The day of the aristocracy was full and satisfying.

They have good habits, such as getting up at 7 o'clock in the morning, brushing their teeth and washing, enjoying breakfast, and grooming.

Dealing with the affairs of the realm on time at nine o'clock, such as having a cup of coffee with several high-ranking marquis and counts - dealing with other lords is a must and important lesson for lords. Or go to the hunting ground and shoot a few prey - making the most of the expensive buildings is what the lord should do.

Of course, occasionally dealing with a few more important territorial affairs can also show the responsibility of the liege.

Behind this punctuality, precise habit is the busy servants and servants, who get up at five o'clock, prepare hot water, prepare food, and prepare their seats.

These lazy people don't actually serve a noble lord themselves, so they have to do it for their faithful servants.

On such a busy and uneventful morning, the gray-haired butler opened the side door of the castle.

"Is there anything wrong with you, sir?"

The butler's tone was steady, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, even if the lord's morning tea was about to be enjoyed, he did not show a trace of urgency.

There are so many people coming and going in the world, no one knows which hermit or divine envoy will be in front of them, and the servant's excessive arrogance or low voice will bring a bad evaluation to the lord. Just like his duty, this is what the butler has learned from his many years of experience serving the lord.

The young man outside the side door was dusty, his face was dusty and oily, his hair was disheveled, and a thick dark circle under his eyes hung from the bags under his eyes.

"I'm looking for Duke Oster Frederick. ”

The young man's voice could not hide his tiredness, but it was unmistakably determined.

The butler shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but if I can't tell you who you are, please forgive me for not being able to meet your request." ”

"I'm Leo Frederick, and I'm going to see my father now. "The young man's tone is tougher.

"Do you have any tokens to prove your identity?"

Token?

Leo had no tokens on him, and when he left the house, he only brought a few clothes and a few books, and to this day, the clothes have been changed countless times, and the books are all in his head.

Seeing that he couldn't get in when he arrived at the door, Leo was very irritable in his heart, took a step forward, and shouted: "Rasband, your old-fashioned style is exactly the same as sixteen years ago, you take a good look at my face, and if you mess around here, I will lock you in the cellar!"

The butler was taken aback, not because Leo called out his name———— his name was not a secret, and he could ask if he had the heart to ask———— but that Leo's tone and look resembled that of a duchess.

Although serving the Duchess was more than ten years ago, Eliza's temper was indeed impressive, and the boy in front of him, whether it was frowning, his eyes rolling, or the muscles at the corners of his mouth shaking, was simply a replica of the Duchess.

The butler hesitated for a moment with a strong sense of familiarity, and then asked Leo to wait at the door, while he went to the duke to report it.

If you can sit in the position of steward for twenty or thirty years, you still have the right to make a decision.

After a while, the butler strode over. Rushing in the ducal castle is detrimental to decency.

Leo was kicking the stone bricks on the ground in annoyance,

This action had to remind the butler of the time when the Duchess was still in the castle, and there were always a few days a month when the floor tiles in the castle were changed very frequently.

The butler settled down and said, "Please come with me, young master." ”

Leo frowned and said, "Didn't you have to prove your identity just now?" ”

"You are exactly the same as the Duchess, and the Lord and I are 100% sure that you are the Young Master himself. But you also have to go through a symbolic test to convince others. ”

As the butler spoke, he led Leo through the gardens of the castle and into the inner fort.

"Where's my father?"

After entering the inner fort, Leo opened his mouth and asked.

"In the dining room, young master. ”

"Then I'll go first, and you go slowly. ”

With that, Leo trotted all the way to the upper floor of the castle.

"Hey, young master, don't run in the castle. ”

"Which bastard prescribes?"

Leo's voice came from afar, and only the old butler was left hesitating in place to trot all the way to keep up with the little master.

This is also the place where Leo grew up when he was a child, and some details of the castle are a little vague, but such an important place as the dining room must be firmly in mind, and I only asked here because I was afraid that the butler would notice something strange and not open the door of the inner castle.

The Duke of Oster, who had been quiet for sixteen years, was rudely pushed open the door after a long absence.

Oster held a book in his hand and a compass in his hand, but he didn't wait for his favorite coffee, and looked at the young man at the door in amazement.

Without saying a word, Leo took out the crystal ball from his pocket and placed it in front of Oster.

"This is something that my mother gave you, you can order an army and go with me immediately after reading it. ”

Leo's commanding tone made Oster almost think that there was something wrong with his ears, and subconsciously spit out: "What?"

I said. Leo clapped his hands on the table and said word by word: "Eliza is in danger now, you should immediately order an army and me to rescue her." ”

Oster put down the book in his hand and pushed the compass to the center of the table.

"You seem to be in a bit of a hurry. ”

Leo snatched the compass and asked, "What is this?"

"A small device to detect bloodlines, you first verify our parent-child relationship, and sort out your emotions by the way, and I, take a look at this photo ball first. ”

With that, Oster put the crystal ball on his forehead.

