Alien Knights

　　 "All the roses are shipped back?"

　　 Harkins touched the mustache on his chin, looked at the list in his hand, and said, "Well, except for the one in the hands of the Queen, the other 31 pots are all set up."

　　 After a pause, he hesitated for a while, and then said: "There is one more thing, those'escorts' haven't left yet."

　　 Todd turned his head in surprise.

"Those troops from the palace set up guards outside the door, but it doesn't look like they are watching us, but it's a bit like...protecting us." Huggins closed the list and put it in his arms: "The Silver Ring Royal Family seems to take good care of our group of people. Not only did they send soldiers to protect them, they also booked this hotel for our temporary stay. Well, my lord... Are you sure you don't know the queen...?"

　　 Todd shook his head and said, "Today is the first time I met in the cathedral."

　　 But in retrospect, he always felt a little strange.

　　 Todd, who had just returned to the hotel from the banquet, held the emotions of disgust and hatred towards the beautiful queen aloft.

　　 At first, he thought that because of the "tea party" in Muxi Town, Queen Mary colluded with the nobles who did not like him, and set up a joint strategy to seize the "grafting rose" and humiliate him in public.

　　 But after calming down, he found a few strange places.

　　 First of all, if the queen and those nobles are the same, for a little priest who has no power and no power, he only needs to take the army to confiscate the carriage and drive out of Silver Ring. There is no need to spend a lot of trouble to set up such a bureau.

　　Secondly, during the gambling game, Todd who was observing the surroundings found many times that the queen was planning to stop the gambling game.

　　 There are two more obvious times, once when he lost the eleven pots of roses; the other time was the penultimate game, when he lost 150 silver moons. The timing of these two times is very interesting. The first time Todd lost a third of the goods, this loss was barely acceptable, and the nobles were in a good mood to win; the second time Todd was about to lose nothing. when.

　　 From the psychological speculation of normal people, assuming that the queen knows the cheating methods of the gambling game, but does not know the existence of alien abilities, these two times are from Todd's standpoint, the best time to get out.

　　 There is one more thing at the end, arranging the escort.

　　 If you rush to the banquet, the guards from the royal family can still be said to be surveillance and escort; but after returning, they still stay behind and take on the defensive work of the hotel, which is difficult to speculate with malicious intent.

　　 Isn’t the queen different from those nobles, has other purposes? But why didn't she invite them directly, but instead used banquets and gambling to get around such a big bend?

　　 Just when Todd's brain was hurting, Huggins prodded him with his elbow, causing the former to divert his attention.

"What about that alien girl? It's the one you brought back from the banquet." Huggins raised his arm, rolled up his sleeve, and showed Todd the two rows of fine tooth prints: "Compared to nobles, That girl seems to hate the people of the church even more. I was just bitten, and Edgar was so cold that he couldn't lift his hands."

　　 With a long sigh, Todd's head hurts even more.

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"Thirty million silver moons?! This huge debt, let alone that old **** of Kennard, just emptied the entire kingdom, it won't be ready! Hahaha!" Guy VI put down the paperwork in his hand and looked happy. Listening to my wife, talking about everything that happened at the banquet, he patted the handrail and smiled: "When he asked him for money, he always cried poorly in front of me, and he couldn't help putting on old clothes. He never bought a house. Seeing him stop, this is already the tenth."

　　 The overall tone is biased towards the white bedroom, the fireplace decorated with exquisite tiles, the skirt board inlaid with silver wood strips, the graphics painted in bright colors, and the white candles made of beeswax are burning quietly.

　　 Queen Mary sits quietly on the wooden chair, her complexion is like a blush in the white snow. Under the shining of the warm candlelight, a misty halo is lightly glowing. She took off the heavy and complicated court gown in the daytime, and put on the bedclothes she designed and tailored by someone.

　　The material of white linen cloth, the thin silk is dotted on the shoulders, chest, and back, and the connotation of the morning glow and snow is faintly visible inside. There are embroidery and beautiful ties on the cuffs, and there are rows of embossed stripes and lurex under the collar. This brisk and lively style is incompatible with the secular dress precepts required by the church, but it appears natural and generous and unique.

"Your Majesty, this is different from what you originally thought. Whether it is silver refinement or God's Eye, Father Todd's alchemy accomplishments are obvious to all. If he can be recommended as a royal alchemist, many problems will be solved. But considering that The relationship between the church and the kingdom is so tense, our original intention was to use a banquet to ease it, but now it is self-defeating..." The queen leaned her body on the armrest, and the curve under the thin shirt dazzled the opposite person.

