Chapter 3: Parting (5,000 words, two more in one)
By the time Renard woke up completely, it was already close to noon the next day, and under the effect of the drug, he was very crazy last night, and he didn't know how many times he asked for Natasha. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Natasha in his arms hadn't woken up at this time, Renard felt a little uncomfortable, because the blood stains on the sheets hadn't dried up yet, and he couldn't bear to use magic tricks to clear the first memories of his current body and Natasha, looking at Natasha falling asleep in his arms, he felt a little complicated, although Natasha was also quite beautiful, but he didn't like Natasha before, and now he ...... Maybe there's a little bit of it. But if you want to be a couple with her......
Renard had a bit of a headache, but decided not to think about it yet. He looked down and kissed Natasha's little face, she didn't know what she was dreaming, there were tears on her face, Renard gently wiped Natasha's tears away.
Although it didn't move much, it woke Natasha, she opened her eyes, and then jumped up from the bed like a frightened fawn: "Oops, it's too late! There's a lot more to do today!" Renard stretched and got up from the bed, looking at Natasha, who was walking a little weirdly, he threw a holy light spell at Natasha to relieve the pain in her body. Renard got up slowly: "I'll go with you to see the arrangements for the army." Natasha had changed into a new dress, which had been torn by Renard the night before, and she shook her head: "You go and see it first, I have to talk to Sally about something." Then, as if she was dodging something, she opened the door and left.
Renard also got dressed, washed up, and tidied up before slowly walking out of the house, and before leaving, he did not forget to take the sheets stained with Natasha's virgin blood. At this point he was very relaxed. He slowly looked at the announcement, and sure enough, he was assigned to the healer unit, and then he slowly ate his brunch, and then planned to go back to the dormitory for a final recuperation.
But he saw a carriage at the entrance of the girls' dormitory, and several people were carrying Natasha's luggage, and the carriage had the crest of Natasha's Cecil family on it.
Reynard had no idea of resting in an instant, he rushed over and looked around, but did not see Natasha Cecil. He casually grabbed a subordinate carrying luggage and asked, "Where is Natasha, is she already gone?" The subordinate saw Renard's mage robe, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said respectfully: "My lord, the villain just came to carry the luggage, and I don't know where Miss Natasha is now." ”
Unintentionally embarrassed by his subordinates, Renard left here, and then he remembered that Natasha said before she left that she was going to find Sally, so he went directly to the school gate, called a carriage, and went to the Royal Astrological Tower.
When they arrived at the Royal Astrological Tower, it was not yet time for their afternoon classes and work, and Renard asked the doorman to give him two silver coins when he went to Sally to report, which greatly sped up his own briefing. Soon, someone took Renard in to find Sally.
When he found Sally, it was in her own room, still quietly looking at a large thick book. Sally has hardly changed at all in the past few years, only a little bit of increased size, plus short hair has become long hair. When Renard saw Sally, he had the illusion that he had seen Sally for the first time years ago. At this point, she is still her, and I am no longer me.
Renard shook his head, banishing the inexplicable thoughts from his head, and he walked over to Sally and sat down across from him, "Sally, has Natasha Cecil come to you?" Sally looked up, her pink eyes and hair shining exceptionally brightly in the sun. Sally also seemed a little sad, and said in a slightly melancholy tone, "Yes, she came to look for me, she came to me to say goodbye." ”
"Goodbye?" Reynard suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sally gently put a bookmark with the same rabbit pattern as Natasha's house into the book, slowly closed the book, and then looked into Renard's eyes seriously: "How much do you know about Natasha Cecil?"
Renard was a little stunned, although he had been friends for several years, he still didn't know anything about Natasha's family background, only vaguely knew that it seemed to be a big merchant family. He didn't ask much, because he subconsciously thought that it had nothing to do with him, and without answering, Sally stood up and walked to the window, her back to Renard, her graceful figure seemed to stretch a little long in the sunlight.
Sally spoke slowly, "Natasha Cecil, the third daughter of the Cecil family. The Cecil family rose one hundred and forty years ago, and their fortune mainly relied on the fur processing business of Warcraft, and their merchants in the imperial capital mainly took the luxury route. ”
Renard probably understood, and he was silent as Sally continued: "Although the luxury business is very profitable, it is not easy to maintain. If luxury goods want to become bigger and stronger, they need a lot of upper-class people to advertise and endorse, and in areas such as false advertising and source collection, the judicial department must be the object that needs to be bought. As for the tax part, if there were no nobles as the backstage, the tax department of the kingdom would dare to take them away from them, and there would not even be any money left for food. ”
Sally was very calm when she said this, but the high taxes of the kingdom have made many civilians complain, a transaction is made, and the optical turnover tax has to pay 17%, and if it does not go through the tax department, not to mention that it is a felony to catch and kill the head, even if there is no such factor, the situation of mixed fish and dragons and a large number of shoddy products also discourages any consumer who has a little money and vision and is not at the expert level. Renard's family before was not typical, and basically the civilians were living under these horrific tax policies.
