The mage arrives

The succubus came to the main material world this time to help, or supervise Ben Anisa to complete the transaction between the two parties.She is not interested in the relationship between the bishop and the Death Will sect, but she has to pay attention to the safety of this man.After looking at the hut, Melanise asked: "Mr. Bishop, do you need my help to kill all those peepers who are ambushing outside?"

"No need." Ben Anisa shook his head, "Anyway, with the protection of magic spells, they won't know what I'm doing in the house, and if they act rashly, they will only scare the snake away. The enemy still wants to get more useful information from me , will not act rashly. Time is on our side, as long as we maintain the status quo, we will be victorious. Besides... with your strength, I am afraid that you cannot deal with those people outside."

"Hehe, are you underestimating me?" Melanise's charming smile carried a hint of danger, "Although relatively speaking, we succubi are indeed not a race that is good at fighting, but if we have absolute strength , is another matter."

Melanise came to the main material world this time. In addition to getting a few advanced magic items from the Succubus Queen, she was also given a few fresh and powerful souls by special gifts. Compared with the time in the mountains, it is no longer the same.Although the bishop in front of me is a high-ranking clergy member of the Church of Dawn, also a part-time necromancer, and possesses the treasure that Her Majesty the Queen covets, but if he really wants to do it, Melanise is still fully confident he kills.

"If you are really strong, you will have plenty of opportunities to prove it in the future, so please don't act rashly, just wait patiently for the time being." Ben Anisa whispered.

"Tsk, boring..." The corner of Succubus's lips twitched slightly, and she shook her head.Then he opened the portal and disappeared into the cabin, leaving behind a chaotic atmosphere that only spellcasters and priests could feel.And the seductive perfume smell that ordinary people can smell.

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Not long after, the Requiem Blessing Day arrived as scheduled.

The whole city of Fleuris is decorated with flowers mourning the dead and white curtains symbolizing purity.throughout the day.Pubs, brothels, casinos and other entertainment venues are all closed. Except for food stores and pharmacies, all other shops are also closed.Both the upper class and the lower class civilians respond to the call of the church on this day, and use a poor and simple life to comfort the victims of the disaster that year.

But after the zero hour bell rang, after the end of the Requiem Blessing Day.The nobles, who had parted for a day with fine wine, food, and luxurious balls, immediately couldn't wait to throw themselves into one carnival after another that lasted until dawn.A mouth that is reciting a death psalm one moment will be filled with food, wine, or someone else's kiss the next. "What a bunch of hypocritical aristocrats." Gordon looked at a young man not far away who was beside Miss Jier, talking about how extravagant and gorgeous the banquet was in the early morning, and couldn't help curling his lips in disdain.

"My lord earl, don't forget that you are also one of this group of hypocritical nobles." Venia put her arms around Gordon's arm and smiled softly.

"Even if it's hypocrisy, it has to be used in the right place. Isn't it stupid to put all your mind on eating, drinking and having fun?"

"Oh? So my lord earl still has such great ambitions. Is this really what the big villain who makes me sore every night say? I think you are dissatisfied with that Earl of Phoenix who has been pestering Jier Miss."

Gordon glanced at Vinia helplessly.This woman originally gave him a ladylike demeanor.However, when the relationship between the two broke through that layer of barriers, and through in-depth "communication" every day, he discovered that this girl, oh no, a woman, was actually quite bold and proactive, and would tease him from time to time.

Of course, this feeling is not bad.

at this time.Gordon and Venia were sitting in the hall of the Temple of Dawn in Freris City.Bishop Ben Anisa apologized for the collision.So Freeman and his fiancé were arranged in the second row of the ceremony.

It's an amazing honor.Because although he is an earl, his status is not low.However, according to the practice of Fleuris City, foreign guests like him can only be given to the guests sitting behind the side of the stage during the ceremony of the Requiem Blessing Day.There is no way, the people of Freiris City are so proud and xenophobic.Maybe they will be polite to outsiders in daily interactions, and enthusiastic when doing business, but when it comes to "etiquette" issues, outsiders will always be inferior.

Unlike Gordon, who received special treatment from Bishop Anisa, the Phoenix family, as the lords of Fleuris City, naturally had the absolute qualification to sit in the best position to watch the ceremony.On the left hand side of Gordon, the best position facing the stage is the seat of Miss Jier, who is now the head of the Phoenix family.

