Chapter 14: Night
【Little Konara Manor】
【Wenti County Dragon Heart Club Hall】
Today, there are more people outside the door than ever before. The variety of carriages is extremely luxurious. There is not a single dragon carriage here, because in the eyes of your nobles, the grade of the dragon carriage that civilians can sit in is lower than that of the horse-drawn carriage by default.
The neighing of the tall horse, the cute lizard dragon, is coming even more at ease.
The hall was vast and much brighter than expected, and those golden fluorescent magic lamps floated in the air, illuminating everything bit by bit. Here, even the high walls are so solemn and luxurious. There was a group of blonde-haired girls dressed in costumes and singing a chorus softly, and the song was melodious and pleasant, well, in fact, they were in Elven language, and it was just pleasant.
People dance slowly. Elaborate dresses are complemented by well-dressed suits.
The man's hand slowly rested on the woman's waist, more accurately, on the buttons of the crimson dress. The woman's blonde hair ran down the white skin of the gown, covering all desire. The ends of her hair were slightly curly, with some silver dots on them. She doesn't have pointed ears and is unlike everyone here.
The man was bald, and he looked a little unique in this ball full of elves, his eyes were dark, and his face was so plain. His eyes kept staring at everyone present, except for the woman he was "hugging".
"Duke Victoria...... It's an honor for you to be here for this big ball, and it's a pleasure to have you here. "The man is so close that it's like talking in a woman's ear.
"Lorcan, I'm here because of ...... You're underestimating your enemies...... No small thing can be done. Victoria looked at the handkerchief on Lorcan's suit with some disdain: "Your man is dead...... And you've already failed once, I'm just here to inform you that you have to deal with that kid at this point in time. After the Dragon Conference, you're running out of time. ”
The dance was going on slowly, and the couples who were dancing to the music hugged each other.
"Ah~ It's really grinding~ Why are you saying this at the ball? Isn't it good to accompany me through this dance? The bald man was still looking at the others, his dark eyes getting brighter and brighter, and in the corner, a man stood upright, looking at him.
"You may not know the importance of this yet, so he asked me to give you a heads-up." The woman named Victoria put her hand on the bald man's heart, and with a gentle touch, sweat beaded on Lorcan's forehead, and he hummed softly to soothe the horrible pain.
"That's terrifying." Lorcan let out a bitter smile.
"Watch your words. Loken. You didn't think you wanted to see God sooner, did you? Victoria laughed too. Her smile was more like a scornful smile that slowly unfolded.
"If I could, I would like to too, but you know what? When a person is dying, he doesn't care what he says. Lorcan's hand clenched tightly, and there was a button in it, which turned into fine sand and slowly fell onto the rimmed floor tiles.
The golden fluorescent flying, they are like small insects, at the moment boundless rotation, around the two of them, and like smoke and dust dispersed, slowly floating, recovering as before, if you don't know their identity, everyone present will probably think that they kissed together, how romantic it is, in fact, it is indeed Lorcan lying on Victoria's shoulder in pain, sighing painfully.
"I think the death of my third brother has proven that I will not let that little imp participate in the Dragon Conference alive. Let him rest assured. Lorcan stood up straight, his hand no longer daring to rest on her red dress, so he slowly placed it behind his back, and the pain on his face stretched a little.
"The best, really...... I don't want to see him at the Izuru Conference. Even his sister. Victoria's dance steps were a little slow, moving her red heels between the changes of footwork, lifting her feet and tapping them, and then changing and lowering them.
"If that's the case, then it's too bad, I mean, the Dragon Conference is going to have one less genius." Lorcan moved his neck. The bones rattled and made a loud noise.
"There is no need for geniuses in this world, especially outstanding geniuses, who will make people feel scared, at least make a person feel scared. I can trust you one more time, that's all. "Victoria's eyelashes are long, and they still have white stars on them.
Lorcan nodded and shook his suit, and walked briskly across the stage where the singing elves were standing, and the standing man answered him, draped his white fur suit over his body.
Victoria was still solo, but still a pas de deux, dancing as if she was spinning with an unseen person, her red dress blooming like a flower, her fingertips gently caressing "that person's" cheek, and quickly completing the last spin of the dance.
Everyone was hugging and kissing.
"So what's next?" The people around him walked respectfully beside Loken.
"I can't keep a genius that can't be used by me." Lorcan snapped his fingers one by one, his fingers rattling one by one.
They went fast.
