Spear and Cross

"So you've been very busy recently, aren't you?" Hearing Fraxis' euphemistic refusal, Rein was obviously a little disappointed, but he still smiled, "It's okay, you can come back when you have time after the temple ceremony is over. , whenever you come to visit me, I will be very happy."

Most of his injuries have recovered, and the rest will gradually heal as long as he takes the medicine on time, and he doesn't need to stay in the temple for treatment anymore.After removing the gauze on his face, due to the difference in facial features, Rein looked less like Royle than before, but his brown hair and blue eyes still reminded Fraxis of his younger brother again, so even The tone of speech is softer.

"Since I have agreed to your invitation, I will definitely go." Fraxis checked the wound for him and confirmed that there is no problem, and then replied, "You'd better not work for the time being, and wait for the wound to heal completely Besides, otherwise the speed of recovery may be slower."

"But I can't support myself if I don't work. I haven't paid this month's rent to the landlady." Rein touched the faded scratches on his face with his hands, and smiled helplessly, "My lord, I've lost my job as a gardener, and I've been missing for so long that it's impossible for Embogle Estate to employ me again, and I'll have to find a new job to get my living expenses."

It was only then that Fraxis realized that Lein lived alone in a civilian area, and he didn't even belong to the house. The living conditions should not be very good. He forgot to take this into consideration, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "...Sorry, I forgot about this."

"It's nothing, thank you for your concern." Rein looked up at him, noticed the change in his expression, and quickly added, "And I have learned to write, so I can go to the tavern to write letters for others, and I can also earn some money. You No need to feel sorry for this."

There are very few civilians who can write letters by themselves, because there are not many civilians who can write the common language, and the tuition fee for learning this is a bit expensive for the common people, and writing is not a necessity in their daily life, so it is very difficult for them to write letters. Few civilians specially learn to write.Laing looked like an orphan, and Fraxis was a little surprised that he could write.

But of course it was impossible for him to get to the bottom of it and ask why the other party could write. Since he could write letters for others, then Rein should be able to do some simple clerical work.After thinking about it, he thought he could be introduced to Durand's caravan.Finger had mentioned to him during the chat before that the caravan warehouse needed a lot of workers to check and record the information of the goods, but they didn't recruit enough people because there were very few civilians who could write.

Fraxis told Lane what he thought, but Lane finally refused his help.

"I think I still have to support myself, thank you for your help." He said, "Knight Commander Brandon also asked me if I would like to stay in the temple as a helper, you two are kind and warm-hearted people , I am very lucky to be rescued by you. Please let me work hard on the matter of work."

Since he said so, Fraxis did not insist on his proposal, and sent him to the gate of the temple before returning to the medical area.

Alvira's treatment is still going on, but now Priest Moxi and Priest Alenka are no longer guarding the room together, but two people take turns, one stabilizing Alvira's injury, and the other looking for A way to lift the curse.

When Fraxis arrived, it happened that Priest Moxi was in the ward. After greeting each other, he walked to Alvira's bedside and saw her covered in the blue light of the healing circle, feeling a little complicated.

Alvira's face was bloodless, her lips were even terribly black, and she was so different from when Fraxis first saw her yesterday, she was shockingly pale.Fraxis checked the circle and found that although her condition was still dangerous, it had stabilized, at least not for the time being.The curse was controlled by Priest Moxi and did not spread to the whole body, so Alvira's life was safe for the time being until it escaped control.

This gave him a sigh of relief.

"The curse on Miss Hathaway's body can basically be determined to come from the 'Fallen Land'." Priest Moxie said, "We found traces of the fallen warlock from the 'Fallen Land' from the assassin. He died of Instant death spells, that is to say..."

"That is to say, the caster was at the scene at the time, or could directly monitor the situation at the scene." Fraxis finished speaking for him, and then nodded to Priest Moxi, "Thank you very much for your help, if you are not good at breaking spells You arrived in time, Alvira may not be able to support now."

