Lord Chronicle

Chapter 3 Is this my new housekeeper?

After a while, the group finally arrived at the lord's mansion.Looking at the building closely, it doesn't look bad. The brick cracks in the corners are filled with moss, a nest of ivy crawls all over the wall, and the emerald green leaves are full of vitality.Although the doors and windows are old, they are spotlessly cleaned. A few thick oak trees around the house canopy the sky, and the sun shines through the branches and leaves to cast a mottled light and shadow on the ground. Occasionally, a few unknown birdsong make people feel a comfortable tranquility.

Zhou Wen felt sad when he remembered that he would live in this house and rule this place where no birds could lay eggs.At the same time, he secretly vowed in his heart that he must find a way to return to his own time as soon as possible.

As soon as I arrived at the door, the door opened, and a girl rushed out in a hurry: "Grandpa, are you back?"

Zhou Wen was in a depressed mood. Hearing the sound, he looked up and wondered who was so rude?

I saw a beautiful girl with short fiery red hair standing in front of her. She was wearing men's clothes, with a pair of beautiful big sky blue eyes on her pretty face. She was slender and strong, exuding youthful vitality. It also added a heroic look to her, and she was actually a rare sporty beautiful girl.

Seeing her, Vince immediately greeted her with a chuckle: "Jessica, you miss me these days."

Kress and Marlene also greeted her, obviously admiring her very much.Zhou Wen recovered from the shock of seeing him for the first time, he was ready to go up to say hello, when he suddenly felt that the corner of his mouth was cold, he reached out his hand to wipe it, and it turned out to be a stream of saliva.

Surprised that he lost his composure so much, Zhou Wen turned his back and quickly wiped off his saliva, but Jessica had noticed all this.Glancing at him in disgust, she asked, "Who is this wretched fellow?"

Vince was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Jessica, what nonsense are you talking about, this is the young master."

"What, he is Master Sol, why does he look like this?" Jessica showed no respect at all.

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhou Wen turned around and smiled awkwardly, but cursed in his heart: Damn motherfucker, it's not about picking on my husband, it's none of your business what I look like.Besides, you think I want this look?

Seeming to see through Zhou Wen's thoughts, Jessica glanced at her coldly, turned and walked into the room: "Come in first." She actually ignored him as the lord.

Vince felt very embarrassed: "Master, Jessica is like this. In fact, she didn't mean any harm. Please forgive me."

Kress also said: "Yes, after the death of the old lord, it was all thanks to Jessica to take care of the affairs in the territory, so there was no trouble. People in the territory respect her very much."

Marlene took Zhou Wen's hand coquettishly: "Master Saul, don't be angry with sister Jessica, okay?"

The three of them said so, what else could Zhou Wen say, so he nodded depressedly.At the same time, I wondered in my heart, did this Sol have any feuds with her before, why did she have a bad face when meeting her like an enemy.But judging by Vince's reaction, the two seemed to be meeting for the first time.

It's a woman's heart, sea needle, who knows what this eighth woman is thinking, don't you just meet her aunt?While guessing maliciously, Zhou Wen walked into the room with a few people.

The interior of the mansion is slightly better than the outside, but it is also poorly furnished, but it is cleaned very well.The solid wooden floor was brown with age, and on the walls were several portraits of the descendants of the Lovell family.All the furniture is old, and the paint has begun to peel in some places, but because of the good maintenance, the smooth wooden surface gives people a very comfortable feeling.

The mansion is divided into two floors. The hall on the first floor is quite large, with two rooms on the left and right, and the stairs leading to the second floor at the end.Two pots of flowers are placed on the window sill at the corner. Under the soft light from the window, the blooming petals radiate an emerald-like color, giving the whole layout the beauty of an impressionist oil painting.

Walking into the hall, Zhou Wen saw a huge oil painting in front of him. In the painting was a middle-aged man with an extremely decrepit appearance. The painting was placed on a table covered with white cloth, surrounded by flowers.

