The snow is long.

For most people, it's just a normal Christmas, where everyone chats, drinks tea and enjoys the festive atmosphere.

But for Duanmu locust............... It's a hunting moment.

"Stop for Lao Tzu!"

The sturdy body flashed through the blizzard, and Duanmu Huai rushed forward like an angry bull. The knee-deep snow was completely unable to stop Duanmu Huai's progress, and in front of him, a huge black shadow jumped rapidly in the forest. It didn't look like a normal wolf or dog at all, but if anything, it felt more like a chimpanzee or something like a speeding through the forest.

Duanmu Huai could see its two front paws quickly grasping the branches, swinging forward in the middle of the tree. It's just that unlike ordinary primates such as chimpanzees, it doesn't hold on to branches, but tree trunks——— which makes Duanmu Huai angry to death, and he doesn't have the same flexible way of action as the other party. I can only chase after him, trying to bite the damn black shadow.

"Quack!! Quack Quack !! ”

It sounded like a crow, and as if some kind of weird monster was screaming, echoing in the forest, sounding like this damn monster was laughing at itself———— Duanmu Huai Nyima couldn't bear it anymore for a moment.

"You're looking for death, aren't you?"

Looking at the black shadow that was jumping in front of him, Duanmu Huai was also angry from his heart, only to see him stop suddenly, then clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and then Duanmu Huai punched out in front of him, directly hitting a huge, thick tree trunk in front of him.

"Boom ———————!!!"

With a loud bang, I saw that the thick trunk that was enough for the five people to hug together burst and break in an instant, and the trunk that was dozens of meters high flew directly forward, smashing straight towards the black shadow.

"Quack—————!!!"

The black shadow obviously didn't expect Duanmu Huai to do this, only to see it suddenly leap to its feet, trying to dodge this unexpected blow. But at the same time, the whistling trunk had fallen from the sky, carrying branches and snow like a huge fly swatter, directly towards the black shadow.

"Bang!!"

The heavy trees fell to the ground, smashing the shadows into the ground. Seeing this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, shook his fist, and then strode over.

"I'm really looking for death, what do you do when I can't get it to death?"

Although I don't know why this thing fell to the ground and deliberately appeared in front of me, but since it came, Duanmu Huai wouldn't let it run away like this.

Soon, Duanmu Huai came to the place where the black shadow was pounced on just now, but unfortunately, that guy didn't seem to be killed by the tree. Although traces and blood stains could be seen on the ground, the black shadow seemed to have finally escaped.

But......... Now that you're wounded, where else can you escape?

Looking at the traces in front of him, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, and then continued to trace the traces and entered the depths of the forest.

"Let's go, Suzume, and we've got to find this damn guy."

"Meow!"

While Duanmu Huai was angrily looking for the Black Shadow Monster in the forest, Xia Li also came to the Baskerville Manor with Mary and Aselika.

"Thank you very much for inviting us to the Christmas dinner, Baroness Baskerville."

Although Xia Li's body is more or less able to move, she is still unable to walk freely, so this time she is traveling in a wheelchair.

"You're welcome, welcome to the Baskerville estate, and thank you for accepting my invitation, after all, on this special day, if I am alone, it is too lonely."

Facing Xia Li, Baroness Baskerville also said with a smile on her face.

"It's just an ordinary Christmas dinner, please don't be inhibited, just feel free."

"Okay......... Then it is better to be respectful than to obey the fate......... Are you the only one? ”

"Of course not, there's a Miss Lorena......... Ah, here she is. ”

While talking, everyone saw a very petite and cute girl with pink hair walk out, and Mary was also relieved when she saw her.

Sure enough, Miss Lorena was here......... So that means Mr. Duanmu is also there?

"Miss Lorena, this is the daughter of the Brontë family, Charlotte. Miss Brontë, and her best friend........."

"I'm Aselika. Dulles. ”

"Ah, hello, I'm Lorena, and Miss Mary, I haven't seen you for a long time, have you been working hard lately?"

While grinning, Lorena also said hello to everyone, and of course, she didn't forget to talk to Mary.

"Huh? Mary, do you know Miss Lorena? ”

Greeted by Lorena, Charlie and Aselika were obviously surprised, after all, they had never heard Mary mention Lorena.

"Ahh.........h I did know Miss Lorena and I was taken care of by Charlie when she was unconscious........."

Mary didn't think there was any problem, and quickly gave an answer. But............... She looked up and looked left and right.

"Miss Lorena? Mr. Duanmu, ......... him? ”

"Ah, the knight isn't here, I suppose he's going to come to the dinner? Maybe not? ”

"Knight.........?"

“…………… My lord?? ”

“………………………”

For some reason, Mary felt that the eyes of Charlie and Aselika from the side were so piercing......... Uh, did you say something wrong?

After a brief conversation, Baroness Baskerville and Lorena left for a while, while Charlie and Asherika surrounded Mary.

"Uh......... What's wrong? What happened? ”

"Looks like Mary has a lot to hide from us."

