During the dinner, Augustus noticed an interesting detail, the Donald maids serving on both sides of the long table basically had the same face, not that they looked similar, but they wore the same black maid clothes and a white apron on their lower abdomen, except that they were indifferent and rigid, different from the cautiousness and caution of those maids in Sauron Castle, and also in stark contrast to Alfred's image of a maid who always wore a smile, which made Augustus, who was reminiscent of the identity of a magician under the third law of the Donald family, can't help but guess strangely, this is the rule of Donald's personal bad tasteOr is the maid tainted with the stereotypical dogma of the magician already accustomed to it?

At the end of dinner, the maids removed the food and cutlery from the table and left quietly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Queen Terina, who was very impolite and did not pay attention to the image of etiquette after the meal, jumped on Augustus's lap with a satisfied expression.

Augustus doted on Terina's splendid blonde hair, and while the old earl was eating an unknown plant after his meal, he looked around the interior of Donald's castle.

The sky is almost dark, the gorgeous Gozuma chandelier above his head exudes a soft but not bright light, and under the embellishment of the small fiery red magic stones placed in the four corners of the living room, it constitutes a gothic scene with flickering and dancing small flames in a dark style picture, so that Augustus, who didn't feel much at first, suddenly felt as if he was in the medieval castle in the impression of his previous life, and it was still an ancient castle where a wizard lived, treacherous and mysterious, and the only thing he lacked was the eerie horror that the huge black cat with green eyes could bring, which made him subconsciously complicated, feeling contradictory, real and absurd。

"Regarding the Nile, since you have decided to do it, then do it, but Augustus, I want to remind you that digging the Nile is not a simple project, and having manpower is just a prerequisite for you to do this. ”

Wiping the corners of his lips with a white handkerchief in his hand, the old earl who lowered his eyelids again said softly, age is the greatest wealth of the pen, this sentence is profound and heavy.

Augustus retracted his gaze, probably because Terina on his leg made his legs feel numb, he comforted his body a little, and smiled: "It's not as complicated as you imagined, it's not a huge project, Earl, you probably misunderstood what I meant, I don't have the ambition to run Nile through Alfred's territory, I just need the Nile to pass through Grimm Town, and make Grimm City into Alfred's granary." ”

The old earl nodded, such words are indeed much simpler, he sighed, what a rare heir of Alfred, who has desires, but is not greedy, such a noble heir, even if he is placed in the first-line family of the Holy Empire, he will not be nameless.

"One more thing. Still smiling on his face, Augustus said calmly: "You said before that in a year at most, the Donald family will have to choose between expensive magicians and knights, I have a proposal, it is better for Donald to focus on the cultivation of the wizard echelon, and the knights will be provided by Alfred, what do you think?"

The old earl's expression remained unchanged, but the slight tremor of the loose skin on his face could not hide the shock in his heart.

How could Augustus make such a request so calmly?

Of course, he knew that Augustus's real intention was to ask Donald for the Knights of the Donald family!

If at the beginning of helping Alfred resist the lich, Donald was willing to show friendship for Augustus, a new friend, in exchange for the future, and the digging of the Nile was also Donald's support for free, then now Augustus offered to hand over Donald's subordinate knights to Alfred, not only does he know how to do it, but it is simply unforgivable greed!

Have desires, not greed?

The old earl suppressed his mocking anger and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your proposal, but it doesn't seem necessary yet. ”

Augustus smiled, there was no embarrassment or unpleasantness after being rejected at all, he just followed his considerations and said demagoguingly: " Don't be busy refusing first, you might as well think about it carefully, in fact, I also considered this pros and cons from your standpoint, I won't say much about the disadvantages, maybe you will temporarily lose the solid defense of the first line, but as for the benefits, I believe that wisdom such as you can definitely understand, you must believe, I sincerely hope that the friendship between Alfred and Donald is not a thin piece of paper, a light stab, it will be broken, I hope that Alfred will not be alone when he enjoys glory. ”

He clenched the ruby scepter in his hand.

The old count was as stubborn as a child, and he didn't even want to listen to every word that this damned Augustus had to say.

To make an old man who is about to enter a coffin give up at this time what he has worked so hard all his life to manage and protect? Cruelty and indifference aside, Augustus's downfall to old McDonald at this time is really not the attitude of a man who has received a lot of help from this friend, and the attitude he should have should be one of concern and sympathy.

It's a pity that Augustus doesn't seem to be aware of any of this at all.

But in fact, they all knew very well that if Augustus was not cruel and would have so-called compassion, then Donald would not have chosen Alfred in the first place.

It's not ridiculous.

......

The atmosphere in the living room gradually froze, and the subject finally made the old earl lose his interest in talking, and he turned to his butler and told his butler to take the distinguished guests to rest, and then turned back to Augustus and said that it was getting late, and that these things would be discussed later, and then he got up with great difficulty, and his attitude was especially resolute. But Augustus, who was still smiling and did not have any frustration, simply rejected the old earl's proposal, and before the old earl couldn't help frowning, and before he could not control his emotions, he smiled and said, I finally came to your castle, it should be for me to meet your heir.

The old earl could not refuse.

The next Donald can be said to be in the hands of Augustus and his heir, so of course his heir will also have to meet Augustus in advance.

Walking up to the second floor of the castle, Augustus tried to help the old earl up the stairs again, but his proposal just now obviously made the old earl angry, and he insisted that the old earl would not accept him. Kindness', and even once when he insisted, the old earl simply threw away his scepter and stood in front of the stairs and stopped completely, so Augustus was finally embarrassed, and had to watch Donald's butler help him up the stairs with difficulty, and he took Terina's little hand and followed him with his head bowed, but his eyes showed happiness and cunning that made Terina despise and spurn.

This is probably the true face of the old earl after taking off the skin of the 'old fox' in one of the very few times in his life.

On the second floor, although it was unpleasant, the old count would not forget the etiquette, his tone was no longer calm, and he brought a lot of impatience, and every room he passed would introduce Augustus to which magician's private space this room was.

Augustus nodded and did not answer, of course, the magicians of the Donald family cannot be completely direct or collateral members of Donald, in fact, the god's darlings who wandered to the abandoned wasteland for various reasons will temporarily live in Donald's castle, this is not difficult to understand, no matter how the entire wasteland is only the Donald family can provide magicians with all the conditions that magicians need, private laboratories, various magical materials necessary for the process of experiments, and the communication that magicians need when they encounter problems, and only here can they be satisfied, so the vicious circle finally creates Donald's transcendent self-reliance in the wasteland。

At the end of the second floor, the old earl motioned for his butler to push the door directly.

Augustus, who was still wondering whether he should knock on the door, froze at the moment when the door was pushed open.

A magical miracle that amazed him happened to be staged.

On the ground, the huge and cumbersome pentagram magic array glowed green, and it seemed that life flowed along the pentagram, and the entire room was submerged in the green magic world.

In the center of the pentagram magic array, a young man stood with a book in his hand, and the manic and restless magic elements completely surrounded him, his long brown hair fluttering without wind and standing erect.

As if he didn't notice that someone was there, he raised the book in his hand high with both hands, and the heavy book in his hand was suddenly scattered, and the pages fell to the ground, floating in the air, which was extremely gorgeous.

He said calmly, "Elemental." ”

The pentagram magic array centered on him and suddenly formed a whirlwind, and the pages on the ground and in the air flew suddenly.

He said calmly, "Confinement." ”

The whirlwind disappeared without warning, the pages of the book hung in the air without the wind, and then the miracle came to a standstill, directly frozen into a spectacular picture.