Spear and Cross

"Is he a little too dependent on you? It feels a little suspicious."

After the two bid farewell to Rein and left the room, Hampton followed Francis and walked with him to his residence, "I came earlier than you, but he has never shown that kind of fear."

"Maybe it's because the commander of the knight is more deterrent." Fraxis didn't take this detail to heart, but turned his head and glanced at him, "Don't you think your behavior is more suspicious? I came to see the wounded early in the morning. Or, the Priest of Alenka must think you've had your head smashed."

Hampton felt a terrible headache.

"I said, I only arrived a little earlier than you, why don't you believe it?"

"Maybe it's because you don't keep your promises." Fraxis continued to walk towards his residence without changing his expression, "I still have some things to deal with. I have to go to Enbogle's appointment tomorrow. If I don't What is urgent, you should go back to the Knights."

"Embogle?" Hampton paused, as if remembering something, "What Laing said about his job just now, do you remember?"

Francis also noticed this detail, and replied in a low voice: "Embogle's gardener."

While talking, they were almost at Fraxis' residence, and instead of leaving as he wished, Hampton forced his way through the door and made a request.

"Do you mind bringing one more person to the banquet?"

"...Are you saying you're going too?" Fraxis glanced at him, obviously feeling that the idea was terrible, "Embogle sees you like a mouse sees a cat, take you with him, he What else can I say?"

Hampton was a little discouraged. What Francis said was the truth. If he went with him, Enbogle might be more vigilant because of this, and it would be more difficult to investigate anything.But in his opinion, Embogle was really suspicious, and he always felt that there was something wrong with letting Francis go to the banquet alone.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Fraxis tacitly acknowledged that he was persuaded by himself.

"If you are worried about my safety, I will be as careful as possible." He poured a rare cup of tea for Hampton, and then sat down on the chair with his own teacup, "Embogle is indeed suspicious , It is also because of this that I agreed to his invitation - it is not easy to do something to a temple priest in my own manor, if I can find out that there is something wrong with him while getting the Gege beast, That couldn't be better."

He hadn't planned to tell Hampton of his plan, but the other party's concern about him was beyond his expectation.If Hampton is not appeased, Francis is afraid that he will really follow Embogle's manor.

You can't let this guy ruin his plan, so it's better to let him rest assured.

Embogle's invitation letter stated the time and place in detail, and Francis only needed to arrive at the gate of his manor on time.In order to show that he was attending the dinner in a private capacity, so that this action would not have anything to do with the position of the temple, he deliberately returned to his home from the temple in advance, and then took a carriage from the duke's mansion to Embogle's. manor.Although he walked a long way and circled half of the imperial capital, in his opinion this was the most suitable route.

It is impossible for him to borrow Gege Beast directly in the name of the temple, after all, this is a secret mission, and it is his personal decision to borrow Gege Beast to avoid the possible danger brought by Anderma Phantom Butterfly—that is to say , even if something goes wrong, it can only be solved by himself.

He couldn't let the first mission he accepted after becoming a priest mess up, let alone make "the youngest battle priest in the temple's century" a joke.

Embogle had been waiting at the gate of the manor early, and after seeing the family emblem of Faronard on the carriage, he went to the front of the carriage, and exaggeratedly praised Fraxis after he got off the carriage.

"Goddess of Light, you are so handsome today that the women in the entire empire are crazy." He leaned down and kissed the back of Vlasis's gloved hand with noble etiquette, "It is me who can invite a guest like you It’s a great honor and today will definitely be my lucky day.”

Francis smiled and accepted this courtesy kiss. He actually didn't like being treated like this, because although the empire has aristocratic etiquette for men to kiss the back of a man's hand, usually this kind of hand kiss is more ambiguous than respectful, Empo As a lower-ranking person, Geer shouldn't give such a hand-kissing ceremony to a nobleman who is higher than him.

