The Hero Who Troubles the Heroes

According to legend, King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon built a hanging garden for his wife in Babylon. It is speculated that the Hanging Garden is a step-pyramid-like building, and each of its steps is filled with various plants.

Now, what appears in front of Charles and the others is a garden similar to a hanging garden.

The original hill that was more than 30 meters high has been cut into nine layers, and the plants planted on each layer have their own characteristics. There are flowering plants and foliage plants. Although it is autumn now, it is not the season for viewing flowers, but some two-meter-tall trees are full of fruits of various colors, and it does not seem to be too flavorful.

At the foot of the small hill, a small lake several meters wide surrounds the hill. On the hills, water flows down the canals and flows into the small lake.

The carriage stopped in front of a wooden bridge, and under the guidance of the butler, Charles and Arturia crossed the wooden bridge and stepped on the stone steps to the top of the hill.

At the top of the mountain, it was another scene.

A big all-white house is built in the middle of the hilltop, and the open space outside the house is a small garden built around a curved pond. There is a pavilion covered with vines on both sides of the pond. In the pavilion, you can see the spring in the middle of the pool.

Unfortunately, due to seasonal reasons, many plants have begun to lose their leaves.

The housekeeper led the two guests into the house, with a huge oil painting hanging on the porch. As soon as he entered the door, Charles was attracted by this oil painting.

Different from the common paintings of religion and heroic figures in this world, the oil painting depicts a middle-aged couple and their children on an outing by the lake.

On the left side of the picture, the middle-aged couple sits and whispers on the blanket under the tree, the blanket is full of fruits, snacks and fine wine. In the middle of the picture, a little further away, a young man is playing with his hound, another young man is sitting on a rock by the lake and playing the concertina, and a beautiful girl in a long dress takes off her shoes Throwing it on the grass by the lake, at the moment, he is holding his skirt and playing with the water in the lake. On the right side of the picture is a lake that reflects the trees and blue sky in the distance. The rippling lake is dotted with two butterflies flying over the lake and a fish jumping out of the water.

The whole oil painting shows a warm and cheerful picture full of family through rich and harmonious colors and elegant tones.

Charles stared at someone in the painting for a long time without saying a word. The housekeeper stood quietly, not disturbing his appreciation of the master's work.

After Charles retracted his gaze, the housekeeper introduced: "This is a work made by the master in his early years. It records the scene of the master's family outing at that time."

Charles pointed to one of the people in the painting and asked, "Does this person come back every year to visit his mother?"

The butler smiled and nodded, then led them to the living room.

This is a circular living room decorated like a pavilion. There are many windows on the wall of the living room, the base of the wall is bright green, and then gradually fades upwards, and when it reaches the semicircular dome, it is already pure white. The copper decoration on the wall consists of vines, trees, flowers and other patterns, which are also dotted with bees and butterflies. The patterns on the dome are flying birds, and none of the many bird species and postures are repeated. Sitting in the living room is like being in a spring field.

After the maid served tea, the butler asked Charles to wait for a while, and he went to inform the master of the arrival of the guests.

Arturia admired this unique living room with great interest. Usually, the decoration of the house is mainly based on geometric figures, and the irregular pattern lines are only auxiliary. It was the first time she had seen a spring field-themed decoration like this living room.

Charles introduced her to the side: "Mrs. Very is a master of art who dares to break the rules. Her works are based on the theme of daily life, and she advocates the use of art to express the relaxed and pleasant side of daily life. In terms of painting techniques, She has further deepened the perspective application of near big and far small, near real and far virtual, and she is also an advocate of direct coloring."

At this moment, a burst of hurried and broken footsteps came from outside the door. Not long after, a tall and thin old woman wearing a long beige home dress hurried into the living room.

Charles and Arturia stood up from the sofa, ready to salute her. Who would have thought that Mrs. Very came directly in front of Charles and raised him high.

"Little Charles, aren't you injured?" Mrs. Verrey was relieved after checking that Charles' arms and legs were intact.

"Thank you for your concern, Mrs. Verrey." Charles thanked after taking his seat again.

"Don't be so polite, call me mother-in-law." Mrs. Verrey said, rubbing Charles' head, "your mother was one of my best students back then, and the last time I came to your house, you were still in Winnie's belly. Inside. This spring, your mother sent me a big box of maple syrup. Didn't expect, alas…”

"That's right!" Mrs. Virey suddenly remembered something, and she asked the housekeeper to bring something over.

After a while, the butler took out an oil painting from the room next to the living room. The background of the painting is a garden, and the protagonists are a little girl in a small dress standing by a chair, and a little boy less than two years old sitting on the chair.

Mrs. Verrey pointed to the portrait and said to Charles, "Look, this is the portrait of you and Mila drawn by Winnie, and she sent it six years ago."

Recalling the experience when he and his sister were models in the garden and were posed by his mother in more than ten kinds of poses, Charles couldn't help but sigh.

After recalling the past, Mrs. Verrey asked, "Charles, what can I do for you when you come this time?"

Charles replied: "Now I have worshipped the Elf Princess Elizabeth as my teacher, and at the same time served in the 'Big Tree and Wheel' caravan. It was just that I was separated from the caravan for a few days for some reason not long ago, and now I plan to wait here for the arrival of the caravan. ."

Although they are acquaintances, they should have some courtesy. Charles made a gesture, and Arturia, who was beside him, handed a flat gift box to Mrs. Very.

When nobles travel and do business, sometimes they need to stay at other nobles' homes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At this time, accommodation and food expenses are naturally unavoidable, but it is a bit emotional to talk about money directly, so it appears The practice of replacing room and board with gifts.

The host will arrange the guest's accommodation standard according to the guest's gift. Generally speaking, the value of the gift is the bottom line. The hospitable host will sometimes raise some standards.

If someone's standard is far below the value of the gift, the family is waiting for notoriety. Seriously, in the future, he will not be able to find helpers in fights, and he will even be called by the lord to scold him.

However, Mrs. Verrey declined the gift from Charles. She said to Charles, "Don't be so polite with me. You are like coming home. However, I have a small request."

"Mother-in-law, please tell me, I will try my best to do what I can." Charles replied.

Mrs. Very looked at Arturia for a while, and then said to Charles, "I'm too old to hold a paintbrush, so I've been preparing the last painting in my life for the past two years."

Then she sighed, "I want to end my painting career with the theme of the King of Knights, but I can't grasp the essence of the King of Knights' temperament, so my painting has not been completed."

In the end, she said: "And your knight looks a lot like the king of knights, and his temperament is 80-90% similar. So, can you let her be a model for me these days?"

Charles held back a smile and replied, "If she agrees, I have no objection."

Arturia was stunned. She didn't expect that the first thing she would encounter after returning to human society was to let her play herself.

After she saw Mrs. Virey's white hair and wrinkled face, as well as the expectant look in her eyes, she finally agreed.

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