In front of him was a butler with graceful steps, and beside him was the short man Daric, and Norman walked through the hall on the clean stone floor, his eyes wandering around.

This was the residence of Count Billy.

Norman felt that what Lancelot said was very reasonable, so he continued to replace Allen's identity in front of Darik, and after that, Darik asked him to come to meet Count Billy, after all, he was a follower of Count Billy, but he hadn't seen Count Billy in person, which was really unusual.

It's just that the place where Count Billy lives makes Norman feel a little shabby, but there is a three-story stone house in the west of Nicaro's city, which is too far from Duke Lake's palace, and there are few servants, and Norman and they have only seen a servant and a butler when they come in until now—of course, this is not a big house and can not accommodate too many servants.

Is this an earl's home?

Norman was deeply puzzled, and the thought of hugging his thighs wavered a little.

Follow the butler all the way, go up to the second floor and come to a door, the three of them stand still, the butler came forward and knocked on the door, and after getting the answer from inside, he pushed the door open, and led them in.

"Your guest, Lord Count, is here. ”

The elegant butler said to the people inside.

And Norman saw the situation inside.

It was a study, and the spacious room had a window open on the south side, and now the window was open, and the brilliant sunlight was pouring in from the outside, illuminating the interior.

In the center of the study is a desk, and there are several large bookcases in the back, all the way to the ceiling, but there are not many books in it, and some are scattered around.

At the south end of the study, there were several sofas and a coffee table, and there were two people sitting there, fiddling with something with their heads down.

These are the only two living people in the room.

"Your guest, Lord Count, is here. ”

The butler called out to the other side again, and only then did a man raise his hand and say, "Got it, go down." ”

So the housekeeper quit and left the room, and helped them close the door.

After the butler withdrew, Derrick stepped forward and said to the two people on the other side, "Lord Earl, the person chosen by Master Bella is here, and I will bring him to meet you." ”

The person who raised his hand to retreat from the housekeeper just now raised his hand again and waved, "You guys wait a minute, this game is almost over." ”

When Derrick heard this, he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, his mouth opened, and finally closed, and he stood obediently without moving, while Norman looked at the man who was supposed to be Count Billy, but the other party lowered his head, and he never saw the other party's face, so he had to give up, and then stretched his neck to look at the coffee table between the two, wanting to see what they were doing.

Because there was a window over there, the sunlight was just right, so he could see very clearly, and he could see a wooden plate on the coffee table between the two of them, with black and white lattices on it, densely packed, and there were many things that looked like wooden carvings on it, strange and strange, and I don't know what it was.

In the end, it was Lancelot who answered his doubts.

"It was chess, a pastime to pass the time. People simulate the two sides of the war on the chessboard, and through the formulated rules, they use chess pieces instead of armies to fight each other, and finally decide the victory or defeat within the rules, which is a kind of intellectual confrontation. ”

Sounds interesting.

Norman continued to look into the distance, but after a while he didn't understand it. In the end, I saw the Earl of Billy holding a chess piece in his hand and pushing forward, picking up one of the opponent's chess pieces and setting it aside.

"You lost. ”

Earl Billy said this, then stood up from his position and walked up to the Normans. It was at this time that Norman finally got a clear look at the Earl of Billy.

This is a young man in his twenties, with very white skin, heavy dark circles, a picture of lack of energy, and a very thin body. The clothes on his body are very gorgeous, delicate and complex, which is also the most worthy of his status in the entire Earl's Palace.

"Derrick, what's the matter?"

This Earl of Billy had forgotten what the short man Darek had just said.

Derick then repeated: "Lord Count, this is the man chosen by Master Bella, and I have brought him to meet you. ”

Earl Billy's eyes shifted to Norman, and after a casual glance in this direction, he nodded, and said, "Okay, I see, is there anything else?"

Derick didn't seem to see it, and continued: "He is a freshman in Mannheim this year, and he obtained the qualification of a one-star black-robed mage as soon as he entered the school, and he also made some old students deflated in the freshman training, and now he is also well-known in Mannheim. He will accompany you to this dinner, I believe it will be ......"

Norman listened and felt that something was wrong: didn't he say that he had come to hug the earl's thigh?

The Earl of Billy listened to Derrick's words, nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, and said several times, "Okay, I see." ”

A picture of a send-off.

Dyric couldn't help it, so he bowed down and said, "Then we'll quit." He was about to take Norman away, but Norman suddenly spoke.

"Lord Count, you couldn't have won just now. ”

This voice attracted the attention of all three people in the room.

The Earl of Billy asked, "You can also play chess?" and a look of curiosity flashed in his eyes.

This is also the first time so far that he has not been impatient in the face of the two.

Norman nodded with an unfathomable look, "Yes, I will." ”

In fact, he can be a hammer, all of which Lancelot told him to do, saying that this is a good opportunity for him to show himself, let him hurry up.

Earl Billy was not interested in what Derrick had said, but he was very different in playing chess.

After hearing Norman say that he couldn't win just now, he immediately disagreed, pulled Norman to the sofa, and ordered the man before to give up his position and let Norman sit down.

"You say I can't win, so what will you do?"

Earl Billy was really unconvinced, because this game of chess started from the middle, that is, he kept pressing the opposite side to play, and the opponent had no power to fight back at all, and he did not succeed in stealing chickens in the end, so Norman said that he couldn't win He didn't believe it. Unless you overturn the whole game and start from scratch, if you only take four or five moves back, you won't believe you can't win if you kill him.

"How many steps do you need to take back and start talking?"

Norman didn't know anything about chess, and even if Billy asked him to retreat to the opening and restart, he wouldn't be able to win, but he couldn't stand up to the Knights Templar behind him.

"Two steps back is enough. ”

Hearing Norman's words, Billy smiled.

Only two steps back?

Okay, he really wants to see what this guy is capable of saying such big things, and when he sees the embarrassed expression on the other party's face later, it must be very enjoyable.