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"Huh?" Karolina didn't understand what she meant, her eyes full of confusion.

Lucien continued to say solemnly, "But we're better suited to be friends. ”

"Really?" said Kaliliana, whose expression was a little sluggish, her face changed again and again, and she said with a little sadness at the end, "I'm sorry to annoy you, Mr. Peter." ”

The corners of her eyes seemed to reflect the light like nothing, and her sad appearance could impress most men, but Lucien just smiled gently: "I am very touched by your kindness to me, but you are not the type I like, I can only refuse apologetically." ”

As the dance music drew to a close, Carliana lowered her head, two pearl-like tears falling on the carpet in a beautiful arc.

"I know that I am only a widow, and that I am not worthy of a knight of your future, Mr. Peter," she said in a voice like a clogged nose. Either way, I just want to show my heart that you have touched me that I will never forget. Xie Lu, thank you for accompanying me to dance this opening dance, and welcome more guests to Ural City in the future. ”

The music stopped, and Kaliliana jerked away.

She kept her head buried so that no one could see her expression, which provoked Balshak and the others who were paying close attention to the movement to look at Lucien angrily, and left their dance partners to comfort Cariliana, but unfortunately they were one step too slow, and Carliana had already entered the specially opened ladies' make-up and dressing room in the corner of the first floor, and locked the door behind her.

"Hmph. Balshak glared at Lucian, not knowing whether to be happy or angry, in short, there was a sour taste, the sweetheart he was trying to pursue, he rejected it so uncherishedly.

However, due to Lucian's knightly strength, neither Ballshak nor anyone else dared to ask for a duel on the spot. Although they are impulsive and bloody young people, it does not mean that they will stupidly kill themselves. This made Lucien happy.

In the make-up and dressing room, Kaliliana lifted her head. There was a thick anger on her pretty face, and her white and neat teeth were clucking, and she said hatefully: "I'm a good person? I'm only suitable to be friends? I'm very touched by my kindness? Damn it, you think I like you! I must let you know what regret is!"

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In the underground cell at the back of the manor, Miyaka, who had turned into a winter bear, groaned and woke up to see her companion Niac beside her.

"Whew. You're finally alive. Niac put away a small box containing a number of potions.

Miyaka asked, a little confused, "Why am I here?"

"Miyaka, what exactly were you doing before? I told you to pretend to fail, not to make you kill yourself! Even if he is a full-fledged knight, you are also a winter bear with the strength of a knight, how can you be cut like this by him with a sword?" asked Niak, completely confused, as he froze for a full minute, feeling like an absurd comedy was playing out in front of him.

Miyaka reached out with difficulty and touched his head: "He seems to be a knight in terms of speed and agility. When the sword slashed, I had no way to dodge it, I could only resist with my fur, and then I fainted, not knowing what was happening behind the tunnel. Isn't Winter Bear's defense quite strong, isn't it able to block the attacks of second-level knights?"

"It seems that his sword is at least a second-level high-level magic sword. We completely underestimated his quality. I'll have to report to my husband. Niac realized that a serious intelligence error almost turned a hero's rescue into a tragedy.

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After reapplying makeup, Kaliliana rekindled the mood of the dance with a warm and charming smile, but every time she saw Lucien, she just nodded faintly and didn't say anything, as if the previous "confession" was all hallucination.

This made Lucien breathe a sigh of relief, he was just a passing "liar", and he had no hope of making a fortune and having sex here, and hoped that they would change their goals.

When the ball was over, Carliliana arranged for the guests to stay in the rooms on the upper floors of the main house, and prepared to wait until tomorrow morning to send them back to the city.

Buttoning up his night dress, Lucien went to the small living room next to him to look for Leo, the "butler" waiting here, but unexpectedly found that he was gone!

Looking around, there was no gain, and Lucien was about to use the mental force field to sense and search, when Leo flashed out from behind a decorative pillar in the corner: "Master, the ball is over?"

His wrinkled face was slightly distorted, as if he was forcibly enduring something, and at the same time with a fear that he could not detect.

"Leo, what's wrong with you?" Lucien asked in a low voice when he saw that the butlers and attendants waiting in the small parlor had followed their master to the guest room, which was already empty.

Leo gestured to Lucien with his eyes: "Master, you look a little tired, it is better to go back to the room and rest early." ”

"It's good. Lucien smiled and nodded cooperatively.

When he arrived at the guest room on the third floor, locked the wooden door, and carefully inspected the room, Leo said with strong hatred: "Master, I met that big smuggler. ”

"The big smuggler who killed your whole family?" Lucien pushed down his monocle.