Aselika clasped her hands dissatisfiedly and stared at Mary, while Xia Li on the other side did not speak, but her eyes also revealed the same emotion.

"Xie doesn't know, you still know that Miss Lorena? She's not a master's student. ”

"Only, I only met by chance, she's a roving priest......... That's what she said herself. ”

"So you met in church?"

"Not really, she just instructed me through some exercises.........

"Workout ???"

"Uh-huh..............."

I have to say that recalling the Spartan exercise directed by Lorena, Mary also instinctively felt trembling, to be honest, it was definitely not a training that ordinary ladies could complete.

Why would a priest be so keen on exercising.........

"So, who is that knight?"

At this time, Xia Li also opened her mouth to ask, although she was not as aggressive as Ashelika, but for some reason, Mary at this moment only felt that Xia Li seemed to be more powerful than she was on the altar in the Dark City.

"That's Mr. Duanmu..............."

Having said that, Xia Li should have seen Duanmu Huai in Antarctica at that time, but she has completely lost her memory of being at the Tatar Gate at that time, and I am afraid she did not remember this incident.

"Why did Miss Lorena call her a knight? Could it be that the gentleman is the knight of the Queen? ”

"Uh......... It doesn't seem to be, according to Miss Lorena, Mr. Duanmu seems to be an honorary knight conferred by their church, and she is also on the side as a priest, so she will call Mr. Duanmu a knight........."

"The church?"

I have to say that Xia Li and Asherika were shocked when they heard this, just the knight of the queen was unimaginable, and they had never heard of such a thing as a knight of the church. Hearing this, Ashelika's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That is, that gentleman is a paladin? I haven't seen a real paladin yet, so I don't know what kind of person it will be........."

"Uh....................."

Looking at Ashelika's eyes glowing, Mary smiled a little wryly. Indeed, if you haven't seen Duanmu Huai, when you think of the canonized paladins of the church, the first impression of the girls must be that kind of knight with blond hair and blue eyes, holy and handsome, full of gentlemanly demeanor.

But alas...............

"It's not a good idea to defeat your illusions, but I'm going to warn you, Axie, that gentleman must be completely different from what you imagined."

To be honest, even Mary never thought of associating the word Duanmu Huai with the word knight.

And............... He didn't look like a chivalrous guy at all.

Recalling the way Duanmu Huai mercilessly smashed the heads of those shadow monsters, Mary also sighed silently in her heart.

A real knight wouldn't do that.

………………… Probably not, right?

To be honest, Mary herself was not very confident in this.

"And how did you and that gentleman meet?"

"Huh? This ..............."

Woo whoa, here we go again!

Seeing Xia Li asking Mary with a smile on her face, Aselika next to her couldn't help but stick out her tongue a little. She had long discovered that Xia Li would always be pressing when it came to Mary's male dating issues. Aselika still remembers that when the three of them traveled together, they occasionally met Mr. Zack, whom Mary knew, and when Zach only spoke a few words to Mary, he was quietly driven away by Charlie.

Although Mary herself doesn't seem to see anything wrong......... But Ashelika kept watching. She had long since discovered that Charlie didn't seem to like letting boys get close to Mary, and every time a man approached Mary, Charlie would become a little scary...............

But from a certain point of view, Ashelica is not incomprehensible, after all, Mary has never even had her first love, so she must think about it very seriously and very solemnly. Not everyone can be Mary's lover, and if she can, Aselica also hopes that Mary can have a happy and happy relationship like herself.........

But......... Xia Li seems to be pushing a little too hard.

Looking at Xia Li who was smiling at the moment, Ashelika couldn't help but feel a little frightened, of course she could understand Xia Li's thoughts. After all, even Ashelica herself had never heard about Miss Lorena and the Mr. Knight from Mary's mouth, which means that the two sides should not have known each other for too long, and since even Charlie didn't know, it was probably the man who met Mary during Charlie's coma......... Anyway, that man is the "mystery man" who took the opportunity to play with Mary, if that's the case, Ashie can't spare him!

Thinking of this, Aselika also clenched her fists.

When the other party comes, she must take a good look at what kind of man he is!

At this time, the Baroness of the Baskervilles and Lorena also returned again, so a group of people began to drink tea and chat——— although the name of the Baroness of the Baskervilles sounded very loud, but in fact she was only a girl who was not yet twenty years old, of course, for the average aristocratic lady, unless it was a student in the master's school like Charlie, Mary and Ashelica, basically after entering the social world, they would choose to get engaged and then get married early.

This is the case with Baroness Baskerville, so although the identities of the two parties are different, the age difference is not too far away, and it is a good party for everyone to chat together and talk about the latest popular topics or something.

In this way, until late at night, the Baroness of the Baskervilles invited you to stay, and they naturally agreed.

But.........

"Won't Mr. Duanmu come to the banquet?"

Somewhat uneasy, the Baroness Baskerville looked at Lorena and asked, who only smiled wryly.

