Although he had a premonition a few days ago, he still found it difficult to accept when he actually heard about it.

Ophelia didn't look at his expression, but continued to tell him.

“…… When we first met that day, I was chasing a monster, it was a very powerful intelligent species, when I found out that you were besieged by monsters, I was even more convinced that I was chasing in a good direction, and then I came to the village where you are, as for why I am so sure, because there is only one human settlement within a radius of a hundred miles, you can only come from there, in short, the village has obviously been occupied by demons, and the stench of monsters is everywhere, but the strange thing is that I didn't find any monsters, not a single human corpse, and even the clues to the monster I was hunting were broken, but instead of giving up, I searched around for several more days, but unfortunately I didn't find anything, so I decided to go back, and then I passed by and found that you were being attacked by the Dark Knight. ”

“……”

Listening to her experience, the emir was silent, and he fell into a long silence.

After Ophelia finished speaking, she also understood his feelings, so she no longer bothered him, but stood aside and waited silently.

Accepting the death of a loved one and the fall of her hometown is not easy, and Ophelia may not be able to bear it, even if she does experience it once.

However, the next look on the emir's face surprised her, as he quickly regained his looks.

"Haha, you're not worried about me, are you?" Emir said with a sudden smile.

Ophelia stared into his eyes and finally understood that even if he pretended not to care, she could still see some clues in his eyes.

Ophelia had to admit that Emir did possess composure far beyond his peers, and he would not allow himself to fall into a state of collapse easily.

But instead of feeling gratified, she sympathized with Emir more, and she couldn't help but wonder what this teenager had gone through to have the ability to forcibly suppress his emotions.

Now, though, was not the time to comfort him, Ophelia continued.

"Hehe, it seems that I underestimated your ability to bear, so next I want to ask you, what do you think about the disappeared villagers?"

The emir thought for a moment, then asked with a serious face, "Did you find anything else at the scene?" ”

In fact, his mood was quite heavy at this time, if he could, he would like to run to a place where no one roared a few times to vent the depression in his heart, but as the city lord, he couldn't lose his mind.

And if you really want to vent, you should go to those demons for revenge, instead of doing meaningless things.

As soon as he thought about it, he knew what he was going to do next.

"Well," Ophelia mused, and then said, "I really didn't find anything except that I couldn't see a single figure, and I even wondered if my proud sense of smell was out of order, but when I think about it, there are still traces of human life in that village, and even the food on the table of one family is warm, but the villagers seem to have evaporated from the world, which is absolutely abnormal." ”

"Really?" The emir pondered for a moment, then said, "In any case, I have to go back and see, with the current information there is no useful conclusion at all, and the conclusion is no longer important at this point, we must do something." ”

When Ophelia heard him say this, she couldn't help but sigh secretly, this young man is really not ordinary, if it is an ordinary person, he will definitely think of analyzing the strange events that happened in the village first, and then take corresponding precautions to protect this town.

As a result, Emir thought of taking the initiative, and Ophelia didn't know if he had the ability, but he at least showed his courage.

When she heard Lydia tell the story of the Emir, she thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that she has underestimated it.

In short, in the face of this proposal of the emir, she raised her hands in approval, and the holy sword was prepared for this purpose.

When she used her magic perception to find that the demon's lair was likely to be nearby, she realized that the monster she had chased had fled back to the lair, so she began to prepare for the elimination of the entire demon.

However, she also knows very well that although her strength is not weak, even the dark knight is fearless, but after all, she is only one person, the demon clan and other dark knights and demon kings, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, she must find a reliable helper.

The previous lord of Blackpool Town, Chrysti was the best candidate, and out of sympathy, as well as similar life experiences, she even planned to give Kresty a holy sword, so that they could unite against the demons.

It's a pity that she was still one step late, and Kresty actually betrayed humans at a critical moment, and the funny thing is that she didn't know that Kresty used a two-handed sword, so she only prepared the materials for a holy sword.

Such a coincidence seems to indicate that Chrysti is destined to have no chance of obtaining powerful weapons, and will never be recognized by the nobles.

Therefore, under this regret, Ophelia had no choice but to give the holy sword to the emir, since he wanted to go back to the village to see, then even if there were monsters, he could deal with the holy sword, and try the power of the sword by the way.

For a knight, as long as he has a powerful weapon, his strength will be multiplied several times, so the key to determining the strength of a knight is the weapon, so what about a person who doesn't know swordsmanship at all with a powerful holy sword?

Ophelia knew very well that although it was not as good as those knights, its combat power could also be improved a lot, not to mention that the holy sword forged by the emir was very sharp from the beginning, and she was a little looking forward to the performance of the holy sword in actual combat.

……

Seeing that it was already completely dark, Emile and Ophelia decided to go back to the mansion first.

