Chapter 31: The Guest
Early in the morning, the sun has just risen.
Soft daylight shines through the glass of the study and onto the marble floor of the study.
Li Meng and Anne, still leaning back on the wide bench as they had done last night, fell asleep peacefully. Spiegel, on the other hand, remained faithful by their side.
In the study, only the steady breathing of Li Meng and Anne could be heard...... Spiegel seemed to sense something, and his eyes, which had been silent all night, suddenly fluctuated for a moment.
Then, he went to his desk and brought the warm black tea that was about to cool down into the sink in the study for washing.
After he had done this, the door to the study opened quietly, and it was the Moqavi servant who was guarding outside the study, who walked in with his head bowed and a tray so large in his hands that it almost covered him.
His steps were quiet like a ghost.
Quiet, in order not to disturb the hostess's sleep.
He bowed his head for fear that his eyes would blaspheme the hostess.
The behavior of this Mokawi servant was not an isolated one, and in the castle, the other non-elder bloods treated Anne in this way.
In their eyes, everything Anne does is sacred and inviolable.
Spiegel took the tray, and on it lay a number of freshly cut hams that smelled and steamed, a pile of slices of bread that had been grilled golden brown and wanted to bite into it, and two buckets of warm milk......
That's right, barrel ......
Miss Anne does not feed on blood, which makes Spieger feel very strange. It also seems to be a substitute for the powerful energy taken from the blood, Miss Anne's meal is ...... Something scary.
But out of respect for the bloodline, no one questioned the supreme hostess.
Based on such a long period of observation, Spiegel speculated that it may be because the ancestor Encore did not awaken, so Miss Anne maintained the habit of eating human food.
As long as she waits for the Ancestor to awaken, she should be able to ...... Lives on blood.
Spiegel held the heavy-looking tray in one hand, and with the other he brought down the food it was full of food and placed it on the table opposite Lemon and Anne.
Soon, the entire desk was filled with sumptuous and tempting food.
......
Both Li Meng and Annie, their almost equally lovely eyelashes moved slightly, and at the same time, their noses twitched slightly......
Then, they opened their eyes almost simultaneously.
Lemon quickly came to his senses, sat up straight, and looked up at the food on the table...... And, Spiegel!
Li Meng strangely found that the weather was not hot, but a dense layer of fine sweat appeared on Spiegel's head...... He looks, seems a little nervous?
Soon, Lemon spotted the source of Spiegel's nervousness, and he turned his head to look at Anne......
When Anne opened her eyes, she could only see hollowness in her eyes, without any other color.
And the incident when Li Meng got up and made the defenseless Anne almost fall to the ground caused a terrifying aura to emanate from her body......
Well, that's right, get up gas.
Getting up is a characteristic that every creature has, regardless of age, status, or strength.
This property occurs because there is not enough sleep, or when the sleep is in progress, it is interrupted for no reason and forced to wake up.
This trait reveals that the party who is awakened and thinks that he is not sleeping enough tends to get angry...... Very angry!
Moreover, the one who is disturbed often wakes up conscious not yet fully awake after waking up...... For example, Anne is now...... At the moment, she is not rational!
......
Anne looked up expressionlessly, she first glanced back at Li Meng, who was looking at her curiously, and then ...... Turning her head again, she looked to the front—easily, and she saw Spiegel's head in the gap between the many foods, sweating with nervousness.
Out of instinctive protection of Li Meng, and subconsciously recognition of the sentence "Only those who make mistakes will show a weak expression", Anne's beautiful eyes became more and more cold......
......
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Spiegel clearly felt that the temperature of the air around his body was getting colder and colder.
The hostess's eyes are terrible now, so terrible that Spieg just wants to back down!
He wanted to escape, but the suppression of his blood made Spieg stand in place with his head down, not daring to move!
Spiegel's heart is now full of remorse, why didn't he expect that the aroma of food would cause this series of disasters!
That's right, disaster!
For Spiegel, whether it is an earthquake, a tsunami, a storm, or a volcanic eruption, it is no longer possible to move him, who is already a legendary powerhouse.
