Imperial Crown

In late spring and early summer, the nights are cool.

The lights in the church were dimly on.

Lux stood at the door, covered in lights, her arms holding up the door illuminated by the moonlight.

Her golden hair flows smoothly on her shoulders, her sapphire eyes reflect the full moon like a deep pool, and her cold white skin is more dazzling than the silver.

Her cherry lips parted slightly.

Raven's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to grab Lux's hand, but the girl in the night had already turned around and walked upstairs.

During the movement, the pale pink nightgown swayed erratically, and the heel separated from the upper, showing a youthful silhouette.

After being stunned for a moment, Raven followed quietly.

On the second floor, Lux opened the bedroom door, held the gift box in her hands and placed it on her chest. Although she hesitated, she bit her lip and handed it over.

The gift box is wrapped in bright yellow satin, with a cute bow tied with a white ribbon.

Lux lowered her head slightly and looked at Raven secretly, feeling half worried and half expectant.

Raven reached out and took the box, gently untied the ribbon, and the satin fell down, revealing a wooden box.

The moment he opened the wooden box, Raven's breathing paused slightly.

It was a golden quill, made of swan feathers, but if you look closely, you will find that behind the quill that it is holding, there are not feathers, but strands of slender blond hair. The tentacles are soft and soft. With a hint of girly body fragrance.

Those were feathers woven from Lux's hair.

Lux pursed her lips, twirled her fingers around the ends of her hair, and was confused: "...don't you like it?"

"No, I like it very much." Raven smiled, clasping the gift in his palm, putting it in his belt, and walked forward slowly.

Lux stepped back step by step, suddenly screamed and fell down on the bed.

Her chest heaved and her pupils contracted slightly, looking at Raven like a little white rabbit facing a big bad wolf.

"Your feet are so beautiful." Raven said.

He didn't lie. Lux's feet were small and slender, with white insteps, long slender toes, and cute round toe belly. Due to the recent exercise, the edges of the soles were slightly red, showing clear arches.

Lux moved towards the bed, leaping onto the bed with two legs like a fish, but attracted a pair of hands chasing after her.

"My feet are not cold." Lux said softly.

"Then warm your hands for me."

But immediately, Lux knew that Raven was lying. His hand was not only not cold, but also very hot. The heat flowed along her skin and burned her cheeks red.

The moonlight is like water, and there are waves on the sheets, and the black fish is chasing the tail of the gold fish.

Finally, the goldfish stranded on the beach, leaving the black fish to nest at the bottom of the pond.

Raven was lying on the bed, looking at Lux leaning on the head of the bed, and suddenly asked: "Why the pen?"

"You are a lord and you often write." Lux blinked her eyelashes lightly: "I think... you can think of me every time you write."

Raven smiled, stood up and slowly leaned forward: "Actually, there is another way."

"What...?" Before she could finish her words, Lux's lips were already blocked, and her eyes were round, with blurred brilliance flowing in them.

After feeling confused, she seemed to muster up the courage and reached out to wrap her arms around Raven.

Just like water in a bottle, and like a fish in a bottle.

Those slender white legs were twisted together.

a long time.

Lux lay quietly in Raven's arms, her lips slightly red and swollen, and she opened Raven's hand that wanted to climb onto her waist.

Raven stopped moving and just held the slender fingers.

The atmosphere was quiet. For a while, apart from each other's breathing, the two of them could only hear the faint chirping of insects outside the window.

Lux quietly looked at Raven's side face, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her lips slowly came close to his cheek.

At this moment, Raven suddenly turned his head and their eyes met. Lux hurriedly wanted to retract, but Raven grabbed her shoulders.

Scored twice.

"Look, even if you want me to forget, I won't be able to forget," Raven said.

"...I can't forget it either..." Lux's voice sounded like a mosquito.

"What?"

"…You heard me."

Raven smiled slightly, stopped talking, and just hugged the beauty in his arms tighter.

No matter how long he stayed, Lacus would not allow Raven to spend the night in the church.

So when we left the church, it was still dark.

Raven was walking on the road, and the morning mist was gradually rising. He rubbed his fingers and reminisced about Lux's rawness, but suddenly thought of something, and frowned slightly.