Ms. Veronka is now at the Naval Port in Phoenix.At this critical moment, she dared not relax her control over the army for a moment.And that mage Langdon also had other important things to do.Therefore, after Patriarch Ambrose was injured, the two most prestigious and powerful giants of the Phoenix family did not attend the ceremony of the Requiem Blessing Day.

There are currently three factions within the Phoenix family. The strongest and most orthodox is naturally the faction of Jier's father, Ambrose.He is the eldest son and only descendant of the former patriarch Savansi II.However, the biggest shortcoming of Savannah II's lineage is that there are few people. Up to Jier, it has been passed down by three generations.The offspring of Savannah II's younger brother Antoum and younger sister Matilda are the other two factions of the Phoenix family.

The Earl of Antome's faction inherited a piece of earldom in the hinterland of Changxia Province, while the fiefdom of Countess Matilda was at the junction of Near South Province and Changxia Province.

Today, Jill's distant cousin sits at her right hand as the current ruler of the Antoum faction.The first heir to the Matilda faction, Jill's distant cousin Anna, sat on Jill's left.As for the other seven or eight relatives of the Phoenix family, they sat in the back.This arrangement of seats is probably to take advantage of this rare opportunity to give the three most important young people in the Phoenix family a chance to communicate and build relationships.

Gordon looked at the large group of nobles with the surname "Phoenix", and suddenly felt a little headache.In his view, it was necessary to figure out the genealogy and kinship of an aristocratic family.It is ten times more difficult than learning arcane arts.In the past few days, he felt physically and mentally exhausted just to sort out the messy relationship in the Phoenix family.But in order to find out the traitors within the Phoenix family who colluded with the Death Sect, they had to study the relationship between these seven aunts and eight aunts.It was Vinia.There is an extraordinary flair and great enthusiasm for the study of these matters.If it wasn't for her help, Gordon would definitely not know the specific origins of Jier's cousins.

"Last night, I watched the family tree of the Phoenix family for two hours. It was really exhausting." Gordon rubbed his temples and looked away from Jier.At this moment, the eldest lady seemed to sense something, looked over here, then stared at Gordon and snorted coldly.

The resentment of dissatisfaction could be felt by Gordon across several rows of people.

"Ugh."

Venia glanced at her fiancé, and asked, "What's the matter, are you still troubled by Miss Jier's anger at you? My Earl is indeed a passionate person. But there's nothing I can do. I heard that Mrs. The lady was expecting you to come to the city of Fleuris with all her heart, and she spent three hours just dressing up to meet you that morning. Who knows, you, a heartless man, hid the truth from the innocent young lady of the Phoenix family, Hooked up with other wild women."  …

"How do you know this kind of thing? Besides, that wild woman seems to be yourself."

"Master Earl, when you are busy running around and saving the city of Freris, they can only stay in Red Maple Manor and gossip with those maids and maids." Miss Druid winked at Gordon Blinking, "Also, a woman like her who lives in the wilderness with a bunch of semi-civilized aborigines is a wild woman in the eyes of the nobles of Freyton."

Gordon stared at Vinia's beautiful light purple eyes.I feel that there is a special charm in those watery pupils: "To be honest, I prefer those aristocratic women who use gorgeous clothes and pungent perfumes to hide their superficiality and stupidity. You wild woman."

He wasn't lying.Even leaving aside internal factors such as personality, just talk about appearance.With a body as attractive as a juicy peach, and with healthy wheat-colored skin, Vinia is also more attractive than those stereotyped noble daughters—the most primitive attraction.

Among the women who participated in the ceremony today, only Miss Jier and Renas, the sword-wielding officer, could compete with Venia.

"My lord earl. You can really talk. Do you want to increase the dose of treatment injection tonight? My body should be able to bear it..." Miss Druid leaned close to Gordon's ear with winking eyes , The hot breath made the man's heart beat faster.

"Hmph. Cousin, why are you angry about that kind of man?"

The scene of Gordon having an intimate conversation with Vinia.It was also seen by the cousin next to Jier.He said to his cousin with a look of resentment: "A liar nouveau riche who obtained the title of earl from His Majesty the Emperor by relying on flattery and lies, but he has the courage to covet the most beautiful and noble flowers of our Phoenix family. It is simply beyond his control. Then The guy and the wild woman whose family around him was expelled from the empire are a natural match."

