Tome of Blood

Chapter 342 -192- Yurst and Nice

In the garden of the Earl's Mansion.

The gardener and maids looked at the two figures, one big and one small, shuttling through the garden from a distance, with strange expressions on their faces.

As the object of the crowd, Yurst didn't care about other people's eyes.

With a smile on his face, he leisurely chased after a certain shadow, or more precisely, behind Nice...

I saw the black cat Niss jumping onto the tall tree beside him, his agility didn't look like a fat cat eating balls at all.

And Ulster strolled to the tree, smiling and looking at the black cat on the tree trunk:

"Dear Your Excellency Nicholas, why are you avoiding me? I just want to have a chat with you."

"Meow! Nothing to talk about! You mistook the cat! My name is Nice! Not Nicholas!"

On the tree trunk, the black cat denied.

"Oh? Really? Maybe I heard it wrong, but...you seem to have left a lot of familiar designs in the Legris family."

Urst took out a few design drawings of magic props found from the Legris family from his arms, and said with great interest.

"Meow! What's so strange about this? As the magic cat of the Castel family, what's wrong with knowing a little bit about magic equipment design?"

"Really? But I see that the drawings you left behind are very similar to an old acquaintance I have known for hundreds of years. Not only the drawings, but also your name, do you know? His name is Nicholas, He is a very good legendary mage."

"Meow! Of course I know that great and wise legendary mage, that great legendary mage is respectable, and that's why I learned his magic style!"

"Oh, then I may have admitted my mistake. If I remember correctly, the animal that my old acquaintance hates the most in his life is also a cat. Thinking about it...he is so proud, he should never want to become a cat. A fat, black cat, huh?"

Nice: ...

"What do you know? Master cat, my body is healthy! Do you understand meow! You can only feel it if you are fleshy! You can be cute only if you are fleshy! You can ask the maids and sisters in the Earl's Mansion to see who doesn't like it. I?!"

"Huh? But... they seem to say that you always like to spy on them in the bath, and your lecherous eyes are like a wretched uncle, which makes people very helpless."

Nice: ...

"By the way, the lustful thing is also very similar to my old acquaintance hundreds of years ago, um... oh, you can't really be him, can you?"

Nice: ...

"No, no... I must have made a mistake. After all, when I discussed with that old acquaintance the secret method of prolonging the life of a mage when his life expires, he was proud and swearing that maintaining the human form is the ability of a legendary mage. Demonization, blood transformation, reincarnation and other methods are all evil ways, so he has no interest in changing himself into the appearance of those low-level creatures."

Nice: ...

"Huh? Why are you silent? I'm not talking about you, please don't mind."

"After all...you are just a black cat who knows magic and makes magic tools. You have a similar name and personality to the legendary mage Nicholas."

Nice: ...

Looking at Niss's already dark cat face on the tree trunk, which became darker and darker with his teasing, Yurst's smile became brighter and brighter.

No matter how Niss denies it, no matter how Niss argues, the person and cat standing on the tree under the tree actually know it well——

A certain "pet" of the Earl's Mansion, whose stomach has become more and more round recently, lost his vest following the failure of the Gorefiend Sect's ceremony.

Looking at the bearded and staring black cat on the tree trunk, Yurst's mood became more and more comfortable.

How many years has it been since he teased this guy so happily?

From when the other party disappeared, at least... I'm afraid it must have been more than two hundred years, right?

As a blood-born earl who likes to stay in the castle and study magic inscriptions, he doesn't have many friends, but the other party is one.

The other party has been missing for hundreds of years, without the object of academic discussions and quarrels, it has indeed made people feel a lot lonely.

Thinking of this, Yurst looked at the black cat with a much gentler gaze.

He sighed slightly and said:

"Your Excellency Nicholas, long time no see."

Nice subconsciously wanted to refute.

But looking at Yurst's eyes full of nostalgia and regret, he finally suppressed the refutation that had come to his lips.

After a while, it said silently:

"Nicholas is already a figure in history, my name is Nice, and I am a black cat."

Yurst moved in his heart and asked:

"Then...Your Excellency the black cat, can you tell me what you have experienced in these years?"

