Chapter 29: The Past
"Your last name is Holmut?"
“...... Well...... What's wrong?"
Erin looked at the person with an excited expression on his face in front of her, and was a little panicked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After hearing his name just now, Murong Zhao looked a little like he was on pins and needles.
Soon, he ran out on his own.
Erin felt as if she had made a big mistake.
I was a little scared and wanted to run away.
Less than half an hour later, Murong Zhao returned.
And with a person.
This person, Erin also knows.
Lord of Onika City.
"Where is your home?" The city lord's excited expression not only did not fade at all, but after receiving Erin's affirmation, he became even more excited......
"It's ......"
Erin casually said the name of a small city near Yingao, on the shore of the East China Sea.
It was a must-pass from Yingao to Mills, and she had passed by.
The city lord was stunned for a moment and thought about it seriously.
"Do you still have relatives?"
“...... They're all dead......"
“...... Uncle or uncle?"
"No, it's just my dad......" Erin felt her lie getting bigger and bigger......
A little panicked.
What if I miss it!
Then, he looked at Sun Chenghuan, who was still pretending to sleep with his eyes closed.
I don't know if he really fell asleep.
Can you help me!, Erin roared inwardly.
It's just that on the surface, he didn't dare to show it so obviously, so he quietly moved to Sun Chenghuan's side, hid next to the chair Sun Chenghuan was sitting on, and squatted down.
Make a scared look.
Then, at an angle that no one else could see, he stretched out his hand and twisted Sun Chenghuan fiercely.
It's just that the city lord doesn't seem to mind what she says at all.
Instead, it was as if something had been confirmed.
walked directly towards Erin with an excited expression on his face.
"Don't come here!" Erin shouted in a voice that was somewhere between screaming and screaming.
“...... Okay, good, good!" the city lord was stunned for a moment, and then stepped back a little curtly, "Actually...... My surname is Holmut ......"
Be quiet.
Erin was stunned.
In an instant, she understood that this person should have no hostility towards herself.
"I thought I was the only one left in the Holmut family......" the city lord's expression tried to calm down, "I didn't expect ......"
"Is there anything special about this surname? I still think Sun Chenghuan's brother's surname sounds cool. Erin shook her head.
"This ......" The city lord looked at the so many people present, and suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Holmut is the surname of the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Merce during the Virgin calendar. And only that family has this surname. Sun Chenghuan, who was next to him with his eyes closed, finally interjected.
It's nonsense.
"Are you awake?" said Erin, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
"You're all running into my ear and making noise...... Can you not wake up?" Sun Chenghuan looked helpless, "You are actually surnamed Hormut? Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
"You didn't ask me ......"
"Since this lord is your relative, it is better for you to stay in Onica City in the future. ”
"Didn't you promise this morning that you would take me with you wherever you went?"
Then, immediately, he made a face that was about to cry.
"He's your relative and will treat you well...... We just know each other from strange ......" Sun Chenghuan had a great expression on his face.
But in my heart, I was smiling evilly.
"Don't ...... It was you who saved me, and I will live as your man in the future, and die...... I'm going to turn into a ghost and follow you!" Erin fought back with a childlike expression.
The scene suddenly became awkward.
The meaning of this sentence is obviously very, very, very complicated.
But when such an innocent little girl said it, those very complicated and simple meanings would not be thought of by ordinary people.
"Can we talk about it alone?" The city lord found out, and it seemed that he really needed to talk to Sun Chenghuan about it.
"This ......" Sun Chenghuan was stunned for a moment and glanced at Erin.
Erin was using her big twinkling eyes to tell him not to.
Sun Chenghuan pointed at Erin with an apologetic face and looked at the city lord.
That means: You saw it too, and she wouldn't let ......
The city lord naturally noticed Erin's small movements, and was a little helpless, but he could only nod.
"Shall I invite you to have a meal in the evening?" the city lord looked at the dark sky outside, and could only suggest this.
"This ......" Sun Chenghuan didn't know whether to agree or not.
"No, it's good to eat at noon. Erin chimed in.
looked like he was afraid that Sun Chenghuan would make an improper deal with the city lord and sell him.
Sun Chenghuan switched to a helpless smile again: "Otherwise, I'll talk to Erin first." ”
“...... Hmm......" The city lord was completely helpless, so he could only nod, "Please." ”
"I tried my best. Sun Chenghuan smiled.