"When something like this happens, the temple has an obligation to help, and you are also a member of the temple, so there is no need to thank me for Miss Hathaway." Priest Moxi put down the potion in his hand and showed him a kind smile "I heard that your mission has been affected by this assassination. I hope the problem can be resolved as soon as possible. After all, the festival is coming soon."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and his tone softened a bit: "You are too young, don't put too much pressure on it, the chief priest may be more serious when he talks to you, but that's all."

"...Thank you." Fraxis didn't expect him to comfort himself like this, and was a little surprised. "I will solve the problem as soon as possible and try my best to ensure that the ceremony goes smoothly."

Before today, Priest Moxi had always given him the impression of being a neutral with a good temper, but he had always played a role of mediating conflicts, and was rarely in charge of important matters—of course, that might be because he was old.Although as a priest, his mind and spirit are not much worse than when he was young, but he is still a relatively fragile spellcaster.And important tasks also mean that there are certain dangers, and it would be a more ideal choice to entrust them to young priests.

When Fraxis first entered the temple headquarters and taunted each other as soon as they met Hampton, Priest Moxi also tried to mediate the conflict between them, but at that time... To be honest, Fraxis did not Take this good old priest too seriously.

Because he looks so ordinary, compared to the maverick Gut priest, Alenka priest, etc., the Moxi priest is more like an ordinary elder, neither has a unique temper and habits, nor is he highly valued, it seems The biggest responsibility is to chair the morning meeting.Even after Fraxis learned that he was studying spells in the direction of curses and had profound attainments, this impression did not change much.

So even with that, his attitude towards Priest Moxi is just polite, it is impossible to say how much respect he has, after all, they are already priests of the same level, and Priest Moxi has nothing special worthy of him. admirable merit.

But it was such an ordinary priest who quickly took control of the situation when he was helpless against the curse on Alvira, and pulled the dying Alvira back from the scythe of death.Even though Fraxis doesn't specialize in curses, but is a priest with attack expertise, such a gap still frustrates him a bit.

He was the youngest of the twelve priests in the Temple, and the youngest when he became a priest.It had made him a little proud before, but now he realizes that he is not only the youngest, but maybe the most ordinary one, too.

Even though he has the aura of "genius magician" on his head, he is just a genius among the nobles of the empire. Possess such strength.In fact, a true genius doesn't need all that he has to be an equally good human being, and Fracis learned this all too well at the Battle of Thorn City.

The superiority that he was proud of since he was a child is not really as good as it seems.

Fraxis stayed in the room until Priest Moxi and Priest Alenka took turns. Priest Alenka frowned as soon as he entered the door, and asked, "What's the smell?"

After his cleanliness got to a certain level, he was very sensitive to any unusual smells.Fraxis guessed what he smelled, and raised his hand helplessly.

"How can there be a bloody smell that cannot be removed?" Priest Alenka walked over with an unconcealable dislike on his face, "Have you tried cleaning spells and other methods?"

"Yes, I don't know what's going on." Fraxis glanced at Alvira lying on the bed, "The blood on my hands can only come from Alvira, but I am also puzzled that there is no such indelible smell left on her body after cleaning."

Alvira's clothes were changed by the maid brought by Earl Hathaway, and the cleaning was done through spells. Compared with Fraxis who tried many methods, the cleaning process was much simpler, but No bloody smell left.On the other hand, Priest Moxi, who was also stained with blood at the scene, did not leave such a smell on him, which made people even more puzzled.

"Maybe we should go and see if there is any bloody smell left on the Knight Commander Brandon who also went to the scene..." Priest Alenka suggested.

Fraxis shook his head: "There is nothing on him. I met the Knight Commander yesterday after he returned from Enbogle Manor, and I didn't smell anything similar."