It's not that he hasn't encountered young nobles who have made such attempts against him, but they all understand the importance of etiquette, and no one has ever exceeded the rules like Enbogle.

Although he was displeased, his face did not show any dissatisfaction with this somewhat abrupt and impolite "hand kiss", which made Enbogel feel even more delighted: "Please come in with me, my chef has already We have prepared the best Ewell Blue dessert, I believe you will like it."

Aiweierlan is a small town with beautiful scenery on the border of the empire. It is famous for its fresh fruits and vegetables and good quality wheat. The dim sum there is indeed very famous.As far as Fraxis knew, even Durand would let his caravan pass by Ewell Blue with snacks and fruits, and bring them back with the best fresh-keeping technology.

"I'm looking forward to it. I heard from my elder brother that Ewell Blue's raspberry pie tastes very charming." He responded with a smile, and walked into the manor with Embogle, but his heart was not as relaxed as his face .

In addition to delicious fruits and vegetables and snacks, Ewell Blue also has a geographical location that people have to care about.

It is only two days away from the "land of the fallen".

It can be seen that Embogle really attaches great importance to this banquet, because after entering the banquet hall, Francis found many familiar faces, most of them were young nobles who were active in the social circle, and there were also some who rarely appeared in this kind of banquet. The noble master and lady of the occasion.Of course, almost all of these people knew Fraxis, and Hadley, who introduced him and Embogle at the king's dinner last time, was also there, waving at them and gesturing them to go over.

"I didn't expect you to actually invite our Lord Priest." The friendship between Hadley and Embogle has obviously improved in the past few days. He first pushed him with his arm, and said hello to Fracis after teasing him. "Hey, did you notice who's here today?"

"Who?" Fraxis straightened his cuffs, with a relaxed smile on the corner of his mouth, "Which lady do you like?"

Hadley smiled and shook his head, with a look of fun on his face, pointing his chin in a direction: "I don't have a crush on any lady, but you, look who is that?"

Fraxis turned his gaze to the direction he was pointing at, and a girl in a violet floor-length dress was walking towards them slowly.She walked gracefully and dignifiedly, her long curly brown hair was pinned up by a top hat, and was softly draped behind her back, with only one strand hanging charmingly on her chest.Although she was dressed in a mature and elegant manner, her expression was not so generous, and she even seemed a little reserved. The white neck exposed from the hair was already stained with a blush of embarrassment, obviously not suitable for such a banquet.

Her dark green eyes kept looking at Francis, as if afraid that he would leave before she got to him, but instead of doing so, Francis stepped forward to meet her.

"Alvira, long time no see."

Fraxis took her outstretched hand and pulled her to his side.

He didn't expect Embogle to send her an invitation letter, and he was even more surprised that Alvera would be invited to the banquet.After all, they have known each other since they were very young. Alvira is introverted and shy, and has rarely participated in such communicative banquets between nobles.

"Long time no see, Fraxis." Alvira Hathaway smiled and leaned closer to him, "I heard that you will come today, so I accepted Viscount Embogle's invitation. I imagined there would be so many people…”

For the closeness of her dependence, Fracis could not refuse, because this Miss Hathaway not only often played with their brothers when they were young, but was also his fiancée.

Their marriage contract was made more than ten years ago after discussions between the Duke of Faronard and the Earl of Hathaway. At that time, Fraxis was preparing to officially enter the Magic Research Institute to study magic, and spent every day with his spell teacher. Together, they may not go home once in a few months, and Alvira has always been completely dependent on Fracis, so of course he will not refuse.Later, Fraxis left the Cassidle Magic Research Institute and entered the temple, and was sent to a distant "place of origin". As fiancées, they hadn't seen each other for many years.

Although the temple did not have mandatory regulations in this regard, Fraxis was ready to dissolve the engagement, and was planning to go to the Earl's Mansion to have a detailed discussion with Earl Hathaway face to face after the ceremony.He only cares about Alvira from his elder brother to his younger sister, and Alvira doesn't necessarily love him, probably because of his introverted personality and the dependence he has grown up since childhood.Francis was unwilling to let Alvira become the nominal wife of a priest, nor did he want this engagement to hinder his life.

