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Lester said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, the main purpose of my visit this time is to investigate the situation regarding the large-scale magic battle that took place in Qinglin Mountain a few days ago. ”

He paused slightly, and then asked word by word: "May I ask Your Excellency, are you in the Qinglin Mountain area on the seventh day of May in the 831st year of the Julian calendar?"

"Ah~!" Vera, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but take two steps back, exclaimed in a low voice, and then hid behind Lorraine, and shouted eagerly and quietly: "What should I do, what should I do? I'm going to be arrested to do the real thing." Dragon skin, dragon blood, dragon tendon, specimens...... Wow, young master, help me......"

Lorraine turned her head to look and saw the panic in her eyes, and realized that she didn't seem to know about it.

He couldn't help but sigh that this girl's rabbit guts were simply a shame for the dragon clan. Then he stretched out his hand and grabbed her, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, there is me." Believe me, as long as I am here, no one will dare to bully you. ”

Vera looked at him pitifully and said, "Wow, young master......"

Lorraine looked at her tearful eyes, and couldn't help but feel like she wanted to tease her, but thought of what a disaster it would have been if she had gone berserk and brought her mother in again. Suddenly, like a cold water pour, he came to his senses.

He lowered his voice and shouted in a low voice: "Shut up~! They still don't know anything." If you accidentally say it, then I can't guarantee it. Don't believe it, you see. They seem to have become suspicious. ”

Vera was startled, then stood on tiptoe, glanced out from his shoulder, and immediately closed her mouth tightly.

Lorraine saw that she was quiet, and turned back to sit down. Seeing the surprised eyes cast by everyone, she smiled bitterly and explained: "She was also at the scene at that time, and she was frightened by the scene at that time. ”

Everyone suddenly threw sympathetic glances at Vera. They've all been to that messy place. Not to mention the hill that was leveled by magic, just the skeletal bones left there because of the dark magic of the necromancer were enough to make everyone who saw it tremble and be impressed.

A hint of joy flashed in Lester's eyes, but he remained silent, and said in a deep voice: "So, Your Excellency was indeed there at that time?"

Lorraine nodded and said, "Yes, I was there at the time. Not only me, but also my butler and personal attendant were there at the time. ”

Relint hesitated for a moment, and said, "Because your butler said that he and your squire had fainted at that time. I checked it out, and it did show that they had traces of black magic. So ......"

He beckoned, and someone next to him hurriedly pulled out a pen, ink, and a roll of sheep's paper. Ready to take notes, she nodded to him.

Lester couldn't help but smile when he saw this, and then said earnestly: "So...... Your Excellency, could you please tell us a little bit about the situation? ”

"Well, let me think about it. Lorraine tilted his head, thought for a moment, and then said categorically: "Can't~!"

Everyone was stunned. The clerk, surprised, poked a hole in the parchment with the pen in his hand.

Lester was stunned and said, "Can't? Why?"

Lorraine also looked strange and said, "Why should I sue you?"

A mage next to him couldn't sit still, stepped forward, and shouted menacingly: "In order to ensure the safety of the empire and the peace of the people. It is everyone's obligation to cooperate with our investigations. ”

Lorraine gave him a surprised look and rebuked unceremoniously: "Keeping the empire safe? where were you when that dragon appeared? For the peace of the people, where were you when she kidnapped my people?"

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, he suddenly stood up, tore his clothes open, revealing the wound on his shoulder that had just healed, and cried out, "Where were you when the necromancer appeared and swore to take my soul?

The mage stopped in astonishment at the horrible scar on his shoulder, unable to utter a word.

When the mages heard the meaning of his words, they couldn't help but look at each other in shock, and finally believed that the young nobleman opposite was indeed on the scene at that time, and had experienced that battle of life and death.

The hall suddenly fell silent, and even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard clearly, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Finally Lester coughed lightly twice, breaking the silence in the hall. Then he said, "Your Excellency, you are deeply admired for your heroic deeds......

Lorraine waved her hand, got dressed again as if nothing had happened, and said calmly, "It's nothing. As a nobleman, it is my duty to protect the safety of the people. There's not much to say about that. Otherwise, why don't you have to do any work, everyone will give you all the food and drink?"

Lester couldn't help but be stunned when he heard him say that the nobleman was like this, but when he thought about it, although his words were a little blunt, they were indeed like that.

At this time, the experienced old mage had already figured out Lorraine's temper and knew that he belonged to the donkey, and his tough posture could only get worse and worse. The bishop's assistant who was thrown out is an example. Therefore, he also lowered his posture,

I saw him sigh softly, shook his head and smiled: "Earl, with your knowledge, even if you go to the Maple Leaf Danlin to teach philosophy, it is more than enough. ”

Lorraine smiled faintly and did not speak. But in my heart, I was very disapproving: I will teach you with the knowledge of the 5,000-year history of human civilization that I have, young master, I am not impatient yet~!

As soon as I go, all the people who eat bastards and beast bricks are out of class, and they still have to hate me to death.

