Chapter Thirteen: Leo's Discovery (Seeking a Monthly Pass)
——Updated, please vote for me~
…………………………………………………………………………
"Ah?" Karilena didn't understand what it meant for a moment, and her eyes were full of doubts.
Lucien continued to say seriously: "But we are more suitable to be friends."
"Really?" Carilena's expression was a little dull, her face changed continuously, and finally she said with a hint of sadness, "I'm really sorry for troubling you, Mr. Peter."
There seemed to be a vague crystal reflecting light in the corner of her eyes, and her sad and sad look could move most men, but Lucien just smiled gently and said: "I am very touched by your kindness to me, but you are not what I like.
That type, I can only regretfully reject."
This set of dance music gradually came to an end. Karilena lowered her head, and two drops of pearl-like tears fell on the carpet in a beautiful arc.
She said in a voice as if her nose was blocked: "I know that I am just a widow and not worthy of a promising knight like you, Mr. Peter. No matter what, I just want to express my feelings. You have given me an unforgettable touch in my life."
Thank you for accompanying me in this opening dance, and you are welcome to visit Ural City more often in the future."
The music stopped, and Karilina turned around and left.
She kept her head buried so that no one could see her expression, which caused Bolshak and other people who were paying close attention to what was going on here to look angrily at Lucien. They all abandoned their dance partners and wanted to comfort Kariliana, but unfortunately they were too slow.
Taking a step forward, Kariliana had already entered the ladies' dressing and dressing room specially opened in the corner of the first floor and locked the door.
"Huh." Bolshak stared at Lucien, not knowing whether he should be happy or angry. In short, there was a sour taste in his heart. The sweetheart he worked so hard to pursue was rejected by him without cherishing it.
However, due to Lucien's knight strength, neither Bolshak nor anyone else dared to ask for a duel on the spot. Although they were impulsive young people, it did not mean that they would seek death foolishly. This made Lucien happy.
Leisure.
In the makeup and dressing room, Karilena raised her head, her pretty face was full of anger, her white and neat teeth were clenching, and she said bitterly: "Am I a good person? Am I only suitable for being friends?
Are you touched by my kindness? Damn it, you think I like you! When the matter is over, I must let you know what regret is!"
…………
In the underground cell behind the manor, Miaka, who had turned into a winter bear, groaned and woke up, and saw his companion Nyak next to him.
"Huh, you're finally alive." Nyak put away a small box containing many potions.
Miaka asked a little confused: "Why am I here?"
"Miaka, what on earth were you doing before? I asked you to pretend to fail, not to commit suicide! Even if he is an official knight, the winter bear you transformed into is still a winter bear with the strength of a knight. How could you be chopped into pieces by his sword?
Like this?" Nyak asked completely puzzled. He stayed there for a full minute, feeling that an absurd comedy was playing out in front of him.
Miaka reached out and touched his head with difficulty: "He seemed to be a knight in terms of speed and agility. When he slashed at me with a sword, I had no way to dodge. I could only resist with my fur, and then I fainted without knowing it at all."
What happened next? Isn’t the Winter Bear’s defense quite strong? Can’t it block the attack of the second-level knight?”
"It seems that his sword is at least a second-level high-level magic sword. We completely underestimated his strength. I have to report it to sir." Nyak discovered that a serious intelligence error almost caused a hero to save a beauty.
It turned into a tragedy.
…………
After re-makeup, Karilena rekindled the mood of the dance with a warm and charming smile, but every time she saw Lucien, she just nodded lightly and said nothing more, as if her previous "confession" was all an illusion.
This made Lucien feel a little relieved. He was just a "liar" passing by. He had no hope of getting rich or having an affair here. He also hoped that they would change their target.
After the dance was over, Carilena arranged for the guests to stay in the guest rooms on the upper floors of the main house, and planned to send them back to the city until tomorrow morning.
After buttoning up his evening gown, Lucien went to the small living room next to him to look for the "butler" Leo who was waiting here, but unexpectedly found that he was missing!
After looking around, he found nothing. Lucien was about to use his mental force field to search when Leo flashed out from behind a decorative pillar in the corner: "Sir, is the dance over?"
His wrinkled face was slightly distorted, as if he was forcibly enduring something, and at the same time he was carrying a fear that he couldn't detect.
"Leo, what's wrong with you?" Lucien asked in a low voice when he saw the butler waiting in the small living room and the servants followed their master to the guest room. There was no one here.
Leo motioned to Lucien with his eyes: "Master, you look a little tired, why don't you go back to your room and rest early."
"Okay." Lucien smiled and nodded in agreement.
After arriving at the guest room on the third floor, he locked the wooden door and carefully checked the room before he said with strong hatred: "Master, I met that big smuggler."
"The big smuggler who killed your family?" Lucien pushed up his monocle.
Leo nodded vigorously: "Yes, that's him. When I was waiting for you in the small living room, I saw him and his new assistant coming in. Because I was afraid that he would see through the disguise and ruin your plan to cross the Shahran Empire.