But these are obviously not suitable to talk about now, especially since it seems that Alvira came by himself.

Francis supported her in a polite and unobtrusive gesture, and led her towards Hadley and the others, "Come on, Hadley and Will are here, go say hello to them, Then I'll take you home."

"Why are you in a hurry to send me home? I have caused you trouble?"

Alvira's eyes were full of anxiety, and he looked up to see his expression clearly.

"Of course not, it's just that you may not be suitable for such an occasion, and I'm afraid you won't be able to adapt." Fraxis smiled at her comfortingly, "I promise you that I will personally send you back. I'll visit you at your house after the temple ceremony, okay?"

"I'm not that crying little girl anymore, Fraxis, I hope I can go to the banquet with you." Alvira looked very disappointed, "Maybe you think I'm troublesome, but I've never been with you My fiancé attended the banquet together, and Shila kept laughing at me, saying that you would never marry me..."

Sheila is Alvira's cousin and has always been mean, but this time Fraxis has nothing to say because Sheila's words are right.

"I'm not such an irresponsible person." He avoided talking about "won't marry me", but changed the subject without a trace, "You still tell me you won't cry? Come on, laugh Smile, or Hadley will laugh at you for being as timid as ever."

Alvira barely held back his tears, wiped the corners of his eyes with a delicate handkerchief, and walked with him in front of the young nobles.

"Alvira, I haven't seen you for so long, you've become more beautiful." Hadley smiled and took her silk-gloved hand, and gently pressed a kiss on the back of her hand, "You said over there If it's been that long, I thought Fraxis was bullying you."

"Aren't you kidding me? Wasn't it you who bullied her the most when I was a child?" Vlasis gave him a helpless look, and then introduced Alvira to Embogle: "Palat, this is my fiancée Alvira Hathaway, I didn't expect you to send her the invitation letter."

"I didn't expect Miss Hathaway to be invited. I heard that you don't often attend such banquets. I hope my invitation didn't cause you any trouble."

Alvira smiled shyly, she didn't expect that even the new nobleman knew her introversion so well.

"Of course not, your manor is very beautiful, and I am very happy to be able to participate in this banquet."

Due to the particularity of Embogle's identity, Francis did not intend to let Alvira have more contact with him. He glanced at the dance floor that had been prepared, and after inviting Alvira to dance, he took her around. Entered the open space where there were not many people.

"This is the first dance I danced with you as an adult, and I'm very happy." Alvira leaned into his arms almost completely, and gave him all the control of the dance, "Tell you One thing, don't make fun of me, I was practicing dancing last night, and I was afraid that you wouldn't invite me at all, and I couldn't sleep almost the whole night..."

Couldn't bear to tell her that maybe this was the last dance, Fraxis was trying to find another topic to make her happy, but found that there were more people on the dance floor, and the dance floor became a bit crowded. shuttle.He took the time to look at the position where Embogle was just now, but found that the other party was no longer there.

The sudden sense of crisis seized him, and he reached out to set up a magic barrier for the unsuspecting Alvira, but it was already a step too late.

A gray-white dagger pierced from the back of her waist and penetrated deeply into her body. The blood that flowed out stained her purple skirt with a large black mark.The person who inserted the dagger into her body had already fallen to the ground, obviously swallowed the poison after the assassination, and he didn't even have a breath.

"Block here immediately!" Fraxis hugged the collapsed Alvira, and ordered the panicked nobles around him, "Bring Viscount Embogle over here, I need to notify the temple!"

Before the dagger pierced Alvira's waist, he didn't even notice the assassin's aura, but the assassin who did all this committed suicide easily, which showed that the opponent was not a strong person.It is obviously abnormal that an assassin with ordinary strength can hide in front of him and even successfully assassinate him. Fraxis has reason to suspect that the other party is targeting him.

