Suldak even got engaged to Hathaway and became Hathaway's fiancé.
Traditional aristocratic families attach great importance to wedding rituals. Therefore, before the marriage, the relationship between Suldak and Hathaway cannot go any further. This involves the dignity of the Luther family.
Late at night, the guests attending the ball had almost left. The servants in the Marquis Mansion had begun to extinguish some of the extra colored lights in the courtyard, extinguishing the lights in the parking lot little by little. There were not many magic caravans left in the courtyard.
, Marquis Luther and Lady Marianne, Lady Mabel stood at the gate of the castle and saw off the last guest.
Suldak bid farewell to Marquis Luther.
Marquis Luther had been busy all night and still seemed energetic. He patted Suldak on the shoulder and planned to drag him to the study to drink a few glasses of wine.
Madame Marian also enthusiastically invited Surdak to stay at the Marquis Palace and personally arranged a guest room for Surdak.
However, Suldak knew his own misfortune. He did not dare to stay overnight at the Marquis Mansion, so he had no choice but to politely refuse.
In the morning, he and Aphrodite found their temporary hotel. Aphrodite restarted the summoning ceremony in the hotel room, but from morning to now, he has stayed in Bena City for almost eighteen consecutive days.
Hours are already the limit for Aphrodite's summoning time. If you stay in Marquis Luther's Mansion now, a gate to the void may appear in front of you at any time, and you will be forcibly pulled into the gate by the contracted power of the summoning circle.
in.
In order to prevent that kind of thing from happening, Suldak could only refuse the warm invitation of Marquis Luther and Lady Marianne, and left Marquis Luther's Mansion under the moonlight at night.
Suldak's judgment was absolutely correct. As soon as he walked out of the gate of Marquis Luther's Mansion, he felt bursts of void power around him, and the summoning circle began to appear under his feet. He did not dare to hesitate.
, hurriedly hid in the shadow of a high wall on the street, and as the summoning circle emerged from under his feet, a powerful force of void sucked him into the void.
Just under the shadow of the high wall, Surdak disappeared on the spot.
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A door to the void opened instantly in the treasure chamber, and Surdak felt a powerful repulsive force pushing him out.
Surdak returned to the treasure chamber. The red dragon lay its head on the platform of the treasure chamber and slept. Probably feeling the power of the void, the red dragon opened its eyes in shock and saw Surdak walking out of it.
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Its eyes did not look very surprised, but it blinked at Surdak, leaned towards Surdak sleepily, lazily opened its mouth and let out a big yawn, Surda
Ke was well prepared and quickly avoided the front. A strong wind blew the crystal fragments far away.
The red dragon rolled his eyelids and stared at Surdak, his eyes full of expectation.
Surdak lowered his head, turned over his sleeves, and saw that the tenth scale had begun to grow on his arm. He immediately stood opposite the red dragon and began to pronounce the correct pronunciation of the number ten rune language 'Shur', and then he
Write two large 'V's slightly slanted and stacked on top of each other in handwriting.
The moment 'Shur' was drawn by Surdak, although the rune only stayed in front of Surdak for less than three seconds, an extremely cold ice element was instantly injected into Surdak's body.
Erdak only felt that one of his hands was wrapped in cold light blue ice crystals.
The red dragon was startled, his head suddenly shrank back, and he looked at Surdak in surprise.
Surdak motioned for him to follow suit, and then reluctantly began to learn the language of runes.
Sure enough, when the red dragon began to learn dragon language, the tenth scale on Surdak's arm began to fade.
The red dragon quickly learned the tenth rune language, and then approached Surdak expectantly, as if waiting for Surdak's praise. Surdak could only stretch out his hand and touch it like an adult white rock rhinoceros.
He patted the dragon's head, which was even bigger, and then took out a bundle of red crystals from the magic belt bag.
The red dragon opened its mouth wide and allowed Surdak to throw the red crystals into its mouth. The sound of the red dragon chewing the red crystals was a bit harsh, and it swallowed the red crystals in a few mouthfuls.
