Between life and death [unlimited]

The time now is exactly 8 o'clock in the morning.

When a ray of light outside the window shone through the thin morning mist into the magnificent castle, the maid Melinda was holding an aluminum amphora in both hands, as if she was afraid of being killed. It was so hot that he carefully placed the pot in his hand on the wooden table next to him.

After she lifted the metal pot lid on the top, an aroma that belonged to the food immediately hit her nostrils—there was a steaming pot of steaming, colorful and appetizing egg, green onion, bean and rice—she was very satisfied with the taste of this staple food The final rendering effect.

Then, Melinda took another shallow carved silver container that had been polished brightly, and quickly put the rice in it.Other than this, the rest of the kitchen is full of sounds of pots and pans, and everyone is busy doing things.

Only Melinda gave another order to others: "Inas! Take a look, is the water on the stove boiled? If it is boiled, put the eggs in it quickly. That is what the master must eat every morning. food!"

The girl who was squatting on the ground arranging firewood immediately got up and replied loudly: "Okay! Mrs. Riander!" After noticing that the water on the stove had started to bubbling, she neatly put the raw eggs on the tray next to her. Put it all in with one brain.

At this time, two male waiters dressed in traditional "White Tie" hurried in from the door, and Melinda immediately said to them: "Hurry up and get ready to serve it! Quick, the master should be going downstairs soon, the pot in the pot The soft-boiled eggs will be ready soon!"

However, after one of the male waiters took the tray from Melinda's hand, he suddenly asked her: "... Mrs. Riander, perhaps, have you seen James or Eric just now? "

"How could I possibly know where these two boys are?" Melinda, who was dizzy with her work, realized that only two male waiters came to deliver breakfast this morning after being reminded by this person.

She couldn't help but also wondered: "Huh? Why didn't they come with you? I don't know where those two bastards went to be lazy..."

"..."

On the other hand, about ten days after Jiang Shui joined the Divine Blessed Knights, counting him, as well as the players of the Divine Blessed Knights who had been appointed by Jiang Ke before, had just entered this mission.In their ears, they only heard the cold, ruthless and unfriendly system prompts saying to themselves——

[Congratulations to player Jiang Shui for triggering the hard task: Blades family. 】

[Mission background: The wheat grass in the field fell towards the direction of the chariot passing by, and the fear seemed to be engraved on the innocent faces of the children.This is a turbulent age with frequent wars, and the Blades family, located in a small independent country in Europe, inevitably stands on the stage of the entire era. 】

[Mission content: Please find "him" and rescue "him". 】

[Mission duration: four days. 】

[I wish the players have fun in the game and have a good time! 】

……

When Jiang Lai woke up, there was a burst of relaxed and lively allegro music in his ears, as if someone was playing it on an old-fashioned gramophone next to him.

After he opened his eyes, the scene in front of him came into view, and he found that there was nothing wrong with his ears—someone beside him was really playing some kind of classical music whose name he didn't know, and the rhythm was relatively brisk.

"This is the third movement of the Concerto in A minor. How about it... sounds good, doesn't it?"

As if he had noticed the doubt in Jiang Lai's eyes, the dark brown-haired boy standing next to him, who looked a bit immature but very dignified, and dressed in clothes that showed aristocratic air everywhere, enthusiastically answered Jiang Lai's question. this problem.

And after the little boy finished speaking, he blinked his eyes with blue pupils at Jiang Lai mischievously, as if saying to him, "How is it? I know a lot, right?"

The little boy's elegance in his gestures and his inherently cute and mischievous character coexist without conflict.

Jiang Lai's eyes turned lightly, and before he could figure out how to answer the child, a lot of memories about this mission immediately flooded into his mind——

In this mission, the players came to an independent European country that also exists in the real world, Country Q.

And the character played by Jiang Lai is called Claude, who is the bodyguard of the Blades family. He is usually responsible for protecting the youngest son of Blades, that is, the young gentleman Jacques Blades with dark brown hair and blue pupils. security.

No wonder Jiang Lai felt that Jacques was very familiar with him. It turned out that the relationship between the two was a small employer and a personal employee.

The time to digest a large amount of memory seems to have only passed in a moment in the game world. After Jiang Shui came back to his senses, Jacques still had that innocent smile on his face.

Perhaps infected by the child's smile, Jiang Li stiffly replied after a moment of stiffness: "...Thank you."

"You're welcome, Claude." Jacques, as a little gentleman, also politely ended the brief conversation between the two.

The current time is exactly two quarters past eight o'clock in the morning, which is the time for the Blades family to share breakfast-compared to other big families, this time may be a little earlier, but because the youngest son Jacques Blades Because of going to school in the group, the head of the family, Wilfried Blades, also directly set the family's breakfast time at 08:30 every day.

