Lord of Hyranza

He stood in front of the drawbridge on a tall steed, looking up at the attic at the top of the castle, with a faint smile on his lips.

Cole Norton is a very good-looking swordsman. He has a well-proportioned figure, and his tight leather armor can't hide the bulging muscles on his body. blood, so it is the most ideal lover in the hearts of many women.

"Damn Suldak..." He cursed in his heart, this cannon fodder soldier who climbed up from the bottom of the heavy armored infantry regiment actually became the biggest stumbling block in his life.

But today he stood outside the castle, but he thought of a good method. It was all thanks to the reminder of Viscount Funak, the senior and friend of Hailansa. Cole Norton thought that he could do this. Officially handed out a visiting letter to the Christie family, after all, he is also an outstanding young swordsman among the younger generation of the Norton family.

As the consul of High Lansa City, Marquis Bernard Christie should not refuse to meet him. In this way, Cole Norton will naturally meet Miss Darcy, and Cole Norton is also very sure that After seeing Darcy Christie, pull her heart back like regaining lost ground, and let her come back to you.

……

At the same time, a quarrel broke out in the study of the Marquis Bernard of the Christie family castle.

Miss Darcy sat angrily on the only chair in the study, her face turned red because of the fierce dispute with her father, she was probably the only one in the entire Christie family who dared to contradict Marquis Bernard like this, without worrying subject to any punishment.

"... Darcy, this is not how you treat guests!" Marquis Bernard looked at his eldest daughter with a doting expression on his face. Her temper, character, and principles of dealing with people are very similar to himself when he was young. The Marquis Bernard felt that he should teach her some of the experience he had accumulated over the years, at least to make her character smoother and to minimize offending people who could have been friends.

"But I really don't want to see him at all! I just want to read a book quietly by myself now." Miss Darcy said coquettishly to Marquis Bernard.

Marquis Bernard stared into his daughter's eyes and said: "At least you should entertain him once or twice. As a friend in the Advanced Swordsman Academy, he came from a long way. This is what you should do."

Seeing the serious look on Marquis Bernard's face, Darcy Christie shut her mouth in good time.

"..."

Seeing his daughter's aggrieved face, Marquis Bernard reached out and patted her on the shoulder, and said softly, "Okay, I won't force you, you must attend when I interview him tomorrow, at least To sit next to me, even if you don’t say a word—this is your reserve as the eldest daughter of the Christie family, but you also have to smile all the time, that’s the basic courtesy you should show.”

Darcy Christie stood up and said to Marquis Bernard: "Well, I'm just attending this interview, and I promise I won't say a word!"

After speaking, he carried some cumbersome long skirts in his hands, and quickly left the study of Marquis Bernard.

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This interview was in the reception hall of Christie Castle where envoys from other lords were received.

The Marquis Bernard was seated high in the head seat, and on one side of the two chairs was the young wife of the Marquis Bernard, and on the other was the young Miss Darcy Christie.Cole Norton appeared at the entrance of the hall wearing a tight-fitting petrified lizard-skin magic-weave outfit. Marquis Bernard and his young wife were very impressed. Their strong and young bodies were full of restrained explosiveness when they walked. Come out Cole Norton is an excellent swordsman.

Cole Norton strode into the reception hall. Under the gazes of the guards and several nobles, he raised his head and gave a knightly salute to Marquis Bernard. He stood up straight and raised his head high. He raised his chin and introduced himself, and then said bluntly that he had rushed to Hailansa City under the heavy snow this time. After graduation, I thought I could continue, but unexpectedly, this relationship became weaker and weaker, and I blamed time and distance for the problems between the two.

Cole Norton took the opportunity to express his love for Darcy Christie to Marquis Bernard.

Miss Darcy almost rolled her eyes at Cole Norton on the spot. Where did that Cole Norton who was as proud as a blue peacock go?When she was at Swordsman Academy, Miss Darcy always thought that Cole Norton had a very sexy chin, but now she only felt that his chin was as disgusting as a gray rock iguana.

If it wasn't for her father sitting beside her, Daxi would have wanted to smash down the silver wine glass in her hand.

Seeing the faces of the surrounding nobles showing the faces of the melon-eating crowd, Miss Daxi wanted to leave in a huff.

