Chapter Ninety-Six: A Difficult Woman (Recommended Votes Plus Update)
Athena has a rather tragic past, she was originally the daughter of a baron's family, because she was born very beautiful since she was a child, and was used by her parents as a tool to climb up.
Her family was not wealthy, but her parents attached great importance to the face of the aristocracy, and even if they borrowed money, they had to furnish expensive furniture, calligraphy, paintings, and porcelain at home that they could not use at all, although her parents did not know anything about it; Tableware should also be made of delicate silver plates, silver forks, and silver spoons; Obviously, the family's finances are already stretched, but they still have to hire a large number of maids and attendants, in the words of their parents, only in this way can they be worthy of the dignity of the nobility, otherwise they will be ridiculed.
She also has a younger brother, for the poor barons in remote areas, the heirs of the family often choose a suitable woman from the knight's family in the territory as a wife, but the parents think that the knight's daughter is not worthy of the baron's son, they want to be the right person, and marry a daughter of the baron's family for their son, so as to maintain the purity of the bloodline, and even delusionally marry the third or even second daughter of the viscount's family...... This will make the family more honorable.
And this, it takes a lot of money!
When she was seven years old, her parents had already found an old man of sixty years old for her, and she waited for her to marry after the age of sixteen as the seventeenth side room, and this count gave 200,000 manas as an engagement money.
It's a pure deal.
This is probably the fate of the daughter of a small aristocratic family.
Athena didn't struggle, she knew it wasn't working.
The pure and delicate body will be tortured by the bad old man at will, I heard that the old man is very perverted, and several young and beautiful girls have died at the hands of this old man.
When the old man dies, she will be inherited to the earl's son; It is also possible that she will be kicked out of the house by the earl's wife, and then traded by her own parents as a commodity to a rich merchant, after all, she is already married and her value is greatly reduced, but some rich merchants, hoping to add a bit of noble blood to their family, will still carry out such transactions.
But her fate was changed on the day she married the old man, and the Count had a powerful magician who met Athena for the first time at the wedding, and the powerful magician saw Athena's qualifications.
The magician begged the Count to give him Athena, and he would guard the Count's family for a hundred years for free...... But this request was rejected by the Count.
This earl will not let go of any beautiful meat that comes to his mouth.
That night, the Earl's family was wiped out.
The magician snatched Athena.
In the words of the magician, her existence itself is the best potion in itself, Athena's body is extremely sensitive to magic, she is equivalent to a humanoid magic memory, which can quickly absorb, purify, and store magic power, and when the magic power is stored to the limit, the first person to pick Athena can get great benefits, as for Athena, she may be exhausted, aging, and even die.
Even if she didn't die directly, Athena, who had lost her value, face and figure, would have been killed by the magician.
The magician used a very rough way to increase Athena's magic level, whether it was potions, magic stones, or the magic core of the magic beast, all of them were used by Athena, and in a very short period of time, Athena's magic level was raised to the level of a great sage, but he never taught Athena any magic.
Finally, at the age of twenty-three, the magician was ready to enjoy the fruits of his long-cultivated cultivation, and with the help of absorbing the pure magic power in Athena's body, he broke through the level of the Great Sage in one fell swoop, and became one of the most powerful beings in the world.
Athena faced her end in despair, knowing that she would die after today.
She wanted to resist, but she didn't have the strength.
Just when Athena was desperate, the first brave Gero appeared, he killed the powerful magician, saved her from the abyss, and from that time on, Athena knew that Geralt would be irreplaceable in her life.
Geralt teaches Athena magic.
She wanted to give all her body and magic to Geralt, but Geralt said that the monster was not destroyed, so why was it home?
Lord Brave, you must have thought that you didn't do this, what a gentle and considerate person.
The monster is not destroyed, how can it be home, and what a noble sentiment it is.
Athena can't forget that when there were only the two of them in private, Geralt gently patted her on the head and doted on her as little Xena.