He didn't say that Hampton went to his room, and it was even more impossible for him to tell Priest Moxi and Priest Alenka at what distance he made sure that Hampton didn't smell of blood. He could only make up a random encounter.If the priest of Alenka had really gone to Hampton, the answer he got might be much more shocking.

"Then we can only start with the smell on your hand and Miss Hathaway's blood." Priest Alunka shrugged, and then took out a tube of black blood from the space ring in his hand, " Fortunately, I took a few tubes of blood before Priest Moxi sealed the curse, and this is the last tube after researching the required medicine. Priest Falunard, you really have to thank me for this good habit."

Priest Alenka unceremoniously drew two tubes of blood from Fraxis, and then shut himself in the room to study. left the medical area.He had sent for Embogle to come to the Temple before he went to see Alvira, and by this time there should have been an answer.

But to his surprise, not long after returning to his residence, the report he received was not Enbogle's answer, but an inquiry "Viscount Enbogle has arrived at the door, do you need to invite him in?"

"Although it's not polite to come here directly, I have an appointment with other friends later, so I came here immediately after receiving your message. I hope you don't mind."

Embogle brought only one servant, and after the latter put down the box in his hand, he asked him to go out and wait, and went into Fraxis' room by himself.The moment Fraxis saw him, he noticed that his complexion was not as good as the day before. It seemed that the accident yesterday had caused him a lot of trouble.

In addition to the chaos at the scene, the subsequent blockade of the manor by the Knights should also trouble him.Fraxis thought of Hampton's attitude when he talked about Enbogle before, and felt that he probably made things difficult for Enbogle yesterday. After all, the latter was not only a nobleman, but also a nobleman who did not like him.

"Sit down, don't be too restrained." He patted Enbogel on the shoulder, and then poured him a cup of tea, "Actually, if you have an appointment today, just ask someone to call back and tell me to come back tomorrow. I didn't What's urgent, I just want to say sorry to you for what happened yesterday."

Embogle took the teacup he handed over, and waved his hands flatteredly: "No, no, no, I should say I'm sorry, it's Miss Hathaway I invited, otherwise she wouldn't... She's better Is it? I heard that she was left in the temple for treatment, so there should be no danger?"

"...Not life-threatening for the time being, but I can't say anything else." Speaking of Alvira, Fraxis shook his head helplessly, "It's not your fault, you don't need to blame yourself, she was hurt because I didn't Protect her."

"Don't worry, Goddess, she will definitely get better." Enbogel looked at him with some worry, "You don't seem to be in good spirits, maybe you need to take a good rest."

How could Fraxis have time to take a good rest? He was woken up by Hampton after two hours of rest yesterday after taking leave from the chief priest. After that, he couldn't lie down again.If he didn't need to appease En Bogle, he might have been outside investigating the news of the "Fallen Land" at this time.

He took his teacup and sat down on the chair, thinking about his schedule for the next few days, he felt a little headache: "Yesterday's incident had a great impact, I'm busy dealing with follow-up issues, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well in a few days." Rest, but thank you for your concern, Pratt."

"I know you must be busy with a lot of things, so I want to help you."

Embogle turned around and picked up the box that his servant had put down just now, brought it to Francis, then squatted down and opened the buckle on the box.

A snow-white animal got out from the opening of the box, as if it had found its direction long ago, it only turned half a circle on the ground, and rushed to Fraxis' knees with a sweet smell, even She rubbed her head in his arms flatteringly.

Fraxis touched it with his hand in some surprise, and then looked up at Enbogle: "Is this the Gegemon? I've only seen its appearance in books."

"Well, I hope it can lighten your burden." Enbogel also stretched out his hand and scratched the chin of Gegemon. The latter narrowed his eyes comfortably, and limp down on Fraxis' lap, "I originally wanted to buy it and give it to you, but no matter how much I begged, its owner was only willing to lend it for a month..."

