Section 101 Dreaming

When Ashrufat arrived, he saw Gray sending a guest out.

"Ah, sir. Gray greeted Ashruphat before bidding farewell to the stranger. The latter, out of politeness, also greeted Ashrufat hurriedly, and then went downstairs and left.

When the guest left, Grey immediately welcomed Eshurufat into his office. "Why are you free to come here today?"

"Oh, just a casual acquaintance. Because I just got some news that seems to be about a tax increase. ”

"Ah, it has nothing to do with us," replied Gray. "At most, it's just half of the rent, and it's not worth mentioning. But it had a great impact on other people, and even caused a commotion. But it should calm down, right?"

"When I came over, I was surrounded by a crowd of petitioners at the Governor's Palace. Ashrufat said.

"You don't care about that rent anyway, do you?" replied Gray with a smile. "By the way, why haven't you been here during this time? I see you've been away from home for two months in a row. ”

"I'm busy outside with other things. Ashrufat replied. "Still, it's pretty much done. Who was that guy just now?"

"One of my fellow countrymen. Gray replied lightly. "Asked me for donations. ”

"Donate?" Ashrufat asked, puzzled.

"I'm from Belu...... Within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Shim, my homeland is in the southwestern mountains of Shim. It seems that my compatriots are ready to fight for national independence. As he spoke, Gray picked up a cigarette from his desk. "The Shem people won't allow that, no one will allow that, so there's a good chance that there will be wars and conflicts. And wars always cost money, probably because my fellow villagers thought I looked like I was getting ahead, so they asked me for donations. ”

Ashruphat looked at Gray, and from the other party's casual movements, he could see that this matter was not so simple. "You donated?" he asked.

"There's no way, you can only pay a little money when you encounter this kind of thing. After all, blood is thicker than water. Gray smiled, "Of course, I have to thank you, Sir. You add a lot to my salary. ”

"You deserve it. Ashrufat replied. "But it seems to me that such a national independence is very difficult. Is there a chance of success?"

"Ah, sir, this is a promising deal. If I were you, I would consider investing in it. The risks are high, but the rewards are also great. Gray replied as he smoked. "Overall it was a good deal. ”

"Don't talk about that. Ashrufat pulled several cigarette cases out of his pocket and opened one of them. "Here, take a look at this. ”

Suspiciously, Gray took one from the cigarette case, lit it with the one he was smoking, and took a big puff.

"How does it taste? Since I don't smoke, I need some professional advice. ”

"It's really good. Gray groaned. "Very refreshing. Oh, isn't it a high-end imported by Tiberius? I guess this one is worth a little silver Ori. ”

"Nope. Ashruphat placed all the cigarette cases on Gray's desk. "I'm trying to buy and sell tobacco. As I understand it, things should start from the side. These are for you, if you have the opportunity, make more strings and help me sell them. ”

"This ......," Gray looked at the boxes of cigarettes. These cigarettes are only enough for him to smoke for two or three days alone, how can they be enough to sell?

"If you like, I'll send you a box in the afternoon. Ashruphat saw Gray's hesitation.

......

"Sure enough, there was a problem with this place. It is this force that distorts the human mind. In other words, only a way to block this amount of power can be found, and the dark magic becomes a force that can be used safely. ”

Xingke was discussing related issues with his sister with great interest. In the past two months, they have achieved more than they have in the past ten years. Thanks to the new type of magic circle underground, they can easily gather powerful black magic and use it anytime and anywhere. This magic circle is based on a lot of knowledge and opinions provided by Eshurufat—the two sisters' dark arts research is completely independent, so on the one hand, their magic skills are very original, and on the other hand, they lack a lot of common sense of ordinary dark magicians. However, after staying with Ashrufat, this shortcoming was gradually made up. At this time, the magic array in the basement was no longer the same as the one under the villa on the mountain.

"Oh, two ladies, it's time to eat. ”

A greeting interrupted the lively discussion. Fana walked in from outside. Ashrufat had been out for almost two months this time, so there were only three of them in the castle—or in the master's living quarters, only three people.

