"Your Highness, Your Highness?" A clear voice rang in his ears, and Vlad, who was in the darkness, felt that someone was calling him softly.
Slowly, he opened his eyes.
What caught his eye was a pretty face with concern, and a waterfall of golden hair that hung down smoothly, all the way to the hill. A pleasant fragrance drifted into his nose, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Yes? It's Annie!"
Anne was bending over to check on Vlad, her young face full of sorrow.
Seeing Vlad wake up, the little maid Anne finally became happy again, her smile was bright and her brows were filled with joy.
"Your Highness, you finally woke up, hehe, Your Highness still recognizes me."
"Sure enough, His Highness is not possessed by any evil spirit at all. Grandpa Oceans is indeed an old fool." Anne said seriously.
Vlad felt bad after hearing this.
As time went by, he seemed to have returned to that afternoon that was so painful and frustrating, so helpless and so hopeless.
"By the way, how long have I slept!"
Vlad felt that he was in good physical condition and sat up directly.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, lie down quickly, lie down quickly!"
Vlad saw Anne reaching out her hand in a hurry to push him down again, but he had no choice but to lie down.
"You haven't told me how long you were lying there?"
"Your Highness only slept one night."
"By the way, how are Toom and Oceans? I remember they seemed to be fighting."
"Ah, I forgot to inform them, they are still waiting outside." As he said this, he saw the little maid Anne rushing out of the room to inform people.
...
After a while, the bedroom door opened again, and three anxious men and Annie walked into the bedroom.
The leader was an old man with a white beard and gray robes, uh... it was the wizard Aurelius Mislanda who looked like Gandalf.
It's just that this time he didn't seem to bring his explosive staff.
Is this old man rich or poor? This is a mystery!
Because this old man has a staff that cannot be kept low-key no matter what.
But there seemed to be only one piece of clothing, and Vlad was sure that this gray robe had not been changed for a long time.
...
Behind the Lord Bishop is the tauren Tuomu, whose anger is almost written on his face.
Then there is Mr. Oceans, the butler whose hair is flying freely and has a tendency to grow thin.
The two seemed to be angry, as if they didn't know each other at all, and simply regarded each other as nothing.
When entering the house, we had a friendly and polite exchange about the order of entry.
It's just that the way of communication is a bit too direct and seems rude.
The carpet at the door began to freeze at a visible speed, and to make matters worse, the door frame was smashed with a fist by the tauren Tuomu.
Vlad looked at the two of them with a headache. He was worried about the territory's finances.
Fortunately, the Lord's Mansion still needed repairs. At this time, he didn't know that his living room was basically destroyed.
You must know that after he fainted, the first devastating war since the Lord's Mansion was built naturally broke out.
Vlad had an idea and turned to Anne seriously, "Since Mr. Toom and Mr. Oceans damaged items in the castle, all repair costs will be deducted from their salaries, do you understand?"
After hearing this, the tauren Tuoum quit and complained loudly, "Your Highness, you can't be like this. It's this guy who is doing everything, and he even dares to release the Soul Locking Technique on His Highness casually. This is extremely dangerous.
Magic!"
Mr. Oceanus, the butler, immediately retorted, "The Soul Locking Technique will not cause any harm to His Highness unless His Highness is possessed by an evil spirit."
Tauren Tuomu said confidently, "But Lord Bishop Aurelius said that in the case of that kind of strong electric shock, the human soul is very likely to leave the body after strong stimulation, and you actually tried to use the soul locking technique to kill His Highness.
Wouldn't it make things worse if the soul is separated from the body?"
"You...you...don't understand anything. In that situation, who can think so much? Besides, His Highness's symptoms are indeed very similar to being possessed by an evil spirit."
Oceans obviously lacked confidence and hesitated.
"Hey, he's not good at academics, he's a quack... he's misleading people!"
"You...you..."
"Stop arguing. Every plant, tree, table, and chair in the Lord's Mansion must be taken care of. Look at how beautiful, luxurious, and pleasant this Lord's Mansion is. How can you bear to damage them? You must compensate!"
Vlad glared, "You eat my food and live in my house, and you want me to pay you wages. You can't bear to pay for a door frame. What use do I need you for?"
