Chapter Eighty-Six: The Veil
When it comes to memories of the night of the Victory Day Ball, everyone's focus is different. Biography updates
What Ling Shuang and Ling Xue remember most clearly was what Mo Ya said to Scarlett after Mo Ya and Roy walked out of the grove.
"I'm sorry... Mo Ya, who returned to the eyes of everyone with a cold mask, announced, "Although I have done my best, he does not agree to cancel the bet...
As soon as they heard this, the crowd blew up at that time. Mo Ya called Roy aside to do something, and everyone knew more or less in their hearts. In their opinion, it is naturally impossible to really be a slave with Scarlett's status, so they made a price for Roy and let him and Scarlett have a step, and this matter ended here.
But no one thought that Roy refused!
At this moment, everyone, including Ling Shuang and Ling Xue, thought that Roy had gone crazy, while the faces of Scarlett, Fernand and the others turned blue in an instant.
In an uproar, Mo Ya said lightly: "I respect his wishes, after all, the knight's contract is sacred. Its effect arises from the commitment of both parties to the challenge, and the winner has all the rights in the commitment. Even the Pope and His Majesty Edward had no right to intervene, and of course, I couldn't......
The uproar of the crowd gradually subsided, and everyone looked at Mo Ya in disbelief - according to her, could it be that Scarlett was really going to be Roy's slave girl?
Mo Ya walked up to Scarlett and whispered, "Dear Lord Scarlett, you have done something stupid......
"You don't have to pretend to ...... Scarlett bit her lip, glared at Mo Ya fiercely, and said coldly, "I didn't think about it, you would be kind."
"The county lord. You say that, but it makes me sad so much. Mo Ya also bit her lip with a puffed appearance.
Scarlett is young. The appearance of biting her lip naturally has a girlish pretence. And Mo Ya, who is eight years older than her, is already as mature as a peach in both temperament and body, and at this moment she deliberately flirts with Scarlett, biting her lip, and has a heart-pounding charm.
Scarlett, who had known Mo Ya's personality for a long time, simply turned her head away. She knew from a very young age that she was just humiliating herself if she wanted to fight with Mo Ya.
She turned her head to look at Roy, her eyes contemptuous and hateful, "So, you're ready?"
The menace in Scarlett's words. It couldn't be more obvious. Many people who know her true identity. couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Roy.
"What else do you need to prepare?" In the eyes of everyone, Roy raised his chin slightly and scolded coldly, "Hang the welcome flag and blow the horn." Flowers and red carpets, don't forget, you're a slave girl, not a queen. When you speak later, think about your identity first!
At this moment, Roy's appearance was very similar to the way Scarlett and Xia Li and other noble children spoke to him before. Moreover, the attitude is more arrogant and domineering.
But no one can scold him anymore.
"That's good. Scarlett gritted her teeth and raised her head, "I'll go with you, I hope you don't want to ..........
"Wait, wait... Before Scarlett could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Mo Ya's leisurely voice. "Scarlett, you're in such a hurry, they haven't said they want to take you away...
As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Roy, "... At least, you have to see whether people want to or not.
"You want to come with me?" Roy frowned.
Ling Shuang's heart was stunned at that time, and there was a trace of bad premonition. This is what this kid looked like when he was angry with himself and a group of suitors in the weapons store in Medin City.
Sure enough, Roy shook his head and said, "Although I'm just a civilian, my family background is innocent and strict, and it's not just that any woman is qualified to enter the house." Misbehaving and having a poor character, even if it is just a slave girl who does rough work. As he spoke, he glanced down at Scarlett, shook his head, and said, "You don't deserve it." ...,
The nobles around were all stupid, and Scarlett was even more angry, her eyes were dazzled and she was trembling.
Speaking of this kind of Cheng dù, everyone has actually understood the final result of this matter - nominally, Scarlett is still Roy's slave girl, and in reality, Roy will not really take her away.
However, as a result, Roy and Moya teased Scarlett again.
The dignified lord of the county has become "any woman, and she is not even qualified to be a slave girl who does rough work in the Roy family, which makes Scarlett not be angry."
Seeing the way Roy and Mo Ya looked at each other and smiled, it was obvious that they didn't take her seriously at all!
They were just making fun of her!
