Alien Knights

　　 "I don't think we will get lost."

　　 Hearing Hudgens sitting in the coachman's seat, Todd looked around, shrank his head and nodded slightly: "I think so too..."

　　 The three royal guard knights were in front. There were 16 heavy infantrymen on the left and right sides, followed by eight light cavalry. Todd's five carriages were caught in the middle.

Out of the corner of Hudgens’ eyes, he looked at the badge of the knight in front of him, and whispered: “It seems that as soon as we approached Silver Ring City, we were stared at. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have just entered the cathedral when the queen appeared. ."

　　 Todd looked at the people on the street pointing to the "strange team", still thinking of Bishop Fabian's instructions.

　　 "Listen, Todd! No matter what happens, bear with me! restraint! Among the three former bishops here, one fell from a horse and died, one fell into the river after drinking, and the whereabouts of another one is still unknown. These so-called nobles and royal families are descendants of the barbarians, and brutality and greed are their nature! If you want to live, you have to be patient! Learn to exercise restraint! 』

　　 looked back at the five-car "Grafting Rose" behind him, Todd gritted his teeth.

　　 The banquet was arranged in the new house of the Minister of the Interior and Finance. There were many luxurious and luxurious carriages parked at the door, and the valiant servants and maids, which gave Todd the illusion of returning to the wine party in the past.

　　 But what happened next quickly brought him back to reality.

　　 A withered man in a shabby shirt, urged by a whip behind him, walked to Todd's carriage, knelt on the ground with a plop, bent his spine, placed his forehead on the dirt, and curled up beside the car.

　　 Todd widened his eyes and looked up at another nobleman's carriage not far away. The round-waisted man stepped out of the car door and stepped on the thin woman who served as a "human foot pad". The latter's back was bent down, there was no pain, no sorrow, but only numbness and hopelessness on his face.

　　 "These people are civilians of the northern barbarians captured by the army..." Huggins whispered.

　　 Todd understood the deep meaning of the other party's words. The tremendous powerlessness made him close his eyes, sighed, grabbed the armrest of the carriage with both hands, avoided the man on the ground, and jumped directly to the ground.

　　The servant who came to greet saw Huggins also jumped down, reached out his hand to prevent the latter from following, and slowly said: "Only Father Todd was invited to the dinner."

　　 Todd gave the angry Huggins a peaceful look, then turned and followed the servant into the mansion.

　　 walked into the hall, and a strong sense of incongruity in the decoration rushed over his face. The cylindrical palace in the ancient Tyrolean period is matched with the rough and wild gold and silver ornaments in the north, making the whole space not like a noble residence at all, but more like a nest for storing treasures.

　　The drinks and dishes are served by the servants in whole dishes, most of which are things that Todd has never heard of. People in need only need to nod their heads or raise their hands, and someone will deliver the small dishes of the good meal to the customers.

　　 Todd glanced at the attendees of the dinner. Most of them were young people. Judging from the clothes and manners, they should all be the children of the noble family. Such a place really didn't suit him. He started looking for Queen Mary while thinking about excuses for getting out.

　　 In fact, finding the queen is easy. In the banquet hall of thousands of square meters, the most distinguished guests naturally sit in the most prominent position. Todd easily saw Queen Mary in the center, sitting on the front seat, and surrounded by a large number of distinguished women.

　　 "Your Majesty the Queen..." Todd wanted to take two steps forward, but was blocked a few meters away by a few female officials. When he looked sideways, a group of men, like him, were separated from the periphery.

　　 just when he was confused and didn't know what was going on. The soft voice rang in my ear again: "Welcome, Mr. Todd."

　　 Queen Mary's speech immediately attracted everyone's attention, and all kinds of whispers suddenly flooded the entire hall.

　　『Look, it's him! Defeated the pirates and regained the crystal relic! 』

　　『This is the Son who was judged by heresy? 』

　　『I heard that he was at a sermon, calling us lunatics who only knew war! 』

　　 The queen ignored the voices around her and clapped her hands. The maids raised a wooden table with a pot of colorful roses on the table.

