Three days was not too short, and after discussing the expedition with Sister Marlene, Russell decided to stay at the temple and read some books about the world, so that he could take the opportunity to rest for a few days.

However, Russell had just taken a day off when a sudden invitation broke Russell's quiet life, which was handed over by Sister Marlene herself, and she meant to let Russell decide whether to accept the invitation or not.

"Lord Russell, you can do it yourself, but I think it's better to accept their invitations if you want to get on good terms with the nobles in the town. ”

Sister Marlene gently placed the invitation on Russell's desk, bowed to Russell and left his room.

Seeing Sister Marlene's formal appearance, Russell understood that this invitation should be given to him by a high-ranking nobleman, Russell decisively put down what he was doing and looked at the invitation on the table instead.

This invitation is not something that ordinary people can send, and Russell has not yet opened it when he smells a burst of fragrance.

It is evident that even the paper on the invitation has been smoked with perfume and gilded on the envelope, making it appear that the owner of the invitation was a wealthy lord.

Russell picked up the invitation and used a knife to open the fire paint wax, and immediately a piece of paper fell out of it.

Russell picked up the paper and looked at it, and the contents of the paper immediately came into view.

Dear Lord Russell,

I have known about your deeds for a long time, and I know that you are a great warrior, and tonight I will hold a great banquet in the castle, and I would like to invite you to my banquet!

Once again, I pay my deepest respects.

Baron Albert.

Russell read the invitation carefully, and then put down the paper in his hand, it seemed that the content inside was very normal, and there was no extra information hidden in it.

As Mother Marlene had said, Baron Albert had heard from the consul and Sister Marlene about what he had done, and sent him this invitation out of curiosity or other psychology.

Russell thought about it for a while, and decided to attend the banquet held by the baron, after all, others were kind to invite him, and it was not good for him to be in a different place to save the face of the lord here, and he could just see more characteristics of this world.

Russell immediately got up and went to Sister Marlene's room, wanting to inquire about the details of this place at the banquet.

Outside the room, Russell faintly heard Betty's laughter, and Russell hesitated, but knocked softly on the door.

"Who?"

Sister Marlene's somewhat cold voice rang out from inside the door.

"Sister Marlene, it's me, Russell!"

Russell whispered back through the door.

"It's Lord Russell, please come in!" Sister Marlene heard Russell's reply, and her voice was much softer.

Russell pushed the door open, and sure enough, Sister Marlene and Betty were sitting opposite each other in the room, and the table in the room was covered with various fabrics, and it seemed that Sister Marlene was teaching Betty how to sew clothes.

"You two are here to talk about these things!" Russell smiled as he walked over to his chair, picked up a piece of blue cloth and glanced at it, then placed it on the table.

"I wonder what important thing His Excellency Russell came to our women's secret meeting to talk about?"

Sister Marlene looked at Russell with playful eyes and asked "aggressively".

When Russell heard this, he knew that his arrival had interfered with the two, and he apologized for his intention.

"Sister Marlene, I decided to attend the banquet held by the baron, but it is a bit boring for me to participate in the banquet alone, I wonder if I can bring Betty to the baron's banquet with me?"

Sister Marlene immediately smiled smugly, and she took out the remaining two invitations from nowhere and placed them on the table, much to the surprise of both Russell and Betty.

Sister Marlene looked at the surprised two in front of her and said, "If Baron Albert had invited Russell, he would not have missed me and Betty, of course, if Russell you don't go to the banquet, then Betty will naturally not go, as for I've never been interested in banquets." ”

Russell didn't expect Sister Marlene to hide a hand, so he couldn't help laughing and praised: "Sister Marlene, the more I know about you, the more I think you are a very foresightful person, but I didn't expect you to really anticipate my thoughts!"

Then, Russell asked the last question that bothered him, "I wonder what the Baron's attitude towards the Church is, and will we be targeted by the Baron when we arrive?"

When Sister Marlene heard this, she said without a smile: "As far as I know, the Baron has always been respectful of the power of the Church, and inviting us to the banquet is just a polite gesture, so you don't have to worry too much about it. ”

Russell heard Sister Marlene say this, and nodded his head to show that he understood, it seemed that there were forces fighting in every place, even the two sides of the same camp.

All the doubts in Russell's mind had been solved, and now he could not continue to disturb the secret meeting of the two ladies, so he simply stood up and said goodbye to them.

It was already afternoon, and Russell had to hurry back to prepare clothes for the banquet, as a member of the church on the surface, Russell did not want to lose Sister Marlene's face.

When Russell closed the door and walked away from here, Sister Marlene picked up the blue cloth, put the fabric in Betty's hand and said with a smile: "Betty, you have to be careful, didn't you say that you want to sew a new dress for Lord Russell?

