In the middle of the dance floor, Julian dances around Lygia's slender waist, as beautiful as a winged butterfly.

"You're a bad person, you've made me hated by doing this, and I should have turned down your invitation if I knew I could. Lygia said bitterly, her starry eyes revealing a sly smile.

Beside Julian, there is a strange pair, Rosalind in a long black dress is like a cold black rose, beautiful, seductive and cold, but she steps onto the dance floor with Charlotte like an elegant man, and the two have been hovering beside Julian and Lycia.

Charlotte would make a mischievous, disgruntled grimace at Julian as she passed by, much to Julian's embarrassment.

"Sir, I'm a little tired. Can you walk with me around the courtyard?" Lycia's voice was as sweet as a yellow bird.

At this time, the courtyard was secluded and uninhabited, and the flowers and plants in the soil gradually woke up, wafting a faint fragrance, only the bright moon in the sky exuded a hazy silver light.

At this time, Julian's heart had already flown up to the clouds, and he replied as a matter of course: "Of course." ”

With small steps, the two of them left the hall, their feet on the dirt of the courtyard, and Julian sniffed the faint fragrance of Lycia's body, and his body suddenly burst with blood.

Julian reached out to take Ricia's hand, but Lyria took a step forward and deftly dodged Julian's outstretched hand.

Lygia smiled, "I'm so sorry I deceived you." ”

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Julian had a confused look on his face.

"Actually, I'm not tired at all, my dance teacher is quite strict. ”

Lygia smiled like a flower, and Julian stared at Lygia's graceful body with burning eyes and said eagerly, "Me too." ”

Garden?!God, she's bold! But I love it!

Lygia smiled lightly and said, "Claude, you can come out." ”

"Claude?"

"Your Excellency, I would like to introduce you to a man, my brother Claude. ”

Out of the gloomy shadows came a pale, thin young man----- Claude, Lygia's brother and second son of Urban II.

Claude was plain-looking, with short, curly black hair, and his cheeks were covered with freckles like stars, and Claude smiled restrainedly, quite like a shy big boy, without the majesty of being a prince at all.

Claude limped towards Julian, dragging his sick lamefoot, Claude was a cripple, something that was known throughout the Empire.

The dream was shattered, but Julian quickly recovered from his loss and surprise, and he bowed to Claude slightly, "Hello, Your Highness Claude. ”

"Hello, Your Excellency Julian McCarvey. Claude smiled kindly.

"Your Highness, with all due respect, why are you here?"

Claude, who was born crippled, was extremely disgusted with crowded public places, and tried not to attend ceremonies when he could, and never entered any balls, because his feet prevented him from dancing.

When compiling the list of invitees, Julian took Claude's situation into account and did not invite Claude to come. And Prince Claude, who was born with an aversion to balls, would appear in the mansion where he was holding balls, much to Julian's surprise.

Julian glanced at Lizia cautiously, what did this woman want to do?

"Don't get me wrong, I asked Lygia to bring me here. Although I am sorry that I could not attend your ball because of my physical disability, I really wanted to see you, so I came with me in Lygia's carriage and asked Lycia to bring you here to meet me. Claude explained.

"If you want to meet me, ask the servant to hand me an invitation, and I will naturally come to visit. ”

"Regia, please give me some time with Lord McCarvey?" Claude said to his sister.

Lygia bowed slightly, and left the courtyard with light steps.

After Lizia left, Julian looked at the mocked neck in confusion, not understanding why Claude was meeting him.

"You may be full of doubts right now, but don't worry, please think of this as a conversation between friends. I want to be friends with you, can I?"

"Naturally, I would love to have a friend as good as you. ”

"That's great, we're friends now. Claude smiled shyly, "I don't have many friends. ”

"Actually, I'm here because I've heard about you from Lygia, so I want to get close to you. ”

"Deeds?" Julian frowned, "may I ask you about the matter? I don't know that I have a story to boast about. ”

"But a miracle has indeed befallen you!"

