Raymond had never thought that a person could age like that in such a short period of time.
After half a month of absence, when he saw Mrs. Lance again, he almost couldn't believe that the white-haired old lady in front of him was the gorgeous Mrs. Lance when he first met her.
"You mean...Mark later went to Philip to work as a boilermaker for decades?"
"Um."
"A few years ago he married a widow with three daughters?"
"Yes..."
"Hey... He is really living a miserable life when he is still here. Then when he asked you to bring me a message, did he say anything else?"
"He said...if you are still alive, please live well."
"Giggle~ That guy wouldn't say such a thing. Is this what you said?"
"..."
In the living room of Baylor Manor, Raymond sat upright on a chair and took a sip of tea. He had been in the manor for almost an hour. Opposite him was the elegant and dignified Mrs. Erlanth. She always stood upright.
She sits very dignifiedly and her hair is combed meticulously. Although her face is now covered with wrinkles, her delicate facial features can still be vaguely seen when she was young.
Oh, she also returned to her real name, Alvaris Baelor. Although her appearance was no longer the same, her silver hair made her aura of wisdom even stronger.
The two of them asked and answered each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Raymond also told the story of old Mark over the years without reservation. Avalis seemed to be listening to other people's stories, with a smile on his lips all the time, but he smiled and there was some sparkle in his eyes.
surge.
After the story was told, the relationship finally came to an end.
After listening to the story, Avalis felt that the shadow in her heart had faded away and she was no longer sad. She took off the fish bone necklace that had been hanging around her neck for thirty years and cut off the last trace of her thoughts with her own hands.
.
"Almost thirty years have passed... back then, when he gave me this fish bone necklace, he was still the same age as you are now."
She stroked the fish bone necklace, her eyes full of memories, and said: "He gave it to me back then, and now it's given to you, so it's like giving it back to him."
This extravagant thought that I originally thought would be a love of a lifetime failed to match the reality and fell into a cliche.
Thirty years of glory, thirty years of longing day and night...
When she took off the necklace, it finally came to an end.
"this..."
Raymond was a little at a loss. He didn't know whether he should accept it or not. These two pieces of emerald fish bones were once their token of love.
Avalis seemed to mean something, and said with a smile: "When you meet the girl you like in the future, be bolder. If you don't take the initiative, the girl will think you don't like her. Family background is not actually the most important thing.
.If you miss many things once, you will miss them for a lifetime..."
Hearing this, Raymond immediately thought of Irene, and a touch of tenderness appeared in his eyes. Thinking about it now, he was really stupid back then.
Avalis looked at Raymond and probably guessed that he had the girl he liked.
There was care in her eyes, as if she was looking at her own son.
Crunch~
She was about to say something, but at this moment, the door of the living room opened slightly and a little head poked her head in.
"that..."
Look at those ghostly eyes, who is it if it’s not Ilya?
"Auntie, have you finished chatting? I didn't disturb you, did I?"
"You girl..."
Avalis swallowed his words, smiled and shook his head, "Come in."
Ilya's face was slightly red, and she walked in coquettishly. Today she was wearing a swan feather black gold-rimmed ultra-short gauze skirt, and a black swan hairpin. Her slender neck and large part of her beautiful back were exposed, and she even had a pair of slender legs.
Exposed to the air without any cover-up. This sexy outfit obviously has charm and sex appeal beyond this girl's age.
Avalis looked at her sexy mature dress and raised her embroidered eyebrows. Dressed like this, it was strange that she had to dare to come in and let people look at her.
She asked: "Ilya, it's almost getting dark. Are you getting dressed like this...to go out?"
"Yes! I'm going to take Nicholas to visit the royal capital..."
Ilya blinked and added: "My father said it before."
Ivalis took a deep breath, not knowing what this girl was thinking, and jokingly said: "It's better to visit the capital during the day, why don't you have to go at night?"
"Oh, aunt...it was obviously Nicholas who said he wanted to go at night. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask him?"
Ilya turned to wink at Raymond and asked: "Really, Nicholas?"
"..."
Raymond laughed dryly and didn't dare to say anything.
Avalis smiled and shook his head, his eyes filled with love. She did not intend to stop him and said, "Be careful... The king has been restless recently. If you go, come back early."
Listening, Ilya was instantly happy. She stuck out her tongue and nodded obediently, "I know, Auntie."
Ivalis left the fish bone necklace behind and walked out of the door. He gave the two of them a meaningful look and said, "You young people, let's chat while I leave first."
"Please walk slowly, Auntie."
Elijah watched the door close, and immediately put on a happy and lively smile. He walked up to Raymond, pulled him and walked out, "Uncle, let's go!"
