The Earl's Court is not in the aristocratic district of Cogston, but in the western corner of the agricultural and pastoral district of the outer city.

The aristocratic quarters of the royal capital of Neville were overcrowded, and the high walls of the inner city were crowded with the mansions of the wealthy and noble. Dekaizer is a new family that is not yet qualified to occupy a place in the aristocratic district. In fact, most of the Neville nobles lived in the outer city, and they were keen to build their own villas in the agricultural and pastoral areas of the royal city, but this required the approval of the royal family. Considering that Mrs. Dolly had only recently started the De Kaiser family, her ability to enclose land in a sought-after farming and pastoral area shows her connections and skills.

The location of Earl's Court is a little remote, but it is better than the beautiful environment and spacious space. It covers an area of nearly 300 acres, surrounded by fruit trees that have pulled out the buds, and there are several single-family villas within the walls, as well as stables, barracks, warehouses, and gardens, which are completely a noble manor.

Master Edwin's choice to borrow the Earl's Court by De Kaiser also makes sense, at least Victor doesn't have to worry about the accommodation of his hundreds of retinue.

Outside the small castle-like main house, the countess led the family attendants and had been waiting for a long time.

She was wearing a purple court dress, her skin was as white as jade, her blonde hair was shawl, her eyes were green, her facial features were delicate like classical sculptures, her forehead was smooth and full, her eyebrows were slender and straight like a sword, and her delicate red lips were tight under the bridge of her nose.

The temperament of the Countess de Caeser was seen by Victor in the Duchess of Wellington.

Beauty, pride, coldness, firmness, and unquestionable strength.

They have a lot in common, they are also noble women, they are also high-ranking female knights, they are also family guardians, and they also have a golden knight lover...... I don't know, what kind of style will they be in front of the Golden Knight Lover?

A strange thought popped into Victor's mind, and then he saw Lady Dolly melt and spring blossoms.

"Your Majesty, your presence is a great honor for the Dekaizer family. Mrs. Dolly's pursed lips drew an elegant smile, and she lifted her skirt and curtsied to Catherine.

"Lady Dolly, please call me Catherine. ”

Catherine stepped forward, shook the countess's hand with a smile, helped her up, and said generously: "I am accompanying my lover on a private visit to the kingdom of Naville, not the queen mother of Gambis. In fact, when we return home, I will receive the title of Duchess of Kiteburg. ”

"Come, let me introduce you. Catherine took the countess, raised her hand to Victor and said, "This is my love, Viscount Victor Randall." ”

Dolly's gaze flocked to Victor's face for a moment, then she lowered her eyes, bent her knees slightly, and extended her left hand to him.

Victor stepped forward to hold up the white hand, kissed it lightly on the delicate index finger, and respectfully and formulaically praised: "Count de Kaiser, may your beauty endure forever and your youth will last forever." ”

"Victor, it was like being at home. Lady Dolly grinned toothily and said in the tone of an elder.

Catherine was satisfied, and turned lightly to take Victor's arm. Mrs. Dolly turned her gaze to Countess Ariel and smiled, "Ariel, long time no see. ”

"I'm glad to see you again. Honorable Madam"

The two hugged lightly, and Dolly beckoned behind her, "Let me introduce you, this is Baron Robert de Kaiser." He is from the Mackenzie family in Seuss and is now my husband. ”

A young noble knight stepped forward and saluted the crowd and greeted them one by one. He was about 20 years old, with red hair and brown eyes, a handsome face, a slender and straight figure, a graceful but slightly shy and quiet, and a soft and elegant temperament.

Victor saw the shadow of the little baron in him, but the little baron was not a knight. It is common for high-ranking female knights to cultivate knightly lovers, but I am afraid that only the male knights of the Seuss Kingdom have the characteristics of serenity and femininity.

"The Mackenzie family?" Catherine pondered for a moment, looked at him slightly, and asked with a smile, "Who is Duke Red Eagle of you?"