"Miracle?"

"Maybe you don't know it, the story of you climbing out of the tomb by overturning the lid of the coffin has long been spread throughout the imperial capital, and everyone privately calls you 'the one who rose from the dead' or 'the one who rose from the dead'. Claude's gaze was fascinated.

"It's .......," Yuri paused, and then said, "I don't deny it, because it did happen to me. ”

"I knew that Lycia would never lie to me. There was a certain frenzy in Claude's gaze, "I wonder if you can replicate this miracle!"

"Miracle? You call it a miracle, but I don't think he's a miracle, I'm just lucky, you know, I'm not the only one who has come back from the dead, you know that your family has also had such miraculous things. Julian rejects Claude's claims, and it's just luck.

"But that was more than a hundred years ago. Edgar sighed, "I don't want to return my whole soul to flesh like you, I just want my legs back." ”

"Your Highness, with all due respect, your feet were born with a certain disease, which is why they ......."

"No!" Claude interrupted with a wave of his arm, "he's not sick, I can feel it, he'...... I was only temporarily gone, I couldn't walk because of the cripple in my soul, as long as I could get back the lost part, the part of my soul on my legs, I would be able to walk again! Claude's gaze was unwavering, convinced of his absurd theories.

Julian narrowed his eyes, he dismissed Claude's words as the wishful thinking of a fool, "Unfortunately, according to the doctor's statement, I only woke up because I suddenly fainted and entered a state of suspended animation. ”

"That's right, you're right, 'fake animation' is him, when your soul suddenly stripped of your body due to a force majeure reason, which caused you to fall into a fainting, and the reason why you suddenly came back to life must be because your soul returned to your body. ”

Julian could see that because of the disability of his legs, Claude had fallen into a heart demon, causing him to speak without thinking about reliable logic. He was tired of Claude's pestering.

"Your Royal Highness, it may be true as you say, but I have no idea when or for what reason my soul left my body, nor what reason my soul returned to my body. So I'm sorry, I really want to help you, but I can't help it. ”

The cruel truth slammed into Claude's heart like a boulder, and his fanatical mind was cooled from it.

Claude hung his head in amazement, his already pale face now even more bloodless.......

After a while, Claude asked in a lonely voice, "I want to know what you saw?

"I saw the sins of my life, and they unfolded before my eyes like a horse. So I'm making it up to him. ”

"I see. Claude's expression was lonely, and he crouched down and let out a slight whimper that would grieve any hard-hearted person at the sight of it.

"Let's go, go back to Lygia. "Don't tell her what we're talking about, I don't want her to worry about me." ”

"Okay. May God the Father be with you, Your Highness. ”

Lygia had been looking forward to it, and when Julian returned, she hurriedly asked, "What about Claude?"

"He went back. ”

"Well, I was thinking of going back with him. What did you just talk about?"

"It's something vulgar, but His Royal Highness Claude is such an interesting man. ”

"yes, he's always been a very optimistic person. ”

In the hall, Charlotte and Rosalind were resting on chairs in the corner of the hall.

"Why haven't you been back for so long?" said Charlotte, anxiously staring in the direction of the courtyard.

"It's been a long time. ”

"Could it be that you say!" Charlotte had some bad conjectures in her mind, and was suddenly shocked, "Could it be that Bichi is shamelessly seducing the young master now." ”

Charlotte jumped up from her chair and hurried to the entrance of the courtyard in a rage.

Rosalind grabbed Charlotte's hand at once, pulled him back, and said, "There is a limit to whimsy, and I don't think Julian has the charm to make the princess of the empire fall into her arms when they meet for the second time." ”

"The young master is very good. Charlotte said angrily.

"You think everyone is as blind as you?"

"Charlotte isn't blind, Charlotte's eyes are good. Charlotte protested loudly.

"Look, they're back. ”

Julian and Lycia returned to the ball together, looking as usual.