Chapter 29 Letter from the Viscount, Return of the Baron, New Guests
It was already past dusk when Moriarty accompanied Mathil, who was full of excitement and still had a lot to say, back to the main building.
Because the autumn air was crisp and the temperature was pleasant, the old housekeeper thoughtfully arranged the welcome dinner on the large lawn.
On a row of slightly curved dining tables, the tablecloth is white, the candlelight is red, and a dazzling array of various meals and snacks are placed in an orderly manner.
Tonight's main course is a famous Ivy dish: braised seabass with asparagus in cream.
The main ingredient of the dishes is "White Star Bass" taken from the clear river near the manor. The meat is thick and smooth, and has no fishy smell. Asparagus is the most seasonal vegetable, grown and picked by the manor itself, and there is no need to
It also has a unique taste when cooked or eaten raw.
After the two wonderful ingredients are carefully cooked with milk, basil leaves, mint and rosemary, the deliciousness of the fish and the freshness of the asparagus are perfectly blended together, making it difficult to put it down once you taste it.
After dinner, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
It was getting late at this time, and Mathil was really tired from the long journey. So, Moriarty asked the servant to serve the girl and the Knights of the Round Table and go back to their rooms to rest. However, after Mathil's repeated calls,
Upon request, Moriarty promised to come to accompany the girl early tomorrow morning and formally visit the entire manor.
In the following week, Mathiler lingered over the autumn scenery and many art treasures of Ivy Manor, and her mind was intoxicated.
Of course, with distinguished guests at home, Moriarty's usual schedule will inevitably be broken. However, as for daily magic meditation and self-study, it is still unbreakable. In this regard, Mathil fully expressed
Although the Knights of the Round Table didn't say anything on the surface about Moriarty's behavior, they quite agreed and appreciated it in their hearts.
During this period, the messenger from Windsor Castle also visited Ivy Manor occasionally. In addition to greeting his lady, he also brought Moriarty a personal letter from Viscount Salk. After reading the letter, Moriarty said,
He just asked the butler to treat the messenger to a nice meal and then sent him back. As for a reply or even a verbal message, there was no reply at all.
"What did Father say in his letter? Did he urge me to go back?" Mathil asked softly as he watched the messenger happily leave the manor after a good meal and a gold coin reward.
"The Viscount is just concerned about your current situation and asked if you are happy here. It can be seen that the Viscount misses you, but he has no intention of forcing you to return immediately." Moriarty said to the girl with a smile.
As if carelessly, he slowly stuffed the letter back into the envelope and put it into his sleeve.
"That's good." Mathil patted her chest lightly, then frowned again, pretending to be careful and said to Moriarty: "What about you, are you tired of me? Or do you hope that I will in your heart?
Leave quickly?"
"Haha, cunning Mattie." Moriarty laughed loudly. As he and the girl became more and more familiar and close to each other, the two of them became accustomed to using nicknames: "I welcome you to live in Ivy forever.
Go down until the Viscount can no longer bear the longing for his daughter and personally leads an army to the manor."
"Hehe, you have your heart, Morty." Mathil smiled triumphantly, then turned around deftly and said back to Moriarty: "It's time to water again, I'll go to the greenery first.
Ha'ha." After saying that, he walked towards the back of the manor alone, while several maids around him also hurriedly saluted Moriarty and hurried after him.
"Haha, what a lovely lady." The old housekeeper stood behind Moriarty, looked at Mathil's back, and smiled softly, as if he saw a familiar scene reappearing in the ivy.
"Yes." Moriarty did not comment, then turned to look at Hugo: "When will father return to the manor?"
"Tomorrow." The old housekeeper replied firmly.
"Okay." Moriarty nodded lightly, and then walked to his study.
The next day, Baron Ensberg, who had been away from home for nearly two months, finally returned to Ivy Manor.
Moriarty, Butler Hugo, Knight Hamilton, and even Miss Salk, who had been a guest at the manor for more than a week, and Knight of the Round Table Charlie all came together to greet the Baron in front of the Ivy Gate.
"Welcome home, Father." Moriarty smiled and looked at Baron Ensberg who was slowly walking down from the carriage, and bowed in greeting.
In the luxuriously and comfortably furnished carriage, there was a strange figure of a woman. However, everyone present turned a blind eye to this for the time being.
"Nice to meet you too, Moriarty." The Baron still has the usual aristocratic scholar demeanor, elegant yet very magnanimous, making people feel heartbroken at first sight.
Looking at his only son whom he had not seen for a long time, Baron Ensberg smiled happily, obviously very satisfied with Moriarty's recent performance.
However, as a bystander, the Knights of the Round Table keenly read some different emotions from the slight tremor in the corner of the Baron's eyes. When he thought of the beautiful figure still sitting motionless in the carriage, Charlie frowned slightly.
frown.
