We have talked many times about how pleasant May is in Falency, and the same is true in May in the year 353 of the Gregorian calendar, when Sogrand sees the beautiful Nancival Lake again, it is already late April. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

His return was not immediately reported to the Eruk Palace. The men of the Ninth Legion knew that if Sogre did not use the caravanserais when he returned home, then they should not disturb his movements. Thus, when Sogrend trekked into the confines of his estate, no one in Caiunescu knew of his return. And this was certainly not the first time he had traveled on foot in the land of Farensi. In the past and for many years to come, the people of Pharansy have endured despite injustice and suffering. For the Phariseans know that there is a man who is in charge of justice and justice, who is always on a tour of the kingdom, and who may at any moment pass by your door and ask you to take a sip of water from you, or ask you to carry him in a wagon carrying goods. Then, when he shows the two amethysts on the hilt of the sword, hope comes to you.

Sogrend also dealt with a few small cases on his way home, and he enjoyed his job as a traveling justice. The various stories experienced in handling the case have also become the talking points that send the daughter to sleep. Thorgrande couldn't help but smile at the thought of his two daughters. Eclaire has always been like a competent sister, and this child has some good strength, which is the same as her mother when she was young, and it seems that the Lambague family has a unique inheritance of women. As for Reinhardt, she is a lovable little angel, and the whole family is very fond of her from top to bottom, but fortunately there is no sign of spoiling her.

There are two other children that Thorgrande misses as well, one is naturally Reinst, and as the only boy in the family now, everyone has high expectations of him. His father was a hero, and Sogrend didn't know if it would be an incentive or pressure for Reingst. In keeping with the tradition of Falencia, Sogrend sent him to the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy at the beginning of this year, which was Reingst's own choice. Even if he was willing to become a civil official, or a businessman, Sogre would be equally supportive. The other is Sarah, Marge's widow and Reingster's sister. The child is still in the stage of innocence and liveliness, and the Beta family is ready for her to be a member of the family. The child is still young, and although I have heard that she and Lucido are quite close to each other, it may be too early to talk about it now.

Thinking so, Saugland had passed through the vine and olive fields and saw the windmill mill and the drying yard. As long as you pass through here, you can enter your own house. In today's beautiful weather, the peasant women all moved the spinning wheels to the drying yard and chatted while working in the warm sun. They couldn't help but talk curiously about this strange-looking man, but they never thought that he was the heir to this manor, and judging from his attire, they would probably only think that this was at most a guy who came from the province to run a business.

When Sogrend returned home, it was already early afternoon, and everyone had already started their afternoon work, so no one came to greet him. It was a common occurrence for him, and sometimes he didn't even return here until midnight. Thorgrande rang the doorbell, and after a short wait there, the door creaked open.

The first thing that catches your eye is a delicate and pale little face.

"Lord Luce!" The woman exclaimed.

"Good afternoon, Miss Rabelais." Thorgrande smiled, then leaned down and picked up the little one in her skirt, "Ah, my sweet little princess, how are you doing?" ”

"Daddy, Daddy." Reinhardt rubbed his father's face with pleasure.

"Areltha, who's here?" An old voice came from inside the room.

"Ma'am, it's Lord Leuss who has returned." Ellesha replied loudly as she turned around.

Thorgrande walked into the house with his daughter in his arms, and he saw Mrs. Landil also walking out with her own mother in her arms.

After greeting each other, Mrs. Old Luce asked, "How long will you stay at home this time?" ”

"I should stay for a few days, as long as I ......," said Sogrerd to his mother gently.

"As long as there are no surprises, right, you say that every time, but you can't stay for a few days and are pulled away by those accidents, and it looks busier than me, a businessman." Old Luce came down from the second floor on crutches, having fallen last year, so his legs and feet were now less sharp.

Thorgrande hurriedly smiled at his father, and then asked, "How is it that Miss Rabelais has time to be a guest here?" ”

"I'm here to teach Reinhardt math." Eletha said with her head down.

"So, Rhine, have you studied well with Sister Eletha?" Thorgrande asked the daughter, and the little girl giggled and buried her head in her father's chest.

"Hmph, Thorge, your daughter is much more promising than you, and she will already help me settle the score. Of course, this is also a good teacher. Recently I am planning to amend my will so that Rhine will inherit my property in the future. Although Old Luce's tone was not good, everyone could see that he was proud of his granddaughter.

"What about Reingst and Eco?"

"Reinster is still living in the school, and today is not the day they can go home." Mrs. Landil answered half of the questions.

"Where's Eco?"

"Eco was picked up by Master Mazarel." Eletha answered the second half.

"Oh? What do you think about the Dragoon? ”

"Recently, Eco has been found to have a talent for dragon knights, so Lord Mazarel is interested in focusing on cultivating her."

"That's good," Thorgrande lifted Rhine above his head and let her ride it up to his neck, "Rhine, will your sister be able to fly around like this in the future?" As he spoke, Thorgrande imitated the way he flew, and took his daughter around the house, causing little Rhine to laugh all the time.

"Lord Luce is such a child lover." Eletha said softly as she watched the father and daughter play.

