Crown of Chaos

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When he came out of the palace, Aaron kept a straight face. The happy atmosphere brought by the Midwinter Festival had disappeared. This sudden bad news cast a shadow on the arrival of the New Year.

"Aaron..." Eleanor was already angry about this tragedy. The pastor carefully paid attention to Aaron's expression. Seeing that her boyfriend remained silent, she took the initiative to hold Aaron's hand: "Are you okay? It happened. This kind of thing..."

"It's okay. I'll leave it to you to take care of my cousin and cousin." Aaron sighed, shook his head, and gave Eleanor a big hug: "Wait until I come back."

"Well, I'll wait for you."

Eleanor took the initiative to stand on tiptoe, touched Aaron's lips lightly, and followed the guards.

The palace is not a hospital. Maximian and Anna will be transferred to the Sullon Temple in Susar for treatment and will be recuperated until they can be discharged.

Alice Searle would bear the cost of treatment, and the Princess Regent issued an amnesty to her cousin and cousin, granting them citizenship of Sousal, which meant that although both Maximian and Anna were deprived of their Sarian surname, But they were finally able to return to life in Sousal.

After being exiled for ten years, the coveted pardon was actually obtained in this way... Eleanor really didn't know what to say.

After Eleanor left, the eldest lady took the opportunity to hold Aaron's arm. Charlotte's face was filled with joy, and the heels of her black suede deerskin pointed-toe boots spun in a circle on the snowy road. : "Hey, my brother and I are the only ones left now!"

"Well, let's go, sister, let's go find our teammates." Aaron glanced at Charlotte helplessly.

My sister, a warlock, is really...but I don't blame him. As mentioned before, the two people's souls are in harmony. Charlotte can easily rely on a connection similar to Kara to feel Aaron's true inner thoughts at a glance. .

"But it's so late. We have to set off again tomorrow morning. Brother, where are you going to find your teammates?" Charlotte tightened her long windbreaker. The eldest lady was interested in this: "Sister, I don't want to form a team with random people. .”

"I know someone is on standby." Aaron didn't say much.

"Well, sister believes in you!" Charlotte always had unconditional trust in Aaron.

Aaron first took Charlotte to the Purple Dragon Knights. During the midwinter holiday, the Purple Dragon Knights only had a small number of guards on duty.

It was learned from the guard that University President Leonard was not in the Knights.

"Where did he go?" Aaron asked the guard.

"I don't know, but Sir Leonard will probably go to those few places." The guard replied: "Sir Aaron, there are no offices everywhere today. There is a high chance that Sir Leonard will go to the refugee camp." It’s over.”

"knew."

The two walked through several blocks and arrived at the refugee camp. It was already a little late, and Charlotte couldn't help complaining: "Aaron, are you going to call your senior? But isn't he a paladin?" "

"We have to call the paladin for this kind of thing." Aaron was very sure: "Only the paladin will be willing to team up with us at this time to go on a mission, and will not blackmail us severely."

"Hee, it's like this, my younger brother is the smartest." Charlotte's little hand wrapped in a long white glove touched her lips. The eldest lady's golden eyes turned, and she showed joy again: "Holy Samurai are just a bunch of stupid, stupid idiots who are best used as helpers, but brother, you can make friends with them, but don't become like them!"

"No." Aaron shook his head.

At this time, the two of them had arrived at the neighborhood where refugees were resettled in Alice Serre. Even on the snowy night of Midwinter, many refugees from Arabelle in shabby clothes were still crowded in the streets and alleys. Many of them had nowhere to stay. Tents can be set up in some small alleys, or people can crowd together under awnings of houses facing the street.

Because of their presence, the entire neighborhood and nearby places had a dirty and messy atmosphere, which also made the eldest lady frown, and Charlotte and Aaron got closer.

Likewise, the presence of Aaron and Charlotte elicited reactions from many refugees.

At first glance, these two people are not good friends. They are surrounded by an aura that is inaccessible to strangers.

But they had nowhere to hide.

There were even a few people who were unresponsive. The Susar guards transferred by the Princess Regent cursed that they had to work overtime during the Midwinter Festival. They lifted these unresponsive people from the ground, wrapped them in a torn blanket and piled them on top. On the streets and alleys.

Many people who were alive had their feet turned black and hard from the cold.