Even if you don't put world-famous paintings, you can put some flowers and plants. How can you put such a portrait here? The taste of the people here is really not ordinary.Thinking about it, Zhou Wen said casually: "Who is the bad ghost in the painting?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he knew that he would suffer. Sure enough, Vince and the others all turned to look at him in astonishment.Zhou Wen instantly understood who this was, his dead ghost father, the former lord Gary Lovell.

"Dad!" Without giving the other party time to doubt, Zhou Wen screamed heart-piercingly, and rushed forward.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooever. .

At first, I was acting, but then I remembered that I came to this strange world alone. Although I have no worries about food and clothing for the time being, I may spend my whole life living in this poor country.Parents in another world find out that they are missing. I don’t know how sad they will be. Sadness comes from it. The fake show is real, and the sky is dark and the sky is dark.

There is a decomposition: the world changes color for it, and the vegetation is sad for it.

Marlene and Kress were already moved to a mess. Marlene couldn't stop crying, and Cresno, a man as big as a bear, howled with him. The room was full of crying, and those who didn't know the truth thought that these people died. .

Seeing that Zhou Wen's sadness didn't seem to be fake, Jessica, who had been watching coldly, had a slightly tender expression on her face, and she seemed a little moved.Vince wiped away his old tears, and stepped forward to help Zhou Wen: "Master, please don't be too sad."

Zhou Wen knew that he had to do a full set of plays, so he imitated the appearance of a filial son, broke away from Vince and grabbed the oil painting and cried endlessly. He did so repeatedly before being forcibly pulled away by Kress.

While crying, he said in his heart: I said, old ghost, you feed me, live in, and leave me such a large piece of territory. Weeping for you, everyone will be cleared.Your son is definitely not as dedicated as I am.

Afterwards, the story of Zhou Wen mourning for the old lord was publicized by Kress, who immediately made people in the territory respectful, and became a little closer to the young lord.Such an effect was beyond Zhou Wen's expectations.

After finally recovering everyone's emotions, they came to the study where the lord worked.Vince solemnly picked up a ring with the emblem of a pigeon holding a clover in its mouth and handed it to Zhou Wen: "Master, this is the family emblem passed down from generation to generation of the Lovell family. Wearing it, you will officially become the first son of the Lovell family." Patriarch of the fourth generation. As soon as the letter of appointment from the royal capital arrives, you can officially inherit the Lowell collar."

Because the Lowell Territory was too remote, too poor, and too irrelevant, Zhou Wen didn't even have to go to the capital to see the king to show his loyalty according to the rules.

After taking the ring and putting it on, Zhou Wen said casually, "Where are my relatives, why haven't I seen any of them?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Vince stared at him blankly, Zhou Wen couldn't help crying, did he show his flaws again?Sure enough, Vince said: "Master, you are joking. Once the old lord dies, there will be only one person left in the Lowell family. Therefore, the old minister hopes to see you get married and have children in your lifetime, and add to the Lovell family. The old minister will have no regrets even if he dies." It's gone." As he spoke, he glanced at his granddaughter Jessica intentionally or unintentionally.

Seeing Vince like this, Jessica immediately blushed, and Zhou Wen was even more terrified.The old man said so, there is no trick between Saul and Jessica, such as marriage with the pulp, right?If you have the opportunity, you must ask clearly. Jessica is beautiful because she is beautiful, but unfortunately she doesn't like her. If you really want to marry her, life will be worse than death in the future.

At the same time, I was also secretly vigilant in my heart. I was no longer Zhou Wen, but Saul Lovell. If I asked casually like this, I would reveal my truth sooner or later.It wouldn't be worth it if he was recognized as a fake and burned as a monster who took over people's bodies to bring disaster to the world.If you have any questions in the future, you must make insinuations.

"Now, I have one more thing to announce." Vince suddenly said seriously.

