"This young master has arrived."

Roy's musings were interrupted by the coachman's urging.

It wasn't so much contemplation as it was emptying his brain, and he couldn't think of any strategy to break the game along the way.

After paying the fare, Roy jumped out of the carriage.

What catches your eye is the familiar Arnold House, and the one that is gradually becoming familiar-

The maid waiting for his return at the door.

"Welcome home, young master."

Arya bowed to him and smiled happily, "I'm back early today!" ”

"Hmm." Roy couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.

Looking at her beautiful and delicious smiling face, he also felt a little more cheerful.

Immediately, Arya's expression froze: "Young Master, the blood on your body is ......"

Although the blood stains on the face are washed, the blood stains on the clothes are difficult to wipe off easily.

"That's not mine." Roy's face was calm.

Arya was very sensible, she didn't ask any more questions, but went back to her room to prepare hot water and a change of clothes, and served Roy to bathe and change clothes.

Of course, she didn't need to intervene in the process of bathing.

Originally, as a personal maid, it was not necessary to do this level.

It's just that Roy is not used to having someone help him change his clothes and rub his back, let alone Arya, and even the butler Sebas has never let him do this.

Stepping into the warm bathhouse with steam, he felt a little better under the hot water.

After getting out of the bath, she changed into clean clothes, and during this time, Arya had prepared dinner.

After a hearty meal, Roy leaned back in his chair and breathed a sigh of satisfaction.

Thanks to the valet he has his own menu and schedule, Arya is always there to bring him the best service at any time.

Although he can take care of himself, he occasionally wants someone to take care of his daily life when he is exhausted.

It's like when he was a social animal in his previous life, his biggest dream was to come home from work every day and see that his wife had prepared a hot meal waiting for him to come back.

This warmth is enough to wash away the fatigue of the whole day.

After eating, it is customary to study time.

Roy didn't go to school during this time, so he didn't help Arya with her homework, instead she studied on her own.

Roy picked up a random book on the shelf and flipped through it, and now was the time period for him to read, a habit he had been doing for years.

It's just that tonight, the words in the book seem to have become strange ghost drawings in his eyes, and they can't get into his mind.

In fact, it's not just tonight, he's been in this state for the past few days.

It's like a mess in my head, and it's terrible.

Before he knew it, his eyelids began to fight.

This time, Roy didn't resist the growing sleepiness, he hung his head and fell into a groggy sleep.

……

"Click......

The sound of the heel on the stone pavement is crisp.

A thick fog gradually filled the streets.

"Elena?" Roy looked back.

No one answered.

It was as if the world had evaporated, and everyone had disappeared without a trace.

As the fog chuckled, he saw a figure in the distance.

The man was dressed in a black cloak, like a god of death walking in the night.

Roy gasped.

Ever since he first went to the dungeon, he had the same nightmares every time he fell asleep.

Is this a dungeon?

Why am I in the dungeon?

Why did I call Elena by name?

And who is that black cloak?

Roy didn't have a clue.

Maybe he knew, but every time he woke up, the exact content of the dream would be forgotten in the deepest part of his memory, along with his answers.

The black cloak walked slowly, the dagger in his hand stabbing him in the throat.

The nightmares of the past would have ended at this time, but this time Roy suddenly exploded.

He grabbed the wrist of the black cloak, snatched the dagger, and stabbed him in the heart!

"Bang-"

"Ah......h

There was a sudden muffled sound in my ears, and the girl's mournful scream.

The voice seemed familiar.

Roy woke up suddenly.

Arya's delicate face was greeted by him, and she was pushed to the ground by him, frowning slightly in pain, and clutching a blanket in her hand.

Roy remembered that this was his bedroom.

He had been studying at his desk with Arya, but he had fallen asleep because of the fatigue of the past few days.

Arya tries to cover him with a blanket, but he subconsciously takes her as an enemy and backhands her down.