The title of the brave belongs only to Geralt, and no one can replace it.
However, since the life of the second generation of heroes can be used to resurrect Geralt, it is different, and Athena is obliged. Although she didn't have any grudges against the second-generation brave, she could only sacrifice that man for Geralt's sake.
If you want to use the second generation of braves, you must have a sufficient understanding of this person, so that it is convenient to use and control.
Athena only heard a little about Qin Chu from Roseweather, but Athena judged that the information provided by Rosewether was not very credible, after all, Rosewether was full of disgust with Qin Chu, and her judgment of Qin Chu would also be highly subjective.
If you want to really understand the brave, it will be more accurate to go from the side of the brave's escort.
It's just that Athena didn't expect to get such an evaluation.
I like a stylish, well-built, big-breasted ...... If that's all there is to it, that's not a problem, after all, that's what most men like.
But, the hopeless maid control?
The maid is a lowly woman in the Heavenly Dome Continent, and her status is only slightly better than that of a slave, and a person with a little status will not touch a lowly maid if she takes care of decency, let alone a brave person?
With the dignity of being a brave man, what kind of woman do you want, how can you fall in love with a maid?
Athena's mind couldn't turn for a while, and she asked a little blankly: "Maid?" ”
The horn on the chest of the guard Feng En sounded: "That's right, our brave lord is really a hopeless maid control, I heard that he just arrived in the Heavenly Dome Continent, he directly proposed to the maid Angelica, the maid of the Holy Maiden, and publicly declared that he liked the maid, and he took him home to have sex that night." ”
"I heard that Angelica couldn't even walk the next day, and they tossed and turned all night."
It has to be said that rumors are always getting more and more outrageous.
Athena didn't know what expression to show for a while: "Uh...... Then our brave lord is really a ...... Well, maverick ......"
Athena rubbed her eyebrow bones on both sides, she suddenly had a little headache, and continued to ask, "What about the others......"
"Well, how can I say it, our brave man is still a very loving person."
"Fraternity?"
"Yes, he likes maids and not just maids..."
"I heard that there is also an ambiguity between him and the Holy Maiden."
"And Miss Catherine, although it was said that at first it was the Valkyrie who was drunk and took the initiative, and then the brave man pretended to refuse a few times, but in the end he sang every night."
"Ah, by the way, I heard that the Brave Man also staged a four-boat Shura field with the Holy Maiden, Angelica, Miss Catherine, and the Great Sage Natia in a hotel......" Feng En's tone turned into envy at some point: "It's so shameless......"
That's right, isn't it shameful for one person to occupy so many high-quality resources?
Don't you know that there are many single dogs in this world?
If there is one more girl by the side of the brave, there will be one more bachelor in this world.
Hey, if that person were himself, how nice it would be.
Athena was shocked, is this still a brave man? In his heart, he has already labeled the brave Qin Chu with various labels such as lustful, flowery, scumbag, etc.
Of course, Athena will not underestimate Qin Chu because of this, on the contrary, Athena is more wary of Qin Chu.
I'm afraid this man is not easy to deal with.
Catherine and Lothweser are just that, it can be said that in order to resurrect Geralt's plan, they deliberately went to get close to Qin Chu, and Angelica didn't forget it, it was the reward that Qin Chu asked for.
But...... Natia?
That's a great sage whose strength is not inferior to his own, and his strength is extremely strong, this kind of woman will definitely not be the kind of ignorant and ignorant simple girl.
The man was fooled with a few sweet words.
Being able to win Natia's favor at least shows that Qin Chu has his own special features in some aspects, which is worth being wary of.
Athena moved her slender legs, and her white little feet curled up slightly.
"That'...... And what about Ekaterina? Athena asked.
Feng En was already bewildered by Athena's lazy and charming appearance, and replied directly without thinking about it: "That was the first day they met, that day the brave man said that he wanted to go out to breathe after his practice, and it didn't take long to carry the drunken Valkyrie back, and the brave man was going to leave, but he didn't expect the Valkyrie to get drunk and go crazy and drag the brave man back, and then he gave it to that......"
