Chapter Five Hundred and Thirteen The Witch Visiting Group 4800-character chapter!
Looking at the man in his early thirties in front of her, Aurora, as a female elder of the Gloria Council and a powerful person in the Sanctuary, felt mixed emotions.
When she first met Ryan, he was still a shy knight errant. Apart from Aurora thinking that this boy was quite handsome, she didn't take him seriously at all. A chance meeting
, Ryan stood and talked to her almost the whole time, and Aurora didn't pay attention at all.
This is a common problem among the female spellcasters of the Gloria Council.
Later, when Ryan was twenty-two years old, he defeated the beastman Beast King "Fang" Gor, was named a knight of the kingdom and joined the White Wolf Knights. Aurora began to feel that this young man was a little different, and she began to call him "Norman"
He claimed to be his "savior". When Norman was suffering from rheumatism due to his old age, Aurora also took the initiative to lend a helping hand and visited the Auternay territory twice.
In other words, Aurora had already started to think about nurturing her daughter as she grew up, so she wanted to choose a good husband. As for the impoverished Veronica? Then she would use some means to help her.
She couldn't guard Ryan.
So does Ryan have a good impression of their mother and daughter?
What is certain is that at least there is no ill feeling, because at the banquet where Ryan was inaugurated as a knight of the kingdom, this guy even had a dark history of pretending to drop a spoon under the table, and then secretly watching them...
This is also the reason why she sent her daughter Theresa to Ryan to perform the mission together. The Holy Witch did have a little thought in her heart. She felt that Ryan had great potential and might become a powerful lord in the future.
Their mother and daughter are the greatest support outside parliament.
Within the parliament, the internal struggle between Aurora and Speaker Margarita has been going on for decades, and both sides are in urgent need of more foreign aid.
However, Ryan's growth has exceeded Aurora's expectations. This young man is now a famous human hero in the old world, and he is also a Grand Knight of the Holy Grail.
Not only did Aurora fail to achieve her goal, she also lost a daughter.
I don’t know how Teresa was completely captured by Ryan. Not only did she build a wizard tower here, but she didn’t even go back to the parliament. Aurora looked at the smiling Ryan himself and felt quite annoyed. She had been there for more than ten years.
Before, the young man in front of him would stand in front of him with his head bowed respectfully and speak, but now he was taking the initiative.
But she still has to keep the enthusiasm on her face, because Ryan is no longer what he used to be. He is not only a powerful earl, one of the most powerful nobles in southern Brittany, but behind him is the Church of the Lady of the Lake.
and the support of the Knights of the Holy Grail.
Before Aurora had time to think, Ryan had already begun to applaud. Following the count's move, a dozen knights and dozens of fully armed soldiers near the winery applauded almost simultaneously.
"Your territory is simply a pearl in the south of Britannia. Your achievements... are as dazzling as the morning stars in the northern sky." Aurora's voice was deep, and it took her a while to squeeze out this sentence.
Warm words: "Better well, Teresa, my daughter, how are you doing?"
"I'm fine, mother. I hope I have the honor to let you visit my wizard tower this time." Theresa looked very excited about Aurora's arrival.
"I'm looking forward to it." Seeing her daughter's face looking good and her body dressed luxuriously, Aurora nodded silently.
When was the last time she said such a compliment? Aurora almost couldn't remember.
But times have changed. Becoming a strong man in the Sanctuary at the age of thirty or becoming a strong man in the Sanctuary at the age of sixty are two different concepts. Faced with Ryan's current status, even Aurora has to lower her stance and talk about equality.
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"Hahaha, Ms. Aurora, we have known each other for many years. You don't have to go out of your way to praise me like this. This makes me very uncomfortable. I think you said it awkwardly." Ryan said with a smile: "It's cold outside.
I have already arranged a banquet, and visitors from the Jialan Council are invited to attend."
Too official! Too official! Listening to Ryan's words, Aurora frowned almost subconsciously.
Has the shy boy in his early teens turned into this mature, prudent man who speaks aristocratic polite language and has a rich family?
The mature beauty only felt a little irritated in her heart. She still liked the young knight errant who was less than twenty years old and stood in front of her with his head lowered and answered, rather than the fairy in the lake who she entrusted with the virtual snake to choose the champion.
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The inner irritability did not affect the long-sleeved witch of the Holy Land who was good at dancing. With a warm smile on her face, she stepped aside slightly. Only then did everyone notice that there were about 20 witches walking out from behind Aurora.
, they uniformly wore fiery red Jialan robes and standard
The above-the-knee dress is made of fine fabrics. Among them are twelve official witches and eight witch apprentices. The age of the witch apprentices is obviously all under the age of sixteen. It seems that they are the next generation.
A batch of apprentices who were lucky enough to be sent to Theresa to study.
The weather was very cold, and most of the witch apprentices were shivering. When they saw Ryan asking questions, they all looked at Aurora expectantly.