Hearing what he said solemnly, several people turned their heads to look at him.Vince said slowly: "Now that the young master has safely returned to the territory, I finally let go of one thing on my mind. I am getting old and exhausted, and I can no longer help the young master with the affairs of the territory, so I decided to resign from the position of steward."

Patting Jessica after him, he said softly, "I will ask you to help the young master more in the future."

"Ah?" "What?" Zhou Wen and Jessica exclaimed at the same time.

Vince laughed and said, "Jessica has been by my side since she was a child, and she is familiar with the affairs of the territory. This time, I left because she handled it in an orderly manner. Now that the young man is the lord, I, the old man, should step down. Jie Xika, I hope you will replace me as the steward and help the young master well."

After saying that, he sighed: "Lowell is too poor and too remote. If there is no good lord and steward, the people will suffer a lot. I hope you understand this responsibility."

But Zhou Wen couldn't help but scream. For him, as long as he can have a place to live in this world, other things matter so much, not to mention that Lovell is in a poor country. If there is no other way, he doesn't want to stay here .

This Jessica was at odds with her. The most important thing was that Vince liked her very much. Even if he had any rude requests in the future, such as letting Marlene sleep, hehe... maybe he would agree.If it was Jessica, she might be strangled to death if she spoke out. How will she live in the future after she becomes a steward?
It is not too late to make amends.Zhou Wen immediately drummed up his tongue, ready to let Vince take back his life: "Vince, there is a way to be an old man with a long-term ambition; the Tang Dynasty is easy to be old, but Li Guang is hard to be named; an old man is not old at heart, and he is still working on revolution... now I have just ascended the throne, and I need a mature and prudent manager like you to help me take care of it. Let’s talk about resigning in three to five hundred years. Jessica, you don’t want grandpa to resign, do you?”

He didn't care whether others could understand these polite words, anyway, he poured them out all at once, and tried his best to turn the tide before speaking.Unexpectedly, Jessica said resolutely, "Okay, Grandpa, I promise you."

After finishing speaking, Jessica faced Zhou Wen who opened his mouth wide enough to stuff a basketball, and said coldly: "In the future, I will definitely try my best to assist the lord and manage the Lovell Territory well. I hope the lord understands that Grandpa has put in so much painstaking efforts to handle everything. Think more about it." The implication is obvious, if you dare to do whatever you want in the territory, don't blame me for being rude.

"It's over!" The thought flashed across Zhou Wen's eyes, and Zhou Wen almost fainted.

Seeing his granddaughter agreeing, Vince was so excited that he burst into tears: "Great, now I have no regrets... No, I still have to see the lord get married and have children, so that I can sleep with peace of mind."

"Grandpa!" Jessica immediately blushed and shouted loudly.

Vince was very happy. He laughed and said, "It's getting late, everyone should go to rest after dinner. Tomorrow, Jessica will accompany the young master to stroll around the territory, get familiar with the situation, and get started with the internal affairs of the territory as soon as possible. Anyway, the young master hasn't been back for almost ten years."

Marlene sweetly agreed, and happily went down to cook.There was plenty of food for dinner, but facing Jessica's cold face, she reminded herself to pay attention to etiquette from time to time, so that Zhou Wen knew clearly that this was a preview of the difficult days to come.

Alas, I don't have freedom, I lose my freedom, I feel sad and tearful... I am already very unlucky, and with this eighth woman in charge, what's the point of living so far?
At the same time at the dinner table, Zhou Wen also saw what is called a terrifying eating scene.At this moment, in his opinion, Kress is definitely an ogre in disguise. Under his sweep, often Zhou Wen just stretched out his knife and fork, and the target food has disappeared into this person's mouth.Jessica and others were not surprised by this, and Marlene also took the initiative to put a large bowl of food in front of Kress.

Really, what kind of people are in this territory!Hearing the thunderous chewing sound, Zhou Wen thought helplessly. "Brother, if you want to eat again, I'll give you the house to eat..."

