The Emerald Tower

Dean's team is heading towards Kathu County.

However, when he was about to enter Katchu County, he suddenly deflected his direction and entered the Emerald Mountains——

"Lord Zelgaon, are you sure that your family ancestral home was built in such a place?"

Entering the mountains, the countess, who was already unable to ride a horse, walked, with questions in her mouth.

However, anyone can hear that there is considerable dissatisfaction in such an inquiry.

In response, the Grand Duke Swordsman comforted Dean with his eyes.

Knowing exactly what the defeated countess was, Dean chose to ignore the other party for now.

Of course, the four upper ring spell scrolls promised by the other party, plus a boutique-level magic item, are one of the important reasons for Dean's choice.

"Vandy, this is not the'ancestral home' of the Dean family in the true sense, but a place similar to another courtyard...because something happened at that time, the ancestors of the Dean family had to regard this as 'Ancestral House'!"

The Grand Duke Swordsman served as the answerer.

However, when he said more, he asked Dean with his eyes, until Dean nodded, then continued.

Of course, these are all the excuses Dean prepared in advance.

Among them, because of Harlem's appearance, some adjustments were made.

At least, there is no need to go there alone with euphemisms such as ‘close to hometown’.

"Something happened? Isn't that...very common?"

The countess was startled, and then laughed slightly with self-deprecating mockery.

Any noble family. There will be so-called inheritance. And such inheritance. There will always be quite a lot of things, especially when there is more than one heir.

The Grand Duke Swordsman was silent on this.

Dean wouldn't say much.

The group was silent, unconsciously speeding up their pace.

And after the sun was completely westward, Dean stopped--

This is a low mountain with lush green trees on it, and the birds returning late are making waves. Crisp and sweet.

However, no one has noticed that there are houses or buildings similar to houses.

"Lord Zelgaon, your'ancestral home'..."

The countess subconsciously wanted to ridicule, but in the next moment, she would not speak.

As Dean walked forward quickly, a ripple appeared in front of Dean, and Dean disappeared in front of everyone.

Illusion? !

The people present watched this scene in surprise.

Then, one by one.

It was like passing through a thick curtain of water. When everyone feels the whole body loosens, the whole person's eyes are bright.

The scenery is still the evening. However, a small manor appeared in front of them.

The white exterior wall is full of green plants. Although it hasn't been in the real lush season, there are already yellow-green shoots, and of course, there is still that height.

The three floors above and below, one floor against the window, all look like this.

In front of the house, a hexagonal snowflake-shaped statue fountain, with bursts of cold, sprayed with layers of ice crystals.

The closest thing to Dean and the others was a row of iron fences mixed with masonry structures, enclosing the entire manor, and the paint on it was a bit mottled.

However, there is no trace of rust.

Therefore, it is only dilapidated, but not dilapidated.

In the distance, the lights in the second-story building next to the manor’s main building also showed that it was not unattended here.

Obviously, some of Dean's intrusions alarmed the people there.

An old man walked out with two middle-aged people.

The old man’s hair and beard were all white, and he was wearing a housekeeper's uniform. He walked at the forefront with a walking stick as high as half a person in his hand. The two middle-aged men behind him were in ordinary clothes. There are snowflake-shaped hexagons of heraldry on both sides of the skirt, and in their hands are long swords and long bows.

The old man glanced at the people around him, and finally, his eyes fell on Dean—

"Master?"

The old man asked with some uncertainty.

"It's me, Sidrew! Tom, Jerry, I'm back!"

Dean nodded, and then nodded at the two middle-aged men. The middle-aged man with a long sword and a long bow in his hand nodded joyfully.

"These are my friends and will live here tonight..."

Dean ordered the old man one by one.

After a while, the two middle-aged people hurried forward to prepare, while the old man accompanied Dean to the main building.

The heavy hall door was easily pushed open, there was no harsh sound, and there was no dust inside. On the contrary, it was very clean, especially when the candles were lit, the whole hall had a bright feeling.

"It's really not easy to maintain such a manor with three people close to you!"

The countess said suddenly after looking around.

"The servants of the Zelgaon family are definitely not ordinary servants!"

As a housekeeper, the old man looked at the countess in front of him with a smile, and with a light movement of his fingers, a bottle of clear water floated into his hand from a distant table.

wizard!

Everyone present except Dean was surprised.

