It was getting late, and the carriage slowly stopped beside the path, and the wolf howl in the mountains and forests could be faintly heard. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Lord Lawrence, it seems that the wolves are very active during this time, do you want to send more people to patrol at night?"

The groom accepted a gold coin from Lawrence, and rejoiced in the sound of the wolf howling he heard. They were ordinary residents living in the countryside, and they didn't care which owner had to pay the taxes for, and they didn't feel the joy of the old housekeeper.

He saw a gold coin, heard a dangerous wolf howl, and came home with a hearty meal of baked potatoes, then a glass of ale's lees, and joined the patrol in the middle of the night. The groom's simple but fulfilling day passed.

"Well, I'll send someone to investigate again later. ”

Lawrence, the steward, seems to have a job of governing the territory, and it seems that it is not appropriate for Aunt Wendini not to send someone to manage the territory. Can Emmiway guess that the huge rift between the two parties is the result of mistrust?

"Miss Emmiway, as you can see, there are wild beasts outside the city from time to time, and there is no bustling nightlife. It was only 7 p.m. and the surroundings were quiet. But rest assured, the people of the realm will be glad to see you tomorrow morning. ”

Lawrence carries a kerosene lamp and leads the way for Emmyway. Although the castle is right in front of you, you have to walk up a steep slope to get there. A defensive military garrison like a castle sounds romantic, but in fact, it is necessary to consider how to improve its protection at every turn.

"Lawrence, don't you have a moat?"

In the memories of Emmivia's future people, castles will attract ditches to improve defense, and by the way, improve aesthetics. But the castle that Emmivi saw was just a large building perched on a hill.

"The original head of the house, your grandmother, only wanted to build a barrier that would protect the people of the realm at all times, so the original design abandoned a lot of useless layouts. If you're worried about the difficulty of getting water inside the castle, don't worry. There are wells in the castle. ”

Lawrence skillfully stepped over the shallow pit in the ground and walked first to the thick wooden door, which was more than four meters high. Seeing that it was Lawrence, the soldiers stationed there quickly pushed open the door and came out to greet them.

Compared to the guards of the mansion, these professional soldiers looked much stronger, but the equipment on their bodies was heavy armor, which was not a little worse than the light and practical chain mail of the mansion guards. Even the weapons in their hands were inflexible spears, and in Emmivia's experience, it was certainly easier to deal with an enemy with a longarm than with a sword.

"Lawrence butler, who is this young lady?"

When the soldiers saw the new faces, they gathered around a dozen or so people at once. Unlike Lawrence, who was looking at his face, the group of soldiers all smelled of it. When Emmivi had lived underground in the earthen fort, she was familiar with these smells.

"Ahem, listen up. This is the only daughter of Lord Shatila, Emmivi Sinekar, the future heir to the family. ”

The soldiers were visibly stunned for a moment, most of them were still catching frogs in the fields ten years ago, and their impression of Shatila was limited to the blessing that Lawrence read every New Year, far less than the current head of the house, Wendini, who once every six months. Wendini would give money and new clothes every time she came, and they naturally remembered their names.

The middle-aged soldier who seemed to be the captain was the first to react, kneeling down on one knee excitedly, "Thank you to the god of the earth, since Lord Shatila left, it has been more than ten years. It was great to see her daughter today!"

Someone gave a demonstration, and the rest of the soldiers cheered in unison, as their old captain, for Emmyway's arrival. The atmosphere was very awkward, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that because at least sixteen years had passed, even the soldiers guarding the gate in the castle had already changed a group of people. The mark left by Emmiwei's mother has been erased by time, and the rest may only be old servants at the level of uncles and aunts.

"You can continue your work, and send a few people to a few villages in the territory after midnight to inquire. There's been a lot of outsiders lately, understand?"

Lawrence finished his instructions and continued to lead the way for Amyway. The castle is twice as large as the new mansion in the city, but unfortunately there are not many people in sight, especially at night, except for the kerosene lamps lit by the main road, the rest of the place is pitch black.

"Miss Emily wants something to eat, must she be hungry all the way?" Lawrence mentioned the dinner as he walked, and Emmivi did feel hungry when she said that.

"Anything to eat that fills your stomach. I wanted to see my mother's room first. ”

"No problem, you are the owner of the castle and of course you can walk around as you please. ”

The second group greeted them as the castle's servants, dressed exactly like the mansion's servants, but Emmivi noticed one detail. In the mansion, only Carly and a few servants have black wings embroidered on their cuffs, and all the servants here except the younger ones have black wings embroidered on their cuffs.

"Lawrence, she's Mistress Shatila's widow?"

Emmiway only felt a flower in front of her, and a big living person suddenly appeared beside her, a special young woman with black hair, who looked like she was in her early twenties.

