The Sin of Ludwigs

There must be a barber in the Frigou Manor who regularly serves the lord and the people around the lord—I mean, someone who can turn hair into a work of art, similar to Marie, the god of hair who created the first barber school in Paris. A barber like Si, or taking a step back, a barber who can cut hair in a regular manner without losing his status will do.Although I have no hope of finding a haircut genius like Marius in the wild North America, I will never tolerate those servants or black slaves in Kollak Manor who dare to do anything with scissors casually to move my hair.

However, what I didn't expect was that even such a small request could not be satisfied. After waiting, it was not the barber with scissors that I was expecting, but Jane, the maid in charge.

"Sir, do you need a barber?"

"Of course, Jane, I need my hair trimmed, so where's the barber?"

"If you speak of the gentleman at the manor who groomed the two lords, he has, unfortunately, always refused to serve anyone else; if you speak of his three apprentices, or any other It would be even more unfortunate that they are not free now."

The answer puzzled me a lot.

"I can understand refusing to serve people other than the Earl, but why are other people not available?"

"They are busy designing hairstyles for Miss Beatrix, Miss Caroline, Miss Sophia and so many other ladies who are beside Lord Ian for the birthday celebration of the two adults. You know, there On such an occasion, the hairdresser is as important as the tailor, and no lady would allow her hairdresser to leave for even an hour at this time."

"I just want an apprentice with three days' experience in barbering, and an hour of their time."

Jane glanced at me quietly.

"Sir, with all due respect, have you obtained the consent of the Earl to cut your hair?"

This sentence hit my small mind all of a sudden, and I couldn't help but get a little annoyed.

"This sentence is really strange. Why do I need his consent to cut my hair?"

"If you are not staying here, but in any other ordinary room for entertaining guests, then I will never ask you this question, but since you are staying in this suite, it is naturally my duty to remind you not to do it." Anything that would make the Earl unhappy."

"I don't understand what you mean. Is there any difference between the room I'm living in and an ordinary room? If you or Miss Judy think I need to change, I can change it immediately."

"You can ask Lord Earl Elvis this question. If the Lord has an order, we will naturally obey the order."

It seemed impossible to cut my hair as short as possible while Elvis was not paying attention. I fell down on the big soft bed in frustration, and lamented, "Holy Virgin Mary!"

Jane glanced at me hesitantly, and before leaving the room, she said to me: "I suggest that you don't ask the adults that question, and there is one thing to tell you, as long as you have the permission of the adults, you want to visit Any room is fine, but there is a wine storage room at the end of the corridor on the third floor, please don't go there."

"Got it, got it!" The plan fell through, I angrily pulled the quilt over myself, and decided to make up for the sleep I didn't sleep last night.

I fell asleep until dinner time. What made me feel more relaxed was that this time I didn’t need to go through such an embarrassing situation like this morning. The dinner was prepared for me by Jane in the small reception room. Earl Elvis did not appear.

Perhaps this kind of relaxation, which I have not enjoyed for a long time, brought new thoughts to my nerves that have been tense for a long time. After dinner, I suddenly became interested in playing cards, so I took Jane, the maid Lily and another maid Called over, we played backgammon at first, but this game with too complicated terms and rules quickly overwhelmed two illiterate maids, so we switched to playing cards, and we played The rules of the Muses are the simplest, and the bet is one-third of the copper coins contributed by Jane, ten for each of them.

Jane's luck was surprisingly good tonight. After playing a few rounds, she won more than half of the copper coins in my hand. This made her change her reluctance when she was pulled over by me, and began to urge us to play cards.

When I had to carefully study the cards in my hand in order to protect my remaining three coins, Lily who was sitting opposite me suddenly said, "Ah...Master Elvis!"

"What are you worried about, I told you he won't know!" I thought she was still worried that Earl Elvis would be punished if he knew they played cards with me, and said without raising her head.

"Why don't you know?"

Elvis' voice, which could not distinguish between emotions and anger, came from behind me, and I was so frightened that I jumped up from the chair like a rabbit being chased by hounds, and almost put it on the table in a hurry. candlesticks with upside down.

Jane and the two girls stood up early, stepped back from the table, and lowered their heads, daring not to say a word.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Elvis standing at the door of the small reception room, with the footman standing sideways holding the candlestick for him.

Does this person walk without sound? !

"Uh... my lord, I'm really glad to see you coming. Do you want to play cards together?"

Overwhelmed with fright, I even said such a stupid thing to Elvis, and as soon as I finished, I wanted to knock myself on the head.

What happened to me today?What a fool!

Elvis glanced over the cards and copper coins lying on the table, and glanced at me.

"Time to sleep."

"My lord, I still don't..."

I was going to say "I'm not sleepy" because I've been sleeping all afternoon, but out of the corner of my eye I saw the girls were so nervous that they were about to cry, so I changed my words: "Going to bed on time is a virtue , I'll go back to the living room right away."

I stayed in the dressing room with an excuse to change my nightgown for a long time, until I had to go back to the living room. Elvis, this instantly extinguished the fluke hope I held in my arms.

"My lord, I'm surprised you're still here." I had to bite the bullet and try to remind him, "Such a beautiful night, isn't there any beautiful lady waiting for you silently?"

Earl Ian has so many beauties and concubine maids, I don't believe Elvis doesn't have any around him!No matter who it is, go find them!

Elvis looked at me quietly.

"The letter sent to New Jersey just left today. Before the reply arrives, I have the right to ask for my due payment." He said, "But you, Ludwig, you have tried to evade the contract many times today. Makes me angry."

This is probably the rare time Earl Elvis speaks for such a long time, but as the object of his speech, I just want to wail the Virgin Mary with no grace.

What happened yesterday was so sudden that I made an agreement with him about the ransom in a daze. I didn't realize until today that the most terrible thing about the agreement was the sentence "before the echo from New Jersey"—that is, Said, what I signed last night was not a one-time payment bill, but a contract that must be paid unconditionally within a certain period of time, and the initiative of this contract is still in the hands of the other party.

When Elvis allowed me to write to the Duke of Lane, I thought he didn't notice, but now it seems that he is much clearer than me.

"I don't understand what you mean, my lord." Now I can only pretend to be stupid.

"Ludwig, sometimes being clever will only bring you an unexpected price."

Elvis stood up and walked towards me, and I noticed he was holding a long red tulle scarf in his hand.

"What are you doing?" I couldn't help but took two steps back.

"Shh, be quiet."

When I wanted to continue to retreat, Elvis stopped all my movements with one sentence.

"Do you still want to continue to avoid fulfilling the agreement?"

The thin fabric that seemed to be woven by air fell gently before my eyes, and the scene I could see was immediately covered with a layer of tulle, and then a circle, at this time I could only blur Suddenly saw the figure of Elvis and the faint candlelight.

Elvis slowly tied the silk scarf in a knot behind my head. After doing this, he seemed to take out something, and then a slightly thorny thing was stuffed into the collar of my nightgown, and I Startled, I quickly reached out to grope, and then grabbed a quill with a loose end from my nightgown.

——It was the one I bitten to pieces at noon.

Elvis laughed, the first time I've ever heard him laugh, and he took my hand from behind, brushing the end of the quill over my lips.

"You look so cute when you bite the pen," he said.

It was as if a footman came in and blew out the candle, and my eyes were plunged into darkness.

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Low-key, low-key, low-key~ slip away~