Obviously, they didn't expect that the gray-haired old man in front of them would be a wizard.

The old man ignored these surprises. He looked at Dean: "Master, is it still tea?"

"Ok!"

Dean nodded, and then Dean looked at the young people of the Fecharan Knights, "Chad, you take someone to help Tom and Jerry-dinner, and accommodation are all left to you! "

"Yes, my lord!"

Chad and the young people nodded without complaining.

Especially Chad, as Dean's retainer, these things themselves are what he should do.

Chad brought the young people to help, and Sidru, the housekeeper of the Zelgaon family. Take tea. Entertaining the Grand Duke Swordsman and the Countess.

As for the guards of the countess?

Obviously there is no such qualification. He straightly followed Chad and left.

"Black tea with honey!"

"Mint tea with wine!"

The Grand Duke Swordsman and the Countess separately reported the drinks they wanted to drink, and Dean was taken aback by the formula of'mint tea with wine'.

This is the first time he has seen such a drink.

"This is a tea-drinking method from the men on the sea-they need the refreshing mind of mint and the scorching heat of spirits... However, those spirits have already been replaced by light alcohol! Am I right? The countess of the Katchu family!"

The old man explained with a smile, while preparing.

The teapots flew in the air, and the teacups followed. And in the stove, as the old man pointed his finger casually, a flame appeared.

"Mr. Sidrew, are you very unusual? A housekeeper can know so much-the Katchu family comes from the sea, I am afraid many people don't know this!"

The countess looked at everything in front of her forehead with interest, especially Dean's old butler, which made the countess full of interest.

"As the steward of the Zelgaon family, some things must be understood, and some things must be learned!"

The old butler said calmly.

"It's like. The spell you cast?"

The countess asked with a smile.

"Well, it's like the spell I cast. In the same way, I'm also proficient in pharmacy, except for swordsmanship... because I'm getting older, I've fallen!"

The old housekeeper sighed with regret.

The Zelgaon family is best at swordsmanship, spells and pharmacy.

This was clearly known to most of the emerald nobles, and it was undoubtedly revealed in the body of this old steward.

Especially the kind of sophisticated appearance that used the ‘Witcher’s Hand’ made the countess embarrassed.

You must know that to be able to use the ‘hands of the wizard’ in such an indifferent way requires at least the strength of a high-level wizard, because only a high-level wizard can permanently solidify two or three spells of the ‘juggling’ level.

And now, a high-ranking wizard appeared as the steward of another family.

Thinking of the Kimpton she paid for a high-level wizard again, for a while, the countess's heart became more and more unbalanced.

However, the countess wisely did not "throw out the olive branch"!

She knows very well that she can maintain the loyalty of the servants of the ancestral house in the Emerald Mountains.

Such servants will never change their courts just because of Kimpton and the like, and they will even arouse considerable disgust.

Therefore, the countess simply shut up and stopped talking.

The Grand Duke Swordsman had no scruples. As Dean's friend and instructor, the Swordsman who was always willing to stand on Dean's side was very happy to chat with the old butler.

From the entire mansion to the surrounding forest, there is some history of the Zelgaon family.

The old butler answered one by one.

Especially the surrounding forest and the history of the Zelgaon family are even more precious.

And this made the countess put down the last trace of doubt in her heart.

This is indeed the ‘ancestral home’ of the Zelgaon family—although, according to the record, it should be another courtyard; however, Dean was born here for sure.

When the countess was holding a tea cup and saw the oil painting on the side of the hall corridor, she became more and more sure.

The man in the painting takes a child.

The man is not young anymore. He looks about forty years old, his face is four or five points similar to Dean at the moment, and he is well dressed and very elegant.

As for the kid?

The countess glanced at ~www.readwn.com~ and felt a sense of stubbornness—even though it was far from the calmness of Dean, she was certain that the child in the painting was Dean.

"Huh, a little kid!"

Glancing at the blouse as trousers, with a cheerful and stubborn look of Dean, the countess commented.

Then, she returned to the corner of the hall with the tea cup, and sat quietly on the sofa, waiting for the start of dinner.

ps first more~~

Decadent apologizes to everyone... This chapter is late...

At noon, a friend who hadn't seen him for a long time came back and asked Decadent to go out for dinner-eating and chatting, but at the last look at the watch, it was half past three...

t.t (to be continued...)

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