Chapter 153: Expansion (Spit and Return)
The commotion of the dinner party came to an end.
But it doesn't end there.
The king had already issued an order that all those present at the time were not allowed to reveal the matter.
As for the divorce turmoil at the dinner, it was claimed that it was the result of the duke's eldest son being unrepentant after his ghost cracking, and Angela was also portrayed as the kind of green tea who would do anything for the sake of the throne (in fact, it was about the same), of course, it was announced that both of them were imprisoned.
Well, in fact, the duke's eldest son was indeed imprisoned, and if it weren't for his own son, the duke would have wanted to cut this idiot directly. After that, the fool still insisted that he and Angela were true love, and said that although Angela was a succubus, everything she did was forgivable......... Seriously, if you change to Duanmu Huai, you will directly cut this idiot.
It's also a curse to keep.
Not only that, but after that, how to deal with demons was also put on the agenda.
Why hasn't Angela been found before? The reason is that she has infiltrated the magic academy, and in that kind of place where the magic power is greatly expanded, a little bit of demonic energy can easily be concealed. Even if someone notices that something is not right, they will only think that it is the aura of the library's magic book, and they will not think it is a monster.
But now this problem must be solved, as to what should be done......... His Majesty seems to be planning to make a decision after making contact with the Holy City.
Of course, Duanmu Huai doesn't care about political matters, and he is only responsible for chasing aliens, heretics, and demons.
So soon, he made a decision.
It's about going to the western land that the succubus is talking about, and then investigating what the hell is going on.
As for whether Favna has been completely resurrected, Duanmu Huai is not worried about this problem, with Fafuna's strength, if it is really resurrected, it will definitely be killed with great momentum, and there is no need to use this method to weaken the opponent's strength at all. And according to the records of the Academy of Magic, Angela is a freshman who only entered this year, and even if her plans go well, it will take at least two or three years to make the whole of Manalia fall apart to the point where she said she would.
Therefore, Duanmu Huai can be sure that even if the current Fafna is resurrected, it is only a show, and it does not have the strength to deal with the Manalia Kingdom at all, otherwise it would not use this method to weaken Manalia's national strength in advance.
Therefore, Duanmu Huai planned to go to the west to see what was going on there.
And with him were Orgis, Ann, Quaria, and Lorenaβββ as well as Saharil.
That's right, this angel also wants to go with her, and obviously, as an angel, she can't just watch the demon run rampant on the ground and turn a blind eye.
But if you want to take the locust as you go, that's ...............
"Finally I've grown up, the world is ........."
That's right, although for the Kingdom of Manalia, this is a trouble, but for Duanmu Locust, this is the proof that this world fragment is growing.
Of course, according to the premise of the game, when a world fragment breaks away from the loop and starts to grow, it will act like a magnet to attract other world fragments to it. Just as Duanmu Huai solved the demon summoning incident in the Holy City, heaven and angels appeared, and the same is true for Manalia now. Since the three regions of Manalia, Regnes and the Holy City have been put together by Duanmu Acacia, their "magnetic force" is now getting bigger and bigger, and naturally they will also attract other world fragments to come here for "convergence".
Putting it in the game is equivalent to a DLC, expanding with new events and new maps.
As long as this is repeated, you can successfully expand the fragment of this world into a planet, and even continue to be a galaxy, a universe...............
This mode is very popular with some lone wolf gamers who like to play single-player games, in fact, many people are actually in the online world and don't want to interact with strangers a lot. Not to mention that the more players, the lower the overall quality, and there will be a lot of arguments and scolding in the random book, so there are also some players who are extremely disgusted with this kind of team dungeon, and prefer to immerse themselves in the world fragment to do single-player missions.
Duanmu remembers that one of the strongest players in the game had about one-fifth of the size of the world fragment. And that player almost never haunts any place where players gather, which can be regarded as the ultimate social fear player.........
"I really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen."
Back at his mansion, An found Duanmu Huai angrily and began to whine and complain.
"Those fools! It's unacceptable to be able to do such a thing! β
"Speaking of which, what will happen to that Miss Audrey?"
Gu Leiya also asked suspiciously, and when she heard Gu Leiya's inquiry, Ann reached out and hugged her head in distress.
