Chapter 34: The Centaur Arrives (Asking for Votes)
While Li Aili was sleeping at night, the Duke had another meeting with the Grand Knights.
The next day, she woke up, the door of the study was still closed, and she could smell the smell of tobacco through the door.
"Joanna, you say...... If the Kingdom were converted to the Church of Darkness, would it really have such a big impact? After tiptoeing back into the room, Li asked with some uneasiness.
Joanna combed Li Ellie's golden hair with a comb, and said indifferently: "I don't think it's anything, the Holy Court doesn't protect the dukedom, so I don't think it's bad to change one." ”
Li Aili still has some drums in her heart.
After much consideration, she came to the door of the duke's study again.
If it's really her that's causing the problem, then she should stand up and find a way to fix it......
Thankfully, she is an alchemist, making a bottle of 'Elixir of Oblivion' to make sure that the Marquis of Marina forgets all the unpleasantness of Constantinople!
She was thinking when the closed door to her study opened.
The Grand Knight Captains came out one by one with scruffy beards, all of them with dark circles under their eyes.
Lance, the big knight who was stretching his waist, was caught off guard and saw Li Ellie.
Li Aili came back to her senses, and just raised her hand to say hello to everyone, who knew that the knights took a big step back and opened up the distance between Li Ailie.
Ellie Lee: "??? ”
In the end, it was Balk who nodded reluctantly to her. At the same time, a 'shivering bubble' emerged above his head:
[I should thank her for not killing.] 】
Ellie Lee: "......"
The knights didn't give her a chance to speak, and they leaned against the wall, one by one, like a mouse that saw a cat, and ran away, so fast...... Yesterday, the cyclops would never have been able to run three meters before they could be pressed to the ground.
Li Elli approached the study, where the Duke was leaning back on the sofa and closing his eyes.
"What did you say at the meeting last night? Why did they run away when they saw me? ”
The Duke patted the cushion next to him and motioned for her to sit down.
Li Ailie sat down angrily, and the duke said lazily, "Do you have a grudge against Harry Clark?" ”
Li Elli reacted for a moment, only to remember that this was the name of Clark's current king, "No." ”
The duke asked again, "Then you have a grudge against Queen Melanie?" ”
"Not either."
"And what about you and Crown Prince Herman?"
"I haven't seen them before, what's the grudge?"
The Duke nodded, and said slowly, "That's probably why they're afraid of you." No grudges, no grudges, you're about to kill this family. ”
Ellie Lee: "......"
"Actually, the meeting ended an hour ago." The Duke got up and walked to the window and opened the window of the study.
"Guess what the knights were talking about in the last hour." The Duke sat back down beside Li Li.
Li Aili rolled her eyes at the man who sold Guanzi, "How do I know?" ”
Arthur Leng Jade tilted his head sideways and said lazily, "They are racking their brains to remember if they have offended you in any way. ”
Ellie Lee: "......"
The duke couldn't help but itch his hands, raised his hand and quickly rubbed Li Ellie's head, "They have never been afraid of facing giants, congratulations, my lady." ”
Ellie Lee: "......"
She followed the Duke's 'slow-moving' speech and said sarcastically, "Then they have to be careful. Not before, but now it's hard to say. ”
The two looked at each other and smiled.
The conversation just now directly reassured Li Ailie.
"Seriously, if it's really a big problem, the 'Forgetting Elixir' will do enough, you know." Li Aili said seriously.
The Duke chuckled, and a 'fire' burned in the depths of his eyes that Li Elli couldn't understand, "Why should I save Harry Clark?" ”
Arthur Leng Jade looked out the window, his pupils seemed to turn into snake-like 'thin lines' in the sunlight, "Justice is always late. ”
There was an abrupt knock on the door.
Knock, knock.
This familiar knocking rhythm is Conrad's yes.
The duke said lightly: "Come in." ”
Conrad walked in, "Your Highness, there's a group of centaurs outside the castle. ”
The race of centaurs is especially memorable to Li Ellie.
After all, in front of the two knights, it was the 'outstanding horseman' of this clan who wanted to assassinate her.
The Duke stood up and straightened his clothes.
