Groom's Troubles Goblin's Melancholy

"Hurry up, it would be rude to neglect His Majesty."

"Why are you in a hurry, there are still several people coming to you."

"I am anxious for you, Your Excellency the Duke!"

"Didn't you say there are people ahead of me?" Di Lan still walked at his own pace.

Thanks to Sol's foresight, he asked people to rush to the palace to clear the matter in advance. In case they didn't have time, they asked the courtiers to arrange for Lieutenant General Nord to have an audience with Dylan before Dylan.Otherwise, it would be even more disrespectful to make Her Majesty the Queen wait in vain.

As the richest duke in the kingdom, Dilan was always the first to meet the queen.

But today, this honor is going to be handed over to others.

"It's really unheard of to delay the official business of meeting the queen because I was playing hide-and-seek with the children." Thor's face tightened with anger.

"Didn't you hide under the table and have a good time together, dear Saul." Di Lan was still laughing, showing no introspection.

"I wasn't kidding, I was just trying to get you out." Saul couldn't keep calm, and continued to argue with him naively.

Although Her Majesty has always been very tolerant of Dylan's faux pas, since he was absent last time, the situation has become delicate, and now Lieutenant General Nord climbed in front of him, and I don't know how many troubles will be caused gossip.

The two were walking in the corridor leading to the living room in the palace, and saw two people walking towards them.

The person walking in front was dressed in a bright red military uniform, the front of the clothes had golden buttons arranged in groups of three and they were shining brightly, the brocade tassels wrapped around his waist fluttered with his steps, and there were thistles on his sleeves that indicated military rank. With flower embroidery and a mask on his face, it seems that this person is the legendary Nord Lieutenant General, and the ones following him should be his subordinates.

Thor stopped and nodded to them.

Dilan deliberately passed Sol and continued on, not intending to say hello to him.

He only glanced at Admiral Nord out of the corner of his eye, but saw a pair of aqua blue eyes through the gold mask.

!!!

Di Lan was shocked as if struck by lightning.He stopped and took a closer look, the eyes under the mask were exactly the same as the one he dreamed of.

Dylan grabbed Nord suddenly and was about to lift the mask on his face.

"What are you doing!?" The adjutant strode forward to stop Dilan from offending his officer.

"Are you crazy?" Saul was almost petrified, and quickly grabbed Di Lan.But Dilan Momo held on to Lieutenant General Nord as if in a daze, and said in his mouth: "Truss..."

Sol became anxious when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "What nonsense! Where does it look like?" He broke out in cold sweat, and it was too unwise to provoke the lieutenant general at this time, "How can you recognize him when his face is covered? Hurry up let go!"

After hearing Sol's words, Dilan stopped as if he had been woken by a stick, and finally let go of Nord with a stiff face, but his eyes were still fixed on Nord as if to see something.

Lieutenant General Nord pursed his lips tightly, seemingly disturbed and very unhappy.

Sol quickly apologized on his behalf, "Lieutenant General Nord, please allow me to apologize to you for the Duke's offense! The Duke was reckless because he was overly sad and confused because of the loss of an important person."

Nord patted his wrinkled sleeves, and nodded coldly but politely to accept Thor's words.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency. I regret what happened to you. I hope to get a more suitable introduction next time."

After saying that, he turned around and strode away.

Thor breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, the lieutenant general has a big heart and doesn't care about it. Your Excellency, don't be dazed, go in quickly. Don't keep Her Majesty the Queen waiting!"

Dilan watched Nord's leaving back, and a dark flame flashed in his eyes again.

He wondered if Truss had died somewhere unknown.

But he never thought that it would reappear in front of his eyes like a ghost like this.

Or, is he really insane...

When the dinner party started, Dilan's eyes couldn't help searching for the trace of Lieutenant General Nord.

"Sol, do you believe in ghosts?"

Sol knew that he was coming again, so he could only persuade him patiently: "Stop making trouble, go back to rest early after the dinner is over, and sleep well so you won't be cranky."

When Saul was speaking, Dylan had already found Lieutenant General Nord and his adjutant in the crowd.

"Saul, you know Lieutenant General Nord, please introduce me."

"We just met a few times, not acquaintances."

Dilan ignored Sol's excuses and was about to pass by when an attendant came to the side with a small tray and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, I have a message for you."

Di Lan picked up the note on the tray and looked at it, his expression changed drastically.

"It's the butler. He said Ricky was missing."

"What? Wait, where are you going? The dinner party isn't over yet."

"I'm going back to find him."

"You can just send someone to look for it. You don't need to go back early. It's okay to go back after the dinner is over. You will be chewed on when you leave now."

Seeing that Dilan was hesitating, Saul gritted his teeth and said, "And you want me to introduce you to the lieutenant general, don't you?"

