The succubus came to the main material realm this time to help, or rather oversee. Anissa completes the deal between the two parties. She was not interested in the bishop's relationship with the Death Cult, but she had to be concerned about the man's safety. Surveying the hut, Melenes asked, "Mr. Bishop, do you need my help to kill all the peepers who are lying in ambush outside?" ”

"No need." Root. Anissa shook her head, "Anyway, with the protection of spells, they won't know what I'm doing in the house. The enemy also wants more useful information from me, and will not act rashly. Time is on our side, and as long as the status quo is maintained, it is a victory. Again...... With your strength, I'm afraid you won't be able to deal with those people outside. ”

"Hehe, are you underestimating me?" Melanis's smile carried a hint of danger in it, "Although relatively speaking, we succubi are indeed not a race that is good at fighting, but if we have absolute strength, it is another matter. ”

Melenes came to the main material realm this time, in addition to getting a few high-grade magic props given by the Succubus Queen, she was also specially gifted to devour several fresh and powerful souls, and her strength was no longer comparable to the last time she was in the Cold Mist Mountains.

Although the bishop in front of him was a high-ranking clergyman of the Church of Dawn, a part-time necromancer, and possessed a treasure that was coveted by Her Majesty the Queen, if she really wanted to do it, Melenes was still completely sure that she would kill him.

"If you're really strong, there's a chance to prove it in the future. So please don't act rashly and just be patient for the time being. "Ben. Anissa whispered.

"Tsk, boring...... succubus picked the corners of her lips slightly. Shaking his head, he opened the portal and disappeared into the cabin, leaving behind a chaotic aura that only spellcasters and priests could feel, and a tantalizing perfume that ordinary people could smell.

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It didn't take long for the Requiem Blessing Day to come as scheduled.

The entire city of Fryjus is decorated with flowers and white curtains that symbolize purity. Throughout the day, taverns and brothels. Casinos and other entertainment venues are all closed, except for food stores and pharmacies. All other shops are also closed. Both the upper class and the lower class of the common people responded to the call of the church on this day to comfort the victims of the disaster with a simple and poor life.

However, the clock struck midnight, after the Requiem Day was over. Food with wine. The aristocrats, who had parted for a day at the lavish ball, would immediately be eager to plunge into one party after another that lasted until dawn. One moment the mouth that was chanting a hymn of prayer for the dead will be filled the next with good food and wine, or a kiss from another person.

"What a group of hypocritical aristocrats." Gordon looked at a young man who was beside Miss Ji'er not far away, talking about how extravagant and gorgeous the early morning banquet was, and couldn't help but pout his lips with disdain.

"Don't forget, my Lord Count, that you are one of the hypocritical nobles." Vignia put her arm around Gordon. Laugh softly.

"Even if it's hypocritical, it has to be used in the right place. Put all your thoughts on eating, drinking, and having fun. Isn't it stupid? ”

"Oh? My Lord Count still has such ambitions, is that really the words of the big villain who makes me sour every night? I don't think you're happy that the Count of Phoenix has been pestering Miss Gille. ”

Gordon glanced at Venia helplessly. This woman originally gave him a kind of ladylike demeanor, but when the relationship between the two broke through that layer of separation, and after guò kept going deep and "communicated" every day, he found out that this girl, oh no, is a woman, in fact, she is quite bold and active, and she will tease him from time to time.

Of course, this feeling is not bad.

At this time, Gordon and Vignia sat in the hall of the Temple of Dawn in the city of Freiris. Because of the collision, Ben. In order to apologize, Bishop Anissa placed the Freeman and his unmarried couple in the second row of the ceremony.

That's a great honor. Although he was a count and his status was not low, according to the custom of the city of Freiris, foreign guests like him could only be given to the guest area sitting at the back of the stage at the requiem blessing ceremony. It can't be helped, the people of Freiris City are so proud and xenophobic. They may be polite to outsiders in their daily interactions, and they are enthusiastic when doing business, but when it comes to "etiquette", outsiders are always inferior.

Unlike Gordon, who received special treatment from the Bishop of Anisa, the Phoenix family, as the lord of the city of Flaires, was naturally absolutely qualified to sit in the best position for the ceremony. On Gordon's left-hand side, facing the stage, the best spot is the seat of Miss Gille, the head of the Phoenix family.

