Violet Manor, everywhere is in disarray, even if the servants of the manor have washed the blood all over the ground, and also cleaned up the corpses and severed limbs on the grass, but the entire manor is still shrouded in a strong smell of blood, plus the huge footprints left by the titan giant on the ground are very difficult to completely cover, and the bloodstains on the corridor are still remnants after all, and the terrible battle not long ago seems to be still in front of us, which makes it difficult to think of the lively and prosperous scene of Violet Manor in the earliest days, and it is difficult to remember that this night's feast is actually the coming-of-age ceremony of the little princess of Constantine。 Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, compared to anything else that night, Sophia's coming-of-age ceremony didn't seem to be that important.

There was no one in the manor's living room now.

After the titan rushed out of the manor, due to the election of St. John's Cathedral gathered important figures from various dioceses on the mainland, Mass was worried that something would happen, so he hurried to deal with it, after all, tonight involved the dark race in the north, and it was impossible to take it too seriously.

Then there was Earl Clark of Stanford, who looked at Count Rodrien's body in embarrassment, and finally left the place in silence with the Count of Castile with a broken leg, and finally, Frodo, who got what he wanted, and knew that what happened tonight would have a huge impact on the empire, was also gone, and he had to go back and prepare for the next repercussions.

Every time there is a big event in the empire, there are bound to be some people who are unlucky, and there are also people who benefit.

As for Prince Colum and Austin, they were not in a hurry to leave at first, although the death of all 4 groups of night watchmen, the heavy losses of Lord Stanford, and the emergence of the Titans would inevitably bring huge waves to the empire, but after all, it was something their fathers had to deal with, and now they were unlikely to intervene, besides, after the terrible things of this night, they felt that Sophia should need them the most at this time.

Unexpectedly, Sophia resolutely rejected them at that time, saying that such a thing had happened in Violet Manor, and it was really not suitable to entertain them again.

Later, after Pompey's Quentin and Angelina said a few words to Sophia to express comfort, they could see that Sophia was really not in the mood, so they stopped bothering.

The entire manor was left with Sophia and Elizabeth.

They stood at the door of the living room looking out at the grass, their same little faces pale.

After a long time, Sophia finally broke the silence and said with uncertainty and difficulty: "That girl, is it Terina?"

Elizabeth also did not wake up from the shock, and hesitated: "It should be ...... Right?"

Silence again.

Of course, they all know Terina, and Sophia didn't quarrel with Terina when she was in the wasteland, but she just didn't like the aura on Terina's body at the time, how could she have thought that the dark aura on Terina's body tonight would be so exaggerated?

Magician?

A dark magician?

Sophia suddenly realized that no matter what the relationship between Augustus and Terina was, after tonight, Augustus would definitely not be able to get rid of the heavy dark shadow on his body, and then, not only the heretical judgment would definitely not let go of this dark human being, but I am afraid that it would be difficult for the entire Holy See to tolerate Augustus. Thinking of this, Sophia was desperate again, she herself had the power of the Fourth Law Light Judgment, and she had been in contact with many core things of the Holy See beside Mass, so she knew very well that once the Holy See could not tolerate Augustus, Augustus would really not be able to move an inch, even if he was far away in the wasteland.

After all, this is a world of clerical supremacy.

Sophia, who was completely helpless, took a deep breath and shook off these desperate thoughts for a while, and she said with a little nervousness: "By the way, Augustus." ”

Elizabeth did not hide it, nor did she hesitate: "That person is an adventurer I hired, I found a place outside the imperial capital, he will take Augustus over, but I don't know the ...... of his injuries"

said that it was an injury, but in fact, it was still a tact, to be precise, Augustus at this time did not know life and death at all.

Sophia naturally knew this, but she still forcibly suppressed her worries, tried to smile, and said You can think so far ahead, and you have already arranged a place outside the imperial capital? As for Augustus's injury, there is no need to worry too much, although his physique refuses to be healed by the light of the fourth law, he has finally embarked on the path of a true knight, and his recovery ability is far more powerful than that of ordinary people.

Elizabeth knew that Sophia was comforting her, and she smiled reluctantly and nodded, I know.

