In a shaky process, the carriage came out of Lomingn.

Hastings Manor is located on the outskirts of Lomingen, but the journey alone takes more than two hours. During this process, the atmosphere in the spacious carriage was relatively harmonious, except for a certain frightened eldest lady.

Sean had a book from the tavern, so the two hours were quite manageable.

Both Alfred and Anno chose to close their eyes and rest their minds, because no one knew what would happen next.

Only Christina, inexplicably, felt a terrible pressure enveloping her, which made her back almost completely wet. In fact, Rena just looked at Christina with interest, she didn't use her momentum to suppress it, but as a peerless general who can easily kill a few times in and out on the battlefield, the bloody aura that Rena inadvertently exudes is naturally not something that Christina, a person who has never been in battle, can bear.

Even if Rena didn't deliberately suppress it.

This situation, for people like Sean and others, even Avi. Hasteen doesn't care, but for Christina it's a mental torture.

That's the difference between having real combat and not having it.

As it continued to wobble, the carriage finally arrived at Hasting's Manor.

Christina almost couldn't wait to open the door and get out of the car, and after breathing in a breath of fresh air, her face had regained a little rosy, but overall it was still pale and bloodless. The cold air made her dizzy and almost stagnant brain finally start to work again, but it also made her more aware of the difference in strength between herself and Sean.

Originally, after Sean won Christina in the martial arts arena that day, Christina had to admit that she was really scared at the beginning, and afterwards she felt that if she fought hard without hesitation, she might not have no chance of winning. But she is really a man who keeps her promises. Since she had conceded defeat before, of course she would not deny the fulfillment of her promise, but she was determined to duel Sean again before Sean left.

So for this reason, Christina has been practicing her skills very hard recently, and her diligence is even far greater than when she was under the guidance of her own teacher.

But today, through these two short hours, she really understands where the biggest gap between herself and Sean is.

"Christina, you're here." While Kristina was still thinking about it, Soma. Hastings had already greeted Kazi.

As the owner of Hastings Manor, Soma certainly needs to come out to greet guests, but not everyone who comes to the banquet is worthy of his personal reception. But whether it's Christina or Sean. The identities are obviously a little different, so he can't help but go out in person. Of course, as the heir most likely to inherit the Hasteen family in the future, Avi. Hasting, of course, was also with Soma.

"You're all right, Tina." Avi saw Christina's pale face. Naturally, he was very concerned and asked.

Seeing Avi's performance, Soma nodded secretly. Obviously, I am still very satisfied with Avi's approach. If Sean had seen this. It will immediately become clear that Soma, who has not yet stood in the Hasteen family on the surface, has already chosen Avi as his next master, and it is understandable to make this choice, after all, among all the candidates for the next heir of the Hasteen family, Avi's winning chance is indeed the largest. The sooner you stand in line, the greater the benefits you can reap in the future, and it is impossible for someone as shrewd as Soma not to understand.

It's just that there are some things that many people will have certain illusions about before they are clearly expressed.

"Did that guy Fran tell you to do something again?" Don't wait for Soma's inner appreciation and sigh to fall. Avi's second sentence caused Soma's brow to furrow.

"Master Avi." Soma had to cough lightly as a reminder.

"It's none of his business." Christina shook her head and replied, her attitude and tone were very firm, and when she saw that Avi and herself were too close, she quietly took a few steps back and reopened the distance, which made Soma's brows furrow again, it was obvious that the opportunity he could create for Avi and Christina to be together in vain recently, "Also, please call me by my name." ”

Some people have longer names, so they will have nicknames in the way they are called, of course, this nickname refers to the companions who have a better relationship.

Tina is, naturally, Christina's nickname.

And Christina asked Avi to call her by her name instead of her nickname, which is naturally a very strong and obvious sense of resistance.

"What about Viscount Fran?" At this time, Soma naturally couldn't put the initiative of the topic on Avi's body, so he spoke.

"Viscount Furlong is over there, and they've just dismounted." Christina was embarrassed to say that she got off the train early because she couldn't stand the pressure of the momentum in the carriage, so she took this question very casually, and then led Soma to the place where Sean and the others got off the train, of course, Avi was naturally ignored by Christina.

Soma glanced back at Avi with some concern, and sure enough, he saw a trace of hidden cruelty and resentment in his eyes, and it was really a strange thing that a person like him who was scheming and good at forbearance did not have this kind of emotion. However, Soma is not worried about what will happen to Avi here, he is well aware of his nominal nephew's ability, at least until he really tears his face, he can still maintain his gentlemanly demeanor.

Of course, on the other hand, it is actually because Avi is not Christina's opponent at all, otherwise Soma really can't imagine whether Avi will take any force against Kristina. After all, he had tried this kind of behavior several times before, and each time it was naturally his uncle who wiped his ass for him.

"Viscount Fran, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Soma, led by Christina, soon came to Sean's side and greeted him warmly.

