Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Female Adventurer
Emily, who was forcibly kissed by a woman, jumped out of the woman's arms like a rabbit, fled behind Leo and hid, looking at the woman with a panicked face. Perhaps thinking that it was not safe for Hikari to hide behind Leo, Lā swept his eyes over the table, saw the silver fork on the plate, and quickly grabbed it and held it in his hand.
Leo couldn't help but feel strange when he saw the visitor, because he had just thought of this person, but he didn't expect it to appear immediately.
Although he was surprised in his heart, his face did not show it, but he said very calmly: "Isn't it time for you to be busy?
"Watching the enemy's movements up close allows us to develop appropriate responses. The red-haired woman picked up Leo's cutlery and ate it.
This red-haired woman was none other than the Baron Maupassant, and the right-hand man of Duke Dryon's enemies went to the house of Duke Dryon's right-hand man to eat and drink, and if Rupert Fitz knew about it, he would have known what it would be.
Leo asked again, "What should I call you now, Sylvia, or ......?"
Sylvia picked up the red wine that Leo had just drunk, took a sip, swallowed the roast in her mouth, and said, "It's okay to call me Miss Belmont, Sylvia, only acquaintances can call you, we are not acquaintances yet." ”
Using my cup and utensils, eating what I've eaten, is that unfamiliar?Leo couldn't help but smile when he saw this kind of words and deeds that were diametrically opposed.
At this time, Emily, who was supposed to be hiding behind Leo, suddenly jumped out, and unusually, very excitedly, approached Sylvia, who was still extremely frightened before, and asked urgently, "Are you Miss Belmont?"
"Is there a second Sylvia Belmont in the world?" Sylvia said with a smile as she took off her mask to reveal her beautiful face.
"Ahh ”
"Thank you! It's an honor to have a book lover like you. Sylvia said as she raised her head defiantly at Leo.
"Is she famous?" asked Leo, a little inappropriately.
"She's Sylvia Belmont, don't you know her?" Emily looked at Leo with a completely ignorant expression that you didn't know, and then told Sylvia's life like a treasure, "She discovered the ancient capital of the Seventh Dynasty of the Savile Kingdom, and she also discovered the ancient crypt people of the Mares Kingdom, and she also discovered more than 170 ancient species that were thought to have been lost, and once trekked through the wilderness of Moissan, she is one of the greatest adventurers in the world." ”
Hearing Emily's statement, Leo looked at Sylvia with some surprise, and Sylvia looked up proudly, only to add a sentence when he heard Emily's closing words: "The greatest adventurer is fine, and the latter one is superfluous." After saying that, she turned her head and looked at Leo with interest, and said, "Seriously, I'm curious about how you, an English soldier, are qualified to sit here?"
Leo didn't answer her, but put his invitation on the table, Sylvia couldn't help but be stunned when she saw the black invitation, then curiously picked it up and looked at it, saw the initials on the invitation, looked surprised, looked at Leo again, and said, "You know what? This is definitely the most incredible thing I've ever seen, you actually know him, and you got his invitation." ”
"Can you tell me about him?" said Leo in a deep voice.
"You don't know anything about him, don't you know him?" Sylvia was even more incredulous when she heard Leo's inquiry, and said, "If you don't know him, how did you get your invitation?"
Leo explained briefly: "I just know a respectable old man, and I am learning a language from that old man right now, and this invitation was given to me by that old man." ”
"Oh!" Sylvia looked like I understood, and then smiled, "Since the old man won't tell you about him, then I'll ......"
"Ledger. Leo suddenly spoke a word that interrupted Sylvia.
Sylvia was stunned when she heard this, then showed an incredible expression, pointed at Leo and said, "It turns out that Ljungberg came to you for this matter, and you did it!
"Sorry to disgrace your men during the day. Leo said sorry insincerely.
"Are you really a little soldier of the Inge Kingdom?" the shocked expression on Sylvia's face had not subsided, and she couldn't help but ask suspiciously.
"No, I'm a GI. Leo told a sneering joke that wasn't funny at all.
Sylvia changed her previous playfulness, stood up, put on her mask again, and said, "This is not the place to talk, after the banquet, you go to the address I gave you last time, and talk there." With that, she turned to leave, but paused and reminded Leo, "You have caused a lot of noise just now, it has already caught Lawrence's attention, if you don't want to cause trouble, it is best to leave now." ”
With that, she walked briskly out of the pavilion and into a labyrinthine garden path, heading towards another banquet venue.
Leo wasn't the kind of person who didn't listen, so he stood up and asked Emily, "Are you going to stay here, or are you going to leave with me?"
"Leave together. Although Emily didn't understand the meaning of the conversation between Leo and Sylvia just now, she felt that it must be something secret, so she didn't ask too much, and obediently listened to Leo's advice.
So Leo took Emily down another garden path back to the square where the carriage had been parked, got into the carriage directly, and told the coachman to leave.
Not long after Leo and Emily left, a middle-aged gentleman in a tuxedo arrived at the same banquet venue where they had stayed before.
This middle-aged man with slightly gray temples was the wizard who was on the Silver Moon Tower just now, and as soon as he returned to the harvest hall, he heard what was happening in Diana's garden from his manor housekeeper, and he immediately rushed over when he felt that something was wrong.
Under the guidance of the butler, he quietly walked to the place where Leo had eaten before, checked the surrounding situation, and found no problems, then took off his gloves again, reached out and rubbed the ring in his hand, and his eyes turned gray and white as if covered with a thin veil at this time.
Soon the change in his eyes dissipated, and the look of doubt on his face did not lessen, but became stronger, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "You just said that the young man was eating here, and then the others saw him eating and ate too, were there other people around at that time?"