Robert glanced at Lady Dolly and replied, "The Duke of Red Eagle is my great-great-grandfather, my maternal grandfather is the Duke's cousin, Count Clark Mackenzie, and my mother is the youngest daughter of Count Mackenzie, Baroness Shania Florence. ”

Mrs. Dolly took her little husband's arm and explained with a smile, "Robert has been fostered in the Mackenzie family since he was a child, but he is a nobleman of Dodor. ”

"It's rude. Catherine retracted her scrutinizing gaze and bowed her head apologetically.

"Let's go into the house and talk. ”

Dolly nodded, let go of Robert's arm, put her slender hand on his shoulder, and commanded kindly but secretly commandingly, "Honey, you go and assist Master Edwin in arranging a residence for the guest's entourage." ”

"As you wish, my lady. Robert replied respectfully, turning to beckon Master Edwin to walk out of the manor.

Victor immediately felt a little sympathy for Mrs. Dolly's young husband. Sylvia never dictates to him, not to mention other lovers, even the stubborn Sophia is also a wife and sister when she gets along with the little baron, soft as water.

He was even beginning to miss the purple-eyed beauty who was naturally charming.

As Lady Dolly entered the Lord's Mansion and bypassed the lavishly decorated antechamber, Victor arrived at a spacious and bright reception hall.

The decoration style of the hall is clearly different from the golden vestibule, and is closer to the elegance of Gambis's "luxury hidden in the low-key".

Exquisite frescoes, sculptures, harps replace the rugged specimens of beasts and swords and armor, the floor is paved with hundred-year-old paulownia floors from the twilight forest, and the dark, heavy tones of the village support the shiny surface, while the nobles of Neville generally prefer the precious and dazzling white glazed stone tiles.

However, there is still hidden in the extravagant pomp of the Neville, for example, the nobles of the Neville used to use gold candlesticks, and they would make undisguised ridicule when they saw other people's silver candlesticks. In the hall of the Count's Palace, there were hundreds of seemingly simple red copper candlesticks, which shone faintly with a purple sheen, apparently mixed with a certain proportion of pure gold.

That's right, there were no golden candlesticks in Lady Dolly's living room, she made them out of pure gold.

Victor could almost imagine that the nobles of Neville came to the Earl's Court as guests, selectively ignoring the menorah and pretending to comment on the frescoes. Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Dolly corrects the mistakes in the guests' remarks, alluding to their superficial understanding of art.

Whether familiar or unfamiliar, the nobility of Gambis will not embarrass guests. The more familiar Neville is, the more he can't get off the stage.

Mocking and teasing each other is Neville-style kindness and trust.

The guests sat down, and several maids walked to the sofa table with silver platters and served drinks, snacks and earthenware kettles to everyone.

"This is Naville's specialty fruit vinegar. The taste is very unique. ”

Mrs. Dolly picked up the silver cup, took a sip, raised her delicate jade hand, and gestured, "Please comment." ”

Lady Ariel raised her glass, drank it all, savored it for a moment, and smiled: "It is well deserved...... The taste is really unique, but I'm not used to it. ”

"Thanks, I don't drink. ”

Catherine refused without hesitation, turned her head, faced Victor, and persuaded with a serious expression: "My dear, I advise you to taste carefully...... Perhaps, you can mix some water first. ”

The drink in the cup was dark green, and Victor only sniffed it, and saliva secreted uncontrollably in his mouth. It is said that the acetic acid of Neville fruit is extreme, and it is a drink specially used by high-ranking knights to adjust the body and mind and strengthen the instincts of mortal beings.

Victor didn't try...... But it's really delicious.

Under Catherine's worried and sympathetic gaze, Vic took a small bite, and then took the clay pot from Catherine's hand with a blank face, and poured it with water.

The cool and sweet spring water diluted the sour taste in the mouth, but the sourness was long and long, and Viscount Randall's delicate face flushed, looking very "beautiful".

He wasn't embarrassed, but he was so sour that he blushed.

"The palate is intense, mellow and layered...... Well, I can't make it up. ”

Victor opened his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, poured another sip of spring water, wiped the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and said, "Damn, this reminds me of the green barley wine brewed by the Sasan Empire for barbarians...... Honey, are my teeth still there?"