But after the meal, Zhou Wen finally got good news.It turned out that the lovely Marlene lived here as a maid since she was a child. The old lord lived a simple life, and his wife died early, Sol was studying abroad, and Marlene was the only one to take care of in his later years.In other words, he and Marlene are the only ones living in the entire mansion now.

Hehehe... Sitting in the study and looking at Marlene who was happily busy cleaning up, Zhou Wen had an evil smile on his face.Daddy Gary, did you have the foresight to prepare me, my poor son at home, for a long lonely night?
God, you finally treat me well.

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Not long after, Kress waited to leave, and Marlene did housework for a while, Zhou Wen finally heard her ask: "Master, do you have any instructions?"

Looking forward to such a sound, Zhou Wen hurriedly said: "No, no, Marlene, you have been tired all day, go to bed quickly. If you feel that it is too hot at night, don't close the door..."

Marlene didn't know his wolf ambition, and said with a sweet smile: "It's very cool at night, then I'll go to bed, young master."

After Marlene left, Zhou Wen knew he couldn't act too hastily, so he patiently searched for a few books about the customs and customs of the Majina Continent.Most of all, my mind has already flown away, but I finally know more about this world.

Zhou Wen's first concern was naturally his "motherland" Dinar Kingdom.

Dinar is located in the middle of the continent, occupying the best land in the Majna continent, with a long history and strong national power.It is bordered by the northern wilderness in the north, and it is one of the countries where the battle with the orcs is the most intense.To the west lies the Lurin Empire, separated by the vast western mountain range, and only clashes in the Bahrain Territory located in Silverland.The south and east of the kingdom are bordered by the sea, and in the south part is bordered by another kingdom, Bamuk.

The kingdom adopts the enfeoffment system, and the entire Dinar is composed of dozens of large and small territories, and only the king's direct territory is around the king's capital.The lord has a lot of power in name, he can appoint officials, set tax rates, and even has the power to kill his subordinates. Of course, Zhou Wen, a poor lord in a remote countryside, can't even think about it.

After briefly reading Dinal's introduction, Zhou Wen turned to the ethnic part of the mainland.Unexpectedly, Magina is very similar to the fantasy world that Zhou Wen is familiar with. Apart from humans, there are also elves, orcs, dwarves and other sub-human races, as well as many monsters. They are widely distributed throughout the entire continent and are inextricably linked with humans. associated.

"It's really boring. There's no TV at night, and there's no entertainment at all." Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhou Wen dropped the book and quietly walked out of the study.

Hey, dear little Marlene, your brother Saul is here to see you...

Marlene's bedroom, Zhou Wen had already found out from Vince while Jessica was not paying attention.It was dark inside the mansion. Fortunately, the bright moon was hanging high in the sky, barely allowing Zhou Wen to see the road clearly.

"We must find a way to install a wall lamp in the future. It's so dark that even ghosts are afraid." After tripping over the stairs for the third time, Zhou Wen finally went up to the second floor and touched outside Marlene's bedroom.

Pushing the door open unexpectedly.Looking at the open door, Zhou Wen was greatly surprised, isn't it, the door is really not closed?Although it's called Night Attack, Zhou Wen hasn't lost his conscience to the point of being strong. He just wants to take advantage of his siblings by taking advantage of this rare opportunity.But now it seems that the situation is different.

Soon a lewd smile appeared on his face: "Hehehe, it turns out that the little girl also has a heart."

"Little Marlene, isn't Gao happy that your brother Sol is here?" He smiled lewdly and poked his head in. With the moonlight penetrating through, Zhou Wen vaguely saw a person sleeping on the bed.

The way I look now must be very cheap, but now that I am beautiful, I can't control so much.

"I'm coming!" Zhou Wen yelled, and a hungry tiger rushed over.

Unexpectedly, before jumping on the bed, a lump suddenly bulges under the quilt, aiming at him and rising continuously.