"Brother Raymond, stop talking, the ceremony is about to start, I want to keep a happy mood." Ji'er said with an unhappy expression.

Raymond Antholme de Phoenix didn't understand what Jier said.The eldest lady with blond hair and twin ponytails felt extremely displeased with her cousin's superior language that belittled Gordon, but she couldn't express it directly because of the face of her relatives.Unexpectedly, Earl Raymond thought she was disgusted and no longer wanted to mention Gordon, so he was overjoyed and continued to find topics to chat with her.

Everyone knows Earl Raymond's thoughts about his cousin.And he himself did not hide his affection for Jier.In addition to the outstanding appearance of this eldest lady, who is a rare beauty, he has another reason to get this proud and beautiful little phoenix.

As a branch of the Phoenix family, it has always been the long-cherished wish of the Antome family to gain control over the entire family.And Lei Meng is also full of confidence, believing that this great goal that has lasted three generations since his grandfather will definitely be realized in his own hands.Even if he couldn't ascend to the throne of the head of the Phoenix family, as long as he married Jier, their son would have the right to inherit the entire family, and in the end, the blood of Antome's line.In the end, he was still able to rule the noble Phoenix family.

Although the misunderstood Earl Raymond showed his knowledge and humor beside Jier endlessly, but it didn't have much effect, and the atmosphere stagnated for a while.To break the embarrassment.The girl sitting on the other side of Jill spoke.

"Cousin Jier, Raymond. You know, a very interesting thing happened in my family recently."

The girl who spoke was named Anna Phoenix.She bears the same name as her grandmother and is heir to another faction of the Phoenix family.Miss Anna was three years older than Jier, her appearance was somewhat similar to her cousin, and she also had brilliant blond hair.It's just that her lips are thicker. Some people think that this destroys the balance of the facial features, while others think that because of this, Anna is a little more sexy and alluring than her cousin Jier.

Raymond saw another sister save him.Immediately took over the conversation and asked: "Oh, what is it?"

"Do you know the jade horned horse Mier raised by my family?"

"Of course." Raymond nodded.

In addition to the common interests shared by other Freton noble daughters, Anna also has a special hobby, which is raising rare birds and animals.Mi'er, whom she is proud of, is one of the many rare beasts.The so-called jade horned horse is a special kind of horse with unicorn blood in its body. In professional academic journals, it is called half unicorn.

It is impossible for real unicorns to be bred artificially, so some nobles can only resort to raising jade horned horses to satisfy their rare animal collections*.

But even so.Jade wildebeest is not so easy to raise.In addition to many delicacy, this hybrid animal is also like a unicorn, except pure female.Otherwise you can't ride it.

Due to some inhumane reasons, Miss Anna has never ridden a jade horned horse.But when Ji'er visited her house, every time she was able to get the approval of Mier, the jade horned horse, she rode on it and galloped happily around the private woodland.This made Anna very jealous, but out of awe of Phoenix's master, she could not express this dissatisfaction.

But two days ago, Anna discovered that the slave who had arranged to raise Meer, a 13-year-old wild elf girl, had secretly ridden a jade wildebeest to play in the woods.

It made her almost mad with anger!Jill is prettier than she is.Her status is also higher than her, and she can be recognized by the jade horned horse.Forget it.But a lowly wild elf slave could actually be recognized by the jade wildebeest, which made her completely unacceptable.

"Cousin Raymond, cousin Jier, judge me. A lowly and filthy slave, who is a foreign race, and whose father was once a traitor who led a force to rebel against the rule of the Phoenix family. Such a person, how dare to abuse me, lovely Honey! This is simply lawless, even the kind lady Meridia can't bear such evil!"

Anna said exaggeratedly.However, Earl Raymond didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she said, and continued to ask: "Then, cousin Anna, how did you deal with that wild elf slave?"

"Hmph, although that lowly slave deserves to die, but our Phoenix family governs the territory based on the concept of benevolence and tolerance, which I never dare to forget. So I just transferred this wild elf away and no longer let her take care of her." Honey, and then, I arranged a marriage for her."

"It's really kind!" Earl Raymond whispered.

