Knight and Wand

Chapter 108 Conspiracy
The door was gently closed.

The shy and hurried footsteps of the girl outside the door gradually faded away.

Leon first sat back in his chair, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his heartbeat that was like a train engine.

But soon.

In the room where no one else was, he tried to keep calm, but gradually his hypocritical expression failed to hold back.

Getting such a clear response from the girl he had long admired, the joy and excitement brought out in him made the corners of his mouth rise higher and higher until they stretched behind his ears.

"Hey~. Hehe~ Hehe~"

“Haha~haha~!! Hahahahahaha~!!!”

Leon, beaming with joy, jumped up from his seat.

He excitedly punched the air several times with both hands, and was so happy that his whole body seemed to be twisted and deformed, crawling in the dark.

The excitement in his chest was beyond words. Leon wanted to rush out of the main castle and run a few laps around the square like crazy.

Of course, it was late at night and I definitely couldn't run out and act crazy in someone else's castle.

He had no choice but to turn around, take off his sword and throw it aside, then throw himself on the bed, hugging the pillow and rolling back and forth like a maggot.

How could he not be excited by this reality that suddenly came like a fantasy?

To be honest, at the moment he made the agreement with Olivia, he felt happy. At the same time, he even thought of what to name their child in the future.

The girl's name is Altria!
The boy's name is Arthur!

While grinning foolishly and fantasizing about the future, Leon crawled into bed with a mad face.

He was destined to stay awake all night tonight.

As the night deepened, as if by tacit understanding, Olivia lay on the small bed in the servant's room, also tossing and turning under the quilt, unable to fall asleep.

The girl covered her burning face with her hands, her long eyelashes fluttering in the darkness.

Olivia never thought about it. She was just coming to the city to prepare some gifts for her friends.

Now she secretly and the boy she loves, even skipping the step of romance
Directly accept the other party's hairband and conclude the marriage contract.

Will my father object?

Shouldn’t it be~?

The girl hid her face in the quilt
When exactly is it?

The throbbing in her heart quietly evoked the girl's precious memories that were still fresh in her mind.

Is it the interesting conversation and knowledge that were different from ordinary people when we first met?
Was it the fearlessness that saved her from despair?
The girl closed her eyes.

Recall the time when you were surrounded and had the peace of mind and trust in others when you had your back to them.

Integrity, courage, kindness, goodness, diligence, gentleness, and consideration
~So interesting and mysterious~
Thinking of this perfect knight who seemed to have walked out of a legend, not only was he willing to protect him, but he also belonged to him completely.
The girl felt a little secretly happy and satisfied.

The other person's gentle smile appeared in her mind, and Olivia fell into a sweet dream with a slight smile, looking forward to the distant future.

The narrow room seemed to be filled with a faint fragrance that made people feel comfortable and at ease because of this silent sense of happiness.
In the silent night, time passes silently.

I do not know how long it has been.

The simple door lock of the servant's room was gently turned by the key.
The door frame hinges began to creak uncontrollably.

After the candlelight was extinguished, the wooden door was slowly pushed open in the dark room.

".?"

Olivia, lying on her side on the bed, opened her eyes silently.

Her exceptionally keen hearing woke her up from her sleep at the piercing sound of the door opening.

As her eyes adjusted to the darkness in the room, the girl saw a figure walking carelessly into her room without paying any attention to the sound of footsteps.

Leon?

No.

Olivia frowned and narrowed her eyes.

The rhythm of those steps was not Leon's pace.

There are even more obvious differences in body shape.

more importantly.
The girl could smell the lingering smell of blood on the other person.

It's not the smell of poultry or livestock, but a faint smell of salty rust, the smell of human blood.
Thief? Burglar? Robber?

Robbers can also enter the Baron's castle???
The girl suppressed her doubts and lay quietly without saying a word, but her right hand had already quietly reached under the quilt to the edge, ready to strike.

Just wait for that bold guy who is so arrogant that he doesn't even slow down his steps to get close to him.

The figure in the darkness walked quickly towards the bed in the room.

He didn't seem to be worried at all about waking the girl in the bed.

He didn't even notice that the girl in the shadow had already opened her eyes.

The intruder licked his lips and eagerly stretched out his hands toward the outline on the bed.

He has done what he was supposed to do. The rest is up to others.

Before escaping with those guys, he just wanted to enjoy the unexpected prey as soon as possible in the interval between this life-threatening action.

The next moment.

The quilt on the bed was lifted up with a whoosh.

The girl's right hand instantly grasped the intruder's right arm like an iron clamp.