Ms. Veronka is now staying at the military port in Phoenixburg. At such a critical moment, she did not dare to relax her control over the army for a moment. And that mage Langdon has other important things to do. Therefore, after the head of the family, Ambrom, was injured, the two most prestigious and powerful giants of the Phoenix family, did not attend the ceremony of this Requiem Blessing Day.

There are now three factions within the Phoenix family, and the strongest and most orthodox one is naturally the faction of Ji'er's father, Ambrom. He was the eldest son and the only descendant of the previous patriarch Shavers II. However, the biggest disadvantage of Saffis II's line is that there are few people, and by the time of Ji'er, it has been three generations of single generations. The children born to Svanth II's younger brother Antom and sister Matilda are the other two factions of the Phoenix family.

Count Antom's faction inherited a county in the hinterland of Changxia Province, while the fief of Lady Matilda was at the junction of the Southern Province and the Changxia Province.

Today, the current ruler of the Antom faction, Ji'er's distant cousin, sits at her right hand. The first heir to the Matilda faction, Anna, a distant cousin of Ji'er, sat on Ji'er's left-hand side. As for the other relatives of the Phoenix family, they sat in the back. The seating arrangement in this way is probably to take advantage of this rare opportunity. Let the three most important young people of the Phoenix family's generation have a chance to communicate and build relationships.

Gordon looked at the large number of nobles who all wore the surname "Phoenix", and suddenly felt a little headache. In his opinion. Figuring out the genealogy and kinship of a noble family is ten times harder than learning the arcane. In the past few days, just figuring out this mess of kinship within the Phoenix family has made him feel exhausted. But in order to find out the traitors within the Phoenix family who colluded with the Death One Sect, they had to study the relationship between these seven aunts and eight aunts. Venia, on the other hand, has a great talent and great enthusiasm for the study of these things. If it weren't for her help, Gordon wouldn't have known the specific origin of Ji'er's cousins, cousins, cousins, cousins.

"I watched the family tree of the Phoenix family for two hours last night, and it was really choking." Gordon rubbed his temples. Retracting her gaze from Ji'er. At this moment, the eldest lady also seemed to sense something and looked over this way. Then he stared at Gordon and snorted coldly.

The resentment of dissatisfaction could be felt by Gordon through several rows of people.

"Ugh."

Venia glanced at her fiancé and asked, "What's the matter, are you still worried about what happened to Miss Ji'er who was angry with you?" My Lord Count is indeed an amorous species. But it can't be helped. I've heard that the eldest lady was looking forward to your coming to Frys. It took me three hours to get dressed up that morning just to meet you. Who knows, you, a negative man but hiding the innocent Miss Phoenix, hooked up with other wild women. ”

"How do you know about such a thing? Besides, that wild woman seems to be yourself. ”

"Lord Earl, when you are busy running around to save Fryjes City, the people can only stay in the Red Maple Manor and talk to those maids and servants about gossip." Miss Druid winked at Gordon. "And people stay in the wilderness. The woman who lived with a group of semi-civilized natives was originally a wild woman in the eyes of the nobles of Ferreton. ”

Gordon stared at Vigna's beautiful light purple eyes, and felt that there was a special charm in those watery pupils that wanted to suck people in: "To be honest, I prefer a wild woman like you to those noble women who disguise their superficiality and stupidity with gorgeous clothes and pungent perfumes. ”

He didn't lie. Even if you put aside internal factors such as personality, just look at the appearance. Venia, who has a body as attractive as a juicy peach, and has healthy skin that is sun-colored, is also more attractive than the same aristocratic daughters—the most primitive attraction.

Among the women who attended the ceremony today, I am afraid that only Miss Ji'er and Renus, who served as the sword-wielding officer, could be compared to Venia.

"My Earl, you are really good at talking. Should I increase the dose of treatment tonight? People's bodies should be able to withstand it......" Miss Druid brought her eyes to Gordon's ear, and the hot breath she exhaled made the man's heart beat faster.

"Hmph, cousin, why are you angry with that kind of man?"

The scene of Gordon's intimate conversation with Venia was also seen by the cousin next to Ji'er. He said to his cousin with a look of indignation: "A swindler nouveau riche who relied on flattery and lies to get the title of earl from His Majesty the Emperor is simply beyond his strength to have the audacity to covet the most beautiful and noble flower of our Phoenix family. That guy and the wild woman whose family around him was expelled from the empire were a natural pair. ”

"Brother Raymond, don't say it, the ceremony is about to start, I want to keep a good mood." Ji'er said with an unhappy face.

