Sonny sat down in his chair in his clumsy clothes, and immediately a maid stepped forward to pour him a drink, turning her head to look at him and smiling shyly at him. "My lord, this is the best mead in Stone Bone Village, I hope you enjoy it. As she spoke, one side of her coat slipped off, revealing half of her breasts, "If you need anything else, you can tell me." ”

The voice was as pleasant as a lark, but not as good as Sura's, Sonny thought. The girl finished pouring the wine and stepped aside, holding the flask in her hand, looking at him with affection, as if she did not notice the slipping of her coat.

"Mistress Sonny, Mistress Selcy, this is the head of our village, David. As soon as Sonny took his cup, he heard the Count introduce him.

He turned his head and saw a young man standing upright, as if he had just finished bowing. This man was dressed as a hunter, with a longbow on his back, a dagger and a quiver at his waist, a thick black cotton coat, and a deerskin vest, and he did not look at all like the head of a village, nor did he look like him, about twenty years old, and probably not as old as the Earl of Panya.

"I'm little David, and old David is my father, killed by bandits. As if to see the confusion in Sonny's eyes, the young man explained in a standard Nippel, "The two adults have come from afar, and if there is no urgency, please stay in the village for two days, so that we may pay our respects to Lord Kenny." ”

The news of this village must be very closed, and they may not know that Lord Kenny is dead, Sonny thought in a daze.

"We are in a hurry to rush back to Beicheng, and we have a good intention, the village chief of Shigu Village. Sersi patted the young man on the shoulder.

"Oh, that's right. The village chief scratched his head, "I'm sorry, two adults, in recent years, bandits have been rampant, fertile land has been deserted, and there is really nothing for you to bring in the village." In this case, you eat first, and I will go to the woods to hunt some game and come back. Before Selsey could speak, the man hurried out of the inn.

"He is so virtuous, and he is busy doing everything. The Count shrugged and raised his glass to Sonny.

As soon as the glass was pressed to his lips, Sonny heard a "bang" in front of him, and he was shocked to spill his wine. "The last dish!" he heard Aunt Shi say, "I originally wanted to roast the sheep for the two adults, but there are no sheep in the village for a long time, and the sheep's trotters I roasted are the most fragrant in the whole of Nipur!

"I'm sorry, my lord, I'll help you. Before Sonny could get up, the girl who had just poured the wine immediately pounced on him and used her sleeve to wipe the wine stains off his pants, and two soft things rubbed back and forth on Sonny's arm, making him uncomfortable.

"Enough, I'll do it myself. He said bluntly.

"Your Excellency, you've worked hard, so let me come. She slid a hand over his arm, her voice crisper and more feminine, "It's my pleasure, my lord." ”

"I said, I'll do it myself. Sonny stood up abruptly, frowning at the girl.

"Hug, I'm sorry, sir. She pulled her coat back over her shoulders, stepped aside, and stood with the other three girls with her head down.

"There are only seven or eight clean girls left in the village, my lord, and the rest are not very good-looking, and the good-looking ones are all defiled. The Count took the flask and poured Sonny's glass as he said, "If you are really not satisfied, I can go to another village and ask the girls there—"

"No, you don't. Sonny interrupted, "Who told you to do this, did they do it voluntarily, or were they forced by you?"

"My lord, it is a great blessing to be able to become a woman of Dalton, even if she is only blessed once. As if answering for the Earl, the girl with the pigtails on the side looked up and said, and lowered her head again for fear of meeting Sonny's angry honey-colored eyes.

The Count shrugged. "Of course, they would prefer to sacrifice their chastity to Dalton rather than to be defiled by bandits. ”

"You four, get out. Sersi put down his glass, held out two fingers, and waved it out the door. The girls retreated unhappily, their faces full of loss and sorrow, as if they had missed an opportunity to become phoenixes. In fact, they know in their hearts that if they are lucky, they can only get it as an illegitimate child. However, it was the illegitimate son of the Dalton family.

"Alright, Earl, look at what you have done!" Aunt Shi said, "Two adults, I hope this little episode has not affected the two of you from enjoying the lunch I made!" With that, she picked up the dagger on the table, cut a piece of meat from one of the plates, put it on Sonny's plate, picked up the spoon again, scooped a spoonful of the black soup and poured it on, "Secret black bean pork chop, I hope you like it, my lord." ”

Aunt Shi's cooking skills are really good, and before you know it, the plate is empty. Sonny changed his position and sat by the window to enjoy the airtight house, the mead with the warmth, and the warm sunshine. He heard the girl just now seem to be crying outside the house, and the other three girls were comforting her, their voices were small, far away, and close at hand, and he had no intention of comforting her, and his heart was full of Sula.

Just after the girls had gone out, the Count called another singer, who was now playing the harp, and singing a well-known love song, and when he sang, "Pull away the curls that hung down from her ear, and kiss her sweet cheek," when he heard Uncle Sercy talking to the Count in a whisper. “...... That's why I can't tell you. He heard Uncle Selsey say, "If you have to ask, all I can say is that we must hurry back to the north as soon as possible, and now there is only Lady Nina and Assyria, and even if the news here is closed, the news of the queen's death should have reached your ears long ago, right?"

Sonny sighed. Every time he thought of his mother, he felt that he was in a long dream, and when he woke up, the awesome queen of Assyria would come back to life, and his father. When winter turned to spring, the snow had receded, and the green leaves were crawling all over the branches, he could see the mother who was washing and cooking and the father who was hunting with a bow in the mulberry hut. This time, he's going to have to call out to himself, Daddy.

"I did hear about the failure of the Southern Expedition and the death of Lord Kenny, Lord Kane, Lord Camille, Duke Mike, Duke Jaime, and Duke Dark. it, we don't believe it, how could Lord Kenny die, he's a savior sent by the god Namu!" He heard the Count bang his cup, "Captain Sercy, Lord Kenny, is he okay?"

"The southern expedition did fail, and Kenny was wounded, but not killed. Serci was half-truthful and half-panicked, he didn't seem to be able to bear to break the dream of the young man in front of him, "By the way, who told you the news, it's not the bandits outside, right?"

"How can I say anything to those brutes. The Earl shook the wine in his hand, "A few days ago, a beautiful girl came, not saying that she was the sister of Lord Muren of Sunshine City, although we don't believe it, but we don't dare to slack off, in case she really is." As a result, she insisted that we bring out three barrels of wine. Hey, we don't have that expensive thing here, so we left her for a meal, and that's what she told us, and sit where you are sitting right now. ”

"Who?" Sonny stood up, "Say it again." ”

"Pretty girl. The Count tilted his body and turned his head to look at Sonny behind Sercy.

Next sentence. ”

"Sunshine City, sister of Lord Mullen. ”

"Damn ......," Sonny muttered.