On the contrary, Marquis Bernard listened with gusto. He admired his daughter's unscrupulous style of acting in order to achieve her goals. Cole Norton's straightforwardness also won the favor of Marquis Bernard. Marquis Bernard even felt that Cole Norton was better than The young nobles in Hailansa City were better, so he suddenly changed his mind before meeting him, and decided that he should give this young swordsman another chance.

"I heard Daxi mention the experience of the Warsaw plane in the past, but she is not willing to talk about the details. It turns out that you were also a member of your swordsman academy's Warsaw plane experience tour. I really want to hear it Your training journey..." Marquis Bernard laughed happily in the hall, and the nobles beside him also laughed in agreement.

"My lord Marquis, in fact, our experience journey this time was not so smooth. When we arrived in the Warsaw plane Handanal County, the Duke of Newman was gathering the elite troops of the Bena Legion to besiege and kill an army of evil spirits. At that time, all the legions joined the battle, but we young students from the academy were left in the city of Handanal, and only Daxi and some classmates went to the front line of Moyun Ridge..." Cole Norton stood in the hall In the book, he vividly told everyone about the experience journey, and how Dacie Christie led a group of sisters, escaped from the pursuit of several evil spirits along the way, and returned to Handanal County through the hilly pasture. .

He did not forget to mention here that when he and other students who stayed in Handanal County received the news, they immediately rushed to the other side of the river to meet Darcy Christie and others.

Marquis Bernard didn't expect his daughter to have such a wonderful experience in the Warsaw plane, and he said to Miss Darcy beside him with a gentle face, "Hehe, it's a good thing that young people have encountered some bumps in their journey of training. , The smooth sailing experience can't exercise the ability to adapt to changes, only in the face of adversity, can you grow up quickly."

Then Marquis Bernard asked Cole Norton curiously: "However, what happened to the deserter you mentioned on the Moyunling battlefield? As far as I know, part of the battle group in the Moyunling battle belonged to Our Hailansa City, Daxi, why have you never mentioned it before?"

Miss Darcy didn't speak, but smiled slightly at Marquis Bernard.

And Cole Norton took the opportunity to say at this time: "After returning to Bena City, I have no news of him, but I heard that he also returned to his hometown safely..."

Seeing that Cole Norton described Suldak as his deadly enemy when telling this story, and then wanted to reveal some information about Suldak, Miss Darcy couldn't bear it anymore. She let her The tone became very low, and he said to Cole Norton in the audience: "Enough, Cole! Aren't those things enough to make you feel ashamed? Why do you want to talk about it again?"

When Cole Norton saw that he had successfully aroused Darcy Christie's anger, he was secretly delighted, and immediately stretched his neck, puffed out his chest and said to Miss Darcy on the high platform: "Dacy, what does a failure actually mean?" , as long as we dare to face..."

"That's right, young people must have such tenacity!" Marquis Bernard felt that the young swordsman in front of him was outstanding in terms of family background, ability, and temperament. Some experience and experience are nothing to noble lords.

He supported the armrest of the chair with his elbow, stroked the beard on his chin with his thumb, glanced at the daughter sitting beside him, and said to her, "Darcy, since it's the first time for Cole to come to High Lansa, you As the owner of Hailansa City, I took Cole for a walk around the city. Although Hailansa is only a small mountain city, it also has some very unique scenery!"

"Father!" Miss Darcy protested softly.

But seeing how unmoved Marquis Bernard was, Miss Darcy also knew that once her father made a decision, it was basically difficult to change.

She could only stand up from the chair, bowed her knees to her father, and then gave Cole Norton a deep look. She gritted her teeth and said to him, "I hope you have a good time in Hailansa City." remember!"

Chapter 407

Three days later in the afternoon, Karl and Suldak sat obediently on chairs in the office of the captain of the security camp Sauron.

The room was very warm. Captain Sauron was wearing a thin cotton shirt. The collar of the shirt was open, revealing solid bronze-colored muscles. He was practicing slashing against a wooden dummy. Constant muffled sound.

It wasn't until this group of slashing was done that Captain Sauron handed the iron-wood sword to the assistant beside him, took the towel and wiped the sweat off his face, and then smiled at Suldak who was sitting honestly on the chair. Said: "I regret it a little now. I sent you to the barren land so easily as a sheriff there. If you can stay in Hailansa City, maybe it will better reflect your value."

Suldak smiled and said nothing.

He knew that Isaac finally woke up this morning, and the investigation task of this matter has been officially handed over from the Fifth Squadron to the support team outside the city, although as the squadron leader of the Fifth Squadron Baron Miller was rather reluctant about this, but Captain Sauron overcame all objections and asked Karl to be in charge of the follow-up investigation of the Fornak Manor.