Aaron ignored the refugees and grabbed a guard casually: "Have you seen Leonard? Purple Dragon Knight."

"Sir Leonard is over there at the porridge shack." The guard wanted to curse, but when he saw Aaron and Charlotte, he quickly lowered his head.

As soon as he approached the porridge shed, Aaron heard a roar.

It was Leonard who was roaring: "Is this called porridge?! What kind of porridge are you cooking? The clear soup is so watery that I can even see my face!"

"Sir, we don't have enough wheat and flour..."

"Thom, I can chop you with a sword right now! His Highness the Regent just approved the food yesterday!"

"But...if this is the case, these grains are only enough to eat..."

"I'll let you add it now! Now! Now! Just! Add it!"

Leonard kicked away the brazier where the guards were warming up, and the paladin was furious.

A dozen meters away, someone froze to death, while the guards hid in a shed warming themselves by the fire.

"Yes, yes, yes, Sir." The guards finally added food to several large pots.

After asking, Leonard asked the guard again: "Has any of you seen Derek?"

"Senior." Aaron appeared.

"Aaron?! And... Miss Karadna?" Seeing that Aaron and Charlotte would appear in such a place, Leonard was obviously stunned, but the paladin was still angry at this time, and he Indicating that something happened later, he said: "Please wait a moment, I'm looking for someone."

"We'll look for it with you." Aaron nodded.

After a while, Leonard found Mr. Derek in his mouth.

This was a short, thin man with bandages on his legs. He was wearing thin clothes, huddled in the corner and shivering, holding a bowl of very thin porridge with a few vegetable leaves floating in his hand.

"Derek, I've been looking for you for a long time." Leonard looked around at the short man, and the paladin looked confused: "Wait, where is your cotton coat?"

"Sold it." The short man said casually: "You didn't come yesterday. I didn't have money to eat or drink, so I sold it."

"Ah?" Leonard didn't expect this to happen. The paladin said in disbelief: "Sold? You won't survive the winter?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. I don't have any money to drink, so I have to sell it." Derek squinted at the paladin. The short man then turned his attention to Charlotte next to Aaron, with a look in his eyes. A burst of light: "Sell, sell, oh, where is this beautiful lady, as beautiful as an angel, sell..."

"Hey! Derek!" Leonard called him, forcing him to shift his attention back, and used his body to block his view of Charlotte: "How much did you sell? Who did you sell it to?"

"Sold it, maybe 6 silver coins. At that time, a merchant outside came to collect it, so I sold it." Derek said impatiently: "It's mortgaged. The interest is 3 copper coins a day. If you don't redeem it in 20 days, it will be gone." ”

"You just sold the cotton clothes I bought for you?" Leonard covered his head, and the paladin felt dizzy.

"Then you gave it all to me, why can't I sell it?" The short man tried to poke his head around but couldn't get past Leonard's body. He became even more impatient: "Oh, please, you knight grandfathers just slipped out of your hands. A little bit is enough gold all over the floor, but you still need a cotton coat?"

"Then how much money do you still have?" Leonard then asked.

"There's not even a penny left."

"Didn't you sell the cotton-padded clothes I gave you for 6 silver coins?"

"Yes, but I want to drink and eat. They will all be spent soon." Derek shook his head and said, "Do you have anything else to do? Don't disturb me while I eat porridge."

The expression on Leonard's face changed. The paladin saw the short man shivering with cold, and then saw the bowl of porridge in his hand that was like boiling water. Finally, he took out a few copper coins from his body and gave them to him: "I still have some coins here. I’ll give you some money so you can eat something decent.”

"Oh, oh, thank you, Sir Sir, you are such a kind person." The short man immediately took the copper coins. He counted them and found that there were only 5 copper coins. There was a look of disappointment and complaint on his face, but he immediately put them away. , raised his hand to indicate that he had received it, then ignored Leonard and continued to drink porridge.

Leonard walked out, and Derek glanced at the paladin's back, holding five copper coins in his pocket and thinking with disdain.

You only have five copper coins on your body, and you still call yourself a paladin?

They didn’t even redeem the cotton-padded clothes for me!

Why is this person so hypocritical?

After coming out of the refugee camp, Leonard was finally free: "Junior, what's the matter?"

