Who told him to rush up there?.

How could Duke Black have the guts to compete with the Emperor for being the father-in-law? He really didn't want his daughter to clash with Princess Lina. He couldn't possibly do that.

But he couldn't afford to offend the Emperor. Could he afford to offend Eli, who had a smile on his face?

It was true that he was the Duke of the Empire, but wasn't Eli the Duke? The matter of granting him the title of Duke had already been decided, but it had not yet been officially conferred. Moreover, in addition to the title, he also served as the dean of the Imperial Capital Magic and Martial Arts Academy.

The status of this position is much higher than that of a duke. Even His Royal Highness the Prince of the Empire cannot compare to it. It is the highest honored position besides His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Pope of Light. Even if it is not ranked third in the country, it is among the top five.

This guy said he was his future son-in-law, but his strength, authority, and status were far above his. Could he still put on airs in front of him?
"Didn't you agree to come next month? Why are you here today?"

Duke Black didn't dare to question Eli, so he could only ask Duke Bruno, who was of the same status as him, with a bitter face. Fortunately, he and his future in-laws were equal, otherwise he wouldn't even dare to ask a single question.

You ask me, who should I ask?

Duke Bruno was also very distressed at this time. He only knew that his son was very anxious, but he had no idea why he was so anxious. He didn't explain it in detail just now...

He had come here in a hurry and was confused. Now that Duke Black asked him this question, he remembered that he didn't even know why his son postponed his trip to come and propose marriage. He was so worried about the gold coins that he forgot this...

"That's because I'm about to go on a diplomatic mission to the Elf Empire, and I might not be able to make it back on the first day of next month, so I had to come here early."

In order not to embarrass his father, Eli took the initiative to explain. What he said seemed reasonable, but it confused Duke Bruno and Duke Black.

We agreed to come next month. If you can't come back on the first day, can't you come on the fifth day? If you can't come back on the fifth day, can't you come on the fifteenth? If you really can't come back on the fifteenth, then you can come at the end of the month. Who said that the first day of the next month is the only good day?
Neither of the two old men quite understood Eli’s thoughts. In fact, most people didn’t understand. Perhaps only Jessica and Cecilia could barely understand. This was the master’s attitude.

Since he had already promised to spend his life with Cassia, he had to take her into the room as soon as possible. He couldn't let Cassia wait even for a day, let alone ten days or half a month.

Although Jia Xiya may not care about the difference of a few days, the master has a bad habit. What is it called? Oh, it's more or less a serious disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"But you came at a really bad time..."

Duke Black still had a very unhappy expression, not entirely because he might have offended the Emperor, but mainly because Eli's arrival was too unfortunate.

"What's wrong? If I come earlier, uncle won't agree?"

Eli felt that Uncle Black was a little too timid. As long as he was married to him, the Emperor would not retaliate against Duke Black even if he was really unhappy. Not only did he have to save his face, he also had to care about his thoughts.

"I don't have any problem, but Cassia... isn't at home today..."

Duke Black didn't want to hide it. Seeing that Eli might have misunderstood, he simply spread his hands and told the truth.

"Uh……"

Eli was somewhat surprised when he heard this. Although his spiritual soul had a very wide range of detection, he came here to propose marriage, not to conduct investigation. Naturally, he would not release his spiritual soul at any time and place, so he did not know that Jessica was not at home today.

"Jassia went to the Holy Mountain yesterday. It usually takes her three days to come back. You won't be able to see her even if you come tomorrow..."

Duke Black was a little worried. Since his daughter was not around, it was not that he couldn't make the decision directly for her. After all, the two of them loved each other, and the marriage would be successful without any major accidents. But he always felt that it was a bit disrespectful to his daughter if he agreed without asking her.
Different from those who regard their children as private property or even goods, Duke Black values ​​his children very much. After all, his family is not prosperous and he only has one son and one daughter.

"Three days..."

