"Ah...... If the nobility of the papal state had half the goodness of you, then the Church would not need to write the Bible to the world. ”

The Earl motioned for the little maid outside the door to come in, and the little figure approached with her head shyly bowed.

When he walked in front of the boy, he was held up by the earl's cane against his chin, and his face was flushed, and a big eye was clear and translucent, and he looked at the boy shyly.

"I've observed for a few days, this kid's hands and feet are quite sharp, even if there are times when he is clumsy, but it will get better after a long time." The Count looked at the boy.

"Even if you can't bear to let her do chores, it's a good thing to have someone your age with you, and you can hide in the library every day and have someone to accompany your sister, which can save me a lot of heart."

"But ......" the boy was still very hesitant, and the child's natural shyness made him a little afraid to look into the eyes of the little maid.

"Of course, I won't force you to accept this gift. This child's family is dead, and since you insist on setting her free... I had to send her back to the forest to fend for herself. ”

As he spoke, the Count took the little maid by the shoulders and was about to take her away, when the girl's face flashed with fear as she turned away, and her eyes seemed to beg to stay.

"Wait a minute!" Listening to the earl's words, the boy's heart softened again, thinking that he had also lost his loved ones, and that only his favorite sister was left by his side, and when he thought of his experience, he suddenly felt that the little maid in front of him was very pitiful.

"Okay...... She can stay, but don't say anything about what gift she is, she's a human being and deserves respect! ”

"Oh, as you wish, of course." The Count stopped, turned his face to a satisfied smile, as if he had known that the boy would change his mind.

"You see, when you're not so polite anymore, we seem a lot closer as a family, you say, Cesare."

The Count said the boy's name, and the young Cesare, apparently feeling as if he had fallen into some kind of trap, turned his head with mixed emotions and stopped talking.

Then the Count stooped down and whispered in the ear of the silver-haired maid.

"I'll just say he'll say yes, and that's up to you." Then the Count spoke in a very whispered voice that could only be heard by the girl. "Never forget Ilona, your life was given by his words......"

When the Count stood up and laughed softly at the children, the hunchbacked figure walked out of the door, not to be seen in the castle for the rest of the day.

As a young man, Cesare Hunyadi lived in his family's castle and never stepped outside the gates since he arrived at the castle, and he had only two options for his day and night, to stay with his sister or in the quiet and lonely library.

Until that year's birthday, he met Ilona, a silver-haired girl, who was both the first servant in his life and the first friend in his life.

From that day on, Cesare had an extra playmate by his side. Ilona was indeed very brisk with her hands and feet, as the Count said, and never needed to be reminded of making the bed or washing the clothes of her brother and sister.

More importantly, she was able to stay by her sister Closia while Cesare locked herself in the library, and Closia liked her because she would be gentle with her braids, better than any maid in the castle.

Cesare saw her more as a friend than a servant.

In her memory, Ilona's courage was always small, she was afraid of the dark and alone, she was afraid of the underground of the castle and the forest outside, and whenever she was asked what she was afraid of, she couldn't tell herself, as if there was a pair of eyes watching her all the time in the darkness, which made her cry with fear.

But whenever Cesare had a bold idea, Ilona always plucked up the courage to follow along. Having a supportive peer around him also emboldened Cesare.

Eavesdropping on grown-up parties, sneaking into basement expeditions, and trying to climb over the walls to see the outside world, sometimes taking Closia with them, and sometimes taking her sister asleep for fear of danger.

Once, when the two children were locked in the basement, Ilona was scared and cried, and Cesare comforted her for a long time to calm her down, and the two children slept together for a night until the next morning when they were found by the servants of the house.

There were also times when Cesare tried to escape from the castle, but each time he was violently caught by the scar on his face, and then brought before the count one by one.

But fortunately, he was forgiven by the Count every time, as if he had been connived at every dangerous act.

As the children grew older, Cesare began to live in separate rooms from his sister Closia, and the siblings were no longer as close as they used to be, and began to have their own space and time.

It's just that Ilona is getting closer and closer, always inseparable from Cesare's side, not only taking care of Cesare's daily life all the time, but also playing with Cesare every day.

The girl's body was soft and fragrant, and she would inadvertently hug Cesare's arm, and the relationship was not even like that between master and servant.

Perhaps because of the loss of his family, he regarded Cesare as his only relative.

But life was destined to come to an end, and when Cesare grew up to be an older child and had to go to school in Carliu, the family took into account much of the talk about the Hunyadi family.

And worried that the secret of the territory would be inadvertently revealed, and finally decided not to let anyone in any castle accompany the brother and sister to school, so that the brother and sister can avoid unnecessary trouble at school as much as possible.

Cesare also had to say goodbye to Ilona at the end.

On the day of parting, many members of the family came to see Cesare off, and many of the faces of the family members were unfamiliar to Cesare even over the years.

Naturally, Ilona came to the scene, and cried very sadly, the girl's maid outfit was soaked with tears, and she held Cesare for a long time and refused to let go, as if the last loved one in her life was about to leave her.

Cesare, who was still young at the time, comforted her.

"Don't be sad, I'll come back to see you often, and I'll come back to you when I'm done with school, and I'll never leave."

Cesare's smile was warm, and Ilona reluctantly let go of her hand, watching Cesare and Closia get into the carriage and disappear into the forest......

And just like that, a long, long time has passed...... Only now did Cesare finally return to the castle.