"For the knight, maybe the commission is more important, when I went to look for him today, he was not in the hut, maybe he found some clues........."

"Knock knock."

At this time, suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, and when he heard the knock, the old housekeeper on the side also hurriedly walked over.

"Presumably Mr. Duanmu is here, I'll take a look."

As he spoke, the old butler left the room, although Xia Li and Ashelika were also curious, but as ladies, of course they would not run around without manners, just sit on their chairs, and then they heard a chaotic noise outside.

"Welcome......... Wow, Mr. Duanmu, what is this? ”

"Oh, I just came back and I thought it was Christmas, so I'd like to bring you a present......... What do you think? Not bad, right? ”

"No, this............ Please be careful not to scare the lady and the guests........."

"What's wrong?!"

Hearing this, Asherika's eyes lit up suddenly, and she couldn't sit still in her chair, if it weren't for Xia Li and Mary grabbing her, she would have wanted to run out and have a look.

Fortunately, after a few moments, the old butler entered the room again, only this time his expression was a little subtle.

"Madame, the ......... Mr. Duanmu has prepared a gift for you. ”

"Oh, that's a lot of trouble for him........."

"No, that......... How so............... Please don't panic as well. ”

“？？？”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they saw a pitch-black, huge figure walking in from outside the door, and on his shoulders was resisting a ............... Deer?!

That's right, a white deer!

And it's alive!

"It's also bad luck for this guy to get in my way."

Duanmu Huai put down the white deer on his shoulder, the latter struggled on the ground for a while, and then knelt down in fear, and looking at the white deer in front of him, Duanmu Huai was angry. Before, he followed the bloodstains and traces left by the black shadow all the way, and he was about to catch up, but he didn't expect that he might have strayed into the territory of this white deer, and the latter actually dared to come and block him in front of him to find trouble?

This end of the locust can't bear it.

I just learned to grapple, can I suffer this grievance?

So in the face of the white deer rushing towards him, Duanmu Huai also grabbed it with his hand and flipped it over, and directly smashed the other party over.

“………………………………………”

At this moment, everyone in the room was stunned when they saw the white deer in front of them.

The deer was very beautiful, snow-white, even the horns were white, and its body was so large that it was even larger than a horse. Because of this, this product is estimated to be a tyrant in the mountains——— but unfortunately it was unlucky and blocked Duanmu Huai's way, and then it was captured by Duanmu Huai.

It's lucky that it didn't kill it.

"That's a ......... An unimaginable gift, Mr. Duanmu..............."

Looking at the white deer in front of her, Baroness Baskerville's eyes also lit up, girls like beautiful things, and she is naturally no exception.

"Can I keep it on the estate?"

"Whatever, I'll give it to you anyway, if you don't want it, I'll just slaughter it and eat barbecue."

"How can this work, it's so beautiful and cute!"

Hearing this, Aschelika couldn't help but scream, indeed, the white deer in front of her was curled up at the feet of Duanmu Huai, squatting on the ground, looking trembling, it looked very cute...............

"If it weren't for this guy getting in the way, I might have caught that pretending thing......... Forget it, that's it for now. ”

Seeing the girls' gaze on him, Duanmu Huai decisively chose to give up, sure enough, the world is all about appearance, if this thing doesn't look good......... Hey, forget it, it's useless to talk about it now.

The housekeeper asked people to take the deer away, perhaps because it was cleaned up by Duanmu Huai, the deer looked very well-behaved, and the well-behaved ones were even a little pitiful, but it was very unhappy for Duanmu Huai. If you think about it carefully, you're about to catch up with the final boss in the game.,Suddenly there's something blocking your way.,When you turn your head, the final boss has already run away.,This can really make people angry to death.。

Originally, the reason why Duanmu Huai came back alive was because he thought that it would be more delicious to kill and bloodletting!

Duanmu Huai was taken to dinner by the housekeeper, and at this time, several girls got together again.

"Wow, that gentleman is really fierce..............."

Aselika was the first to whisper.

"Ah Xie, it's not polite for you to say that, right?"

Although Xia Li looked like she was dissuading, looking at her expression......... It doesn't seem to be against it.

"Mr. Duanmu does look a little fierce, but he is still a good talker."

Mary didn't care, and opened her mouth to reassure the two. In fact, she had already expected her friend's reaction.

However, what Mary didn't expect was that when she heard this, Xia Li and Asherica looked at her together.

"Mary, you seem to know this gentleman well?"

"Huh? This one......... Still, okay? ”

"You don't like him, do you?"

"Huh? No, this ..............."

Hearing Ashelika's inquiry, Mary immediately blushed and hurriedly waved her hand.

"I don't have ..............."

"Woo..............."

Although Mary desperately denied it, looking at her expression, Xia Li and Ashelika couldn't help but sink in their hearts.

Could it be that someone really took advantage of their inattention to trick Mary away?

This kind of thing can never be forgiven!

(End of chapter)