When he was talking, Gegemon rolled on Fraxis's knee, and was stopped by the mage's hand so as not to fall to the ground. It seemed that he did not feel wary of strangers at all, and unexpectedly loved him.

"One month is enough, thank you." Fraxis originally thought that a new round of bargaining was needed, but he did not expect that he would take the initiative to bring Gegemon, "I have caused you so much trouble this time, And you did me such a big favor, Pratt, thank you very much."

He deliberately called Embogle by name directly, but he also expressed his thanks repeatedly, neither looking too familiar nor too unfamiliar.Regardless of whether there is any problem with Enbogel's background, since the other party has borrowed the Grid Beast for him and done him such a big favor, there is no reason for him to act too unfamiliar.

After all, he originally wanted to get acquainted with Enbogel with such a purpose, and even the means of communication must be as perfect as possible. As for what Enbogle thinks...

"It's my honor." Enbogel smiled and didn't explain further about the origin of the grid beast, just said, "Although it may not be appropriate to say this, I am very happy to be there when you need me." Can help."

His tone was sincere, Fraxis couldn't think of how to respond for the time being, so he could only return a smile.

He couldn't take any more conversations, and it wouldn't be surprising if Empogel invited him to dinner or even to spend the night together—

Fortunately, Enbogel didn't continue this topic, but looked at his pocket watch, then bid farewell to him and left, which made Fraxis a little relieved.

Before he left, he told Fraxis some details that need to be paid attention to in raising the Gege beast, including the name and hobbies of the Gege beast.Grid Beast seemed a little uneasy after he left, but it didn't feel repulsive to Francis, and even followed him when Francis got up to see Embogle off.This is a little strange, since it seems to prefer the strange Fracis to the Empogle.

But Fraxis has no experience in raising pets. He has seen many monsters and spent some time with some of them, but he has never raised such a small, non-aggressive, and even sweet-smelling animal. .He doesn't know why Gegemon likes him. This kind of monster looks as harmless as a kitten. In his opinion, it is indeed more suitable for women to keep. In the past, noble ladies and ladies liked to keep Gegemon as a pet. See It doesn't make sense.

He bent down to pick up the furry Poodle and put it in the box Enbogle left behind, which was covered with soft velvet and some of its favorite toys, and Fraxis was going to put the box As a temporary nest for Gege beast.

The feeling of holding it is too strange, and it is impossible for him to hold it all the time, there are many things waiting for him to deal with, holding it will seriously affect Fraxis' work efficiency.But the Gege beast that was put into the box seemed a little wronged. It kept rubbing against the edge of the box and looked up at him, whining aggrievedly from time to time. In the end, Fraxis had to take it out again and put it back on his own. on the knee.

"If you can't control yourself on me, I don't guarantee that you will do anything." He scratched the furry chin of the princess and said to it helplessly, "Lilian, you have to remember this. "

This is a female character, and Embogle told him that females are more clingy than males, but Fraxis didn't expect it to be so inseparable from people - holding it to work makes him feel like a laid-back nobleman Miss, this feeling is too bad to get used to.

Fortunately, Lilian was very well-behaved, until Fraxis finished reading the file he specially called out, it didn't do anything to disturb him, only moved occasionally in his arms, with a big fluffy tail Gently sweep over his thigh or arm.After stacking up the dozens of files he had read and putting them away, Fraxis opened the curtains and looked, and found that it was already dark, and the dinner time for the temple’s reunification should have been missed long ago. He didn’t plan to make any extra Asking the kitchen to deliver his meals, he decided to fill his belly with snacks and tea.

When Embogle came during the day, besides Lilian, he also brought a few boxes of Ewell blue snacks, saying that it was to make up for the regret of not being able to treat him to eat this the day before.After he left, Fraxis opened the box and looked at it. Each box contained several layers of exquisite snacks, not only enough for him to eat, but also to give some to others.

Hmm... Durand should have almost returned to the imperial capital, and someone will give him a box tomorrow?

