Complete the marriage proposal.

Surdak was betrothed to Hathaway and became Hathaway's fiancé.

Traditional aristocratic families attached great importance to the sense of wedding ceremony, so the relationship between Surdak and Hathaway could not go further before they were married, which involved the decency of the Luthor family.

In the middle of the night, the guests of the ball had almost gone, and the servants in the Marquis's palace had begun to extinguish some of the extra colored lights in the courtyard, so that the lights on the other side of the parking lot were extinguished little by little, and there was not much magic caravan left in the courtyard, and the Marquis Luthor, Lady Marianne, and Madame Mabel stood at the gate of the castle and saw off the last guest.

Surdak then bid farewell to the Marquis of Luthor.

Marquis Luther, who had been busy all night, still looking energetic, patted Surdak on the shoulder, intending to drag him to the study for a few glasses of wine.

Madame Marianne was also very enthusiastic in keeping Surdak in the Marquis Palace, and personally arranged a room for Surdak.

However, Surdak knew that he did not dare to stay in the Marquis's Mansion for the night, so he could only refuse politely.

In the morning, he and Aphrodite found a temporary hotel, and Aphrodite restarted the summoning ritual in the room of the hotel, but from morning to now, it is almost about to continue to stay in Pena City for eighteen hours, which is already the limit of Aphrodite's maintenance time to summon, if he stays in the Marquis Luther's mansion now, a void door may appear in front of him at any time, and he is forcibly pulled into the void gate by the contract power of the summoning circle.

In order to prevent that from happening, Surdak could only refuse the kind invitation of the Marquis of Luthor and the Lady Marianne, and left the Marquis of Luthor Palace by the moonlight at night.

Surdak's judgment was not wrong at all, as soon as he turned out of the gate of the Marquis of Luther's mansion, he felt a burst of void power gushing out of his side, and a summoning circle had begun to appear under his feet, he didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly hid in the shadow of a high wall on the street, and as the summoning circle emerged from under his feet, a powerful void force sucked him into the void.

In the shadow of the high walls, Surdak vanished in place.

……

A void door in the treasure chamber opened instantly, and Surdak felt a powerful repulsive force push him out.

Surdak returned to the treasure chamber, and the red dragon slept with his head lying on the platform of the treasure chamber, probably sensing the power of the void, and the red dragon opened his eyes in shock to see Surdak coming out of it.

Its eyes did not look very surprised, but winked at Surdak, sleepily leaned towards Surdak, and lazily opened its mouth and yawned, Surdak had been prepared, nimbly avoiding the front, and a strong wind carried the crystal shards out of the way.

The red dragon rolled his eyelids and stared at Surdak, his eyes full of anticipation.

Surdak lowered his head, rolled over his sleeves, and saw that the tenth scale had begun to grow on his arm, and immediately stood opposite the red dragon, and began to pronounce the correct pronunciation of the tenth-rune word 'Shu'er', and then he wrote two large 'V's in his hand and stacked them slightly at an angle.

The moment the 'Shu'er' was drawn by Surdak, although the runes only stayed in front of Surdak for less than three seconds, an extremely cold ice element was instantly injected into Surdak's body, and Surdak only felt that one of his hands was wrapped in cold and pale blue ice crystals.

The red dragon was startled, its head shrunk back, and he looked at Surdak with a look of dismay.

Surdak motioned for him to follow, and then reluctantly began to study the language of runes.

Sure enough, when the red dragon began to learn dragon language, the tenth scale on Surdak's arm began to fade.

The red dragon quickly learned the tenth rune language, and then approached Surdak expectantly, as if waiting for Surdak's compliment, Surdak could only reach out and pat the dragon's head, which was larger than an adult white rock rhinoceros, and then pulled out a bundle of red crystals from his magic waist bag.

The red dragon opened its mouth wide and let Surdak throw the red crystals into its mouth. The sound of the red dragon chewing the red crystals was a little harsh, and it swallowed the red crystals into his stomach in a few bites.

