Go home, go home.

Bai Yu wondered if Cortilia didn't have the idea of homesickness.

But seeing that he was almost at the gate of Bach's house, Cortilia's pace began to slow down.

What I said before was so powerful, I didn't start to be stunned when I arrived at the gate.

Bai Yu looked at the prosperous manor located in the suburbs of Huadu from afar, and sighed: "It is worthy of the residence of the Grand Duke's family, this house is definitely not cheap, if it is placed in Sukabule, the street lamps must be full of capitalists to afford it." ”

Cordelia didn't answer, she stood under the street lamp, looking silently at her home.

In her cognition, it has been less than half a year since she left home this time, but three years have passed for her relatives.

She thought about it for a long time, and she didn't think about what kind of opening sentence she should use later.

Even Bai Yu's ridicule was heard.

"Don't you call a door?" Bai Yu asked, "Do you go, or do I go?" ”

It's nothing for him to be cheeky to knock on the door, but there is an outsider there, and Cortilia won't be hit by the double physical crit of mother's love and father's love just after entering the door.

Cortilia suddenly said, "No, there seem to be other guests in the house?" ”

The gate of the manor was closed, and only some luxury cars could be seen parked on the lawn not far behind the door.

If there are guests around, it is obviously not appropriate to go in at this time.

Bai Yu saw her squirming and pinching, and suddenly lost his patience, he was not a very impatient person, but he really couldn't stand such a hypocritical attitude, which really violated her bold and reckless personality.

Holding Cortilia up horizontally, Bai Yu tapped the ground on tiptoe, stepped on the wall, and flew to a height of dozens of meters as if he were walking on the ground, even if there was a surveillance video, he couldn't see his movements at all, the moon hidden step had already become a great realm, and the only people in the world who were faster than him were canonized and peak grandmasters.

Half a minute later, Bai Yu had already arrived at a balcony inside the manor, stepped on the handrail, and fell lightly.

"You're too bold to trespass into a private house?" Cortilia tapped Bai Yu's chest lightly: "And how do you know that this is my bedroom?" ”

"Intuition," Bai Yu said, "I think if it were you, you would definitely occupy this room with the best lighting." ”

Cortilia snorted arrogantly: "You actually know me so well." ”

As she spoke, she reached out and pushed open the floor-to-ceiling window and stepped into the private bedroom that she hadn't been back to for three years.

Everything is set up as it was yesterday when I left.

Bai Yu's fingers swept over the windowsill and desk, not a trace of dust.

Even the room that has been missing for three years has been cleaned regularly and left untouched.

"Your relatives do care for you." Bai Yu was a little envious.

He couldn't help but think of himself in his previous life, after being taken away by the bus, after his relatives attended his funeral, would he keep the room at home as it was?

Maybe.

But he hoped not.

Cortilia picked up the plush toy at the end of the bed, hugged it gently, and sucked hard, she found a familiar feeling back, and her tense spirit was slowly relaxing, like finding a charging pile, and she could feel the tiredness accumulated in her body being dispelled.

Everyone who travels far and wide thinks that he is a shell of iron, a will of steel; But the moment they got home and slumped on the sofa, they realized that they were just relying on a hard breath to hold on.

Just as Cortilia was about to throw herself on the bed and stretch out, she heard a small movement in the corner.

Skirting the bed, he tilted his head and met a pair of blue eyes.

"Yikes!" Cortilia was startled, how could there be someone in her room?

And the other party was also taken aback, and immediately got up and asked, "Who is it!" ”

At the same time, Bai Yu snapped his fingers, and the light of the fire lit up the dark room, and the two young women looked at each other face to face.

He stared in silence for about a moment.

Cortilia looked up and down and asked, "... Lana? ”

And the woman's eyes were first wary, then stunned, then incomprehensible and questioning, and finally incredulous.

"Sister Leah?"

The girl named Lena opened her mouth with a look of shock and bewilderment, and the shock in her eyes was almost like seeing some big guy who had been taken for a vegetative person get up from the golden toilet.

Although it was out of place, Bai Yu thought of a personal experience he had heard from a college classmate before.

This college classmate has been living in his grandmother's house when he was a child, and was brought up by his grandmother and mother, he asked where his father had gone when he was a child, and his mother told him that he had gone to work abroad, he was very sensible, and guessed that this was his mother's lie, and he had already decided that his father had been taken away by Lord Yama, and then after he finished the college entrance examination, his father really came back from a foreign country...... The two fathers and sons met for the first time in fifteen years, and they stared at each other for ten minutes.

At this time, Lena's psychological journey is probably similar, I thought that my sister who was no longer there is back, what will be her next sentence?

Is it excited to hug it, or is it ......

Lena wiped the corners of her eyes and asked softly, "Sister, do you have any last wishes?" I'll do it for you. ”

…… The first reaction was to deny reality, to think that it was a dream, or to see a ghost?