For a long time, Suldak has been mainly studying at the Knight Academy, and basically does not participate in the daily affairs of the guard camp, but this time Captain Sauron asked Karl to find Suldak from the Knight Academy. There is a task.

Captain Sauron sat on a chair, took a sip of the lemon tea handed over by his assistant, and then said to Karl and Suldak: "I called you this time to deal with the Fornak Manor. The thing is, the manor is almost deserted now, and you should have heard about Isaac’s injury, and yesterday I went to the Fornaker manor to investigate again, but unfortunately nothing was found.”

Captain Sauron rubbed his forehead in distress, and said: "Although the death of Earl Fonak was closed at the beginning, the evil spirit that stabbed Isaac this time looks a lot like Earl Fonak. I’m afraid we need to investigate more carefully.”

"It may be that the coercion and breath on my body frighten the evil spirits, so this time I need you to lure the evil spirits out. I will lurk outside the manor. If you lure out the evil spirits, send me a signal. I will This time, we are going to completely eliminate this hidden danger!"

"Yes, captain!" Karl and Suldak stood up straight, and said to Master Saul.

……

The proprietress of the tavern saw Carl and Suldak walking in side by side, so she prepared golden cider and craft ale for them respectively. Suldak had drunk in this tavern twice, and she had already remembered Suldak Dak liked it, and pushed over a plate of salted nuts. Suldak sat on the high stool and was not in a hurry to drink. He directly pulled out the peeling knife from his lap and began to peel the nuts on the plate one by one. Arrange on a plate.

The proprietress of the tavern has a very attractive and beautiful face, elegant and generous, but always maintains a silent distance. Suldak has been here several times, and the conversation between the two did not exceed three sentences, and Karl was the only one. When he was there, the proprietress would come across to Karl to have a chat with him, and as long as there were other people around, she would avoid to the other side of the bar.

Karl told Suldak about the process of the Fornak Manor from prosperity to decline. About a year ago, the old Earl Fornak died in an accident. Various situations happened one after another in this manor, and he inherited all the property The little Viscount Funak believed that there were undead monsters hidden in this house, and moved to live in a house in the city, and the Funak Manor was completely abandoned. During this year, the Funak Manor was continuously sent to auctions. But I don't know why it has not been sold.

"I heard that in the summer, the Fornac Manor was haunted, but it was said that it was cleaned up by a magician at that time." Carl raised his glass, toasted a glass of wine with an acquaintance in the distance, and took a sip of the wine , Then he said to Suldak: "Is it possible that the necromancer's servant sneaked into the Funak Manor and turned into the old Earl Funak to harm people?"

Suldak shook his head, saying that he had no right to speak unless he saw it with his own eyes.

He asked casually, "The little Viscount Fornak has been living in Hailansa?"

Carl also made some detailed investigations on little Furnak. He took out a stack of documents from his arms, took out a piece of paper, looked at the densely written words on it, and said to Suldak: "Little Fu Nak, that guy is a coward!"

"When old Furnak died, Captain Saul told him that there were some doubts about the cause of old Furnak's death, but he was probably afraid that those people would retaliate against him, so he didn't follow up on the suspicious points, and he usually lived in seclusion. , has been living in the residence in Hailansa City and rarely goes out, and there is no social interaction, and even the property outside the city is taken care of by a housekeeper." Carl sneered, and continued: "But it is said that he is Bena The swordsmen who graduated from the Advanced Swordsman Academy have superb swordsmanship, but they rarely show it in front of outsiders."

Surdak did not expect to be another swordsman who graduated from the Bena Province Advanced Swordsman Academy. It is said that this is a gold-lettered signboard of the Bena Province Advanced Swordsman Academy. Unfortunately, Suldak did not see the Outstanding people coming out of the academy.

Suldak smiled and said: "The graduates of Benar Advanced Swordsman Academy, who inherited all the family property of the old Earl Funak, did not have the slightest merit, so that the title was lowered by one level, which is really unreasonable! "

Mrs. Christie and Miss Brenda came in from the outside and saw Karl and Suldak chatting in whispers, so they squeezed and sat down between the two, and said to Karl with a smile: "What are you two talking about?"

"Business, tomorrow I will go out of town with Duck to investigate the incident." Karl unceremoniously rejected Mrs. Christie's question.