Betty smiled and took the blue fabric and held it tightly in her arms.

Betty was a little reluctant to see that Russell's brother was still wearing the tattered village chief's clothes, so she wanted to learn the sewing skills from Sister Marlene to make a new dress for Russell's brother.

Time flew by as the trio hurriedly prepared, and in the blink of an eye it was evening, except for Betty in the dress Russell had bought for her.

Sister Marlene naturally wore her white robe, only a purple burqa on top of it, with a long red crown of clergy, but this was also the solemn dress of Sister Marlene, which Russell rarely saw.

When he arrived at Russell's place, he dressed very simply, in order to save money to buy weapons and equipment, he had not bought any clothes in the market before, so he also wore the clothes given by the village chief, so that he could barely see it.

It's Russell who always feels a little strange, and he finds that Betty next to him always peeps at him secretly, making Russell think that his clothes are stained with some dirt, but Russell took a closer look at his body and didn't find any dirty places, which made Russell a little puzzled.

Anyway, Betty has no ill intentions, she wants to see herself, let her see it, Russell simply didn't care about Betty's gaze, straightened his waist and walked to the carriage in front of him.

The three Russell were transported by a carriage belonging to the church, and the people who drove the carriage were also servants of the church, and their daily life was to transport high-ranking members of the church to various places.

When Russell made it to the inside of the carriage, he found that the interior of the carriage was very spacious, even if five or six people were seated, it would not be crowded, but from the outside, the carriage seemed very narrow, and the structure of the church's carriage was really amazing.

There was only a "snap" of the whip on the pack horse, which began to run under the impetus of the groom's whip, and the carriage galloped down the street towards Baron Albert's castle in the distance.

Sister Marlene sat in a steady carriage and told Russell and Betty about the history of the Baron's castle,

"The castle has a very long history, it was built by craftsmen hundreds of years ago along with the town of Serra, when the kingdom was just unified, the situation was still very unstable, and there were thieves fleeing everywhere.

Therefore, the purpose of the kingdom to build this castle is also to defend against the attack of thieves, so this castle was built very strong by craftsmen, and it was impossible to conquer the castle in ten days and half a month.

The current owner of this castle is Baron Albert, and his family has been in control of this place for hundreds of years!"

Russell did not expect that the nobles here could hold power for hundreds of years without being influenced by others, which was unimaginable in the empire.

Russell didn't know the reason for this, but he knew that in such remote places, the entrenched lords were often more authoritative than the royal family of the kingdom in the hearts of the local people.

In this way, without saying a word, the quiet carriage passed through the bustling streets, through the walls of the town, and up the long mountain road, to the Baron's castle, built on the top of the hill.

"Sister Marlene, we have arrived at the Baron's Castle!"

The driver outside the car said loudly, it seemed that he had reached his destination.

With Russell's support, Sister Marlene and Betty got out of the carriage one after another, and a majestic castle came into everyone's eyes.

What a magnificent castle it is! Russell looked at the castle nearby, and remembered his own castle, which was dwarfed.

The castle here is different from the castle of the Empire, it is more like a fortified city set up for defense, and in the darkness it is like a hill standing on top of a mountain, which amazes everyone who attends.

After the three Russell had left the carriage, the coachman drove to a square near the castle, where he would wait for his master until the banquet was over, as many coachmen had done.

There were already a lot of extravagant carriages there, and it seems that many people had already arrived at the castle.

Seeing the number of carriages in the square, it seemed that the nobles of the next city also came to this banquet, which was also in line with Russell's intentions, and he could hide his identity even more.

Russell and his men walked towards the gate of the castle, where there were occasional well-dressed people coming and going, and at the gate several servants were checking the invitations of the guests.

Russell was the first to walk forward, but as soon as he reached the gate, Russell was stopped by a servant who looked Russell's clothes up and down, and there was a hint of disdain in his eyes, but Russell keenly caught his expression.

"Where's your invitation, this guest? You can't enter here without an invitation. ”

Russell touched his bag, but remembered that their invitations were all on Sister Marlene's.

When the servant saw that Russell did not take out the invitation, he thought that Russell was a brazen person who wanted to attend the banquet and make friends with the powerful.

He suddenly took a forward step aggressively, trying to push Russell away.

But before he could touch Russell, he was kicked in the crook of his leg by Russell, and the servant couldn't control his body and fell to the ground headfirst.

"You!"

The servant angrily got up from the ground and glared at Russell as he tried to call his companions to expel him.

But his companion secretly pulled him and pointed in the distant direction.

The servant looked at his companion's direction and was stunned for a moment, as Sister Marlene was looking at him with an unkind expression.