At this time, Vlad still didn't know that the low-key, luxurious and connotative living room had been destroyed by the two of them yesterday, otherwise he would be extremely grateful for today's wise decision.
Obviously both of them thought that the damaged things in the living room were included. There were many works of art to support the facade, and the furniture, tables and chairs were all high-end goods. These things were not cheap.
Naturally, they don't want to compensate for the things in the living room, which will make them frugal for a long time. But facing an unreasonable prince, what can they do? They are also desperate.
The Tauren Toom looked at Vlad with a resentful look, trying to soften Vlad's hard-hearted heart with his iron-hearted tenderness. Whenever the Minotaur thought that his drinking money would be reduced by more than half for at least one year in the future, he felt that the whole sky was filled with tears.
It is gray and life is boring and colorless.
Oceans's face was not good-looking either. You must know that he still expected His Highness to provide more funds to help him research the soul-locking technique. He still felt that the current soul-locking technique was too weak. In that case, he didn't even think about it.
His Highness's soul was separated from his body, a failure, a complete failure!
"It's not negotiable. Annie, you have to remember that starting from next month, it will be deducted from their salary!"
Anne, who was hiding behind the three of them, poked her head out and nodded obediently to Vlad. Vlad breathed a sigh of relief, finally having someone to worry about.
Seeing that the situation was over, the tauren Tuoom also put away his cautious and flattering demeanor, and instead had a look of determination.
"If you must insist."
"My great tauren leader has nothing to say!"
"I have nothing to say!"
Mr. Oceans, the butler who had not spoken at this time, also added.
His Highness the Prince looked very ugly.
...
Vlad turned to Archbishop Ole with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Aurelius, could you please make a trip."
The white-haired old man Aurelius asked with concern, "How is your highness feeling? Do you feel uncomfortable there?"
Vlad shook his head. He didn't want to be mistaken by these strange dark wizards for being possessed by evil spirits from hell.
"I'm fine, except a little hungry."
"Your Highness, I was negligent. I will go down and prepare now."
Anne blushed when she heard this, secretly blamed herself for her negligence, and hurriedly went out to prepare.
Vlad was very moved when he saw Anne's small, frail and pretty back. As expected, Anne was still caring and cute, much better than the violent and vulgar minotaur Tuom and the unsociable butler Mr. Oceans.
"Well, it's no different now than in the royal capital. The affairs of the Lord's Mansion will undoubtedly be much more arduous. Maybe Mr. Oceans is interested in studying witchcraft instead of dealing with the trivial affairs of the City Lord's Mansion. Anne's small shoulders should be able to bear a heavier burden.
Already."
Although the Bishop, Mr. Aurelius, has checked Vlad's body, he is still not at ease.
I saw his old and bitter face turn into compassion.
"Your Highness, let me check your body again."
"Sure, why not."
Vlad will not refuse now. The first reason is because he can clearly feel that his soul and body have almost completely merged since he was shocked last night. The previous generation of dead ghost prince must have completely merged with him. The second reason is because through the electric shock just now
It is easy to see from the conversation that they have found no evidence of evil spirit possession, and His Highness the Prince could not be in better health now.
Sure enough, Bishop Aurelius carefully inspected Vlad's body and found no abnormalities.
"His Highness is in good health, his soul fluctuations are normal, and he shows great vitality. Don't worry, His Highness has recovered."
Then he reached out and made a move, and the staff inlaid with a huge green gem appeared in the old man's hand. The old man was about to cast the spell.
"Damn old man, what do you want to do?"
Vlad seemed to have seen something terrible, and his face turned pale with fear. He jumped up from the bed, covered his chest with his hands, and backed away.
"Ahem, don't be afraid, Your Highness, I just want to add some blessing spells to you."
Vlad then breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be an auxiliary witchcraft that increases recovery, status, and luck. It was not an unruly person trying to harm this prince!
"Uh...that's it."
Mr. Oceans, the butler who had been watching, felt that his face was a little burning, and he secretly muttered to himself that His Highness was making a fuss. If he hadn't focused on attacking spells, why would such auxiliary spells require outsiders to cast spells? He could handle it himself.