Let Erin follow you?
How can it be......
This time, Sun Chenghuan and Erin left the room where they had been staying for a whole afternoon with the city lord.
The two of them felt that there was no need to guard against being plotted by the city lord now.
Didn't you see the hatred in the eyes of the city lord who couldn't be hidden when he looked at the stationmaster who was tied up there?
The two of them lived together in a large house in the inn for the nobles who came here.
It is said to be a duke-level ......
"You don't have to sleep in your own bed today. ”
After having dinner in the suite's restaurant, Sun Chenghuan took Erin around the suite.
Two large bedrooms, one for the two of them.
It never seemed to have happened.
It's a rare ......
"No, I'm going to ......"
"Ahh
“...... Is there anyone around?" said Erin, looking around.
"There shouldn't be...... What?" The smile on Sun Chenghuan's face froze suddenly.
Erin looked very careful.
I'm going to tell you some secret.
"Oh...... That is true. Erin nodded and glanced at Sun Chenghuan with a serious face, "I'...... Wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?" Sun Chenghuan was stunned.
Erin disappeared straight from his face.
Veil of Light. After three years, now Sun Chenghuan is used to it.
Erin didn't answer.
After a while, a figure appeared.
Erin is no longer the little girl.
It's the beautiful Erin who makes Sun Chenghuan a little shaken.
"It's been a long time since I've seen this, I'm not used to it. Erin was groping around on herself, not knowing if she was adjusting the clothes she was wearing or something else.
Anyway, Sun Chenghuan's eyes drifted away.
He didn't dare to look at it directly.
"That's right...... Didn't I tell you before, Uncle Reese isn't my father-killer......"
"Well, you said that, but you didn't say what it was. Sun Chenghuan responded and nodded.
"Can you watch me talk!"
“...... Not used to ......"
“...... Am I ugly?"
"Let's get down to business, what are you going to say?" Sun Chenghuan tried to take his eyes back.
What a beautiful woman...... A dress that wasn't very special originally, but it looked good on her.
"This is about my parents...... Hmm......" Erin's expression was a little embarrassed.
"If you don't want to go into details, it's okay. Sun Chenghuan hurriedly said.
The embarrassed expression of Erin in the state of little Lori will make people feel cute and pitiful, but now Erin's embarrassed expression will want people to hug her gently and whisper to her that it's okay......
Erin shook her head anyway, because this matter was indeed a very important thing.
This story naturally goes back a thousand or hundreds of years.
Erin is so beautiful because she has good genes.
It came from her mother.
In Erin's mouth, Reese commented that Erin looked far worse than her mother......
Her mother, like Reese, was from Carter's Kingdom.
When Reese was young, he was a candidate for the greatest magician, a genius, and naturally had the arrogance of a genius, and he was arrogant and arrogant, and it was natural that he had no one in his eyes......
It's just that genius will always be pampered, no matter how strange his personality is.
Just like Conina is to Sun Chenghuan, who is actually not a genius for many years, there are also many such people around a genius like Reese, who is famous throughout the Ace Continent.
The most famous one is Erin's mother.
The daughter of a duke in the Kingdom of Carter.
The great beauty that the entire Carter kingdom is famous for.
It's just that Reese, a genius who is bent on magic, has no interest in spending time with such a beautiful woman.
Until, he came to the end of his magic bottleneck.
Many years.
Almost all of them turned their backs on him as a genius, except for the woman who devoted himself wholeheartedly to him.
Then, Reese vanished.
I don't know if it's because I'm ashamed, or if I don't want to continue to delay the only woman who is still by my side.
Just disappeared from everyone's eyes.
Irene's mother was sad for a long time, and finally, at the behest of her father, left the sad Carter Kingdom and married the Duchy of Merth.
Became the Duchess of the Kingdom.
Originally, her life should have gone on like this, and it was over.
But he didn't expect that the family of the Duke of Merce was not peaceful.
Her husband was a prince with little ambition, but a good man to the people of Merce.
At that time, the Duchy of Merse had the lowest tax of all the four countries.
As a result, the Duchy of Merse is the richest of the four nations.
Because many merchants were willing to come to the Duchy of Merce.
Just like the country of Merce today.
It's just that the wealth of the people does not mean that the country is strong.
With low taxes, he naturally can't afford to raise an army, and in a place like Ace Continent, where wars are very frequent, there is no strong enough army, which is destined to be disliked by the nobles.