But there is no more time to think about this now, he has to save Alvira's life first - there is obviously a curse on the gray-white dagger, and it is not an ordinary curse, because he has found that his healing technique does not work, Al All of Vera's blood turned black.

It happened so suddenly, and as the host, Embogle didn't know where he went. When the servants in the manor found him, Fraxis had already sealed off the banquet hall without authorization, and notified the temple with a contact spell. .At the same time, Alvira's treatment was almost useless, and she had fallen into a coma. Fraxis could only temporarily save her life, and planned to send her directly to the priest of Alenka.

He couldn't let Alvira die here like this.

It only took a short time for the knights to come from the temple and seal off the manor. When Hampton and Priest Moxi came in, Fraxis was still stabilizing Alvira's wound. With the help of Priest Moxi, He was finally able to free up his hands to deal with the chaos at the scene.

"What's going on here?" Hampton stared at the gray-white dagger stuck in Alvira's waist for a few seconds, then frowned, feeling that the dagger looked familiar, "This looks like a 'land of the fallen' 'The stuff of heretic assassins, I've been attacked with similar weapons before."

Fraxis was not surprised by what Hampton said, but he interrupted the knight anyway, preventing him from continuing.

"Let's go back to the temple to talk about it. Knight Commander, please lead your subordinates to check everyone present. After checking and identification, the assassin is not anyone invited by the Viscount. I suspect that someone brought him into the manor privately. "

Hampton glanced across Embogle's face beside him, then raised his eyebrows, turned and left.

"I'm sorry that we have to investigate your guests, but if the murderer is not caught in time, both Earl Hathaway and the temple will be under a lot of pressure. I hope you can understand." Fraxis reluctantly said to En Pogle smiled. His hands were covered with Alvira's black blood, and he looked extremely embarrassed before he could clean them up. "We will leave as soon as we finish dealing with the scene. I hope we didn't embarrass you too much."

"No, no, please go ahead and investigate. If there are people with ulterior motives in my manor, I will be very scared." Embogle looked at him with concern, as if to confirm whether he was injured, "I hope Hathaway Miss is recovering after treatment and I am sorry that this happened at my party."

"Thank you, it seems that I will only have the opportunity to taste your fine wine again." Fraxis nodded to him, then turned to work with Priest Moxi to stabilize Alvira's situation, and prepared to send her to the temple immediately.

"So, you went to Viscount Embogle's manor to discuss about borrowing the Gege beast, but you were interrupted by small accidents one after another, and finally the earl's daughter was assassinated by a suspected heretic. big surprise."

Earl Hathaway arrived soon after Alvira was sent to the temple. Obviously, his arrival could not be hidden from the chief priest, and Fraxis had to report to him the current situation and his plan—a failed plan.

"I have to say that you were careless this time, Fraxis." The chief priest's expression was a little serious, "The other party obviously knows most of the information you know, but you are not fully prepared to implement your own plan. The plan... this matter will reach the king within today, and we are bound to come up with a reasonable explanation."

In fact, this explanation could not convince the king.At present, all the reasons they can say come from the unilateral secret investigation of the temple. Apart from the cursed dagger, they don't have any definite evidence to prove that heretics are about to attack the temple at the ceremony.Although Fraxis' actions today were based on his own will, after the assassination of the Earl's daughter, no one would separate it from the temple.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I am willing to accept punishment for the consequences of my careless behavior." Fraxis bowed to him, "As for the king, I will try my best to find a reasonable and convincing one. reasons to explain."

The chief priest looked at him with complicated eyes, but in the end he just stroked the gemstone on the top of his scepter with his finger again and again, and then said to Fraxis: "I hope you can handle this matter well, I don't want to do it before the ceremony ends." We’ve seen something like this happen again.”

"I will deal with it as soon as possible to ensure that the ceremony can be held smoothly."

