Lord of Rot

In the restaurant, the food is served very quickly.

Steaming pan-fried blood sausage, baked potatoes, wine, fine white bread, and a grilled heron.

The heron was harvested by a certain farmer this morning, and now it has become a nutritious meal for Li Qi after he "recovered from a serious illness".

His craftsmanship was not very good. After mentally commenting on the chef's food in the kitchen, Li Qi did not stop. He finished all the food elegantly but quickly... Maybe it is not elegant to eat with your hands, but the world is still alive. There is no concept of "tableware".

A busy night, carrying corpses, reciting incantations, etc. all consumed his energy. Now that he had eaten enough, he felt that his energy had recovered slightly.

"Where are Madam and Leo?" he asked.

"They..." The butler hesitated, but after meeting Li Qi's calm gaze, his body shook slightly: "Madam and Lord Leo went to greet the guests of Roaring Castle, my Lord."

"The Roaring Keep?"

That was the castle of Duke Leopold, Lord of the East Gorge.

Naturally, the guests from Roaring Fort can only be members of the Leopold family, and Reacher is his vassal.

Leopold swore allegiance to the king, and the baron swore allegiance to the Leopold family.

Those guests had come four days ago. At that time, they consecrated Li Qi as the Baron of Porcupine Territory in accordance with the laws of the kingdom. There is probably only one reason why the stepmother can allow the guests to return to this remote country... that is the inheritance of the title of baron, the new one. Although the death of the baron is very sad, the territory cannot live without its own master.

And the other party can come today, which means that she contacted the other party yesterday.

There was a slight smile on his face. He was still having a headache how to deal with the ruthless stepmother. Although killing the stepmother would be good, it would be bad for his reputation. He didn't want to be called a "mother-slayer". In Li Qi's memory, In the novel, nobles can compete with each other and kill their whole family, but they cannot be scolded by others. Their reputation is more important than their nickname.

As for the opponent's knight father, Li Qi paid no attention to him at all. Even if he stretched out his neck, the opponent would not dare to chop him.

But lo and behold, it’s much simpler and easier now.

The valet Hammer temporarily acted as a messenger: "Sir, they have returned."

Li Qi stood up, and the valet immediately pulled out a chair for him.

"Let's go. As the owner of the Porcupine Territory, how can we not greet the distinguished guests when they come?"

The housekeeper and the valet seemed to smell the smell of a bloody storm at this moment, but Li Qi's state was surprisingly calm. Is it the calm before the storm, or is Li Qi's past character of submissive choice to keep things quiet? Based on their knowledge of the Baron, he should choose the latter.

Li Qi walked out of the main gate of the castle. On the muddy path in the mountains, a gorgeous carriage pulled by two horses with hair as dazzling as gold was slowly approaching, followed by soldiers wearing gorgeous armor.

It was a golden horse, a special breed bred by the Leopold family. It claimed to be a noble breed of monsters with pure blood. This kind of horse had golden hair without any mottled colors. When it spread its hooves in the sun, it seemed to be rushing towards Li Qi. of gold.

It is said that the golden horse eats grass and pulls gold. Some very curious people once quietly went to Leopold's house to steal the golden horse's excrement. Then they fainted from the smell and were fed by the groom the next day. They were only discovered when they were foraging.

However, as far as Li Qi knew, the golden horse could not breed offspring, and it looked very much like... a mule.

It's not strange that a donkey and a horse can produce a mule, but why the Leopold family can produce a golden mule? He is really curious. Maybe everything can be attributed to "magic". Magic is not prevalent in this world, but it does exist.

The anecdotes that Baron Reacher knew were all told by James Duke, Reacher's teacher. The warg killer who traveled all over the country had a lot of knowledge, otherwise he would not have become Reacher's teacher just by relying on swordsmanship.

"He was a very interesting and humorous teacher" Li Qi thought to himself.

It's a pity that I made the wrong choice.

The carriage had stopped, the door opened, and a cute girl came out. After seeing Li Qi, the girl exclaimed:

"Look, miss, it's the Baron!"

The girl who was being helped out of the car had long curly hair like a "red sun" and a nose as straight as an elf, which made people subconsciously focus on her delicate nose. She said: "Don't be surprised, little one. Na, if my father sees it, he will definitely scold you."

She got out of the car with her skirt in hand and covered her mouth in surprise after seeing Reacher: "Baron Clarence, it's great to see that you are okay. Mrs. Alsop said that you were seriously injured and might... "She hesitated for a moment and then showed a charming smile. The pair of pear dimples at the corners of her mouth made the smile even sweeter: "Blessed by the four gods, you are safe and sound."

Evangelion "Red Rose" Leopold came here with her brother four days ago to confer Li Qi as a baronet.

There are also many rumors about her, and she can show charm to anyone, but if you think you can pick this delicate red rose, you must be careful of the rose's sharp thorns to avoid being pricked.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Miss Leopold," said Reacher.

"You can call me Evan Jielin. I thought that meeting a few days ago has made us friends." The red-haired girl said with a little dissatisfaction in her tone, but there was always a smile on her face: "I often listen to my father Tell the story of your father, Baron Porcupine. He was a heroic knight. They fought side by side and were very close. My father always said that he was like a porcupine. Any enemy who dared to provoke him would be pricked with blood."

"Full of thorns," Reacher replied: "The motto of the Clarence family, you can call me Reacher."

"Okay, Sir Li Qi." She smiled. If a smile could close the distance between two people, then Evanjielin's smile could instantly make Li Qi want to face her face to face.

He sighed: "Thank you to the Four Gods for allowing me to survive and allowing me to see your beautiful smile again."

"You are more... than before" Evanjielin paused.

"More honest," Li Qi immediately added.

She swallowed the 'glib tongue' that came to her lips and replied: "You are really an honest gentleman."

The carriage shook, and a middle-aged woman in a long skirt got off, followed by a boy who looked somewhat similar to Li Qi.

She had just heard the conversation outside the carriage. After seeing Li Qi with her own eyes, her expression changed several times visibly. Finally, she covered her face and howled twice. To Li Qi, her howling sounded a bit like The porcupine on the family coat of arms.

"It's great that you can wake up, my brave and pitiful lord! I stayed up all night praying to the four gods, begging them to bring you back. I am willing to pay any price for this, wuwu..."

Li Qi smiled and replied: "Please don't worry, madam, I'm alive and well now."

Young Leo also bowed to Li Qi: "Brother, it's great that you are safe and sound."

Li Qi replied: "It was the four gods who brought me back. I guess they must have heard Mrs. Alsop's sincere prayer."

The stepmother was howling.

The red-haired aristocratic girl smiled at Li Qi, and she heard the sarcasm in Li Qi's words just now.

"It's rude to keep guests standing outside the door." Li Qi turned around and said, "Please come inside, Miss Evangelion."