"What's going on?" an old voice sounded behind Raven: "You're thinking about how to deal with that old antique who stands between you and your little lover?"

"Yeah, then..." As soon as he said a few words, Raven was stunned and turned around slowly, only to see Crouch looking at him with a weird smile, a little embarrassed for a moment.

"Les, ha." Crouch said sarcastically: "I am so old that I didn't guess that it was the abbreviation of Raven Griffith."

Just after he took advantage of the students, he was caught by the teacher. Even with Raven's face, he was a little embarrassed: "Well... I didn't mean to lie to you, it's just..."

"Stop talking nonsense." Crouch snorted: "If it weren't for the fact that you are still well-behaved, do you think you can stand now?"

"Follow me."

Crouch said so, and of course Raven had to obey.

To say that the old man has a really good temper and is in a different place, if his daughter is attracted by another little yellow hair, Raven will definitely not be as calm as Crouch.

We followed Crouch for a long way until we stopped in the depths of the Thousand Needles. The time was the deepest darkness before dawn.

Crouch walked to a boulder, flicked his sleeves, and golden light flashed with the sound of wind. Suddenly, a large amount of fine stone powder flowed from the boulder.

When the dust was blown away, the boulder disappeared, and only a set of stone tables and chairs appeared.

Then, a Louis chess piece appeared on the table, black and white.

The pattern on the chessboard also appeared, emitting a scorching light in the darkness.

This method is so easy that if Raven hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would probably not believe that anyone could do it.

Putting it on the stone is carving a shape; putting it on a person, it would be tantamount to cutting it into pieces!

"I, the old man, will play black first."

Before he finished speaking, Crouch had already moved the chess piece.

Raven could only walk to the opposite side of Crouch to fight. In just thirty steps, he was forced into a dead end and surrendered.

"Come again."

"Come again."

"Come again!"

Four games in a row, Raven lost all four games.

Crouch held the chess piece and was very proud: "Boy, you are very good at chess, aren't you? Why can't you do it now?"

"Before, I was Reiss, of course I could win." Raven smiled helplessly: "Now I am Raven, I can't win."

"Are you scared?"

"Yes."

"Then leave Lux."

"I can't do it."

"What did you say?" Crouch stared at Raven: "Say it again."

Raven stared back without giving in: "I can't do it!"

Crouch's body stiffened: "Do you know that I am a seventh-level great magician?"

"I know."

"No, you know nothing!"

Before he finished speaking, Crouch's body slowly rose, his robes moved without wind, and light burst out, dyeing his originally silver-white hair and beard into gold.

He stretched out his hand and made a stroke, and groups of pure golden flames flew out, circling around his head.

Nine balls of light, like nine blazing suns, dispelled the dark night and made the earth brighter than at noon in summer!

The tender green willow leaves were scorched, and sweat poured out of Raven's forehead, which was immediately evaporated, causing his lips to crack and bleed.

In the light, Crouch's face was serious, like the god sitting high in the church.

"Leave Lux, and I can spare your life."

Raven still held his head high, and even slowly stood up, expressing his attitude with actions.

Crouch's eyebrows jumped - he was able to withstand his pressure, and this kid has already reached the third level! ?

The third level has only been cultivated for two years! ?

A trace of appreciation emerged in his heart, but his attitude became even colder:

"Don't know whether to live or die!"

Crouch waved his long staff lightly, and a scorching sun roared towards Raven!

Before he got close, the high temperature generated by the burning light caused the jungle next to him to burn with a raging fire!

Ashes rose.

Raven stood there, not moving at all.

The scorching sun passed by his ears, and the scorching heat burned his hair and curled it, falling into the land behind him!

Boom——

The earth shook!

A huge amount of mud and sand was splashed along with the broken giant tree, and was ignited and melted by the terrible heat in mid-air, turning into heavy rain of fire.

Raven slowly turned his head and saw a deep pit with a diameter of tens of meters appeared a hundred meters behind him. The pit was full of cracks, and the cracks were filled with red magma. The bottom of the pit had turned into a lava lake!

The original flat land turned into a dangerous landform like a crater!

"Raven!" Crouch's voice sounded: "If you don't agree, I will destroy your Eagle Town and then kill you!"

