After explaining, Luqi didn't look at Silas again, and turned around and left the dungeon.

Soon after he left, Deard did as he was told and began to act.

"Crush him out!"

Order.

Silas was dragged out of his cell by the guards, dragging heavy chains.

The chains rubbed against the spiral staircase, clanging and then through the long hallway.

Along the way, Silas sees many fellow mages who, like him, are locked behind a cage, helpless and desperate.

Get out of the dungeon.

When the first rays of sunlight fell on Silas's face, he hadn't seen such a light for a long time, and suddenly closed his eyes, only to feel a glare of the eyes.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes again, looking around, at the vast sky, breathing in the fresh air, and couldn't help but lose his mind.

He never thought that he would see the light of day again in such a way.

After countless days and nights in the dungeon, he left for the first time a place that was filled with the stench of filth and the smell of dead rat corpses.

As the sun shone down all over his body, he felt a warmth spread to every corner of his body.

His long-dormant heart, as well as the memory of the outside world, were once again awakened.

"What a daze, hurry up."

"Bang".

Dearde, who was walking behind, saw Silas standing in place in a daze, and kicked it directly.

Silas staggered two steps and almost fell to the ground, and after stabilizing his figure, he didn't show any expression or look back, but continued to walk forward without saying a word.

Soon, he was taken to the playground.

Dearde, who had added a lot of workload in vain, looked at Silas with an unhappy face: "Let's start running, twenty-five laps, until it gets dark, you won't have anything to eat for one lap less." ”

Silas gave him a wordless look and the two guards in charge of looking at him.

Try to imagine if he would be able to escape if he threw the chains out of his hand and brought down the three of them.

The answer is no.

Even though it had been a long time since he had been outside, Silas knew that there must be other guards patrolling the prison.

Not to mention, he was still restrained by the shackles of the forbidden magic stone in his hand.

Every prisoner who saw the sky outside the prison thought about the possibility of escape, even Silas.

But he soon came to terms with reality.

Dragging the heavy chain of forbidden magic stones, he slowly ran forward.

The chain is very heavy, even if I have been carrying it for more than ten years, but when I run like this, I still feel that my body is abnormally heavy, and my legs are like being filled with lead.

After only three laps, Silas was already sweating profusely and breathing heavily.

But he never said a word, and kept running forward, slowing down.

In the distance, Dearde, who was eating fruit and sitting and watching, shook his head with some sympathy when he saw this.

"Tut, that's it for three laps, can you still walk after twenty-five laps?"

As he spoke, Deard continued to bite into the fruit in his hand without much care.

I don't know why His Royal Highness the prince specifically looked at Silas unpleasantly.

The torture of changing the Fa every day.

Now that he continued to do this, he felt that Silas would be exhausted to death one day.

If you want to say that this Silas is also stubborn, His Royal Highness the prince is such a noble and awesome character, he will be scared when he says it.

After finishing the service, it may be fine if you lick it.

As a result, I put on a stinky face every time.

His Royal Highness had a good temper, and if he replaced him, he would have been pulled out and beheaded with an order.

"What is this?"

Behind him, a voice suddenly came.

When Deed heard this, he quickly turned around and saw Eldred standing behind him with a frown, and immediately explained.

"His Royal Highness the prince came down just now and explained that I was so corporal punishment of No. 0."

Hearing this, Eldred looked at Silas who was still running laps in the playground, thought for a second, and then loosened his brows: "Don't let him die." ”

"Yes!"

Deird immediately replied.

With that, Eldred withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.

For some reason, the prince seems to have an inexplicable hatred for this zero.

In the past few months, every time this prince is not happy, he will come to the dungeon to exchange the torture of the law No. Zero.

When you're in the mood, leave.

However, how he tortured Zero, Eldred didn't care.

Just make sure that Zero can't die.

Three and a half in the afternoon.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

Compared to the last time I came back, the empty courtyard this time seemed quite deserted.

Counting the time, Lux and Kacina should still be in the academy by this time.

The sword girl didn't know where she went, and she didn't hear the sound of sword practice coming from the backyard.

Without much thought, Lu Qi pushed the door and walked into the hospital, and when he had nothing to do, he came to the rocking chair and slowly lay down.

The whole body suddenly relaxed.

The weather has been getting colder and colder lately, and I don't feel sleepy when I lie in my chair, I just want to lie down like this.

A cold wind blew in the air, making the already somewhat cool weather even colder.

Being blown like this, Lu Qi suddenly remembered that he had handed over the real silk satin to the tailor before going out.

If you calculate the time, you should be able to do it too.

Thinking of this, Luki opened his eyes, looked at Yurina and ordered, "Yuna, you go to the tailor's shop and get the finished clothes back." ”

"Yes."

Yurina answered, turned back to the carriage, and set off in the direction of the tailor's shop.

Lucci continued to close his eyes and lay down in the sun.

The warm sunlight sprinkled down, dispelling the coldness just now, and he only felt a lazy surge all over his body, and his whole body had no strength.

The courtyard is very quiet in the afternoon.