Some strict aristocrats even impose a "marriage tax" on the citizens in the territory. If you don't pay a large amount of money, you don't even think about getting married legally. As a result, there are many illegal prostitution and illegitimate children in the territory, causing many social problems. Hidden danger.Therefore, Anna's initiative to arrange a marriage for a slave can indeed be called "kindness".

"Then who did you marry that wild elf slave to?"

"Brave."

Hearing this name, or nickname, not only Earl Raymond, but even Jier, who was not very interested in the conversation between the two, gasped in surprise.

As a servant, Man Niu is quite famous in the entire Phoenix family.He is a 25-year-old young man, [-] meters tall and weighs [-] kilograms.With such a huge size, not to mention humans, even among orcs and barbarians, he can still deserve the adjective "brave".In terms of strength alone, apart from the high-level fighters of the Phoenix family who have awakened their power, there is no existence that can match him.

This guy has the nickname "Brute Bull" because of his strong body and a pair of horns on his head: he is a lycanthropy with bovine characteristics.

Perhaps because of this reason, his intelligence is not fully developed, and his mind is now about the same as that of a ten-year-old child.

Marrying a wild elf girl who is slender than ordinary humans to a "cow boy" who is thick and close to the limit of human beings, this kind of marriage can be regarded as quite cruel.

"Hmph, damned slave bastard, after you were brutally broken by the bull and lost your purity, will the jade wildebeest still recognize you?"

Anna Phoenix punished the slave in this way.But in her mouth, she regarded this matter as a strange marriage and an interesting topic of conversation.

"Hey, it's really cheap for that wild elf. The bull is honest and strong. She will have a good life in the future." Earl Raymond laughed, and there was a self-evident meaning in his words.

"Sister Ji'er, what's the matter, isn't this interesting?" Anna asked suddenly.

Ji'er hummed vaguely.

She felt a wave of disgust at the conversation, a mixture of pain for what had happened to the poor wild elf girl, and fear for herself.

In the past, she grew up in a superior environment surrounded by stars and moons, and she never considered the feelings of those commoners and slaves.Cousin Raymond and cousin Anna, as well as other relatives, whether they are peers or elders, have taken good care of her.At that time, she liked Raymond and Anna very much, and she also thought that there was nothing wrong with her cousin's behavior of not caring about the lives and dignity of civilian slaves.Even subtly, they agreed with their ideas.

It wasn't until she met Gordon for the first time in the city of clear water, and then experienced many dangers and betrayals in the Danzi ruins, that she realized that her status as a nobleman does not mean that she really has the power to do whatever she wants. with power.

Then, when she returned home again, she began to re-examine her previous perceptions and actions, and began to pay attention to those who were of low status and were not in the same class as herself.In the end, she benefited a lot, and she also understood how abominable the image of her former unreasonable and unreasonable noble lady was.

It can be said that Gordon not only saved her life, but also inspired her to re-understand the world.Now, when she stayed with Cousin Raymond and Cousin Anna, looking at the ugly faces of these two, she seemed to see herself in the past.

"If I hadn't met Gordon, ten years later, I might have become a disgusting aristocrat like Cousin Anna who flaunted the cruel act of ruining an innocent little girl's life as a joke." Ji'er was afraid that she would become such a person step by step.

She couldn't help turning her head to the side, and glanced at the man who changed her life.But the black-haired and black-eyed sorcerer was currently lingering with his fiancée, looking very sweet.

The blond lady suddenly felt a sense of displeasure.If it wasn't for a long row of seats, I'm afraid even Gordon could smell the sour smell clearly.

"This big villain! May Lord Bahamut punish him!" Ji'er kept stirring her fingers while muttering in a low voice, "Well, it doesn't need to be too harsh, just a little punishment will do."

At this time, the host of the ceremony—the oldest high-ranking clergyman among the three major churches in Freiris City, Sister Gillan of the Platinum Temple announced that the ceremony had officially begun.

The sacred and majestic bell rang, spreading from the temple to the city below the mountain.

The ringing of the bell not only interrupted Jier's reverie, but also forced Gordon to give up making love with his fiancée.The nobles stood up one after another, and then, led by the bishops of the three major churches, including Bishop Ben Anisa, began to sing the requiem hymn.

The singing has been transmitted from the mountain to the foot of the mountain.On both sides of the avenue leading to the top of the mountain, ordinary people who were not qualified to enter the temple to observe the ceremony also began to sing hymns in a solemn and mournful rhythm.