As soon as Romandan's voice fell, the tiredness on the faces of the lords was swept away. A square-faced female lord stood up and stared straight at him, "Where's the Overseer?"

She had a few freckles flushed under her frizzy curls, and there was a pungent air between her eyebrows and eyes—she was the first to jump up and ask about the fact that there had been several marriages between the family of the Lady of Mary and the family of Dakra.

"Unfortunately, Lord Dakra's body will be sent to the capital after being buried. ”

There was an uproar in the hall, and Romandan lowered his eyes unmoved—his usual solemn countenance could be interpreted in different ways on different occasions. At the moment, he appears to be a widowed husband: "My wife, Mia, will be buried in the near future. ”

As soon as the last few words came into her ears, Ida felt like she had been pricked by a needle, her face turned blood-red, and a thin "whine" sound came out of her throat. The lord Haibo, who had boasted of his battle history, raised his chin in the direction of Ida with a calm face: "Why don't you let her speak?"

Marley glanced at the thin girl on the ground suspiciously, and then sneered, "How can such a big girl kill the Overseer?"

"When the two and a half children went to see the Overseer, no one would have thought they had knives on them. Roman Dan frowned tightly, as if he didn't want to look at Ada, just waved his hand: "Take out the cotton in her mouth." ”

As soon as her mouth was empty, Ida suddenly burst out with a scream, crying uncontrollably: "How could my sister die?

The guards immediately gagged her again.

Marry stared at Romandan: "She said she didn't kill." ”

"Besides, they have no grievances with the Overseer, so why did they kill him?" exclaimed.

The other lords exchanged glances with each other, and a decent lord who was slightly older and had silver hair at the roots asked, "Lord Romandan, what's going on?" - except that he didn't seem to question, but rather to play a round.

"Let me be honest and start at the beginning. ”

Under the gaze of seven pairs of eyes, Romandan sighed softly: "I am also to blame for this matter." Lord Overseer has said that the Holy See wants to make changes to the territory of the Mesoko family, and I discussed this with Mia in front of Ada. She had always been deviant and daring, perhaps thinking that the Overseers were trying to punish the Mesokos, so she acted on her own initiative, causing the night's trouble. ”

The lords were shocked and looked at each other.

"As for Mia, Mia ......"

Romandan raised his head, his gaze wandering to a point in the air in the distance—the carpet of animal skins beneath that was darker than the rest.

"She has always been at odds with Mia, who she thinks is too ignorant and gullible, and is not a candidate to rule the territory. If Mia is not there, it will be Ada's turn to be knighted, and only Ada. ”

At the mention of the title, the lords, shocked by the news of the Overseer's death, came to their senses. A long, slender knight lord asked, "Why isn't Lord Count Mesoko here?"

Ida raised her head suddenly, and her neck bone even "clicked".

"What I have to tell you is that the death of Lord Dakra and Mia is not the only bad news tonight. ”

Romandan said as he took out an oblong silver box and put a little green object that seemed to be a spirit stone inside: "This is the fallen spirit of the Mesoko family. Soon after the Earl placed it in the artifact, he learned of Ada's doing, so he fell ill and died. The fallen spirit had seen everything and was now unwilling to stay on Ada. ”

There was a low murmur in the hall.

The lords' eyes circled back and forth between the spirit weapon and Ida a few times, some gradually pursed the corners of their mouths, and some hugged their arms - they were all years of fallen spirit envoys, and they knew that only the host could order the falling spirit to enter the spirit weapon. Glancing at the gem that shone slightly, they could all see that it contained a fallen spirit.

The death of the old count and Mia is difficult to fake. As soon as Romandan's words were confirmed, this falling spirit, which only faced the host's only direct blood relative, but refused to possess the past, became a heavy weight, pressing on the side that was unfavorable to Ida Mesoko.

Ada stared blankly at the artifact, feeling that her brain was wooden.

Upon discovering that the Overseer had died, his attendants immediately began a commotion, and in a fit of rage, rushed to the main fort armed with their weapons. When I heard the news, I thought that a rogue had entered the manor, and immediately set up a guard to meet him...... In the darkness of the night, everything was not clear, and by the time it was discovered that it was a misunderstanding, it was too late. ”

"Are you going to tell us that so many people are all dead?" asked Marley immediately.

"Of course not. Romandan didn't mind her attitude, and explained, "There are a total of thirty attendants left in the manor, and ten of them have survived, and if you have any doubts, I can bring them with you in a while, and let you ask." Naturally, they were able to confirm my words. ”

Marley was stunned, he didn't expect him to be so frank.

A whimper suddenly burst into a high-pitched sound, startling everyone, and they followed the sound to look at Ada. Her mouth was gagged, and she quickly cried in her throat - Romandan looked at her and asked, "Don't you admit what happened tonight?"