Not long after, there was a wave of footsteps outside the hospital.

Fiona walked in from the gate of the courtyard, saw Lu Qi lying on the chair at a glance, was slightly stunned, and said loudly, "When did you come back?" ”

Lu Qi opened his eyes, glanced at her, and replied, "I just came back for a while." ”

Fiona looked at him and said, "It's just in time to come back, go out with me." ”

"Where are you going?"

Hearing this, Lu Qi asked.

Fiona said, "There's a party in a moment, I have to go to it, you can come with me." ”

As soon as he heard that it was a party, Lu Qi suddenly closed his eyes without interest, and replied lazily: "I don't want to go." ”

As soon as the words fell, he felt a chill.

Two seconds later, he opened his eyes and looked at Miss Kenhime, who was staring at him without saying a word.

Lu Qi sighed and got up helplessly: "Then let's go." ”

He has never been interested in such things as parties.

Usually, he has also received a lot of invitations, all of which are sent by some upper-class aristocratic young ladies.

But Lucci never looked at it.

For that time, he would rather lie down a little longer.

In fact, Fiona thought the same as him, if she has this time to attend the party, she might as well practice her sword for a while.

It's just that this party is different.

The person who started the gathering was named Charella Byrne, the eldest son of the Byrne family.

The Byrne family is a big nobleman in the Secret Silver City, which is second only to the royal capital and is also the famous "City of Dragons and Birds" and "City of Swords" in Demacia, with many nobles.

For example, the crown guard family and the Laurent family of the royal capital are also the royal capital moved from Miyin City.

And in Miyin City, they still have a side line, including people from the main line.

Because the National Day is approaching, many nobles from Miyin City have rushed to the royal capital in advance.

And the gathering initiated this time was the young nobles of the Secret Silver City and the Royal Capital invited by Charella.

Fiona originally wanted to refuse, but the Byrne family and the Laurent family have been friends for generations, and there are many of her friends in the Secret Silver City, who will also come to this banquet, and the people from the Secret Silver City also want her to go.

In this way, Fiona has no room to refuse.

I happened to see Lu Qi come back today, and when I thought that I had to go anyway, why didn't I pull this guy over too?

At least it won't be too boring then.

"You are typical, you don't have a good life, and you don't want to see other people's good psychology."

Sitting in the carriage of the Laurent family, Luci listened to Fiona's story and made an evaluation.

Is it bad for him to lie at home?

As a social phobia, he is most annoyed with social networking and other things.

This sword girl is obviously annoyed, so she simply pulls him along to annoy her.

"That's as it should be."

Fiona crossed Erlang's legs beside her, and a smile curled up at the corner of her mouth when she heard the words.

Her smile was indeed very beautiful, like a snow lotus blooming, and the cold temperature on her body melted at once.

Lu Qi still remembers the cold expression on Miss Kenji's face when they first met.

But now I can often see her smiling.

Finding that Luqi was also looking at her with a smile in her eyes, Fiona looked at him, and after a few seconds, she looked away first.

Pulled up the curtain and looked out: "It should be almost there." ”

"Call me when it's time to call me."

Lu Qi smiled, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and closed his eyes.

About another ten minutes passed.

The carriage came to a slow halt and stopped at a manor.

This manor is not small, and there are many carriages parked around, all of which are from major nobles.

The butler, who was standing at the door, saw Laurent's carriage and opened the door and welcomed them in.

"Fiona, this way!"

Within a few steps of entering the manor, Luqi saw a man in a curly suit waving in this direction.

This man is not low, and his appearance is quite cool.

Fiona led Luki towards her.

The man looked at Lu Qi, stunned for a moment, looked at him carefully, and then immediately bowed and saluted: "First meeting, Your Royal Highness, I am Amda Laurent, Fiona's brother. ”

"First meeting."

Lu Qi said hello and looked at Amda as well.

This is the eldest son of the Laurent family, the eldest son of Sebastian, and the most outstanding young swordsman of the Laurent family.

I heard that he is already well-known in Miyin City, and he has a faint intention to revive the swordsmanship of the Laurent family.

It was pinned on by the clansmen.

Amda is also curious about Luqi.

After arriving in the royal capital, he heard about Lu Qi from his parents.

learned that his sister had a very good relationship with this prince.

This almost made Amuda's jaw drop.

Because, in his impression, how could his sister have ever had a good relationship with any man?

Even when she was in Miyin City, her attitude towards men was very cold.

As we grow older, this coldness not only does not decrease, but becomes more and more obvious.

But now that he has arrived in the royal capital, he runs to other people's houses all day long?

This made Amda very curious about what kind of person this prince could be interested in for his sister.

The first meeting, judging from the appearance, is indeed impeccable.

Recently, I have often heard rumors about this highness.

Resisting the curiosity in his heart, Amda said loudly: "The banquet is about to start, come with me." ”

The three of them walked towards the manor, entered the main house, and headed towards the main hall.