If you want to talk about this scholar's, isn't that it? When you're usually fine, you have an unspoken rule of two female students or something, cultivate your sentiments, and plagiarize two papers, it's nothing, but the key is that you can't smash their jobs.

Back then, Bruno was burned at the stake by a group of school tyrants because he couldn't see clearly, and Galileo and Lao Jia were also blinded.

However, for these shallow mages, their compliments are just listened to, and there is no need to explain them clearly, not to mention, depending on the meaning of the old mage, there are 'but' to say.

Sure enough, he listened to Lester's tone and continued: "But Lord Earl, you must also know. This time the incident happened too suddenly. We simply didn't have time to react. You have complaints, and we can understand that. We also have deep sympathy for your loss......"

Hearing this, Lorraine couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, these guys are really not a good thing, they didn't even say a word of apology, but just replaced it with a fluttering 'sympathy', which is really hateful.

But on the surface, he remained silent and listened to the other party quietly.

Lester changed his posture and continued, "Your Excellency, you must also understand our difficulties, and we are not well funded. There are not enough people, and the guys in the temple are always at odds with us. They don't see any good, so they hide far away, just shouting cheers there. When he saw the benefits, he rushed over and grabbed them more ruthlessly than the earth dogs fighting for. ”

Vera didn't expect the intrigue in the human world to be so powerful, and when she heard the old mage's heart-wrenching truth, she couldn't help but whisper in surprise, pricked up her cute little ears, and listened carefully word for word.

Like an old man next door, Lester continued to chatter and said: "In order to solve cases, everyone often comes in the wind and goes in the rain. Many times, I can't even go home. There aren't many opportunities to eat a hot meal either.

Despite all this difficulty, my colleagues and I are still working hard to do our part for the peace of the Empire. ”

He looked into Lorraine's eyes seriously and said, "Your Excellency, please be considerate of us. In order to avoid this kind of emergency next time, can you please describe the situation at that time? So that we can analyze it and draw lessons from it. It also allows people in other places to learn from it. ”

I have to say that this old mage is quite powerful. Putting the facts and reasoning, this sincere and earnest remark, even if it is a stone, will nod.

Even the mages had a look of emotion on their faces. They all looked at Lorraine and thought to themselves, "This time this poor and arrogant little nobleman should have no complaints, and will tell the story in detail, right?"

But they were disappointed to see Lorraine yawn and sit there looking listless, and they couldn't help but be very angry.

didn't know that Lorraine had already heard too much about words like this, and she had immunity, and even formed the habit of wanting to sleep when she heard it. Even if he didn't fall asleep like this, it was already the result of his old man's strong mental perseverance fighting against the Sandman.

At this time, Lorraine saw that he was always finished, so he rubbed his face vigorously, sobered up, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I want to change the bad habits I developed before, but I can't help it, I can't change it." By the way, what did you just say?"

Lester found that the warm atmosphere he had painstakingly created was all gone, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly. But it's hard to blame this stinky and hard-tempered poor aristocrat.

He twitched the corners of his mouth and said patiently: "I'm asking Your Excellency, in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again next time, can you tell the story of the situation at that time, so that people in other places can also learn from it and avoid a tragedy." ”

Lorraine sighed and said, "Master Mage, you just said that. This year's economic downturn has made life difficult for everyone. Under the pretext that the harvest was not good, those hateful people kept dragging their feet and not paying taxes.

I have another big family here who wants me to eat and wear, especially those half-grown cubs, not to mention how much they can eat. My castle is now ruined like this, and I don't have the money to repair it.

The tax collectors didn't care about our difficulties, and when the time came, they came to the door to ask for money. Dare to say 'no'. They scavenged and grabbed things. More ruthless than the Japanese devils. Ah, what do you mean by Japanese devils? These are a bunch of ferocious little radishes that live in the abyss and hell, and there is no more inferior animal in the world.

The last time I went to the dragon's lair to save people, I owed a lot of money in order to buy equipment.

Wounded in battle, the cost of medical treatment is frightening, and there is nowhere to reimburse ......"

These people under his command either cheated and didn't work well, and none of them could see it, so they secretly ran to drink and fight to make themselves beautiful.

Or, it's just some clumsy people who can't do anything. Two days ago, I set fire to my blacksmith shop. ”

"Wow~!Young master, don't scold me. When Vera heard him talk about herself, her big eyes were suddenly filled with mist, and she said, "People didn't mean it. I just wanted to help. I'll correct it later......"

Lorraine glanced back at the poor girl and said coldly, "Don't worry." I won't scold you, but in terms of losses, I will add interest and deduct it from your salary. ”

Seeing him bullying such a pure and lovely little girl like this, the mages couldn't help but look at him with contempt, and scolded in their hearts: This damn miser~!

Lorraine blinked, "Hey, where did I just go?" Oh, yes......

Seeing that he could speak better than himself, Lester next to him couldn't help but shudder, hurriedly interrupted him, and said directly: "Your Excellency, we all know your difficulties, I don't know what you want?"