"Where to go?"
Raymond was stunned for a moment.
"ha?"
Elijah asked with a confused look on his face: "You came to me, didn't you want to take me to the Guns and Roses Tavern?"
"I'm here to find your brother..."
Not mentioning this, Raymond almost forgot about it again, and quickly made up for it: "Of course, I'm here to see you too."
He did come to Ilya for something, but he didn't want to take her to the Guns and Roses Tavern, but he wanted her to help seal the soul of Goldtooth Gulev and understand the secret.
Since Salo I was seriously injured by a bombardment two years ago, the palace has been semi-closed. During the day, Raymond tried to inquire about the channels he was familiar with in the previous game, but he was unable to enter the palace in a short time. And Salo was unable to enter the palace in a short time.
Luo I is not going to die soon. If we don't find a way to rescue him as soon as possible, I'm afraid Anna's life will be in danger.
No, he was going to find Matthew to see if their chamber of commerce could find a way for him to sneak into the palace. Even if not, he planned to use the channels of the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce to get the weapon prepared by Lulu that could kill him for at least a month.
The "life potion" was sent to the palace. As long as Salo I can live for a while, he will have enough time to find a way to sneak into the palace.
"Hey... isn't this my aunt's jade fish bone necklace? She gave it to you?"
Elijah's sharp eyes saw the necklace in Raymond's hand.
She was also unceremonious, and snatched it away neatly like a cat's paw. Her little face said excitedly: "Oh, I wanted to wear one before, but my aunt wouldn't let me touch it..."
As she said that, she put the necklace on her neck and put it on, then turned around and asked, "Does it look good?"
The Baylor family is originally a jewelry family, and this emerald fish bone necklace is a carefully polished piece of exquisite jewelry. Although the shape is simple, it exudes a simple and beautiful low-key luxury. Ilya wears it around her neck with a black swan palace skirt.
Wearing a silver luxury necklace was like the finishing touch, giving her a sexy and luxurious temperament.
Raymond glanced at it casually and thought it was pleasing to the eye, "It looks good."
"Really?"
Ilya's crystal eyes turned and she said expectantly: "Then... gave it to me?"
"..."
Raymond felt that it didn't seem appropriate, but it seemed that there was no use keeping this thing in his hands. He spread his hands and said, "If you like it, just take it."
"Thanks."
Elijah smiled with crooked eyebrows.
She took Raymond's hand and said, "Let's go. It will get dark soon and the pub will start to get busy."
...
The sun sets in the west and night falls.
Taking advantage of the cover of night, three sneaky figures climbed down the low wall at the back of Baylor Manor and quietly left. Even if the servants of the manor saw it, no one dared to stop them, because the people who climbed over the wall and went out were from their own house.
Master and lady.
Raymond and the others did not dare to call the manor's car, but stopped a steam locomotive on the street.
The three people and one monkey entered the closed carriage, and Matthew patted his chest and exhaled.
He looked at Raymond with a miserable look on his face and said: "Brother Nicholas, if my father finds out, you have to testify for me. I don't want to go to some musket tavern, but this girl must drag me there.
..Otherwise, I will definitely not be able to save my leg."
Although the Baylor family is a business family, their upbringing is strict, no worse than those of high-ranking nobles. The underage girls in the family are not allowed to come into contact with a place like a tavern where dragons and snakes are mixed. What's more, the eldest daughter of the head of the family is Elijah Matthew.
Since childhood, he had often taken the blame for his naughty girl and received many beatings. But no matter what, he did not dare to take Ilya to the "Guns and Roses Tavern", a famous erotic place in the capital.
"Um."
Raymond also nodded a little dumbfounded. He originally just went to Matthew to talk about business, but unexpectedly, the fat man was also dragged out by this girl.
"Hey hey hey...what's your expression?"
Seeing the look of betrayal on Matthew's face, Elijah was obviously a little unhappy.
"Do you really think your sister and I ran away just for fun?!"
She looked at her brother with disgust and said, "My stupid brother! Do you know that it will be dangerous if you don't stay with us now?"
"No matter what excuse you make, you can't hide your playful motives..."
Matthew rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath.
"snort!"
Ilya ignored him and turned to Raymond quietly and asked: "Uncle, you don't think so too, do you?"
Raymond laughed and said: "Although I think what Matthew said is reasonable, Ilya, you must not have any deep meaning in doing this."
Ilya was obviously not satisfied with this answer and said directly: "Someone has found out about Niger Volcano. Someone came to Kitz two days ago and probably got some news. There have been people in the past two days.
