In the end, Raymond did not change the result, and still became a messenger, but when he left, he also took Gordon away, in his words, there was a response on the way, but everyone else knew that this guy should be afraid that no one would talk to him.

A few days later, the Barony's men arrived at the manor, led by a high-ranking Radiant Warrior directly under the jurisdiction of the Baron, Felik.

"Miss, I have bad news for you. After Filik sat down, he said straight to the point.

"What's wrong?" asked Sophia, surprised.

Felik glanced at Dio, who was sitting next to Sophia: "This is ......"

"My name is Dio. ”

Felik nodded, looked at Dio with some surprise, but didn't say anything, obviously he had heard Dio's name a long time ago, and turned to Sophia and said, "The second young master is dead." ”

"What?!" Sophia's eyes widened.

Sophia's reaction fell into Felik's eyes, and there was no flaw in it.

"The second young master is dead. Felik repeated again, looked at Sophia and sighed: "Just more than thirty miles away from here, is there any large thief group in the vicinity that is active nearby?"

The reason for Felik's sigh is that whether or not Sophia did it, she can't get away with suspicion, everyone knows that Howard came to Sophia's manor a few days ago, and the place where he happened was on the way back to the barony from the manor. The open and secret struggle between the baron's children has always been seen by Felik for many years, and in his heart, he is still more sympathetic to Sophia, after all, the accident that Sophia suffered when she was young was too cruel for an eight-year-old girl, and such methods were too dirty.

However, Felik is just sympathetic, this kind of intra-family struggle is not something he is qualified to intervene in, when he saw Howard's corpse, Felik's first reaction was absolutely inseparable from Sophia, but looking at Sophia's unpretentious expression in front of him, Felik couldn't help but doubt his judgment.

"I just came back a few days ago, but I don't think there will be too many thieves here. Sophia said with a frown.

"Ah, I almost forgot, Miss was away for a while. Felik nodded: "Then after the young lady comes back, between the second young master and the second young master...... Did anything happen?"

"I did get very unhappy with him. Sophia didn't hide this, and smiled bitterly: "What good can he do when he comes to me, if I come back a few days later, I'm afraid my two maids will be forced to death by him, but...... Forget it, everyone is dead, what else is there to say. ”

Felik fell into deep thought, this matter was too tricky, although Howard was a little unsuccessful, but after all, he was the son of the baron, and Felik could fully imagine how angry the baron would be when he learned the news.

"Miss, my lord doesn't know this news so far, I have to stay around and look for clues, you see...... Shouldn't it be better for you to tell your lordship?" Filik asked tentatively, if Sophia agreed without hesitation, then at least it could be explained from the side that Sophia had no ghost in her heart, but once Sophia refused her suggestion, then the truth of the matter was already coming out, and he would leave here immediately.

"Yes. Sophia nodded: "What do you need, just tell me, no matter what, he is also my brother, and I am also sad that such a thing happened." ”

Listening to Sophia's answer, Felik couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, Sophia was able to agree without hesitation, indicating that what he had been worried about had not happened. As a person who has been following the baron's side, Felik is naturally very clear about the events of the year, there are too many people involved, on the one hand, the quasi-heir of the barony, and on the other hand, Sophia, who holds the financial power of the barony, once Sophia is determined to avenge Lady Miranda, then the entire barony will face an extremely serious crisis, and the baron will not allow that situation to occur.

This is obviously a little unfair to Sophia, but this world is like this, where are there so many fair things, the blame can only be blamed on Mrs. Miranda's bad life, sometimes beauty brings women not happiness, but disaster.

"That's it, I'll leave it to Miss. After Felik and Sophia said goodbye, they led the people out of the manor, but when they left, they glanced at Dio a few times, and their eyes revealed a little doubt, as if they were strange that the idiot in the mouth of the crowd was obviously not in line with the legend.

Seeing off Felik, Sophia and Dio returned to the hall.

"I'm embarrassed for you. Dio looked at Sophia, who was rubbing his eyebrows, and couldn't help but blame himself a little, is it really too much?

