Groom's Troubles Goblin's Melancholy

Sitting in the room looking at the withered bluebells outside the window, Di Lan fell into melancholy memories again.

The door snapped open without warning, and a child with brown hair and blue eyes rushed in like a breeze.

"Father!" The child threw himself into Dilan's arms, biting Dilan's ear with sticky saliva.

"Little villain!" Di Lan picked him up and stabbed his round face with stubble, which made him giggle.

In the past few years, Ricky has gained a lot of weight than the original thin and small appearance, but the same thing is that he is still very close to Dilan.

The two were still playing around when they heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

The housekeeper, who was once so frightened by the horrifying scenes of the duke's teasing the children, could no longer eat anymore, and calmly coughed: "Your lord, Earl Sol is visiting, and he is already waiting in the lobby."

"Understood, invite him to the study."

"Okay, do you need a drink?"

Dilan pondered for a while, and ordered: "Prepare some juice, and I'll bring it up after I ring the bell."

The butler nodded.

Ricky suddenly writhed restlessly in Dylan's arms, struggling to find the nanny.

Dylan couldn't do anything about him, the kid always seemed to be intimidated by Saul, his handsome uncle.

Although Saul never directly revealed anything in front of Ricky, the child's natural intuition felt that he was not welcome.

Dilan led the child all the way to the nursery room, handed the child over to the nanny, and then went back to the study.When he opened the door, his beautiful friend had been waiting for a long time.

"My dear Sol, what brings you here?"

"Your Excellency, I'm here to remind you to remember to attend the Queen's dinner."

"It's fine to send a short note for such a trivial matter, there's no need to come to the door in person."

"I'm just in case you said that you forgot and didn't see the reminder letter like last time. The absence last time has been criticized by many ministers, and it must appear this time."

"Oh, I thought it was rare for the frosty Count Angel to care about me."

Saul ignored the Duke's usual frivolous tone.

"The Nord Lieutenant General who returned in triumph will also go. This will be a good opportunity for you to get acquainted."

"Hmph, it's just a pirate and human trafficker authorized by the Queen, what's so great about it?"

"Your Majesty did not publicly instruct, and Lieutenant General Nord did not participate in slave trafficking." Sol complained for Lieutenant General Nord, but it cannot be denied that the long-voyage fleet had plundered like pirates, and everyone Knowing that his fleet was invested and formed by the Queen, "the goods brought back are all rare treasures and have a unique vision. Moreover, I think his humility is exactly what you need to learn."

The Queen intends to knight Admiral Nord, but he tactfully refused, saying that he just completed his due work, changing the impression that the former Vice Admiral was full of copper, and Vice Admiral Nord was impressed by his humility. Widely acclaimed.

Di Lan sneered at this, "There are pirates who don't covet fame and fortune? They're all bullshit! He must have something shady behind his back and is afraid of being exposed."

Sol frowned and shook his head, "It's really hard for you to understand the virtue of humility."

"Hehe, if I want to say that he is smart, he just learned a lesson from the ex-chief who died because of his arrogance."

"Respect should be given to the dead, please save some morals, Your Excellency the Duke."

"I don't think that a despicable person deserves respect when he dies."

"Not every man is lucky enough to be born a son. Even a son of a noble family, if his father can't generously distribute a share of the property, he can only hope to marry a rich wife. That is not a glorious thing. I think it's respectable, if not respectable, to be self-reliant like Lieutenant General Frank."

The title of Lieutenant General Nord was succeeded by his predecessor Frank.Lieutenant General Frank was attacked and killed on his voyage to the New World. It is said that thanks to his deputy, Nord, commanding the fleet, he successfully repelled the enemy with a desperate fire attack.After escaping from danger, he became the captain of the ship as a matter of course.After the fleet successfully returned to Leighton City after going through untold hardships, it became the second fleet that circumnavigated the earth and returned in triumph, with less losses than the first fleet and more wealth brought back.

No matter how Thor speaks for Nord and Frank, the Duke still has no good feelings for the two vice admirals.He thought that Truss was still by his side when he saw Frank for the last time, and he couldn't help feeling sad.

At that time they were still on good terms and close.

Seeing Dilan lost in thought, Saul knew that he was missing his lost lover again.

He sighed softly and advised, "Forget about him early."

Although Dilan is no longer promiscuous, in Sol's view, his obsession with Telas seems to be possessed, and he even raised a son as his spiritual sustenance.

Although it was a good deed in the end, Sol really suspected that he wanted to use the child as a substitute for Telas, so he strongly opposed it.

Later, Dilan proved with actions that his son was really just his spiritual sustenance, and the child seemed to be doing well, so Sol stopped talking about it.

"I will go to the Queen's dinner, and there is no need to say anything else." Dylan waved his order to evict the guests, refusing to continue talking about Tesla.

Sunlight pours down from the glass in the soaring vault, and falls on the shiny marble floor.

In the white drawing room of the palace stood two guests who were waiting to be notified to see the queen—Lieutenant General Nord and his adjutant.

The reception room is where the guests organize their grooming. In addition to the giant crystal chandelier and the glittering decoration of the room, there are also several tall mirrors.Legend has it that some of the mirrors are actually secret doors, but where they actually lead is a top secret known only to members of the royal family.

Lieutenant General Nord was looking at a mirror set in a frame carved with solid gold roses.