"Okay, we'll be right here. Hoshimi replied. Although the twins were initially wary, now they have to admit that Ashrufat has done nothing wrong. Fana is the right person to take care of them. Because the woman named Fana was a mute person who could speak, she could no longer pronounce words in the true sense of the word, but she could speak in a way that resembled telepathic communication. But this kind of psychic communication is not "heard" by everyone. So far, only Ashrufat, the twins, and her sister Shirley have been able to feel it.

This was not innate, but was the result of some kind of evil magic, so she was illiterate and could not speak. In addition to this, Fana is also a master of family affairs. According to a certain adage - any talent requires talent. Fana's talent is to do housework. Don't look at her, she is a little confused and uneducated, but when it comes to housework, Xingke and Xingjian can't catch up. In other words, Fana is someone who can be absolutely assured that she will not divulge the secrets of the twins. She's still the kind of person who is extremely easy to get along with, straightforward in everything (at best it's called naïve and pure, at worst it's stupid), and doesn't have any scheming, so she's even more perfect.

The twins soon arrived at the table, where three pairs of cutlery were arranged.

"By the way, Ashrufat went into the city today, did you say when you will be back?" Xingke asked as he ate.

"He said he wouldn't come back at noon. Fana replied.

For some time now, it seems that Ashrufat is planning to start a new business. Although he has always claimed that "I am not suitable to be a businessman", this has not affected his busy preparation for business during this time.

......

Eshufaat sat quietly on a terrace on the west side of the castle, letting the warm sun shine on him.

There is a fixed wooden bench on this terrace, and he sits on it now. The lake near the castle still looks clear and calm, like an emerald. But the surrounding grasslands have turned yellow, revealing the true colors of winter.

It's a rare warm weather in winter. Of course, warm weather in winter doesn't really mean that the temperature is warm and pleasant, but that it is not as cold as normal. Under the sun, if there is no wind blowing, people can feel a rare trace of warmth in winter. But it was even the winter sun, and it still made him feel a little hot on his skin, and there was a slight tingling sensation.

The tobacco affair was almost done in just two months. This is mainly due to the fact that Shirley has been preparing for all kinds of things for a long time. In fact, except for the last step of capital injection, she has almost completed the other preliminary contact work. Even the price of the factory lease has been negotiated. What he really did was to take out the money according to the conditions that had been agreed on a long time ago. If it weren't for that, setting up a new chamber of commerce would never have taken as little time.

Next, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Because this new type of tobacco seems to be a good hobby in every sense of the word, and everyone who knows Ashrufat appreciates it. Although Ashrufat said that he was not a professional businessman, he had also heard a business adage: "Good things are never bought by anyone." ”

"Mr. Ashrufat?" he "heard" someone calling him, it was Fana. Ashrufat was now able to easily discern Fana's more unique words. Fana is essentially speaking with some kind of psychic communication, so her words will always "sound" softer and faster. Nine times out of ten, he was able to hear it had something to do with his dark arts practice—the twins had studied the matter, and finally came to this conclusion.

"What, Fana?" Ashruphat asked. Fana wore a pale blue long-sleeved dress that he had bought for her the last time he was in town—the right clothes for all four women in the castle.

"Are you looking at the view?" asked Fana.

"Well, just a casual distraction. Ashrufat said. Lately he had clearly felt a depression, though intellectually it was unjustifiable. What was he lacking now? He had a satisfactory position, a mansion in one of the finest castles in the country (and a house in the city for a temporary settlement), a steady and wealthy income, a fortune enough to make the king blush (not counting his tobacco trade), and two lovely brides. But he just felt a kind of depression, as if there was some impulse in his heart, some desire that could not be satisfied. This strange desire caused him to linger with his two fiancées last night last night, causing both of them to beg for mercy and still not get vented.

"Are you a little upset?" asked Fana. "Is it because of us?"

"No, it's not you. It has nothing to do with you at all. Ashrufat replied.