Ramon. Antom. Morality. Phoenix didn't hear what Ji'er was saying. The blonde lady with two ponytails was extremely unhappy with her cousin's high-minded and demeaning language, but she couldn't express it directly because of the face of her relatives. Who knew that Count Raymond thought that she was disgusted and no longer willing to mention Gordon, so he was overjoyed and continued to try to find a topic to talk to her.

Count Raymond's thoughts about his cousin are well known to everyone. And he himself does not hide his good impression of Ji'er. In addition to the fact that this eldest lady is outstanding in appearance and is a rare beauty, he also has another reason to get this proud and beautiful little phoenix.

As a side branch of the Phoenix family, it has always been the long-cherished wish of the Antome family to be able to gain control of the entire family. And Raymond is also full of confidence, believing that this great goal, which has lasted for three generations since his grandfather, will definitely be achieved in his own hands. Even if he can't ascend to the throne of the head of the Phoenix family. As long as they marry Ji'er, then their son will get the inheritance of the entire family, eventually. The bloodline of Antomu's line can still rule the noble Phoenix family in the end.

Although Count Raymond, who can make mistakes, showed his knowledge and humor by Ji'er's side, it didn't have much effect, and the atmosphere came to a standstill for a while. In order to break the embarrassment, the girl sitting on the other side of Ji'er spoke.

"Cousin Ji'er, Raymond-, you know what. Recently, something very interesting happened in my house. ”

The girl who spoke was named Anna. Phoenix. She shares her namesake with her grandmother and is the heir to another faction of the Phoenix family. Miss Anna is three years older than Ji'er, and bears a resemblance to her cousin. He also has a brilliant blonde hair. It's just that her lips are thicker, and some people think that this destroys the balance of her facial features, but some people think that because of this, Anna is a little more sexy and seductive than her cousin Ji'er.

Raymond sees another sister save the day. Immediately picked up the conversation and asked, "Oh." What's the matter? ”

"Do you know my family's Jade Wildebeest Mill?"

"Of course." Raymond nodded.

In addition to the usual interests of other noble daughters of Ferreton, Anna also has a special hobby, that is, raising rare birds and animals. The honey she is proud of is one of many rare beasts. The so-called jade wildebeest is a special horse with unicorn blood in its body, and is called a semi-unicorn in professional academic journals.

It is impossible for a real unicorn to be bred in captivity, so some big nobles have to settle for the next best thing. Raise jade wildebeest horses to satisfy their desire to collect rare animals.

But even so, the jade wildebeest is not so easy to raise. In addition to a lot of delicateness. This hybrid animal is also like a unicorn and cannot ride it unless it is a pure female.

Miss Anna, for some reason that is not humane, naturally did not ride a jade wildebeest. However, when Ji'er visited her house, she was able to get the approval of the Jade Horneed Horse Mill every time, and rode up and galloped around the private woodland. This made Anna jealous, but out of reverence for the Phoenix master's family, she couldn't express this dissatisfaction.

But two days ago, Anna found out that the slave who arranged to raise Mi'er, a thirteen-year-old wild elf girl, had secretly ridden a jade wildebeest to play in the woodland.

It made her almost crazy! Ji'er is more beautiful than her, and her status is higher than her, so it doesn't matter if she can be recognized by the Jade Wildebeest. But the fact that a lowly wild elf slave could also be recognized by the Jade Wildebeest was completely unacceptable to her.

"Cousin Raymond, cousin Ji'er, you are judging. A lowly and filthy slave, his father was once a traitor who led the army against the rule of the Phoenix family. Such a person dares to abuse my lovely honey! This is so lawlessness that even the benevolent Lady Meridia cannot endure such evil deeds! ”

Anna exaggerated. However, Count Raymond did not feel anything wrong with what she said, and continued to ask, "And then, cousin Anna, what do you do with that wild elf slave?" ”

"Hmph, although that lowly slave deserves death, we Phoenix family govern the territory in the spirit of benevolence and tolerance, and I never dare to forget this. So I just transferred this wild elf away and stopped letting her take care of Mi'er. Then, I arranged a marriage for her. ”

"How merciful!" Count Raymond snorted.