Thinking of this, he put Lilian in the box, selected a few favorite snacks and put them on the plate, then cleaned the teapot, and re-made a pot of scented tea for himself.Hot water was poured into the bone china teapot, arousing a fresh and sweet scent of flowers. The scented tea was brought to him by Durand.

He poured the tea into a cup and was about to serve it to the table with the snacks when someone knocked on his door.

Hampton stood gruffly against the wall at the door, and when Fraxis opened it, he seemed about to knock a second time, so he pushed the door fully open with his half-raised hand, and then looked at him with a frown. His Francis showed a smile: "Good evening, Mr. Noble."

"Good evening, Knight Commander." Fraxis gave up his stupid plan of competing with him and let him in. "I'm very busy. Is there any important thing for you to visit me at night?"

"It's nothing important, I just heard that you didn't have dinner, so I brought it here for you." The knight put a food box on the table casually, then saw his snacks and tea, raised his eyebrows, "You should have No...are you going to fill your stomach like this?"

"Well, so what?"

Fraxis opened the food box and took a look. It was indeed the dinner dish that the kitchen usually prepares for the priests, but it was unusual for Hampton to send it over. There are so many, I even have time to care about such trivial things as I didn't eat dinner-I just read the files all afternoon and missed dinner time, thank you for your concern."

He took the food box and went to Lilian's box and knelt down, then used a fork to fork a piece of fish without spines, and handed it to Lilian who came over.The latter sniffed the piece of fish and seemed to think there was no problem, so he quickly opened his mouth and began to eat.

Only then did Hampton discover that there was an extra tenant in Francis's room.He took a few steps closer to look at Lilian, and remembered the Warcraft classics he had read before: "This is the... natural enemy of Anderma Phantom Butterfly?"

"Enbogle sent it here today, and you can lend it to us for a month." Fraxis touched Lilian's head, and then handed the food box to Hampton, "Help me put the alchemy over there." Warm it up on the stove, it doesn't seem to like cold food."

"..."

Hampton found his behavior very incomprehensible: "Heating it to make it eat?"

His tone was so unbelievable, Fraxis knew what he was thinking as soon as he thought about it, and raised his eyebrows and added: "I don't like cold food, understand? Knight Commander."

Hampton warmed up the food in the hot food box on the stove, then put it next to the snack plate, and took a random snack and threw it into his mouth.He watched Fraxis take the picky-eating Gege out of the box, and said with emotion, "I didn't expect you to have the talent to raise pets."

"If you can feed it, I don't mind letting it go back with you." His attitude of watching jokes made Fraxis very unhappy, "Don't forget, you can't let others know about the Gege beast, otherwise you will think I Would you like to have an animal that smells good and sheds hair in your room?"

Lilian, who was "fragrant and sheds hair", innocently rubbed against his arms, whining a few times in aggrieved manner.It's not that big, like a small dog, but its long, fluffy fur makes it look a lot bigger than it actually is.Gegemon was first discovered on the ice sheet. The long white fur is good for keeping warm and camouflage. It is not difficult to understand, but there is also the problem of hair loss.Fraxis only spent an afternoon with Lilian before he discovered that although it wasn't much, it did shed some long white hairs. I have to say that this really bothered him a bit.

"You are wearing a white robe, even if the hair gets on your body, you can't tell it." Hampton teased.

Fraxis put Lilian on the side of the table near the wall, and sat down on another chair next to him, ignoring the empty teacup he specially placed in front of him, and distributed some fish and vegetables to Lilian on a small plate Then eat it by yourself.Hampton didn't care, he reached out for the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, then just sat aside and continued to eat snacks.

He originally came to deliver dinner to Mr. Noble because he had nothing to do, so he naturally didn't care to watch Mr. Noble eat dinner. After all, the scene of Fraxis and Lilian eating together was quite pleasing to the eye.

