Chapter 53: Starting from scratch
Evelyn hung a bloodied horseskin bag containing four freshly cut human heads from the saddle.
Because one of the dark wizards was struck by a life-reelling spell by himself, the five brothers only had four heads for the crow to return to.
"Did you find that scroll of blood magic?" Stannis remembered the real purpose of their visit.
Evelyn shook her head, she had just searched carefully for the rest of the corpse, but she had not found the stolen scroll, it looked like the original dark wizard had said that the scroll had been taken.
There is no clue as to the identity of the mysterious mastermind, except for a ring engraved with flames.
"Iron ring?" Stannis bit the surface of the ring, his toothache was terrible, it seemed that the mastermind was not very good, and he was poor enough to make a ring out of iron.
But fortunately, although this time the next copy was nine deaths, he finally got the spoils of war: a bag of gold coins, and the quintuplets used to tempt him with all his belongings.
Evelyn took a moment to treat the wound in her lower back, and then prepared to get on her horse and leave.
"Are you leaving? "Stennis is a little reluctant, and it's not so common to see a woman who is so beautiful and so capable of fighting.
Evelyn looked at him, not speaking, trying to suppress the thought of herself rushing into his arms, as she had done when she was younger.
Stannis shrugged, he knew that the woman's hatred for him hadn't gone away.
"Then I wish you a smooth journey, by the way, your brother asked me to bring you a message: send letters home often, don't let him worry about being a brother. ”
With that, he turned and left.
Hey, I forgot to tie my horse when I got off the horse just now, and I don't know where the beast went.
Just as he was scratching his head in embarrassment, the woman's cold voice sounded again.
"Stannis Justin. "Her name was his full name.
The lord turned around, she wouldn't change her mind and chop herself off again, would she?
Evelyn bit her lip vigorously, and the dazzling blood flowed out of her mouth, as sad as weeping blood.
"You...... Have you ever loved me?"
What! It's not even like it, it's love!
This question is beyond Stannis's knowledge, you must know that since high school, he has not coaxed any other woman except for the fifth girl.
"I ...... I do not know. He ended up telling the truth, because he couldn't make decisions for the previous Stannis.
The white-haired girl covered her mouth with her hand, she had sworn that she would never shed another tear for the man in front of her, but when she heard this sentence with her own ears, she still couldn't help but shed tears.
But her strong voice regained its calmness, cold as a machine, "I will explain your contribution to this mission to His Holiness Envoy, and the Commendation Order will come down in a few days." Count Stennis. ”
With that, she nodded and turned away, never looking back.
Leaving Stannis alone in the wind......
...... It is estimated that this time I will have to walk back to the territory on two feet.
A day later, while he was having breakfast, Stannis received an urgent letter from the royal capital.
It's signed by Evelyn Wolfe.
He threw the letter to Robert across from him and motioned for him to open it.
Robert opened the letter with a 'stone' in his mouth, and a piece of coated paper with gold trim slipped out of it.
The eyes of Lady Lomon, who sat on the right-hand side, lit up as he recognized this style of paper, which was a special order of commendation for the Church.
"So fast?" Stannis didn't expect to finish fighting the Dark Wizard yesterday evening, and the commendation order would arrive this morning.
Robert cleared his throat and began to read the words written on the paper.
“...... His Excellency Count Stannis Justidine, Lord of Zzivinie, is hereby commended for his valor and courage in this mission to hunt down heretics, so that heretics have nowhere to escape, and I hope that His Excellency the Count will continue to guard against arrogance and rashness, and ...... for a better tomorrow."
Stannis goosebumps were about to come out, and he motioned to Robert not to read on, it seemed that this kind of formalism was not outdated in any era and in any world.
"Boss, you are developed! There is the signature of the Emperor on it, I don't know if he really looked at it. Robert said, patting his horse.
Stannis doesn't think so.
"Is there a bonus attached to this thing?" he asked.
"Nope. ”
"Can I make the lords around me fearful?"
"No, I can't. ”
"Can I get a bonus from pickling girls?"
"How is that possible!"
"Then this is hairy!"
Robert thought for a moment, as if the paper was of no use, and he threw the commendation to the ground like garbage, or did Bachelor Romon pick it up in distress.
Soon, breakfast was over, and Stanis began to set up tasks for the day again.
First of all, in order to reflect the tradition of respecting the old and loving the young, Rosene specially gave the Romon University Scholar a three-day holiday.
"Boss, what about me, what about me! I'm only sixteen years old this year, so I'm young, but I just look a little old. Robert also wanted to bargain.
"Don't be in a hurry, it's your turn, and in view of Robert's hard work, I hereby give the following reward: all the pocket money will be deducted this month, and he will stand guard at the gate of the mill to collect the money during the vacation of Master Lomon. ”
"What!" Robert was shocked, "why punish me! I didn't do anything wrong?"
Stannis glared at him, "You still have the face to ask! Yesterday I secretly dropped my sword, so I almost hung up, and you didn't kick you out, you can steal the fun!"
"That's also something that can't be helped! The hemp seed in the village who struck iron is too tight to collect debts, so I have to take a countermeasure, besides, boss, your sword hasn't been used for a long time, and it's almost rusty, I'm just letting it realize its own value!"
What a brazen man!" He threatened forcefully, "Stop rambling, don't obediently carry out my punishment, be careful that I deduct your pocket money for a year!"
The radish that was still making noise hurriedly sat down obediently.
"By the way, Cook has a share!" Stannis shouted.
Chef came out of nowhere and stood next to him, "What are you looking for me?dearest sweetheart~~"
Stannis motioned for him to stand away from him, then tossed a bag of gold coins, the loot of the next dungeon, onto the table.
"I see that you have nothing to do all day long, and it is really condescending to make these junk food, Nuo, you can use the money here to open a canteen, just set up a tent on the square of those merchants to sell food, I have inspected for a few days, and I think that the large flow of people there must be very profitable, and the money earned is three or seven open, you three and I seven. ”
Cook was overjoyed, but he didn't expect someone to invest in him to open a store, so he hurriedly took the money and asked his assistant chef to buy his belongings.
"And what about me, my lord?" asked Korodov, for it was Kanye who was now in charge of training the soldiers, making him the most idle in the castle.
"Of course I'm not going to forget you, big man, and I'm going to leave you with the most important thing to do right now." ”
"I'll do my best!" said the chief knight, excitedly, "and what is it?"
"It was to start from scratch and teach me how to be a knight. ”