"Don't say anything like that again. Sophia smiled, raised her head and looked at Dio gently: "No matter what, I will always be with you." ”

Dio's heart welled up with a hint of emotion, and he wanted to go over and take Sophia in his arms and take pity on him, but Fedez stood aside, and Dio could only dispel this thought, and instead said, "When are you going to the barony?" ”

"I'd love you to come with me, too, but ......," Sophia said again.

Dio immediately understood the sublimination of Sophia's words, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Do I seem to be such an impulsive person?"

"Of course I have faith in you. Sophia sighed, "But I don't have faith in some people, do you know what I mean?"

"You mean...... How often do they make things difficult for you?" Dio frowned.

"It's not difficult, it's just that the words won't be too nice. Although Sophia looked indifferent, Dio clearly saw a trace of tiredness hidden in her eyes.

"That doesn't seem to be a reason not to let me go with you, right?" Dio looked at Sophia distressedly: "Didn't you just tell me that no matter what I do, you will be with me?

"Okay then!" Sophia hesitated for a while, and finally made a decision, things have reached this point, there is no room for turnaround, other people's opinions are not important, what matters is the attitude of the father, just like the incident back then, the city was full of turmoil, and it was not suppressed? Sophia sneered in her heart, not knowing what kind of reaction her father would make this time.

In fact, as long as Federes is there, Sophia will not be in any danger, at least no one in the barony can pose a threat to her, but there are some things that Federes is not suitable for, and Dio is different, as Sophia's fiancé, he has enough reasons to stand up, even in the face of the baron.

Most of the samurai were left in the manor by Sophia, and apart from Dio and Fedeers, there were only four samurai with them, two of whom had been with Sofia since the stormy sea. It is worth mentioning that Roy actually became the leader of the warriors in the manor, perhaps because Dio's performance that day was too strong, and Roy, as the only person in the manor who was close to Dio, naturally followed the tide, no matter where he went, there would be people to greet him with a smile, compared with the previous treatment, it was simply the difference between heaven and earth.

Dio and the others simply cleaned up and left the manor in the afternoon, since they had decided to go, of course it was better to hurry, at least before Howard's body was transported to the barony.

Sitting in the carriage, Dio suddenly remembered Mrs. Miranda in Howard's mouth, it should be Sophia's mother, but I have never heard Sophia mention it, in the past ten years, Sophia often confided in Theo some of her own hearts, but about Mrs. Miranda, Dio has never heard it once, it seems that the incident hit Sophia too much, so that she chose to bury it deep in her heart.

Ten years have passed, Sophia's weak shoulders have borne too much weight, and it is no longer possible to describe it step by step to today, and it is not too much to call it a miracle.

Dio stretched out his hand and gently took Sophia in his arms: "Don't always keep things in your heart, if you can, just tell me, just like before, you will find yourself a lot easier." ”

"Yes...... Sophia moved in Dio's arms, found a comfortable position, tilted her head on Dio's chest, and murmured: "I was really tired before, I couldn't say a lot of things to others, I could only talk to you, and you always didn't speak, like a log ......"

"Never again. Dio patted Sophia lightly on the shoulder and said softly, "You have to believe that as long as we are together, there is no problem that cannot be solved." ”

"Hmm!" Sophia nodded emphatically, and then suddenly remembered something, pushed Dio away and sat up, looking at Dio with fixed eyes.

"What's wrong?" asked Theo, in a low voice.

"Dio, promise me not to hurt my father no matter what!" At this point, Sophia's eyes turned red.

"Who are you and I?" Dior smiled bitterly, "a villain who destroys the conscience?"

"I want you to promise me, solemnly promise me!" Sophia said.

"Good. Dio said, "I promise you." ”

"Also, once we're in the barony, you're going to have to keep your temper in check. Sophia said, "You can't hurt people at every turn like you do outside." ”

"I'm not Gordon......" Dio joked, but seeing Sophia's extremely serious gaze, he couldn't laugh anymore: "Well, well, I promise, when I get to the barony, I will be a man with my tail between my legs!"

Sophia snorted and laughed, "You...... Get down to business!"

"But...... If I can't stand it, I might ...... Will you punish those who come to provoke you, don't worry, it's just a small punishment, Sophia, you won't ask me to be a clay man, just let people bully me, right?"

"Am I going to be so unreasonable?" Sophia gave Dio a blank look, "I just ask you to control yourself a little." ”

(To be continued)