In just an instant, Richard had already seen a lot of things, but Erin rushed out and stood in front of Richard, as if she wanted to throw herself into his arms, but she endured it. She reached out and pulled Richard into the room, then glanced outside before slamming the door shut and locking it.

Erin stared at Richard with her back against the door, her chest rising and falling sharply, and her face flushed even more, looking very excited.

Richard was looking around the room. It was a very small house, consisting of two rooms inside and outside and a small bathroom, fully functional, but pitifully small, with a view of all the corners from the door, and only the bedroom had a window leading to the patio, and the rest of the space was surrounded by walls. There is also a magic lamp in the room, but instead of lighting it, it is replaced by a candle.

The small room was already filled with the smoke of candles, but it could not hide the smell of the girl's body. The room is very small, with only a single bed and a cupboard in the bedroom, and a standing bath in the bathroom. The outer hall is not much bigger than the bedroom. There are a lot of things in the room, but they are very neatly stacked, and the space is used cleverly, and there is not much feeling of crowding.

While Richard was observing the room, Erin suddenly saw blood spilling from between Richard's fingers, and her own hands were a little sticky. She stretched out her hand to look in front of her, and by the light of the flickering candle, she saw that her palms were full of blood!

Thinking that she had just taken Richard's hand and pulled him into the room, Erin couldn't help but exclaim, "Richard, are you hurt?"

Richard waved his hand casually, and said a little nonchalantly: "A little injury, it's fine." "It was indeed a minor injury to him, and it was not worth mentioning at all, especially after watching the whole process of Naya's handling of the blood parrot.

Erin saw the wound on his palm clearly, the rough surface of the iron bar had cut through almost all the skin from his fingers to the palm of his hand, and Richard pressed himself several times, making the wound hideous, as if the whole palm was bursting open.

She couldn't help but raise her voice and exclaimed, "How could you get hurt! They promised me that I wouldn't really hurt you......"

As soon as the words came out, Erin immediately covered her mouth, and her face turned pale. Richard, on the other hand, raised his head without much surprise, his sharp gaze swept over Erin's face, taking in all her reactions. Then his gaze turned to serene and profound, and he said calmly, "You are indeed involved." So tell me, who are they?"

The calmer Richard was, the more Irene felt the cold. She subconsciously grabbed her collar, bowed her head deeply, and said in a voice that was almost impossible to hear, "It's Minnie." She came to me and let ...... Let me bring you here, she said she had something personal to tell you. I...... I had no choice but to say no. ”

"But Minnie Mouse promised me that she would never hurt you!, and she said that you are His Highness's favorite student, how dare she hurt you?" Erin's voice grew louder and higher, more as if she was desperately trying to convince herself.

Richard, on the other hand, was very calm and asked, "Minnie, how much did she give you, and what is the reason why you can't refuse?"

Erin gradually calmed down here, smiled bitterly, and said, "A total of five hundred gold coins, and she promised not to trouble my father." ”

"Five hundred gold coins? But with your father, it's almost enough. Richard smiled self-deprecatingly, then looked at Erin, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and asked, "Your first time was also sold, can you tell me how much I sold?"

Erin's face turned pale instantly, and her head lowered even deeper, but after a moment she still said, "Two thousand gold coins." ”

"Four ordinary bottles of magic rejuvenation. Richard commented on the figure in an almost brutal way, and went on to ask, "Who is the other party, and why would you rather make his money than use mine?"

It's an old question, and it's been brought up before. This time, Erin did not choose to escape, she seemed to be out of the way, and quickly replied, "It's Stevenson, and also a student of His Highness." I was in dire need of money, and he was asking for it at this time. I...... I'm just an ordinary person living in the marginal area, barely touching the aristocratic side. With his power and status, I have no way to refuse. ”

"Stevenson......" Richard read the name a few times, and the important link clicked and buttoned, and everything was like a puzzle, one by one, piece by piece, and the outline of the conspiracy gradually became clear. But there were still some knots in his heart that could not be opened, and the tyrannical bloodlines in the deepest part of his body began to stir.

"What's your price now?"

Richard's words made Erin shiver involuntarily, and she hugged herself as if she couldn't bear the cold, and whispered, "There is no one else but Stevenson for the time being." He would come to me once in a while, and give me two or three hundred gold coins at a time. Sometimes I ...... When I need money, I will go to him......"

"What's your price now?" asked Richard again.

Erin finally gritted her teeth and said, "I owe you sixteen hundred gold coins, if it's you, a hundred times!"

Richard slowly reached out and grabbed the front of her corset, the tyranny that was raging in her chest became more and more severe, almost irrepressible. He suddenly wanted to see blood, and a fact that Erin deliberately avoided echoed in his mind over and over again.

"Just for five hundred gold coins, you betrayed me and almost killed me?!"

Richard squeezed these words out between his teeth, and his eyes were bloodshot at some point. His hands suddenly parted, and with a snort, Irene's dressing gown had been torn in half! Richard grabbed Erin, walked into the bedroom, threw her on the bed, and pressed her hard!

Heavy gasps, beastly growls, and ** gushing from the depths of the girl's throat intertwined, filling every corner of the room. Erin is like a small boat in the stormy waves, her body can't help but rise and fall. Her hands were tightly grasped on Richard's back muscles, and when it was the most unbearable, she snorted, leaving ten deep blood marks on Richard's back! The severe pain made Richard scream, but the pain was like dry wood thrown into the fire for him at this moment, which only made the flames in his body burn more violently, so Erin's cry also increased an octave.