Something happened, so I quietly hid in a corner. Then he left his assistant behind and went to the hall to attend the dance."
"What's his name?" Lucien asked speculatively.
Leo's voice was very low, as if he was worried that he could not control his emotions and said: "He changed his name. I heard the butlers and attendants of other nobles in the small living room call him 'Mr. Ivanovsky'."
"Sure enough, it's him." Lucien nodded gently. The non-aristocratic people Kaliliana knew were either scammers or big smugglers, which meant that she probably had some problems herself, and I'm afraid it wasn't just the simple greed she showed.
The image of a vain widow, and Sergei is probably Ivanovsky's subordinate.
But as a result, Lucien had a lot of doubts. Since she was cooperating with a big smuggler, why did Cariliana throw herself into her arms? What was there in her that was worthy of her doing this?
Although the sword "Frost" is worth more than 20,000 gold, which is equivalent to the wealth of an ordinary baron, enough for most fraudsters and barons to covet, but what Cariliana inherited was the possession of many manors and three mines.
The inheritance of Baron Lotnikov is worth hundreds of thousands of Shahran gold coins, which is comparable to that of a wealthy viscount. The annual annuity she gets from the manor and mines is seven to eight thousand gold coins, which is a handful in two or three years.
Frost Sword.
Moreover, she is also the niece of the second wife of Count Witte, a lord of the Ural region who is famous for its ores, blacksmiths and weapons. There is no need to betray her beauty in order to obtain a fourth-level sword.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Karileena is the kind of person who is greedy for wealth and has no regard for her body, but the possibility is very small.
Seeing that Lucien didn't speak, Leo whispered: "Master, don't worry, I won't lose my mind. I understand that you are taking huge risks when traveling within the Shahran Empire. Since you have signed the contract, I will not
Doing something that goes against it puts you in danger, and you saved my life. One day, I will break his neck with my own hands."
"Leo, I am very confident about your character. But now that we have met, I am worried that there will be any involvement. Please tell me about him." Lucien nodded with satisfaction, although he admired Leo quite a lot.
Character, but this is the Shahran Empire, and it is impossible to risk revenge for him.
This kind of big smuggler must be protected by powerful forces. Whether he recruited it with huge sums of money or was sent by his big bosses behind the scenes, there will definitely be many formal professionals. If he wants to kill him, he will have to use full firepower and prepare in advance.
Setting a trap can easily expose the magician's identity.
Being chased by the night watchmen of the Northern Church will not be any easier than being chased by the Southern Church!
Leo's expression became very complicated, his eyes filled with sadness and nostalgia: "When I met Ivanovsky, he was already a famous smuggler from the Eastern Exile to the Shahran Empire. It is said that there was an imperial smuggler standing behind him.
A great nobleman and one of the nine city lords in the Eastern Exile. At the same time, he is also in contact with the reclusive ancient magicians and is responsible for selling the magic potions and alchemy items produced for them. His network of contacts is so broad that he can ignore nobles below the earl.
"
"He has several good magic items on his body, and he has been protected by mid-level magicians or great knights for a long time. He accounts for a full 20% of the Shahran Empire's smuggling share. After I followed him, after several smuggling operations,
He played a lot of credit in the smuggling process of Yana's top-grade tobacco, nightingale yarn materials and other goods. I protected him once and helped him open up the smuggling channel to the southwest of the empire. He rewarded him with potions that stimulated the power of his bloodline."
"Later one time, he planned to disguise himself as a robber and loot the village, and then sell all the people in the village to an ancient magician to use as experimental materials. I couldn't watch it, so I secretly informed the church to make his plan fail and lose the money.
He lost a lot of his men and property, and it seemed that he himself had to change his name and identity. I thought I had done this very covertly, but he still found out and found them before I moved my family.
then……"
Lucien pinched his chin: "To be able to escape being wanted and hunted by the church, the noble man behind Mr. Ivanovsky is very strong." He confirmed that there must be a mid-level profession around Ivanovsky.
Afterwards, Lucien became increasingly vigilant and decided to leave Ural City as soon as possible.
After asking a lot of things from Leo, Lucien did not sleep. He blew out the candles and asked Leo to go to the room to rest. He sat quietly in the corner of the sofa while mapping the spell structure graphics and continued "Professor"
"Infrasound resonance" is a creation of four-ring magic, while looking at the silvery and cold moonlight shining outside the window.
It seems to be getting a little dangerous here, it's best to be careful and wait for dawn.
"Every time I see the moonlight, I will think of me..." Lucien suddenly burst into laughter as he thought of the past. He was really having a bad taste.
Dong-dong-dong, a gentle knock on the door sounded.
"Who?" Lucien asked calmly and alertly.
There was a familiar and kind voice outside: "Mr. Peter, it's me, Ivanovsky. I have something to discuss with you." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)