"Lord Earl, Lord Gervais, they are gone." In a large study, Alice sat at a desk, her valet standing across from her and whispering.

"Hmm." Alice's mood did not fluctuate, she continued to look at the letter in her hand, and after reading it, she put down the letter, only then raised her head to look at her personal maid and asked, "Lina, how is Potter's housekeeper?" ”

"My lord, I was just about to report to you that after more than ten days of our interrogation, Butler Potter does not seem to know how the old Earl disappeared. All his answers, which we have compared with the statements of the other men and women in the castle, are consistent with what they did when, where, and at what point, and are verified by the testimony of the servants. Except for the time period of break. Lina replied scrutinically.

"Since there is nothing wrong with the housekeeper, let him go outside the city to manage the manor, and the salary will remain the same. After all, he had been following my father for more than thirty years. Alice stranded the hair on her forehead, her father, a golden knight, disappeared quietly in the castle, Potter's butler was the first person to be suspected anyway, but now it basically shows that Potter is not suspicious, after a little thought, Alice arranged where Potter went.

"Yes, sir." Lina replied.

"Is there any news from anything else?" Alice asked.

"No news, my lord. However, the old butler said that the Count had been to the church in the city on the day of his disappearance, but had only stayed in the church for a while, and then returned to the castle under the escort of the guards, and there was nothing unusual on the way. And all the testimonies of the Earl indicate that the Earl disappeared in the study after dinner. Lina replied one by one.

"Been to church at noon? Lina, you send a few people to investigate this matter, especially what my father was doing there that day and who he was in contact with. Be secretive and try not to attract the attention of the church. Alice thought for a moment and instructed Lina.

"Okay, my lord, then I'll quit first!" Lina nodded in response, finding that Alice had not continued to command, and prepared to leave.

"Go ahead! It's been a hard time for you, Lina!" Alice nodded, looking at Lina's face faintly revealing a little tiredness, and couldn't help but say distressedly.

"It's all Lina's business, don't worry about me. It's adults who need to rest more and don't be so tired! My lord, then I'll quit first! Lina was tired when she heard Alice's words, but her heart was warm. After saying that, he saluted Alice and walked towards the door.

"By the way, Lina, help me apologize to Potter Butler. Tell him it's not what I want. Just as Lina was about to walk out of the door, Alice suddenly said.

"Yes, my lord, I will tell Potter Butler what you said. He will surely understand the need for you to do so. Lina turned to listen to Alice's words, replied immediately in understanding, then bowed to her and retreated to the door.

After Lina walked out of the study and carefully closed the door, the study suddenly fell silent. Alice looked at the bust of the old earl on the wall next to her, and muttered in a low voice, "Father, where have you been?" How could it be that he disappeared silently like this. ”

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After more than five hours of travel, Gervais and his party finally returned to Barony Gandalf. Normally, the journey takes about four hours to get back to Baron Gandalf's castle, but the trip was extended because it was a night trip and Thomas and Jimmy, two people who were not good at riding.

However, for Gervais, it is good for him to have two of him as drag oil bottles, and he has not fully integrated the riding skills of the original owner, and he is better at riding during the day, and he will not fall behind.

However, at night, due to the limited line of sight, many corners can only be distinguished when you are in front of you, so it is very difficult to control the horses.

After passing through the town, the Baron's Castle is already in front of you, because it is a small baron's castle, the castle has no official name. By default, the name of the owner is added in front of the castle. Baronial castles in other places are also called in this way.

When the group reached the castle, the gate of the castle was closed and the drawbridge over the moat had been lifted.

Looking up at the castle, I saw that four or five torches had gathered above the gate. They should have been discovered.

"The Baron is back, open the door!" Without Gervais speaking, Gandalf's retinue of followers was already shouting loudly to the people in the castle.

"Please wait, Lord Baron, and we'll send someone down to confirm it right away." The guards on the castle heard a shout, the voice was familiar to them, it was a guard named Kate, who followed the baron to Rose Castle today. However, to open the castle gate at night, you still need to follow the procedure.

After responding, the captain in charge of the night ordered one of the guards at random, and then the guard climbed into a wooden frame hanging outside the wall, and several other people helped pull the rope and slowly lower the wooden frame towards the castle. When the frame reached the bottom of the castle, the man quickly turned it out, trotted over to the drawbridge, and took a closer look at Gervais and his party.

After seeing Gandalf and them clearly, he hurriedly saluted and said, "The lord has been waiting for a long time, and the villain will immediately put down the drawbridge." Please wait. ”

As he spoke, the guard immediately shouted to the castle, "It's the Baron, open the door!" ”

In a matter of moments, the gates of the castle were opened, and the guards left behind on the city walls operated the winches to slowly lower the drawbridge over the moat.