......

While they were comforting and encouraging each other, Nicholas crept up to Sophia and said that the old duke had arrived.

At that moment, the six gods had no master, and Sophia, who had experienced this night's turmoil and was completely overwhelmed, seemed to have a backbone, and her pale face also flew brightly, and pulled Elizabeth to the gate of the manor, and did not forget to tell Elizabeth that she didn't need to be nervous, her grandfather was a very kind person.

Elizabeth smiled and didn't say anything, but how could she not be nervous, that was the old duke of the Constantine family, in the Holy Empire, the Constantine family itself was a huge existence at the top of the pyramid, not to mention the actual helmsman of Constantine?

It's unexpected.

When they reached the door, they saw that the old duke was indeed standing by the hibiscus carriage, but at the same time, there was an old man beside the old duke, and old Vernon, Alfred's old butler, was also there, and the two of them did not talk, but they did not seem to be very strangers, and what was more strange was how they could have stood together?

Of course, Sophia, who was a little emotional, didn't think much of it, she walked up to her grandfather, met the old duke's arms, and buried her head deep in the old duke's shoulder.

All of a sudden, his eyes turned red.

"My poor child, don't be afraid, with your grandfather here, nothing will happen anymore. ”

The old man gently stroked Sophia's long hair, his eyes were full of pampering and pity, his figure was not tall, he didn't look much taller than Sophia, standing there, he was like an ordinary old man, he didn't have half the majesty of the helmsman of the Constantine family, and he didn't have the momentum of covering the sky with one hand that the Grand Duke of the Empire should have, he was wearing a simple black cloak, and he was just an old man who came to visit his granddaughter.

Sophia couldn't help but choke out her voice again.

No one can imagine how desperate she was after being rejected by Mass.

It can be said that if Mass can no longer be relied on by her, then the only person she can rely on in this world is her grandfather.

She let her tears vent her despair, her sadness, and it took a long time for her to finally calm her emotions.

She walked away from the old man's shoulder, smiled and wiped away her tears, she looked at Elizabeth and said to the old man, "By the way, grandfather, this is Elizabeth, you must not have seen it yet." ”

The old duke looked at Elizabeth and smiled kindly: "Little Elizabeth is even more beautiful than I imagined, speaking of which, Constantine is responsible for the grievances you suffered in the imperial capital." ”

Elizabeth hurriedly took her skirt to salute, she naturally didn't dare to accept what the old duke said, she just said that those things were inevitable and had nothing to do with Constantine, during this time, it was indeed causing too much trouble to Sophia, and then paused, Elizabeth glanced at the old butler standing behind her, and she said to Sophia: "Otherwise, I'll go and see Augustus first, he has no one to take care of him." ”

Elizabeth, of course, would not refuse.

The old duke did not speak.

Sophia stepped forward and gently hugged Elizabeth, then parted.

No one knows if they will meet next time, maybe they will never have the opportunity to meet again after they are separated.

......

Sophia could no longer hide the sadness in her eyes as she watched Elizabeth and her old butler walk into the carriage.

The old duke could obviously have noticed, but what could he say? Alfred, as the helmsman of the House of Constantine, he must have known something, and after he learned about the matter between Sophia and Alfred's heir, he also knew more, why Alfred was banished to the wasteland hundreds of years ago, and why the former dragon-slaying family quickly decayed to the point of almost extinction, but so what? Knowing more means that the old duke knows Alfred's affairs very well, even if it is him, Constantine, he does not dare to interfere easily, how can he tell Sophia?

He took Sophia by the hand and walked back to the manor.

Passing by the manor meadow, he saw the traces left after the tragic battle, he paused slightly, and sighed: "It's all grandfather's fault, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been involved in these things, Sophia, please forgive your grandfather's selfishness, Constantine didn't need you to bear these heavy things." ”

Sophia quietly squeezed the old man's hand: "It's okay grandfather, anyway...... It's over, too. ”

Walking into the living room, Nicholas had already tidied up the sofa, he had followed the old duke for many years, and he must have known that the only place where the old duke could be called an aristocratic quirk was perhaps the strict requirements for sanitary details.