He admired the elegant demeanor of Fraxis eating, and then he was bored and stretched out his hand to tease Lilian.The latter put down the food in his mouth, not only dodged his hand, but also opened his mouth to show his small sharp teeth, making a gesture to bite him.

Hampton quickly withdrew his hand, and looked at Lilian who had regained his composure with some surprise: "Didn't the book say that Gegemon is tame and non-aggressive?"

"It's just playing with you, Lilian doesn't bite - oh, if it's you, I don't promise." Fraxis glanced at him with a subtle expression, "After all, you don't seem to like small animals, It's too fierce."

"Well, maybe what you said makes sense. Fortunately, I don't like small animals." With the promise not to bite, Hampton reached out his hand to Lilian again.This time he managed to touch Lilian's little head, and seemed to find the furry interesting, so he further scratched its chin, "But it's normal for them to be afraid of me, after all, someone said that if you get too close to me, you will smell blood taste."

"Come on, I am the one who smells blood now, you are far behind."

Fraxis lacked interest in the food in the lunch box, and he didn't have the habit of talking while eating, so he only ate a little and then covered it again, "I'll go to Priest Alunka and Priest Moxi to ask They helped to check and found nothing... But I still think there is something wrong with the smell, I'm the only one with it, and it can't be washed off, it's not normal."

At this time, Lilian had already become a ball under Hampton's hands, and he turned over and exposed her belly. Hampton scratched her belly gently with her fingers, while turning her head to look at Fraxis. One look: "You don't want to eat?"

"It's over." Fraxis put the lunch box aside, then reached out to touch Lilian, and expressed doubts about his abnormal behavior, "Didn't you just say... you don't like small animals?"

Since he doesn't like small animals, nor is he loved by them, why is he still having so much fun with Lilian?

"..." Hampton didn't answer his question, but silently withdrew his hand, and stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth.

Lilian, who was left out in the cold, turned over to look at him, but unfortunately she didn't get a response, so she kicked her legs in dissatisfaction, turned around, rubbed her head against Fraxis' hand, and yelled coquettishly twice.Puppets don't bark like cats or dogs, they only purr slightly from their throats, the sound is not loud, but enough to express their emotions.

Knowing that it was acting like a baby, Fraxis patted its head again. Hearing Lilian's comfortable purring, he felt that today's Hampton was a bit strange.

"Knight commander."

Hampton looked back at him.

"You've been spying on me and Lilian, why?" Fraxis glanced at the snack plate that was about to be emptied, and added, "Besides, you've eaten six dim sum since you entered the door, don't you Didn't you have dinner?"

"..."

Hampton touched his nose with an unnatural expression: "Yes."

Fraxis wanted to say something more, but Lilian shook its big tail lightly at this moment, got out from under his hand, and walked a few steps forward on the table with a graceful posture. to the knight.It fiddled with the silver button of Hampton's cuff with its paw, seemed to push his hand, then raised its chin proudly at him and purred.

"It wants you to touch it." It only took one afternoon to figure out the mood of this little lady, Fraxis helplessly acted as the commentator for Lilian, "Lilian seems to like you very much, and wants you to accompany it Play."

The knight stretched out his hand and scratched Lilian's chin according to his words, and the latter shook her tail in enjoyment, and just lay down like this.

"You take it back, Lilian is so clingy to you, it seems that it prefers males like you." Fraxis couldn't help laughing, and deliberately changed the pronoun, "Look, its eyes are so comfortable They all squinted."

Hampton provided a massage service for the little lady whom he saw once in 300 years. His movements were unexpectedly skillful, and he didn't forget to raise his head and wink at him.

"Honey, are you jealous? I'm following your orders."

Fraxis always felt that Hampton's black eyes were too sharp, like a falcon locked on its prey and about to attack, making him too sharp to be ignored.But at this moment, he unexpectedly discovered that this man who was as sharp as a falcon could also become gentler.