Ling Shuang and Ling Xue remembered that Scarlett looked at Roy hatefully for a long time at the end, and then Huo Ran turned around and led Fernand, Xia Li and the others to leave quickly. Until a few carriages drove out of the castle with the sound of hurried horses' hooves and the angry crushing of wheels on the ground, there was a dead silence around them.
In the impression of Anne on the other side of the crowd, the most memorable is the later ball.
After Scarlett left, the farce also came to an end.
The aristocrats were very good at hiding the awkward and lively atmosphere, and when the music came, although everyone had not yet recovered from the afterglow of the conflict, they naturally hid their consternation and unease, and danced and laughed with smiles on their faces.
This level of grand ball was something that Anne had never even dared to think about when she was in little Bollabel before.
Compared to her own castle, the hall is more spacious than the entire Borabel Castle, and the bright lights, the colorful dresses, the beautiful music and the waiters who walk through the castle form a place that is like a dream paradise for any girl.
It's just that on that day, the protagonist of the ball was not her, the young lady of the Baron's Palace, but the little handyman who always looked like he hadn't woken up and kept saying, "Yes, Miss, Miss Obedience."
Although he only wore a summer shirt that was inferior to that of a waiter, and although he was not the most handsome and tallest among the boys, he was the most dazzling.
At the prom. Mo Ya announced in public, starting today. Roy is a member of the Mo family and the Ministry of Supervision. There was no hiding a warning in her smiling eyes and in her voice begging for attention.
Later, as the greatest contributor to the Battle of Medin City, Roy received a belated reward - Sophia danced with him for the first time. This is actually the attitude of the Loulian family. Unmistakable.
Later, people were even more surprised to find that Philip of the Momiji family also talked and laughed with him. The two seem to have known each other for a long time. And the Prince of York, who had no intention of revenge for Scarlett, hugged him after being introduced by Moya, looked at him in surprise.
Instructors of the second and third camps. Wanted to touch him several times. But the picture of being stopped by the instructors of the first training camp who are eyeing him may be an interesting episode of the dance party that day.
It was the first time Anne had seen the stocky Dean, like an aggressive rooster, glaring angrily at the other two camp instructors, and it was also the first time she had seen the always strong Vice Dean Diarra and the brigade's Farley teaching. I was restless all night.
One qiē all because of Roy.
No matter where he goes, no matter who he talks to, people's eyes are always on him.
There is still hatred and disgust in these eyes, but more than that, admiration, curiosity and awe. Many girls even blush when they peek at him.
As one of them, Anne is well aware of the psychology of her peers. Perhaps they didn't dare to risk offending Lord Scarlett to show their favor openly. However, Roy's appearance tonight has left too deep a shadow in their hearts full of longing and fantasy. ..., from a nameless boy to a hero of the city of Edin, from an ordinary student to a magical genius, from an ordinary commoner to the guest of the Grand Duke of Adolf...... It's like a play in an opera house, and no girl can resist this qiē. They knew he was dangerous. But this makes them feel excited.
Seeing the bolder gazes of the many girls, Anne couldn't help but guess that as soon as Roy nodded, they would wear nightdresses at night, leave a crack in the bedroom window, and place the ladder in a relatively conspicuous place. Or simply sneak out of the house and meet him in the garden.
Anne was a little distraught all night.
I don't know why, her heart always feels sour and a little bitter. She didn't like Roy now, she would rather he be the little handyman lying on the haystack, kicked down by her own giggling from time to time.
However, time does not turn back.
At that moment, Anne suddenly remembered the conversation between herself and him in the academy grove on the day when the conflict broke out between Roy and the nobles. In his ears, only the bloodied black-haired boy's voice echoed.
"No! I will never apologize!
At that time, she thought that sooner or later Roy would pay for this sentence. But she never dreamed that when this day came, it would turn out like this.
After the ball, Anne herself had no idea how she got home. All she remembered was that as the carriage drove out of the Grand Duke's Castle, she saw many students from the First Training Camp standing on the side of the road.
They gathered together in twos and threes, watching each of the carriages that came out with excited eyes, and from time to time they exchanged heads and talked about each other. As the carriage moved forward, they quickly retreated. The young figures and the glorious castle behind them were condensed into a microcosm that was engraved in Anne's memory.
Back home, under the questioning of her brother Rice, Anne almost innocently recounted what happened in the castle of the Duke's Palace. Then she left the stunned Les and went back to her room.