"What do you mean?" The man's green eyes glowed slightly green in the sunlight.
"Where's Jerter?" Lorcan walked through the corridor of the hall to the door, where the people in suits bowed in unison.
"Jert is resting." The man replied.
"Then it's a lot harder than you think." Lorcan had a cigarette in his pocket, but he didn't light it. He quietly looked at the marble pillar in front of the door, on which the dragon pattern climbed up, and the symbol of the Dragon's Heart Society was engraved on it.
Lorcan took a deep breath and exhaled again.
The sky is obviously shining brightly, why is it so heavy?
"I need to get to Fran right now, and you'd better not let me down. Loken. Victoria slowly walked out of the hall, how did she manage to wear high heels without making a sound?
This terrible woman.
"It's really embarrassing for me~" Lorcan came back to his senses and said this sentence as if singing: "Although I am full of energy now, but without some substantial rewards, my strength will be weakened several times~"
"Don't expect anything that doesn't exist. It's not something you can control, you just have to do it, no one won't give you a second chance, cherish it. Victoria lifted her head slightly, and looked at the gate of the manor, where there were white doves illuminated by the sun, and they rose and fell like golden birds.
"Ah~ I knew you would say that, then, my dear Duke Victoria, may I ask a question?" Lorcan still didn't look at Victoria, he smiled at all the white doves.
"Say!" Victoria was cold as if she was spitting cold.
"Am I going to die?" Loken's words were a little cold.
I was stunned for a moment.
"That's up to him, not me." Victoria was even more cold and lifeless.
Lorcan felt that he had no way of confirming that Victoria meant the real him or the imp he had never met.
"That's really sad." Lorcan was completely devoid of style, but stood on the steps with his waist crossed: "Fate is even more difficult than imagined."
He seemed to be asking a question.
But there was no one to give him an answer.
Victoria didn't look at him. Instead, he walked straight to the carriage, and the sound of high heels made the two people present a little frightened. The red of the dress disappeared into the white of the carriage, as if it had never come.
Wait for the tall white horse to pull this formidable woman away. Lorcan suddenly fell to the ground.
"Ha~ ridiculous."
【Honti County Internal Affairs Office】
"Your Excellency Dragon Beard, secret report." Kaft walked through the corridors of the Interior Mansion and handed over an envelope that could not be smaller than the Beard of Dragon.
Kaft's eagerness caused his uniform to begin to wrinkle.
Long Xu Gong held his forehead, his brows were tightly locked, and he answered the letter, his eyes were still on the letter, and suddenly like a blue spark blooming.
"The firesparrow is dead."
The blue spark, with a sound, dissipated at once.
If you don't pay attention to it, you will be in a trance if you have even heard it.
"That's the only good news these days." The dragon beard man was still holding his forehead.
The brow is slightly stretched.
"Hasn't the missing child been found?"
"No, but as things stand, it's just a decoy to confuse the public." Kaft stood next to him and pulled out a document: "This is the interrogation record, compared with the data information."
"Did you find anything?" Long Xu Gong glanced at the documents and stared at Raft.
"Most of the information on record is not really missing, but just temporarily hiding. Someone gives them gold coins, they hide and report it to get money, it's as simple as that. ”
"Lorcan or Lorf?"
"Lorcan."
"That's understandable."
"He wants to hide a child who is about to go missing."
"Who?"
"Jack Niemann."
Long Xu Gong touched his beard, as if he was confused.
"Jack Niemann, yes...... The children of the Niemanns five years ago? ”
"According to the patrol, Jack Nieman is often seen in the area of the keel ruins."
"He found the keel?"
"I don't know. But it shouldn't be possible for a small child to do it. ”
"He's related to Lorcan?"
"There's no indication of a relationship."
"Did he go today?"
"I went, but I didn't return at noon. It should still be in the keel ruins. ”
"Go and protect him."
"One more thing, Your Excellency Dragon Beard. Jack Nieman is said to be the genius child who is rumored to be in the city. ”
"Oh? Then you have to be more careful. Long Xu Gong lifted the pen and wrote down something.
"Check out the more famous kids in each area and see if they're missing. If there is any obstacle, go directly to the Flying Eagles' adjudication process and be taken into custody. ”
"Yes!" Kraft saluted and left quickly.
The dragon beard man sealed the written things in an envelope, and the purple flame in his hand swept by, and the envelope was burned by the fire at once, and he disappeared.
"Jack...... Nieman ......"