Alien Knights

"Have all the roses been brought back?"

Huggins touched the mustache on his chin, looked at the list in his hand, and said, "Well, except for the pot in the hands of Her Majesty, all the other 31 pots have been placed."

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

Todd turned around in surprise.

"Those troops from the palace have set up guard posts outside the gate, but it doesn't look like they are watching us, but rather...protecting us." Huggins closed the list and put it in his arms: "The Silver Ring royal family seems to take care of us. Not only did they send troops to protect them, but they also booked this hotel for us to stay temporarily. Well, my lord... Are you sure you don't know the queen...?"

Todd shook his head and said, "Today is the first meeting in the cathedral."

But in retrospect, he always felt that there was something strange about it.

Todd, who had just returned to the hotel from the banquet, was filled with disgust and hatred for the aloof and beautiful queen.

At first he thought that because of the "tea party" in Muxi Town, Queen Mary colluded with those nobles who didn't like him, set up a scheme to capture the "grafting rose" and humiliated him in public.

But after calming down, he discovered several strange places.

First of all, if the queen and those nobles were of the same breed, for a powerless little priest, he only needed to lead the army to confiscate the carriage and drive him out of Silver Ring City.

Secondly, during the gamble, Todd, who was observing the surroundings, discovered many times that the Queen planned to stop the gamble.

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

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

Finally, there is one more thing, the matter of arranging guards.

If they rushed to the banquet, the purpose of those guards from the royal family could still be said to be surveillance and escort; but after returning, they still stayed behind and took over the defense of the hotel instead.

Is the queen different from those nobles and has other purposes? But why didn't she just invite her directly, but instead made such a big detour with a banquet and a game of gambling?

Just when Todd was thinking about it, Huggins elbowed him to divert the former's attention.

"What about that alien girl? The one you brought back from the banquet." Huggins raised his arm, rolled up his sleeves, and showed Todd the two rows of thin tooth marks on it: "Compared with the nobles, that girl seems to hate the church people more. I was just bitten, and Edgar was so cold that he couldn't lift his hands."

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

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A white candle made of beeswax was burning quietly. Beside the fireplace decorated with complicated patterns, Queen Mary sat quietly on a wooden chair. The creamy complexion with a little blush in the white snow, under the warm candlelight, lightly casts a hazy halo. She had already taken off the heavy and complicated court gown in the daytime, and she was wearing the bed clothes designed by herself and cut by others.

On the white fine linen long gown with tight sleeves, thin silk seams are embedded in the shoulders and chest, and the inner part that looks like the morning glow and snow is faintly visible. Meticulously embroidered and beautifully patterned ties adorn the gathered cuffs, and terracotta stripes and filigree trim just below the collar. The brisk and lively style of this kind of clothes is obviously contrary to the secular dress code required by the church, but it looks natural, generous and unique.

"Thirty million silver month?! This giant debt, let alone the old bastard of Kenned, is to move the entire kingdom, all of them! Hahaha!" Gayi VI enlarged the document in his hand, listening to his wife happily, telling everything happening at the banquet, and laughed while patting the handrail: "When asking him to ask for money, he was crying in front of me and moving. Don't put on an old clothes. Buying a house has never seen him stop. This is already the tenth. "

"Your Majesty, this is different from what I originally thought. Whether it is silver refining or the eye of God, Father Todd's accomplishments in alchemy are obvious to all. If you can introduce him to become a royal alchemist, many problems will be solved. However, considering the tense relationship between the church and the kingdom, 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 people opposite. .

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: "We can talk about this tomorrow, let's put those things aside first, and take a look at the gift I prepared for you, the famous painting by Gutero's master painter Heteris."

The happy Queen Mary couldn't wait to unpack the package, looked at the magnificent pattern on the canvas, and laughed happily: "It's really beautiful. This is his late work. It is rumored that it was destroyed in the war. I didn't expect to see it here! In my gallery, another vacancy has been filled!"

Thinking of the coins spent for this painting, Guy VI bit his lips in pain, and then took his wife's hand: "The painting will only be here, and it won't go anywhere, but our time is slipping away, it's time to go to rest..."

The queen's body froze, but she regained her composure after a while, and nodded with a smile.

The quiet moonlight hides in the clouds, and the dark night descends into the world.

Putting a hand on Mary's waistline, the king carefully came to her shoulder, and wrapped his words around the pillow softly.

"Feel sorry."

The former shook his head, but still turned his back to 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 quilt tighter on her body, her voice was not loud, but her tone was unquestionable: "As I said, I don't like to use those dirty things."

The man sighed heavily.

The woman buried her head and said nothing more.

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The eastern sky was a little brighter, and Todd was up early.

He didn't have any problems with sleeping, but it was different from Muxi Town. The strange environment and tense atmosphere in the city made it difficult for him to fall asleep at ease.

To his surprise, Huggins and his subordinates were already fully dressed and patrolling inside and outside the hotel. The black eye circles on their faces prove that even with the "guards" outside, these people are still doing their duty.

Knowing that Todd had the habit of eating breakfast, Huggins handed the rye bread and eggs that had been prepared to the former.

Drinking the clear water brought by the hotel owner, Todd took small bites of the rough bread and turned his gaze outside the door. Yesterday's "gambling" incident made it necessary for him to think carefully about what action he should take next.

Huggins did not disturb his thoughts, walked not far away to direct the farmers, and began to check the status of the rose flowers.

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

The former yawned, rubbed his eyes, walked in front of Hudgens, raised his chin, stretched out his right hand familiarly, and bent his fingertips inward. The latter rolled his eyes, shook his head, and handed over the half-eaten wheat biscuit left in his arms.

Little Jerry came to Todd's side, looking happily at the pigeons walking back and forth in the open space outside the door.

Edgar took the pancake, sat on the bench beside the priest, and ate the pancake hungrily. Todd glanced at him, then at the half of the bread left in his hand, patted Jerry on the shoulder, and handed the food to the tall man squatting beside him.

Edgar, who licked every finger carefully after eating the pancake, glanced enviously at Jerry, suddenly remembered something, and said to everyone in a proud tone: "In the final analysis, I still have a way! I have convinced the girl named Pamela yesterday that we are good people!"

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

Edgar coughed twice, and said in an unusually serious tone: "Miss, although we seem to be members of the church, we are actually the embodiment of justice. Otherwise, think about it, why did we hide you here instead of sending you to the Inquisition?"

Huggins aimed at his head, and slapped him: "You're the only one who talks a lot!"

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

Todd thought for a while, and said after a while: "If possible, I want to go to the cathedral again, but the problem is how to get out from here..."

"Is Lord Todd there?"

A thick and loud sound came from the door, causing everyone in the hotel lobby to turn their heads.

The rising sun shone on the gleaming armor, and the reflected light was dazzling.

The person who came was an old man. When he was young, he might have had black hair, but now, even though his temples are covered with silver threads and his eyebrows and beards are white, they are neatly arranged. His eyes are bright and full of spirit, without the lifelessness and dimness of the half-old people, giving people a feeling of piousness and clear spirit.

Huggins saw clearly who was coming, his face turned from red to white in an instant, he turned around in panic, and fled the hall with hands and feet.

The old man kicked up a bench and hit the man's back impartially, causing the latter to fall to the ground.

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

A voice exploded above the man's head, echoing in the lobby of the hotel.

"You bastard! I will settle your account with you later!"

The last two updates have been a bit of kidney pain, and today I changed to a 3,000-word chapter, and I'm going to catch up on the latest American dramas and new episodes tonight.