Soul of Burning Steel

The sky gradually faded, the stars and the moon did not go away, and amidst the rolling clouds, it began to snow again.

The sky that was originally torn apart by the star arcs was once again covered with clouds under the agitation of the wind, and the faint snowflakes gradually fell. At first, almost no one noticed, but later, it became like catkins and dandelions. The fluffy snow grew into a sudden snow like a goose feather.

Moldova is closer to the north than Moldavia, and half of the year is covered in ice and snow.

In the snow, on the city wall, the resting knights were waiting for the notification from the orderly who arranged accommodation for them. Wearing armor and taking off their helmets, they put their weapons beside their horses, breathing quietly, and occasionally Conversations came from the crowd.

"Hey, the shadow that suddenly appeared just now should be the head maid of the lord?"

Near the spiral staircase, a young knight with good eyes saw his lord and the golden-haired golden swordsman walking quickly towards the central tower on the side, and a silvery reflection was caught out of the corner of his eye.

He immediately turned his head and wondered to his companion beside him: "I wanted to ask before, why did the lord take his head maid with him? The person disappeared halfway, and he didn't know where to go, why did he suddenly appear now?"

"Don't bother with so many things."

A certain old knight god who seemed to be very experienced was there, he shook his head and said, "I don't need to explain to you what my lord does... In other words, the question you asked is meaningless at all, and do you know the profession of shadow guard? "

"what is that?"

"You can understand it just by listening to the name."

The young knight was full of curiosity, and the old knight was also willing to answer: "Generally speaking, in order to ensure their own safety, whether they go out or fight, the big men usually bring a few guards and elite soldiers with them, even if our lord is so powerful. , Occasionally there will be critical times... But ordinary guards cannot always be by their side, so the shadow guard profession appeared like this."

He patiently explained: "The shadow guards have an ability called shadow hiding. They can lurk in someone's shadow and follow the target they need to guard at any time—of course, they can also be used for assassination, but compared to similar Shadow Assassins, their strength is more defensive."

"In the rumors, I heard that Mr. Fan, the old earl's housekeeper, is a shadow guard. If there is no accident, this young maid should be Mr. Fan's junior or apprentice. When she disappeared, she should have sneaked into the adult in the shadow."

"maybe……"

"You guys are really long-winded, what's the point of talking about this kind of thing."

Another knight also joined this topic, this guy casually said: "It doesn't matter what her occupation is, what disappears, anyway, the lord didn't say anything, so we don't need to care about this matter - the knight should think about how to kill her." enemy?"

"Right."

"indeed so."

They were silent for a while, and then nodded in agreement. The knights who were talking to each other immediately gave up thinking about such meaningless things. They shrugged and said, "Anyway, it has nothing to do with us, just manage your own battle."

Miss Shenji naturally didn't know that she had become an inexplicable shadow guard in the eyes of others - God knows how they guessed - but it was not a big deal.

With the sound of hurried footsteps, the three of them had arrived at the central tower.

The snowflakes were falling slowly all over the sky. In the cold wind, two [hexagrams with red background and gold lines] flags representing the Scarant family were erected at the entrance, and they were blown loudly, because all the combat power was gathered on the city wall Therefore, there are no knight guards at the gate of the tower, only a few maids with hurried faces coming in and out.

And a maid with a beautiful face, short silver hair and sapphire-like eyes stood expressionlessly at the door. When she saw Brandon walking quickly with Joshua and Hotaru from a distance, she naturally greeted him. Go up, and whispered to Brandon: "Sir, Ma'am is in the bedroom now, and she is not in a very good condition...you should go and have a look first."

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

The blond swordsman's eyes were full of worry, but just before he was about to leave, he turned to the soldiers and his party with a trace of apology and said, "I'm sorry, I'm now..."

"No need to say much."

Stretching out a hand, Joshua shook his head, stopped the other party from explaining, and said briefly: "Go."

Heaving a sigh of relief, Brandon said to the silver-haired and blue-eyed maid: "Miss Ye, take the two distinguished guests to the reception room. I'll be there later."

"Yes."

Hearing that the calm-faced maid agreed, the blond swordsman turned his head and set off immediately, walking towards the depths of the tower, walking hurriedly and extremely anxiously.

"..."

He is really a good man who loves his wife.

It was too late to continue to sigh, the blue-eyed and silver-haired maid named Ye was already standing in front of Joshua and Yingying, she lowered her head, saluted slightly, and then continued to use the previous voice without a trace of emotion. Said: "Please follow me, the reception room is not far away, we will be there soon... you can wait for the arrival of Madam and Sir."

"Thank you."

Without saying anything, the black-haired warrior followed the maid and walked in the tower. After turning two corridors, a spacious room with luxurious and comfortable decoration appeared in front of his eyes.

The beige plush carpet covered the floor, and the warm breath came from the burning fireplace. Exquisite portraits were hung on the walls on all sides, and there were a few comfortable-looking seats beside them. Under the chandelier made of crystal and pyroxene, a small potted plant that looks emerald green is placed in the center of the large table in the center. You can see some turquoise lines undulating on the surface of the potted plant. It is a magical plant.

"If you have any requirements, you can tell the maids outside."

Standing at the door of the reception room, Ye did not go in, her eyes narrowed slightly, as if her mind was not here, but the maid lady still said in a respectful tone: "They will try their best to meet the requirements of the two distinguished guests."

"Too polite."

After thinking for a while, Joshua was not really polite. He looked down at his body that had already been exposed under the attack of the black dragon's chaotic dragon breath, and then said directly: "Then please come to me." A suit that fits."

Ye didn't answer, but just nodded slightly, and then she turned her head to the maid beside her and gave instructions a few times, then turned around and walked towards the spiral staircase leading to the upper floor of the tower.

With the soldier's hearing ability, he could naturally hear that the pace of the maid, who had seemed very calm and quiet before, was a little hasty, even a little hasty, as if she was very anxious.

"They are all loyal."

Sitting on the seat, Joshua said something casually, and then the soldier turned his head to look at Ying Ying, who was standing behind him and hadn't spoken since the beginning. Loyalty, you performed really well today, the bones of many monsters are so hard that they cannot be pierced by a lance, but under your blade they are torn apart randomly like straw paper... Don't stand stupidly, sit down."

Speaking of this, the soldier seemed to recall the scene of the fierce battle, and his heart was pounding, and he couldn't help but began to recall it again.

Hearing her master's praise, Yingying was naturally very happy. The silver-haired magical girl turned her head to look at her master. She expected to see his master's smile, but she could only find that the black-haired soldier was looking up at the crystal chandelier hanging Looking at the ceiling of the reception room, his eyes were blurred, as if he was recalling something that he found very interesting.

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