When I arrived at the door of the main hall, the door was open, and I could see that in the spacious main hall, many young ladies dressed in luxurious costumes were walking around inside, and the sound of lively conversation continued to sound.

Among them, there are some faces that Lu Qi has seen, and some unfamiliar faces from Miyin City.

"I know you don't like banquets, but remember your mother's explanation, don't always look at people with a cold face."

Before entering the door, Amda whispered to Fiona.

Hearing this, Fiona nodded, and there was still no expression on her cold face.

Seeing this, Amda was helpless for a moment, knowing that she couldn't control her.

His brother, in front of Fiona, can be said to have no majesty at all.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been coerced by her when she was a child and taught her to practice swords.

"Forget it, it's good if you're happy."

Amda decided not to do anything, so she put on a smile and stepped inside.

Fiona and Luci followed.

When the three of them entered the main hall, they immediately attracted a lot of attention.

"Look, it's His Royal Highness!"

"It's rare that I can see him on such an occasion."

"Did he come with the two brothers and sisters of the Laurent family?"

"Sure enough, it's as handsome as rumored."

The discussion sounded, and many eyes focused on this side.

Although Lu Qi is wearing ordinary clothes, he doesn't pick clothes, and any clothes he wears on him are extremely good-looking.

Seeing that he appeared at the banquet in a rare spot, the eyes of many noble ladies lit up.

The elderly nobles of the royal capital still have a lot of gatherings on weekdays.

They will send out a formal invitation, and the person who receives the invitation will be able to go to the banquet.

As a young man and a well-known name, Lu Qi has received a lot of invitations.

However, he handed over these things to Yuna to deal with, and never took the initiative to participate.

Therefore, his appearance, for the noble Miss Childe present, was like seeing a rare character.

Suddenly, people gathered around and greeted Lu Qi warmly.

Lu Qi responded one by one.

One of the reasons why he annoys the banquet is this, every time he says hello, it takes half a day.

Just like at the beginning, he recognized all the nobles of the royal capital for nearly a day.

However, these noble ladies were still measured, and after saying hello, they all dispersed and continued to do their own things.

At this moment, another person walked up.

has black hair, a tall body, a handsome appearance, and a more outstanding temperament.

This person is the initiator of this banquet, Charella.

Dressed in luxurious clothes, he stopped in front of Fiona and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Fiona." ”

"Long time no see."

Fiona, out of politeness, replied, in a flat tone.

"You look a little more mature than you did last year."

Charella looked at Fiona, reminisced, and then invited, "I haven't found a dance partner for the dance later, I wonder if you'd like to see your face?" ”

"Not really." Fiona refused without thinking, and said flatly: "I already have a dance partner." ”

"You're still the same as before, refusing so simply."

Charella smiled, looked at Lu Qi on the side, and bowed slightly, "Your Royal Highness, I wish you a pleasant experience at my banquet." ”

"Hmm."

Luck nodded.

"Fiona, be happy at the party."

Charella glanced at Fiona again, smiled, and turned away.

Just after turning around, the smile disappeared.

A waiter walked by, carrying a plate with a few glasses of wine on it.

Luki picked up a glass and tasted it, revealing that it was his own wine.

Obviously, Laurent has opened up the market for the aristocracy in this area.

He remembered what Fiona had just said, and said, "Did your dance partner just now mean me?" ”

Fiona looked at him, "Then what about it." ”

"You may not believe it, I can't dance."

After Lu Qi finished speaking, he took another sip of the wine in the glass.

He really hasn't learned this thing yet.

Generally, there are only a few kinds of dances sung and danced by the upper class aristocrats, and the more popular one is the waltz.

And Lu Qi is not interested in these things at all.

His words silenced Fiona for a moment, remembering that she hadn't seen this guy dance much in her memory.

All along, this guy's demonic image made Fiona feel like he could do anything.

Now this can't even dance the prom, so she can't do it all at once.

"What do you say now?"

Lu Qi watched Miss Jian Ji quiet down, thought for a while, and said, "Actually, if you're not afraid of losing face, I can also jump." ”

"It's okay if you don't jump."

Fiona shook her head.

It's not that I'm afraid of losing face, since I won't, there's no need to force it to make do.

After thinking about it, she still said: "This kind of dance, I think you still need to learn it, after all, there will always be a time when it will be useful for future banquets." ”

Lu Qi thought about it and nodded: "Then please teach me when the time comes." ”

When it comes to waltzing, Fiona can be called a master in this regard.

After all, the swordsmanship of the Laurent family was originally inspired by the waltz dance.

Therefore, it was necessary for the people after Laurent, both men and women, to learn to waltz.

"Hmm." Fiona didn't refuse, and nodded slightly.

The two of them found a place to sit down, and the atmosphere seemed out of place with the surrounding banquet.

During this period, there were also a lot of people who came up to talk, and there were some female friends of Fiona who used to be in Miyin City.

With them, Fiona had a rare chat a few more words.

However, those friends of hers, chatting and chatting, pulled up to Lu Qi, who was eating dessert on the side.

The center of the conversation was on him.

(End of chapter)