Catherine came back to her senses from her lover's delicate beauty, sneered, and immediately lay on his shoulder, and the flowers trembled. Lady Dolly and Lady Ereda couldn't help but laugh.

The joyful atmosphere brought by the prank narrowed the distance between each other. The two sides chatted casually about Lady Dolly's two sons, the Duke of York and Viscount Fred, and her granddaughter, Angelina Branstedt August, the future queen of Gambis. Dolly also asked the maid to carry her young son to the living room to meet the guests. Catherine hugged the chubby baby and couldn't put it down. Victor also praised the heir of the De Kaiser family, who was still in his infancy.

After the little one's excitement had passed, he yawned and fell into a deep sleep, and the maid carried him back to his room. At this moment the old butler of the Countess de Caeser came over, bowed down and said:

"Madam, 11 families have just sent waiters to invite Viscount Randall as a guest. ”

"Leave it all to me. ”

Catherine didn't wait for Mrs. Dolly to express her position, and took the initiative to stand up and say, "Honey, you are here to chat with Mrs. Dolly, and I will go to set up the residence first and arrange for the welcome dinner at Rock Castle." ”

"Lady Dolly, I'm out of company. Catherine greeted the countess, took a wad of gold-leafed invitations from the butler's hand, and walked out the door with Ariel and Louisa, and as she went, she looked through the invitations, and said to King Neville's liaison:

"Baron Louisa, in the future, all invitations to Lord Randall as guests or meetings will be politely declined by the families below the earl, and the counts and above will be handed over to me, and I will personally reply to them and tell them that Viscount Randall is busy with affairs and has no time to take a break. ”

"As you wish, noble lady. ”

In the drawing-room, Victor sat opposite the countess, she waved her hand, and the attendants around her left quietly, but the old butler remained where he was.

Mrs. Dolly pulled back her blonde hair and asked with a smile, "Is Bruce okay?"

"Bruce?" Victor couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Baron Bruce is now a Silver Knight, highly valued by the Duke of York and Lady Caterina, sitting on a rich territory of 6,000 square kilometers, and he and his wife have recently given birth to a lovely daughter. ”

Lady Dolly nodded, raised her hand to the old butler, and said, "Let me introduce you, Lord Henry de Kaiser, Bruce's teacher, and his wife's father." ”

Victor's eyes shrank as he carefully examined the old butler's face. He was burly, well-proportioned in muscles, with a straight back and a full head of silver hair that could not be seen in his original hair color, but his facial skin was smooth and ruddy, and his facial features and gray-green eyes did resemble Baroness Bruce.

Victor retracted his gaze and muttered, "As far as I know, Bruce's teacher is dead. After a pause, he added, "He and the Baroness both think so." ”

"Henry York is dead...... Henri de Keser is still alive. The old butler laughed loudly and said, "I really didn't mistake that kid Bruce...... Is he okay with Eliza?"

"Lady Eliza has taken a potion of energy and has been promoted to knight...... Bruce was a little afraid of her, and he didn't even have a personal maid. Victor tactfully complimented the Bruces for their affection.

"That's good, that's good......" The old butler smiled, shook his head and frowned: "Eliza, this is not right, the silver knight does not have many offspring, how can the family grow?"

"My lord, I would like to ask you two things, to persuade Eliza to put the future of the family first, and to tell them that I am still alive, so that they will think that I am dead. The old butler bowed deeply.

Victor was silent for a while, then nodded in agreement: "Okay." ”

"Thank you, sir...... Madam, if there is nothing to do, I will quit first. Lord Henry said to Lady Dolly, and seeing her nod, he took a few steps backwards and turned to leave the drawing-room.

Only Dolly and Victor were left in the spacious and bright hall, and the countess was the first to break the silence and asked, "How is Audrey?"

The person she actively cares about is not her two sons, but Audair. Victor had long found out that Mrs. Dolly looked like Audrey, both blonde and blue-eyed, with slender and straight eyebrows, but Audrey was full of charm and charm, and Mrs. Dolly was cold and majestic, noble and atmospheric. If you ignore the difference in temperament, the two stand together like a pair of sisters.