Ida shook her head desperately.

The guards who had been standing behind her immediately rebuked: "This young man is obviously not the son of the Tongyuan Empire, but you deliberately falsify his identity, is this to gain the trust of the Overseer? You entered the Overseer's bedroom with him, is this true? You have a blade on your body, and the knife has this young man's surname engraved on it, are we faking it?"

After all, Ida was young, and she couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and for a moment the expression on her face was clearly admitted-the eyes of several lords rolled on her face, and she was a little surprised.

"After attempting to murder the Overseer, you run back to the main castle to ask Lord Romandan for help, even the maid can confirm it!" the guard strode to the side, took a knife from his colleague, and said, "This was found in the Overseer's bedroom," and presented it to the lords.

The knife was crudely made, and at first glance it was used by ordinary children to play, and it was indeed shallowly engraved with the word "forest". It's just that before handing it over to the lord for inspection, Romandan had already ordered someone to re-polish the blade once, and when it was flipped slightly, the blade was so sharp that it shook a cold light.

Almost everything the guards said was true, but when they listened together, it was not like that. Adding this evidence, Ida immediately reacted to her own situation—she immediately struggled to argue, and the cry of "woo" became louder, just crying and crying, but she suddenly cut off her voice, curled up on the carpet like a shrimp, and her thin shoulders twitched silently.

Her father and sister were gone, and the family spirit never showed up, so she couldn't understand the current situation.

Roman Dan glanced at her and spoke at the right time. "As I said, I am also responsible for such a tragedy in Messoko's family. Even though Ada is Mia's sister, I can't tolerate the slightest bit of protection for her—"

He stopped talking, and after a few seconds, as if he had to stabilize his emotions, he said slowly: "You have come by order of the Holy See, just like the emissaries of the Pope. I am willing to leave the murderer to you, and I am willing to accept your punishment for the Mesoko family. ”

One of the lords crossed his hands and placed them on his long beard, which hung down to his belly: "It turns out that your lord hopes that we can settle this matter in its place and not involve the judges. ”

Romandan lowered his gaze and was noncommittal. After a few seconds, he suddenly turned and walked towards the beast on the other side of the hall.

A wind swept in from the night, making his white robe hunt, alternating light and dark in the light of the jumping fire—step by step, Romandan stood between the beast's teeth, turned around, and sat down on the stone chair of the head of the Mesoko family.

The robe suddenly slid off the stone chair, like a thousand years of ice and snow rolling down the black cliff.

The height of the stone chair was just right for Romandan, as if it had been made for him. He finally looked less upright—one arm resting on the arm of a chair, a faint smile on his lips.

This smile was mistaken for gentleness by Mia.

There were already a few people in the hall who couldn't control the surprise on their faces.

Romandan watched them quietly, his gaze swept over the faces of the crowd, and the looks, whether wandering, thoughtful, or serious, were drawn into each of them.

The lords themselves don't know yet, but tonight, these seven are already destined to support him.

He was a very serious and strict man by nature - before they came to the Mesoko Manor, he had already inquired about which lords the Holy See had summoned this time, and was ready, and whether or not there was an accident with Ida tonight, Romandan's plan had already been set in motion.

"Pick it up. He gave the order, and immediately one of the attendants came into the center of the seat, took out a large piece of parchment from his bosom, and saluted around. One by one, the lords stood up and gathered in a circle around the guard.

Little by little, the guard loosened the parchment roll and exposed it to the firelight. The land, rivers, mountains, and borders drawn with a quill gradually unfolded into view, forming a partial map of the eastern frontier of the Holy Alliance. The parchment was old, withered yellow in color, covered with wisps of white lines, like tendons exposed after the skin was opened.

"Huh?" As soon as he looked at the map, someone couldn't help but let out a low exclamation.

This is a map of the Mesoko family's territory, which has been sealed for nearly ten years after it was drawn. Including Jiyingling, down to a village and a forest, they have all been recorded in detail. However, there are now several new lines of ink on this old map, as if they had just been written tonight, and at a glance, they are the family names of the seven lords.

Seven surnames, long or short, were spread across different regions, dividing the territory into eight parts, with only Jiyingling and a few surrounding small towns and villages remaining blank, suggesting that they still belonged to Mesoko - only two or three out of ten were left compared to the original range.

Romandan gave them a moment to digest the map, and then broke the silence.