Leo nodded vigorously: "Yes, it's him." I was waiting for you in the small living room when I saw him and his new assistant come in. Because I was afraid that he would see through the disguise and ruin the matter of your crossing of the Shahran Empire, so I quietly hid in a corner. Then he left his assistant and went to the hall for the ball himself. ”

"What's his name?" asked Lucien, speculatively.

Leo's voice was very low, as if he was worried that he would not be able to control his emotions, and said, "He changed his name, and I heard the other nobles' butlers and attendants in the small parlor call him 'Mr. Ivanovsky'. ”

"Sure enough, it was him. Lucien bowed his head slightly. The fact that the non-aristocratic people Kaliliana knew were either fraudsters or big smugglers suggested that she herself was probably a little problematic, probably not a widow who was simply greedy for vanity, and that Sergei was probably Ivanovsky's subordinate.

But in this way, Lucien has a lot of doubts, since he cooperated with the big smuggler, why would Kaliliana throw himself into his arms, and what is in him that is worthy of her to do so?

Although the sword of "Frost" is worth more than 20,000 gold, which is worth the net worth of an ordinary baron, enough for most fraudsters and barons to covet, Kaliliana inherited the inheritance of Baron Lotnikov, who owned many estates and three mines, and is worth hundreds of thousands of shahran gold coins, enough to rival a wealthy viscount. The annuity she gets from the manor and the mine every year is seven or eight thousand gold coins, and two or three years is a frost sword.

Moreover, she was also the niece of the second wife of Count Werther, the lord of the Urals, who was famous for her ore, blacksmith and weapons, and there was no need to sell her beauty to herself in order to obtain a fourth-level sword.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Kaliliana is the kind of person who is greedy for wealth and does not value her body at all, but the probability is very small.

Seeing that Lucien didn't speak, Leo said in a low voice: "Master, don't worry, I won't lose my mind." I understand that you are at great risk when you travel through the Shahran Empire, and since you have signed a contract, I will not do anything to disobey it and put you in danger, and you have saved my life. Someday, I'll break his neck with my own hands. ”

"Leo, I'm reassured of your character. But since it happened, I'm worried that it will have something to do with it, so you tell me about him. Lucien nodded in satisfaction, although he admired Leo's character, but this was the Shahran Empire, and it was impossible to risk avenging him.

This kind of big smuggler must have a strong force around him to protect him, whether it is recruited by himself with a lot of money or sent by the big bosses behind the scenes, there will definitely be no shortage of formal professionals, and he wants to kill him, unless he is full of fire and prepares to set a trap in advance, but in this way, it is easy to expose the identity of the magician.

It wouldn't be any better to be hunted down by the night watchmen of the Northern Church than it was to be in the South!

Leo's expression became very complicated, and his eyes were full of sadness and remembrance: "When I met Ivanovsky, he was already a famous smuggler from the Eastern Exile to the Shahran Empire, and it is said that behind him stood a great nobleman of the Empire and two of the nine city lords of the Eastern Exile Land, and he also had contact with the ancient inheritance magicians who lived in seclusion, and was responsible for selling the magic potions and alchemy items made for them, and his connections were so extensive that he could ignore the nobles below the earl. ”

"He has a few good magic items on him, and he is protected by a mid-level mage or a grand knight for a long time, which accounts for 20% of the smuggling share of the Shahran Empire. After following him, I made a lot of credit in the smuggling of Briana's top tobacco, nightingale yarn and other goods, protected him once, and helped him open up the smuggling channel to the southwest of the empire. ”

Later, he planned to disguise himself as a robber to ransack the village, and then sell all the people in the village to an ancient inheritance magician for experimental materials. I couldn't watch it, so I secretly informed the church that his plan failed, that he lost a lot of his men and belongings, and that he himself seemed to have to change his name and identity. I thought I was doing something very secretive, but he found out and found them before I moved my family, so I ......"

Lucien pinched his chin: "Being able to escape in the church's wanted and pursuit, this big nobleman behind Mr. Ivanovsky is very strong." After confirming that Ivanovsky must have mid-level professionals around him, Lucian became more vigilant and decided to leave the city of Ural as soon as possible.

After inquiring a lot more about Leo, Lucien didn't sleep, and let Leo go to the room to rest while blowing out the candles, while he sat quietly in the corner of the sofa, while mapping the spell construction figures, and continuing the creation of the four-ring magic of "Professor's Infrasound Resonance", while looking at the silver-white cold moonlight sprinkled outside the window.

It seems to be getting a little dangerous here, and it's best to wait carefully for dawn.

"Whenever you see the moonlight, you think of me......" Lucien remembered the past, and suddenly burst into laughter, what a bad taste he was.

There was a knock on the door.

"Who?" asked Lucien, calmly and vigilantly.

Outside, a familiar and kind voice: "Mr. Peter, it's me, Ivanovsky." I have something I want to discuss with you. (To be continued.) )