"I don't know......... But after this incident, I am afraid that it will be more difficult for Miss Audrey to marry, although it is not her fault to say it, but ........."
Saying this, Ann sighed helplessly and sat down on the chair.
"I don't want to say that, but maybe Audrey herself is responsible."
"What? It takes two to tango? β
Duanmu Huai took a sip of tea and looked at Ann curiously, who shook his head helplessly.
"Political marriages are like that, how to put it, Audrey may be a good wife, but not a good partner......... In fact, at the Academy, I didn't see how close Angela and Yald were, even when she wasn't there........."
That's all about political marriages.
An spread her hands helplessly, and Duanmu Huai understood what she meant.
To put it simply, although Audrey accepted her fate of marrying the duke, for her, this marriage was like a "job", so there was not much personal affection between her and Jarde. According to Ann, Audrey is indeed studying hard and wants to play the role of the future duke's wife, but that's it. At least in Ann's opinion, the two sides do not seem to have any particularly intimate contact and interaction.
In this case, it is not entirely incomprehensible that Alder will be deceived by Angela's rhetoric and then desperately get on her thief ship. After all, men are also emotional animals many times, and they obviously want to marry a woman who doesn't love themselves and doesn't love themselves, and I'm afraid not everyone wants to.
In fact, according to what Ann later heard from the duke, Yard did have his own "life plan", he believed that his happiness should be controlled by himself, and in Yard's opinion, this kind of marriage between nobles that did not focus on feelings but only interests was outdated, so he hoped to change this system. That's why he concealed his father and openly tore up the engagement at the engagement dinner, which in Jarde's view was a declaration of war against the outdated customs of the old world......... He even thought that he would lead the common people in the future to overthrow the current system and create a new world of equality and freedom for all.........
Well, I have to say, it's so beautiful to think.
It's a pity that reality doesn't go according to his dreams.
But anyway, now that this kind of thing has happened, Audrey's marriage is completely finished, even if it is not her fault, this is still a stain on her.
This is similar to superstitions such as "Kefu", and few nobles dare to propose to Miss Audrey again, not to mention, Miss Audrey, as the daughter of the count, must find someone with a similar identity. And unfortunately, the noble heirs who are close to her are basically the idiots who stood up to accuse Audrey at the dinner party before.
So......... This aristocratic lady currently looks like she has a dark future.
"It's all up to you, and you're unlucky."
Looking at An lying on the table, Duanmu Huai shook his head helplessly, and the latter also pounced on Duanmu Huai.
"What's the way, I'm a princess, I don't care who cares about this, hey............... That's right! β
However, at this time, An stared at Duanmu Huai, suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up, and sensing An's gaze, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.
"I advise you not to hit me with your thoughts."
"Huh? Isn't that great? Mr. Knight's status is high enough, and even if he can't be a wife, he can be a concubine? I don't mind! β
"But I don't mind!"
Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand and gently flicked Ann's head.
"I agreed to the marriage contract between the two of you because I still have a good impression of the two of you, but I'm sorry, I won't get together with a woman I don't know for some reason. You should also have a limit to using me as a tool, solve your own problems, don't always ask me to help you solve these troubles. β
Duanmuhuai doesn't like to be entangled in the contradictions between these women, and what he hates to watch the most is those idiotic emotional TV series at eight o'clock. In the past, Duanmu Huai also watched it with his mother, although his mother watched it with relish, but Duanmu Huai only felt that he was angry when he watched it, and both men and women in those emotional dramas were idiots, and the decisions they made were as irrational as drug addicts, crying about love at every turn......... Duanmu Huai even suspects that half of female hypertension patients are likely to watch TV dramas.
Duanmuhuai has never had a girlfriend, on the one hand, because he is fierce and no one dares to approach, on the other hand, those urban emotional TV series have also played a great role, as soon as he thinks that he may fall into the stupid life of falling in love and retardation, Duanmuhuai can't be interested in love and marriage at all.
"Woo..............."
An covered her head and stuck out her tongue at Duanmu Huai, but didn't say anything more.
"Your Highness."
At this moment, I saw a maid walk in and respectfully salute everyone.
"Count Hacha and his daughter, Miss Audrey, ask to see him."
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Hearing the maid's report, Duanmu Huai and An glanced at each other.
This is really Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.