Renard said slowly: "But, what does this have to do with Natasha? The nobles shouldn't be so hungry that they need to spend so much business asylum in exchange for a woman, right?" Sally smiled, this smile was a little mocking: "Of course not, but this is an indispensable way to a solid alliance." Marriage was originally a tradition, it was a product left behind when our ancestors were still barbarians, and blood relations were more important than anything else, at that time women were just objects in society, except for women who awakened the power of magic, or women who were brave and good at fighting, as long as they were born in noble families, most of them could not avoid this fate. ”
Renard sighed: "How much has changed now?" Sally smiled slightly, but there was a bit of sadness in her smile: "She can appear by your side and give her a chance to learn magic and prove herself, which is the progress of the times." And she failed, she did not advance to the rank of full-fledged mage before graduating. ”
Renard's hands trembled a little, he looked down at his hands, he had just been promoted to the second level, he had been proud of his strength for a few days, and suddenly felt very weak. Even if he didn't like Natasha, but even if it was purely out of concern for his friends, for the companions who had been with him for the past few years, and for the care of the first woman in his body now, he wanted to stop all this, but he, a small second-level mage, could he fight against the nobles?
Renard's voice trembled a little: "Who is Natasha's designated husband?" Sally stared at him a few times: "I can tell you, but you have to promise me that you don't go to death." I know you have a bit of hole cards, but a nobleman in the imperial capital who has a bit of real power has at least the protection of a high-level mage. If you mess around, even if you can defeat that high-level mage, it will be regarded as a provocation to the entire noble circle, and the legendary mages of the Imperial Capital will take action. Renard nodded: "I'm not stupid. ”
Sally sighed: "The eldest son of Viscount Gazrex, who is thirty-seven years old Chinese New Year's Eve, was born to Viscount Gazrex and his own sister, and was born an idiot. ”
The Book of Death was silent, but Renard could hear the Book of Death sighing in his heart, Renard closed his eyes, his eyelids were a little burning, as if two flames appeared in his eyes, and the shadow power behind him gathered uncontrollably, Renard's skin became pale, and an illusory light wing made of shadow elements appeared behind him, because of the explosion of negative emotions, the dark angel turned into an uncontrollable self and launched.
Sally didn't look strange at all, she walked up to Renard, her hands flashed with soft water elemental power, grabbed Renard's shoulders, and under the comfort of the water elemental magic of the official mage level, the restlessness in Renard's heart slowly subsided, and the dark angel transformation gradually dispersed. Sally's voice was a little gentle, "Don't be stupid, Renard. ”
The shadow power dissipated, and Renard sat back in his chair. With the flushing of the shadow power just now, the magic energy that dyed Sally's eyes and hair pink was washed away, and Sally's eyes and hair turned black. It was the first time Renard had seen Sally's true face under the cover of her magic, but it was just as good-looking.
Sally didn't mind, she gently combed the long hair hanging in front of her ears with her fingers, she looked out the window at the splendid and prosperous imperial capital illuminated by the sun, and continued to speak in a soft voice: "Natasha, she has known this fate since she was a child, she knows that the delicious food she buys, the fun things she plays, and even her own water magic talent are all given by the family, and she will always repay the family in the future, either in the form of combat power or through marriage." She is a very sensible girl, and she was originally not resistant to these fates. ”
Reynard looked at the look in her black eyes that changed from gentle to a little bleak: "Later...... She met you. Originally, she was defeated by you in the game, and she was a little resentful of you, and then you didn't know, but I knew that she wanted to surpass you, first practiced hard and cast spells, and then followed me to gnaw on a holiday book. However, although her talent is very good compared to ordinary people, it is far from us. She's not stupid either, she won't hit the south wall or look back, and recovers quickly. She knew she deserved to live her life. ”
"After the summer vacation, she knew that your ability far exceeded her previous expectations, and after knowing the price you beared, she didn't blame you, but wanted to help you, but Jassam told her not to interfere, if this matter became big, her family couldn't afford it. ”
"Later, the seal on your body was broken free by yourself, except for a few escaped subordinates and guards, no one else survived, others don't know, but we know that you did it. To be honest, we were really surprised at the time, thinking that you would kill the Brothers Grimm at most, but we didn't expect even Schalke to die. You did a great job beyond anyone's imagination, and when we secretly told Natasha, her eyes turned red, and we didn't understand it at the time, maybe it was because you did what she couldn't do, and rebelled against your fate. ”
Renard leaned back in his chair weakly: "What happened later?"
