At the moment when the woman screamed, Rogge quickly covered her open mouth with his hand, and with the other hand, he tore off the necklace of blood and bone from the king's neck with lightning speed.

He grabbed the necklace and let go of the woman and stepped back, the little owl on his shoulder stopped the beam at the same time, the woman next to the king screamed in horror, and the sleeping king and the other woman next to him were awakened at the same time and sat up in panic.

At the same time, the palace guards outside the bedroom door rushed into the house when they heard the screams coming from the room, and saw Rogge, who was dressed in black and hated, standing in front of the king's bed, and the soldiers drew their swords and came forward to order Rogge to surrender his weapons.

Rogge stood calmly in place, staring at the topless king sitting on the bed with blazing eyes, and asked calmly: "Your Majesty, how do you feel?"

The king stared at him blankly for a moment, then suddenly waved his hand and said to the soldiers, "Let him come, I will ask him!"

The soldiers hesitated, but obediently let Rog come to the king's bedside, and the king looked up at him and asked, "Who are you, what are you doing here, what is going on?"

"That's exactly what I want to ask you, who are you, and what happened to you?" asked Rog with a smile as he looked at the King's blank and confused face.

When the king heard his inquiry, his eyes fell on the necklace of blood and bones in his hand, and after a moment of contemplation, he suddenly woke up: "I remember, the necklace in your hand was given to me by a magician named Ivan, and after I took him, my body was out of control!"

"Because Ivan has taken over your body," Rogge nodded approvingly, glanced at the two beauties on either side of him, and smiled, "Moreover, I have enjoyed a lot of lustful blessings for you." ”

Surprised when the king heard this, he looked back at the two strange beauties beside him, and with a wave of his hand pushed them off his bed, shouting, "Get out of my palace!

The two naked women grabbed their clothes to cover their bodies in panic, and fled from the palace in embarrassment, and the king looked up at Rogge with concern and asked, "Where is Ivan now?"

"I suggest you change your clothes first, and then I'll accompany you to the council chamber, the head of the Knights of the Silver Dragon Wings has already led someone to Ivan's Earl's palace to arrest people, maybe we will get good news soon. Rogge took the king's dressing robe from the gold-encrusted chair beside the bed and handed it to him.

"Okay, I'll change my clothes!" the king reached out and took the nightgown handed by Rogge, his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, looked up at him gratefully and asked, "I almost forgot, you saved me, who are you?"

"It doesn't really matter," Rogge said with a polite smile, "but when Your Majesty asks, I can only tell you the truth, in the Lower Duchy of Italy, the knight Langaro, it is an honor to serve Your Majesty." ”

The king was very pleased when he heard this, and dispersed the soldiers in the room, and asked Rog to wait outside the door, and he called the waiter to change his clothes and came to the council chamber with Rogge, at this time Antonio and the others had not yet arrived, but the king's son, the Marquis of Machersky, was already waiting here.

Machersky was overjoyed to learn that his father had recovered and thanked Rogge, and the father and son hugged each other and wept, denouncing Ivan's evil deeds and wanting to eat his flesh at once.

As he spoke, the squire came to report that Antonio had arrived with Tully, Catherine, and Locke, and the king hurriedly invited them into the council chamber, and as soon as he entered the door, Rogge noticed a slight melancholy on Antonio's face, and then looked at the faces of the others, and knew the outcome of the matter.

"If I'm not mistaken, you didn't catch Ivan. He asked, standing up to meet Antonio.

The Knight Commander nodded in annoyance and said, "That's right, his house was already empty when we went, and it seems that he had predicted our actions in advance. ”

"It is not surprising," said Rogge, turning back to the king and the marquis, "Ivan has been in the palace of Urus for a long time, and it is inevitable that there will be his eyes and ears here, and our contact with the marquis will probably cause him to be alerted, and it is also predictable that he will slip away." ”

"Damn it, did you just let him run?" said Salenchesky, smacking the armrest of the throne in annoyance.

"And more importantly, if you leave, will he come back and threaten my father?" asked Marcherski worriedly.

"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, Master Antonio and I will stay here for a while, and I will continue to inquire into Ivan's whereabouts during this time, and as long as he does not escape back to the Shadow Fortress, we will always find his whereabouts. Rogge confidently reassured the king, father and son.

"Then please, Sir Langero!" said Marcheschi gratefully to Rogge.

"Although I didn't catch that bastard, today is still a gratifying day!" King Salenchesky put aside his thoughts, got up from his throne and said, "It's getting late, so please rest in the palace tonight, and tomorrow I will arrange a banquet to thank you for your rescue!"

The people thanked the king, and went to their respective rooms under the guidance of the palace steward, and on the way Locke whispered to Rogge as he went, "It seems that the king and the marquis have forgotten what happened back then, and I was a little worried!"