Eli pondered for a moment. He knew that he could delay for half a day, or even a day, but he really couldn't wait for three days. In three days, the preliminary rituals of the Elf Empire would begin. If he was not present at that time and did not behave better, how could he obtain the final blessing of the Goddess of Life?
It’s true that I can’t wait any longer...but since I’m here, I should at least go back empty-handed.

How can we take back the betrothal gifts that have been sent? If Uncle Black doesn't agree to marry his daughter today, he will go to the Holy Mountain to arrest the person himself...

Of course, this was just a thought. Even with Eli's arrogance, he was not so arrogant as to go to the Holy Mountain of Light to catch his wife. What was the Holy Mountain of Light? It was the headquarters of the Holy See of Light, where the great God of Light brought down the gospel.

With his strength, he might be able to break into the holy mountain by force, but that would be disrespectful to the God of Light. Eli himself still respected the God of Light very much. After all, He was the most powerful patron saint of the human race. Without Him, the human race would not have been so powerful and become the number one race on the continent.

"Then we will go ahead with the betrothal today. Uncle Black, please accept the betrothal gift. Then the marriage between Garcia and I will be settled. When Princess Lina and I get married, I will let her marry me together with Princess Lina. Don't worry, I will never treat her unfairly."

Eli spoke with sincerity, and Duke Black could also hear that he was willing to let Princess Lina and Garcia enter the house at the same time. Even if he couldn't say that they were both legal wives, it at least showed that Garcia had an outstanding status in his family.

But without Garcia's consent, can he really just agree? Although Garcia herself has a 100% chance of agreeing, but... eh? But what is it? 100%, I hesitated for a minute! Is it disrespectful for her to agree to something she must agree to? Just now, I was just having a brain spasm... "Well... OK, our family has accepted the betrothal gift, Garcia is considered to be yours, Eli, you must promise to treat Garcia well for the rest of your life, although Uncle Blake doesn't have the ability to teach you a lesson, but when he gets angry, he will still scold you fiercely behind your back..."

Duke Black's expression improved a lot, and he agreed to Eli's proposal without much hesitation. He figured it out himself. The most important thing was that this trip was just a formality. If he didn't agree, would Gabriella not run away with Eli?
Seeing that his father-in-law readily agreed to his marriage with Gabriella, although he had expected it, Eli was still very happy. After all, this way he and Gabriella were destined to be together for two lifetimes, and being able to have her again in this life made up for the regret that they did not grow old together in the previous life, but died together in the war.

"I won't give my uncle... oh no, I won't give my father-in-law the chance to scold me."

Eli responded with a smile, and then hurriedly urged his servants to quickly move the betrothal gifts to Cassia's house.

Seeing those huge boxes of treasures going into other people's homes, Duke Bruno felt a little heartbroken. Although his family had considerable assets, the costs of these two engagements were really not small. Fortunately, Jessica and Cecilia were their own children, so there should be no need for betrothal gifts. Otherwise, with the speed at which Eli attracted so many women, his family fortune would be squandered sooner or later.

Well, after Garcia, Evelyn also needs to be given an explanation, after all, she has already moved in, and the same goes for Eleanor... Oh, this will take a few more years...

Eli is not a worm in his father's stomach, so he naturally doesn't know what his father is thinking, otherwise he would definitely laugh at his father's pettiness. Are you scared by just three or five people? I will recruit a football team in the future, and you just wait for the gold coins to pop up!

Because the departure time was set for the afternoon, Eli was not in a hurry to leave after the betrothal gifts were moved in. He had been to the Duke of Black's Mansion many times since he was a child, so he walked in with familiarity and let his parents and father-in-law chat slowly.

Jessica and Cecilia were also very familiar with this place, especially Garcia's boudoir, where they often chatted with Garcia.

It's a pity that she is not here today, otherwise on her big day, the two of them would at least ask Jessica for a red envelope, no matter how much she asks for, just giving her a few thousand gold coins will be enough.

Anyway, compared to the betrothal gift given by the master's family to her family, tens of thousands of gold coins are completely worthless...