Secretly investigating Matthew and me..."
Matthew's expression froze, "What else is there? Why didn't I know?"
"When you know everything, your opponent will be more capable."
Ilya's mouth is still very venomous.
After a pause, she continued: "The person who came here is a very powerful spiritual extraordinary person. My brother and I were hypnotized and tortured by her. The person's torture method was very professional. It didn't look like a giant whale, but more like a military person. Fang came out. Probably... among the people you killed last time, besides Umu, there might be people with more sensitive identities."
Raymond frowned when he heard this and said: "Well... the leader of the Wind Wolf mercenary group [Iwakuma] White is the captain of the World Headquarters Black Sea CP9."
"No wonder."
Ilya pouted, not too surprised. She turned to ask: "Uncle, were you the one who killed the second prince Bantu yesterday?"
Raymond thought that he would tell her about the gold teeth anyway, so he didn't hide it and nodded: "Yes."
"You can really cause trouble..."
Ilya complained, and then said: "I asked why Sequence 5 masters have been following the manor since last night... I thought it was my stupid brother who showed his weakness, but now that I think about it, they should I doubt you."
Stupid brother?
Matthew listened very irritably to the side, but the topic he was talking about seemed a bit high-end, and he couldn't get in on the topic. Ever since his sister inherited the high priest's heritage, he always felt that his IQ was plummeting. Many times, he felt that his IQ was plummeting. , I can’t even understand the words.
"Last time you used teleportation to kill the military intelligence officer in the Brown Bear Territory, and yesterday you used the same method to kill the second prince Bantu. The traces are already obvious... The people from Tianlan's military intelligence department will definitely Excluding those who have gone to the Brown Bear Territory recently. They first found Kits, so they must have guessed that we had contact with the people of Umu at Mount Niguel. Now everyone in the Wind Wolf Mercenary Group is dead. Those people naturally set their sights on us..."
Elijah shrugged and said: "After all, Matthew and I have a good foundation in the king, and they will find out as soon as they investigate. And uncle, you..."
As she spoke, she squinted her eyes like a little fox, and said quietly: "You can just deceive us with your identity as Nicholas Zhaosi, Baron of the Southern Territory of Nadia, but you can't deceive the people in the Military Intelligence Agency." .Your identity is so suspicious and your sword skills are so good, they will definitely doubt you..."
Finally, she asked: "Uncle, what is your real name?"
In fact, not only Elijah, but also Matthew had already guessed that Raymond's Nicholas' name was a fake name. But they didn't say anything about this, so he didn't have the trouble to ask. Besides, it didn't matter whether he knew the meaning of his real name or not. big.
Raymond raised his eyebrows and did not answer the question. He immediately sensed that the "Qi" behind the steam locomotive, which had very professional tracking methods, were coming towards him, and asked instead: "Then... follow us. Are those people coming here just for me?"
Matthew was stunned: "There are still people following us?"
"yes!"
Elijah had obviously noticed it a long time ago and said: "So, my stupid brother, now you finally know that I came out not just because I want to go to the pub to have fun, okay?"
Matthew glanced at Elijah's flamboyant outfit and pursed his lips. No matter how you tried to explain it, you were obviously dressed up carefully just to sneak out and play.
"In this case, those who are chasing me may find an opportunity to test whether I am the assassin... I think it will not be difficult to kill them, but..."
Raymond pondered for a moment and said to Elijah: "But if I kill them, then people from CP9 and Tianlan Military Intelligence will confirm that I am the murderer of the two assassinations. At that time, you Thunderbirds may be implicated.
Chamber of Commerce..."
Ilya: "So, these people cannot be killed for the time being. But... we must let them dispel their doubts about you."
"Even if I don't kill them, they will find ways to test me..."
As soon as Raymond said this, he suddenly saw Elijah's confident snicker, and his proud expression seemed to be able to speak: Ask me quickly, ask me quickly...
His face twitched and he asked: "Do you have any idea?"
"if not?"
Sure enough, Ilya turned his little face to the side arrogantly, as if he had been wronged a lot, and said: "Uncle, don't you think like my idiot brother, you think I want to go to the pub just for fun?"
"of course not!"
Raymond answered the question duplicitously and asked directly: "Then... what should we do?"
Ilya's aloofness could no longer be restrained after he pretended to be cold for a second.
When she heard Raymond asking, she immediately told her own method excitedly.
"Uncle, if you and that 'assassin' were present at the same time, wouldn't you dispel those people's suspicions?"
"Being there at the same time?"
Raymond was stunned.
Aren't you the assassin? Why are you here at the same time?