Like a transparent curtain, the spring water hangs down from dozens of meters, splashing a hazy mist on the dark green stone steps, making a crisp ding dong sound.

Descending the stone steps, the dripping spring water converges into a shallow pool, and in the gently rippling water lily crevices, you can occasionally see fish playing.

Next to the pool, on the low wall, crawling with green vines, the leaves of the canna drooped slightly, and a drop of crystal dew slid along the leaf path and dripped onto the moss-covered stone slab.

Alex sat in a wicker chair, his eyes fixed on his hands crossed with his fingers crossed.

Since the courtyard was built twenty years ago, it has been his daily office. Even on rainy days, the hidden wind magic array will keep the rain out of this small courtyard.

The heirs of the Medici family have always been known for their handsome looks, and Alex is the best of them, and now, instead of taking away his grace, the years have added to his charm as a mature man.

Alex's father, the current head of the Medici family, had already handed over the family business that had been running for thousands of years throughout Middle-earth to the eldest son a few years ago.

Since then, Alex's every move will affect the fate of countless people.

And now, he was contemplating, as if he was about to make an important decision.

"My lord, Madame has arrived. ”

Alex suddenly looked up and whispered, "Let her in." ”

After a while, Marlena walked into the courtyard, and under the lilac dress, her figure was still like that of a girl.

Madame's expression was a little embarrassed, and not just because her waist was tied too tightly—she had never had a chance to walk in here in fifteen years of being married to Alex.

"Sit. ”

Alex pointed to a wicker chair beside him. Commanded with a smile.

Marina then sat down obediently, trying to put on a proper smile on her face.

"This yard has been built for twenty years. Do you know why it was built in the first place?"

Marina was shocked, and managed to maintain a smile. Nearly collapsed. The first time she walked into the courtyard, she knew the answer to this question. But how could she just say it.

"My lord has always liked to be close to nature......"

"Haha, where do I have such a good interest," Alex interrupted her, "Madame, this place was originally built for a woman, an elven woman. ”

Marina fell silent for a moment, unguarded against her husband's bluntness.

"She's no longer in this world......" Alex said slowly, undisguised his sadness, "but. We have a daughter. Originally, in another month, I would be able to see her. ”

Marina's heart beat faster and faster, and her mind raced: "In this way, I have done what I told Lum. But why is he telling me this now? Could it be that rum has leaked the news?"

"However, in the morning I received news that she had left the established route. Went somewhere else. Alex didn't look at Marina's expression and continued, "I've been wondering all morning, why would she do this? ”

Alex said this. Only then did he raise his head, and the other party's reaction was just as he expected.

In front of her husband's wrist, Marina's mind was like muddy water in a cup. At a glance, a pale face and closed lips. It says it all.

"Ma'am, you know what? This girl is to me. Very, very important, I'm sorry for her mother, I can't be sorry for her anymore. ”

Alex always kept a smile on his face, and only then did he squint his eyes slightly, his cheeks highlighted the stiff lines because of the force, and his voice also cooled down with Sen: "If something bad happens to her, I will take revenge, no matter the cost!"

Seeing her husband for the first time, Mrs. Marina unconsciously grabbed her long skirt with both hands, and veins and tendons floated on the back of her hands.

"But that doesn't happen, can it?' ma'am?" Alex's voice softened again.

......

Marlena couldn't remember how she had made her way out of that courtyard or how she had returned to the Inner City Manor, and until this time her legs were weak and her hands and feet were cold.

Seeing her like this, Lum hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but step forward and ask.

"Madame......"

As soon as he spoke, he received a loud slap in the face, and Marlena seemed to be about to vent all the pressure she had just received on this slap.

"Who did you find to do it?" she asked viciously.

"Dark, Shadow......" Rum was beaten a little stunned, and the weakest magic could kill the woman in front of him, but he couldn't muster the courage at all.

"Go cancel the mission!"

"Yes......"

"Go now!"

Rum ran towards the gate of the manor with broken steps, covering his face with one hand and pulling up the corners of his robe that bound his legs with the other, trying to run faster, and a group of children laughed at his funny appearance.

If calculated according to the size and prosperity of the port, the port of Bona is not even ranked in the top ten in the mainland of Caios.

There's a special reason why the East makes a slight stop here.

The Principality of Ukule, where Bona City is located, is the largest producer of magical herbs in the Kaios continent, and magicians and herb merchants often come to Bona Port to purchase on a large scale.

The reason for the formation of this herbal base in the first place is related to a type of herb.

There is an herb called sour wormwood, its juice is slightly corrosive, and it can be used to dissolve some magical materials that are insoluble in water, and it is an essential base for concoction of certain magic potions. But it is precisely because of this corrosiveness that once the land has been planted with acid wormwood, it will not be possible to grow any more plants for six or seven years.

The Magic Continent has been purchasing sour wormwood from all over Middle-earth for thousands of years, until a few hundred years ago, a marquis of the Duchy of Ukulele began to grow sour wormwood in large quantities in his fiefdom, and it didn't take long for him to monopolize the business.

Subsequently, several nearby nobles followed the example of this marquis, but the good times did not last long, and not long after, because of the great increase in supply, the price of sour wormwood plummeted, and finally it was even sold cheaper than wheat and rice.

However, the land that had been planted with sour wormwood was once abandoned, causing a ****** that affected the entire Principality of Ukulele.

"The nobles buried the poor who had died of starvation in the ground, so that they could grow crops again. The tavern owner explained.

This statement is very implausible, not to mention whether the corpses can make the soil fertile again, and even so, it is impossible to have so many corpses.

"If that's the case, then why do you need to grow herbs?" asked Rikko, who was wearing a wide cloak and hat that almost covered her face, as many magicians in Puerto Beaune did.

"God knows, no one dares to grow sour wormwood anymore anyway," replied the tavern owner as he cut the roasted ham into slices and brought it up, "Don't run around at night, there are starving ghosts everywhere." ”

When the boss said this, his expression was unpredictable, and Ruiko was so frightened by him that she almost fell off the stool, but Donner reached out to help her and said in a broken Caios: "Liar." ”

The tavernkeeper laughed. (To be continued.) )