As the bodyguard of Master Jacques, Jiang Xun was naturally not allowed to enter the restaurant, so he stood quietly outside the stained glass door of the restaurant, waiting for Jacques to finish his breakfast before sending him to the noble house in the group. The children's school is in class.

There was a loud ringing of the bell soon from the hall - this is a reminder method that traditional aristocratic houses would use, specially used to remind the owners of the castle to change or eat - Bly The Des family inherited it and it is still in use today.

Jiang Li ignored the male waiters who were wearing black suits and white bow ties around their necks. They walked in front of him in a hurry but in an orderly manner, carrying a series of exquisite breakfasts served on shiny silver tableware. Pass by one by one.

Even if the other members of the Divine Blessed Knights who came in with him this time——James and Eric—are among these waiters, Jiang Lai treats these "teammates" like transparent air, and directly ignores them.

A total of five members of the Blessed Knights have entered the game this time, namely, the Holy Knight James, the Golden Knight Jiang Shui, the Golden Knight Lanchester, the Silver Knight Shire, and the newly promoted from the apprentice knight. Eric of the Silver Knight.

According to the conversation between Jiang Ke and James that Jiang Shui overheard some time ago, it is very likely that the above-mentioned personnel were specially invited to participate in this hard game in order to complete some mission of the Knights.

I just don't know what Jiang Ke and the others were referring to by "this matter" at the time?There was nothing wrong with Jiang Lai standing there, and he simply tried to speculate: Could it be related to the "lucky coin" incident that was cheated?Perhaps, Jiang Ke and James were suspecting that there might be an inner ghost in the Divine Blessed Knights?

The reason why Jiang Xun was able to think about this idea immediately was not because his logical thinking had improved during this period of time, but it was because the organization "Predator" he and Jiang Ke used to be in the real world was once attacked by internal traitors. It was related to the civil strife, which made Jiang Xun immediately think of this possibility.

Coincidentally, this is indeed the real purpose of Jiang Ke and James setting up the personnel for this mission.It's just that they don't know who Jiang Ke and the others are suspicious of, and what it means to bring Jiang Shuang into the mission.

While Jiang Lai's mind was empty and he was thinking, the Brades family in the dining room had already started today's breakfast.

The head of the family, Wilfrid Blades (hereafter referred to as Blades) chose the breakfast and sat at the main table.He picked up the silver table knife at hand, gently knocked open the shell on top of the soft-boiled egg in a silver egg cup, and then sprinkled a little salt and black pepper into it.

Just as he was about to dip the egg yolk in thin bread, he suddenly heard his youngest son Jacques pick up the newspaper on the table and say to him: "Father... I read in the newspaper that the Felton family was... Something's up, isn't it?"

"Jacques, we shouldn't be talking about this in front of ladies."

After hearing this question, Blades' face didn't change much.He just used his eyes to signal Jacques to pay attention to his words and deeds-after all, Jacques's sister-in-law would go downstairs to share breakfast with her family every day after his eldest brother went to the battlefield-Brades didn't want Jacques to behave in front of the ladies. ungentlemanlike behaviour.

Then Blades lifted the thin loaf of bread, and squinted at his youngest son Jacques, and after seeing Jacques's little face full of grievances, he rarely spoke to comfort him: "Okay, Jacques... …Actually, I am also sorry that your good friend Scott died in that disaster. But it is our breakfast time, and you should not let the ladies hear such indecent words.”

In fact, Jacques wanted to say something, but after his father Blades said the above words, he had no choice but to reply: "I see, father..."

However, Jacques' sister-in-law Isabella is an independent woman who grew up in country M and received education in the new era, so she doesn't care much about family members discussing these things at the dinner table.

Moreover, she seemed to remember that there was some kind of unspeakable interest relationship between the Felton family and the Blades family, so she took the initiative to ask: "But father, I remember that Felton is not escorting our business." 'Is it..."

If the Felton family is wiped out, how will Blades' business continue in the future?This time, Blades put down the spoon in his hand directly.He also looked straight at Isabella, but he seemed not very surprised that she knew this secret - he knew that his eldest son Fernand must have told his wife about it.

Although Blades was a little dissatisfied, he did not express it directly, and answered Isabella very patiently: "This matter has been resolved, Isabella, thank you for your concern. Before anything happened to the Felton family, I was already prepared."

"But I heard that the Felton family's divination ability is very strong. After all, they are an ancient family from the East. Really... can someone replace them?" Isabella asked doubtfully.

Although all she received was scientific education, as the daughter of a nobleman in country M, she had been fascinated by mystical things such as astrology and divination since she was a child, so she didn't completely resist these things in her heart.

