Dotted with summer nights, the warm wind could not dissipate the heat of the day, and the servants carried ice hewn into the size of a watermelon from the cellar in iron utensils to the Viscount's Palace.

In the center of the long table is a piece of intricately carved bird ice, and delicious dishes are placed around it.

The dishes are sumptuous, such as the starfall fish from the bay to the east, the black water pool lizard from the Warri Mountains to the west, the snow mountain rabbit unique to the tundra of the north, and the white sun pearl from the Holy Alliance in the south.

South, east, west, and northwest, all kinds of delicacies come together, such a standard, the dishes are rare, and the cooking skills are exquisite, which is extremely rare among the lords.

It is difficult to understand that a viscount, who is not very wealthy, would be willing to set up such a feast, and this feast is only enjoyed by two people.

Changing into a proper dress, Liam sat opposite the main seat of the long table, his eyes hurriedly swept over the delicacy, and his expression was a little depressed.

The maid, who was about sixteen years old, poured a blood-red wine into his cup, and stood beside him, bowing her head slightly, looking a little nervous and curious, and quietly looked at the other party.

The fingers of the left hand are unconsciously buckled on the table, and the right hand holds the goblet and shakes it regularly.

Looking through the red, she had drifted into the distance in the blur, in that lonely room, whether she was still sad, her face was full of tears, and her heart hurt beyond measure.

If Liam at this moment would regret losing that woman, he was only afraid that his heart was not ruthless at that time, his words were not serious, and he would not be able to cut off her love threads.

She is stubborn and stubborn, she will not look back if she loves, even if she hits her head and bleeds and breaks her bones, she will not give up.

"Jiao Li, how can I make you die, you are like this, what should I do..."The picture of the woman chasing after the car is vivid, she doesn't make trouble, tears flow, and follows the car.

How can a man's two legs catch up with a four-legged brute, I don't know how many times he fell, I don't know how far he chased it, his knees were bloody, his dress was dyed red, he stumbled, and he left a bright red footprint.

Viscount Joshua lifted the curtain and glanced at the girl, but did not speak.

Liam's eyes were always looking into the distance, and he didn't dare to look back, and he couldn't be ruthless when he turned back.

When the attendant came to report that the woman had fainted, Liam spoke, "Leave her alone, let her die on the way." ”

Viscount Joshua waved his hand and instructed one of his attendants to take the woman back to the orphanage.

Liam's heart sank, he was silent, and in the evening, the carriage returned to Katilant, the fiefdom of Viscount White Joshua.

When Viscount Joshua walked into the dining room on crutches and sat down in the main seat, the valet took the cane away, tied a napkin for him, and stood respectfully beside him.

"From today onwards, your surname is Joshua, my long-lost illegitimate grandson, and when I die of old age, you will inherit the great family property and inherit the title of viscount of the Kingdom of Berg." Joshua got straight to the point and didn't hide it, which caught Liam off guard.

Liam immediately stood up, fell on his knees, and cried out, "Son, come to Father!" ”

Joshua Sr. nodded and motioned for the other to take a seat.

At the beginning of the dinner, two personal servants served the two masters to eat, and it was a very dull dinner, with the old Joshua eating and not talking, while the young Joshua was preoccupied.

When the ice in the center of the table melted halfway, Joshua Sr. put down his knife, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and beckoned to the valet.

The other party walked over with great discernment, handed the crutches to the other party, and helped him to stand up.

"Remember to go back to the bedroom to study hard after dinner, that's the test I left for you, don't be lazy." Joshua Sr. walked out as he spoke, waving his hand at Liam, who had risen to see him off, and motioned for him to continue his meal.

Watching the old figure fade away, Liam's smile gradually disappeared, and the "curtain" in his right eye quietly dissipated.

Liam sat back in his seat, picked up a chicken leg in his hand, and ate it for a while, beckoning to the girl beside him. "Come, let's eat together."

"Me?" The girl was amazed.

"Who else in the restaurant but you?"

"But... I'm a subordinate..."The girl hesitated.

"I am now the son of Viscount Joshua, the future viscount, I said you can eat, you can eat, hurry up, the dishes are almost cold."