"There is a high level of wariness of strangers. It seems that I learned some valuable survival skills outside. The black-haired woman gave Emmia an instinctive sense of fear just by looking at her, like being pricked by a needle.

Another young man jumped down from the inner wall, and the height of ten meters seemed as easy as stepping over a step under the opponent's agile movements. "Sister, she's the daughter of Lord Shatila, be polite to her. ”

The black-haired woman ignored her brother's reminder and reached out to touch Emmyway's hair.

"Rudeness, please limit yourself to your expression. Wendini has already blessed her family, she is 100% the daughter of Lord Shatila, and there is no need to be rude to test!"

Lawrence raised his hand and slapped away the other's magical palm, and his tone became hostile. "You are not her successor, please restrain your unnecessary suspicions. Isn't there anyone in this world who you can trust but Lord Alice?"

"My brother can barely be trusted. ”

The brunette woman gave Lawrence an unceremonious white look, she had already grabbed a strand of Emmyway's hair. "It's only a little bit worse than Shatila, and the talent is very good. ”

Emmiwei couldn't figure out what other people were trying to do to her, and she could tell the witch's talent by looking at her hair, and who were the siblings?

"Sister, you're going too far. The young man stood beside his sister and smiled at Emmivia. "My sister has a weird temper, but she has no ill will towards you"

The young man was dressed in a pure white suit, wearing more than 4 magic items, and even the sword on his waist was obviously of a divine nature. "I am Betreth Knight, loyal to House Sinekar. The head of the House of Knight, who was adjacent to the nobles, was also a member of the Consul and oversaw the military affairs of the entire Florentine city-state. And then she was my sister, Egglou Knight. She's just like you, a witch. ”

The young man named Beites was very polite to Emmivi in comparison, and he didn't have an adult at all. This kind of person with a hippie smile, Emmiwei is vigilant in her heart. And listening to his introduction, he has a very high status in Florence and has military power, so he can't be a sunny young man.

"My stupid brother, can you feel it? The returning little witch is useless against your politicians. We witches are born to classify others only by their strengths and weaknesses. As long as you are stronger than yourself, you are a potential enemy, and only if you are weaker than yourself, you can enslave as you like. ”

The dark-haired woman Egru continued her nasty speech, not saying hello without saying hello, using an unknown spell to suddenly disappear as she appeared.

"Don't mind, my sister has this attitude towards everyone. She's really not bad-hearted. Unlike me, she has no secular status and currently runs the only archival tower in Florence, right on the border of our two territorial districts. If you are interested, feel free to visit there. ”

Betrice took out her pocket watch and looked at the time, said goodbye to Lawrence and Emmyway, and hurried away.

Caught off guard by the mysterious sibling who suddenly appeared, Emmiway felt that Wendini was hiding a lot of things. For example, Beitres just now, in terms of special identity, Wendini will definitely try her best to win over, but Wendini never mentioned that there is such an ally subordinate to the Sinecal family.

"Miss Emmyway, please don't care about the two of them. As Baron Beatres said, they had no ill intentions and were the staunchest allies of the Sinecal family. ”

Lawrence brings Emmivi to the castle's servants and announces Emmyway's identity again. Unlike the soldiers outside, the group of servants chanted praises again and again, and a few enthusiastic people even gathered around to hug Emmyway.

The laughter swept away all the embarrassment that had been before, and Emmiway smiled at the stranger for a rare time, and she could sense that each of these servants genuinely welcomed her.

Walking into the interior living area of the castle, you can still see the stone carvings of the black-winged three-legged bird and various luxurious home decorations. On the wall, Emmivi saw the magic lamp in the shape of a wall-hanging candle that she had seen last night, although the shape was not good-looking, it could be placed in this ancient castle, which was very compatible.

"Please come in, this is your mother's bedroom. Ever since your mother went on a mission to the East, it has been idle. However, every item inside has been stored in its original place until now. ”

Lawrence ushered Emmiway into the spacious bedroom before leaving. "I'll send someone to prepare dinner at once. Please wait a moment. I'll send someone to inform you. ”

From the moment Emmivi walked into this particular bedroom, she was fascinated by the large number of magic items in it that she had never seen before. Even the ventilation in the room relied on a piece of magic stone to create an air surge magic, and there seemed to be a hidden ore line under the floor that connected to the rest of the castle. With Emmyway's inherited knowledge, shadow magic, if it is advanced, can easily teleport to the area where the line is located at any time with the help of this line system.

Marveling at her mother's novel use of magic, Emmiway had long since forgotten about escaping the mansion. The castle was more attractive than she had imagined, especially since her mother's aura was still there.

"Where's the little girl?come, let my sister hug ~~"

Before Emmivi could see what the person who walked in looked like, she was hugged by the other party.