Compared to Roy, Les, who took the opposite path, made her feel sad. What's even more sad is that blood and family affection doomed her to have no choice
Roy stood in the hanging corridor between the main building of the Grand Duke's castle and the city walls, gazing at the brightly lit city of Munny.
The ball was over, and as the guests said goodbye, the lively castle gradually became quiet. Only the sound of horses' hooves and wheels could be heard farther and farther away.
"What are you looking at?" a cold voice rang in Roy's ears.
Roy turned around, and Sophia, dressed in plain white, stood quietly less than five meters beside him. He didn't even know when she came.
"Mooney City. Roy looked into the distance.
As a child in Bollabelle, he and Tom longed for the city of Muni the most. They heard that it was the capital of the province of Loulian. Huge and bustling. The population is one million. There are countless knights, there are mysterious magicians. There are also three major training camps such as knightly mecca.
For the two hillbillies, the city of Muni is synonymous with heaven.
But now when he was actually standing here, Roy was in a trance. Looking back on the experience of more than a year, he suddenly had a dream-like sense of unreality.
A year and a half after the great change in Bollabelle, he stood here as Bollabelle's small handyman, the guardian knight of Elethea, and the hero of the Battle of Edin.
In another year and a half, he will carry the dragon claw necklace on his chest and the secret of the Hanshan family's bloodline in his body. Where to stand?
That moment. Do you fall under Augustus's lance, or do you stand alive in front of Elethea and tell her who she really is. Is it already full of holes in open guns and dark arrows, or is it so strong that no one can move itself? Whether to die with all the doubts, or to open the secret of the bloody case of the Frosty River fourteen years ago ?..., this way. It's really *** long.
The night breeze was scented, and Sophia walked up to him and stood side by side with him.
"When you danced with me today, your posture was stiff. Sophia said quietly, "Is it because of what you just learned?"
No, Roy said without looking back: "That has nothing to do with whether he can dance or not."
So, because of the battle for Medin City, why I let the rabble fight? Sophia turned her head to stare at him, "You think I'm too cold-blooded?"
"Yes!" Roy said, meeting Sophia's gaze.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Sophia suddenly said, "I'm sorry.
Roy was stunned. Although he had no contact with Sophia, he had lived in Muni City for so long, and he knew something about the flower of Lurien.
She is beautiful and intelligent, but cold as ice. She is the most beautiful youngest daughter of the Loulian family. But he is also an awe-inspiring commander in the army. She is calm and sensible, never emotional. No one could sway her thoughts. As long as she believes in something, it is the Grand Duke Adolf, and she can't change her mind.
But now, she actually said sorry to herself?
"Why?" Roy asked.
"From a commander-in-chief's point of view, I did nothing wrong. War has no tenderness and no mercy. If the sacrifice is necessary, then I will do the same thing even if I do it again, Sophia said, "but from your point of view, I do owe you and all the UBS soldiers a word of sorry."
She was silent and twisted her head: "There is no reason.
Roy looked at Sophia's side and felt relieved.
In fact, he also knew that under the circumstances at that time, if Sophia did not break off with the rabble, then the main force of Lulian might be in danger of being wiped out.
War does not tolerate the slightest emotion. From this point on, Sophia has done nothing wrong. If she is wrong, then it may be the whole of Lulian who is buried.
And all his previous views of Sophia actually came from distrust of aristocratic instincts.
He will never forget the back of the nobles who abandoned the commoners on the night of Bollabelle, and he will never forget the appearance of old Maxim and Aunt Mary lying in a pool of blood. Because of this, while he understands Sophia, he inevitably remains wary and resistant to her.
And Sophia's sorry voice instantly dissolved the haze in his heart.
Actually, she didn't have to apologize, but she said it anyway. This at least proves that her choice was based on a rational judgment of the situation at the time, and not a disregard for the lives of civilians and a cold-blooded person.
Thinking of this, Roy was a little sneering.
"Actually, I know that
"The head of the third legion of the Silver Order of the Philip Empire, whose name is Dalni. Sophia looked into the distance and suddenly interrupted Roy's words, "I killed him."
Roy twitched his cheeks and said angrily, "The axe I threw slashed at his face, and that's what everyone saw."
"It's useless to see it. Sophia said lightly, "Before your axe struck him, his heart was shattered by my battle ring.
With that, Sophia turned away, leaving a cold back......
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