[West Fantasy] The noble lady who was divorced became rich

"Your Highness." The people in the study all bent down at the moment Marianne entered, except for Astaros who came to return, there was also a man who looked slightly younger than Astaros. Slightly curly dark gray short hair, raised eye tails and deep red eyes, reminiscent of a fox in the bush.

"This is Botis, the vice-captain of the pro-guard." Astaros introduced: "When I'm not around, you can entrust him to handle some trivial matters."

"It's a great honor to be introduced to you by the captain." When Botis looked at Mariana with his red eyes, he found that he couldn't see whether Mariana regarded him as one of his own.

In other words, the moment Botis approached Mariana, he felt that his magic power was cut by an invisible magnetic field, and he could never act on Mariana.

This is a really tricky situation like never before.

Botis' pupils moved to Abigail's direction, and he found that his professional ability was reflected in the little witch.

"You seem to have doubts about me or Abigail." Mariana noticed that Botis's gaze track was a bit strange.

"Please forgive my offense." Unlike Astaros, who often has a straight face, Botis, who always has a gentle smile on his lips, reminds Mariana of some white-cut black characters: "After all This is the first time I've seen you, so I'm a little nervous."

"Really?" Mariana carefully observed Botis's expression: "Why do I feel that you are not nervous at all, but you have a posture of watching the show?"

"How could it be." Botis denied it very simply: "This is considered disrespectful to you."

Mariana focused her eyes on the smile on Botis's lips, as if infected by him, she also showed a half-smile expression: "That's right."

Even if Botis didn't use his agency power, he could easily tell from Marianne's tone that he didn't trust him.

Astaros felt that Botis was looking for something to do, so he wanted to interrupt the conversation between them: "The signatures you want have been done. Except for the Britannia Regent, the Tower of Sighs and Brittany The nobles in the Nia Palace have agreed to your tax reduction policy."

"You are really more reliable than I thought." Mariana took the things that Astaros handed over, and while flipping through them, she seemed to have no doubts: "With such a reliable person to assist, my aunt actually It can also be suppressed by the idiot Prince Regent for more than 30 years."

"The former duchess was a person with no ambitions." Astaros' voice revealed his hatred for the former duchess: "As a result, her peace indulged the ambitions of fools."

Mariana remembered what Richard had said to her.

My aunt had two miscarriages before marrying Richard, in order not to let the title of Brittany fall to the line of the Grand Duchess of Aquique.If the former duchess lost her ambitions for power due to love or other reasons, then Mariana would directly brand the person who said this as a "lie".

"This is simply a tragedy for our family." Thinking of this, Mariana's smile turned into a sigh: "I hope I can change the unfavorable situation left by my aunt."

"I believe you can do this." Astaros suppressed the nausea that was about to vomit, absolutely unable to imagine himself doing it for another 30 years.

"But then again, can the names of Lord Astaros and Lord Botis be changed?" Mariana suddenly changed the subject: "Both the captain and the vice-captain of the personal guard use the name of the 72-pillar demon king...would make people It's weird."

"..."

Seeing that Astaros and Botis did not reply immediately, Mariana added: "The regent of Britannia is the patriarch after all, hasn't he expressed dissatisfaction with your names?"

The ruler of a country actually has someone who uses the name of the devil, and if they say it, it will definitely become a political enemy of the Duchess of Britannia or another country to use it to attack the Duchess.

Where Mariana couldn't see, Astaros and Botis were sweating coldly.

Marianna also saw their hesitation, and didn't understand why the name was so important to them: "It's not a big deal to change your name! After all, the name of Your Excellency Astaros was obtained by the former duchess, even if the former duchess has something for you. Thanks to the kindness of knowing you, I will not give you the name of a devil king."

If these words are placed in a relatively ordinary background, it will definitely make people feel that Marianne does not respect the captain and deputy captain of the Guards enough.

However, considering the identities of the three, the request for a name change is not so unacceptable.

After all, the Britannian Guards had already entrusted their lives to the Duke, so a change of name was nothing.

"If you don't mind, I hope to keep this name that means a lot to me." Astaros held his chest, and put on a loyal look that was enough to make the devil laugh at him countless times: "After all, this is a gift from the previous duke, and You don’t want to keep an ungrateful person around either.”

