Minna was stunned: "Cousin? Raid?! Do you mean Beryl and Manda from the Ito Kado family? How did they come to Maiton?! ”

"Who knows? Manda said that they were only traveling together, starting from Ito, going north along the Manado River, then crossing the steppes to Sico, and then turning around the Toure Mountains back to East. I didn't expect to cause some trouble in Maicheng, and after staying for a few days, I changed my mind and took a detour to Merton to go back, who knew that I met robbers again on the way, and several people were injured, and they had no choice but to come to us for help. Dora pursed her lips, a little disapproving, "Beryl also hinted to me that I should advise your father to pay more attention to the security of the territory, so as not to live up to the trust of His Majesty." ”

Minna frowned when she heard this: "They came from that trade route?" What robbers are there?! ”

After Anlong was canonized as a viscount after the war and obtained the land in Meiton and the nearby Qiton area as fiefs, he made a reorganization of the trade routes and markets, and with the acquiescence of the king, made a private agreement with the lord of Maicheng on the other side of the mountain, opening the two cities to each other, and attracting merchants to settle in on favorable terms. The only trade route connecting the two places has been cleared several times, not to mention robbers and robbers, and even thieves and swindlers. This is also the reason why Merton has become more and more prosperous in the past two years. Beryl said that there were robbers attacking them, is it true or false?

"Who knows if it's true or not?" Dora said, "Anyway, several of them said that they saw the attacker wearing a robber's costume and holding a weapon, and he cut it without saying a word, so he must be a robber!" She snorted, "Obviously Manda said that they offended people in Wheat City, maybe those guys pretended to be robbers, but Beryl refuted it fiercely. I think what she said must not be the truth, she doesn't believe us, why do you come to us for help? ”

Minna was also a little angry, and hurriedly pulled her mother to reassure: "Mom, don't care about them, believe it or not!" Take them in for a day or two, and then let them go! Don't be angry! ”

"That's right!" Dora smiled. But he frowned again, "But I'm afraid a day or two is not enough." I think two of them seem to be very badly wounded, and one young man can't even walk. After that, he lowered his voice and said: "This young man's younger brother was also slightly injured, and he seems to be very close to Manda, probably to the little lover." ”

Why is Mom so interested in this kind of thing lately?! Minna glanced at her helplessly, and was about to say something, but Alex, who had been silent, suddenly interjected and asked, "The young man you are talking about and his injured brother." What is your name? How old is it? ”

Dora replied with some confusion: "I don't know the name, how old are you... That brother is in his twenties. Manda's sweetheart is about the same age as her, and he is a very handsome young man. ”

"Are they the only ones? Are there anyone else in the company? ”

"Yes, there are four mercenaries, three men and one woman. There are three other young men, who seem to be guards, right? I think the brothers are very cultured in their speech and demeanor, and they must have come from a noble family. Dora paused, sensing something, "Is there a problem with their identity?" Minna also looked at Alex with a puzzled look.

Alex smiled, "Of course it's fine. I'm just skeptical. Could it be that he just knows the locals? That's right. Since they are wounded. Has it been healed now? ”

"Don't mention this." Dora was a little angry. "I don't think they're hurting lightly. I kindly want to help them find a doctor. But that Beryl said. Some of their companions were well-versed in medicine. You don't have to look for people from unknown sources. Hum. When did our local family physician come from an unknown source?! This girl looks like her mother is a virtue! ”

Ito and Merton are two Shaw-Cado families. Although relations have been relatively good since the Second World War. But the exchange is infrequent. The two families will exchange letters and greet each other except for major holidays or the end of the year. Hardly visit each other. Even the younger generation of members have never met. In addition to the separation of residences, they are far apart. The conflict between the housewives is also an important factor preventing the further reconciliation of the two families. Lilith still looks down on Ann Long and Dora. And Dora can't forget her past grudges. Jointly. I don't have a good impression of Lilith's children.

Minna hurriedly hugged her: "Don't be angry. Mom. They don't want to see a doctor. Let them go. In the end, it wasn't us who suffered. ”

"That's right. Anyway, the injury got worse. It is they who suffer! Dora put on a smile again. Go play. I'm going to arrange lunch for them. I hope Miss Cardo doesn't think that the origin of our food is unknown! She headed to the kitchen with her head held high.

Minna looked upstairs with some curiosity. I thought about it. Then put the straw hat and fish basket aside. Pulled Alex: "Let's go see, shall we?" ”

"Forget it!" Alex laughed, "Since that Miss Beryl doesn't even want to hire a doctor, probably because she doesn't want others to know their whereabouts, right?" I'm sure they won't be happy to see me. ”

Minna stared at him a few times, and suddenly smiled: "You must know who those men are, right?" ”

"I'm sure you'll find out soon, too." Alex blinked, "Go ahead, I'll go up to your studio and take a look, I'll get a few more bottles of the herbs you gave me last time." With that, he walked to the back porch of the house.