"You mean, you're molesting Miss Maria?" asked Rogge, glancing at him with a wicked smile.

"What do you mean by flirting?" Locke glared at him with slanted eyebrows, and frowned, "We are called two lovers, Maria and I are true love, if it weren't for her brother Machersky to interfere with me, maybe I would be the son-in-law of King Erus by now!"

"Unless Sarenchesky has been brainwashed by your mind control, you better not dream!" Rogge tapped Locke on the shoulder mockingly, strode into his room, the magician glanced at him unconvinced, snorted and turned back to his room to sleep.

At noon the next day, King Salencheski of Erus held a grand luncheon in the banquet hall of the royal palace to thank Rogge and Antonio and others for helping him free himself from Ivan's control.

Just an hour before the luncheon began, Catherine, who was dressing up in her room, suddenly heard a knock at the door, and the maid standing beside her hurriedly walked to the door and opened the door, and saw the Marquis of Marchersky standing at the door.

"Miss Catherine, may I come in?" the Marquis nodded to the maid and looked in the direction of Catherine in the room, who hurriedly got up and asked the Marquis to come in.

The Marquis came to her with a smile, looked at the girl's sapphire blue bandeau dress, and exclaimed, "You are so beautiful, you may tell me, are you an angel who has fallen into the mortal world?"

The girl was shy of his praise, shook her head with a red face and said, "You won the award, but in fact, it's just that the dress you sent someone is beautiful, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

"Of course not," said the Marquis, smiling as he circled around her, "this dress was originally my sister Maria, and she is about your age, and when I first saw you, I thought you must be very beautiful in it, and in fact you are more beautiful than I thought." ”

"So it's Miss Maria's dress?" Catherine looked at him with wide eyes in surprise, and asked with some anxiety, "Then wouldn't it be good for me to wear it casually?"

"How come?" the marquis hurriedly waved his hand at her and said, "My sister had to marry away from home because of her father's relationship with Ivan's control, and although her father has now recovered, her marriage is a foregone conclusion, and this dress is her favorite before, but she has no chance to wear it again." ”

He took Catherine's little hand, which was covered with blue velvet gloves, and looked at her affectionately, "It is a pleasure to see you put it back on and let it shine as it did on Maria, thank you." ”

Catherine saw that the Marquis said this, and she could not refrain any more, and she was about to say a few words of thanks, when suddenly the Marquis frowned and said, "However, you seem to be missing a few pieces of jewelry." ”

He took a small box from the pocket of his black tuxedo, handed it to Catherine and said, "Try this, they were originally used by Maria to match this outfit, and I guess you might need them, so I brought them here." ”

Catherine took the box he handed over, and when she opened it, she saw that there was a complete set of royal blue crystal jewelry, including necklaces, earrings and rings, she glanced at the marquis with some hesitation, but was stopped by the marquis's determined gaze, so she had to turn around and go to the dressing table and put the jewelry on.

The Marquis stood behind her, watching her put on the earrings and ring, and when she picked up the necklace, he took the initiative to lean over and stretch out his hands and say, "I'll help you put them on." ”

Catherine handed him the necklace and asked him to wear it on her snow-white neck, and the two looked at Catherine in the mirror together, the royal blue dress and jewelry reflected each other, and Catherine's snow-like skin was extraordinarily fair, like a princess.

The Marquis stared blankly at Catherine in the mirror for a moment, then suddenly lowered his head and said, "I have a small suggestion, can you temporarily remove the pendant you were wearing? ”

Catherine glanced down at the wolf-eye amulet around her neck, hesitated for a moment but took it off, and gave the amulet to Monica, the little flower spirit, to help her keep it in her room so that she wouldn't lose it in the room.

"It's perfect!" Machersky couldn't help but admire as she looked at Catherine in the mirror with her makeup set.

The girl looked silently at herself in the mirror and did not say a word for a long time, until Machersky whispered in her ear, and she woke up from a dream and smiled.

Machersky took Catherine's arm and came to the banquet hall together, and the banquet hall was already full of guests, and the nobles who lived in and around Mosco City had rushed to attend the king's feast, and when Catherine entered the banquet hall, she instantly became the most dazzling pearl in everyone's eyes.

"Ah, that's what Maria is wearing!" Locke recognized Catherine's dress at a glance, and whispered to Rogue beside him, "I have to say, you have chosen a good student, and that girl is more beautiful than Maria, because her body is more perfect than Maria." ”

"You don't want to tell me that your true love is Catherine now?" Rog teased, smiling, glancing in the girl's direction.

Before Locke could reply, he heard the Marquis of Marchersky say loudly to the crowd in the hall: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet, I have a very important matter to say to you!"