"This is the price paid by the Mesoko family for tonight's misfortune. ”

This time, the eyes of the lords were firmly on his face. He glanced at the Baroness Marie and said softly: "Of course, this is only a little suggestion that I can think of after inheriting the Mesoko family - not to mention the matter of inheritance, you do not agree with this suggestion, whether you prefer to let the Holy See Jury make a decision, the choice is in your hands." ”

After that, he smiled lightly: "There are no marked blank maps, and there are still a few in the Mesoko family." ”

Ida was crying profusely, when she heard the silence in the hall, and finally barely stopped her tears, twisted her neck and looked back. The backs of the seven lords gathered together in the firelight, casting long and short shadows, as if whispering something to each other—she pricked up her ears, but could hear nothing but the sound of her own blood.

So when that "hey" came to her ears, she was shocked, and she thought she had heard it wrong.

"Wait a moment and then turn your head," the voice continued softly, "I'm already awake." ”

Tears flowed silently down her cheeks, and Ida resisted the urge before she slowly turned her head away and pressed her face to the ground as she had done before.

Lin Yuqing lay motionless, only opened his eyes slightly—in his pair of dark pupils, there was a bright light flashing at this time, but there was no expression on his face. The young man refused to look at her, his eyes only stared at the carpet in front of him, and his voice was low and low: "I...... I will not let you fall into their hands. ”

Ida had cotton stuffed in her mouth and couldn't say anything, just staring at him blankly. Lin Yuqing was about to speak again, when the two of them heard a noise on the ground at the same time, and he immediately stopped talking - it turned out to be Romantan who walked down the steps.

As he walked past the two children lying on the ground, the pattern on the boots instantly became clear, and then crossed over and disappeared from Ada's vision. Hearing the footsteps, the lords turned around one after another to meet Romandan's gaze.

Lin Yuqing sniffled and furrowed his eyebrows.

"In that box?"

Ida nodded.

"It chose Romandan?"

Ada was stunned and shook her head hurriedly - when switching hosts, only the closest candidates in the blood can ensure that the Fallen Spirits retain their power to the greatest extent, so when there are relatives to choose from, the Fallen Spirits will never choose someone outside the family. But she shook it twice, hesitated herself, and slowly lowered her head.

"That thing, can make the falling spirit contained?" Seeing Ida nodding again, Lin Yuqing exhaled. "That's good. The secret I'm going to tell you, you'll soon know. ”

There was something indescribable in his tone that made Ida shudder.

The boy smiled: "After a while, I probably won't have a chance to tell you." You remember, it's called Nagarjuna, it's a bit big-tempered, and it likes people to follow it. ”

Ida didn't understand, her eyes flickering blankly in her tears.

Lin Yuqing took a deep breath and made up his mind, but his face turned pale. He just opened his mouth to call out Nagarjuna, but before he could make a sound, he heard a high voice suddenly sound behind him, which made the hearts of the two children skip a beat: "In this way, won't the matter be solved!"

The two quickly turned their gaze and found that it was the middle-aged baron with a long beard who spoke.

"I'm in favor. ”

The answer was from a petite female lord. She had a small head, face, hands and feet, except for a pair of eyes that were disproportionately large, like some kind of reptile: "According to Article 7 of the Fallen Spirit Covenant, when the Fallen Spirit Family dies, five or more Fallen Spirit Envoys will jointly consult on the heir of the Fallen Spirit—we have enough of them. ”

The two children exchanged a stunned, almost dazed look.

The precondition for the demise of the Mesoko family was that Ida Mesoko had indeed committed a felony worthy of being put on the gallows—and there was no disputing this. As for the rest of the distant relatives, they are not taken into account.

Romantan stood silently, listening to the lords' discussions. The spiritual weapon in his hand was soft and shiny, reflecting the white green fingertips. This result did not surprise him - the noble lords of the Holy Alliance, although they were "moving forward under the guidance of the gods of the West and the Pope", but when the time was right, they did not mind letting the Pope wait and make a few more circles behind him.

The Holy See will of course receive the report soon, but it doesn't matter, because His Holiness will say nothing but praise them for their decisiveness. Recently, the situation has been unstable, **** is frequent, bandits and people are everywhere, compared to the support of seven lords, a mere Mesoko family territory, it seems that it is not so important - however, if there is a next time in such a situation, the Pope must only be willing to send knights of the Inquisition.

Thinking of this, Romandan's eyes were on the map.

The parchment was stained orange-red by the firelight. The mountains and rivers in the light and shadow seemed to be awakened, and they were about to float from the paper with the war horses, iron swords, wheat, and fallen spirits they carried—they never really belonged to Romandan, but after tonight, he would get them in his hands little by little.

"Under the indomitable will of the gods of the West, by the grace of His Majesty the Emperor and the Crown of the Pope, and in accordance with the Pact of the Fallen Spirit, I, Shati Shea-"

A young lord announced aloud, and with a wave of his hand, a huge ring slowly sank from the high ceiling of the hall. The ring was filled with smoke and white light, and fell into the hall behind him. The guards in the hall panicked and retreated far away.