"Well—" The girl sat down next to little Joshua and swallowed her saliva, the worm in her stomach was already eager to try, and when she filled herself with a bowl of soup, she drank it deliciously.

"Don't just drink the soup, try this caviar, and this chicken leg, and this fish..." Liam was very attentive, and the girl was a little overwhelmed.

"Childe, if you have something to say, don't do it again..."The girl immediately stood up, looking nervous, her fingers rubbing against the hem of her skirt.

Liam smiled, "Sit down first, eat and talk, don't be afraid, it's all trivial." ”

The girl couldn't resist the other party, and sat down honestly, but she didn't have the heart to deal with the food in front of her.

"I've just arrived, I don't know what's going on around me, you know whether it's useful or not, you might as well talk about it." Liam took a sip of red wine and whispered softly.

"Childe, this is called Katilant...."The girl said slowly, and before she knew it, more than an hour had passed, and Liam sent the other party away, and allowed the other party to take some food with him.

By this time, the servants had gone back to rest, but the study was lit by candlelight, and it was learned from the maiden named Emily that Viscount Joshua rarely slept in the bedroom, and that his resting and business were in the study.

Although Liam was puzzled about the quirks of the old thing, he also knew that it was not suitable to be explored at the moment.

Ascending the spiral staircase to the third floor to find the bedroom, Liam pushed the door in.

The wind lifts the curtains, the white moonlight spills in, the bedroom is well ventilated and transmitted, the sight is not dark, and there is no smell of dampness and rot.

Liam sat down on the edge of the bed and lit the candle on the bedtable, the bright flame dispelled the darkness and illuminated half of the bedroom, and the rising heat gave off a faint fragrance.

"The aristocracy is really exquisite." Liam sighed, just such a white stone ivory candle is worth half a year's food and clothing for ordinary people.

In fact, Liam's need for candles is really small, as the current owner of the Book of the Dead, the inheritor of the Grim Reaper, secretly seeing things, this is all basic operations.

However, not needing and not using are two different things, at least you have to do enough and act well.

Taking the three books on the bed, a sneer appeared on the corner of Liam's mouth, "The Magician's Primer's Manual", "The Relationship between Meditation and the Elements", and "The Stranger of Magic", these three books are not big road goods, and the last one can be regarded as a banned book. ”

It is normal for a nobleman to have a collection of books on magic, but if it is about black magic and the like, it is not allowed by the church and is made forbidden, but it is a crime of blasphemy, and if it is found, it will be burned at the stake.

"Dark magic," Liam smiled, putting the book "Aliens of Magic" on his lap and flipping through it roughly, "Most of them are low-level necromancy, very few are level 3 or above, and the knowledge and opinions about ritual summoning and magic circle transformation are even more superficial. ”

In fact, this book "The Stranger of Magic" is already extremely rare in the field of black magic in the Southern Continent, after all, the Southern Continent is now ruled by two major churches, and various kingdoms and principalities are bound to be friendly with the church, so all forces are sparing no effort to fight black magic.

As a result, the quality of dark arts books on the market is uneven and scarce.

Liam has the "Book of the Dead", and he is the official successor of the Grim Reaper, and regardless of his qualifications, just the black magic knowledge resources, no one in the entire continent can control him, and he can naturally see far away when he stands tall, so he can't look down on this defective product.

I took the "Wizard's Primer's Manual" and opened it to read it carefully.

Liam reads books very quickly, often scanning the obscure formulas and symbols in the book and then rushing to the next paragraph, thanks to the legacy of the Grim Reaper.

It can be said that the inheritance of the Grim Reaper gave him the physical fitness to become a strong man, and the Book of the Dead gave him enough knowledge, as long as he was diligent, the two complemented each other, and sooner or later he could become a powerful man!

It's a pity that the church has been targeted by a certain powerful person, and this feeling of being like a fish in the throat and a man's back has forced Liam to speed up the progress and have to seek wealth and wealth in danger.

White Joshua is under the "Veil" in three colors, the black of black magic, the pale green of old life, and the distorted gray.

"Gray... I've only seen it in little Harpy, and it's the color of the dead..."Liam still remembers the five gray faces wrapped around the other at the end of the table.... That's five distinctly distorted faces...