"Your Excellency, you're back, and you're glad you're back! The two young masters are also fortunate! After the drawbridge was stabilized, Gervais and the others crossed the bridge and came to the gate. Under the gate, the captain of tonight's vigil immediately stepped forward to greet the two brothers, Gandalf and Gervais.

"Hello Lord Nashen!" Gervais and Dries immediately returned the salute.

There were two lords in Gandalf's barony, both bronze knights, each with a team of guards. They alternate patrols and training, and Gandalf's three children also learn martial arts from both of them, so they all have great respect for them.

One of Gandalf's vassals, Lord Nashen was a mid-rank bronze knight and the captain of a guard that patrolled the territory in addition to his duties. He had a farmstead in Gandalf's barony, which was a fief given to him by Gandalf.

"Nashen, I'm glad I hurt you! Do you have big peanuts? Gandalf nodded to Nashen and asked the question that was most on his mind.

"My lord, I'm about to give birth, and the butler is already guarding there with two grooms."

"Okay, then I'll go over and watch, Dries, Gervais, you two go to the castle, let the servants make some hot food, everyone should be hungry after such a long journey." Gandalf perked up when he heard Nashen's answer, and after explaining to Gervais, he slapped his horse and went to the castle gates.

In a world where knights are all the power to fight, a good horse is more precious than the world where Gervais came from. The stables were generally located in the vestibule of the castle and were protected by the city walls.

After Gandalf left, Gervais and his party slowly rode into the castle. The drawbridge of the castle was hoisted again, and the gates were closed again.

When they arrived at the castle, several men dismounted, and the servants led their horses to the stables to take care of them.

Thomas, Jimmy, and Gervais had already instructed the servants to arrange their lodging and explain the kitchen to cook hot food, and then they couldn't wait to go back to their rooms.

After five hours of riding, he wanted to take a good bath to relieve his fatigue. What's more, he can't wait to see his golden finger.

"Young master, the bath has been filled with water!" Gervais had barely reached the door when the voice of the servant sounded.

"Good!"

……

Walking into the bathroom, Gervais soaked in the bath, and as soon as his mind moved, a panel immediately appeared in front of him.

The panel that appears in front of him is very simple,There is a button on the left to mark the search function,Behind the button is marked a scale bar,The scale bar shows 1 to 1,Gervais thinks that this should represent 1 energy point to be able to use this search function,As for what to search,Gervais doesn't know for the time being,So I'm not going to touch it for the time being.,In case something happens.,It's not good to be seen by the people in the castle.,He was ready to go to his own territory.,And then test what this search function is for.。

Gervais looked to the right again, and the right should be the exchange mall that the system says, and there are item boxes in the mall.

There are only four item frames that appear now, which are four different colored fruits, one of which has a golden fruit icon lit up with an X1 marker, and the other three icons are black.

This should be an additional reward for completing the task for the first time.,There's a tick bar at the bottom of these icons to show 1 to 10.,It's easy to understand.,1 on the left and right sides of the panel,It should all refer to the energy points you already have.,1 energy point can turn on the search function.,10 energy points can be exchanged for a fruit.。

I just don't know what the effect of the fruit is, it takes 10 energy points, and he only gets 1 point after completing a task.

Gervais looked at the golden fruit that had lit up again, and suddenly felt that there was something more in his hand, and Gervais looked down and found that he was already holding a golden fruit in his hand, which was exactly the same as the icon fruit that lit up. He looked at the icon again, and the icon that had been lit up had gone out.

Gervais was clear, so he closed the panel, carefully looked at the golden fruit, the variety of the fruit Gervais had never seen, it was not large, about the same size as a lychee, and he could smell a faint fragrance in his hand, and he could taste it carefully and the indescribable taste was so general that it was just very tempting, and people wanted to take a bite in their hearts.

To eat or not to eat? Gervais was still a little hesitant and didn't dare to make up his mind. After all, I have never seen a fruit, I don't know the efficacy, in case I eat it poisonously and braided it, I will take such a large piece of territory for nothing.

But if you really don't eat it, what if there is any time limit and it loses the effect of the fruit for a long time. Gervais wanted to find a dog and cat to test, but it was the middle of the night, and there was nowhere to find it. And it's just such a small thing, just divide a little bit and it's gone.

"No matter, this system was obtained after I crossed over, there is no reason to harm me!"

In the end, Gervais decided to eat it, raised his hand and put the golden fruit in his mouth, and then chewed it gently, and immediately felt a sweet warm current flow from the fruit, along his throat and into Gervais's stomach. After a moment, Gervais felt that his mouth was empty, and there was not even any scum in his mouth.

"It's not ordinary! I just don't know what the effect is. After eating the fruit, Gervais felt warm and indescribably comfortable. The apprehension in my heart finally dissipated, and I no longer worried.

Perhaps because he was too tired from today's trek, Gervais leaned back on the edge of the bath and fell asleep.