As night falls, the Green Pavilion where Marshal Rufis lives is brightly lit, and the knights take on the role of porters while staying true to their posts.

Tomorrow is about to leave for China, which makes the young men who are far away miss the important person in their hearts even more, after all, it is more than four months away, millions of kilometers away, and such a distance makes everything seem so far and so far away.

"What are you doing?" Qiao Ya, who was on a routine patrol mission, met the marshal's adjutant in the hallway of the villa.

At first, the young adjutant looked at the night sky with a "demented" face, and with a pearl necklace in his hand, he was talking to himself, not knowing what to say.

"Oh, it's Qiaoya. The adjutant put away his smile and said mysteriously, "Look, what is this?" He lit up the necklace in his hand, and the crystal clear pearls were shining brightly in the night.

"What's wrong with the pearl necklace?"

"This is a gift I bought for my daughter, who is seven years old this year, and she can't resist her all day clamoring for a necklace of this style. The adjutant's face was full of happiness, and he didn't notice Qiao Ya's abnormal behavior at all, "I said Qiao Ya, what did you buy for the family?" When the adjutant turned around, he saw Qiao Ya turn around and leave, "Hey, you haven't answered my question yet." ”

Qiao Ya stopped, his body trembled slightly, and after a long time, he said briefly: "I, I have no family." ”

Didn't he have an old mother, a wife, and two children under the age of 10? Why...... The adjutant was confused.

Half an hour later, Rufis returned.

"Your Excellency, the preparations for tomorrow morning's departure have been made, and this is the list of all the personnel, a total of three hundred people, and there are quite a few at present. The adjutant handed the list to the marshal and stepped aside.

Rufis was a little tired after a busy day visiting the soldiers of the Empire, but when he heard that there were three hundred people in the group, he suddenly asked, "What about Linda?

The adjutant was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "Your Excellency, didn't you send someone back to the empire the day before yesterday?"

"Oh. I forgot. Ruphes breathed a sigh of relief, "By the way, what about Linda?"

“......”

The adjutant lowered his head, didn't say a word, and his face became ugly.

"Where's she?" asked Rufis again.

"She'......"

The adjutant tilted his head and looked at Qiao Ya, as if asking for help.

"What about Linda!" Rufes was visibly angry.

"Miss Linda is out. The adjutant was frightened and said hurriedly.

In fact, Linda had not been out for a night or two, she had gone out almost every night, because Marshal Rufis usually had a party at night and came back late, so she didn't notice it, but today he came back early, which caught the adjutant a little off guard.

"Get out? You're letting her out so late?"

"Miss Linda asked for it, and I ...... it too"

"You ......," Rufis asked, suppressing his anger, "do you know where she went?

"She said she had lost her necklace and that her mother had left it for her, so she wanted to find it. The adjutant whispered, "It seems that I went to an abandoned casino in the north of the city." ”

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The imperial capital, the abandoned casino in the north of the city.

Without business, gambling that had closed its doors was no longer prosperous, and the whole building stood like a ghost town at the corner of the night market, and its existence felt somewhat redundant to passers-by from the south.

In the underground passage, the figure of the woman was faintly visible in the candlelight.

And opposite her, there was a figure standing at this time, this person was Hua Yun who had just come out of the "Wangshui Tower".

"What's going on over there with Rufvis?"

"Not yet, and they're ready to leave for home!"

"That's good, you go back with them, help me keep an eye on him, I will send someone to exchange news with you, and you can ...... when necessary in the future" Speaking of this, Hua Yun couldn't help but make a movement to wipe his neck.

"I understand! just ......"

"Just what?"

"Master, since those people from the 'Temple of Light' are already standing by your side to help you, why are you still ......?"

"You're still so interested in this Ruphes, aren't you?"

"Yes!"

"Hehe, do you think the purpose of those guys in the 'Temple of Light' is really that simple?help me become the overlord?Joke, I think they just want to push me out to be their puppet, it's just that they are underestimating me, hehe!" Hua Yun suddenly chuckled with a dark vulture.

For him, the "Temple of Light" is using him, why is he not using the "Temple of Light"? It's just that until now, the purpose between them is the same, so they will be safe, but once he really ascends the throne of the overlord, it will be difficult to say, so Hua Yun must plan for his future, and Linda is the last hole card he left for himself.

After all, Hua Yun saw very clearly that as long as there was a war, those guys in the "Temple of Light" would need him, so Hua Yun would not use this hole card unless it was absolutely necessary.

"I see!"

As long as you do this well, I will definitely honor what I promised you!"

“......”

"Someone is coming, I'll go first!" Just as Linda was about to say something, Hua Yun's expression suddenly froze, and then his figure flickered, and he disappeared directly at the other end of the underground passage.

“......”