At this moment, Jacques suddenly thought of the scary scene he saw a few days ago - at the back door, many people walked into the castle with what looked like a huge cage covered in black cloth on all sides, but He didn't see what was in there.

He also asked: "...Father, is it the thing that was brought in from outside that day?"

Blades paused, noticing that the family had almost finished their breakfast at this time, so he picked up the napkin on his lap, wiped the corners of his mouth briefly, and didn't want to continue talking to them, so he replied vaguely : "Jacques, it's almost time now, you should go to class."

Then, he directed at the door of the restaurant and told Jiang Xun: "Claude! Take Jacques out to class now."

In the end, Jacques, carrying his schoolbag and one after another, got into a car that looked normal on the surface, but was actually made of bulletproof material, with Jiang Xun.But after Jacques drove out of the car, the expression on his face immediately changed from normal to dissatisfied.

"Claude, I feel that my father is really partial..." Jacques sat in the back of the car, pouted his mouth, and complained to Jiang Shou in a dissatisfied tone: "He is so patient with Isabella, but he is so patient with Isabella. I have no patience at all."

Jiang Lai, who was sitting in the co-pilot, had indeed heard the conversation between the father and son just now, but he didn't know how to answer now—because he didn't know how to solve this kind of problem between father and son, so he had no choice but to Silently, I sat in front and quietly acted as an "emotional vent bucket".

Jacques didn't say anything when he saw that Jiang Lai didn't answer the question. All he needed was the audience.So he continued to talk about his complaints: "...and I know that according to my father's personality, he will definitely not let me keep Scott's photo. He must think that keeping such things is a disaster...so, I Hide the photos ahead of time."

There was another mischievous smile in the boy's eyes, as if he had forgotten the reason for his sadness just now, he muttered in a low voice: "Father must not have thought that I had hidden it in the servant's room..."

After Jiang Lai sent Jacques to school, he kept wandering around the school, so as to ensure the personal safety of the young master without disturbing the normal operation of campus teaching.He was also happy to have some extra time to think about this task.

Just when Jiang Lai wanted to sit on a bench very close to the school gate, he unexpectedly saw a familiar figure not far away, and that person was walking towards him.

"Morning, Claude!"

Lanchester, who had the face of an adult but was less than half the height of an adult, was also a Golden Knight in the Divine Blessed Knights, and greeted Jiang Shui enthusiastically.

Jiang Sel almost forgot about Lanchester, and the player next to him, Shire, also played the role of Jacques' bodyguard in this mission—but it's not like the kind that Jiang Sel needs to follow closely at all times. Chester and the others usually only need to show up near the school to keep Jacques safe after he goes to school.

Jiang Lai had no choice but to wave to them and greet them back, "Good morning."

Therefore, Lanchester then pulled Charles and sat down on the bench next to Jiang Lai.

"Good morning." After sitting down, Charles also said to Jiang Li.

Unlike Lanchester, although Charles also has a Western face, he is a middle-aged man with a mature appearance and a height of nearly 1.9 meters.As the Silver Knight, he asked Jiang Shang and Lanchester familiarly: "Seniors, have you thought about the meaning of this task?"

Jiang Shang and Lanchester shook their heads together.The two were stunned when they saw the same action as their own, but when they thought about it carefully, it was normal to do this kind of action at the same time - they could immediately guess what the system said, "Find 'him' and save 'him'" What does it mean specifically, probably God!

Seeing the actions of the two, Charles immediately showed a knowing smile on his face, and immediately said that he was the same as them: "I don't know what's going on with this *system, and the content is getting harder and harder to interpret!"

In fact, Jiang Xun was not very anxious about deciphering the meaning of the mission content. Anyway, they had already come in now. Even if they couldn't guess the true meaning of the mission content now, it might be because they still had few clues.

After all, it was only the early morning of the first day.

The bodyguards responsible for guarding the safety of Master Jacques outside the school are usually only three of them. I don’t know if it’s intentional by the system or what, they just happen to be players; as for the other two players, James and Eric , I don’t know what’s wrong this time, they were actually assigned by the system as attendants who can only work in the castle of Blades—if they usually want to leave the castle, they must first ask the butler for leave.But Jiang Lai and the others have a relatively free range of actions.

This kind of polarized role assignment is relatively rare in missions. Generally speaking, the system will assign similar identities to players, and it can also facilitate players to freely explore in the mission world.

Jiang Xun thought to himself: Fortunately, I am a bodyguard. If he is assigned as a servant by the system like James and the others, he who has never had much contact with people may really not be qualified for this kind of job that needs to serve others. Role……

The author has something to say: What to say when you think of it and not necessarily useful little knowledge points: The breakfast of traditional British aristocrats is generally a buffet.