"Yes, I really need your loyalty." Marianna motioned Astaros to kneel down on one knee, and then pressed the other's shoulder, her long hair slowly hanging down, forming a curtain that separated them: " But what I want to know more is whether the name means more to you."

Mariana's face was so close to Astaros' that he could hear Mariana's soft breathing.

Maybe he could just snap Mariana's neck.

For a moment, Astaros felt the intent to kill Marianne, which almost made Abigail's hair stand on end.

"Your Highness, can I say something disrespectful to you?" Astaros searched hard for words that would allow him to escape smoothly.

"can."

"In terms of being annoying, you are no different from the Grand Duke of Aquique lying in the church." Astaros hoped to use aggressive methods to stop Mariana's evil intentions.

After all, the name is very important to the devil.

Especially for the demons exposed on the ground, if they lose their names...

Then it's really dangerous.

"Is it annoying?" Mariana's emotions broke down for a moment, and then she said indifferently: "It seems that when I am lovable, not many people will treat me tenderly."

"But you need a loyal person more now." Astaros felt that he could still save him: "Are you sure you want to push me away?"

Mariana noticed a flash of red in Astaros' eyes, and even the whites of the eyes showed signs of blackening.

【Be careful of that captain of the personal guard. 】

Lucius' reminder after a certain meeting lingered in Mariana's ears, making her even more curious about the real secrets of Astaros and Botis.

Let the captain and vice-captain use the name of the Demon Lord.

Coupled with the irrationality of the previous Duchess's administration.

Mariana never believed that all this was a coincidence.

"Change your name!"

Botis at the side sensed from Abigail that the other party had begun to classify him and Astaros as "enemies", so he put away the smile that seemed to be crucified on his lips.

"How about changing a name that is more acceptable to the public?" Mariana seemed not aware of how dangerous her current situation was, and she was still dancing on the minefield of Astaros: "For example, using the gods or angels name."

"Can you let me think about it for a few days?" Astaros closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had returned to his usual expression.

Mariana withdrew her hand from holding the other's shoulder: "Then give me an answer in two days."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at Botis again: "You too."

"I will try my best to pick a good name that satisfies you." Compared with Astaros, Botis is not so worried about his situation.

Anyway, the debilitating power of the environment and names on the ground is directly proportional to their strength.

As long as it is not to the extent of Sidi's death, no matter what, there will be a certain amount of power to fight back.

"Okay, that's the end of the extra topic. Let's talk about tomorrow's succession ceremony and pardon list." Mariana sat on the front seat in the study, and first wrote down the details of the Prince Regent of Britannia and the Earl of Kent. Name: "In addition to these two, I can forgive one person."

Because Botis dealt with the nobles more often than Astaros, he replaced the captain of the personal guard who was in a bad mood, and asked first: "Do you have more detailed requirements for the pardon? Forgive him, and throw him back to the Tower of Sighs!"

Mariana thought about it for a while, and made a fairly clear request: "First, the family of the pardon target and he himself does not have much influence on my next rule; second, he is the fastest to admit his mistakes and show his loyalty. That group of nobles; the third..."

Mariana, who was suddenly stuck, glanced at Astaros, who was holding his chest and said nothing, and pointed out: "If he dies in a year, it won't arouse too many people's suspicion."

"You really never relax your vigilance against the nobles." Botis decided to go back and check the list of the nobles who were imprisoned.

The first two requirements of Mariana are not difficult. The problem is that after adding the third requirement, it is not easy to find those who can meet these three conditions at the same time.

"Go!" Mariana couldn't find a place where they needed help, so she urged the captains of the guards to work quickly: "Don't forget to change your name."

Mariana stared at the backs of Astaros and Botis as they left: "Tomorrow's succession ceremony is also free of trouble for you to do a good job of security."

"Please rest assured." Botis turned his face sideways, causing the sun to split his cheeks in two: "I will protect your personal safety."

"Then I'm really relieved." Mariana nodded, almost writing Botis's name after the names of the Regent of Britannia and the Earl of Kent, and then crossed out the other's initials.

"Are you sure you want to pick on the first and second in command of the pro-guards at this time?" Abigail found that the fabric of her back was soaked in cold sweat after Astaros and Botis left, and she even needed to support the person beside her. Chair to keep yourself from slumping: "Those two guys are definitely not normal people, I don't know why the former Duchess kept them around."

