"All roses are shipped back?"

Huggins touched the mustache on his chin, looked at the list in his hand, and said, "Well, except for the one in His Majesty's hand, all the other 31 pots have been placed."

After pausing, he hesitated for a while, and then said, "There is one thing that those 'escorts' have not left yet."

Todd turned around in surprise.

"The troops from the palace set up guard posts outside the door, but it didn't look like they were surveillance of us, but they were a bit like... protecting us." Huggins closed the list and put it in his arms: "The Silver Ring Royal Family looks very caring for us, not only sending troops to protect us, but also booked this hotel for us to stay temporarily. Well, sir... are you sure you don't know the queen..."

Todd shook his head and said, "It's the first time we meet in the cathedral today."

But when he thinks back, he always feels something strange.

Todd, who had just returned to the hotel from the banquet, held disgust and hatred towards the beautiful queen who was lofty.

At first he thought that due to the "tea party" in Muxi Town, Queen Mary colluded with the nobles who had no good feelings for him, and set up a plan to seize the "grafted rose" and humiliate him in public.

But after calming down, he discovered several strange places.

First of all, if the queen and the nobles were birds of a feather, for a little priest who had no power and power, he only needed to lead his army to confiscate the carriage and drive out of the Silver Ring City. There was no need to go through a lot of trouble to set up such a bureau.

Secondly, while the betting was in progress, Todd, who had observed around him, found out many times that the queen planned to stop the betting.

There were two more obvious times, one was when he lost eleven basins of roses; the other was when he lost 150 silver moons in the penultimate game. The timing of these two times was very interesting. The first time Todd lost one-third of the goods, and the loss was barely acceptable, and the nobles also won the best of their hearts; the second time was when Todd was about to lose nothing.

Judging from the psychological speculation of normal people, it is assumed that the queen is aware of the cheating methods of gambling but does not know the existence of alien abilities. Both times were from Todd's standpoint and the best time to escape.

Finally, there is another thing to arrange for guards.

If you rush to the banquet, the guards from the royal family can still be said to be surveillance and escort; but after returning, they still stayed and did not leave, but instead took on the defense of the hotel, which is difficult to speculate with malicious intentions.

Is the queen different from those nobles and has other purposes? But why didn’t she invite her directly, but instead took such a big turn with banquets and gambling?

Just when Todd thought about the pain in his head, Huggins poked him with his elbow, causing the former to divert attention.

"What should I do with that alien girl? It's the one you brought back from the banquet." Huggins raised his arms, rolled up his sleeves, and showed Todd the two rows of fine tooth marks on it: "Compared to the nobles, that girl seems to hate the people of the church more. I was just bitten, and Edgar couldn't even lift his hands up because of the cold."

With a sigh, Todd's head hurt even more.

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The white candle made of beeswax was burning quietly. Queen Mary sat quietly on the wooden chair next to the fireplace carved with complicated patterns. She looked like a little red and creamy complexion in the snow. Under the warm candlelight, a layer of haze appeared. She had already taken off the heavy and complex palace dress during the day and was wearing a bedding dress designed by herself and cut by someone.

On the long sleeves of white and fine linen, the thin silk seams are embedded in the shoulders and chest, and the morning glow reflects the snow-like inside. The tight cuffs are decorated with fine embroidery and beautifully patterned straps, and under the collar are decorated with Taro convex stripes and gold and silver silk. The light and lively style of this dress is obviously contrary to the secular dress rules required by the church, but it looks natural and generous and unique.

"Thirty million silver moon?! This huge debt, not to mention that old bastard Kennard, can't even get enough money even if he emptys the entire kingdom! Hahaha!" Guy VI put down the document in his hand, listened to his wife happily, telling everything that happened at the banquet, and slapped the handrail while laughing: "When I asked him for money, I always cried in front of me, and I always put on old clothes. I never stopped buying a house, but this is the tenth one."

"Your Majesty, this is different from what I originally thought. Whether it is silver refining or the Eye of God, Father Todd's attainment in alchemy is obvious to all. If he can be recommended to become a royal alchemist, many problems will be solved. But considering the tense relationship between the church and the kingdom, our original intention was to use a banquet to ease it, but now it has backfired..." The queen leaned her body on the handrail, and the curve under the thin shirt made the person on the opposite side dizzy.