Satisfied, it stuck out its tongue and licked its lips......

After Meimei had eaten a meal, before Surdak could start teaching it the language of the eleventh rune, the red dragon decisively retracted his head from the relief stone wall and slipped away.

For a moment, Surdak was the only one left in the treasure chamber.

……

Early in the morning of the next day......

Surdak reappeared in the hotel room, warm and frosty on the windows.

Sunlight shines through this layer of frost into the room, as if you are in a glass conservatory.

Aphrodi was wearing a thin nightdress, lying lazily on the bed in the hotel, covered with a velvet blanket, looking like she had just woken up, and the succubus was not in a good state of mind and looked a little tired.

She squinted her eyes, held her chin, and lay on the bed and asked Surdak, "Where are you going today?" ”

Surdak straightened up the delicate leather armor on his body, arranged the badge on his chest in front of the dressing mirror in the room, took out a skinning knife from his waist, and skillfully shaved the stubble off his chin, then turned around and said: "I am going to visit Count Gophilo today, and I promise Beatrice that I will also propose to her, and before that, I must ask for the consent of her father, Count Gopphilo, and he must tell me in person that he is willing to marry his daughter to me!" ”

Aphrodite tugged at the loose 'V' neckline and said to Surdak with a gloating smile on her face, "Oh, good luck then, I hope you can bring back good news, but from a occult point of view, you will have a lot of trouble going out today, and a word of caution, don't play too late......"

Surdak choked slightly.

He didn't expect Aphrodite to also study the occult, but he didn't pay much attention to it, just waved his hand at Aphrodite and said, "Got it, I'll pay attention to the summoning time!" ”

"It's good to know." Aphrodite didn't explain much, but complained: "When you can control the magic element, let you learn to summon the magic circle, and feel how boring it will be to maintain the magic circle for the rest of the day!" ”

Surdak leaned over, patted her face with his hand, and comforted, "I know you worked hard yesterday!" ”

Aphrodite rolled her eyes speechlessly and stopped responding to him.

……

Beatrice. Gopphilo, compared with the surname Luthor, although the surname Gophilo is an old nobleman in the city of Bena, but in recent years, the Gophilo family has not appeared outstanding young people, and the family's ranking in the province of Pena is declining year by year.

The Gophilo family has some shops in Bena City, mainly dealing in linen and cotton, and also operates some high-end Warcraft material stores, although the shops in Pena City have been making continuous profits over the years, but due to the increasing competition with other shops, the profitability of these shops has been declining.

Beatrice's father, Count Gopphil, wanted to maintain the dignity of the Gophilo family, and in addition to raising outstanding young people in the family, he also wanted to recruit outstanding young people from outside to join the Gophilo family.

Surdak stood at the gate of the Gophilo family's estate, and this time he decisively rejected Beatrice's companions, intending to face Count Gophilo alone.

According to Beatrice, her father was an old stubborn, stubborn and mediocre man with typical traditional ideas.

Looking at the large iron gate with some paint peeling, there is serious rust in many places on the iron door, although this rust is not serious enough to affect the overall strength of the gate, but it has made this outside gate look old.

Connecting the two gates is a square stone battlement, flanked by a mottled wall with moss growing between the cracks in the stone, which is very old when it withers and yellows in winter.

The snow outside the walls had not been cleared, and the Gophilo family lived in this old manor, Surdak took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to stride to the gatehouse at the gate, took out a letter of visitation and handed it to the guard at the door.

The doorman, who was a little old and had a bad look, looked at Surdak with great difficulty.

Along with the letter of visit, there was also a silver coin.

The old guard didn't notice the silver coin under Surdak's invitation at first, and his face immediately showed great joy, and he asked Surdak with some courtesy: "Young man, who are you looking for?" ”

"I want to visit Count Gopphil." Surdak said as he stood in the doorway.

"The Earl went to the rally last night, and hasn't come back yet!" The guard said to Surdak. "You can leave your address, and if the Count is willing to see you, he will send someone to inform you."