"Hey! Don't move it all, leave me as much as you want! Minna shouted, looked upstairs again, and lifted her skirt and walked up lightly.

This lord's castle occupies a small area, with only more than sixty rooms, and the left side of the second floor is full of guest rooms. Minna had only walked a few steps down the hallway when she heard a voice coming from the largest room, and when she got closer, it turned out that the door was not closed, and through the crack, she could clearly see that a tall, brown-haired woman in a magician's robe was arguing with a strong man.

The man seemed to suppress the anger in his heart, and said as politely as possible: "I don't understand why you did this, both Highnesses were injured, and the injuries of the Great Highness were especially serious!" Not only did you refuse to ask a doctor to come for treatment, but you even prevented us from going out to buy it! Miss Beryl, what the hell are you going to do?! Do you want to watch His Highness be seriously injured and—" He paused before calming down a little: "In short, I will be careful not to let anyone find our traces." ”

"No way!" Beryl categorically vetoed, "I haven't figured out who the attacker is yet, how can I easily leak my whereabouts?" I've already taken a big risk by bringing you to the Lord's Mansion. If something happens again, can you afford it?! ”

"You—" The man endured it, and then said, "But His Highness's ground injury can no longer be delayed!" The wound can't stop the bleeding, and His Highness is not physically strong, he won't be able to stand it! ”

Beryl turned her head to the other side: "Tauyok, you are the only one of us who knows how to heal, you can tell me." Are you sure about this injury? ”

Behind Minna's invisible door, a male voice came: "Well... We have gauze. There are also injuries, but it doesn't seem to be good now, and if it takes a while, the bleeding still can't be stopped. You can't go without a doctor. Although I have some experience in treating trauma, I am a mercenary rather than a doctor. ”

Beryl lowered her head and pondered, and another girl's crisp voice came from the corner of the room: "Sister, let's invite a doctor." Didn't Aunt Dora say that it was a familiar doctor in their family? Uncle Anlong is a war hero, and His Majesty the King trusts him very much, and the people of their family should be trustworthy. ”

"Manda, you don't understand." Beryl said with some impatience. "It's not a matter of believing it or not. But as many people know the truth, it is possible to leak the rumors. Look at His Highness's wounds. If others find out, how will Ito's side react? Those who have always opposed him. Will this be used as an excuse to question his qualifications to inherit the throne? ”

There was silence in the corner. Manda seemed to have nothing to say, and it took a long time for her to mutter: "But Selig is also injured..."

"It doesn't matter what hurts me." It was an unfamiliar voice, it seemed to be a young man, "It's just a little bit of skin, it looks like a lot of blood is coming out, but it doesn't hurt." The situation of the elder brother is more important. Beryl, I want to make it clear beforehand that I definitely don't have the idea of taking the opportunity to disadvantage my brother! My brother was injured like this to save me, and I wouldn't do such a despicable thing. ”

Beryl paused for a moment, then said quickly: "Of course, I absolutely believe in you." But there are still many opponents of him, and we cannot take it lightly. ”

"Okay." The young man paused for a moment before continuing, "I accept your decision, but only if my brother's life is not in danger. If Tauyok really can't do it, you'll have to ask your aunt to find the doctor. Although I hope that my brother's inheritance will not be affected, it will not be worth it if it is at the cost of his life. ”

Beryl hesitated a little, but nodded anyway: "Okay..."

"Who's out there?!" Another unfamiliar male voice, followed by hurried footsteps. Minna was startled, and immediately pushed open the door before the man, and at the same time, with her other hand, she quickly took out two bottles of magic leaves from the storage ring around her neck, and said with a smile as soon as she entered the door: "Good afternoon, is it Sister Beryl and Sister Manda?" I'm Minna. I heard from my mother that your friends were injured, and I happened to have some magic weapons to heal injuries, so I don't know if it's appropriate. ”

The magician who turned around was stunned, but quickly reacted: "Uh... Thank you for your kindness, but we have our own..."Before she could finish her sentence, the man who had argued with her before stepped forward to take the bottle, opened it and smelled it: "This is the best hemostatic agent!" Just right! He turned around and rushed to the edge of the big bed and fed the man on the bed to drink water.

Minna looked at the injured man carefully, his facial features were a little delicate, but there were two more hideous wounds on the left side of his face, which had just formed a bloody scar. He was pale, looked good-looking, had slightly messy hair, supple to his head, and his fingernails were clean, but his fingers were as slender as a girl's. He was lying on a large bed of carved copper branches more than two meters wide with a blue velvet tent, in a comatose state, and he looked thinner and thinner.

From what I overheard just now, it can be inferred that this is probably the legendary "cowardly" eldest prince Heyat, right? Didn't you say that he was at odds with the second prince? Why does it sound like he's on good terms with his brother? The wound on his face looks so serious that it will probably leave a scar for the rest of his life.

