Chapter 165: Westbound
Perro yawned and sat up from the bed, feeling a chill in his upper body. If he could www.biquge.info, he wanted to stay under the covers, not only warm, but also with Shiryl's company.
"Don't you want to sleep any longer?" the woman next to her rolled over and muttered sleepily, "It's still early, isn't it?"
He leaned down and kissed the other man's foreheadβSheryl's brown hair was soft and curly, her skin was as smooth as a baby, and she had big lovely eyes. The first time he met her was in the Long Opera House, and almost as soon as he met him, he was firmly attracted by these eyes.
"It should be almost noon, and I need to go downstairs to see if I have any business to attend to," Perro whispered, "if you don't want to get up, go back to sleep, and I'll have the attendant bring lunch to the bedroom later." β
"But I want you to stay with me," Shiryl put her arm around his waist, "it's snowing outside anyway, so there's something to do." β
That's true, since the fall of the evil moon, the whole city has suddenly quieted down, the theater has become a weekly show, the merchants in the market have been evacuated, and the taverns have closed their doors. If you walk down the street during the day, you will even think that it is an empty city.
So...... After pursuing Shirley for nearly a year, and now that he has finally got his wish, Perro is really a little reluctant to leave. Exhausted from last night's pleasures, I'm back to a state of energy again, and by the time I've had lunch, maybe I'll be able to linger a little longer.
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the bedroom.
"Mistress Perro, there is a blue letter. β
He was stunned, then immediately turned over and got out of bed, picked up the robe that he had thrown on the ground, and draped it over his body, "I'll be right away." β
"Your Excellency?" Shiryl murmured.
"I'll wait," Perro hurriedly fastened his belt and left the bedroom. After a while, he returned to his room, and crawled into the bed again, with a letter wrapped in a blue cover.
"What is this, who wrote it to you?" the woman had barely come to her senses, yawned, sat up, and leaned against Perot.
"From the border town," the latter replied, "it should be a letter from His Royal Highness the Prince." β
Unwrapping the cover and pulling out the letter, he quickly finished scanning the contents of the letter, and his brows couldn't help frowning, "Your Highness asked me to go to the border town." β
"Now?" said Shiryl, surprised, "are you going to go in this weather?"
"Well, there's probably something important. Perro sighed, "I'll pack up later, and I'll leave in the afternoon." You go home first, and I'll look for you when I get back." He couldn't help but think of a year ago, when he had braved the wind and snow to take a boat to the border town to bring a warning to Duke Lane about the fortress of Changge. And now, the reason why he went to that barren land was because of a letter from the lord of the town, which had to make Perot lament the impermanence of fate.
"Can't you pretend you didn't see it?" she said with some displeasure, "Even if he has captured the Changge Fortress, you are the actual ruler of the fortress, even if it is the king's order, it doesn't necessarily have to be carried out immediately, right?"
If it was the Duke, he would indeed do this, but Pei Luo knew the temperament of the fourth prince, and he touched the other party's head dotingly, "That's different, the king may not be able to control the western realm, but His Royal Highness Roland can...... He is not only the lord of the border town, but also the master of the entire western realm. β
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After entering the evil moon, the fortress of Changge did not have much official business to deal with, so he simply handed over some tasks to his subordinates, and by the way, he pulled his father, Count Hermon, to the castle to sit down, and Pero left the castle. Unlike the last time when there was only one assistant to follow, this time he rode the duke's special "Lionheart", with more than a dozen servants and apprentices each, plus two family knights, which can be called huge.
Just as he was making his way through the outer city blocks to the fortress docks, a noise from the corner caught Perro's attention.
I saw a dozen or so people gathered around, as if they were watching something, and the group of people dressed up should be civilians, probably the surrounding residents who were attracted by the noise, and occasionally there would be a sharp roar or two such as "Devil!" and "Hang her!" in the circle.
Perro's heart moved, and he said to the knights beside him, "Go and see, if it's an ordinary dispute, let them go back to the house." β
"Yes, sir. β
The knight pushed away the crowd and walked to the middle and drew his sword, and the crowd quickly dispersed. He eventually brought back a woman and two children, one of whom had a hemp rope around his neck.
"What's going on?"
"My lord," the woman threw herself at Perro's feet, "kill her!
This word made Perot slightly stunned, "Witch?" He moved his gaze to the other two, and the taller boy immediately blocked in front of the girl, making a fierce appearance that would pounce at any time, but his face was blue and purple, obviously he was beaten lightly just now, "She is not the devil's minions at all, she has been played in the drama, and witches are also good and bad, why do you deal with her?"
"Are you sure she's a witch?" Perrot ignored the boy and continued to ask the woman.
"That's right, sir, don't be fooled by the theater performances, if the church is still around, they can't afford to talk nonsense on stage. This beast is also a little devil, I am punishing her for the church, my lord, hurry up and strangle her, so that the breath of hell will not spread to Changge City!"
"Getting to the point!" he scolded.
After the other party chattered endlessly, Pei Luo finally figured out the cause and effect. After the church was burned down by Tifeco, she and some other believers spontaneously organized themselves and continued to preach and pray in the outer city, waiting for the holy city of Hermes to send new priests to rebuild the Westside Church. As for the situation this time, it was completely coincidental, the girl was bumped into by her when she used her ability to remove snow from the roof of the resident, and she had the scene she saw before.
In the narration, the women repeatedly complained about the absurdity of what was taught in primary education, and the theater's perverted performances, so that nearby onlookers dared to grab the boy, but few were willing to help them hang the abominable devil, whose body would have hung under the roof beams long ago...... Hearing these hateful words, the corners of Pei Luo's eyebrows jumped.
"Take her back and interrogate her properly," he commanded the knight, "and this time you will remain in the fortress, and when I return, I hope to see that all the believers associated with her have been imprisoned." β
"What...... How can you, sirβ" Before the woman could finish speaking, the protest was slapped back into the stomach by the knight.
"Are you really a witch?" Perro then looked at the frightened little girl, "Show me." β
The latter fell to his knees limply, without any reaction.
Perro shook his head, raised his voice and repeated, "If you can prove that you are a real witch, I can let you go." β
After a long while, the girl cowered and put her hands into the snow, and soon, the snow nearly a palm-thick gradually turned into flowing ice water.
"I see," Perro nodded, "come with me." β
"Let's go?" the other looked up, "Where are you going?"
"A good place for witches to live. He motioned for his servant to pick up the girl and continue on to the docks.
"Let her go, you liar! you promised to let her go!" the boy tried to rush up, but was stopped by several other servants, and the shouts faded into the back of his mind.
. (To be continued.) )