Lord Duke

Chapter 23 In the dark

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There is blue sky and sunshine outside.It's about mid-afternoon now.

It was pitch black inside.Then flames lit up one by one.The flames on the three candlesticks with silver chiseled flowers danced.In the blink of an eye, the expression on North's face was uncertain.

He squeezed the note in his hand so hard that his fingertips turned white. He closed his eyes, and the last trace of kindness in his heart disappeared.When he looked up again, his eyes were dark, and he said in his heart: It's almost time.Get confused.

The note fluttered, fell on the candlestick, and was burned by the fire again. The black ash debris fell on the ground, and a small piece was not completely burnt, and a few vague words could be vaguely discerned on it.

That is clearly the last signature on the note, and the signature is

—— Klingland

The outside is separated by a door.

Garth leaned lazily on the door, and he looked up at the strangely shaped glass ceiling above his head.He slowly stretched out his hand, reaching up to the sky, as if trying to grab something.From here, the sky looks blue.He gave a wide, emotionless smile.He touched the scar on his face, and whispered in his heart: Brother, do you regret it?

His complexion changed again, and sarcasm and malice grew on him, as if half of his foot was in the darkness.He laughed out loud like he was sick, and bent down laughingly, madness surged in his eyes, the world seemed to be distorted in front of him, he murmured with a chuckle, his voice was full of monsters, he Think: How can I regret it!

He said softly: "The fault is this country, the royal family!" His smile became sharper, he bent down, and his silver hair fell from his shoulders as he bent down.

The door creaked open.

Garth bent over, struggling to stop smiling.In a bent posture, he turned his head to look at North who came out, and the corner of his mouth curled into a half-smile. "Brother, the weather today is very nice."

North looked at him condescendingly.It took a long time to answer: "Yes."

——Only they now have the opportunity to take a look at this so-called good weather.It was Klingo who saved them.Even if the purpose of the rescue is not pure, even if it is a hostile country, but, so what?

—he would not forget all the hurt they had suffered.

all.

They all have to be returned.

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Payne ordered people to be invited in, and Celia quickly withdrew knowingly.Viscount John had already retreated outside and waited.Payne nodded dispensably, and casually sent a waiter to send Miss Celia out politely, ignoring the messy thoughts in her mind.

From a distance, Slant saw Payne, still tall and handsome, with an expressionless face.Naturally, he would not ignore Miss Celia next to him.He saw the lack of affection in Miss Celia's eyes, and a subtle discomfort spread in his heart.

Duke Payne.mine.he thinks.

Fuck it and take your time.

No matter how slow, no matter how slow it is too late!

He ground his teeth in his heart.

After thinking about something, Slant was slightly taken aback.As he stepped forward, he brushed past Celia.

Payne signaled: "Let's go, go upstairs." Slante hurriedly said: "Isn't I welcome in the living room?" smile.

Payne smiled, the lines of laughter bloomed in the corners of his eyes, and the very clear and shallow smile was fleeting.He said, "Don't make trouble, let's go."

The living room on the first floor was used to entertain all kinds of people who came to visit, and since it was Slante, he would not entertain him with tea and pastries in the living room, although it was polite, it was unavoidably a little rusty.

The two went up the wooden stairs one after the other.The servants and servants who came and went kept their eyes on each other, respectful and polite, and saluted them when they saw them, and then continued to do their own things.

In the main hall on the second floor.Payne thought for a while, and led Slante into the study.Anyway... there is nothing not to see.He had no experience in entertaining friends, so he could only casually invite Slant to sit down.

Slant swayed in the study.He first looked at the big log bookshelf filled with books, paused for a moment at the violin on the wall, and then looked at the whole room.

This is a well-lit room.The air is lightly scented with flowers from the fresh flowers that adorn the house.They are inserted in all kinds of vases and decorate the furniture, which makes them more interesting.Slanter's eyes finally stopped on the long table full of documents.

He paused.Then he tentatively called: "...Payne?" He said slowly, "There are so many that need to be dealt with?" He reached out and picked up some documents that were placed on the edge, which were not important at first glance, and roughly flipped through them. Turned over.

Payne saw that his usually lazy eyes widened suddenly, as if they were about to turn into almond eyes, and thought: It seems that I am the only one who needs to deal with so many things.Thinking about it in my heart, but I didn't rush to answer: "Yes."

Slant felt that he was really a very idle duke.

Really.

Especially when he saw the documents stacked high on Payne's desk, the expression on his face changed into an exaggerated shock: "Wow." Exaggeration is exaggeration, and the shock is not fake.

His eyes widened for a moment, and he looked... a little cute.Penn thought.

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Celia opened the notebook, and the messy and scribbled handwriting on the notebook hinted at the master's discontent.

It has been three days.

It has been three days since she came back.

She touched her throat, here, the pain from the dagger seems to be still there.She died, and the priestess Celia died five years later, and Miss Celia, who was still a viscount's daughter, came back.

Who ever wanted to go back to five years ago.Everything here is so real, even if she is as determined as she is, she can't help suspecting that what she experienced before was a big absurd dream.

She died when the war was raging, and the war swept the entire Eton Duchy.At the beginning, due to the neglect of the king and the indulgence of those who cared, the domestic serfs rioted, and the central and western parts fell unexpectedly.

Religious wars broke out again, the royal city was breached, and serfdom was forced to abolish, but soon after the king was assassinated, the queen committed suicide, the royal family was in turmoil, and the battle for royal power set off another bloody storm.North appeared in front of people for the first time as the leader of the assassination organization.

Some aristocrats thought coldly about making some war money by the way, and both the ambitious and the unambitious got involved, and small fights broke out everywhere.The whole country fell into a state of disorder and chaos.

Under the internal troubles, the mortal enemy of the Principality of Eaton, the Kingdom of Kelin, stepped in and began to attack the Principality of Eaton.Other countries also took the opportunity to join in, making the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

The royal family assembled the remaining troops, on the one hand to attack Protestantism vigorously, and on the other hand to resist foreign enemies.It's a pity that it has little effect.The war broke out so inexplicably that many people died in a short time.There are also many aristocrats with a little wisdom who want to get rid of North first, lest he lead the Protestantism to incite more people.

So there was a 'half-day battle'.It took half a day and the loss was heavy.North's younger brother Garth died in this war, and he blocked North's heart-piercing arrow.The Protestant bishop North frantically led the army to kill the nobles and the royal family, colluded with Kling, and provided information to other countries that were fishing in troubled waters, as if to make the Principality of Eaton fall.

Celia went over as many details as she could, and wrote as many things as she could in her notebook in special characters.When she thought of Duke Payne, her eyes showed admiration.

In chaotic times, under internal and external troubles, there will always be many patriots emerging.They are talented, capable, ambitious or not, but they will all shine in that era and leave a strong mark.

Duke Penn is one of those shining stars.

Celia hadn't become a priestess in her previous life, and the war hadn't broken out. When everything was calm, she had heard about the Duke of Payne's reputation when she was the Viscountess.At that time, like all the ladies and gentlemen, she had fantasies, longings, and almost admiration.

The author has something to say:

The Principality of Eaton in the previous life had fallen...

Almost all the capable ones, the incompetent ones, the famous ones, all died...

This is another level of be...

But there's more to it...

Ah ha ha o(*￣▽￣*)ブ

In fact, what the reborn girl knew about the Duke of Payne was very one-sided, and they were all rumors...