He obviously didn't intend to continue to pursue Fraxis' mistake this time, but Fraxis could feel that the chief priest still had something to say-he couldn't ask, but he could guess the other party's thoughts by himself.

By the time Alvira was assassinated, this matter had gone beyond the scope of an easy solution, but Francis and Hampton, who were previously assigned direct responsibility, were not blamed and held accountable.Even for Fraxis, who acted without authorization and caused the current result, the chief priest did not directly criticize him, but only put pressure on him and asked him to solve it as soon as possible.

Although there was no evidence, Francis suddenly had an indescribable feeling.That's...the chief priests actually knew who was creating all this chaos.

If the stone giant found in Duken Forest is nothing, then the almost extinct Anderma phantom butterfly larvae and the Earl's daughter being assassinated by heretics are far more vigilant than the former.But the chief priest still let him solve it freely. He neither changed the person who dealt with this series of events, nor assigned other priests to help... If he didn't have absolute trust in Fraxis' ability, there was only one possibility left. , he knew things would not get out of his control in the end.

Rather than having blind confidence in himself, Francis is of course more inclined to the latter.

The medical area was a bit chaotic due to the arrival of Earl Hathaway. When Francis arrived, Priest Alunka and Priest Moxi were still treating Alvira in the room, and the short Earl Hathaway was taken by him. His attendants surrounded him and waited outside the door, and even the priests who came in and out to deliver medicines and equipment were subject to his stern gaze.

Unlike Fraxis' father, Earl Hathaway is a mage.Although limited by his talent, he was unable to enter the ranks of great magicians, but he used the precious materials provided by his family to improve his strength to a level close to the sixth level.In addition, the few guards he brought with him were all strong men above the seventh rank. In the medical area, except for Alenka and Moxi who were treating Alvira, almost no one could compete with them.

The two priests in the room could not spare their hands to receive Earl Hathaway, so this difficult guest was naturally left to Fraxis.

The young blond priest looked at the blood-stained white robe that he hadn't had time to arrange, and shook his head helplessly, feeling that he was doomed to be disrespectful in front of everyone who saw him today.

"Uncle Locke." He walked towards Earl Hathaway, and after the other party turned to face him, he bowed apologetically and gave a junior salute, "...I'm sorry for what happened to Alvira today. serious injury, I think I need to bear a large part of the responsibility."

As a priest, Francis didn't need to salute Earl Hathaway in the temple, but in order to appease the other party, he deliberately lowered his posture and faced the other party as a junior.

"Fracis." Locke Hathaway, who was furious because the life and death of his favorite little daughter was uncertain, stood in front of him, his eyes lingering on his face for a long time, and then slowly said, "How did Alvira get injured?" What happened, I hope you can give me an explanation."

"..."

Fraxis looked at the lit window, and after confirming that Priest Alenka and Priest Moxi were still receiving treatment, he turned around and nodded slightly: "Please follow me to the next room."

He told the other party the general story, concealed his purpose of attending Enbogle's banquet, and only talked about meeting Alvira by chance and the subsequent assassination incident, his face was full of guilt and loss. Earl Hathaway was also a little moved.

"Alvira was with me when she was hurt and I asked her to dance...I'm sorry, I thought I was capable of protecting her."

He does feel guilty about it, that Alvira shouldn't have been involved in this, but has become a victim because of his connection.

"I don't know if she is going to see you today, because when she went out she told me that she was going to see an opera performance with Shira." Earl Hathaway's expression relaxed a little, but he still frowned, obviously not very comfortable with this answer. Satisfied, "If I knew in advance that she wanted to meet you, I wouldn't let her go out today."

"...You're right." Francis smiled helplessly.

The count stared at him for a long time, and finally sighed in the same helpless way.

"I know you won't marry Alvira. I discussed this matter with your father when you entered the temple, and we both thought that you would not be willing to delay your future because of marriage. So Alvira and Your engagement will be dissolved sooner or later, but she likes you very much, you can't let her down too much - it's useless to say these things now, I just want my daughter to get better, Fraxis, can you do it? "

"Of course, not only will I do my best, but the temple will also use all resources to save Alvira's life."

