Imperial Crown

Raven returned to the hall and took off his hood, shaking off the snow from his shoulders, with an afterthought smile on his face.

Only when he was by Lux's side could he truly relax, as energetic as a monster that had absorbed enough yang energy.

"Raven——"

Nancy's voice suddenly sounded in the hall, and its intensity made Raven's ears hurt.

He looked up and saw Nancy standing on the stairs glaring at him, and he was suddenly confused: "What's wrong?"

There was nothing fake about Raven's appearance.

But it was this unpretentious confusion that completely ignited Nancy's anger.

All kinds of memories came to her mind. She went to find Raven herself and sent Jenny to find Raven. However, Raven kept saying he was busy and kept pushing away!

Even if I had a meal with her, I would only eat two dishes and leave in a hurry, regardless of the fact that she still had a lot to say.

She endured it because she knew that Raven had many things to do, and she also believed that Raven could understand and be moved by her consideration, and would definitely make amends and take time out to play with her for a day.

However, this kind of waiting was completely in vain today. Raven did take a lot of time and put a lot of thought into it...

It just wasn't used on her.

Only it didn’t work on her!

And looking at Raven's appearance, it was clear that he had never cared about her at all!

Nancy's hands grasped the railing, her breathing began to become rapid, and her eyebrows twisted tightly: "What did you do?!"

Raven also noticed that Nancy's mood was not right and stopped smiling: "I went out to do something..."

Before he could finish speaking, Nancy rushed down in two steps: "Tell me, what is it that deserves Baron Raven, who is so busy every day, to go out at night and come back in the middle of the night!?"

Regarding the matter with Lux, Raven didn't want to say more: "It's a little private matter."

"What's the private matter? Tell me clearly." Nancy hugged her shoulders and stared into Raven's eyes.

This aggressive attitude made Raven start to feel irritable. He didn't want his good mood to be wasted here, so he walked upstairs casually: "It has nothing to do with you."

Unexpectedly, Nancy suddenly pushed him on the chest: "You are not allowed to leave until you make it clear!"

There are a lot of things to deal with every day when he opens his eyes. When meditating, he has to think about the next day's schedule. After finally relaxing for a while, he is interrogated inexplicably. Raven is really aroused: "Nan Qian! Why are you so crazy in the middle of the night?"

Nancy showed a sarcastic sneer: "Am I crazy? Yes, I am crazy!"

"For Lux, a priest who is destined to devote his life to the Lord of Light, you created such a huge fanfare. The fireworks are so beautiful! The entire Eagle Territory can see it!"

"Aren't you very busy? It turns out that what you are busy with every day is not official work, but thinking about how to please your mistress and how to please that bitch!"

"Ha! You treat people as your treasures, but they may not think highly of you! You ran back from the church dejected. You are very happy, right?"

Raven's chest rose and fell violently, and he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth:

“It’s true that a dog can’t change its habit of eating shit!”

Nancy was startled. She didn't expect Raven to say such words: "What?"

"I said your old habits die hard!" Anger surged up, and Raven's words showed no mercy:

"I know what you think. You feel it's unbalanced that I go to accompany Lux instead of you, but have you ever thought about why I have to accept the invitation you sent out?"

"Just because you are the daughter of the Fox family!?"

"This world is not centered on you, and it will not run according to your thoughts!"

"You're right, I can squeeze in some time every day, but I will never use this time on you!"

"Do you know how much I hate your 'noble games'?! Being with you is not relaxation, but torture!"

"How wronged and considerate do you still feel? You can only move yourself!"

"As a baron, I only need to deal with affairs. You, an idle person, have a lot to think about, right?!"

Raven's voice echoed in the hall, causing all the male and female servants who had pricked up their ears to eavesdrop to shrink their heads. The soldiers standing guard at the door looked at their noses, noses, mouths, and hearts, and for a moment they felt a little bit hateful to themselves. Why do you have ears?

In fact, Raven's words were mostly out of anger, and he didn't really hate Nancy.

But at this stage, Nancy, who is also emotionally focused, certainly wouldn't distinguish it. Her eyes widened and she nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I finally told the truth!"

"But Raven, you are too self-righteous. Do you think I invited you because I have a crush on you?"

"It's because I am bored and want to kill time! Do you really think you are special?"

"You're right, I just like to play the 'noble game', I just like to waste time, I just like to control your life!"

"Because I am naive, selfish, and willful!"

As she said that, she suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Raven's arm and started to walk out.

Raven shook his sleeves: "What are you doing?"

Nancy frowned and said, "I am the daughter of the Fox family, and I am also a willful eldest lady! Now I will show you my willfulness!"

"Now, come out with me, and I'll go with you to find Lux! Don't you like being with her? Put on another show like the one before, until dawn, and I'll watch it with you!"

Raven swung his arm and broke away from Nancy's hand:

"Are you sick!?"

Nancy was thrown aside, knelt on the ground, held her red right hand, and shouted loudly: "Yes, I am sick, I am sick, fantasy disease!"