"You and Audrey are ......," Victor asked tentatively.

Lady Dolly's smile remained unchanged and said lightly: "My mother is a cousin of Audelle's grandfather, and she married to Dodor...... I also have the blood of the Branstett family, and Audair is my distant cousin niece. ”

"That'...... Lady Ulena?"

"It's a bit complicated, she calls my brother's wife an aunt. ”

Victor stopped talking, stared at the silver cup containing fruit vinegar for a while, looked up and asked, "I heard that Lord Earl is ready to resonate with 36 elemental positions and try to impact the elemental sea?"

Mrs. Dolly restrained her smile, picked up the silver cup, took a sip of fruit vinegar in an elegant manner, and nodded. "Yes, there is a plan. ”

Victor thought for a moment and said: "My wife Sophia should also be your cousin niece, she rushed into the elemental sea in advance because of the trial of life and death, and resonated with 36 elemental bits, and now she is a half-golden Raging Wave Knight, and she must keep doing things every day to build her own beliefs, otherwise she is in danger of extinction...... Silver female knights generally live to be 120 years old, Lady Dolly, you still have decades of youth, why rush for a while?"

"Thank you for your concern. Mrs. Dolly put down the silver cup and said with a light smile: "The nobles of Seuss can climb relatives, and it is not wrong to say that Sophia is my cousin and niece." I envy Sophia's beauty and even more appreciate her courage...... The silver female knight takes marriage and family as her spiritual sustenance, and indeed lives longer than the male silver knight. Because of this, the number of female golden knights is much lower than that of men. ”

"The sooner you hit, the better your chances of promotion. ”

Victor was silent for a moment, rubbed the rose pattern on the silver cup, sighed secretly, with a smile on his face, and asked casually, "Madame also likes roses?"

The countess smiled and said, "I founded the York family's Rose Manor...... It's just that Sylvia prefers Rose. ”

The context of the matter is already very clear, the Duchess of Wellington is actually a princess of August's bloodline, and the York family has been suppressed by the kite castle for a long time, and the bloodline is gradually declining, but they won the friendship of Neville in the war against the Sassan Empire, and can absorb the silver blood of the Neville royal family and maintain their bronze bloodline. When it came to the Old Duke of York, he was unexpectedly promoted to the rank of Silver Knight. He and the Duchess had several excellent children, thus expanding the scope of foster marriages. Lady Dolly, who came from a famous family, was transferred to the York family.

She was promoted to knight, first to Embither the Duke of York, and to Silver Knight, and to Fred with one of the Royal Highnesses of Dodor. At this time, she was already the guardian of the York family, conscientiously planning for the family's future. She traded the old duke's young daughter for Ulena to be Terrandon's wife. I don't know how she used to abduct Audair of the Branstetts family to the York family and take Fred as his wife. Among them, her golden knight lover must have contributed...... Sylvia was Audelle's maid-in-waiting, and often arranged flowers for Lady Dolly at Rose Manor.

It can be said that the current high-end military pattern of the York family was created by Mrs. Dolly. But no one expected that Sylvia would be a god knight...... The old Duke of York asked Dolly to back down, and she had to run away. The Rose Knights, who were loyal to Lady Dolly, also left House York with the Guardians.

Dolly has lived in the York family since she was a child, and has a knightly belief in protecting the family. She was suddenly swept away by the Yorks, which was equivalent to cutting off the knighthood.

No wonder Master Edwin has so much respect for Lady Dolly...... However, this feud is a bit big.

Victor was silent, and Mrs. Dolly seemed to see through his thoughts, shook her head and smiled: "It's not what you think, the old duke asked me to leave out of love." ”

"Oh, is it?" said Victor smiled, but didn't believe it.