They had agreed to leave late at night and let Lilith help take them back to the village.

However, this must not be discovered by the people of the towns, otherwise who knows what they will think, it is very likely that the emir has abandoned them and will fall into a great panic.

Thinking of this, Emir couldn't help but smile wryly, complaining that these guys are really not worrying.

Some time later, when the two returned to the mansion, they saw a lonely figure standing in the gate, looking out.

It was clearly Rena, and she also saw the figure of the emir, and immediately became excited, and jumped up to wave to them.

But someone stopped her move, and Emile walked in to find that beside Rena stood an old man who was clumsy, but trying to straighten his body, and he was neatly dressed.

The old man looked to be nearly seventy years old, with gray hair, but neatly combed, and a serious look between his eyebrows, and he looked like a man who did not smile.

If you guessed correctly, this old man is the housekeeper in Rena's mouth, just now he saw that Rena didn't know how to be reserved at all, he was a little angry, and his face became ugly.

"Honorable Castle Lord, welcome home!"

The butler bowed his head, but he said this in a tone that did not show the slightest respect for the person.

The emir couldn't help but frown, first of all, he didn't like this kind of red tape in the first place, it would only increase the estrangement between people, not to mention that the butler in front of him had no respect for him as a city lord under the guise of following etiquette.

"Lord of the Castle? Oh, I can't afford it, just call me Emir, and to tell you the truth, I was originally a commoner, but I became the lord of the new city thanks to Miss Lydia's affection. ”

The emir did not want to hide it at this time, but wanted to see how the servant of this noble family would think of a commoner becoming the lord of the city.

The old butler also heard his sarcasm, and hurriedly spoke.

"I'm sorry, Lord Castle, I was angry just now, so I offended you by not speaking thoughtfully, so please ......"

"Oh?" The emir interrupted him, "You want to ask for my forgiveness, don't you?" ”

The old butler fell silent, and he seemed to realize that the emir was trying to trouble him.

However, although the emir was indeed dissatisfied with the tone of his voice and wanted to teach him a lesson, in the end, for the sake of his age, he decided to spare him this time.

"Forget it, I won't bother with you this time," said the emir, "since I am henceforth the master of this mansion, then you servants must obey my orders, so I hereby make a rule that you no longer have to follow the frivolous aristocratic etiquette, and if you cannot accept this, then I will have to drive you out, what about you?" ”

The old butler hesitated, it was definitely not that simple to make him give up what he had obeyed for most of his life, but now that the emir as the lord of the city had given orders, how could he refuse?

"Yes, I see, Lord ......"

"Huh? Stop, you all said call me Emir, do you want to disobey my orders? ”

"Yes, my lord, Emir." The old butler said reluctantly.

Rena saw this scene, but covered her mouth and snickered, she had been angry with the old butler since she entered this mansion, so at this time, she had a feeling of being in a good mood.

However, the emir glared at her.

"What are you laughing at, your answer?"

"Huh? Oh, I'm ...... I get it too. Rena looked flustered, she didn't expect the Emir to be so harsh on her.

"Alright, let's go, is dinner ready? Let's dine together. The emir walked straight into the mansion.

"Well, it's done, keep it warm on the stove," Rena replied quickly, and then asked, "But what does it mean to dine together?" ”

At this time, Ophelia answered for the emir.

"Hehe, of course you're sitting at the same table with us for dinner, what? Don't want to? ”

"It's not...... But I'm a servant, ...... such a thing," Rena whispered.

She glanced at the old butler quietly, and found that the other party was tilting his face to the side as if he was angry.

"Rena, I said it, if you disobey my orders, you can only be driven away." The emir said coldly.

He deliberately pretended to be cold, and Ophelia couldn't help but laugh out loud, but she was afraid that her actions would make Emile exposed.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Rena said with her head down.

Afterwards, the three of them walked into the mansion together, leaving the old butler alone outside the gate.

Emile knew that he had embarrassed him in public, and in fact, he could not be angry with a man who had been brainwashed by the system for most of his life, so he said.

"Well, what's your name?" Emir asked respectfully, after all, the other party was an old man.

“…… Yes? The old butler turned his head to look at the emile, hesitated, and replied, "Your name is Paglis, uh, may I ask you to call me something?" ”

He was indeed angry, and he felt contempt for this commoner who did not know what luck had taken him and thus became the lord of the city, but when the emir showed him a polite side, he was a little ashamed of himself, and he became respectful.

"Paglis, didn't I say we would dine together? Why can't you come back yet, do you want to disobey my orders? ”

"I ...... Okay, okay. The old butler reluctantly walked over.

The emir was relieved to see that he had finally compromised, and he thought to himself that the old butler was not unreasonable.