Some strict aristocrats will even levy a "marriage tax" on the people in the territory, do not pay a large amount of money, and do not want to get married legally at all, so that there are many illegal ** and illegitimate children in the territory, causing many hidden social dangers. Therefore, Anna's initiative to arrange a marriage for a slave can indeed be called "benevolent".

"And who did you marry that wild elf slave?"

"Brute."

Hearing this name, or nickname, not only Count Raymond, but even Ji'er, who was not very interested in the conversation between the two people, gasped in shock.

As a servant, Manniu is also quite famous in the entire Phoenix family. He was a twenty-five-year-old young man, two meters tall and weighing four hundred kilograms. Such a huge man, not to mention among humans, even among orcs and barbarians, deserves the adjective "brave". In terms of strength alone, except for those high-level warriors of the Phoenix family who have awakened their powers, there is no existence that can match him.

This guy has the nickname "Brute Bull", and in addition to his physical strength, he also has a pair of horns on his head: he is a beast with the characteristics of a cow.

Perhaps for this reason, his intellectual development is incomplete, and his mind is now similar to that of a ten-year-old child.

Marriage of a little girl with a slender body than ordinary humans to a "cow child" who is so thick that it is close to the limit of human beings can be regarded as quite cruel.

"Hmph, damn slave bitch, after you were rudely broken by the brute bull and lost your purity, will the Jade Wildebeest still recognize you?"

Anna. That's how Phoenix punished the slave. However, in words, she saw this as a strange marriage, and an interesting conversation.

"Hehe, it's really cheap that wild elf. Manniu is honest and strong, she can have a good life in the future. Count Raymond smiled, and there was a self-evident meaning in his words.

"Sister Ji'er, how is it, this thing is interesting, right?" Anna asked suddenly.

Ji'er mumbled vaguely.

She felt a pang of disgust at the conversation, both bitter for what had happened to the poor little fairy girl, and afraid for herself.

Previously, she had grown up in a privileged environment where the stars held the moon, and she had never considered the feelings of the commoners and slaves. Cousin Raymond and Cousin Anna, as well as other relatives, both peers and elders, took good care of her. At that time, she was very fond of Raymond and Anna, and she also thought that there was nothing wrong with her cousin's behavior of not caring about the lives and dignity of civilian slaves. Even subtly, I agreed with their concepts.

It wasn't until she first met Gordon in the Blue Water City, and then experienced many dangers and betrayals in the ruins of Danze, that she realized that her aristocratic status did not mean that she really had the power and power to do whatever she wanted.

Then, when she returned home, she began to re-examine her previous perceptions and behaviors, and began to pay attention to those who were of low status and were not in the same class as herself. In the end, she benefited a lot, and she also understood how hateful her former image of an unreasonable aristocratic lady was.

It can be said that Gordon not only saved her life, but also inspired her to re-understand the world. Now, when she stayed with Cousin Raymond and Cousin Anna, looking at the ugly faces of these two people, it seemed to see her past self.

"If I hadn't met Gordon, ten years later, I might have become an abominable aristocrat like Cousin Anna, who would casually ruin the life of an innocent little girl and show off as a joke." Thinking that she would become such a person step by step, Ji'er felt scared for a while.

She couldn't help but turn her head sideways and glance at the man who had changed her life. But the black-haired and black-eyed mage was grinding with his fiancée at this time, looking sweet.

A feeling of unhappiness suddenly rose in the blonde lady's heart. If it weren't for the large row of seats, I'm afraid that even Gordon could smell the sourness clearly.

"This big badass! May Lord Bahamut punish him! Ji'er kept stirring her fingers and muttered in a low voice, "Well, you don't have to be too harsh, just punish it a little." ”

At this time, the presiding officer of the ceremony, the oldest senior clergyman of the three major churches in the city of Fleurish, Mama Gilan of the Platinum Temple, announced that the ceremony had officially begun.

The sacred and majestic bell rang from the temple to the city below.

The bell not only interrupted Ji'er's reverie, but also forced Gordon to give up flirting with his fiancée. The aristocrats rose to their feet, and then in the case of Ben. Under the leadership of the bishops of the three major churches, including Bishop Anissa, they began to chant requiem hymns.

The song was heard from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. On both sides of the avenue leading to the top of the mountain, ordinary people who were not qualified to enter the temple also began to sing hymns to a solemn and mournful rhythm. (To be continued......)