Cortilly Adam immediately crossed her hands on her hips: "Believe it or not, I took you away?" ”

Lena shook her head: "No, I can't go with my sister, I'm going to get engaged." ”

Cortilia wondered, "You've just come of age, why are you getting engaged now?" ”

Lena bit her lip: "This is a matter decided by the family. ”

"When did the family be so anxious to marry their daughter?" Cordelia keenly noticed that there were red and swollen marks in the corners of Lena's eyes, she stepped forward, touched her sister's face and asked, "You just cried?" Who bullied you? ”

Lena was squatting on the carpet just now, and she should have quietly hid here to drop the little pearl.

Being abruptly touched to her cheek, Lena felt the temperature, which was different from what she expected, and subconsciously held Cortilia's palm.

"It's a hot ......"

"Sister, you, you are ...... alive"

She shook her head, "You're still alive?" You're back? ”

The little girl, who was too excited, slammed two wolf ears on the top of her head, and shook in circles.

hugged Cortilia and said incoherently: "Sister, you are still there, woo wow......"

"You've grown into a big girl, why do you still cry like a child." Cortilia hugged her sister, pressed her head in front of her chest, gently touched her hair, and rubbed her ears, this action was full of the maternal demeanor of the eldest sister.

Bai Yu silently acted as an atmosphere lamp, reducing the breath and sense of presence, and silently watched this scene with his hands folded.

Soothing her sister's excitement, it took a long time for Lena to recover.

Cortilia took out a handkerchief and wiped the water stains on her chest and asked, "So, what the hell is going on, why are you engaged now?" ”

Lena asked rhetorically, "Is it because of ...... No, my sister should have told me first, where have you been in the past three years, and why did you come back? ”

"I'm a sister, you're a sister, of course listen to me." Cortilia tapped her on the head, "Hurry up." ”

Lena covered her head and spoke pitifully about the situation at home.

At this time, Bai Yu also acted as an audience on the side, and from Lena's narration, he had a more detailed understanding of the Bach family.

……

The Bach family has a long history.

Its ancestor was once a slave gladiator, and because he was blessed by a miracle, he obtained the bloodline of the golden wolf's transformation.

He was then valued by the founding emperors of Rome and became one of the first people to follow the founding emperors.

With the Roman Emperor's conquest of the East and the West, he made great achievements and was one of the founding marshals.

Received a fief and archduke from the Roman Emperor and had hereditary power in a duchi.

Even with such an honor, the Bach family is still providing talents for the Roman royal family, and almost every generation of the best heirs of the Bach family will become the emperor's generals, although they may lack military talent, only at the level of Li Jinglong, the god of war of the Ming Dynasty, but the mysterious bloodline they inherited by nature makes their personal force always enough to serve as the emperor's guard.

As we all know, power comes from being located far from the center of power.

Whether it is to be the secretary general of a big leader (such as Huo Guang) or a personal guard, although it seems that his status is not high, he is actually the confidant of a big leader.

This laid the foundation for the Bach family to continue for 800 years.

Another point that seems to be very wise, there is a family motto left by the ancestors, that is, the Bach family must not marry the Roman royal family.

This is essentially to limit the Bach family's power struggle within the imperial family, and not marrying means not taking sides.

Even during the period when the empire was divided in two, the Bach family refused to take sides, and the years in the principality were quiet for several generations.

It's just that in the era when the position of the emperor can be smoothly transferred, the choice of the Bach family is certainly smart, but once it falls into the era of imperial throne disputes, the Bach family's behavior is obviously to wait for the price to sell.

After all, it's better to take sides early...... Look at the great heroes of the famous emperors of the past dynasties, what Lingyan Pavilion 24, Liu Xiu's Yuntai 28 generals, Napoleon's 14 marshals, the top ones are basically held in advance.

If you wait until the situation is stable and then hold on, the big leader will definitely be dissatisfied with it, and the good position will definitely not be your share.

The fall of the Bach family originated during the period of the division of the Roman Empire, because they were far away from the center for too long and resolutely refused to take sides, which caused the dissatisfaction of both royal families, although in the end it was the great love that made Rome great again.

But at this time, the Roman royal family and the Bach family had been estranged for more than a hundred years.

And the Archduke Bach at that time was also aware of the changes of the times, aware that far away from the imperial power, his family was hanging under the blade at any time.

At that time, even if the Roman Empire was integrated, it was still in internal and external troubles, and key problems were not solved.

Although in the end, the stage of forcibly intensifying social contradictions by relying on the development of productive forces was skipped, this also further promoted the process of modernization.

So the then Grand Duke Bach sat in his study and thought deeply for three days and three nights, and finally made a decision against his ancestors, he had to do two things.

The first thing was to return the duchy to Rome, so that Rome would take over all the rights of the duchy, and keep only the honorary title and a part of its private property;

The second thing is to marry the royal family.

These two measures gave the Bach family a sigh of relief, and the Roman emperor readily agreed, and the Bach family re-entered the upper echelons of imperial power, maintaining its glory for about two hundred years.

It's a pity that at this point, all the hole cards of the Bach family have been played.

By the time the Roman royal family had become very little in demand.

The territory of the Bach family has been effectively reclaimed to the Reich;

As for the marriage with the royal family...... Actually, only twice.

It's not that the Bachs disagree, it's that the royal family doesn't think it's necessary.