"What I need is your promise, Fracis Faronard." The count interrupted him sharply, "Don't use the temple to prevaricate me, and deal with you in the name of the Faronard family. I swear to the loyalty of the Goddess of Light!"

How could he fail to see Fraxis' intention to move out of the temple?This way of avoiding the important and lightly speaking, even if Alvira died in the end, he only needs to say that he has tried his best, and no one can use this as a reason to blame him.

"...in the name of Faronard, and on my loyalty to the goddess, Fraxis Faronard will do everything possible to save Alvira Hathaway and bring her back from the scythe of death .”

Fraxis could understand Earl Hathaway's thoughts, and he really wanted to save Alvira's life, so the oath would not go against his ideas, and would also reassure Earl Hathaway, so he didn't mind.On the other hand, it is indeed important to try our best to save Alvira. Whether it is to stabilize the situation or give the king an explanation, if Alvira can survive, everything will be much simpler.

"Very well, I hope you remember your oath."

After finally seeing off Earl Hathaway, Fraxis leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

He understood his current situation.

A predicament, no matter forward or backward, as long as there is one wrong step, it will be a completely different ending.But he has no other choice but to follow his own ideas step by step, because no one else can help him.

This seems to be a dilemma set for him. From the beginning, he has considered his way of handling things in every way, led him to the set direction, and gradually trapped him in an imperceptible way, and finally formed the current situation. situation.

His opponents know him well.

Francis smiled wryly.

After the inspection, Hampton ended the blockade of Embogle's manor and led the knight team back to the temple. He quickly disbanded the team, and then asked the priests where Francis was.He originally thought that Fraxis would study the curse on the dagger in the medical area, but the answer he got was "Priest Falunard seems to be in a bad state, so he went back to rest early."

He was very surprised, because this is not the style of Francis.In his impression, Mr. Noble has always been a person who will not rest until he finishes all the work in hand. How could he go back to rest at this time?

However, Fraxis was indeed resting. When he opened the door for Hampton, he was wearing a nightgown casually. The shirt collar loosely exposed half of his collarbone. His face was a little pale and he looked exhausted: "Chief Knight, How did you come?"

"Why are you resting at this time?" Hampton looked him up and down, and found that his mental state was indeed not good, much worse than when he was in Enbogle Manor, "What happened after you came back from the manor? Just now You are not like that."

"...It's just a little tired. I reported it to the chief priest, and I didn't leave my post without authorization." Fraxis obviously didn't have the energy to explain too much to him, tightened his nightgown, and walked slowly into the room Go, "Do you have anything else to do? I'm going to start dealing with today's follow-up matters, if there is nothing else..."

"and many more."

Hampton held him back, and closed the door with his other hand free, "There's something wrong with you, Fraxis, what happened?"

Fraxis was grabbed by the wrist by Hampton, and had to stand in place with him, shaking his hand helplessly, motioning the knight to let him go: "I'm fine, you don't have to be so nervous. Compared to what happened just now , but your nervousness is even more unacceptable to me."

Hampton seemed to care too much about him, but he didn't think that was a good thing.He could feel that Hampton had a strong interest in him "in that way," but that didn't mean the other party needed to care about what happened to him—it was beyond Fraxis' definition of their relationship.Now he has enough troubles, and he is not in the mood to think about the reason for this excessive concern.

"Your words really make me sad." Hampton raised his eyebrows, and let go of his hand, "I just care about you, baby, you wouldn't be so rude usually, what about your aristocratic etiquette? Hmm ?”

He purposely moved closer, trapping the nobleman between the wall by the door and himself. Fraxis obviously didn't want to talk, but he wasn't going to let it go.As Fraxis' partner, he believed that he should have the right to know what happened, instead of sitting idly by and allowing the other party's state to become even more abnormal.