Raven resisted the urge to go up and help her, and sneered: "You dream about marrying a prince, becoming a princess, and becoming a queen in the future, right?"

"No..." Nancy looked at Raven with eyes full of pain and loss:

"I have imagined since I was a child that someone could seriously love me!"

"..." Raven felt his heart pounding and he was speechless.

Seeing Raven staying there, Nancy pursed her lips and shouted again:

"I hate you!"

Before she finished speaking, Nancy stood up and rushed out of the hall like a bird.

"Miss--"

Jenny, who had been listening behind, rushed down from the second floor. She glanced at Raven with a complicated look, a look of complaint in her eyes, and then quickly chased after him.

The hall suddenly became quiet, and only Raven's heavy breathing could be heard.

Raven stood there, looking at the night when Nancy disappeared, his eyebrows tightened, his lips pursed slightly, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

"Lord Baron..." Petty stepped forward and said in a low voice, "How about I go ask Miss Nancy to come back?"

"..." Raven was silent for a long time, sighed, shook his head, and slowly walked up the stairs.

This night, Eagle Castle was eerily quiet.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Raven heard a loud noise.

"Petty, what's going on?"

Patty, who was waiting outside the door, walked in and bowed: "Baron, it's Miss Nancy's servant who is packing things."

Raven nodded and stopped talking.

After washing up and having breakfast under Petty's service, Raven returned to the study to handle some desk work.

The noise in my ears disappeared at some point, leaving only the noise at the construction site outside Eagle Fort.

"Lord Baron, Jenny wants to see you." Volaf's voice sounded.

"Let her in." Raven said without raising her head.

The door opened, followed by footsteps: "Lord Baron, I am here to say goodbye to you on behalf of Miss Nancy."

"Go back to the manor?"

"No, Mr. Montreal sent a third-order knight to force the young lady to return to Hovey City." Jenny's voice was slightly distorted: "...it has been delayed for a week."

Raven then raised his head and saw Jenny's red and swollen eyes, which reminded him of Nancy. What would she look like now?

"Here, there is a letter for you from Miss Nancy." Jenny handed the letter up with both hands.

It's said to be a letter, but it's actually just a piece of folded parchment, and there seems to be something stuck in it.

When he opened it, there was a click, and a fiery red earring fell from it to the table.

This was supposed to be a pair.

On the parchment, there is also a line of text written by Nancy herself, which is a little cute with a hint of cuteness:

"I hate you!"

Raven laughed dumbly.

Jenny asked cautiously: "Lord Baron...can you give the lady a reply?"

"No need to reply."

Jenny's face fell, but Raven's next words aroused her heart again.

"Please pass me a message." Raven wrapped the earrings in letter paper and said in a deep voice:

"Welcome back anytime."

Jenny’s eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously: “I will definitely bring it!”

On February 1, 1194 in the Bright Calendar, Nancy left Eagle Castle, where she had lived for four months, and embarked on the road back to Hovey City.

Raven's life has returned to calm. The most time-consuming and energy-consuming strengthening work has been basically completed, and daily work and leisure can be balanced.

It's just that there is a fiery red figure missing in the castle, which makes Raven somewhat uncomfortable.

The territory is developing step by step. The scaffolding on the construction site in front of the castle is getting taller day by day. The citizens of the territory are busy, and the monument gradually begins to take shape.

The influx of refugees from the outside world is getting smaller and smaller, but the news they bring is becoming more and more alarming.

Some people say that the Snow Maple Legion has been completely wiped out, and the entire legion has turned into undead creatures; others say that Judra, a nobleman with no sense of honor, has rebelled, surrendered to the Hand of Death, and became an undead knight; What's more, it is said that the entire city of Meng and most of the Nord province have been completely occupied, and the special envoy of Slater's family is just deceiving people to go and die.

There are also some people who are either really crazy or have ulterior motives mixed in, promoting doomsday theories, attacking the Church of Light and the Empire, and even trying to imitate Meng En City and start a civil strife in the Eagle Territory.

Raven, who was keenly aware that something was wrong, did not hesitate at all. He immediately ordered his personal guards to rush into the refugee camp and kill all those who dared to spread rumors and stir up people's hearts.

Those who dared to resist were killed on the spot, and those who were caught were put on a execution platform and executed in public.

When dozens of corpses were hung like wind chimes outside Goldish Gold Town, the Eagle Territory did not suffer any retaliation, and none of the soldiers who participated in the collection suffered the so-called "curse". Only then did the rumors finally die out, and the original situation was stabilized. The human heart is in constant panic.

However, this also made Raven realize that the situation in the outside world may have become uncontrollable.

The arrival of Eberron also confirmed this.

The special envoy of the Slater family had sunken eyes and was obviously suffering from anxiety and suffering:

"Lord Baron, if you agree to send troops, then..."

"After this battle, the Slater family can guarantee that the Griffith family will be able to obtain a new fiefdom!"

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