled.

In the largest banquet hall in Glenburg, the dining table was filled with food and wine, the performers of the Gülen family played soothing and beautiful court music on a wooden platform in the corner of the hall, and the gentlemen and ladies in full costume walked into the banquet hall to engage in their aristocratic socialization in this prosperous and luxurious place, and these small and medium-sized nobles or noble heirs from the surrounding area of Glenn did not ignore the person sitting on the platform at the end of the hall—from time to time someone looked at the place that was high above the ground, Look at Duke Cecil and Baroness Gülen who were talking up there, and guess what they were talking about.

Gawain was actually just chatting with Penny Rope, who smiled and praised "A good ball" after looking at the specifications of the ball, the texture of the tableware on the set, the number of musicians and costumes. ”

"It is my pleasure to receive such an evaluation from you," replied the Ladyess, "and I have done everything in my power to make this ball worthy of you. ”

Gawain just nodded slightly, and at some point in the next moment, he noticed that Penny Ropeni? Gülen's eyes changed as he looked at the nobles in the hall.

It was deep hostility, contempt, a flame bordering on hatred.

This slight change in his eyes was well hidden, and if it wasn't for Gawain's right capture, I'm afraid that with his observational power, he would have ignored the past.

A smile appeared at the corner of Gawain's mouth, and he said in a very casual tone, "How many of the people who appeared here today also appeared in Karloff ten days ago?" What about the Earl of Hossmann's banquet hall? ”

Penny Lo? Glenn's expression seemed to stiffen for a moment, but all her strangeness was fleeting, and in the next moment, she had already calmly spoke, "It seems that even after seven hundred years, what happened in this land still can't hide from your eyes." ”

"No, there are many, but I just happened to know one or two of them in hindsight."

“…… Count Horsman used disgraceful means to steal the wealth that belonged to you, but fortunately Glenn Collar did not get involved. The Baroness said after two seconds of silence, and quietly dodged Gawain's initial question, not directing the conversation to the members of the nobility who had gathered here.

But Gawain himself didn't pursue this matter, he just casually mentioned it and looked at Penny? Gülen's reaction then he pretended to forget about the topic and instead burst into the words, "Your husband is a wonderful man in my opinion." ”

“…… That amazing man, left me with nothing but chaos. ”

Gao Wen smiled slightly, and turned his head to look at the southern nobles who were dancing in the banquet hall, talking elegantly, like stage actors, and suddenly, his eyes were attracted by a vague shadow in the crack of the door of the banquet hall.

He couldn't see what it was, but he knew that someone was there in the crack in the door—because of Penny next to her? Gülen had already stood up and looked at the same place with a look of surprise and nervousness, worry.

The lady looked a little at a loss, "Your Excellency the Duke, please allow me to ...... first"

Gawain had already stood up at this time, "Don't worry, go ahead." ”

The Baroness left her place almost immediately, and she quickly passed through the side of the hall towards the door of the ballroom, and Gawain naturally followed.

Someone in the banquet hall was surprised to notice this, but after Penny waved her hand, the music continued to play, and the nobles attending the ball did not leave, but the attention of many people was obviously on the side of the gate, and followed Penny and Gawain.

Penny pushed open the door to the ballroom, and Gawain stood behind her and looked out.

A chair made of wood on wheels was parked in the hallway outside the door, and a slightly panicked maid stood behind the chair, a small figure curled up in the chair.

The little figure was a girl, and she was dressed in a white, specially cut "garment" with only one sleeve and a large opening at the waist, for the skin of the wearer was so fragile and festering that she could no longer touch any fabric; She sat in a chair in a crooked position, several straps holding her body in place to prevent her from tumbling down; Under the hem of her skirt, one leg had been severed from the knee, and the shriveled and shrunken stump lay limply on the chair; Half of her torso seemed to have been scorched by the flames, her skin was charred and wrinkled, and there were layers of scars that had formed after cracking and scabbing everywhere, and a strange mass of twisted flesh and blood grew on the blackened and wrinkled half of her body, which was one of her former arms.

She was strapped to a chair like a tattered doll, her head struggling to prop herself up, and constantly shaking slightly, as if it was difficult to hold her neck at any angle.

But she still had bright eyes, and those eyes were staring at Gawain curiously.

A third of her face was covered with ugly, twisted purple-red scars, but she laughed anyway, looking happy

"You're so tall!"

Later, she added, "It's the same as Dad told in the story!" ”

Gawain crouched down in front of the chair so that the little girl didn't have to look up with any more effort, and he looked at the other man's bright eyes, which were still exactly the same as the lively girl in the City of Dreams.

"Hello, Patty."

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