The two children were startled, and couldn't help but shrink back a little, staring at the suddenly summoned falling spirit in a daze, not understanding what they were doing for a while. Lin Yuqing's gaze swept over the lords, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Giante Gilia," - the silver-haired lord lowered his eyes, his side lit up, and two long wings stretched out from his bracers.

"Heber Lee," - a slit was pulled open in the air, revealing a pitch black beneath it. A pale arm poked out of the darkness and hung down beside Heber.

"Mary Saylbine," —a small shadow like a swarm of bees, buzzing behind her into a surging black mist.

"Alawit Adiga," - a knife and fork clinked from nowhere, and then the fork flew up the lord's shoulder, licked by a red tongue sticking out of a large mouth in the air.

"Lusha Savella," - a gust of wind swept through the gate, and out of the night, a six-legged lizard with smooth skin slowly crawled out of the darkness and into the firelight.

"Avis Behan," - the halo of light gradually brightens up from the air as if it breathes, forming a cloud-like shape.

"The above seven fallen spirit envoys unanimously decided that the second son of the Lansey family, Roman Dan Lansai, will inherit the fallen spirit and territory of the Mesoko family. From now on, Mesoko will no longer be a noble surname, and this fallen spirit should be passed on to the descendants of Romandan Lansay, without being disturbed by anyone, forever. From now on, Romandan Lansai will have the obligation and responsibility to maintain the prosperity and stability of the territory and strictly abide by the Fallen Soul Pact. ”

Romantan held the spiritual weapon with both hands, but the spiritual weapon was silent and did not make a sound.

"If the Fallen Spirit does not accept this ruling, then it will no longer be protected by the Fallen Spirit Pact, and any Fallen Spirit Envoy can kill and devour it. After waiting for a while, the silver-haired Giante looked at the spirit weapon and said slowly.

Seven large and small falling spirits stopped opposite the spirit weapon, forming a semicircle, firmly blocking the falling spirits of the Mesoko family in front of Romandan. The six-legged lizard stretched its neck, as if with a bit of longing, and shook its head back and forth outside the spirit weapon, and the knife and fork stood in front of it left and right, sucking saliva in its big mouth, as if it was not facing a falling spirit, but a dish.

Since coming into this world, the Fallen Spirits have relied on spirit stones as a supplement, and have maintained peace with each other for nearly a thousand years, and if it weren't for the opportunity to allow them to devour their own kind, it would really make people almost forget the hunting nature of these Fallen Spirits.

However, there was still no movement in the artifact.

"You still have time to count to ten, and attach it to Romandan. "After ten numbers, if you haven't moved, we'll let go of the Fallen Spirit to attack you." ”

Romandan looked at the spirit artifact and frowned.

"You're ready," Lin Yuqing whispered to Ada, "and when they count to five, you run out of the gate - leave me alone." ”

Running out?

Ida couldn't help but be stunned. At this time, she was lying on the ground with her hands tied behind her back, and she could get up when she crawled, but how could she run out under the noses of the falling spirits in a hall with this appearance? Besides, what should Lin Yuqing do herself?

She was anxious, but she couldn't speak, and she glanced at the young man, and then at the lords who had already begun to count. It was the young Sir Shady named Shati Shee who had already stretched the gap between each number, but he still didn't wait for the spirit weapon to respond, and finally counted all the way to four.

"Now!" Ida hurriedly twisted her body and got up as soon as she stood on her feet, and as soon as she heard the word "five" fall, someone shouted, "It's out!"

"Leave it alone, run!" Lin Yuqing shouted, and before Ada could look at him more, she stumbled around and rushed towards the gate. Because they wanted to avoid the falling spirit, the guards retreated far away, and when they saw her move, they immediately chased after her, but still told her to escape for a long time—

Just as Ida was about to run close to the Fallen Spirit Emissary, her heart was already high in her throat, and she didn't know what Lin Yuqing's next plan was. When a lord turned his head towards her, a black shadow leaped into the air, and just when she thought it was a fallen spirit that had come to capture her, it pounced on Romandan, drawing everyone's attention away—

"Finally possessed?" The lords didn't move, but someone breathed a sigh of relief.

Ida was stunned for a moment, and a thought suddenly hit her - they didn't know, it wasn't the fallen spirit of the Mesoko family!

She hurriedly looked back, and in the midst of her confusion, she saw a long tail like smoke flicking in the air—and then a flower in front of her eyes, and the silver artifact rolled to Ada's feet.

When the nearest guard finally caught up, reached out to grab her shoulder, and pulled her over, all he saw was a pair of pupils that had lost their color in the white glow.