Skeleton King

The day after Ace and Nou met the Millais scholar.

Sunshine shines through the colorful glass onto the soft sofa and the big cloud-like bed, adding two points of gorgeous color to the room.

Even if it was a temporarily rented villa by the sea, Ace did not treat him badly.The bed in his bedroom is 13 feet wide, and three or four beauties can lie on it at the same time.But these days, this big bed has not been used at all, and Ace just lay down on it this morning and had a good sleep.

But now, Ace felt that he was a little breathless.

Who is pinching his nose?

Norn?Impossible, Norn must have stepped on it, and it was in the posture of breaking the bridge of his nose.Moreover, Norn has been sent away by him, and Ace feels a little melancholy.

Angela?It should be Angela, only she is so indifferent, Ace sometimes hopes that Angela will behave, and sometimes likes her to be as unrestrained in front of him as before.But Angela is not a 14-year-old girl anymore. Ace thought about it and gave Angelica the book "How to Raise a Lady" written by Angelica.

Ace opened his eyes angrily.

Then he saw a blond and blue-eyed noble boy.

The boy seemed to have stepped out of an oil painting in the European Middle Ages. There was a faint halo on his light blond hair, and his light blue eyes were gentle and calm.At this time, the noble boy was sitting on his bed in loose home clothes, still pinching his nose.

It's Nou.

Ace felt that his head was in a daze, "Why are you?"

Nuoou raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who do you think it is?"

Ace raised his arms to cover his eyes, blocking the sun that was too bright.

After staying in Evernight City for a long time, Ace is getting used to cloudy days.

Ace said casually, "Angela."

Because Ace covered his eyes with his arms, he didn't notice that after hearing his words, Nou's originally light blue eyes turned blue, like a bottomless lake.

Nou stood up from Ace's bed, walked to the window, opened the window, and the soft sound of waves came into the room, bringing new air and vitality into the room.

Nuo Ou: "It will be afternoon if you sleep again, why don't you get up?"

Ace let out an annoyed "Oh" and said, "Do you care what time I get up?"

Nou turned his head, looked at Ace, and said mercilessly: "Yes, I didn't expect you to be so depraved. When I was in the Louisiana province, I never heard of any nobles like this. "

Ace spread his hands, with a rare and strange look on Nou, and said: "When I was in Bad Soden, Viscount Neumann didn't care about me." Then he rang the bell beside the bed.

After a while, Angela came in with a washbasin and towels. She put a small table on Ace's bed, and put the basin on the small table.Ace propped his hands on his sides, sat up, and began to wash.

Nou looked at Ace in shock, "What did I miss in the mornings when I went to the Georgia Knights training camp?"

Ace smiled at Nuoou and asked, "How was Prince Xiben's banquet yesterday?"

Noou sat on the sofa, "That's it. The city lord of Nice, many officials in the city, and even well-known wealthy businessmen in Nice have all been invited."

Ace said coolly: "It's really surprising. I thought the nobles in the imperial capital would disdain businessmen."

Nuo Ou: "The rich nobles really don't."

Ace was not interested in Prince Siben's actions and ambitions, so he asked Nou, "When will we leave the Port of Nice?"

"Next week." Nou said, "Originally, we could go back to Bremen after we got the silver frost leaf from the University of Millais. But yesterday, Prince Xiben said that he also wanted to visit Bremen. , asked if we could go together. I said yes."

Ace asked puzzled, "Us?"

Nou: "You and I, as well as other people from the Georgia Knights training camp. I don't think they will refuse."

Ace: "What does he want to do?" Before Nou could speak, Ace suddenly realized, "Oh, he wants to win you over."

Nou did not deny that after he met His Majesty, he was indeed one of the most powerful nobles in the Pansy Empire after he inherited the title of Duke Green and the fief of the eastern plains of the Louisiana province.It is reasonable for Prince Xiben to want to win over a future duke.

Nou: "You don't seem to like Prince Xiben."

Ace frowned, and said hesitantly: "No. What I don't like is probably the power struggle. Before we go to the imperial capital, we can neither offend Prince Xiben, nor get too close to Prince Xiben. Before your position is determined and your foundation is not stable, it is not beneficial to join the team too early. Besides, His Majesty is in his prime, so he may not like Prince Xiben's contact with the Patriarch of the big family too much."

Nou didn't care much about Ace's political analysis. He grasped another important point, "Shall we go to the imperial capital? Are you going to the imperial capital too?" Ace couldn't pass the assessment of the Georgia Knights, so he couldn't get a knight title.Even if he goes to the imperial capital, it is impossible for Ace to become the heir of the Neumann family.

Ace said: "Naturally. I want to witness you conferring the title of Duke." Moreover, with the hidden danger of Jonah Flynn, Noel is not 100% sure of inheriting the title of Duke Green.

Ace was worried, so he would naturally go to the imperial capital with Nuoou.

Furthermore, everyone will be curious about their origin.Ace has already made some guesses about Mrs. Caroline's past and his life experience, but unless he goes to the imperial capital, Ace can't confirm his guesses in other parts of the empire.

Nuo Ou smiled lightly and said, "Okay, then let's go to the imperial capital together."

……

Two nights before Ace and the others left the port of Nice, Ace and Nou received an invitation. Prince Xiben invited Ace and Nou to his mansion for a banquet.

Compared to the last time when Nuo Ou ran into Prince Xiben on Milai Street, the invitation this time is much more formal.

Nou and Ace naturally had no reason to refuse.