"Have you spent all the money, senior?" Aaron patted Leonard's strong arm with a half-smile: "Come on, I need your help with my affairs. The price is 325 gold lion coins. This time it may be a bit dangerous. , be mentally prepared."

Aaron told Leonard about the murder of his people.

"What? Such a thing actually happened!" After hearing this, the university president was immediately furious. He immediately nodded: "No problem, I accept this commission. See you tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then it's settled... By the way, senior, do you know where Disma went?" Aaron then asked.

"Disma, maybe going to a party."

"What? Someone like the second senior would invite him?" Aaron said in surprise: "Did you fill in the wrong name?"

"Many Purple Dragon Knights went to the Midwinter Party organized by Manakorn-Anaheim. Recently, Disma has become very close to Manakorn's group." Leonard spread his hands: "Invited too Me, I just didn’t go.”

Aaron raised his eyebrows and said without saying anything more: "I know, see you tomorrow morning, senior."

After parting, they walked for a while and the eldest lady, who had been silent from beginning to end, finally spoke: "Brother, if this senior of yours always does things like this and has similar thoughts, he will one day break his vow and fall."

"Perhaps, but we have no right to interfere with other people's decisions." Aaron said softly: "I have advised you as much as I can. How to practice the way of the paladin depends on him, not on me."

The snowy, winter night sky was dim, the elder sister clung to her younger brother, the eldest lady leaned on her younger brother's shoulder contentedly, and then put Leonard's matter behind her.

If it weren't for Leonard being her brother's senior, she wouldn't even have expressed her opinion.

"The next one."

After a while, Aaron found Samir Morningstar of the Harper Alliance.

This buddy is having a party in his residence. There are about a dozen people sitting in the gorgeously decorated hall. They are singing and dancing together, enjoying fire food, and the big apple pie.

Samir's master, Eleonora, was dancing on the table. She danced gracefully and enchantingly, tapping the heels of her high boots back and forth, but she was always able to avoid all the dishes, wine utensils and decorations.

The dance of this succubus master was obviously magical, and everyone present was moved by her dance, and the atmosphere became more and more heated.

Charlotte's eyes were sharp, and the eldest lady almost instinctively covered Aaron's eyes to prevent him from looking around.

Facing Aaron's appearance, Samir was surprised: "Aaron? You actually came to me?!"

"I understand, you must want to join our Harper Alliance, right?"

"No..." Aaron was speechless.

Why does this person always want to recruit him to join the Harper Alliance?

I also plan to trick him into joining my Chaos camp. Wouldn't it be more exciting than hanging out among the Harpers?

My own career is more exciting than dealing with the Zhentarim or the Cult of the Dragon~ I can also teach Samir how to go on the Chaos Expedition!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if Samir could think clearly and still retain his position as the Lord of Chaos?

Aaron told Samir about his story.

Samir showed an embarrassed expression, and the quasi-master magician whispered to Aaron: "Hey, buddy, no one wants to encounter this kind of thing, but you have to know that today is Midwinter, and until the New Year It's a holiday, I can guarantee that everyone will sleep in tomorrow morning, and even if you offer three times the price, no one will go on this dangerous mission with you."

"And...we have a newlywed couple here today. They are coming to Cormyr for a wedding trip. I have to entertain them, otherwise it won't matter if I go with you."

"Now, that's them." Samir pointed to a man and a woman surrounded by everyone.

"Sister~" Aaron asked Charlotte to let go.

Following Samir's instructions, he saw the newlyweds on their wedding trip to Cormyr.

The newlywed husband is tall and powerful, with wheat-colored skin and a pair of piercing eyes. However, in contrast to his powerful appearance, his posture is very low. He mostly smiles or bows his head politely to show humility. From time to time, he even Take a look at the woman next to you and observe her reaction.

The newlywed wife is shorter than her husband. She has a much slender figure, slightly reddish white skin, and long auburn hair tied into a series of small braids. She is very beautiful, but this This kind of beauty is different from that of a princess, an eldest lady, or a priest. It is a kind of wild and unruly beauty. Her eyes exude primitive wildness, and her thick lips seem to indicate this.

The same pointed ears as Eleanor indicate that she is a half-elf.

"Introduction, they are my Harper Alliance partners, Druid and part-time warrior Ms. Jaheira, and warrior Mr. Khalid."

"Are you interested in making friends with them? Aaron?"

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