The younger brother, Prince Selig, nervously grasped the bedpost and stared at his brother. After the eldest prince drank the magic wolf, his eyelashes trembled, his eyes gradually returned to clarity, and his face was not as pale as before. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Where am I..."

"Your Highness, this is the residence of Viscount Merton, you can rest in peace." The man's eyes were red, and he quickly lifted the quilt to see the wounds on his lower body. Minna hurriedly caught a glimpse of the thick bandage on his right foot, and a large amount of blood oozed from it, and couldn't help but frown.

Such a serious injury...

"Brother!" Selig threw himself on the side of the bed. Grabbing his hand, "What do you think?" Is it better? ”

Hayt smiled reluctantly: "It's okay... Don't worry... How are you? Is the wound painful? After the younger brother shook his head in disapproval, his eyes turned to the side again: "Are the others injured?" Have you seen a doctor? ”

Beryl stepped forward and said softly, "Everyone is out safely." I will arrange these things, you can rest assured and have a good rest. ”

When Heyt heard this, he immediately relaxed, and fell back into a deep sleep. Selig was nervous for a moment, and hurriedly shouted, "Brother." Brother! Don't sleep, brother! He reached out and shook his brother. Minna hurriedly stopped: "Let him sleep!" There is a sleeping ingredient in the water, and you will get better after a good night's sleep. Selig stopped and smiled at her embarrassedly: "It's rude, I don't know much about this." ”

Manda put her arms around him. Worriedly, he said, "You're also injured, so you should take a break." She turned her head: "Minna, do you still have that water?" ”

"Yes." Minna handed another bottle, and Manda happily took it, about to feed Serrig a drink. At this time, Beryl suddenly asked, "Minna, how many more of this kind do you have?" Can you tell us where you bought it? ”

Minna looked back and smiled, "I did it." It's okay to have as many as you want, I'll send some later. ”

Beryl was stunned and frowned. The man who fed the man said, "Thank you so much." You're Viscount Merton's daughter, aren't you? Your Majesty will take your deeds to heart. ”

She doesn't want it! Minna was unimpressed. Just laugh dryly and deal with it.

As if she hadn't heard the man's words, Beryl asked Minna seriously, "Are you worthy of the water?" Are you a Magician? Why haven't I heard the Viscount and Madame mention it? ”

What does she mean by that?

Minna smiled faintly, "I'm not a Demon Master. Just an apprentice. Because my teacher thought I needed more to study. "That guy Sauron, his status in the Demon Realm is quite high. The disciples he recognized could be directly promoted from apprentices to official demon masters. And she was too young to get his permission to teach.

Beryl didn't know any of this, but she thought the cousin was too careless. She looked at Hayt on the bed worriedly, and then glanced at the man beside the bed with a condemning gaze before frowning and saying to Minna, "Since you are only an apprentice, how dare you let someone who has been seriously injured drink the magic leaves you made?" What if something goes wrong? Do you know who he is?! ”

Minna raised her eyebrows: "There are many people who have drunk my magic land, and there has never been a problem, at most, the effect is not strong enough." And this His Royal Highness is injured, it has reached the point where it can't be ignored, drinking it may not be good, but if you don't drink it, there must be something, do you have another choice just now? "She has even drunk the king, what does it have to do with identity? If you have a high status, you don't need to drink it?

A trace of displeasure flashed on Beryl's beautiful face, her eyes stared at Minna, and she was about to open her mouth to say something, but there was a cough from Serig next to her, it turned out that he had drunk Minna's Diji, and was choked by the strange taste, and said while coughing: "This taste is so unpleasant... It's still useful, you see, my wounds are starting to heal. He stretched out his arm to show Manda and Beryl, and smiled at the latter: "This Miss Shaw-Cardo really has some skills, you don't have to be demanding, there are also apprentices in the Academy of Magic who have done a good job of magic, don't you know it too?" ”

"But she's not a student at the Academy of Magic!" Beryl glanced at him lightly, then turned and sat on the edge of the bed, took out a white handkerchief, gently wiped the sweat from Heat's forehead, tucked the quilt for him, and then said to the man without looking back: "You go and rest, I will be here here." ”

But the man didn't move, just glanced at the other two people in the room: "We always have to leave someone with Your Highness, let's take turns to rest, you go first." The two men answered, but went to the corner and sat down, leaning against the wall and taking a nap.

Beryl and the man glanced at each other, and Minna could clearly feel the waves between the two, so she quietly stepped back, only to hear someone call her, "Please wait a minute, this young lady, can you please do me a favor?" ”

Minna recognized him as the Tawyok and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"One of our companions was wounded—" he turned to the corner behind the door. Minna clearly saw that on the chaise longue, there was a man dressed as a mercenary, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, his body was covered with a thick cloak, and the bright red blood was falling on the floor one by one. A female mercenary next to her pulled back her cloak with tears in her eyes, revealing her arms that were shorter than normal under blood-stained bandages.

(This chapter has an okay word count, right?) It's the end of the month again, cheeky and reaching out for tickets... ）