And the long life of the blood clan has also allowed him to enjoy those things that ordinary people can't enjoy early...... Spiegel is not afraid of death!
But now, in the face of Annie's hollow gaze, Spiegel's body began to tremble uncontrollably......
He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of his mistress...... Stare!
......
"Annie, what's wrong with you? Haven't you woken up yet?" At this moment, Li Meng suddenly spoke, rubbing his waist that was a little sore from lying down last night with one hand, and shaking his other hand in front of Anne's eyes.
It seemed that because of Li Meng's voice, the hollowness in Anne's eyes disappeared quickly, and soon, Anne's bright red eyes returned to their former agility.
“...... Well, Limong, I'm awake......" Anne blinked, then said softly, and then, as if she had just reacted, she looked at the food in front of her, and said with some excitement: "Wow, Limong." When did these things come in? Forget it, don't worry about it, let's eat it!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Anne jumped off the bench and began to feast.
Li Meng was not far behind and quickly joined in.
The food on the table was rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Spiegel, at this moment, finally freed his hand and wiped the cold sweat off his face.
Spiegel felt very glad that his mistake was easily made up for by this little guy named Lemon...... He really couldn't imagine how terrible it would be to face the wrath of his mistress alone.
Spiegel easily remembered how a long time ago, after Gloria was interrogated by the elders one by one, and after coming out of the ground with all kinds of torture, he was saved by a careless word from Lemon.
Well, as a blood, you shouldn't have believed in Christ...... But Spiegel can now say without hesitation that Lemon is an angel!
......
"Ahem!"
Spiegel coughed twice deliberately, even though his mistake had caused the hostess to wake up early - he had arranged breakfast at the usual time for the hostess to wake up, ensuring that breakfast could reach the optimal temperature when the hostess woke up.
But there are still some questions about the daily itinerary!
This is what it takes to be a good deacon!
Moreover, there are indeed more important things to be dealt with today, waiting for the hostess to deal with them!
"Mistress, what is your arrangement for today?" Spiegel asked humbly, but his inquiry was met with silence.
Spiegel didn't take this to heart in the slightest, because he knew that the hostess should be busy dealing with the food in front of him now.
......
Ten minutes later, Anne leaned over to her side and leaned on Limon's shoulder—she was full, and the table was almost empty.
Li Meng still didn't stop eating, he still had a lot of food waiting for him to eat in front of him.
Because compared to Anne, Li Meng's behavior when eating can be said to be reserved.
"Hmm...... Nothing arranged...... Otherwise, I'd still be in the study today, right? Oh yes, Spiegel! Li Meng was rubbing his waist just now...... This bench is still too hard, can you go and customize a monster fur for me? I want it to be spread on top of it as soon as possible, so that Li Meng can be more comfortable on it. Anne, who didn't realize that she had caused this, said casually, and as she spoke, she secretly observed Li Meng's expression, but she hardly had any other expression except for seeing Li Meng's earnestness when he was eating.
"Yes, hostess. Spiegel humbly replied to Anne, however, instead of carrying out Anne's order, as usual, as he had done, he did it as soon as he received it, but ...... Hesitantly, he froze in place.
"Hmm, is there anything else?" said Anne, looking up a little displeased, but still very polite.
And Spiegel also knew that what Anne hated most was the appearance of grinding and chirping! So, without waiting for the mistress to say anything again, he hastened to reply: "Indeed, mistress, your wisdom shines as brightly as the stars...... The day after tomorrow, the great nobles of Sicily and the surrounding Sicily will come to the Black Thorn Castle under the pretext of celebrating the birthday of the Grand Duke of Glia......"
"Oh, they?" Anne frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly said, "Wait, you mean Duke Carmen...... Are they?"
"That's right, hostess, those people are here again. Spiegel nodded, then patiently explained, "Last time, because we showed so much strength, that it was even comparable to the entire Roman Empire...... So, they started ...... Show us good!"
"What did they do earlier?" Anne shook her head impatiently, she waved her hand, and continued, "Either friends or enemies, I don't like capricious people...... I just want to stay with Limmond. So, tell these guests to let them go, the farther away the better!"