King Guy VI stood up, shook his head indifferently, took out a wrapped square object from a corner of the room, and handed it to the queen: "These can be said tomorrow, let's put those things down first. , Look at the gift I prepared for you, a famous painting by Gutello’s master painter Huteris."

The joyful Queen Mary opened the package and looked at the beautiful patterns on the canvas. She laughed and said: "It is so beautiful. This is his late work. It is rumored to be destroyed in the flames of war. I thought I could see it here! Another empty space in my gallery has been filled!"

Thinking of the coins spent for this painting, Guy VI bit his lip painfully, and then took his wife's hand: "The painting will only be here, nowhere to go, but our time is Slip away a little bit, it's time to go to rest..."

　　 Queen's body stiffened, and later recovered calm, smiled and nodded.

　　 The quiet moonlight loomed into the clouds, and the dim night fell into the world.

　　 A hand was placed on Mary's waistline, and the king carefully came to her shoulder, and gently wrapped it in the pillow.

"Feel sorry."

　　 The former shook his head, still turning his back towards the other owner of the big bed.

　　 The man turned around and lay down on the bed again.

　　 After a while, he came to the queen's side again, and asked in a low voice: "Maybe, we can..."

　　 Queen Mary wrapped the bedding tighter on her body, her voice was not loud, but her tone was unquestionable: "I said, I don't like to use those dirty things."

　　 The man sighed heavily.

　　 The woman buried her head and said nothing.

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　　 The sky to the east shone slightly, and Todd got up early.

　　 He doesn't have any problems with recognizing the bed, but unlike Muxi Town, the strange environment and tense atmosphere in the city make it impossible to sleep at ease.

　　 What surprised him was that Hudgens and his subordinates were already neatly dressed and patrolling the hotel inside and outside. The dark circles on their faces prove that even with the "guards" outside, these people are still performing their duties.

　　 Knowing that Todd has a habit of eating breakfast, Huggins handed the rye bread and eggs he had prepared.

　　 Drinking the clear water from the hotel owner, Todd sipped the rough bread and cast his gaze outside the door. Yesterday's "gambling" incident made him think carefully about what actions he should take next.

　　 Hudgens did not disturb his thoughts, walked not far away to direct the farmers, and began to check the state of the rose.

　　 About half an hour later, Edgar and Jerry also walked out of the room.

　　 The former yawned and rubbed his eyes, walked in front of Huggins, raised his chin, and extended his right hand familiarly, with the tips of his fingers bend inwards. The latter rolled his eyes, shook his head, and passed the leftover half of the wheat biscuits in his arms.

　　 Little Jerry came to Todd's side and looked at the pigeons walking around in the open space outside the door happily.

　　 Edgar took the pancake, sat on the bench beside the priest, and devoured the pancake. Todd glanced at him, then looked at most of the bread left in his hand, patted little Jerry on the shoulder, and handed the food to the tall man who was squatting next to him.

After eating the crude cake, Edgar carefully licked each finger, glanced at Jerry enviously, suddenly remembered something, and said to everyone in a proud tone: "After all, I still have a way! Yesterday's The girl named Pamela, I have convinced her that we are good people!"

　　 Hudgens had a bad feeling: "What did you say to her?"

Edgar coughed twice ~www.readwn.com~ and said in a very serious tone: "Miss, although we seem to be members of the church, we are actually the incarnation of justice. Otherwise, think about it, why We did not send you to the heresy court, but hid you here?"

　　 Hudgens pointed at his head, and slapped him up: "You only talk a lot!"

　　 After teaching this big mouth, the man rubbed his temples with his fingers, turned his face to Todd and asked, "What should we do today?"

　　 Todd thought about it for a while, and said after a moment: "If possible, I want to go to the cathedral again, but the question is how to get out of here..."

　　 "Is Mr. Todd here?"

　　 There was a strong and loud sound from the door, causing everyone in the hotel lobby to turn their heads and look.

　　 The rising sun shines on the shining armor that has been taken care of, and the reflected light is dazzling.

　　The visitor is an old man. When he was young, he probably had jet-black hair. Now, even though his temples are full of silver wires and his eyebrows are white, he is neatly arranged. His eyes are bright and energetic, without the lifelessness and turbidity of a half-old person, giving people a feeling of pious heart and clear spirit.

　　 Hudgens saw who the person was, his face instantly turned from red to white, he turned his body in a panic, and fled the hall with his hands and feet together.

　　 The old man kicked a bench with his feet, and hit the man's back impartially, causing the latter to fall on the ground and gnawed mud.

　　 Just when Huggins was about to get up, the old man hooked his leg with one foot, put him down again, and stepped on his spine.

　　 A voice exploded above the man's head and echoed in the lobby of the hotel.

　　 "Asshole thing! I'll settle your account with you later!"