The butler told him the truth, "There was also a woman who had come with the young man, and the woman seemed to have been brought in by the young man in the square. ”
"Woman?" The middle-aged man's face became a little solemn when he heard this, as if in his eyes, women were a very terrifying existence.
After pondering for a moment, the middle-aged man asked again, "Who is his invitation?"
The housekeeper hesitated for a moment, leaned over to the middle-aged man and whispered a name.
The middle-aged man couldn't help but show a respectful look on his face when he heard this name, and then he was silent for a while, and said: "This matter is over like this, I will go and tell the boss, you take care of these guests, and make them all satisfied, understand?"
"Got it, Mr. Lawrence. The housekeeper hurriedly replied.
The middle-aged man returned to the harvest hall, went up to the dark room of the reception room on the second floor from the secret door behind a bookshelf in the side hall, waited for a while, and waited until the guests in the reception room were gone, and then pushed the door and walked out, and came to Rupert's side.
"What's the matter with the garden?" Rupert asked the middle-aged man as he lowered his head and wrote a few words on a piece of paper, then put down his pen and took a sip from his glass.
"No signs of witchcraft have been found, probably by coincidence," Lawrence, who replied in the affirmative, paused slightly, and then added, "But it has to do with the gentleman's party appointee, and the guests at the banquet were all influenced by him." ”
Rupert was silent when he heard this, as if he was in deep thought.
Lawrence then hesitated a moment and said, "But it could have been done by a witch." ”
"Witches, why are you involved with witches again?" Rupert was stunned, and wondered, "Are there still witches now?" Didn't the Orthodox See say that they were all dead?"
"Didn't they also say that the clans of Miria City were dead, and what happened?" Lawrence said with contempt for the Holy See: "Witches rely on bloodline inheritance like clans, and witches' bloodlines are very secretive, even my blood witchcraft may not be able to be discovered, so as long as a witch does not die, then the witch clan will not disappear." Think that the witch group has disappeared for more than a hundred years, and more than a hundred years is enough time for new witches to grow. ”
Rupert asked in a deep voice, "Are they also coming for Nine Golden Oak Street?"
"It should be. Lawrence nodded, followed by looking at the eye-catching Silver Moon Tower outside the window, and said: "It may also be for us, after all, the Silver Moon Tower has stood here for so many years, as long as you pay a little attention, you know that we are also studying 9 Golden Oak Street, and now that the time to open is approaching, they are probably trying to find the research materials of 9 Golden Oak Street from us." ”
Hearing this, Rupert couldn't help but sigh, rubbed his head with a headache, and said, "How long does Alva say it will take?"
Lawrence said in a deep voice: "He doesn't know this, the Silver Moon Tower can only know the time of opening the door one day in advance, but according to the data of the past door opening, after the last cold wave in spring, the first full moon, the probability of opening the door will be very high." ”
Rupert sighed again, and could only say, "The safety of the castle will be entrusted to you during this time. ”
"Okay. Lawrence added, "Alva mentioned that the magic steam engine has been completed, and as soon as the Fire Moon Stone arrives, the experiment can begin. ”
"That's the best news I've ever heard today. Rupert smiled, then he stood up, rummaged through the papers on the table for a while, pulled out a form and looked it carefully, and said, "There are still three days to arrive, and then you can arrange for someone to pick it up." ”
"Do you need me to go in person?" asked Lawrence.
Rupert was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "No, it's better for you to stay here, maybe I still need you." As he spoke, he handed Rupert the paper on which he had written more than a dozen names just now, and said, "Give this list to the Weishan people and tell them that as long as His Highness can ascend to the throne, he will immediately reject the wrong decision made by the Continental Council that year, and organize an army to recapture the Holy Land for them." ”
Lawrence took the list and looked at it and asked, "Don't you need to tell them how to do it?"
"If they don't even know how to do it, why should I protect them. Rupert chuckled, "There are some things that can't be said too clearly, and whoever asks, I just have to answer that I took them in because of the unfair treatment and pitiful situation that the Vishan people have received, and I don't know anything about what they are doing." ”
"I know how to do it. Lawrence took the list and turned to leave the room.
Rupert shook the bell on the table in his hand, shone the attendant outside the door in, and said, "Invite General Nelson in." ”
While a play of power was playing in the Harvest Hall of Silvermoon Castle, Leo had already left Silvermoon Castle in a carriage and, after asking Emily's address, drove towards the barrel alley of the civilian quarter.
After about half an hour, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the barrel alley, and Emily got out of the carriage and was about to leave, when Leo stopped him, took out a hundred gold flanges from his pocket, handed it to Emily, and said, "Thank you for being my partymaid today, this is your reward!"
Emily opened her mouth and was about to refuse, but Leo blocked the words in her throat with an expression that could not refuse, and then Golden Farran was forced into her hands.
"My offer is still valid, and if you make a decision, you can go to Anne Frank Hospital on Red House Street to see me. Leo reminded Emily again and asked, "Do you know Anne's Hospital on Red House Street?"
"Yes, yes! Ms. Anne often comes to the civilian area for free clinics. Emily nodded.
Seeing that Emily had memorized his words, Leo said goodbye, then gave the coachman an address, and headed for the hideout of the Count Maupassant.
Emily stood at the intersection and watched the carriage disappear at the end of the street, looking down at the one hundred gold flanges in her hand, with an excited smile on her face, she felt that her luck was coming, as long as she went to Anne's Hospital tomorrow and saw Leo, she would be able to get the investment to open her own flower shop, and then she would be able to bring her parents to live with her, and she would also be able to spare money for her husband to run and change jobs.
Thinking of this, Emily was so excited that she jumped up and down when she walked, and her figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.