Surdak nodded.

The way of life of the aristocracy is like this, and formal visits need to be agreed upon by both parties, otherwise they are usually closed.

Through the gap between the large iron gates, Surdak glanced inside the manor, where several servants were still clearing the snow in the courtyard, and a row of stables was built on the right wall of the vestibule, and a sudden heavy snowfall had caused the stables to collapse a corner.

The buildings inside the manor are also very old, and on the whole, this old manor needs to be repaired.

Surdak was about to leave Gophilo Manor, and when he turned to walk down the street, he was greeted by a silver magic caravan with the family crest of a lion's head, and the magic caravan stopped in front of the gate, and a middle-aged nobleman in a gorgeous dress pushed the door and asked Surdak: "Young man, who are you looking for?" ”

Surdak heard someone calling him, stopped and said to the middle-aged nobleman with a tired face, "I want to see Count Gophilo......"

"You're looking for me, we know each other?" The middle-aged nobleman squinted, his gaze fell on the noble badge on Surdak's chest, and asked with a puzzled expression.

Surdak didn't expect that the middle-aged nobleman in front of him, who was overindulgent, thin and unenergetic, would actually be Count Gopphil, seeing that he really had an earl's medal on his chest, he hurriedly said: "No, this is my first time taking the liberty of visiting. ”

The Marquis of Gophilo beckoned to Surdak with a nonchalant look on his face, and said, "Oh, please come up!" It's warmer in the carriage. ”

Surdak boarded the silver. The magic caravan, but the inside of the carriage is not as bright as it looks from the outside, the soft leather sofa in the carriage has slightly cracked, and the other furniture also looks a little old, and the tone is a little oppressive.

Count Gophilo sat in the magic caravan, a glass of golden cider in his hand, and looked at Surdak in the posture of a superior person.

Beside Count Gophilo sat a noblewoman, her eyes sharp and critical, who looked at Surdak with some impatience, and wanted him to get out of the car.

"Do you have anything to do with me?" Count Gophilo groaned for a moment, pursed his lips and asked lightly.

The lady pulled up her low-cut dress and covered her exposed shoulders with a fur shawl.

Surdak introduced himself to Count Gophilo: "Lord Count, my name is Surdak, and I am a nobleman in the city of Highlandza......"

Surdak said in one breath the purpose of his visit.

Count Gophilo sat in the magic caravan, looked at Surdak with a cold expression, and said for a while: "I know you, although you are from Highlandsa, but I think most of the nobles of Bena City will remember you last night." ”

Surdak felt a chill in his heart, judging from the attitude of Count Gopphil, it was obvious that he did not have a good impression of himself.

Count Gophilo rolled his heavy single eyelids, stared at Surdak, and said, "Since you want to take my daughter, you are obviously mentally prepared......"

Count Gophilo paused, he drank the golden cider in the glass in one gulp, placed the empty glass on the folding table casually, and poured himself another glass of wine, perhaps due to the effect of alcohol, and the hand that held the bottle shook incessantly, and the golden wine continued to overflow from the rim of the glass.

His smile was cold, his expression was a little impatient, and he said to Surdak, "Want me to promise you?" My conditions are very simple, either you join the Gophilo family and become a member of the Gophilo family, or you have the same strength as me, and then come and tell me about this, obviously you don't have anything now...... So I can't agree. ”

Although Surdak had already been a little mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed when he heard Count Gophilo's unhesitating refusal.

"Lord Gopphil, please listen to my explanation......"

Surdak wanted to fight again, but Count Gophilo waved his hand again and again, signaling Surdak not to continue, he kept knocking on the table with one finger, and said to Surdak: "I don't need to listen to what you explain, and I don't need to think about Beatrice's thoughts, since she was born in a noble family, she has an obligation to pay for the family, in fact, every noble family is like this, so you don't waste time with me." ”

"I'm a little sleepy and want to go home and rest, so let's talk about this?"

Count Gophilo said with a cold face, staring at Surdak.