At this time, he was still pressed against Arya's body, and his posture was quite indecent.

The fierceness in Roy's eyes faded, and his expression was guilty: "I'm sorry, I slept ...... confused"

He had just wanted to get up, but Arya suddenly reached out her hands and hugged him tightly.

"Don't go, okay?"

"I'm so scared, young master, I'm so scared......"

She hugged Roy and pressed her forehead to his chest, sobbing under her breath like a little girl snuggling up to her beloved stuffed doll.

In the middle of the night without relatives, only the warmth around her can dispel her loneliness and loneliness.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Roy said softly, rubbing Arya's head.

Her long pale blonde hair felt like the finest silk, silky and silky, with a faint fragrance of a girl.

"Is it okay to stay with me?"

Arya whispered, "I want to see you every morning, I'll make you the best breakfast for your taste, and then watch you walk out of the house." ”

"Hmm."

"I'll clean your room, then clean the yard, do your laundry, then make dinner and wait for you at the door."

"Hmm."

"After dinner, I will come to your room to read and study with you, I will ask you if I have any questions, and then I will serve supper, which is your favorite three-fresh dumplings, and I have also liked this taste recently."

"Hmm."

"I love life now, and I just want to make it a little longer."

“…… Well. ”

"So don't go, I just want you by my side, nothing else matters!"

Arya's hands tightened tighter and tighter, as if she was afraid that the boy in front of her would suddenly disappear.

How could she not have guessed that Roy was struggling with her business?

Ever since the day Crane visited the mansion, Roy had been in a state of exhaustion.

Every time he came home in the stars and moons, he was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to talk to her.

can easily erase a noble family, how complicated the shady scenes behind this case are, she can't imagine at all.

What a dangerous thing this is! She didn't want Roy to risk his life.

Especially this afternoon, when Roy came home covered in blood, she was so frightened that her heart was shaking.

It's as if the past is about to reappear before our eyes.

She didn't want anything else.

She just wants to grasp the small happiness in front of her.

"yes, what am I doing here?"

Roy muttered to himself, slightly distracted.

After several days of investigation, his mind seemed to have reached a dead end, and he could not think of any possibility of breaking the situation.

Before he knew it, he had lost the direction of the investigation, and even going to the lower city every day to do the survey gradually became a habit.

Now, even Arya doesn't want him to investigate any further.

Is it necessary for him to keep going?

It seemed like a doomed battle.

Let's go back to daily life, I am still the young master of the Arnold family, or the talented double inheritor, who has been favored by the big family and has an incomparably bright future.

Now, he also has a personal maid of the same age, who is gentle and lovely, loyal, and awakened to the inheritance.

With her, she will definitely be able to live happily in the future.

And all the unbearable things that have been in the past should be dispersed with the wind.

He sighed and hugged the girl in front of him as well.

"Arya."

"Huh?"

She poked her head out of Roy's arms and looked at him with teary eyes, the tip of her nose reddening.

"I-"

Roy opened his mouth, only to find that some words were still unspeakable.

In the end, he just said softly, "I'm going to worry about you." ”

"These days...... I'll just take a break at home. ”

Arya blinked twice, and burst into laughter.

"Hmm!"

……

More than ten days have passed in a flash, and before I know it, the time has come to November 29th.

There are only two days left before the end of the month, as Klein said, to close the case.

Roy glanced at the calendar on his desk, then tore up the entire November calendar, crumpled it into a paper ball and threw it in the trash.

After that night, he never went to Downtown again.

"Young Master, I'm ready!" Arya's voice came from the courtyard.

Today is Sunday, the sun is shining and the weather is clear.

As scheduled, he was going to have a morning exercise with Arya.

Roy walked out of the room.

At this time, Arya was dressed in armor, holding a shield in her left hand and a one-handed sword in her right hand, and she was already preparing to warm up in the courtyard.