A moment later, two figures appeared in the underground passage from the direction of the abandoned casino, the leader was naturally Rufhis, and the big man who followed him naturally needless to say, it must be the head of the knights - Qiao Ya, and seeing their appearance, Linda was very surprised, she hurriedly pretended to get up from the ground after looking for something, and at the same time did not forget to pat the dust on her skirt and wanted to salute, but was stopped by Rufes.

"Is a necklace more precious than life?"

Rufis asked eagerly, his tone revealing "excessive" concern. In fact, he is really in love with Linda, so to speak, and besides his sister, Linda is already the most important woman in his life.

"I'm sorry, I ......," Linda said apologetically.

Fortunately, at this moment, Qiao Ya stood up and excused Miss Linda, "Your Excellency, it was my fault, I let Miss Linda go out alone. ”

"No, no, I asked him to do it, it's all my fault. At this time, Linda perfectly played a considerate laughing woman.

At this time, Rufes looked at Linda with blazing eyes, shook his head gently, and said in a gentle tone, "Please forgive me for being reckless, I just care about you too much, I want to ......" Speaking of this, the lines he thought of were stuck, and as a result, his fair cheeks suddenly turned red.

"What do you want?" asked Linda.

"I want to ......."

“......”

Ruphes looked at Linda embarrassedly, and Linda looked at Rufis with the same confusion, and soon, Ruphes looked at Qiao Ya again and dragged him into the water. In this way, the three of them looked at each other, and they didn't say a word for a long time.

"Miss Linda, can we go back now? It's getting late. Rufis busily diverted the subject.

"But ......"

"Do you have to look for it??" asked the young marshal, "I'm afraid that such an environment will ......"

"It's my past, it's the most important memory. Linda crouched down again and continued to grope in the dark, "It's more precious than my life." ”

There was silence all around. Under the action of the wind, the torches shook and emitted an uneasy "shout......

Rufis looked around, there were hundreds of passages connected here, and there were no lights, and it was really ...... to find a necklace in such an environment But what he did next surprised Qiao Ya and even Linda.

He crouched down! and groped his way through the darkness.

Qiao Ya was surprised, because it was the first time he saw the marshal lower his posture. In the tradition of the great nobility, bending over is already a great thing, and it is simply unimaginable to ask a nobleman to squat on the ground, let alone find a necklace for a woman.

The marshal must have taken Miss Linda very seriously.

Qiao Ya was stunned for a moment, and then fell to his knees. He could not stand in front of the marshal, because it was very disrespectful.

"Joya!" Rufis groped in the dark.

"Yes, Your Excellency. ”

"Can you accomplish your mission in this way?"

“......”

Qiao Ya understood what the marshal meant, so he stood up, stepped aside, and watched the situation around him with full attention.

"Actually, you don't have to. With a hint of guilt in her eyes, Linda whispered, "I'll just look for it alone." Her implication was to tell Ruphes that she was a lowly ......

"If I didn't help you find the necklace, you wouldn't have come with me. Ruphes kept his head down and continued to groping, but his tone had become firm.

She stopped, staring blankly at Rufhis.

"I like you. Summoning up the courage, he made the only confession in his life, "Come back to the Fire Empire with me, go back to my hometown and be my bride......" Young Rufis looked at Linda with fiery eyes, his body trembling slightly in the too quiet wait.

Qiao Ya also heard it, but he was not surprised at all, and remembering Miss Linda's behavior and attitude, he thought that there was no better girl than her. The marshal made another wise decision, but would Miss Linda agree?

The answer is obviously yes, even if Ruphes doesn't mention it, she will definitely try her best to follow him back to the Fire Empire, but when the word "bride" comes out of the mouth of a handsome man like Ruphes, Linda is still slightly stunned.

For the first time, she felt that her life was real!

After a moment of silence, Linda turned her head slightly and squeezed two words out of her mouth: "Sorry." ”

“......”

This time, Ruphes was silent. It is not difficult to see from his expression that he must have received a big blow and a big ......

"Can you tell me why?" he struggled to maintain his demeanor, but still couldn't hide the trembling voice in his tone, "Is that okay?"

"First, I'm just a commoner, nobles and commoners can't be combined, second, we don't know each other, you don't even know my past, and third, ......" Linda didn't continue.

"Do you have someone you like?" asked Rufhis.

"It's a person who cares. ”

Slightly relieved, Rufis felt much more comfortable, "I don't mind if you are a commoner or a nobleman, your identity doesn't matter. We don't need to know everything about each other, you just need to know that I like you, I love you, and as for the person you care about, I think you can meet him, so that there will be no more concerns. ”

Rufis was serious, and his look said it all.

"It's getting late, let's hurry up and find it. Rufhis's cheeks were red and full of happiness.

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