"Okay, let's go in, please!"
"Please, Ms. Aurora."
A sumptuous banquet had already been arranged in the lobby of the winery. The maids led by Sylvia and Olica served a variety of local Brittany dishes to the long table, all decorated with silver.
Tableware making and large barrels of wine from the Duchy of Winford both show Lane's current wealth.
Behind the window on the third floor of the winery, Sulia and Veronica were still standing there chatting. The female knight playfully said to Veronica: "It can be seen that this female elder of Jialan is not used to complimenting others.
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"She is used to people begging her. This woman has always been strong." Veronica held her delicate face with her small hands wearing black lace gloves. The Witch of Gloria laughed at Aurora's arrival: "There are still people in the north of the empire.
In the Kingdom of Nord, the nobles are demanding
Aurora helped them. When the nobles came to Aurora's wizard tower to seek help from her, Aurora could loudly tell them to get out, and the nobles did not dare to be disrespectful at all, otherwise
The ending is to be blown away by a magic."
"Are there not enough male nobles?" Sulia asked with interest.
"Yes, but not much." Veronica shook her head: "You also know that the northern part of the empire and the Kingdom of Nord are located in a bitter cold, with few resources and constant war with the northern barbarians. People often can only maintain barely enough food and clothing. How can they concentrate on cultivation?
To some extent, there are very few even legendary strong men. To cultivate a strong man in the holy realm, one must not only lay a solid foundation at a young age and receive guidance from famous teachers, but also have enough resources and divine support. This is too difficult.
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"That's it." Sulia nodded, and the female knight stood up: "Since Ms. Aurora is here, as the masters, let's go down to greet her!"
The elegant Countess also appeared to say hello to Aurora. Sulia slowly approached with a smile and said: "Very welcome, Ms. Aurora from the Gloria Council. Your arrival has made our winery more prosperous."
Shenghui, on behalf of all the nobles and serfs of the Earl of Glamorgan, as well as the Duke of Winford and his family, Redmond the Pure, one of the first twelve Holy Grail Knights, I welcome you."
Listening to this series of titles, the smile on Aurora's face froze. The female elder Jialan took a moment to look at Ryan's wife, Sulia, and sighed in her heart, thinking that as the news indicated, Ryan's wife
My wife is the true daughter of a duke, from a noble family, and her strength is no worse than Theresa: "Hello, Mrs. Sulia."
"Welcome, Ms. Aurora. On behalf of the Lady of the Lake, the Knights of the Holy Grail and the Order of the Holy Sisters, I welcome your arrival." The Lake God Witch Morgiana also appeared. She did not seem to particularly welcome Aurora's arrival.
, just said hello briefly, and then sat down next to Ryan without hesitation, and Sulia surrounded Ryan on the left and right. Morgiana even deliberately pressed against Ryan so that he could not secretly talk to Ou Ruo.
Talk.
This boy's status is not what it used to be. Even the most powerful Lake God and Witch in this country will personally participate in this banquet, right? The mature and beautiful Aurora only feels the pressure on her shoulders, but because of the woman's
Instinctively, she felt that Morgiana seemed to have deep hostility towards her.
Maybe it's because the Lake God Witch, as the leader of the local religious and magical forces in Britannia, doesn't like her. It makes perfect sense to think so. Aurora greeted Morgiana, but she always remained a little stiff.
warm smile.
Then came Veronica, whom the Witch of Gloria greeted simply: "Hello, Ms. Trowick."
These two witches are opposites in any camp, and they don't even bother to say a polite word.
Everyone took their seats and the banquet began.
In winter, the lively banquet made the originally deserted winery atmosphere become lively. Undoubtedly, the person with the highest interest at the banquet was the sorceress Teresa. She sat next to her mother, held her mother's hand and said
Talking about this and that, Ryan also made frequent toasts, and the entire visiting group of witches received a warm welcome.
Aurora brought the newly invented high-yield grains of the Gloria Council. This kind of grains can partially survive on the extremely cold and extremely harsh Kislev Icefield. It must have been influenced by the wood elves and the lake goddess Morgiana.
After research, grain production will reach a higher level.
At the same time, Aurora also brought new technologies about golems and magic crystal cannons. Powerful battle golems can be produced in Veronica and Theresa's wizard towers, and magic crystal cannons can be installed on castles.
Or the top of the wizard tower. It is said that this crystal cannon can destroy a small army with one charge.
A group of green-skinned boys from the northern troll kingdom of Kislev were lucky enough to experience the power of the magic crystal cannon. More than a hundred green-skinned boys were blown to pieces by the cannon. Now the magic crystal cannon is ready to be installed.
On the walls of White Wolf City, it was named "Urik's Thunder" by Elector Boris.
Aurora came here just to send drawings this time.