At this time, the lady proprietress of the tavern pushed over two glasses of wine. Mrs. Christie picked up the glass and took a sip with Miss Brenda. Having been freed from the grief of Baron Llewellyn's death, seeing Suldak alone, he asked him, "Knight Suldak, why isn't your wife here?"

"She's not very good at drinking," Suldak said.

Seeing that Suldak didn't intend to continue the conversation, Miss Brenda could only sigh softly in her heart. It may be difficult to catch up if you miss it.

Mrs. Christie next to her also gave her a helpless look, and when she thought of her niece, Miss Darcy, who also had some ambiguous relationship with this Suldak knight, Mrs. Christie felt a headache. From the point of view of her wishes, Mrs. Christie prefers that Miss Brenda can maintain a lover relationship with Suldak, while it is better for Dacie to withdraw.

Daxi's life should have a better and broader future, but what can Suldak give her.

Mrs. Christie and the tavern proprietress looked at each other. The tavern proprietress just pushed over two glasses of wine, and then put herself out of the way and didn't participate. Carl asked: "How many days are you going to go out this time? In such a cold day, you must bring more fire-type magic scrolls that can keep you warm."

Carl smiled slightly and said, "I don't know for the time being. I might be able to come back overnight. If it doesn't go well, I might stay there for three or two days, but it definitely won't be too long."

Mrs. Christie whispered next to Karl's ear, "Then I'll go back to the castle for two days."

Chapter 408 A farce

Dacie Christie took a deep breath, opened the door first and walked into the tavern, her long fiery red hair flicked behind her like a burning flame.

If Cole Norton hadn't promised her that a drink in the tavern would be a wonderful end point for this wonderful trip to Highlander, she would never have had a drink with Cole Norton, not even half a glass. possible.

Looking at the back of Darcy Christie, Cole Norton licked his lips. Why didn't he see Darcy Christie so charming in the swordsman academy? At that time, she was more irritable, more proud, and more aggressive. Now Her aura seemed to be stronger than in the college, but those bad tempers were much restrained. Cole Norton felt that the long red hair was almost burning in his heart.

He urgently needs a glass of wine to suppress the desire in his heart.

At this time, a knight came out of the shadows beside the tavern and gestured to Viscount Furnack next to Cole Norton that everything is going well, and Viscount Furnack nodded slightly beside Cole Norton Nodded, then whispered to Cole Norton: "The actors and audience are all in place, it's time for us to perform on stage."

Cole Norton and Viscount Fornak smiled at each other, and they walked into the tavern side by side.

……

Darcy Christie opened the door and walked into the slightly noisy tavern, frowning and looking around, looking for a quieter seat.

But at this time, a table of drinkers stood up around the wine table. One drinker put his arms around the two wine girls without any scruples. Pick up a whole glass of ale and drink it with them. Of course, each glass of ale is paid by the drinker at this table.Moreover, one drink of the ale girl is equal to two glasses, and these liquor girls in the tavern are all very good at drinking.

The drinkers in other seats also looked at this table frequently, and the atmosphere in the tavern was at its peak for a while.

And the drinkers at this table just blocked Miss Darcy's sight, so she didn't see Suldak, Carl, Mrs. Christie and Miss Brenda sitting at the bar drinking.

Cole Norton and Viscount Fornak followed in from the outside. Cole quickly chased after Darcy Christie, just blocking her sight completely with his body. Avoiding Cole's hand on her shoulder, Cole Norton smiled, moved his hand away in a very gentlemanly manner, asked Miss Darcy to sit on the other side of the bar, and discussed with her what wine to drink.

At this time, Viscount Fornak was already sitting on the high stool, and ordered three glasses of golden cider to the proprietress of the tavern, but his eyes were on Suldak on the other side of the bar, with a hint of complacency on his face.

The proprietress of the tavern glanced at Darcy Christie, and Miss Darcy responded quickly. She quickly blinked at the proprietress of the tavern.

The tavern proprietress looked at Cole Norton. This handsome young knight kept courting Miss Darcy. The tavern proprietress could tell at a glance that this suitor did not satisfy Darcy. Miss Darcy seemed a little absent-minded and looked like It's on an errand.

The atmosphere near the bar became a little weird. The proprietress of the tavern looked around suspiciously, but she didn't find anything unusual.

She glanced at Mrs. Christie who was sitting on the other side of the bar, filled the tray with four glasses of wine, and leaned towards Mrs. Christie.