"Mr. Ashrufat, you bought us for so long, but you haven't been ...... I just asked Shirley, and you slept in a separate room with her when you were outside. ”

"I'm sorry. But I didn't actually ...... Didn't think about it that much. I just want to...... Actually, you've done enough for me, completely beyond the money I spent, so you two sisters are free. He looked at Fana's expression, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was saying that didn't go well. "If you don't have anywhere to go, you can stay here for a while. Fana, I'm ...... though Not a good person, but I don't want to use it that way...... I'm sorry if this has bothered you. ”

"There's no need to apologize, because I'm ...... I do not exclude Mr. Esseurofat. Fana's eyes widened and she said.

"Ah......h

"It may feel abrupt to say that, but it's actually ...... I've been in love with Mr. Essrufat for a long time. I'm actually glad that Ashrufat was able to buy us. ”

Fana slowly crouched down and buried her head deep between Ashrufat's legs. His reason was warning, but he didn't know why he didn't refuse Fana's move. After a long time, he let out a sound that was half a sigh and half a moan.

"Don't ...... like that," he said as his sanity struggled.

Fana looked up and pressed her head closer to Ashrufat's earlobe. "Knight, I secretly saw Mr. Ashrufat at night...... ...... with two ladies Using those props ...... "Under the grinding of his ears and temples, Ashrufat could feel the seemingly seductive posture on the other party's body, which made him involuntarily feel excited. “...... I'd like to give it a try......"

"I don't ......"

"If you're worried about the two ladies, then that's fine. Fana bit her lip and her face flushed, "Both ladies have agreed." If we both serve as concubines, then there will be no problem...... Starting tonight, we can ...... together ...... in that big bed."

(Author's note: It's better to ignore the bed scene, and I'll have a chance to write an unabridged version in the future.) ）

......

As soon as it was daylight, Ashruphat awoke from his dream.

He is a light sleeper and falls asleep easily and wakes up easily. In other words, his sleep is controlled by his own will.

He opened his eyes and moved the quilt, the bed was large and the quilt was large enough to cover five people lying in various messy positions without worrying about the cold. Then he found that Startick was beside him, his eyes had been opened, and he was watching him.

"Are you awake?" asked Starcut. "I just saw you...... Writhing and tense all over......"

"I dreamed. Ashrufat replied. This is the truth, although after last night's lingering, those dreams are still as punctual as ever. It was more of an image than a dream, because it was too real, and there was another reason......

"What kind of dream?" Starsign looked up and looked at him curiously. At this time, Ashrufat felt the squirming of the quilt, and something moved. If he wasn't mistaken, several others woke up.

"My dreams are weird. Ashrufat said. "Maybe it's not appropriate to tell anyone else. ”

"We're all like this now," Xingke stretched out an arm around him, and blushed at the same time, because she was undressed, and her fair body could be seen through the gap in the quilt. "What else can't be said?"

"Do you really want to hear it?" Ashruphat hesitated, perhaps, it would be better to tell what was in the dream. Besides, what else can't be said?

"I dream about a lot of ...... The scene ......," he said softly. "I see...... Countless knights wore heavy armor and rode horses in the same armor, forming a formation on the field, like a castle of steel. The wind whistled in my ears, and I drove my horses galloping in front of them, and they answered me, cheered at me, and they called me 'generals.' ”

To tell the truth, the twins' hearts couldn't help but chuckle. They had already learned about Ashrufat from Aunt Mary, and such a dream seemed to be a precursor to his awakening of memory?

"But what's so strange about that, husband. You did once be ......"

"I saw, I stopped in a strange gray plain. Ashrufat continued. "Beside me, there were many warriors in shining armor and snow-white robes. Some of them rode sturdy horses, others rode chariots drawn by white lions. The soldiers all had beautiful looks and pointed ears. As they passed me, they all raised their weapons in salute me, and they called me 'Prince.' ”

"I saw that I was standing on the walls of a castle. It was a very high wall. Beneath my feet, countless green-skinned creatures filled the flat ground outside the city, mixed with giant trolls and a few giants in the distance. The greenskins wielded crude weapons with blood in their hands, and there was a frenzy of frenzy. All the greenskins were yelling at me, they were yelling at me. They're calling me 'Boss.'" ”