"Good boy, the brave man has been tossed for a day and a night."
Time has evolved again.
"Later, when the Valkyrie woke up, she thought that the brave man had defiled her while she was drunk, and she took the weapon and killed the Holy See directly, if it wasn't for the Augustus Pope to stop her, the brave would definitely be slaughtered......"
"Haha, I'm laughing to death......"
There was a commotion among the guards all around.
However, Athena's eyes suddenly flashed with a touch of fierceness, and her eyes overlapped, and various images were emerging in front of her eyes, and she saw a girl in a maid, standing at the window and staring at this side.
"Are you saying that Catherine is drunk?"
"Yes, that's right, many people watched the brave man being dragged back to his room by Miss Catherine."
"Catherine woke up to be the brave man who went to the Holy See to find her?"
"Yes, early the next morning, the brave man took his maid to the Holy See, as if to break Angelica's seal."
Athena's eyes drooped, covering her chestnut eyes, but a little cold could be peeked into the gaps in her eyes.
The seemingly ordinary conversation allowed Athena to get a lot of important information
There is a big problem with this brave man!
Athena is smart and cunning, delicate-minded, and exists as a military advisor by Qin Chu's side when she is a week, but Qin Chu doesn't know everything, Athena didn't show everything about herself in front of Qin Chu.
She is like an attentive spectator, observing everyone around her.
She knows more about the members of the Brave Squad than she knows even about herself.
First of all, Catherine got drunk and went crazy and dragged the brave into the room to force this, absolutely impossible.
Everyone knows about the members of Catherine's alcoholic warrior squad, but ...... She never went crazy with alcohol, and when Ekaterina got drunk, she would only fall asleep.
For a warrior whose strength has reached the level of Catherine, the paralyzing effect of alcohol is quite limited, even after Geralt's death, Ekaterina has never been drunk every day, this woman has quite strong self-control even when she is drunk, and it is impossible for her to suddenly lose control when she reaches the side of the second generation of braves.
What's more, Catherine is deeply in love with Geralt, as long as she is not an idiot, this relationship can be seen as long as she is not an idiot, and Catherine will never make a strong move against Qin Chu when Geralt has a chance to resurrect.
Even drunkenness is not possible, unless it is under the influence of some other force.
The second suspicion, after Qin Chu woke up, he immediately went to the Holy See.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Qin Chu just went to do things
In Athena's view, Qin Chu went to seek refuge, and he knew that Ekaterina would go berserk.
Although it is rumored that Catherine is powerful and has a big personality, she is more savage at most.
This level of rumors is not enough for Qin Chu to go directly to the Holy See without saying a word, unless Qin Chu knows that Catherine is deeply in love with Geralt, and when she wakes up and finds that her innocent body is gone, she will directly lose control, attack frantically and destroy everything around her, and Qin Chu, as the person concerned, will not have any chance to defend himself, and will be killed directly by Catherine.
So, why did Qin Chu know so much about Catherine? Did you know it from Angelica? No way, Angelica and Ekaterina don't have much to do with each other, and all they know is those rumors.
Or is it really just a pure coincidence?
The suspicious Athena does not believe in the so-called coincidences, all coincidences, there is a hand manipulating all this in the unseen.
I have to say that Athena is really a very difficult opponent to deal with.
Although she was suspicious in her heart, Athena did not show it at all and continued to ask about Catherine.
When she heard that Catherine was rejected by Qin Chu again and again, and then shamelessly pestered Qin Chu again and again, Athena's brows furrowed even more.
How proud of Ekaterina's character, how could she behave like an idiot? Even in order to resurrect Geralt, Athena didn't think that Catherine could endure to such an extent, and the Valkyrie she was familiar with would probably have erupted a long time ago, splitting Qin Chu into ashes with a single sword.
Could it be ......
Ekaterina has actually been controlled by Qin Chu?