There was only one place for the princess of the Roman emperor.

This is stipulated by the doctrine of the Holy Church, the Roman Empire is theocracy, the Roman Emperor is both the head of state and the religious leader, and must maintain the doctrine, naturally can not do the Eastern emperor with three palaces and six courts, through a large number of marriages to maintain stability;

Therefore, the position of the princess is very precious, and there is usually only one princess in an emperor, so why give it to the Bach family of the honorary Grand Duke?

As a result, the Bach family could provide only excellent guards for the Roman royal family.

However, if there is no atavistic person, almost all of them are weaker than the next.

The Bach family was already in decline a hundred years ago.

Cortilia mentioned that she has many brothers and sisters, and her parents have so many children, in addition to affection, it is also to give birth to excellent children.

But among the children of this generation, there are only two who are truly excellent.

One is herself; The other is her younger brother, Gelka.

And these two sisters and brothers are born to determine their height.

Cortilia was born with the Golden Rule; Gelka was born with the ability to transform into a silver wolf.

Thus Cortillia emerged from the Holy Church at the age of eighteen and became the official saint of the Holy Church; Gelka was also able to be selected as the Emperor's Praetorian Guard at the age of twenty and transferred to the Hunter's Bureau for training.

These are the results that have been arranged for a long time.

A strong family also needs a strong heir; And the declining family needs strong enough offspring to support.

The Bach family is nothing more than a castle in the air, and the glory of the past does not shine on the present generation.

In order to maintain the dignity of the Grand Duke, the Bach family had to establish sufficient and solid ties with the upper echelons of power in Rome.

The contemporary Grand Duke Bach thought that with this pair of children, the Bach family would be very stable for at least the next hundred years.

But as Cortilia went missing for three years in Fuso in search of Arsene Robin's secret room, the Bach family's situation began to deteriorate.

Three years have passed, and now Gelka can only be said to have a bright future, but he is too young, too inexperienced, and his status is not enough to support the Bach family.

So...... Marriage is needed.

In fact, the marriage event of Gailka has already been decided, but the two parties have not been able to get married, because the woman went to Penglai College to study and has not returned home for two years, I don't know if there is a plan to escape the marriage;

Grand Duke Bach couldn't wait for Gailka to grow up, he calculated, and the only remaining cards in his hand were to marry his daughter.

……

Bai Yu said strangely: "It's only been three years, and the Bach family has decayed to this point?" ”

Cortilia said: "Marriages between nobles are not uncommon, many are blind dates, or arranged marriages, and very few can freely love and marry...... Even so, such a rush is not very much like what a father would do. ”

The saint frowned, three years is not a long time but it is not short, time is like a knife that is not sharp, and the accumulation of time has opened a gap between her and her relatives.

Lena continued: "The object of this marriage is the Murfat family, which belongs to the new nobles, the family history is less than two hundred years, and the seniority is very short, so it is necessary to seek a marriage with the big nobles. ”

Bai Yu asked: "The price offered by this is very high?" ”

"Well, as long as the marriage is made, Bach will have the support of the factions under Murfat, who are influential in the Senate."

"It seems that Archduke Bach intends to enter the Senate?" Bai Yu thought to himself that this was not a good thing.

"I don't know." Lena whispered, "Father seems to have the will to say yes." ”

"Isn't there anyone else in the family who is against it?" Cortilia asked.

“…… The Murfat family is a very suitable marriage partner. ”

"It doesn't matter which one it is." Cortilia looked at her sister's red and swollen eyes: "The important thing is that you don't want to, then this is wrong!" ”

Lena raised her eyes, and she showed a bitter smile: "Of course I am willing, for the sake of the family, it is inevitable to sacrifice some people...... For the sake of my family, I can accept it. ”

"This is wrong." Cortilia pressed her shoulder and repeated, "This is wrong, can you sacrifice your marriage in exchange for a happy outcome?" ”

"Where is there any mistake and right, adults only look at the gains and losses, the past is the past, I am already an adult, I can't cry like a child." Lena lowered her gaze: "Everyone can't help themselves. ”

"It's not just us, but my father and mother are also under a lot of pressure."

"Sister, do you know that after the news of your disappearance came, Brother Gelka trained day and night, constantly improving his strength...... Fathers and mothers would also quarrel with each other, and the house would become empty. ”

"The situation in the Bach family is getting worse and worse, and everyone wants to do something, but there is nothing they can do; And now that I've finally been able to do something, I should be happy about it. ”

Lena comforted herself and grabbed the corner of her clothes.

"I'm not a sister, I'm not as powerful as my sister, I can't become a saint, and my bloodline is also a deteriorated breed."

"For a person like me, who is mediocre in talent and mediocre qualifications, the only thing of value is myself."

"The only thing I can do is marriage, but what else can I do?"

The feeling of inferiority spread deep in her heart.

No verbal consolation is pale until there is a gap in natural talent.

Even in a large family where there is no competition, it is natural for Lena to feel hopeless in the face of the high level of achievement that the eldest sister has brought to the table.

Thousands of words turned into a self-deprecation.

"Sister, you must not understand this feeling, right......"

(End of chapter)