"I saw me standing between the steep mountains, and a whole army was right in front of me. Those were all short and stout warriors, dressed in thick armor and with long beards. Their armor and weapons were covered with traces of battle, and they struck their shields with their weapons, saluting me with a rhythmic sonorous sound. When I passed in front of them, they cheered at me, and they called me 'Master'. ”

"I saw me in an underground tunnel. In front of me, countless humanoid creatures that looked like rats rushed by, armed with all sorts of weapons and draped in rusty, filthy armor and clothes. The creatures rushed forward in waves. In the back, I saw some giant rat monsters, and some strange war machines that glowed sickly green and looked like cannons. None of them dared to approach me, but there was a small retinue around me, and when I turned to look at them, they bowed to me, and they called me 'master'. ”

"I saw that I was in a green valley. There are dangerous peaks on both sides, and there is only one avenue at the foot. I rode my mount and stood on a small piece of high ground. Beneath my feet, I could see countless dead people staggering silently, driven by the dark arts, like a silent river of death, flowing down the avenue. Some of them still have rough flesh and blood, while others are rotten and covered with maggots...... The sky was overcast, and countless bats flew in the sky. The smell of black magic and the stench of rotting corpses spread through the air. ”

He said it in an indescribable tone, and suddenly, he shuddered.

"But it's just a dream. Xingke hesitated, but still said.

"But these dreams ......," Ashrufat decided to say at the last moment, and although these things were so incredible, he could not continue to ignore them. "It could be true. I should...... Not an ordinary person. The moment I fell off a cliff and was seriously injured, maybe I changed completely. Remember the doctor?"

"Ah, what's wrong?"

"He told me one thing. There is a hypothesis that human 'amnesia' is actually a part of the human soul that leaves the body. Perhaps it is for this reason that other souls have entered my body. So I got some memories that didn't belong to 'me'. ”

"Why do you think so?" Xingqi asked strangely. She didn't ask any further, perhaps because Ashrufat's description made her feel a little uneasy. "No matter what, all I know is that I love you now. She propped up half of her body with her hands and kissed him lightly on the lips.

......

The ornate four-wheeled carriage stopped at the gate of the castle.

The janitor immediately spotted the visitor at the door. Of course, he recognized at a glance that it was the carriage of the Countess Marianne. And this countess is the owner of the castle, Sir Essrubat, the only elder in the entire vicinity of the city of Brasian. Because of this relationship, she is the kind of guest who can come to the door directly without notification. The gatekeeper did not dare to slack off, and quickly opened the city gate.

To say that this carriage is really a rare high-end goods. Not to mention the overall construction and exterior decoration, not to mention the two horses pulling the carriage, the almost silent sound of the carriage alone is powerful enough. As the wheels passed over the flat ground, the whole car barely made a sound.

The carriage stopped in the atrium, and an old woman, the Countess Marianne, stepped out of the carriage.

"I'll tell you at once......" said the janitor politely, but the old woman stopped him.

"No need, it's all my own family anyway, so there's no need to make it so troublesome. The old woman said. After saying this, she walked towards the inner court by herself, and her movements were very natural, as if she had come to one of her outer houses.

There are very few people in the castle - although the living area of the owner of this castle is small, the overall size is not small, and it is absolutely fine to live in seventy or eighty people. However, since there are only about a dozen of them now, it is very empty. The old man walked all the way to the gate separating the master's living area and the servant's living area, and did not meet half a person.

The heavy wooden door was closed and locked. The old woman reached out and tried to pull the paw of the rabbit by the door, but she didn't know what she was doing, so she gave up after thinking about it. She looked back to make sure there was no second person, and pulled out a rather oddly shaped wire from her pocket and inserted it into the keyhole.

(Author's note: Khan, auntie, what are you doing...... Disrespectful for the old...... ）

She carefully turned the wire. It can be seen that the old woman is not very familiar with this work, at least it is not unfamiliar. Because after a short while, this ordinary door lock made a slight spring popping sound. The old woman retracted the wire satisfied, and then easily pushed the door open, and walked in with a loud bang.