Before the figure could scream, Olivia suddenly pulled, and used her petite body to leap up from the bed. At the same time, her amazing strength seemed to displace the intruder, and she slammed him hard onto the edge of the bed.

Bang-!
The intruder's face hit the wooden bed board with a heart-pounding crisp sound. The intruder was knocked unconscious, his nose bled, and he almost passed out from the pain.

The girl whirled behind the man like the wind and kicked him on the knee, while at the same time counterattacking by grabbing his arm.

The other hand tightly grasped the man's hair and pressed his head against the hard edge of the bed.

"Who are you!? How dare you break into a guest's room in the lord's castle?"

Olivia immediately shouted.

After hearing the girl's cry, the intruder came back to his senses and was thrown into confusion.

The girl's voice behind him left no doubt in his mind that he had not mistakenly entered any knight's bedroom.

This is the room of the beautiful maid during the day.

But how is this possible!!
How could a girl with yellow hair who probably hasn't even grown all her hair yet be able to stay conscious after being anesthetized for such a long time? !

She is not one of those strong and powerful knights! ?

But the next moment, the intruder's horrified question was answered by the amazing strength behind him that made it difficult for him to break free.

No matter who this girl is, she is not the helpless maid as expected.

The figure was unwilling to sit and wait for death, so he shouted and struggled desperately.

With the only left hand that could still move, he pulled out the bloody dagger from his waist and stabbed the girl behind him with all his strength.

But Olivia simply released her left hand that was pressing down on the opponent's head, and her five fingers easily clamped the clumsy counterattack.

Smelling the strong smell of blood emanating from the dagger, the girl's eyes froze.

This damn guy is not just a thief, he is a villain who has hurt people! The kind girl no longer deliberately held back her strength, and the irresistible force was like breaking brittle bamboo. With a click, she twisted the intruder's left wrist holding the dagger in the opposite direction.

"!!!ah--!"

Under the great pain of broken wrist, the dagger fell out of his hand, and the figure let out a heart-wrenching scream with tears streaming down his face.

Olivia was furious. She looked coldly in the darkness, took a step back, grabbed the man's wrist that was hanging down with her left hand, and threw it back with force.

The petite girl threw the intruder as if she was throwing a huge rag doll, and slammed him against the low table in front of the bed.

There was a loud ding-dong noise.

The fragile table fell apart with a loud bang as the girl threw it angrily, and the figure almost fainted from the pain.

Picking up the weapon beside the pillow, the girl drew out her sword, and accurately pressed the sharp blade against the opponent's neck in the darkness.

The man felt the deadly cold metal touch on his skin and stopped groaning in horror, fearing that he would be beheaded by the sharp blade in the next moment.

"Evildoer, I don't know who you hurt with that dagger, but if you don't surrender, I will cut off your evil hands right now."

Olivia warned indifferently, her cold voice no longer as gentle as when she was talking to her friends.

But suddenly, thinking of Leon in the guest room above the tower, the girl felt panicked.

She quickly turned her head and shouted a few times outside the door, trying to attract the castle guards at the entrance of the tower on the lower level.

Then the girl stepped forward, grabbed the guy by the collar, and placed the blade across his throat.

"Tell me, bastard! Where have you been just now? Whose blood is on the dagger?!"

The girl gritted her teeth and shouted in shock and anger.

She instinctively clenched the hilt of the sword, and her beautiful eyes had never contained such a murderous intent towards others as they did at that moment.

"~Cough cough cough cough" The figure with a mouth full of loose teeth and blood from the fall began to cough and stutter heavily.

Before he could answer, there was a sudden sound of bare feet running on the brick floor outside the door.

"Olivia! Olivia!" Leon shouted anxiously, enduring the inexplicable feeling of drowsiness in his mind.

He was in a deep sleep when he suddenly heard the girl's call. He ran down with a sword in his hand without even wearing shoes.

Rushing to the half-open door, Leon kicked it open and looked inside in panic.

It was not until Leon could vaguely see Olivia holding a sword in the light of a candle lit by someone in the corner outside the door that he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Leon~" Seeing that the other party was fine, Olivia's voice softened, and the murderous intent in her eyes disappeared like melting snow, and the girl felt relieved.

Throwing the limp intruder behind her, the girl hurriedly ran to the door on her bare feet.

"You're not hurt, are you?"

"Are you OK?"

The two of them couldn't help but express their concern almost at the same time. After a moment of hesitation, they both felt relieved.

It seems that both of them are safe and sound.

While Leon was relieved, he turned to look at the figure subdued by Olivia.

He bent down and picked up the candlestick outside the door, which was most likely lit by the intruder.