There was no such luxury as glass mirrors on board, and it had been a long time since he looked at himself in the mirror like this.

Due to exposure to the sun for a long time, the originally bright and bright blonde hair has become rough and yellow, and the porcelain-like complexion has completely turned into wheat.Facing the mirror, he stretched out a hand with thick knuckles to touch his cheek, and then took off the gold mask covering the upper half of his face.An ugly scar spread from the upper right forehead via the cheekbone to the cheek, destroying the balance of the original beautiful facial features.

Even relatives wouldn't be able to recognize him like this, he thought to himself.

"Captain, you will see a hole in the mirror." The adjutant saw that Nord had been staring at the mirror, and took off his mask to take a picture, so he couldn't help but tease him.

He was still in the habit of calling Nord Captain instead of Lieutenant Admiral as he had done at sea.

He and Nord are comrades-in-arms who share joys and sorrows at sea. The two have experienced the ups and downs of the voyage together. It can be said that they are friends of life and death.The adjutant at sea acts as his personal bodyguard on land. Although there are high and low positions nowadays, it is not formal when there are only two of them.

"I never knew you were so particular about appearance and appearance. Now that you are a senior officer, you are afraid that you won't find a girl."

Nord came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I was thinking, if it wasn't for this scar, that flaming wooden pillar would have smashed your stinky mouth."

The adjutant laughed, "Yes, then do you feel regretful?"

Nord gave him a blank look, and said, "How can you regret it? It's a cheap deal to exchange a scar for your partner's life."

Even if the adjutant didn't say thank you, Nord understood.They have given their lives to each other, and it has long been difficult to tell who has saved whom more times.

The adjutant also knew that the captain never looked for those girls, but he didn't expose them, and just followed Nord silently.

"It's natural not to regret it. Besides, scars are a badge of honor for a man."

"That said, I can thank you very much."

"You're welcome." The adjutant grinned.

"Stop talking nonsense, fasten the buttons on your collar, and you're going to see the queen later, and you're not in shape yet."

The adjutant tidied up the tight neckline obediently, but was still quite uncomfortable.

These social etiquettes and courtesies on land made him feel uncomfortable.

Even in the imperial palace, he just felt as if he was shrouded in a luxurious cage and couldn't breathe.

They belonged to the sea, and the adjutant only wanted to quickly complete these ceremonial entertainment tasks and return to sea as soon as possible.

At this time, the waiter who had been waiting for a long time finally came.

Lieutenant General Nord put his mask back on.

When Sol came to Charleston Castle, he saw that the golden carriages at the door were all ready, but there was no sign of Dylan.

It seems that he deliberately made a detour to come here and it is not unfounded worry.

"Where is your Excellency the Duke?" Saul asked the butler hurriedly.

"Uh, yes, it should be in the playroom." The butler replied hesitantly, holding the duke's wide-brimmed feather top hat.

The secret hall in the castle that was once dedicated to holding adult balls has now been transformed into a room for children to play.

"What are you doing in the playroom at this time?"

Seeing the butler hesitating, Sol simply went in to find someone by himself.

There are countless rooms in the castle, and it may be like a maze for others to enter, but Sol still went straight to the destination by the shortest route, after all, he is also one of the guests of the secret hall.

Pushing open the door, he thought there was no one at first glance, but it was just that no one was standing. Sol immediately found Dilan crouching under the table.

He looked very hard wearing a bulky formal dress tucked under the table. The luxurious gold-trimmed lavender collar pressed hard against his neck, and the long lace cuffs were caught by the nails at the bottom of the table.

"Your Excellency, what time is it still playing!"

"Hush! Keep your voice down, or the little villain will find out!"

Saul was speechless at him. "What's the matter?"

Dilan shook his head and kept waving, insisting on dragging Sol to hide under the desk before he would speak.

Sol didn't want to waste time arguing with Dylan, so he had to bend his proud knees, crawl under the desk and listen to him while helping him untie his cuffs.

Fortunately, the desk is wide enough to hide two grown men more than enough.

It turned out that because Dilan told the fairy tale about the queen and the knight to the child last night before going to bed, the child actually insisted on going to see the queen when he woke up in the morning.

Dilan had no choice but to try to trick the child over.

"Well, let's play hide-and-seek and take you there if we win."

"Dad, do you want to run away by yourself while I'm hiding?" Ricky pouted contemptuously.

"How could it be?" Di Lan, who was rumored, broke out in a cold sweat.

"Then how about this, we won two out of three rounds, and I will hide in the first and last rounds, so you won't be afraid of me running away, right?"

The child thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

Dilan planned to wait for the child to hide in the second game and let the housekeeper find him, and then he would go to see the queen, and then he could continue playing when he came back.

"It's a clever strategy, right?" Dilan said to Saul, who bowed his head under the desk.

"Since that's the case, you should lose to him quickly so that it's his turn to hide and steal it!"

"That's what I said, but I don't want to lose!"

Saul was speechless with his anger.

"Oh Dad! I found you!" Ricky rushed in following their voices, dancing with joy.

Saul crawled out from under the desk sullenly.

Di Lan also came out. He smiled and patted the child's head: "Yes, Dad lost. Now it's your turn to hide and let Dad find you."

"Dad, you have to count to one hundred, don't sneak away~" Ricky ran out happily.

"Okay! One──, two──, three──, four..."

Before Dilan finished counting ten, Saul dragged him out.

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