"He must be a good husband." Mrs. Landil squeezed the young female mathematician to the side, and Ellesa's face immediately turned red and she lowered her head.

"Mother, let's make more delicious food today." Thorgrande put down his daughter and said, "Miss Rabelais is also staying for dinner, so it shouldn't delay your time, right?" ”

"Ah...... Ah, not at all," Aretha replied quickly, "I'm glad to be invited by you. ”

Afterwards, everyone spent a pleasant afternoon together. Sogrend checked her daughter's schoolwork, and Ellesha kept praising Reinhardt for her talent in mathematics. And the elder Luce kept clamoring that if Sogrand did not give him a grandson, then Reinhardt would inherit all the family business. Mrs. Landil took the opportunity to knock on the side, reminding the old Luces that since they wanted to hold their grandson, they should find a partner for their son as soon as possible. This caused the flush on Miss Rabelais's face to never fade.

Before dinner, Mazarel brought back the eldest daughter of the Leuss. Originally, Thorgrande wanted to keep him for dinner, but the chief dragoon refused, because there were also people waiting for him at home.

At dinner, there was talk of the marriages of young officers in Falunsi in recent years. Mazarel, Jack Fleet, and Larson all got married, and even Joan Curran, who had just been transferred to the Praetorian Guard, wrote her own romance in the royal capital.

The first three just match the three daughters of the "Three Goddesses of Vengeance", and in the eyes of outsiders, they are all a match made in heaven. However, it is said that Larson was still complaining until he was in front of the cave room with Megaella: "How did this happen, I originally liked Miss Elesa?" But when Admiral Sauer, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, suggested that he could exchange with him, Larsson immediately rewarded his boss with an old punch.

Alector is married to Mazarel, and in the words of her sister Megiera, Alektor may have too much of a dragon knight plot. But then again, Mazarel has a much stronger reputation than Cizer, and he is the kind of man who can be trusted by women with great peace of mind.

As for the pair of Jack Fleet and Tisiphne, Sauer commented that this is the quintessential lookalike couple, and the two of them have too much in common. The common denominator is basically very good, except that the two men are very much admirers of Sogrande.

Joann Curran, a native of Narcibis who had been transferred to the Praetorian Guard with the rank of colonel, met her countryman, Miss Milinda Baft, in the royal capital. Although they are fellow villagers, the two men only have some vague impressions of each other at first. It wasn't until they got in touch that the two gradually established a solid bond.

After dinner, Thorgrande naturally had to send Mademoiselle Rabelais back, as it was a gentleman's duty. The two men got into the carriage of the Rabelais family and began a short journey.

It was the day before the full moon, and under the clear night sky, the moonlight sprinkled the entire carriage. Eletha leaned quietly on the side of the carriage, pretending to be in a daze at the roadside scene, occasionally peeking at Sogrand out of the corner of her eye. The itinerant justice, as he had always done, closed his eyes and rested there. The fawn in Ellesa's heart collided, she waited for the other party to open her eyes and talk to her, and then she felt that just being silent like this for an hour was enough.

Just as she gave up the illusion, Thorgrande smiled and opened her eyes, which happened to meet Aretha's gaze, and Miss Rabelais hurriedly looked away.

"I think I'd better talk to you." Sogrend said.

"No, you should be tired too."

"It's okay, it doesn't take much energy to talk to you, and there is a comfortable atmosphere around you."

"Lord Luce......" Aretha thought it was a compliment to herself.

"Speaking of which, many of our colleagues and friends have already started families. What are Miss Rabelais' plans for the future? ”

"There's nothing special."

"Really? There are many other beautiful things in life besides work. Ah, though I'm not qualified to lecture others on this subject, I'll just think of the nonsense of an unfinished brother. Thorgrande chuckled and disturbed his head.

"Lord Luce has been worried, and I am having a good time every day, even though others may think that it is boring and lonely for me to solve problems alone, but I enjoy that time."

"Really? That's the best, that's the best......" Thorgrande repeated so many times that at last he could only turn to the hush and warm greetings to the Counts of Rabelais.

After sending Mademoiselle Rabelais home, Thorgrande did not return to his estate, but knocked on the door of the Praetorian Guard.

"Yo, Lord Luce, have you returned to the royal capital?" Sauer was not surprised to see him.

"Would you like to have two drinks together?" Saugland shook the 335-year-old red wine in his hand.

"Of course, if I can't eat and drink at public expense, I'll point to you, the God of Wealth, to bring me this kind of good wine." Sauer welcomed him through the door.

What the two of them talked about that night, Sauer couldn't remember afterwards. But all he remembered was saying to Sogrend: "In a way, you're a sinner." Then he didn't know if he was drunk and fell asleep, or if he was knocked unconscious by the Traveling Justice.

Sogrend did not leave Falensi for the months that followed, and he stayed by his family's side, except for occasional cases. He even took his two daughters on a month-long trip. Of course, Sogrand also secretly inspected the law enforcement by judges everywhere during the trip, and there was no better cover than a father with two children. The destination of the trip was Lanfonte, and the children were very happy to see the sea.

"Remember, Eco, the city is named after your Lanfonte family name."