The storm didn't know how long it lasted.

The two of them only knew that when they finally separated, they didn't have the strength to move more.

The bed was cramped and had to be snuggled up to fit two people. Erin and Richard lay side by side, gazing together at the gray ceiling. Not knowing how to start, the girl began to talk about herself quietly, while Richard listened silently.

Like the protagonists of many stories, Erin comes from a family of nobles who grew up. His father was a hereditary knight and owned a small territory consisting of two villages, located on the border of the Holy Tree Dynasty, adjacent to the Marquis of Neo, and not too far from the kingdom of the Duke of Solam. If you strictly sort out the affiliation, Erin's father belongs to the vassals of the Marquis of Neo, so for her, Minnie Mouse and Soram belong to people who can't refuse at all.

Erin's father had a penchant for art and was keen on socializing in high society, but he was not good at running a territory. So over time, the debt gradually turned into an astronomical amount that could not be repaid. Erin had been sent to Deep Blue since she was ten years old to study magic, and she did have a good talent for magic, but that was by the standards of her father's territory. In the deep blue, she is nothing at all. Soon, Erin ran out of her savings and received less and less financial support from her family, leaving her to live and study in Deep Blue on her own. Without money, her progress in the field of magic slowed down.

The old knight simply can't afford to fund a magician who grows up in the dark blue, and he doesn't want to train a great magician. Jazz's real idea was that with a dark blue aura, Erin could sell it for a good price. In the lingua franca of the nobility, Irene could marry a viscount as a lady, or be a mistress to an earl or even a less powerful marquis. Without Deep Blue's experience, Erin could only be a baroness, and the baron's conditions depended on Erin's dowry.

So Erin is desperately trying to make money, just to be able to stay in Deep Blue. Once she returns to the family, she will be used as a bargaining chip in the political marriage. On the other hand, another reason why the old knight did not force her to go back immediately was that his debts had reached a critical point in crisis, and he could be taken away at any time. The reason why the creditors didn't petition the Circuit Court to force Jazz to go bankrupt was because they would seriously consider the future of a teenage magician who could stay and study in the deep blue. They are not willing to offend a future archmage in order to collect debts. As long as Erin stays in Deep Blue for a day, the creditors won't go too far. Of course, if she is willing to go back, the debt problem will also be solved. There is already an elderly widow viscount with good assets who has offered to pay the debt for Sir if Erin agrees to marry him.

Minnie Mouse had apparently investigated Erin's background and knew what was going on with her father at the moment. If Erin refuses to cooperate, then Minnie Mouse will use the power of her own family to immediately take Sir's domain. Jazz was already insolvent, and now the income from the realm was no longer enough to maintain a minimum of decent living after paying the interest on the debt. If the territory is taken away, it means that he is deprived of the title of nobility, whether it is for Sir or Erin, it means that the class status has dropped a whole big step.

And Minnie also hinted at Erin that she wanted to contact Richard privately, partly because of the relationship between men and women, and promised never to hurt Richard. What's more, isn't there still the majesty of His Royal Highness Su Helen?

"So, I simply can't say no. The girl finally said. She reached out, took Richard's hand, stroked the new wound on his palm, and asked, "They didn't do anything too much to you, did they?

"It's okay, the trouble is all solved. Richard said lightly.

He didn't explain how the trouble was 'solved' and didn't want to explain the whole process. There was an undisguised concern in Erin's words, not false in his true insight, but she didn't know what was going on, and it wasn't strong enough for her to reject Minnie. For Erin, Neo and Solam are the two mountains in front of her, big enough to block a single sight. As for the recent war in Neo's territory, it is only a secret among the great nobles. There's still a long way to go before it reaches Erin.

No matter how many reasons Erin had, she eventually betrayed Richard for five hundred gold coins. In hindsight, her decision was foolish, because she was not very clear about Richard's background, let alone the special relationship between Helen Su and Richard. However, most ordinary people do not have enough information to judge when making decisions, so whether the decision is wise or stupid depends on luck.

Erin's initial insistence on innocence to her eventual succumbing to Sdiwenson is ostensibly due to her inability to repay her debts, which are formed because neither her family nor herself can afford to live in the deep blue.

"Then why don't you go back? You can resume your orthodox aristocratic life, and you don't have to have to live so hard. Richard asked.

"No, I don't want to go back! It's just a little country place, and you can't imagine the boredom of life. Even if I were to marry a viscount, I would only go from one small village to another! I lived in a gloomy castle or a town villa every day, mingled with tenant farmers, slaves, and servants, had children every other year, and found a few nobles from nearby territories to be lovers, and that was all there was to life! I might only see the Count a few times in my life. Unlike Deep Blue, every inch of this place is full of dreams, and it is possible to see big people with status on the entire continent at any time. This is a place that can change my life!"

The girl's voice was full of passion and eagerness, but it left Richard speechless for a long time.

"Is it that important to stay in the navy?"

"Very important!"

After nearly three years in Deep Blue, Richard saw too many people struggling every day just to be able to stay in Deep Blue. As long as they can stay, they are even willing to pay a qiē. Until today, Richard was indifferent to this, and was neither prejudiced nor sympathetic to these people. But now, when the same thing happened to Erin, it made his heart feel a faint pain again.

I don't know how long it took for Richard to say lightly: "Well, I know." ”