It stretched out its tongue and licked its lips contentedly...
After Mei Mei had a beautiful meal, before Surdak could start teaching it the eleventh rune language, the red dragon decisively retracted its head from the relief stone wall and slipped away in a flash.
Suddenly, Surdak was the only one left in the treasure chamber.
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The next morning...
Suldak appeared in the hotel room again. The room was warm and there was a thick layer of frost on the glass windows.
The sunlight shines into the room through this layer of frost, making it feel like being in a glass greenhouse.
Aphrodite was wearing a thin nightgown, lying lazily on the hotel bed, covered with a velvet blanket, and looked like she had just woken up. The succubus was not in a good state of mind and looked a little tired.
She squinted her eyes, held her chin, and asked Suldak while lying on the bed: "Where else are you going today?"
Suldak adjusted the exquisite leather armor on his body and the badge on his chest in front of the dressing mirror in the room. He took out a skinning knife from his waist and skillfully shaved off the stubble on his chin.
He turned around and said: "I am going to visit Count Gophero today. I promised Beatrice that I would also propose to her. Before that, I must obtain the consent of her father, Count Gophero, and he needs to personally
Tell me that you are willing to marry your daughter to me!"
Aphrodite tugged at the loose 'V'-shaped neckline, with a gloating smile on her face, and said to Surdak: "Oh, then I wish you good luck, I hope you can bring back good news.
, but from a mystical perspective, you will have a lot of trouble going out today. I also remind you not to play too late..."
Suldak choked slightly.
He didn't expect that Aphrodite had studied mysticism, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He just waved to Aphrodite and said, "I know, I will pay attention to the summoning time!"
"It's good to know." Aphrodite didn't explain much, just complained: "When you can control the magic elements, I will let you learn to summon the magic circle and feel how boring it will be to maintain the magic circle all day long.
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Suldak came over, patted her face with his hand, and comforted her: "I know you worked hard yesterday!"
Aphrodite rolled her eyes speechlessly and stopped responding to him.
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Beatrice Gophero, compared with the surname Luther, although the surname Gophero is an old noble in Bena City, there have been no outstanding young people in the Gophero family in recent years.
Its ranking in Bena Province is declining year by year.
The Gofilo family has some shops in Bena City, which mainly deal in linen and cotton, and also run some high-end Warcraft material stores. Although the shops in Bena City have continued to make profits over the years, due to increasing competition with other shops
The more intense it becomes, the profits of these shops will continue to decline.
Beatrice's father, Count Gophero, wanted to maintain the dignity of the Gophero family. In addition to cultivating outstanding young people in the family, he also wanted to attract outstanding young people from outside to join the Gophero family.
Suldak stood at the gate of the Gophero family manor. He decisively rejected Beatrice's companions this time and planned to face Count Gophero alone.
According to Beatrice, her father was a stubborn old man with typical traditional ideas, stubborn and mediocre.
Looking at the large iron door with some paint peeling off, there is severe rust in many places on the iron door. Although the rust is not serious enough to affect the overall strength of the door, it has already made the outer door look very old.
Connecting the two gates is a door stack made of square stones. On both sides of the door stack is a mottled wall. The gaps between the stones are covered with moss. In winter, after the moss withers and turns yellow, it sticks to the wall, making it look very old.
The snow outside the wall has not been cleared. The Gofilo family lives in this ancient manor. Suldak took a deep breath, plucked up the courage and strode to the concierge at the gate, took out a visiting card
The letter was handed over to the guard at the door.
The guard at the door was a bit old and his eyesight was not very good. He looked at Suldak with great difficulty.
Along with the letter of visit, there was also a silver coin.
The old guard didn't notice the silver coins under Surdak's invitation at first, but his face immediately showed great joy, and he asked Suldak somewhat diligently: "Young man, who are you looking for?"
"I want to visit Count Gophero." Suldak said standing at the door.
"The count went to attend a meeting last night and has not come back yet!" the guard said to Suldak. "You can leave your address. If the count is willing to see you, he will send someone to notify you."