"Dad, did Mom build this kind of city?" Reinhardt asked.

"No, my little princess, but she'll be glad you built such a city."

It was only at the end of September that Sogrend returned to his home with the two little girls. On the same day, the guys from Crystal Forest sent him a letter from Pamis, forcing him to say goodbye to his family and set out on his journey again. The letter was written by Madame Gran, who told Sogrend that Peer had left her a note and 10 dinars (a gold coin struck by the standards of the Yartikat Empire, better than the Dynari of Mastar) and went to Reynolds with a mercenary group.

When Sogrand met Mrs. Gran on 8 October, she was much more emaciated. Thorgrande read the note left by Pelce to the effect that he was an adult, but did not want to return to France to join the army, so he decided to start his career as a mercenary. If you are unlucky, there is nothing to worry about, and the commission of 12 dinars is left for 10 for the mother, which is enough for the mother to live for three or five years, or go back to Farensi to retire.

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to get him back for you." Thorgrande comforted Mrs. Gran, who couldn't hold back her tears, "You see that it is not convenient for you to be alone here, so it is better to go back to Farensi, I have always kept your old house for you." ”

Mrs. Gran agreed to the offer, and after her only son left, the only comfort she could hope for was to return to her hometown to wait for her deceased husband's tombstone. Sogrand immediately arranged for the men of the Ninth Legion to escort Madame Gran back to Farensi, while he himself returned to the Shepherd's Inn, ready to pack up and go to Reynosk.

As soon as he entered the inn gate, the cousin told him that a gentleman had come to look for him, and asked him to tell him the address and name. And that gentleman was Pearns, whom Sogre had last met in Rubata, and as for the address, it turned out to be Miss Katyusha's address.

Although Thorgrande did not know what was the matter with the poet, he immediately searched for it. When he got there, he sensed that something wasn't quite right. When he entered the gate, the gatekeeper who had been strictly guarding the gate did not come out to take care of him, but just lazily sat by the wall and basked in the sun.

Sogrend then went straight into Katyusha's apartment, and unlike the last time, the room was completely deserted. There was no maid out to wait on him, so he went straight in. The living room was empty, all the furnishings were gone, not even the iron fork used to stir the fire hung by the fireplace. He walked through the living room to the small hall that connected to the kitchen. It was the same in the small hall, where only a small shabby table remained.

At this moment, there was a noise in the bedroom, and a figure walked out of it.

"Paynes." Thorgrande called out the names of the callers.

"Lord Luce, you're finally here!" Paynes held a cheap wooden mug in his hand.

"What's going on?" Sogrend asked.

"She was sick, very sick, and the creditors had emptied everything they could. Her jewelry, her clothes, her furniture, her silver cutlery, everything worth a few dollars was removed. The maids were not paid, so naturally they also left. None of those who usually flattered her, flattered her, and flattered her were willing to come to visit her, and the few who came, after seeing her, were never heard from again. I did everything in my power to take care of her, but I was too poor, I was just a poor poet, and the talent I was proud of was by this time no more than a pile of rubbish, not even more useful than a rusty copper. The poet clutches his head in pain.

"It's not your fault, Paynes, you're a decent gentleman." Sogrerd patted him on the shoulder.

"Penns, who are you talking to?" A pale voice came from the room.

"You go in and see her, I'll go pour her some hot water." Pens said and left.

Thorgrande watched the poet leave, sighed and walked in.

"Who is it, who's coming?" The man lying on the bed asked.

Sogrand saw that the curtains were gone, so there was plenty of light in the room, but the patient could not see him clearly. Then he replied gently, "It is I, ma'am, it is Saulgrande Leus who has come to visit you." ”

"It's you." Katyusha wanted to struggle, but when she heard that it was Sogrand, she seemed to lie back in peace.

"How do you feel, ma'am?" Thorgrande knelt beside the bed.

"I don't want you to see it, this bed and everything on it were saved for me by Mr. Paynes after a hard fight, otherwise it would be out of shape today." Katyusha barely tried to squeeze out a smile. But she was so pale and weak, like a pale piece of paper. The disease tortured her to the point that she was not human, where is this still the stunning beauty who captivated the country and the city a few months ago!

"I should have come to visit you earlier, why didn't you bring me a letter?"

"I didn't listen to your advice at the beginning, why am I embarrassed to trouble you all the way to Rubata?"

"I'll get you a doctor first."

"If the doctor could cure me, would I still be in this situation? You are a person who understands and should know. ”

Sogrend clenched his fists, and after a moment of silence, asked, "So, Ekaterina Ulyanova, is there anything I can help you with in the end?" ”

The patient looked a little surprised, "I should have known you knew what I was doing. ”

"I will not bring the descendants of Eagle Warensky to the disgrace of their reputation, so please forgive me for hiding this from you." Sogrand apologized to her.

"It's my duty to thank you for thinking about my uncle's honor," Katyusha, oh no, Catherine gasped, "then you should know who the only person I still think about, and send her back to her father, and if her father is gone, then please raise her as your own daughter." ”

"I will, don't worry, who is her father?"

"Duke Ivan Petrovich Romanov, cousin of the present Tsar."