"Who is he?" asked Meme.

"Anrui's son. Leona said.

Gülen raised an eyebrow on one side.

"Let him come to me. He said that it was not because of anything else, but that the horses that the knights had prepared for him were the tallest and strongest of all, and that Memy remembered to bring him chain mail, which was more reliable than the velvet cloak of Leona, though not Mithril but steel, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, the little boy turned his head sharply, grabbed Leona by the waist, and buried his head deep in the bosom of the princess.

The thief sneered inappropriately, and Berdwin frowned at him. "It's nothing," said Leona, "you are safer with him," she said softly to the child in her arms, "he is my knight, loyal and brave, and he will protect you as he does mine." ”

"Swear by my last name. The boy didn't refuse his hands this time, and he placed him in front of him and held him in place with a leather strap, "Wait," Leona said, taking a brooch from his dimensional pouch and handing it to him, who pinned it to the boy's collar. Despite the dim light here, Mesmy could still make out that the brooch was inlaid with amethyst and moonstone, and she knew that the princess would not rush to take out a brooch that was useless except for decoration, "Why did you do that?" she asked, they were not so safe now, and the brooch should be pinned to Bedwin or Glenn if it couldn't be worn on her.

"Her mother traded him for my freedom. Leona said that she would have refused to answer such a stupid question if she had put it before, but she knew that just like she and Baldwin, Glenn and Maemy had an unusually close relationship, and Glenn, although he was a thief, his behavior and behavior could not be said to be evil. Berdwin was noncommittal, he had always thought that this evil thief was only afraid of the caster, perhaps, but as a former heir to the throne, Leona saw much more things than Birdwin, Glenn's ability was obvious to all, he may really be a dagger soaked in venom, but as long as the dagger was aimed at their enemies, Leona would not do anything to Glenn that made him jealous.

"Exchange of support. Glenn interjected that sometimes Meme's stupidity was quite cute. Unfortunately, others did not think so, so he had to explain to Leona that Flo's priest was educated too narrowly: "There is such behavior between lords and lords, between knights and knights, and even between lords and knights, after the children are able to leave their mothers, well, most likely after weaning, when they have grown to the height of a wheel." Their fathers would send their sons to other knights or lords, sometimes as hostages, sometimes as collateral, and sometimes simply to avoid their mother's spoiling and raising an incompetent and weak heir. There are also knights who give their sons to the lord, and his sons are the lord's subordinates, and when they reach adulthood, it is easier for them to gain the lord's approval than others. Becoming a knight or inheriting his father's domain will not be hindered too much, and they will also be able to meet the sons of other knights in the lord's castle. It would be better to be friends and form a vague alliance, and there are priests and mages who will teach them to learn words, and if one or two lucky ones have the talent of a spellcaster, and be the first to be discovered and guided, it is much better than to stay in a barren grange and wallow in the mud with the sons of serfs or wild boars. ”

Mei Mi wanted to say something, but Gülen made a gesture, "This child can be said to be both a mortgage and a hostage," and he humbly bowed on his horse, "Your Highness, have you made a pact with the White Tower and the master of the Partridge Hill?"

"So to speak. Leona said.

Berdwin glanced at the boy with a clear look, if this kind of huge change happened to other children of the same age, they might have to face a crying or noisy nasty ghost, but even when he heard that he was just a mortgage or a hostage, he didn't make a sound or twist his body, his face was calm and unwavering, and his adult reaction made even the Lord of Thundercastle, who had been afraid of tens of thousands of orcs, a little chilly, but this was the best for Leona- Ann Rui handed the boy over to Leona, and Leona pointed out to the boy that Baldwin was her knight, in a sense, Ann Rui's child from the moment he left his mother, it can be said that it was Leona's responsibility, and there were many kings who would accept a lord, or a lord who would accept a knight's commission, and when they were physically unable to continue to rule a land, and their heir was too young, they accepted that child, which meant that they had to raise the child to adulthood, and let him/ She becomes a knight or lady of good character, and may have to choose a suitable marriage for them, and before that they can find an effort to get the child back to his father's domain, to inherit his father's family name and power, and the effort is scarcely different from that of their own children—of course, this cannot be said to be without reward, not only is the child the staunchest help and the most reliable support, but the king or lord can also obtain a high tax and more food from him and his father. Soldiers with devotion.

Sometimes, however, lords and knights may not be willing to give their heirs to their masters, as in the case of Anrui, whose White Tower and Partridge Hills belonged to her ancestors, who in turn received this reward from the ancestors of the Grand Duke of Luzel, and if the blood was severed, the Grand Duke of Luzel could reclaim this rich territory— If she had given her son to the latter, perhaps in a few days the little black flag would have been erected in the castle of Luzel, and the Grand Duke would not have skimped on the cost of a funeral, which would be like a grain of sand in the middle of the sea compared to the White Tower and the Partridge Hill.

Leona accepted the deal, this child is her responsibility and obligation, she not only has to raise him, but also has to think about how to reclaim everything his mother left him for him when he becomes an adult, if Leona was only an exile warrior at that time, this possibility is very low, but if Leona was the queen of the Highlands Norman at that time. It wouldn't be hard for the boy to become the master of the White Tower and the Partridge Hill - and it would be quite advantageous for Leona, and don't forget that the Norman King of the Highlands had not only been at war with Archduke Luzel of Luther, but had also captured him and extorted half a million gold coins (although it didn't work out), and she didn't think that the Grand Guild of Luzel was a guy who repaid his grievances with virtue, and if he wanted to make trouble for Leona, it would be quite a nuisance. If the owner of the White Tower and the Partridge Hill was willing to secretly tilt towards Leona (since he was still a courtier of the Grand Duke of Luzel, he could not definitively rebel against his master), then the Grand Duke of Luzel would be able to put much less pressure on the Normans of the Highlands.