Half a month ago, when she awakened to become a holy knight, Renault bought a complete set of equipment for her, in order to ensure her cultivation time, Sebas's butler did not assign her housework to do, and even the current job of serving Roy was won by Arya herself.

Just because she still remembers being Roy's personal maid.

With enough time to cultivate, coupled with the fact that Arya herself comes from a knight family and has a good foundation, the training in the past half a month has quickly shown good results.

At this moment, the morning light shone on the girl's body, her hair was as bright as gold, and her whole body seemed to be bathed in a divine white halo.

This is the Holy Knight's natural skill "Gift".

When under the light of the sun, physical fitness and spiritual power recovery speed will be improved.

Her current appearance does have a bit of the demeanor and chic of a knight.

Roy pulled an iron sword from the weapon rack and nodded at Arya.

"Let's get started."

Ever since Roy handed the wolf king's teeth to Renault that night, Renault knew that his child had grown up.

When he was buying equipment for Arya, he also replaced the wooden sword in the courtyard with an iron sword with a blade.

"It's rude."

Arya let out a low snort, pressed her shield to her chest, and launched a knightly charge.

A golden light quietly lit up in Roy's eyes, and her movements were unobstructed.

He dodged the charge with ease, and wrestled with Arya.

Arya's moves are not unfamiliar, but they are quite easy to see through, and after experiencing a fierce battle with Qin Liu, Roy has no pressure in the face of her attack.

And that doesn't mean he can't benefit from this fight.

He has not been idle for the past ten days, after this period of cultivation, with the addition of the red spiritual power crystal, the spiritual power accumulated in his body has reached a bottleneck.

There is only one opportunity left to be promoted to the second rank.

Although the inheritor's daily spiritual power accumulation can take shortcuts through spiritual power crystals, the opportunity to advance will always need to be obtained by actual combat.

The essence of the inheritor is a powerful warrior, and only in the battle of real swords and guns can the inheritor gradually grasp the power and true meaning of the inheritance.

At this time, the spiritual power in Roy's body was running wildly.

Blood is boiling all over the body.

He could feel the faint glow of his second Inheritor's Staircase as the sword and shield collided.

Soon!

Roy's attacks became more swift, and soon Arya was only passively resistant.

She was also keenly aware that Roy was at the critical juncture of his promotion at this time, so she didn't make a sound, silently raising her shield to resist all attacks.

Until—

The spiritual power in Roy's body surged uncontrollably, and the long sword in his hand suddenly let out an overwhelmed wail, slashing at Arya's arm shield.

"Zizi-"

The sparks burst out, deep scratches were cut on the arm shield, and the mortal sword in Roy's hand was broken into several pieces.

He stopped where he was and closed his eyes.

In his divine sense, his Moon Shadow and the Judgment Inheritance Ladder lit up at the same time.

The second flight of stairs was lit, and he successfully advanced to the rank of second-order inheritor.

At the same time, several torrents of information centered on the two inheritance ladders suddenly spread out of his divine sense, imprinting the new inheritance skills in his mind.

Starting from the second level, two skills can be learned at each level.

Moon Shadow 2nd Order Skill: "Stealth", a period of time after casting the skill, it enters a state of invisibility.

Moon Shadow 2nd Tier Skill: "Shadow Attack", a period of time after casting the skill, when attacking from the opponent's blind spot, it will further deal weakness damage.

Judgment 2nd Skill: "Immunity" to protect yourself from a negative effect

Judgment 2nd Order: "Space Hand", telescope, control objects within a certain distance from you.

Roy pondered.

And then.

As if blessed to his soul, he began to use his spiritual power and use his skills.

"Exempt"!

At this moment, as if some kind of prohibition had been broken, the memories buried in the depths of the subconscious rushed out like an erupting volcano.

He opened his eyes, and those were clear.

He remembered everything about the dungeon.

———— Dividing Line————

Tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, today is updated in advance, tomorrow is double, and the first is delivered in the early morning!