However, the old duke did not sit down directly, but turned his head to look at Sophia and said with a smile: "Are you referring to the fact that you signed Frodo's contract and renounced the inheritance of Constantine?"

Sophia did not answer.

The old duke sat on the sofa, patted the position next to him, and let Sophia sit down too, then held Sophia's hand and continued: "If it is that contract, don't worry, this result was originally what your godfather expected, and I also think that in the imperial capital, Frodo has been in business for many years, and you can't compete with him at all, and you can only return to the family fiefdom, if you can completely master it, you can come back and fight with him...... As for the contract, Frodo's biggest problem is that he is too clever, he thinks that as long as you sign it, he will have a way to get the Presbyterian Council of Constantine to pass it, and give him a seal, and the seal will take effect. But the question is, the Council of Elders is mine, and the seal is with me, and if I don't give it to him, what can he do?"

"So it's all up to you, the key is whether you want to fight or not?"

Sophia's expression was complicated, but she still didn't answer.

As the heir of Constantine, of course she didn't want to, and she wanted to give it up directly.

But as the old man's favorite granddaughter, how should she refuse to meet the old man's undisguised expectations?

"Actually, my grandfather decided to let you come back and compete. Constantine's descendants can get their hands on it, just a few, Frodo, I won't say more, your Uncle Stoffer who is far away in the family fiefdom, and his legs are disabled and unsuitable to be at the helm, as for Turing's little guys, I don't like it, this can only fall on you - my original intention is to hope that you will give it a try, if in the end you still don't like it, then you can also help your grandfather in the fief to see the other people on the side, there are suitable ones, I don't mind handing over Constantine to them. ”

Who would have thought that the inheritance of the huge Constantine would be judged by whether he liked it or not?

Even Sophia felt a little weird, which was too rash.

"Of course, I still hope that you will inherit everything from Constantine, even if you don't mention the current predicament that Constantine is facing, from the perspective of my grandfather, I hope that you can have the power that truly belongs to you, and I also hope that you can really protect yourself and let yourself face everything calmly in this world, because only if you are strong enough, you can have whatever you want. ”

"Sophia, my grandfather is old, I don't know when I'm going to die, when I'm alive, of course, no one dares to hurt you, and my grandfather will let you live like a princess very well, but what if my grandfather dies? ”

Probably a reference to the Mass.

Sophia's brow darkened, and for a moment she did feel that Mass could no longer be relied upon by her.

Of course, these changes in her expression could not hide from the old duke's eyes, and the old duke smiled: "Are you complaining that Mass refuses to help that little fellow? But Sophia, you have to think like this, why should Mass help him? Are they very familiar? In other words, today is here, Mass can help him because of you, so if tomorrow is somewhere else, and he is in trouble, who will help him? You can't expect Mass to run around with him, just to help him, right?" In that case, Mass will be too hard, and he will have to protect you as a goddaughter, and he will have to protect the people his goddaughter likes, what else can he do?"

Sophia was silent, as if she understood something.

Yes, Mass is the future of the Holy See, how can he have time to pay so much attention, in fact, she can live so easily, she has already paid a lot for Mass.

Isn't it too much to expect more?

There's no need for anyone to revolve around anyone.

......

"Besides, are you sure that Augustus wants Mass to help him? You know the child better than I do, you should know his pride, how do you know if he wants to bear it all alone? A man, a real man, will not pin his hopes on others, I believe that the man who can make my Sophia like unconditionally should be a real man, right?"

Finally noticing the 'man she liked' that the old duke had mentioned, Sophia blushed a little.

The old duke suddenly narrowed his eyes and sighed with emotion: "In fact, this is also my greatest expectation of you. ”

"People, when they were young, they thought that they could rely on their parents, family, relatives, and friends, but that was only because they were too young, and one day, when they encountered difficulties and endured hardships, they would find that when a person lives, he can never expect to rely on others, no matter at any time, he can really believe and rely on himself. ”

"This is probably the most precious treasure your grandfather has ever given you in his lifetime. ”

......

...... (To be continued.) )