It wasn't her first time at the castle. So she soon reached the bedroom door, and heard laughter, panting, and moaning coming from the crack in the door. The air is filled with the sweet smell of obscene sex between a man and a woman. Aunt Mary didn't have to ask to know what was going on inside. Still, she listened intently for a while, and a kind of ambiguous smile spread across her face. (Author's note: disrespectful for the old...... ）

She retreated to the door, where she pulled the rabbit's paws. Then waited a few more minutes before walking in again.

"Ashrufat, are you at home? I have something to do with you. She deliberately spoke in a loud voice so that everyone inside could hear her voice.

"Ah, Auntie, please wait for me in the living room. As she had expected, Ashrufat's voice was panicked.

This time she did not stop at the door of the bedroom, but as Ashrufat had said, she went to the small living room on the side, where she sat and waited quietly. After a few more moments, Ashruphat finally reached the living room. Her two nieces followed, along with two others.

It must be said that all the people, including Ashrufat, were disheveled and embarrassed, but Aunt Mary was calm, as if she did not notice anything, or did not care at all.

"Auntie, is there anything wrong?" Ashrufat asked, embarrassed.

"Tell me the truth," said the old woman. "I came to you in a hurry this time, and it didn't bring good news. Your marriage is blown. ”

"Ah......h

"Well, there's a nosy fellow who has written a secret letter to our old immortal Governor," said Aunt Mary, who seemed a little angry at the incident. "He said you weren't qualified to marry four wives at all. Because you are from a humble background, you are just a mercenary of unknown origin who cannot provide evidence of your ancestry. By law, you are not eligible to have a side chamber or a concubine. ”

"But......" Ashruphat tried to speak, but the old woman stopped him with a gesture.

"I know what you're trying to say. That's right, among the squires and nobles, there are many people who come from ordinary backgrounds but marry three or five wives. But it's an unspoken rule, something that everyone tacitly assumes. If the wedding ceremony is actually held, then naturally everyone does not care - even if someone goes through the old accounts, there is a church in front. But now you're not married. Aunt Mary sighed. "That's the problem. If someone openly objects to it, you don't have the status of nobility...... There's no way around it. It's just that we are an old and immortal brainless governor here, even if we are accommodating. ”

"So," said Aunt Mary, glancing around the five people in front of her. "Now there are two choices, the first option is that you marry this stupid girl. She pointed to Hoshimi. "The other three had to be wronged, and at most they could only be regarded as mistresses. ”

She paused, looking at Ashrufat.

"That's unfair, isn't it?" she sighed, "and there's a second option, and that's to earn yourself a real title of nobility." Just one knighthood is pretty much it. ”

"Isn't this something you can buy?"

"Not for now. Just a few months ago, I heard about it. We, the Kingdom of Gruni, have joined a convention...... Convention on the Conferment of Titles of Nobility. According to this treaty, the sale of honorary titles will be temporarily abolished from now on. I'm pretty sure it won't take too long, no more than three or five years at most, for all countries to secretly lift the ban, but I'm afraid you can't wait that long. Aunt Mary said in a serious tone. "So, I've got a special opportunity for you to become a nobleman. ”

Ashrufat had known that this aunt had a lot of energy in the past, but this time it really proved how powerful she was. She got a chance to become a nobleman without leaving her house - and from her words, it was not an honorary title bought with money, but a title of nobility in the true sense of the word.

"What should I do, Auntie?"

"One year. Aunt Mary held up a finger. "Be our queen's personal guard for a year, and your knighthood will be in your hands. ”

"Personal Bodyguard ......"

"It's not a complicated job, and in what I know of you, it's simple. The only thing you have to pay attention to is low-key, low-key, low-key. Don't let people know that you have four wives, don't let people know that you have a fortune of millions of gold orioles, and don't let people know that you are the owner of the new tobacco chamber of commerce. Patiently survive a year in a boring job...... That's pretty much it. ”

Aunt Mary shook her finger. "It only takes a year apart. ”