Seeing that Oster couldn't wait to sink into the information of the Shadow Ball, Leo had no choice but to study the compass.

The compass is divided into two layers, the top layer is a transparent color disc painted from red to white, and the lower layer has a drop of blood rolling through it.

Leo flipped the compass, opened the back cover, and slashed his fingers with the dagger he carried with him, dripping a drop of blood into the compass.

Another drop of blood in the compass sensed the inflow of Leo's blood, and immediately rushed towards it, and the two drops of blood came together, and then, as if they were being pulled by something, they turned wildly in the compass, and finally stopped at the reddest piece.

At this time, Oster also finished reading the contents of the photo ball.

Reading by mental power is much faster than regular reading.

Without looking, Oster took the compass from Leo and put it in his pocket.

"I already know about Eliza, and you'll go to Rasband and clean up your room for you. ”

"What about sending troops?"

"Refusal, of course. ”

"Oster!" Leo slapped the table hard, glaring at Duke Oster with an upturned eyebrow.

Oster and the butler who had just arrived outside the door subconsciously shrank back.

Leo hadn't changed his voice at this time, and his voice was still a crisp juvenile voice, vaguely similar to Eliza's female voice, and the look under this anger was almost another Eliza.

Oster smiled bitterly in his heart, what else does this need to verify his identity, dress up Leo in disguise, maybe it is another Eliza.

Oster, who reacted, straightened up and said with a straight face: "If I say no, I can't do it, don't say an army, even a holy area, I don't have the strength to send it." The family is now in turmoil, and jackals from all walks of life are eyeing each other, and once there is a shortage of troops, it will immediately be a war. I can't send my people to war just because of vague information from a week ago. ”

Leo was angry and said angrily: "Isn't my mother as good as a group of civilians?"

"It's not comparable. Oster said lightly. "Even if your mom is here, she'll support my decision. ”

"Then I'll go myself. Leo said coldly.

"You can't either. ”

"Can you control me?" Leo's eyebrows furrowed again, and he was about to walk outside.

"You have the same temper as Eliza, but you don't have her strength and talent, so if you let this little imp who is not in the Sanctuary walk outside, I will be able to see your body in the moat in less than three days. And you know the strength of the enemy Eliza is facing, right? What can you do if you go?"

"Go to death!"

The stubbornness of the young man suddenly exploded in his chest, and he thought that he would rush home day and night, and what he would get would be rescuers, but he didn't expect it to be Auster's indifference.

He turned his head and yelled at Oster, then walked out the door without looking back.

Oster shook his head, blurred for a moment, and then picked up the book again.

Leo, who was walking out, seemed to have received a heavy blow to the back of his head, and his legs were about to fall down, and the world in front of him began to blur.

Before he fell unconscious, he heard Oster shout outside the door, "Rasborn, send Leo back to his room and forbid him to leave the castle." ”

When Leo opened his eyes again, he saw a ceiling that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

When he woke up as a child, he could always see the sky blue roof that he had chosen his favorite, and it was with Eliza's connivance that the decoration of Leo's room had the right to distinguish it from the other rooms of the castle.

But now the ceiling was a cold reminder that he was lying idly for an unknown amount of time in a place that had been seven days away from Eliza's accident.

Leo lifted the quilt and opened the door.

The butler was already waiting at the door.

"Young Master. ”

The butler bowed slightly.

"I'm going out. Leo looked at the butler coldly.

The butler shook his head firmly and said, "No, the lord said, you are not allowed to leave the castle for a single step." ”

"What if I want to leave?"

"The lord can sense the aura of everyone in the castle at any time, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get out of the inner castle. ”

Leo didn't give a word and closed the door of his room.

The butler shook his head, and was about to inform Young Master Oster of his awakening when the door opened again.

"I can always go to the rest of the castle, right?"

The functions of the castle are varied, recreation, practice, swimming.

However, Leo went to the study the most.

He discovers that the study is hidden with a large number of books about dragons and artifacts.

"The Origin of the Dragon", "The Twelve Uses of Dragon's Blood" (by Dumbledore), "The Division and Definition of Artifacts"...

Among them, there are descriptions of the Seven Commanders of the Demon Dragon and the most abundant collection of books on Excalibur Bugati.

Although Eliza did not reveal her true goals, Leo could still more or less infer from Eliza's behavior trajectory.

The overlap between Auster's collection and the goals of Eliza's adventures could not be coincidental.

Could this be why Eliza left home all those years ago?

With this thought, Leo's thinking gradually became clearer. Maybe Oster saw that Eliza was about to achieve his goal, so he was ruthless not to rescue?

The lies of childhood finally bear the fruit of misunderstanding.

Finally, one night when Leo was eighteen years old, he disappeared with Excalibur Bugatti.

P.S. Leo's image should be plump.

P.S.2 cut out some of the clips and it was a bit heart-wrenching.