He held the candlelight, carried the sword, and walked into the other side again with Olivia.

A man in his twenties, dressed as a castle servant.

Although the guy's left wrist was twisted and dislocated, and his face was covered in blood, it seemed that he was beaten badly by the girl.

But Leon still felt a double surge of anger in his heart, and he almost had the urge to chop the other person into meat paste on the spot.

It wasn't just because this damn guy had clearly trespassed into his partner's room.

He was also instinctively angry at the bastard for daring to reach out to the beloved girl to whom he had just successfully confessed his love.

He is not stupid. A man sneaking into a girl's room in the middle of the night is most likely to have some purpose.
Just to steal?
Leon vowed to make this guy pay a sufficient price, but he did not express this malicious intent in front of Olivia.

However, when he thought of this, while he felt scared, he couldn't help but feel some uncontrollable anger towards the Thorn Flower Family.

The servants in the castle actually had bad intentions towards the guests staying there?
Even a man with a good temper like him could not tolerate such humiliation.

But at this moment, no one was seen coming from the castle. Leon could not help but turn around and roar at the door: "Guards--!! Where are the guards?! Are the guards fucking deaf?!"

Olivia looked at the boy in front of her, showing a rage she had never seen before, and couldn't help but reach out and pull at his sleeve.

“Don’t be angry, Leon, I’m not hurt. This guy was stupid. He walked in so arrogantly and was knocked down by me.”

But Leon was so angry that he couldn't swallow the panic just now. He said to the girl helplessly: "You are not injured because you are strong enough, but if you were an ordinary girl..."

Leon stopped talking halfway, took a deep breath, and said to Olivia directly without any reservation: “Let’s not separate tonight, just think of it as me being scared, you can protect me if we are together, right?”

Indeed, when the two of them were together, he was the one who was actually being taken care of.

This move was of course more for peace of mind. Anyway, Leon didn't want to let the girl out of his sight tonight.

Olivia nodded warmly in her heart and just said "hmm" lightly, without any intention of objecting.

After all, this is not the first time that I have simply rested in the same room with the other person.

Leon couldn't help but look out the door again.

".Where are all the guards dead? Can't you hear this?"

He felt that he had slept soundly tonight, but was awakened by the sound of Olivia calling the guards.

Considering his repeated shouting just now, it made no sense that the guards downstairs would not make any movement.

Besides, Olivia and I weren't the only ones staying in the rooms upstairs and downstairs in the tower. How come no one came after I called for so long?
Is this tower so soundproof?
When Olivia heard Leon's doubts, her face suddenly darkened and she glanced sideways at the intruder who was curled up holding his severed hand and wailing in a suppressed manner.

At this moment, under the light of the candlestick held by Leon, the girl recognized him.

That person was the strange servant who spoke to him during the day.

"Answer me, whose blood is on the dagger? Did you kill the guard down there?!"

The girl raised her sword and pointed it at the other party, continuing with her previous question.

“No, no, no.” Although the man dressed as a castle servant had fear in his eyes, he still kept his bloody mouth tightly closed for a moment of hesitation.

Dagger? Blood?

Leon looked around at the messy ground and saw the bloody weapon in Olivia's mouth.

The bloodstains on it seemed not to have dried yet.

But since the girl was not injured, whose blood was it?
Considering that the guards downstairs had no reaction at this moment, Leon regained his senses from his anger, and his brain realized that something seemed to be wrong.

A servant of the castle was so bold that he not only broke into the room of the visiting knight's attendant in the middle of the night with bad intentions, but also killed the soldier who was guarding the door? ?
"Let's go out together. I'll take care of this guy. You hold the light. We'll take him outside and find someone to come over."

Leon handed the candlestick to Olivia, walked towards the man, pulled him up roughly, then held his sword at attention and pushed the guy out the door.

As Leon carried the staggering guy out of the door, he suddenly felt something sharp under his bare feet.

He stopped, moved his feet and looked down.

Olivia saw Leon's sudden reaction and quickly lowered the candle in her hand to illuminate him.

There was a small strip of unburned solidified substance at the original crack in the door, and the dark scorch mark at the front was obviously the trace of previous burning.

Leon looked at the color and properties of this thing after burning. It looked familiar.

This can be regarded as a side story to answer someone who spit at me because of Boris's incense in the early stage of the book. At that time, I couldn't spoil it and had to hold it in. Now I can finally say that the high magic element of Olivia's bloodline brings more than just magic resistance +. Even if Boris didn't provoke the protagonist, and used the medicine on Olivia as originally planned, it would only mean that she died early and was reborn early.
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