Suldak nodded.
The way of life of nobles is like this. Formal visits need to be agreed upon by both parties, otherwise they will usually be rejected.
Through the gap between the large iron gates, Suldak took a few glances into the manor. Several servants were still sweeping snow in the courtyard. There was a row of stables built on the right wall of the vestibule. A sudden heavy snowfall made him
A corner of the stable collapsed.
The buildings in the manor are also very old. Overall, it seems that this ancient manor needs to be repaired.
Suldak was about to leave Gophero Manor and turned to walk towards the street when a silver magic caravan drove towards him. The family emblem of a lion's head was printed on the car. The magic caravan stopped in front of the gate.
A middle-aged nobleman in a gorgeous dress opened the car door and asked Suldak: "Young man, who are you looking for?"
When Suldak heard someone calling him, he stopped and said to the middle-aged nobleman with a tired face: "I want to see Count Gophero..."
"You're looking for me, do we know each other?" The middle-aged nobleman squinted his eyes, his eyes fell on the noble badge on Suldak's chest, and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Suldak did not expect that the middle-aged nobleman in front of him who was overindulging in sex, with a thin face and a lack of energy would actually be Count Gophero. As expected, he had a count medal on his chest, and he quickly said: "No, this is me.
This is the first time I’ve taken the liberty to visit.”
Marquis Gophero looked unconcerned, waved to Suldak and said, "Oh, please come up! It's warmer in the carriage."
Suldak boarded the silver magic caravan, but the interior of the car was not as bright as it looked outside. The soft leather sofa in the car had some slight cracks, and other furniture also looked a little old, and the colors were a little depressing.
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Count Gophero was sitting in the magic caravan, holding a glass of golden cider in his hand, looking at Suldak as a superior.
There was a noble lady sitting next to Count Gophero. The noble lady's eyes were sharp and critical. She looked at Suldak impatiently, wishing he could just get out of the car.
"What do you want from me?" Count Gophero pondered for a moment, then pursed his lips and asked lightly.
The lady pulled up her low-cut dress and covered her exposed shoulders with a fur shawl.
Surdak introduced himself to Count Gophero: "Your Majesty, my name is Surdak, and I am a noble from the city of Helensa..."
Surdak stated his purpose of coming here in one breath.
Count Gophero sat in the magic caravan, looked at Suldak with a cold expression, and said after a while: "I know you, although you are from Helensa, but I think most of the nobles in Bena City will remember you last night.
you."
Suldak felt cold. Judging from Count Gophero's attitude, it was obvious that he didn't have a good impression of him.
Count Gophero rolled his heavy single eyelids, stared at Suldak, and said: "Since you want to take my daughter, you are obviously mentally prepared..."
Count Gophero paused for a moment. He drank the golden cider in the cup in one gulp. The empty cup was placed casually on the folding table. He poured himself another glass of wine. Perhaps it was the effect of the alcohol. He grabbed the bottle.
The hand kept shaking, and the golden wine kept spilling from the mouth of the cup.
His smile was cold and his expression seemed a little impatient. He said to Suldak: "You want me to promise you? My condition is very simple. Either you join the Gophero family and become a member of the Gophero family.
Either you have the same strength as me, and then you tell me this matter, obviously you have nothing now... so I can't agree."
Although Suldak had been mentally prepared, he still felt a little disappointed when he heard Count Gophero's refusal without hesitation.
"Lord Gophero, please listen to my explanation..."
Suldak wanted to fight for it again, but Count Gophero waved his hands repeatedly to signal Suldak to stop talking. He kept tapping the table with one finger and said to Surdak: "I don't need to listen.
What are you trying to explain? I don’t need to consider Beatrice’s thoughts. Since she was born in a noble family, she has the obligation to contribute to the family. In fact, this is true for every noble family, so don’t waste your time with me.
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"I'm a little sleepy and want to go home and rest. Is this the end of our conversation?"
Count Gophero said with a cold face, staring at Suldak.