"Welcome to the Ensberg family, the jewel of Salk." The baron looked at Mathil with a kind smile.
"It's my honor, Uncle Philip." Mathil was obviously very familiar with the Baron. After lifting her skirt and giving a slight salute, she smiled coquettishly and said: "But it's been many days since I came here, but I haven't seen him yet.
It’s really a pity to see uncle.”
"Regret? Really?" The baron glanced at the girl with a half-smile, which immediately made her blush.
"Welcome, Knight Charlie, your presence has brought glory to the Ensberg family." Turning around, the Baron solemnly saluted the Knights of the Round Table, but it could be seen that the Baron and the Knights of the Round Table should be familiar with each other.
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"The ivy is beautiful, and the wine here is also very good. I like it here." Charlie laughed and gave the baron a knighthood.
As a high-ranking knight, although Charlie has not yet received a formal title, his status in the aristocratic circle is roughly the same as that of an ordinary baron. Even any earl who has the ability to confer a baron title and give the other party land will not do so.
He did not hesitate to recruit a high-level knight as his vassal, and once he succeeded, he would probably laugh out loud even in his dreams at night. This is why Viscount Salk could always remain vague during the "Twin Civil War" in Kent.
One of the reasons why he overcame Viscount McLellan was that he had a powerful Knight of the Round Table, "Spear of the Dawn", under his command.
"Father, who is this young lady?" At this moment, Moriarty seemed to have just discovered that there was another person in the carriage opposite, and asked the baron doubtfully.
"Hannah, come on, get out of the car." The baron glanced at his only son and did not answer directly. Instead, he turned around and said to the woman in the carriage, while extending his left arm forward in a very gentlemanly manner.
"Are you finally here, Philip? It's so beautiful here." Gently supporting the baron's arm, a blond noblewoman in a white lily dress slowly stepped out of the carriage, her vermillion lips pursed with an impeccable smile.
With a gentle smile, he said softly.
"Yes, this is Ivy, I hope you like it." The baron said with a smile.
"Of course, I like it very much. It's just like Alice's dreamland." The woman said, and she naturally held the baron's arm, as if she had always done so.
"Let me introduce you. This is Dame Hannah from the Farasha family in Ruhr County. Her father is Viscount Farasha." The baron glanced at the catkins wrapped around his arm and introduced calmly.
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"Welcome, Dame Farasha." Moriarty looked at Hannah, who was almost the same age as him, but only two or three years older at most, and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Moriarty." The Dame nodded gracefully and smiled sweetly at everyone around her.
"Okay, let's all go in. The sunshine at noon is a bit too strong for the ladies." After the baron finished speaking, he took the lady with him and walked towards the manor first.
"Let's go." Glancing at Mathil, who had a slightly strange expression next to him, Moriarty smiled lightly and followed suit.
Everyone else followed and returned to the main building.
That night, the Baron held a rather grand welcome ball for the Dame in the Swan Hall. In addition to Moriarty and others, knights, knights and relatives from the vassal families of the Ensberg family also attended.
In the face of pairs of eyes that were either doubtful, speculative, or impassive, Dame Farashia always responded with gentle, graceful responses and a perfect aristocratic smile, which made people feel like they were in the spring breeze.
"What a lovely person, what do you think, Moriarty." As Moriarty's dance partner, Moriarty stayed with him all night. However, for this sudden "appearance"
Miss Hannah and Mathil obviously don't have much closeness, but they are perfectly concealed. Only when they are alone with Moriarty, they show some emotion, neither light nor serious.
"Yes, Miss Farasha is indeed extremely beautiful and has a very docile temperament. She can be called a model of aristocratic women." Moriarty gently shook the crystal glass goblet in his hand, and the dark red Lux wine became as thick as viscous.
Honey generally forms a beautiful layer on the transparent cup wall, and the fresh wine aroma also ripples out.
"It's just that this lady tonight doesn't look like Ivy's guest, but rather like the host." Mathil turned her head and looked at Moriarty, but she couldn't tell from the other person's plain expression.
What kind of emotion, so he lowered his voice and said.
"Maybe. After all, Ivy does not have a mistress now." Moriarty looked at the smiling lady leaning against the Baron in the distance: "Mattie, maybe it's time to leave."
"Yeah, I think so too." Looking at Moriarty's plain expression, for some reason, he slowly felt relieved: "But you have to take good care of the 'Green Sea', the lavender fields there are about to mature.
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"Okay, don't worry, I will do it." Moriarty nodded, and then gently clinked the glasses with Mathil.
Opposite him, the baron's eyes flickered.
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When I woke up in the morning, I saw that the score on the book list suddenly jumped to 3,000. Does Dian Niang also update it once a day?
What I didn’t say is that if a certain symbol wins, four updates will be made within today (guaranteed 2 + book list 2).