He suddenly understood the feelings of those ladies and ladies who were obsessed with Hampton...even some priests in the temple. Hampton? Brandon really had more than just appearance.

He sighed, stood up and put away the lunch box, then walked across Hampton to the closet: "You play with Lilian for a while, I'll take a shower."

Since he was stained with the indelible bloody smell, he was more enthusiastic about taking a bath than before-although it was clear that soaking in the water for a long time would not help, but he still had to spend every night in his limited free time. Set aside an hour to soak in the bath.

Fraxis thought that the hot steam would give him a better rest, thus clearing his mind... Well, these are all lies, in fact, only soaking in hot water, His nerves that have been stretched like a bowstring in the past few days can be temporarily relaxed.

In the lingering steam, he took off his clothes and soaked in the hot water. Fraxis closed his eyes, submerged himself under the water, and floated in the water in complete relaxation. Take a breath.

He had never been so tired, not physically, but mentally, but he couldn't rest at ease.Every night after turning off the lights, he had to keep his eyes open in the dark, staring at the empty ceiling for a long time before falling asleep.

It has to be said that what he lost was not only his pride, but also his sense of security.He began to fear out of frustration, fear that he would be dragged along in this matter, and finally fail completely.Now he seems to be standing alone on an isolated island, isolated and helpless, and he is unwilling to ask others for help. While insisting on moving forward on his own, he is afraid that he will fail because of this.

This state is dangerous, and he can't get rid of it.Fraxis is very clear that in the current situation, if he goes to Hampton or other people who can help him, the other party will lend a helping hand to him in all likelihood, but he is unwilling to do so, so You can only face the current situation alone.

... No, maybe he could still get some help from Hampton.

For example, to make his body equally tired, so that he can sleep well tonight—

"Hey Sleeping Beauty, did you fall asleep in the shower? Need a knight to wake you up with a kiss?"

A voice from outside the door interrupted his thoughts and abruptly brought him back to reality.

Fraxis reached out and brushed his wet hair back from his head, hesitated for a moment, and quickly made a decision.

He stood up from the water, wiped off the water droplets on his body casually, then put on his nightgown, opened the door and went out.

"I'm just taking a bath, you don't have to worry about my life." He glanced at Hampton leaning against the wall by the door, and took out a bottle of wine from the cabinet next to him, "Do you want a glass?" ?”

"It's so rare, you actually invited me to stay and drink, how could I refuse?"

Hampton stared at his hand taking the wine glass for a while, and then showed a playful smile: "It's a strong drink, my dear, this is too much...I don't promise what I will do."

"I didn't ask you to write a letter of guarantee." Fraxis pulled out the cork, poured half a glass of wine into each of the two glasses, took one of them himself, and left the other glass for him, "I am very grateful to the knight. I have confidence in my drinking capacity, I hope you don't let me down."

He didn't explain the reason for inviting the other party to drink, but just sat on the soft chair behind his table with the wine, and then teased Lilian who followed, a slender and bony wrist was exposed from the cuff of the white nightgown.Hampton's gaze stayed on it for a moment, and he quickly picked up his glass and followed.

"Even though you don't look right, I'd be more than happy to have a few drinks with you."

Fraxis glanced at him with his head tilted, some dark emotion flashed in his blue eyes, but in the end he just raised his glass to the knight and sat back in his chair to drink without saying anything.

The wine he took out was sent by Durand, the ale brewed by the barbarians in the highlands, as Hampton said, not only tasted pungent, but also very strong.When Durand gave it to him, he had told him not to drink too much at one time, but Fraxis seldom drank alone, so he hadn't tasted it yet.

The consequence of forgetting Durand's instructions was that Fraxis, who was already a good drinker, started to feel a little dizzy after only a few drinks without seriously eating dinner.

Lilian was curled up in his arms and acted like a baby. He gently scratched its chin with the hand that was not holding the wine glass, and smoothed it out.