"No...you won't." Raven said.

Crouch frowned: "You want to bet that I will be soft?"

"I never gamble." Raven shook his head, his voice weak but clear: "The reason I say this is because you are Lux's teacher."

"Her teacher will never kill innocent people."

Yes, if Crouch is really that kind of person, he could have taken action earlier, and there is no need to wait until now.

Crouch was silent, the eight groups of scorching suns around him gradually dissipated, and his body fell back to the ground: "... Raven, you are really smart. It seems that I was soft-hearted for a while, but you saw the flaw."

Raven said: "This is because I believe in Lux."

Hearing him mention his students again, Crouch snorted: "Since you know Lux so well, why don't you know yourself?"

"How long can you live with the blood curse on you?"

Raven said: "... Eighteen years."

"Eighteen years! You only have eighteen years left to live. Do you want my students to be widows for you?" Crouch touched Stretch his beard, eyes rolling: "But I have a way to deal with your blood curse."

"How about this, you make a soul oath and leave Lux from now on, and I will help you remove the blood curse, how about it?"

Raven did not hesitate for a moment: "I refuse."

"I am still young, and the blood curse can be slowly solved, but eighteen years of life is not short."

"I don't accept a life without Lux!"

This sentence choked Crouch all of a sudden. He is old and cunning, and he can tell whether he is lying at a glance. Raven's words are not false at all.

Little bee, why do you catch a flower and won't let go!

I tried to coerce him, but it didn't work; I also tried to bribe him, but it still didn't work!

Instead, this guy showed off his face!

"You are really incompetent." Crouch sighed helplessly.

Lei Wen said firmly: "This is my attitude. Why don't you go and persuade Lux?"

"Hmph! You know her, don't I? She's just a stubborn person! No one can pull her back if she's determined, not even if I'm her teacher!"

Crouch scratched his head and scratched his head anxiously: "I don't know what's so good about love and love. One or two of them have this kind of virtue!"

Raven looked happy: "So, you agreed to let us be together?"

"What a promise!" Crouch waved his hand: "She is a priest. Do you understand priest? You don't understand the twists and turns here at all!"

Raven asked: "What do you mean?"

"It's boring!" Crouch snorted from his nose: "When I was young, I was angry with the teacher, and when I am old, I am angry with the students. I have never been peaceful in my life."

"I have some things that I need to think over."

As he said that, he was about to leave. He stopped halfway, turned around and pointed at Raven and said, "Be more honest lately and don't always go into the church. If you do something outrageous, I won't forgive you!"

Watching Crouch gradually go away.

Looking at the deep pit that was still steaming with scorching heat, Raven lowered his head and touched the chessboard. The touch was as delicate as jade: "This is the seventh level..."

After sighing with emotion, he sighed in annoyance, took out his staff, and began to chant a spell.

Why?

Put out the fire!

Just now, Crouch had a great time showing off his power and set a lot of trees on fire. If he didn't do this, they might be burned to something like that.

After the heavy rain washed away, the flames gradually extinguished, and Raven returned to the eagle collar under the rising sun.

When walking on the street, you can still hear passers-by talking about a meteorite falling in the direction of Thousand Needles Jungle, and some people are discussing whether to pick up meteorites in exchange for money.

Lei Wen, who knew the truth, was silent for a moment, but it had to be said that when a seventh-level powerhouse took action, the power was not inferior to the power of nature.

Back at Eagle Castle, Raven sat in the study, playing with the gift Lux gave him in his hand, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

I gained a lot today, I saw a seventh-level powerhouse take action, and most importantly, I found out Crouch's attitude.

He is obviously on Lux's side and thinks about Lux in everything.

And being on Lux's side also means that he is on Raven's side.

In fact, several times in the middle, Raven considered whether to ask the Bone Dragon to take action, but in the end he restrained himself with his understanding of Lux and his grasp of human nature.

Now it seems that this decision is extremely wise.

"Lord Baron." Petty's voice sounded.

Raven was slightly dissatisfied: "Didn't you tell me not to notify me no matter what happens today?"

"Please forgive me, Lord Baron, but I have to tell you this news."

Petty's voice was a little frightened: "... Count of Montreal, come to visit!"

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