Of course, the magic crystal cannon is expensive to build, but there is no reason for Ryan to not want such a powerful war machine. He accepted the drawings and thought that after the banquet was over, he would invite the dwarf engineer Dugan-Tiehan and members of the Angland clan.
Chief Engineer Hal Hafer-Gold Digger looked at the drawings to see how to make this magic crystal cannon.
Give me one too!
In return, Llane will provide the Council of Gloria with rare magical plants and many valuable goods from the Wood Elves, as well as imported magic books from the wizarding kingdom of Savreen, the high elf.
If the High-Essence Magic Book Jialan Council can still import some from Marienburg, the scarce goods of the wood elves are especially precious. The guys in this group of forests are all stubborn. They only recognize Ryan and only talk to him.
In the Lane Trade, no matter what the major forces in the old world think of, the Wood Elves will always shoot the mission into a sieve with bows and arrows, and then send back one alive.
From Ryan's point of view, as a lord, he hopes to diversify the forces in his territory and does not want the Fairy of the Lake to be the dominant force. Therefore, Ryan is quite welcoming and enthusiastic about Aurora's arrival.
Especially when Theresa has become his female courtier, the cooperation between this mature and beautiful mother-in-law and Ryan seems logical.
After the meal, Ryan arranged the guest room for Aurora and her group, who were tired from the journey, to have a good rest: "Ms. Aurora, I have arranged the guest room. You have worked hard for coming all the way. Please have a good rest. If you need anything, please contact the maid.
Sylvia said, or you can tell me directly if you feel it is necessary."
"Any need?" Aurora had a smile on her face. She stared at Ryan's face: "I just hope that Sir Ryan will treat me better and not be so harsh. I will be very happy."
"Haha~ It's my problem." Ryan smiled when he heard this. He admitted his mistake frankly. The count himself took the sorceress's little hand and said softly to Theresa: "Dear Theresa, you and Ms. Aurora also have a lot of differences.
Haven't seen you for a long time, right? Just stay here tonight."
Teresa nodded after hearing this. The sorceress really wanted to have some private words with her mother: "What about you? Ryan? You and your mother haven't seen each other for a long time. Do you want to stay and chat together?"
"No, I still have something to do." Ryan shook his head. It seemed that he really had something important to do. After arranging for the witch visiting group to stay, the count himself left in a hurry.
After Ryan's figure disappeared from the corner, the smile on Aurora's face immediately faded. The mother and daughter walked into the guest room. All the furniture in the luxurious guest room was available. Aurora closed the door and set up a magic circle.
, put his cowhide bag on the table in the room, sat down, sighed, and then looked at the somewhat embarrassed sorceress with a half-smile: "Are you satisfied now? My daughter?"
"Mother!" Teresa sat opposite Aurora. The sorceress was a little excited, but didn't know where to start: "Ryan is just a little busy."
"Well, it's normal for a man to be busy, and it's also a sign of his excellence, especially for a man like Ryan." Aurora took off her fox fur coat, revealing her proud figure.
The mana wave on the Domain Witch's body fluctuated back and forth, and she sighed softly: "But I still like the original
That submissive boy who stood in front of me, Ryan seems too mature now. So mature that I doubt whether you can control such a man. My daughter, I know you too well. You are not proactive enough in daily interactions.
, and also don’t know how to win a man’s favor through some small actions.”
"Ryan is not that kind of person." Teresa shook her head repeatedly: "He is very good to me. If it weren't for his full help and the invitation of dwarf engineers and dwarf craftsmen, my wizard tower would not be so easy to build.
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"Whether he will accept you or not is not the same thing as whether you are likeable enough." Aurora shook her head. The Holy Witch looked at Theresa and sighed: "I kind of regret agreeing to let you come here now."
A wizard tower is being built here. I encouraged you before because I wanted you to become Ryan's wife, but judging from the current situation, I don't want you to stay with Ryan, but you have become Ryan's female courtier.
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"He is the man I like, and I won't regret it!" On this point, Teresa was particularly determined. The sorceress walked to Aurora with her long legs and sat down: "
You will help me, right? Mother?"
"My daughter, your personality is exactly the same as when I was young!" Aurora lovingly stroked Teresa's cold face and identical long black hair that were very similar to hers. The Holy Witch still loved her after all.
Daughter: "I'm here, isn't it? Mother will help you."
"But there is one thing you have to tell me honestly." Aurora suddenly asked playfully: "You are already with Ryan, right?"
"Why... why are you asking about this suddenly?" Teresa's face suddenly turned red.
"Tell me, otherwise mother won't help you." Aurora looked at her daughter's embarrassed look with interest: "How many times a week? How is he doing? With his physique and ability, he should be pretty good. I
Looking at the appearance of his wife Sulia, she is obviously very nourished."
"Two or three times a week, Ryan... is still very gentle, and I feel very comfortable when I'm with him." Teresa lowered her head and squeezed out a few words after a long time: "And it's not like you don't understand his hobbies...