Guy VI stood up, shook his head without caring, took out a wrapped square item from a corner of the room, and handed it to the queen: "We can talk about these tomorrow. Let's put down those things first and see the gifts I have prepared for you, the famous paintings of Hetris, the master painter of Gutero."

Queen Mary, who looked happy, couldn't wait to unpack the packaging, looked at the beautiful patterns on the canvas, and laughed and said, "It's so beautiful. This is his late work. The rumors were destroyed by the war. I didn't expect to see it here! Another empty space in my gallery was filled!"

Thinking of the coins spent for this painting, Guy VI bit his lip in pain, and then pulled his wife's hand: "The painting will only be here, and we can't go anywhere, but our time is slipping away little by little. It's time to go to rest..."

The queen's body stiffened, and she later returned to her calmness. She nodded with a smile.

The quiet moonlight disappeared into the clouds, and the dim night fell into the world.

With one hand on Mary's waistline, the king carefully came to her shoulders and surrounded the pillow with a gentle word.

"Feel sorry."

The former shook his head and still turned his back to the other owner of the big bed.

The man turned around and lay down on the bed again.

After a while, he came to the queen's side again and asked in a low voice: "Maybe, we can..."

Queen Mary wrapped her bedding tighter, her voice was not loud, but her tone was unquestionable: "I said, I don't like using those dirty things."

The man sighed heavily.

The woman buried her head and said nothing more.

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The sky to the east was slightly lit, and Todd got up early.

He has no problem with recognizing beds, but unlike Muxi Town, the unfamiliar environment and tense atmosphere in the city always make people unable to fall asleep peacefully.

To his surprise, Huggins and his subordinates were already dressed neatly and patrolled inside and outside the hotel. The dark circles on their faces proved that even with the "guardians" outside, these people were still loyal to their duties.

Knowing that Todd had the habit of having breakfast, Huggins handed the rye bread and eggs that had been prepared to the former.

Drinking the clean water from the hotel owner, Todd ate the rough bread in small mouthfuls and turned his eyes out of the door. Yesterday's "gambling" incident made it necessary for him to think carefully about what actions should be taken next.

Huggins did not disturb his thoughts, and walked not far away to direct the farmers and began to check the status of the rose.

About half an hour later, Edgar and Jerry came out of the room.

The former yawned, rubbed his eyes, walked to Huggins, raised his chin, stretched out his right hand as he was ready to bend his fingertips inward. The latter rolled his eyes, shook his head, and handed over the half of the leftover wheat-skin cake in his arms.

Jerry came to Todd and looked at the doves walking around in the open space outside the door in a happy mood.

Edgar took the thick cake and sat on the bench beside the priest, and ate the cake voraciously. Todd looked at him, then looked at the bread left in his hand, patted Jerry on the shoulder, and handed the food to the tall man squatting beside him.

After eating the thick cake, Edgar carefully licked each finger, looked at Jerry enviously, suddenly remembered something, and said to everyone in a proud tone: "After all, I still have a way! The girl named Pamela yesterday, I have convinced her that we are good people!"

Huggins had a bad premonition: "What did you say to her?"

Edgar coughed twice and said in an extremely serious tone: "Miss, although we seem to be church members, we are actually the incarnation of justice. Otherwise, think about it, why did we not send you to the heresy court, but hid you here?"

Huggins pointed at his head and slapped him: "You're just talking about it!"

After teaching this big mouth a lesson, the man rubbed his temples with his fingers and asked to Todd, "What should we do today?"

Todd thought about it carefully for a while and said after a moment: "If possible, I want to go to the cathedral again, but the question is how to get out from here..."

"Is Mr. Todd here?"

A thick and loud sound came from the door, causing everyone in the hotel lobby to turn their heads and look.

The rising sun shines on the shining armor under control, and the reflected light is dazzling.

The visitor was an old man. When he was young, he might have black hair. Now, although his temples are covered with silver threads and his eyebrows are white, his tidy, but his eyes are bright and bright, without the silence and darkness of an old man, giving people a feeling of piety and clear spirit.

Huggins saw clearly who the person was, his face turned red and white in an instant, and turned his body in panic, and fled from the hall with both hands and feet.

The old man kicked a bench with his feet and hit the man's back without any bias, causing the latter to fall on the ground to chew mud.

Just as Huggins was about to get up, the old man hooked his leg and put him down again, and stepped on his back.

A voice burst out above the man's head and echoed in the hotel lobby.

"A bastard! I'll settle your account with you later!"
Chapter completed!