Lady Dolly sighed with emotion: "In the Battle of Fort Whitewater, three great knights died in Sassan, and two in Duoduo, and they were all sacrifices of the god knights. ”

The conflict between Sasang and the Three Kingdoms was rooted in the Qingmai War. Many of the vassal soldiers on both sides were killed and wounded, but the core knights of the family could basically be ransomed. In the Battle of Fort Whitewater, Sasang broke the tacit understanding between the two sides and killed several core knights of the Duoduo Lords. Viscount Negus was forced to shoot and kill three Sassanian Silver Knights, leading to a full-scale escalation of the war. Sassan's Golden Knights were all dispatched, only to be crushed by Sylvia...... The identity of the Spirit Knight was also revealed.

In fact, the Battle of Fort Whitewater was directed at Sylvia, and the fallen high-ranking knights on both sides were indeed sacrifices of the god knights.

"And His Majesty Ryan Auguste, the Duke of the Three Provinces, and two high-ranking dragon knights...... Roland slaughtered a town under the Rand Empire, killed two great knights under the command of Neovest, and severely damaged the Unicorn Knights, and His Royal Highness Adrian almost fell into her hands...... Sylvia didn't do anything, and so many knights died because of her. ”

Lady Dolly sighed faintly: "I couldn't accept the old duke's arrangement at first, and when all this happened, I understood his painstaking intentions. The old duke knew my character, and he did save me by persuading me to leave. ”

"The old duke was prescient. Victor nodded in agreement.

"Speaking of which, I owe Sylvia what I am to today. Lady Dolly's gaze swept over the adamantite candlesticks in the hall and smiled, "It is for her sake that the lord of Dolly has given me a vast territory with two veins of adamantite gold. ”

Victor said, "She may ...... Still nothing has been done. ”

Mrs. Dolly looked at Victor for a moment, her eyes watery, and she smiled coquettishly. The countess's sudden charm touched Victor's heart. Anyway, he was often tempted, but Mrs. Dolly's next words made him unable to resist.

"Victor, you are indeed excellent. If I am promoted to the Golden Knight, I will also woo you. ”

Oh, think beautifully, I have Catherine now...... Victor was secretly proud, but still responded to the countess's compliment according to the etiquette of a transcendent knight: "It is my honor to be favored by Madame. ”

Lady Dolly looked at Victor's expression, raised her slender eyebrows, and said coquettishly: "Your Excellency Randall, it seems that it is not easy for me to get you...... I think it's even harder to get to the Gold Rank. ”

Victor's eyes flashed, leaning on the sofa, and asked lightly, "What can I do for Madame?"

Mrs. Dolly gathered up her charm, regained her cold and calm, and said softly: "I have always pursued perfection in my work, but my territory is full of mountains and forests, only scattered valleys, no flat land, and the people I can raise are very limited. Victor, you are an authority on hydraulic engineering, and Edwin has great respect for your talents. I would like you to help me design streams, reservoirs, and new farming and pastoral systems. ”

Victor groaned, "My visit to Neville this time is at the invitation of His Majesty Rex to redesign the water conservancy project throughout the territory of Neville. There doesn't seem to be a dilemma in that. ”

Lady Dolly shook her head and said, "My territory is too remote to fall within the scope of the kingdom's water conservancy projects. Only when His Excellency Lao personally went to my territory to survey the terrain and design it independently, I could build my own water conservancy project. ”

"I see. Victor nodded and asked, "Where is it?"

"The southernmost point of the kingdom of Dord, close to ...... Rand Empire Domain. ”

Mrs. Dolly said casually, staring at Victor's changing expression with a pair of beautiful eyes.

Victor's deep dark eyes shrank suddenly, and a cold cyclone suddenly rolled up in the living room. Mrs. Dolly sat up straight, but as Victor blinked, the vision calmed down as if nothing had happened. Viscount Randall was as good as ever, and the coldness just now seemed to be just an illusion.

"Madam, I'll take my leave, and I'll see you at dinner. Victor got up, bowed politely, and turned to walk out of the living room.

Mrs. Dolly looked solemn as she watched Victor leave, her delicate body sinking into the softness of the sofa, and it took a long time before she smiled.

"It's actually a highness...... No wonder the kiteburg is staring so closely. ”