"Wow!?"

Before he could react, he heard a bang, and Zhou Wen's lower abdomen was hit hard. After a while, the world spun, and he rolled out of the room like a gourd.

"Ouch, my head, who is it..." Touching the back of his head in pain, Zhou Wen raised his head in a daze, and was startled by the scene in front of him.

A slender sword tip with a cold light was pressed against Zhou Wen's neck, and on the other end, Jessica stood holding the sword with a cold face, looking down at him from a height: "What are you doing?"

"...If I say that I care about Marlene and come over to cover her with a quilt, do you believe it?"

There was no answer, and the tip of the sword reached forward, barely piercing the skin on Zhou Wen's neck.

"Wow, wait a minute, speak up if you have something to say." Zhou Wen shouted quickly.

"I don't think it's right for you to secretly ask Grandpa about Marlene's bedroom. I didn't expect you to actually do such a beastly behavior. People from your city are really not good people. I want...I want you..." Jessica gritted her teeth with a flushed face.

"Wait, actually there is a reason for me to do this!" Zhou Wensheng was afraid that if she said something like "castrate you", he would be in bad luck, so he hurriedly sealed her mouth first.

Jessica snorted disdainfully: "You want to argue again?" But the tip of the sword still retreated.

"Actually, I knew you were in the room a long time ago, and I came to find you. Jessica, I have fallen in love with you since I first saw you... That's why I couldn't help but make such a bad move." Zhou Wen stared at Her eyes are full of voice and emotion.

"You..." Unexpectedly, Zhou Wen would say such words, Jessica was ashamed and angry, her pretty face flushed instantly.

Seeing her appearance, Zhou Wen couldn't help being taken aback: "Unexpectedly, you are quite innocent." But the opportunity was rare, taking advantage of Jessica's distraction, Zhou Wen rolled away on the spot.

Only then did Jessica realize that Zhou Wen was lying to herself, and she raised her sword in a rage to chase after him.But he was also a lord after all, and he didn't really make any big mistakes. After hesitating for a moment, she didn't really move.

At this time, the door of the back room opened, and Marlene walked out with a candlestick in her sleepy eyes: "Why is it so noisy outside... Sister Jessica? Master Sol? What are you doing?"

At this moment, in Zhou Wen's eyes, Marlene's delicate figure shrouded in candlelight was as lovely as an angel.He hurriedly said, "Jessica and I couldn't fall asleep and were chatting. Do you want to come together?"

Marlene gave the two of them a strange look: "Why did you take out the sword while chatting?" Then she shook her head: "No, I want to continue to sleep, you two can talk slowly." Mumbling, she walked back into the room.

After such a fuss, Jessica's murderous aura dissipated, she swiftly put the sword back into the scabbard, and said coldly, "I'll let you off this time. I'll live here from now on. If you dare to step here in the future , don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Live here, why?"

"I can't let Marlene live alone with the beasts."

"You... wait, this is my home, why do you say you can't come if you can't come?" Zhou Wen asked unwillingly, it was so hard to be alone in the room with the beauty, and she must not be disturbed by her.

Jessica turned around and stabbed the sword out of its sheath, and turned it on Zhou Wen's chest as fast as lightning: "Just rely on this." After saying that, without looking at him, she went straight into the room and closed the door with a bang.

"Huh?" Zhou Wen stood up inexplicably.Unexpectedly, with a snort, his linen blouse was covered with more than a dozen cut marks all over the place, and it instantly turned into a ball of rags hanging on his body, followed by the belt snapping, and his trousers slipping off.

Jessica drew out her sword in an instant, but it didn't hurt Zhou Wen's skin at all. It was astonishingly accurate and fast.Zhou Wen looked at the trousers that slid down to his ankles and the rotten cloth strips hanging on his body, and he didn't recover for a long time.

"Understood!" shouted into Jessica's room, and he obediently disappeared.

(End of this chapter)