According to the tradition of the Pansy Empire, Prince Nishimoto has the greatest possibility of inheriting the throne, and he cannot respect the monarch who will be loyal to him in the future.

On the day of the banquet, Ace and Nou went to the residence of Prince Siben in Port of Nice in the afternoon.

Pansy Empire official banquet invitations include afternoon tea.

When Ace and Nou arrived, there were already many carriages outside Prince Xiben's mansion.There are constantly well-dressed noble girls getting out of the carriage and entering the mansion. Not to mention the relatively conservative imperial capital, compared to Bremen, the atmosphere of Nice Port is much more open.Young aristocratic girls all wore halterneck skirts, while older aristocratic girls and noble wives all wore low-cut long skirts, revealing large snow-white and plump breasts.

Walking into the garden of Prince Nishimoto’s mansion, there is an unusually neatly manicured lawn, blooming flowers, and even the decorations on the stone pillars in the garden are made of pure gold. The noble gentlemen are talking with each other with light red wine glasses. The five groups gathered together, looking at the young talents in the garden and smiling coquettishly.

The maids put all kinds of snacks and fruits on the table, and the male servants shuttled through the crowd with trays full of wine glasses.

This scene is so lively.

Just as Ace and Nou entered the garden, Ace saw a black-haired young man walking towards them through the crowd with a wine glass.This person is none other than Prince Nishimoto who met Ace on Millai Street.

Prince Xiben walked up to Nou and Ace, "Nou, you are welcome."

Nuoou: "His Royal Highness Xiben."

Prince Xiben took a glass of wine from the tray held by the servant and handed it to Nuoou.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Nou turned his gaze to Ace, and said, "His Royal Highness, this is my friend, Ace Neumann, from the Neumann family in Bad Soden, Westphalia." Then he introduced to Ace: "This is Your Highness Nishimoto, the eldest son of His Majesty Ludwig IV."

Ace saluted Prince Nishimoto, "Your Highness Nishimoto."

Prince Nishimoto also handed Ace a glass of wine, "Nice to see you again, Ace Neumann."

When Ace's eyes fell on Prince Xiben's hand offering the wine, he suddenly froze. It wasn't until Nou shook him beside him that Ace realized that he quickly took the wine glass, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Nuo Ou felt strange about Ace's reaction, but Prince Xiben didn't take it seriously, thinking that the little nobleman was shocked when he saw the prince for the first time.

Ace: "Last time on Milai Street, I'm very sorry."

Prince Nishimoto smiled gently, "I won't take it to heart. But you, Ace, can I call you that? You surprised me. Millais University rarely accepts students, and I never even I heard that Millais University scholars accept noble children as students."

Ace looked a bit restrained, "No. Although the Millais University scholar allowed me to call him a teacher and taught me, I can't fully count him as his disciple."

Prince Nishimoto smiled gently, not taking Ace's words to heart.

Prince Xiben turned to chat with Nuoou about the food in the imperial capital and the current fashion in the imperial capital, "The tailors on the streets of West Road are the best, and the tailors in the court are also good, but the styles are not always the latest. But If you want to give a gift to the girl you like, you still have to go to Mrs. Anne's shop on Yilian Street, where the things are the most comprehensive and the most innovative, whether it is clothing or jewelry, they are all the best."

Prince Xiben chatted with Nuoou for a long time. He has nothing to do with the crown prince, but he has a lot of views on the Prin Mountains.

Prince Xiben: "Last year, I proposed to my father to recruit more soldiers and form an army to go to the Prin Mountains. In the past two years, the people of the Finger Empire have become more and more arrogant. My father disagreed, saying that recruiting soldiers would aggravate the empire. If the empire cannot support these armies, it will inevitably increase taxes.”

Nuoou: "Your Majesty takes pity on the common people."

Prince Xiben looked to the northeast. That was the location of the Prin Mountains. The Prin Mountains were the longest mountains on the mainland, which naturally separated the two empires.Prince Xiben had a cold look in his eyes, "It may not be necessary to increase the taxes of the common people, just use war to support war."

The meaning of Prince Nishimoto's words...

Nuo Ou: "Your Highness has great ambitions."

In the garden where the cups were mixed, Prince Nishiben raised his glass and said with a smile: "I hope to create a prosperous world with Nuoou, and the Green Knights can restore the glory of thousands of years ago, and set foot on the land on the other side of the Prin Mountains."

Many people came to the garden one after another. As the host, Prince Xiben naturally couldn't stay in one place for a long time. After finishing what he wanted to say, he naturally left.

Nou watched Prince Xiben go away, and turned to Ace, "Why do I think you are absent-minded?"

"No." Ace said, "I'm listening. If you want to buy a gift, go to Mrs. Anne's shop on Elian Street."

Nou: ...

Ace thought for a while, and then asked: "When Prince Xiben handed over the wine just now, I saw a tattoo on his wrist. There are three petals of yellow, white and purple. It's a pansy. Are tattoos still popular in the imperial capital? ?”

Nuo Ou: "No, that is the blood imprint of the Keoser family, not tattooed on it. The reason why the empire is named after the pansy is not only because the colors of the Keoser family's innate fighting spirit are yellow, white, and purple. , also because their blood imprint is very similar to the pansy flower."

"After each boy in the Keauser family is born, the elders of the family will help awaken the pansy imprint. Some people say that the martial arts inheritance of the Keoser family is hidden in the pansy imprint; others say that the pansy imprint has It is beneficial for the people of the Keoser family to understand fighting spirit. There are various theories, but the Keoser family has never disclosed this secret, and people from other families have no definite answer."

Ace: "That's right."