Leona exhaled softly, it was still early. She said to herself, this child is still so young.

"I wonder what else Cremar said to them?" asked Glenn, his finger pressed to the grip of the dagger, and the light did not leak at all, although it did not matter if it did, the place where they were hiding was a dense forest near the river, and in the dense forest there were countless fireflies, their tails emitting a bright and cold light like a candle of whale wax, even when everyone was riding on horses. You can still see each other's expressions.

Memi opened her mouth, but only paused for a moment before she suddenly lowered her hand and grabbed a scroll, and the thieves and warriors alike became vigilant. But they soon relented, for a round gi fell from the end of the night sky with a pair of small wings, and fell into Meimi's arms, and a wonderful black boat appeared silently from the other end of the river. Abruptly, as if it had risen from the deep bottom of the river instead of coming from the surface, or frozen from the colors of the night, a thin figure beckoned to Berdwin. It was none other than Captain Cobbert's ship doctor.

"The bottomless abyss is below," Berdwin whispered, "how could he be here?"

The ship doctor is very unlucky, the fine web guild needs a large number of pharmacists for some reason, some thieves are waiting for rabbits in the shop of the blue headland fort, kidnapping the ship doctor, fortunately they don't know that he belongs to the little sparrow, otherwise he may not be so easy to get rid of those vicious hyenas, he accidentally ran into An Rui's maid in the process of escaping, when the white tower was still protected by the elves, the little bird was also a frequent visitor to the white tower, and the ship doctor often wandered the streets and alleys of the white tower, so he was recognized at once, he was just a small person, no more noticeable than a dog, after reporting to An Rui, the ship doctor was hidden by her maid, and then, he was given as a small gift to Kerry Ben and Cremar.

"Let's leave first. The ship's doctor said, "Cremar and Carey would have been cut off for us." ”

"They're going to face thieves in an entire city. Berdwin said.

"I don't think they're going to have any problems. The ship's doctor grinned, "Otherwise, why do you think it's so peaceful here?" ”

Even though the ship's doctor said this, Berdwin and his party were still in a trance when they left the river in the White Tower, looking at the black iron gate that had been pulled up from a distance, and Baldwin and Leona looked at each other: "Even with Cremar, I can't believe how smoothly the whole thing is going on. Berdwin said.

"It won't be smooth until Lord Kremar returns. The thief reminded coldly.

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"Are you sure they've captured Birdwin and the others?"

"I don't think anyone will dare to lie to me just yet. Ricka said softly, "Look, my dear sister, all we need to look for now is that black-haired spellcaster and elven ranger. ”

"Where do you think they will be?"

"It doesn't matter where you are," said Rika, diligently opening the door to the front for Reicht, "and if they insist on not showing up, we can have a revelry, what do you think of the wheel punishment, which is old, stereotyped, but interesting, and that it takes days for the prisoners to die, or lay them flat on the ground, break their limbs with boulders, and put an iron pot on their stomachs, shut a mouse inside, and then start a fire in the iron pot...... We can start with that priest of Flo and strip her naked, and there will be a lot of people willing to spend a gold coin to see it......"

"Enough!" cried Ryette, fed up with her brother, she wasn't at all interested in these seemingly cruel punishments that were in fact hors d'hors d'oeuvres, and that it was almost a trick her brother had played before he was ten years old, and she suspected that Rika was just mocking herself, and she stood warily at the door, feeling nothing but creepy at the Warlock's courtesy.

As the owner of the White Tower, although Anylet can only be said to be their puppet, she also has some privileges, such as her mansion is also carefully designed and protected, although most of them are from the hands of thieves and warlocks in the Fine Web Guild, for Ryette, not only has no secrets at all, but can also be her help when necessary, but it still has a certain deterrent effect on the enemies of the outside world- Especially Anrui's room, which was inhabited not only by Anrui but also by her and Demon's children, and there was no stronger room or prison than it.

"How is she?"

"As you ask," said Ann Rui, muttering in a voice that sounded like a sobbing and a dream, "sleep well, and even if I tried to talk to her, I couldn't wake her, what did you do to her?"

"You don't need to know this. Rewitt said, and she looked around the room again, and found nothing unusual, the Norman princess of the Highlands was sleeping on her back on her bed, her limbs flabby, her breathing steady, and she showed no sign of waking up, and her red hair hung down from the bed more dazzling than the flickering candle flame.

Ryette was awakened by the boiling dragon's blood the moment she approached the bed, her dragon's blood was so faint that it was not until the last moment that the most important warning was issued, she grabbed her rune pendant with one hand, and shouted loudly, a spell was always hidden on the tip of her tongue, but she was surprised to find that she could not make a sound, and her hands and feet suddenly became weak.

The "Queen Lady Leona" on the bed leaped to her feet as soon as she opened her eyes, and she clutched Ryette's arms tightly, her legs wrapped around her waist, accurately restricting all spell casting, including a wand that was about to break. (To be continued.) )