People who are not strong enough naturally choose to avoid it tacitly at this moment, after all, in a banquet of this grade held by Hastings Manor. People of different classes will definitely have their own circles, and if you want to communicate with people in higher class circles, you must need an introducer, otherwise if you rush forward to disturb you, it will be regarded as an uneducated barbarian. For the sake of some vain face, of course, no one would come up so uninterestingly to disturb the warm meeting between Soma and Sean.

But when Sean and the others turned around, not only Soma, but even Avi was stunned.

"Miss Simmy, you...... What are you coming from. Avi hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, but at this moment he already had a faint feeling of displeasure in his heart. Because Rena, whom he called Simmy, was standing by Sean's side at the moment, "Why didn't you say anything before you came, in that case, I would pick you up myself." ”

"No need." Rena said bluntly, "I came here with Fran, and this invitation doesn't seem to be of much use." Give it back to you. ”

With that, Rena directly returned the luxurious invitation card worth hundreds of gold coins to Avi.

This moment. Almost everyone could see Avina's completely stiff face. And more sensitive people like Rena, Sean, and Alfred can even feel the inner emotions that Avi is trying to suppress at the moment.

It was an extremely negative violent mood.

In fact, if you change to a person who is not very good at psychological quality, I am afraid that at this moment, it will be a real and complete reversal, after all, although what Rena just said is an unintentional fact, but for a nobleman. This is an act of blatant contempt. And the environment at the moment is still in the Hasting Manor, and after saying this, it seems that he is contemptuous of the entire Hasting family.

Even Soma's face changed slightly. It seemed a little unnatural: "Hehe, Viscount Fran is really ...... It's really a wide range of friends. ”

"Hehe, Miss Simmy is a friend I met on the road, and our communication was very pleasant, so we decided to experience it together for the time being."

Of course, Sean has already felt the hostility hidden in Soma's words, but he didn't even pay attention to the entire Hastings family, so naturally he didn't think that a mere Soma or Avi could pose any threat to him, but there were still things to solve at the moment, and if Soma was a person, Sean still wanted to recruit his subordinates, so his tone was relatively polite.

"Because I happened to be coming to Hastings Manor, and I saw that Miss Simmy had an invitation too, so I invited her to come with me." Sean said with a smile, as if he didn't feel Soma's hostility at all, "There shouldn't be any rudeness about this, right?" ”

"Not at all." Soma immediately replied with a smile, "Young Master Avi, can you please take Miss Ximi for a little tour?" ”

"Oh, this nature." Avi immediately reacted that this was Soma's deliberate attempt to transfer Sean and Rena away, after all, he also knew that something was going to be held secretly tonight, and of course Simmy's identity could not participate, so visiting Hastings Manor became an excellent excuse, "Miss Simmy, I'll take you on a tour of Hastings Manor." …… The main venue of the banquet is on the other side. ”

Rena doesn't really like to go to banquets and the like, she prefers to practice martial arts and train the soldiers under her command. At this moment, she suddenly missed her subordinates very much, training them was much more interesting than attending this boring banquet at the moment, but she noticed Sean's imperceptible nod, so she could only nod helplessly and agreed to leave here with Avi.

Of course, Avi had the idea of trying to let Rena join the Hastings family tonight, but in fact, Sean knew very well that this was simply impossible, so of course he would not be worried.

"I don't know where the Marquis of Yeles is at the moment?" When Avi and Rena left, Sean asked.

"Marquis Yelles is in the council chamber, Master Rhoda has arrived, let's go over now." Soma is also a little afraid of long nights and dreams, and maybe there will be some accidents if she stays here for a while, so she also wants to throw Sean into the council hall, after all, there is also a Yeles who is also a scholar there to communicate with Sean.

"It's good." Of course, Sean will not object to this.

But at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, accompanied by the shouts of several Hastings Manor guards.

Such a noisy and noisy sound naturally quickly attracted the attention of many people at the gate of the manor.

Soma's brow furrowed, because of the series of unsmooth events and the unexpected learning of Rena's relationship with Sean, his heart was already a little angry. At this moment, it was naturally just a chance for him to vent, so he walked towards the main entrance after saying a little to Sean, and at the same time shouted in a deep voice: "What's the matter? ”

"It turns out that this is the hospitality of the Hastings family." Almost as soon as Soma's voice fell, a crisp voice unique to a young woman responded, "I've seen it with my own eyes today, hehe." ”

Soma followed the prestige, but found that the person who came was a girl about twenty years old, who looked a little petite and cute, but her temperament showed a maturity that did not match her age. The figure of this man quickly swept through Soma's mind, and then he immediately confirmed that he had never seen the girl, but just as Soma was about to reprimand the girl, he aimed at the family crest on the carriage in which the girl was riding.

This discovery made Soma's voice immediately swallow back into his stomach, and his face looked a little surprised.

At this time, Sean had also come to the main entrance, and he also saw the family crest on the carriage, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

Because this family crest is a family crest that belongs to the Boulder family!

It is well known that the Boulder family and the Nugus family are at odds with each other, and the Hastins are in turn dependent on Nugus.

So at this moment, what is this girl who is obviously from the Boulder family here for?

Almost all of them, after recognizing the family crest on the carriage, revealed this idea. (To be continued......)

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