Unexpectedly, Di Lan shook his head, "There will be opportunities in the future, but the little villain needs me now."

Di Lan wanted to say goodbye to Her Majesty the Queen, but she was surrounded by too many ministers waiting to flatter her, so he just confessed to the courtiers and left in a hurry.

Leaving the palace and walking all the way back to the hotel, Lieutenant General Nord, or the former Truss, was in a daze for a while.

He had just returned to land and did not have his own real estate or carriage. In order to facilitate his visit to the palace, he lived with his adjutant in a hotel near the palace.

Although he didn't deliberately avoid it, he really didn't expect to meet Di Lan again by chance under such circumstances.

Di Lan was much more haggard than he had imagined, but the haughty and domineering eyes remained unchanged.

Nord thought that after several years at sea, he had put aside the past and regained his life.

But the place where Dilan grabbed just now was still hot as if it had been scorched, reminding him of everything that happened in the past.

"Captain, is there any injury?" The adjutant asked with concern seeing Truss holding his arm.

"No, I'm fine."

"That's where the man I met in the palace captured. Is it all right?"

"It's really all right, but it's just a scratch, what can happen. Be careful when you speak, that person is Duke Dilan."

"He is the Duke of Dilan?" The adjutant also heard some rumors about the duke's favorite general, and rumors that he and the former lieutenant general were at odds.

"You...do you have any holidays?"

"No." Nord shook his head and whispered: "He is...he is the shadow of my past."

The adjutant tilted his head slightly and asked, "What do you mean?"

"He knows all about me in the past." Nord didn't know how to express the past clearly in a few words.

"So what, the past is the past." The adjutant disagreed.

"But the past will never disappear. No matter where I am, it still follows me like a shadow." Nord's voice gradually sank.

The adjutant frowned, puzzled, and said, "What kind of duke and duchess, you're just a stupid pig sitting in the castle and enjoying life, are you still afraid of him?"

Nord just shook his head and said no more.

The adjutant had no choice but to try to cheer up the captain, "The dinner was too formal, and I didn't have enough to eat. Why don't we go to the bar for a drink. Joseph and Karis are still in the city."

The sailors who had homes on land went home, and those who didn't took advantage of their stay to play as much as they could.Joseph and Carliss were both Nord's crew members.

Nord smiled, relaxed a little, but declined the adjutant's invitation.

"Back to the hometown I haven't seen for a long time, but it feels like a strange place. I want to walk on the street alone."

The adjutant said, "Then I will go with you."

"No, just walk around. I am familiar with this place, so I won't get lost. Go and drink with them."

The adjutant sighed and let the captain go by himself.

He went back to his room and took off his uniform and brocade sash, and changed into lighter clothes, planning to go to the cheap hotel where the crew lived and meet them for a drink in a tavern.

In fact, the adjutant felt that the squeamish boy that the former chief Frank brought aboard without permission at the beginning was not suitable for sea at all.But after Nord personally worked with the sailors, and used the knowledge he learned from the pile of difficult nautical books in the captain's cabin to help the fleet avoid the storm, he proved his ability, and the adjutant no longer I feel bad for Nord.Instead, like the rest of the crew, he mingles with Nord, who has faded from his glamor.

But at a time like this, he felt that the officer was too sentimental as he had done at the beginning.

The rule on board is to never talk about your past, and never touch each other's scars.

In contrast, as long as they are at sea, they are the most reliable partners.

In fact, who are half-pirates like them have no past?

The adjutant pulled out from his clothes the necklace around his neck that was so frayed that he couldn't see the color of the plating. There was a plain oval pendant hanging on the necklace. With a flick of his thumb, the chain cone opened. photo.The photo has been blurred, and by the dim candlelight, it is vaguely seen that it is a young girl.

"Rosa..." Thinking of his sister who was once as beautiful as a bird, his heart was clenched, and the pain was like a raging fire.

He personally killed the pastor who raped his younger sister, but the innocent and weak younger sister committed suicide because she couldn't bear the humiliation.

He had to leave his hometown, and finally fled to the sea, becoming a sailor on Frank's ship.

This nightmarish memory is as dusty as the old pendant in his hand, but he has not forgotten it for a day.

The adjutant secretly swore that if the Demon Duke dared to do something he shouldn't do to the captain, he would definitely do it.

It is his eternal regret not being able to protect his dearest sister, but this time, the beautiful and tough captain must be guarded by him.

No matter how powerful the Duke was, he didn't worry about the consequences, as long as he fled back to sea afterwards.

The sea is their Garden of Eden, their ideal Utopia.

There will only be tests of nature, and no one can disturb their paradise.

The adjutant closed the pendant, took it to his lips and kissed it reverently, then stuffed it back into his collar, and walked out of the hotel room quickly.

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