"Then can you see their true identities?" Mariana leaned back in her chair, suddenly envious of Abigail's witch talent.After all, an "insulator" like Mariana can be called a rare miracle in a century, and it shattered her dream of learning magic or other skills: "Did you feel anything in them just now? Or ..."

Marianne thought of a possibility that she had only seen in books, but after the idea came up, she immediately denied this guess, and even felt that her idea was a bit ridiculous.

With my aunt's body, how could it be possible to do this.

In terms of sensitivity to danger, Abigail and Bai Xue are only neck and neck.

And during the time when Mariana held Astaros' shoulder, Baixue, disguised as a little white snake, almost jumped out of Mariana, and finally relied on Abigail's magic to suppress the desire to attack Astaros. The urge to bite Rose's nose.

After the first and second in command of the guard left, a small white snake with the thickness of an index finger came out of Mariana's hair, and then wrapped its tail around Mariana's ear to fix itself, and at the same time, it was like a puppy licking people. Same, stretched out the snake letter and licked Mariana's cheek.

"Thank you." Mariana stretched out a finger to the little white snake, which wrapped itself around Mariana's fingers.

Abigail stares at the little white snake who is acting like a baby to Marianna, and suddenly realizes that being a fool is also a blessing.

"Unfortunately, I can't see the camouflage on them." Abigail didn't know where Mariana saw the strangeness of the guard captain, but she still distinguished Astaros and Buti according to Mariana's meaning The aura on Si: "Unless it is a 'top talent' like a doctor, or a clergyman and Mithril-level adventurer with professional training in 'detection', no one can see it without preparation." Know their true colors."

Finally, Abigail added: "Only if they really have a problem."

"I'm just guessing." Mariana has also read a lot of documents left behind by the former duchess in the past few days, and found that the other party's state is very strange, alternating between mediocrity and ambition.

Mariana put the little white snake on the table, and decided to find a chance for the doctor to meet with the first and second in command of the pro-guard.

Or lead Astaros and Botis directly to the temple.

After all, no matter how absurd her idea just now was, it was still worth trying.

…………… I am the dividing line……………

"How do you plan to reply to her in two days?" Botis asked after leaving the study: "She made a gesture of swearing that she will not give up until she achieves her goal, but if you really change the gods or envoys It is estimated that in the next 300 years, it will become the biggest joke in hell."

"Shut up." Astaros still had that lazy tone, as if he wasn't the one who wanted to kill Marianne just now,

Botis made a gesture of "zipping his mouth", but the information in his eyes showed that he did not give up his desire to learn about this issue.

Astaros really wanted to cut off Botis's head, but when he thought that if Botis was "dead", then only he and Sidi could complete the task, and Sidi...

Forget it, he still doesn't want to touch the dagger of the gods.

After all, if the mission fails, it will only take a 1000-year-old lava bath in purgatory, but if you touch the dagger of the gods, you will die without even ashes left.

"Let's procrastinate first!" Astaros began to regret why he chose Britannia, which seemed to be a good solution.

As a result, the former duchess died simply and neatly, but the successor was ten thousand times more troublesome than the duchess.

To make matters worse, as long as Astaros thought of the "great achievements" made by his "predecessors", he couldn't help being scared by the workload calculated in a century and almost died suddenly and went back to hell.

"I really want to kill her directly." Astaros and Botis returned to the base of the Guards, trying to use crooked methods to change Mariana's idea of ​​wanting them to change their names.

"How?" Botis watched as Astaros cut all his fingers, and wrote Mariana's name and what he hoped the other party would do on a piece of parchment that gave off a rancid smell. The parchment was burned with hellfire.

"...Lord Cthulhu said let us figure out our own way." Astaros rarely relaxed his already rigid face, and almost swept the things on the table to the ground.

"What about the name change? You didn't ask Lord Evil God how to deal with the name change?" Botis had long expected that there would be no "helping others" and "reaching out a helping hand" in hell with only paper friendship.But what he didn't expect was that Astaros, who had been working overtime until his reaction ability had declined, forgot to mention how to solve the name change in the letter sent to Lord Cthulhu.

After all...he only asked Lord Cthulhu if he could change Mariana's mind.