The proprietress pressed her elbows on the bar, smiled faintly, and whispered to Mrs. Christie, "Darcy and two friends are opposite, and it seems that they didn't see you. Do you want to say hello to her?"

Mrs. Christie was slightly taken aback, she poked her head out and looked over there, at first she didn't see Miss Darcy, until the tall young knight turned sideways, revealing half of Miss Darcy's face, looking With an unhappy look on her face, Mrs. Christie hesitated for a moment, she knew that her niece was as proud and irritable as herself.

Thinking of the possibility of being misunderstood, Mrs. Christie did not intend to take the initiative to greet Darcy, but just casually asked the proprietress of the tavern: "Oh? She doesn't have many friends in Hailansa City. Who are they?"

The lady proprietress of the tavern stared at an account book on the table without raising her head, and whispered to Mrs. Christie: "The youngest son of the Earl of Funac, he is very introverted and has some eccentricities, and he is rarely seen at ordinary times. He came out of the house, and I don't know the other young man."

Mrs. Christie looked back calmly, and said with a smile: "Since I'm not familiar with her, I don't want to go over and face her cold face, just take care of her for a while later."

"It's up to you." The proprietress of the tavern pursed her lips, turned around and stood by the sink to wash the cups.

Karl saw Mrs. Christie and the proprietress whispering, and leaned into Mrs. Christie's ear and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Darcy seems to be over there..." Mrs. Christie pointed to the other side of the bar and said to Karl.

……

Miss Darcy sat on the high stool with a depressed face. Although it was the tavern she was most familiar with, the proprietress of the tavern and her aunt Mrs. Marianne Christie had been best friends for many years, but this still made her feel uncomfortable. After wandering here for nearly a whole day, she just wants to go home quickly, take a bath in the warm bathtub, and then have a good sleep.

The face that used to look super handsome from any angle now made her feel a little annoying, she couldn't help turning her head to the other side, pretending to look at the decoration in the tavern, he began to think about when he produce this psychological change.

The young Viscount Furnark sat on the other side of Cole Norton. His face was pale, and he had a gloomy temperament, like a cold-blooded gray iguana in a barren land. Although he had a faint smile on his face, his gaze But it was cold.

Darcy picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the slightly sour golden cider. The golden cider in this tavern was produced in Sloit City and tasted sour.

At this time, a middle-aged man came staggeringly from the aisle on her right. The middle-aged man seemed to have drunk a little too much, and kept arguing with his companions while walking. He was a little emotional and kept shouting : "Get out of my way, you coward, I'm going back to Constantinople tonight."

"Hey, buddy, listen to me, the road outside the city is impassable now, if you don't make any preparations, you will be frozen to death outside." The companion who chased up from behind kindly persuaded and said.

"Take your hand away, don't stop me!"

The middle-aged alcoholic threw away his friend who was catching up from behind. He used a bit of strength. The friend couldn't stand still and was thrown directly to the oak board outside the bar, and two high stools were smashed immediately. Yang, was knocked down by that friend, his body lost his balance, and one hand happened to touch Darcy Christie's goblet.

'Boom...'

Miss Darcy's wine glass was knocked flying by the man, the wine in the glass spilled all over Miss Darcy, and the glass fell to the ground and shattered.

Cole Norton took the opportunity to hold Miss Darcy in his arms half-armed and half-supported, and pushed the man away, and the man lost his balance and fell to the edge of the bar.

Cole thought that all of this was done perfectly, at least the connection was very smooth, and he asked Miss Darcy very considerately: "Darcy, are you hurt?"

Viscount Fornak, who was sitting on the side, stood up and scolded the drunk and the friend who hit Darcy Christie.

Facing the reprimand from Viscount Fornak, the drunk suddenly felt sober and apologized to Miss Darcy.

Viscount Fornak yelled loudly: "Don't stay here, get out!"

The two were like dingy mice, ready to slip from the side aisle to the back door of the tavern.

Corner Norton put his arms around Miss Daxi, proudly looked towards the direction of Suldak's group, just in time to meet Suldak's gaze, and there was even a hint of sarcasm in his smug smile.

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Guided by Mrs. Christie, Suldak and Karl looked in the direction Mrs. Christie was looking at.

I happened to see a tall young knight with one arm around Darcy Christie's waist, and Darcy Christie was almost clinging to his arms. With a smug smile, he even glanced at Suldak.