And he happens to have a very ambitious younger brother......
He is young and strong, and he has the ambition to compete with Langu, as well as his outstanding magical abilities.
Almost a perfect template for the king of ZTE.
The only problem is that he is the younger brother, so the position of the prince will not pass on to him.
However, if it is not his, it does not mean that he will not fight.
In the eyes of the great nobles who supported his younger brother, seizing power from his elder brother was only the first step to test his ability to become the Duke of Merce.
He did, and, absolutely.
He first publicly proposed that the reason why his brother "became so unmotivated" was because he married a woman who "made him unable to leave the harem every day".
As a result, under his preaching, moral politics became lazy politics.
After that, he proposed to change his brother to a duchess.
Originally, the husband and wife were in love, and the harmonious Guogong naturally would not agree.
Then, the image of Guogong's "favored demon girl" was so solid.
Then, at Irene's Full Moon Feast......
This younger brother planned a big event.
Kill all the nobles who are close to their brother in one fell swoop.
In the entire Duchy of Merth, the person surnamed Hormut, he was the only one left......
Oh, except for Erin, who was rescued by Reese, who happened to go to the party.
Whether it is Anthony or the Great Sage, whether it is the Mage Tower or the Holy Maiden Sect, they actually know that this matter is a conspiracy of the younger brother of the Duke of Guo from beginning to end.
But they couldn't help it.
Because as the defenders of order in the Ace Continent, they must ensure that the Principality of Merth can continue to exist. Let a little girl who has just completed the moon succeed the king? unless they are all crazy.
And the only person who can succeed the Duke of Merce is the younger brother of the Duke of Merce......
They could only be forced to support Guogong's younger brother.
This is nothing, this kind of similar thing has happened more than once in the history of the Ace Continent, as long as the insiders remain silent, how to write the history books is not much of a problem.
But some people can't be silent, but this person who doesn't keep silent is still a very strong person.
Reese's appearance this time was very unexpected, and even Guogong's younger brother did not prepare accordingly, otherwise, no one would have escaped from his layout.
But Reese, who suddenly appeared, has the ability to be a mage who is not inferior to the mage tower.
So, in that sea of fire, he brought out two people.
Erin, and Erin's mother.
It's just that Irene's mother, after confirming that her daughter was safe, chose to commit suicide to follow her husband.
Reese, on the other hand, took Erin, and in the midst of infamy, began to face the helpless pursuit from the Holy Maiden Cult and the Archmage Tower......
This is also why Reese alone can actually take Erin to live for so many years under the pursuit of the Grand Mage and the Great Sage.
If he was really determined to kill him, no matter how strong Reese was, he wouldn't be able to bear the two joining forces.
In fact, whether it was Anthony or the Great Sage, there was far more resentment than support for Erin's uncle who forced them to accept the situation.
They're conducting an experiment.
What can a genius like Erin who has only been produced in thousands of years be cultivated by handing over Erin to Reese?
If they can really train Erin to be worthy of the prince, they actually don't mind letting Reese stage a "princess's revenge".
What Reese needs is time.
Erin grew up in time.
They've been giving Reese time.
It's just that in the end, on the East China Sea, several people were sucked into the chaotic portal together.
After that, the fighting stopped.
Without the pressure of "eliminating the unstable factors" brought about by the identity of the Great Sage and the Great Strategy, whether it is Anthony, the Great Strategy, who sympathizes with Reese, or the Great Sage who is moved by the fact that Risken's life does not want to protect Erin, an old lover and the daughter born to someone else, there is no longer the idea of fighting with him.
And Irene, under the care of several people, grew up.
......
"So, in fact, that person is your enemy?" After Sun Chenghuan finished telling the story, he finally understood the reason why Erin told him about it.
"Forget it...... After all, almost two thousand years have passed, and he must no longer know what happened back then, otherwise, I wouldn't have reacted to it just now. Erin shook her head.
"Then you ......"
"I'll just assume I don't know him. Erin sighed. "Otherwise, I can't help but hate him......"
The expression was a little sad.
Such an expression......
Sun Chenghuan gently hugged her and patted her on the back.
Console.
"Brother......
“...... What for?"
"You're such a rascal...... Why did you do anything to me?"
“......”
Sun Chenghuan jumped away directly.
It's a little embarrassing.
Just that moment......
Well, he was really intrigued.