"Later?" Sally rolled her eyes and thought about it for a moment before saying, "That's what I guessed later, because I don't know when she fell in love with you." Maybe it's because in the past few years, even against the seniors, it's a winning streak, maybe it's because you know a lot of knowledge that I don't know, maybe it's because you can't play, you can't joke, but you always do things neatly, and the ideas are always very effective, except for herself, who knows? She has always hidden her feelings very well. ”
"A month ago, Natasha failed to advance to the ninth level apprentice for the last time, she has a bit of a strong personality, and she didn't let anyone know about it except me, and she cried and told me that she definitely won't be able to be promoted to a full-fledged mage before she graduates, and she is going to marry that idiot son of Viscount Gazrex. This should have been the fate of her eldest sister, who is now Chinese New Year's Eve six-year-old, but her eldest sister was promoted to a full-fledged mage before graduating, and is now almost the second level, one of the pillars of Cecil's family. She told me at that time that she hated her eldest sister and hated that the burden was on her shoulders. But then she herself said, don't complain about the uneven road, only complain about me. ”
Renard's voice was a little hoarse: "We don't know. Sally shook her head: "You know what else can be done? Viscount Gazrex and Natasha have grown up with a lot of protection for the Cecil family over the years. This account must be repaid, and for them, they will not lose anything, whether it is to find a wife for their stupid son, or to make friends with a family with unlimited potential of two official mages, they will not lose money. Can you, or Jasam, or Scott, give the Cecil family the shelter they need?"
Renard hung his head weakly: "Everyone seems to be right, but Natasha, why is this happening?
Sally's expression was a little gloomy: "Does it make sense to say right and wrong? This world is like this, what can you change if you say right and wrong?"
The Book of Death answered in Renard's heart: "No one is wrong, it is the world that is wrong." Boy Carmel, if you have the opportunity in the future, will you take action against the family of those right-for-the-right Viscount Gazrex?"
Ignoring the Book of Death, Renard closed his eyes in a little pain.
He heard Sally continue, "I actually knew about last night's incident. She asked me for the potion, and I wanted to stop it, but Natasha cried and said to me, 'Sister Sally, do you want me to suffer for the rest of my life, and I don't even have any good memories?' I couldn't refute it, so I could only listen to her and give her the potion. If you want to blame, blame me, she's already too sad. ”
Renard shook his head, his voice had regained its calm when he spoke, but with a coldness: "Did she just come to you?"
Sally nodded: "Yes, she originally wanted to write you a letter, but when she got the letterhead, she couldn't help crying, her hands kept shaking so much that she couldn't write, I wanted to ghostwrite for her, but she didn't let me, so it became for me to bring you a few words." ”
As she spoke, Sally pointed to the desk in the room, and Renard walked over to see a piece of letter paper on the desk, almost completely soaked with tears, on which was Natasha's handwriting, which was much more scribbled than usual, only two lines:
"Dear Renard,
Please allow me to call you that for the first and last time, now"
Not later. "She said: 'Reynard, I really appreciate that you have spent so much time with me and that you can give me one last happy memory last night. But now I have to face my fate, don't try to find me, forget me completely. This is what I have to do for my family, don't be stupid, I don't want to see the day when I have to treat you as an enemy. ’”
Renard raised his arm and wanted to activate the bracelet given by Jassam and say a few words, but Sally stopped him: "Don't waste it, she has thought of this a long time ago, both bracelets are now with me." ”
Renard didn't hold back, and a few tears flowed down onto the letter that had been soaked with Natasha's tears, making the letter, which had just begun to dry out, wet again.
Suddenly, Renard felt that he was being embraced, he turned around, and found that Sally suddenly hugged him tightly, and the fluctuation of water magic was flooded on his body, and when Renard did not resist at all, the restlessness in his heart was quickly soothed by Sally's spell.
Reynard, who had calmed down, turned his head to look at the head of the black-haired Sally buried in his shoulder, Sally's face was very normal, there was no embarrassment or any shy behavior, and it was not at all the same as Natasha last night. When Renard was completely calm, she let go of the hug and explained to Renard: "This is the last thing Natasha wants me to do, she said, if you cry, let me give you this hug instead of her, to comfort you." ”
Renard turned to look at Sally, looking carefully at her beautiful face with black hair and black eyes, and he chose to take the initiative to change the topic: "Actually, you look better now, don't change the color." ”
Sally smiled slightly, but the smile was still very dim: "I have to change, this is my bloodline." But I have to go to class, so I'll explain it to you later. ”
Renard nodded, carefully put Natasha's letter into a dragon dictionary, kept it safe, and then put the dragon dictionary into his space props, and then said goodbye to Sally, ready to turn and leave.
Before Renard left, Sally gave him another hug: "Take care of yourself, Renard, I've lost a good friend and don't want to lose more." ”
Renard nodded heavily: "I will." You have to take care of yourself, Sally. ”