Fraxis turned his face the other way, deliberately avoiding his gaze.

He understood that what Hampton said was right, he lost the calmness he should have in this matter, and even angered the other party because of this, and he himself knew why.For him, there is no other way to be calculated like this. He can only follow the road map drawn by the enemy step by step. This kind of frustration that he has never felt before and is not sure of his situation makes him anxious. Uneasy, unable to think calmly as usual.

This is bad.

Seeing his attitude soften, Hampton backed away a little, but still kept Fraxis within the range he could control immediately.

"I think you need someone to help you," he said to Fracis, then added to the latter's questioning gaze, "You need a listener, don't you?"

"..." Francis was silent.

After he came back to his senses, he regretted his anger at Hampton just now, because the other party was his only partner after all, and it was not in line with his principles to blame the other party for his own incompetence.But he still didn't plan to tell Hampton his guess, because he was the only one being targeted, and if Hampton was involved, things would become more complicated.

"Don't you want to say it?" Hampton looked down at him, and his eyes just met his drooping light eyelashes and blue eyes. He felt that it was rare for Fracis to look like this—the first time he saw Mr. Noble like this Visibly avoiding a topic made him more interested in what was going on.

"...Since you know that I don't want to say it, then don't ask any more." Fraxis pushed him helplessly, broke away from his confinement, and then took the kettle filled with hot water and started making tea .

For some reason, he always faintly felt that Alvira's bloody smell still lingered on his hands, and he couldn't help but wash his hands again before making tea, but the smell didn't seem to wash off at all.He is not very picky about cleanliness, he will only insist on cleanliness when he has the conditions, and he thinks that his tolerance for the smell of blood is not low-for such a him, after such a long time After taking a bath and washing my hands a few times, I still feel that the fishy smell on my hands is hard to ignore, which seems a little strange.

He frowned, dried his hands, and handed them to Hampton who was standing aside, motioning him to smell it: "Does it smell like blood?"

Hampton grabbed his hand, took it to him and smelled it, then frowned.

"It's very weak, but it does exist. It's that Miss Hathaway's blood? Why can't it be washed off?"

"...I don't know, it's strange, I've washed it several times." Fraxis wanted to take back his hand, but Hampton grabbed it even tighter, "Chief Knight, I want to make tea, can I Let go of my hand first?"

Hampton still didn't intend to let go, but grabbed his hand and pulled him a little closer. Fraxis was pulled very close to him by him, and the two were almost stuck together.He bowed his head and kissed the mage's hand he was holding, and then kissed the corner of his mouth before Fraxis could react.

"I'm so glad you don't have a cleansing habit." Fraxis was not surprised by this "sneak attack", pushed him away helplessly, turned and walked back to the table to make tea.Hampton didn't stop him this time, but stood there thoughtfully, his eyes chasing his slender fingers, as if thinking of something.

He seems to have seen a similar situation somewhere, and the blood stains on his hands cannot be washed clean, because there are curses and the like in the blood... But he is not sure if it is true, and he is not sure if his memory is affected by time. Too long ago to go wrong, and Fracis was unwilling to tell him what happened, so he couldn't go and prove it.

"Maybe you should go to Priest Moxi for a check." After thinking about it, Hampton could only say, "He has a lot of research on the injuries caused by curse spells, so it's better to be safe when such an unusual situation occurs. good."

"I will, after finishing the work at hand." Fraxis poured tea, pushed him one of the cups, and then sat down behind the desk with his own cup, "Alvira's current situation, I don't There is a way to talk to Embogle about the Gege Beast, maybe I will invite him to the temple tomorrow, in the name of investigating today's situation—”

"That Miss Hathaway," Hampton suddenly interrupted him, with a subtle expression on his face, "I heard...is your fiancée?"

Fraxis had already dipped his pen in ink and was about to take notes on the parchment on the table. After hearing this question, he raised his head to look at him in doubt.

"Yes, to