"Let their patriarch come to me alone. The rest is arranged in the West Forest. ”
The Duke said to Li Lie, "It's the Assassin's clan. ”
Li Aili then remembered that Jasmine, the centaur girl who was rescued from the dark prison by the flower fairy.
Li Aili asked, "You took your sister as a 'hostage' before, but I haven't seen that centaur girl in the castle again, where did she go?" ”
The Duke was speechless: "How could I possibly put her in the castle. ”
Ellie Lee got up, "Ah, speaking of which, she still has something to do with Alice, and I want to go see her." ”
So, ten minutes later, Li Aili got into the carriage.
The carriage galloped all the way to a stop in the lower part of Canterlot.
The manservant who led the way for Lee gave her a black cloak.
Li Aili put on a cloak to cover her excellent appearance, and the two got out of the carriage one after the other.
The valet led her through the alley and into a filthy tavern.
I saw the rejuvenated centaur holding a small harp, standing on the stage of the tavern, singing like a bard:
"Oh~ Look, the noble elves of the past, now they only know how to earn gold coins."
Li Li: "......" is okay, not a word of the lyrics is in tune.
The manservant was afraid that she would not be able to hear, so he lowered his voice and explained, "Madame, she is learning how to be a good bard. ”
Li Eli: "............" bards sing poems, and she hums limericks.
She lowered her voice and asked, "Is this really okay?" ”
Manservant: "What? ”
Ellie Lee: "She's so under the guise of a bard...... Wouldn't the bard really form a group to beat her? ”
Manmaid: "......"
"Hahahahaha, hahaha!" The drinkers were already mad at the woman.
"Ah~ You see, the foundry masters of the past, they were opening a bakery, they sold stew soup, they didn't work as blacksmiths but became cooks~"
A drunken man's stomach cramped with laughter, and a punchbag-sized fist thumped the wooden table of the tavern.
"I'm laughing so much that I'm sobering up!! Hahaha!! Come on and tell her to stop! Hahahaha! ”
The manservant finally held back a sentence, "Anyway, this profession is much better than that of an assassin." ”
Ellie Lee: "......"
"Someone else's words, maybe, but her words...... I'm not sure. Li Aili looked at the people on the stage.
The little harp on the stage was plucked indiscriminately, making a twisted tune.
Li Aili knew that someone sang with incomplete pentatonic tones, but the first time she heard someone with a harp was also incomplete pentatonic sound.
But she feels that Jasmine's career crisis will definitely not come from this poor performance level.
She whispered to the manservant beside her, "I haven't heard a bard's song, but serious bards are like that...... To die? ”
Mantai: "What do you mean?" ”
Li Aili pointed to the platform with an expressionless face, "She is such a 'racial AOE', is there really no problem between elves and dwarves?" ”
Just listen, Centaur Jasmine seemed to echo her words, and sang again:
"The Holy Dragon Empire has become unspeakable history,"
"How many people still remember the glory of the Golden Dragon Clan, ah~~lalala~"
The tavern was suddenly as quiet as death.
Sure enough, her hunch was correct.
Others ask for money for singing, but this girl sings, it's terrible.
Frightened, the drinkers fled the tavern in a swarm.
The tavern's face turned pale, and he took out a crossbow from under the table in the bar and aimed it at the centaur girl with a bewildered face.
He threw out a copper plate to Ma Jasmine, and said gloomily: "It's good to sing, I won't use it tomorrow." ”
Ellie Lee: "......"
The centaur girl's ears were pressed into airplane ears, her tail was clamped in the fat horse's buttocks, and she walked out pitifully holding the little harp.
Li Elli followed the manservant.
"Why are the drinkers scared like that?"
The manservant whispered, "Because it's taboo." The gods are buried together in the taboo of history. ”
Ellie stopped the conversation as she caught up with the gray centaur girl.
"Jasmine."
Jasmine's ears instantly branched up.
"Ah, are you?" She saw two men in black cloaks.
I saw that Li Aili put down her hood.
Her appearance is unforgettable, especially after seeing this face, Jasmine, who was knocked down by a large group of strong men, ending her short career as an assassin.
She was so scared that she stumbled.
"You, you, you, don't touch porcelain! I'm telling you! I'm good now! ”
Ellie Lee: "......"