Eli led a group of beautiful girls in and rushed straight to Garcia's room. Although it was not convenient for outsiders to enter a girl's boudoir, who among Eli and the people around him was an outsider to her? Aren't they all her future husband and sisters?
Even Duke Black saw this from afar but did not stop it. It was not because he had received the betrothal gift and was lenient with others, but because Eli had been in and out of Gabriella's room freely since he was a child. If you really counted, the number of times he, an old father, had entered his daughter's room was not even half of Eli's. What was there to stop...

"Giacia's room is still like this. Everything is white. It looks clean, but it doesn't feel like a girl's room."

Cecilia pushed the door open and couldn't help muttering when she saw the furnishings in the room. She knew that Caroline loved white, so all the decorations in the room were white. Although there was nothing wrong with this, for a girl, it was a bit boring to have no pink in the room.

In fact, Eli had complained about the decoration and furnishing of Gabriella's room many times. Although the mourning hall in this world was not of this style, the pure white environment was somewhat creepy. Eli didn't like anything in her room except the bed.

This time he came not only to propose marriage, he also had something to give to Jessica. Although she happened not to be at home today, he still had a way to hand the things to her.

Under the gaze of others, Eli walked to Cassia's bed, then squatted down and fumbled under her bed for a while. After a while, he took out a brocade box from it.

This is the box where Cassia hides her treasures. It seemed that he was just groping under the bed just now, but he was actually activating the mechanism under the bed. The mechanism needs to be physically verified eight different solutions in succession to be completely correct before the secret compartment inside can be opened. The brocade box is hidden in that secret compartment.

Gabriella was completely defenseless against him and would tell him secretly no matter how important the matter was. This was like a wife handing over her bank card and password to him. It had to be said that this was an extreme level of trust.

In addition to the fact that the secret compartment is hidden particularly cleverly, this brocade box cannot be opened casually. It was made by a goblin master and its confidentiality is perfect. Even if a saint comes, he cannot open it without knowing the unlocking password.

The material used to make this brocade box is extremely special and hard. It took a lot of effort to make it in the beginning. After being processed by the goblin master, this brocade box cannot be disassembled by force even with holy-level fighting spirit.

Of course, if a demigod comes to open the box, this thing will be completely useless. It will lie flat in a minute and be opened however you want.

Eli naturally didn't need to force it open, he remembered the password to the box very clearly because it was his birthday.

Eli quickly entered the password and successfully opened the brocade box. Although he had seen it many times before, every time he opened the box, Eli liked Gabriella a little more, because in this box that she thought was the most precious, 90% of the things were small gifts given to her by Eli.

Except for some accessories that she often wore, all other things were here. Although most of them were not very valuable gadgets, Garcia treasured them and hid them in a treasure box together with the divine gifts she received from the Holy See of Light.

In her eyes, apart from the Lord of Light, he is her greatest treasure, right? No... maybe even with the Lord of Light, he is still her greatest treasure. I think in Gabriella's heart, he can be ranked before the Lord of Light, and is more important than her faith.

After all, in her previous life, on the day when the great God of Light fell, although Gabriella was nearly insane, she was eventually calmed down by him and chose to continue to accompany him, rather than sacrificing her life for God like most clergymen or perishing together with the invading demons.

On that day, the God King fell, and the God Kingdom collapsed, as if the end of the world had come. If the other two God Kings had not been alive at the time and were still fighting the Demon God, perhaps the sky and the earth in the mortal world would have really collapsed. But even though the war of gods was not over yet, the fall of the God of Light still put the war situation into an irreparable huge disadvantage.

The previously extremely powerful Church of Light quickly declined. The Legion of Light, which could crush the demon army on the battlefield, almost collapsed, with only one tenth of its combat power remaining. Even the most powerful Pope of Light in the Church of Light turned gray overnight. The once high-spirited Pope became an old and decadent old man, and his overwhelming strength that once shook the continent also declined to the level of an ordinary demigod. (End of this chapter)