It didn't ask how to avoid the social death choice of being forced to change her name (contract hell joke) on the premise that she couldn't change Mariana's mind.

Astaros' breathing stagnated for a moment, and then he wasted a precious human skin volume to deliver the message.

"What did Lord Cthulhu say?" Botis watched Astaros' face turn from rigid to bitter and bitter, and finally became numb.

"Master Cthulhu said that he is looking forward to my changing to the names of the gods or the envoys of the gods." Astaros' voice seemed to splash out from the lava of hell, almost burning Botis unconscious.

"We are the most stupid demons in the world who pray for the help of evil gods." Botis exhaled a mouthful of light purple smoke, and then watched the smoke change into the silhouette of a girl above his head.

Astaros watched Botis's movements, and then added: "Then pray to humans to let us go?"

Botis almost choked on the smoke in his throat, and then gave Astaros a "Are you serious?" look.

"Then I'd rather be burned alive by the Goddess of Light." Botis first put aside his harsh words, and then repented: "Forget it, being laughed at is not a big deal."

"If even the devil is afraid of negative emotions, who else in the world can corrupt people?"

Astaros and Botis looked at each other, and finally burst out laughing knowingly.

…………… I am the dividing line………

On the morning of the enthronement ceremony, Mariana was torn from the bed by the maids before dawn, and then she was in front of the mirror until the rooster began to crow. Some city officials had posted a picture on some streets Zhang's announcement.

The duke's most important service was a crown of eight gold leaves and a red velvet base with four ermine trims on the hat and brim.

Judging from the current craftsmanship, both the crown and the cloak are unbelievably rough. After all, you cannot use the current technology to ask the craftsmen hundreds of years ago.

What's more, arrogant humans don't bother to let dwarves and gray elves, who are good at handicrafts, touch things that belong to kingship and theocracy.

When Mariana put on the crown and cloak, she only felt a musty smell in her nose.

"Did you pre-treat them with cleaning magic?" After all, it was something that hadn't been used for 30 years, and Mariana was worried that there would be lice coming out of the crown or cloak during the inheritance ceremony.

"Please rest assured that these precious succession items were sent to the temple for correction and purification three days ago." An older maid said softly: "If you feel uncomfortable, we can adjust the cloak and the tightness of the crown."

Except for epic-level adventurers, only emperors, kings, grand dukes, and dukes can adorn things that represent family or royal authority with mithril ornaments.

This also prevented Mariana, and the Duchess of Brittania 30 years ago, from being crushed to death by the heavy crown.

After all, the value of mithril is inversely proportional to its quality, so it will never damage Marianna's slender neck.

"Since the Regent of Brittania has been removed from the title of patriarch, who will the Papal States choose to preside over my succession ceremony?" Marianna does not know who blessed her at the succession ceremony until today.

Although she is not a devout believer, the church and the royal power complement each other and restrain each other. After all, it is a tradition that has existed for more than 1000 years.

And Marianne wasn't conceited enough to go against tradition when she was in a precarious position.

"You can't let me omit the blessing during the succession ceremony, and just be a duchess who has not been blessed by the gods!" Mariana added a pin under the lace of the cloak to prevent the cloak from falling off during the succession ceremony.

After all, Mariana's neck is really thin.

Presumably, with just one knife, her head can fall to the ground.

"I heard they are your acquaintances." The maids used pins to fasten the crown on Mariana's head.

The succession items customized with reference to adult men are more than a circle larger than Mariana's body, and even because she is still relatively small, more skills are needed to prevent them from falling off Mariana's body.

To make matters worse, they can't use magic on these things, because it is a double insult to the right of the church and the right of the gods.

"I hope I'm not late for the most important day of my niece." A travel-worn traveler suddenly appeared in Mariana's room, and then he took off his hat to Mariana: "Can I honor you at your inheritance ceremony?" Blessing is undoubtedly the greatest honor in my life.”

The author has something to say: overturned the outline, and is still perfecting the world view.There must be something unreasonable in it, but with my current ability, I may not be able to cover everything.

In addition, with regard to the status of women, the economic structure is not the only factor that determines the status of women. After all, it is 2020, and there are magic realism and the existence of the longevity society that prohibits abortion.It can only be said that the status of women here is more than a little higher than in real history. After all, there is no relatively weak status in terms of Sali Law and inheritance rights.