　　 People’s emotions were once again ignited, and the sounds of admiration, curiosity, and questions were endless.

"Mr. Todd, I heard that this rose is the product of Muxi Town, can you elaborate on it?" Regarding Queen Mary's question, the priest moved out the rhetoric of the blessing of the heavenly father and miracles, which attracted the audience again. There was a lot of discussion.

A young man with a two-handed moustache, a woolen shawl and a wide gold ornament on his waist walked in front of Todd, slanted his eyes and smiled: "First introduce myself, I am Viscount Kennard, this time The host of the dinner. Father, it's rare to come here. Why not join us in our "entertainment" together?"

　　 Todd sneered secretly in his heart, are you greedy guys finally unable to bear it?

　　 Falsely declining and pushing halfway, Todd sat down next to a round table placed in the middle of the hall.

　　 What Moustache took out from the sterling silver box, surprised Todd.

　　 playing cards.

Looking at the other person’s surprised look, Viscount Kennard began to introduce the so-called "entertainment" with a contented expression: "The name of the game we are going to play next is called "Knights and Pirates". This is the silver ring at the moment. The most popular thing in the city."

　　 "The rules may be a bit complicated for you, but after you get started, they will be much simpler." Listening to the Viscount introduce the rules of playing cards he set at the beginning, Todd suddenly felt a dumbfounding feeling.

　　 The only thing that made him feel a little fresh is that these nobles also added gambling. If the knight (landlord) wins, he can collect gambling chips from the pirate (farmer); if the pirate (win), the knight (landlord) pays gambling chips to two pirates (farmers). The amount of gambling chips is calculated based on the remaining cards and multiplied by the corresponding coins. If one side loses and a card is not shown, three times the betting chips must be paid.

　　 Viscount Kennard found another noble who knew him well, and started the game of "Knight and Pirate" together with Todd.

　　 In the first few games, two nobles deliberately released water, and Todd won a lot.

　　 Soon, the gambling chips increased from one card, one silver coin, to one card, 5 silver coins, and finally to 10 silver coins.

　　 Todd lost more and more. After losing cash, the nobles asked him to use the "grafting rose" on the carriage outside to offset the account.

　　 Knowing that these two **** must be cheating, while meditating on patience and restraint in his heart, Todd deliberately pretended to be a jealous and desperate gambler.

One pot, two pots, three pots... Until the tenth pot was settled, these insatiable silver ring nobles had no plans to stop ~www.readwn.com~ Todd pinched his thigh with his fingers, knowing that it is absolutely When it's not about being motivated, restraining emotions is the best choice.

　　 He originally thought so until he saw something.

　　 When Todd went to the eleventh pot, the winning Viscount Kennard took a sip of the red wine in the glass, frowned and shook the warm liquid in his hand, and snapped his fingers. Under the astonished eyes of the priest, the servants used chains and collars to lead out an eleven or twelve-year-old thin girl.

　　 The girl is barefoot, wearing a coarse linen, wearing an iron collar around her neck, and a wooden cross on her chest. Her face, arms, and legs are covered with wounds of both old and new.

The Viscount handed the bottle of red wine to the servant. The latter stuffed the bottle into the girl's hand. The iron chain on his hand pulled hard, and the iron thorn on the collar penetrated deeply into the wearer's skin, and the blood dripped suddenly. Wet the collar of the victim.

　　 The girl cried aloud under the pain, her hands slowly released the cold air, cooling down the liquid in the bottle.

Seeing Todd's shocked look, Viscount Kennard took a sip of the red wine with icy scum that was handed over by the servant, touched his moustache comfortably, and said mockingly to the priest: "I can't do it. Understand the church’s thinking, it would be too wasteful to kill all the alien species. The wood that decays can always find its place in the stove, right?"

　　 In Todd's head... a string broke.

Queen Mary counted the number of flower pots and nodded lightly. When she was about to announce the end of the gambling, Todd stood up and said to the crowd blankly, "Don’t you think this gambling is too slow? Since I want to play, why not come to the big game?!"

　　 "Fuck patience and restraint! 』