"You should know that after the disappearance of the legendary mage Nicholas, I went to look for him on purpose, but no matter how I searched, there was no news of him. Apart from knowing that he was hunted down by many churches, I couldn't find any other clues at all. .”

"Perhaps... that's why he disappeared, Your Excellency, prying into the secrets of the gods will always pay a price."

Nice was silent for a moment, then said.

"Pry into the secrets of the gods..."

Ulster thought about it.

He revealed the color of memory, and then sighed:

"Perhaps, after all... he has indeed always been an ungodly mage."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the black cat on the tree trunk again, and asked suddenly:

"So... can you answer my other question?"

"What do you want to ask?"

Nice asked warily.

Ulster's eyes fell on the forehead of the black cat, or more precisely, on the looming sacred emblem of the thorn rose, with a strange expression:

"When...when did you sign a slave contract such as a servant's oath with the ancestor?"

Nice: ...

Its cat face suddenly collapsed again, but soon regained its strength, showing a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and looks like a broken jar:

"What do you know? This is called hitchhiking, understand?"

"Those hypocritical gods are indeed disdainful, but the True Ancestor of Blood is different. After all... even at the most brutal time, the old man will never cover up the truth of the gods like some existences do, but Always on the bright side!"

"At least... this is stronger than many gods!"

"As for now... Master Cat is very satisfied with the revived True Ancestor, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Master Cat to have the opportunity to witness His return to the throne!"

After hearing Nice's words, Yurst's heart moved:

"Oh? Hearing what you said, you should have dealt with His Majesty the Ancestor on a daily basis?"

Nice looked proud, and subconsciously wanted to show off, but suddenly realized something, and instantly became vigilant:

"Go, go, go! You want to set me up, don't you? Don't talk! Don't talk!"

Looking at the black cat that reacted, Yurst felt a little pity.

To be honest, he really wanted to know the news of the ancestor's crown. This time he returned to Beigang with Castel's team. In addition to wanting to uncover the vest of a certain black cat, he also had a desire for the ancestor's identity. curious.

After all, if his guess is right, the ancestor should be in Beigang!

One cat and one person stared at each other on and under the tree, and the topic suddenly froze like this.

Until Charlotte's recognizable voice came over:

"Nice, Your Excellency Yurst, what are you doing here?"

Seeing the girl who came to the garden accompanied by Sebastian, Niston suddenly jumped down from the tree like seeing a child with parents, and ran directly in front of Charlotte, hugging Charlotte Te's thighs faked crying and howled dryly:

"Meow~! Lord Charlotte! You've come! This abominable blood family dead house just bullied your pet cat!"

Yurst: ...

Charlotte: ...

"Okay, stop howling, the vest has fallen off."

Charlotte withdrew her leg from Nice's arms in disgust, and complained flatly.

"Forehead……"

Nice's expression was a little stiff.

And Charlotte glanced at it faintly, and continued:

"Also, is there something missing in the magic book you left behind last time?"

"Huh? Huh? What do you mean?"

Nice was taken aback.

Charlotte glanced at the blueprint in Yurst's hand, and looked at it with a half-smile:

"Need I wake you up?"

Niston immediately understood that Charlotte was referring to the production of magic energy arrays and magic equipment. It swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said carefully:

"Well... no need, kind Lord Charlotte, I had some concerns before, so I didn't write everything down. Later... I will complete it later."

"Just remember it. Next, I plan to build my own extraordinary army. Do you know what to do?"

"Don't worry! Technical things! Master Cat... Oh no, Nice, I will definitely satisfy you!"

The black cat raised its paw and swore.

Charlotte was quite satisfied with this attitude. She nodded slightly, then looked at Yurst aside, and said with a smile:

"Your Excellency, my pet didn't cause you any trouble, did it?"

Yurst froze for a moment, then subconsciously replied:

"No, no, we were just chatting."

Charlotte nodded slightly and said with a smile:

"That's good. Thank you very much for your assistance in suppressing the rebellion in the North. Without the support of the blood of Ness, it would be much more difficult for Castel to win the war."

Yurst hurriedly said:

"You are polite, I am just following the will of the ancestors."

"Not to mention, Castel is also my ally of Ness, even if it is for the next operation to restore the fallen stars, the Ness clan will provide support to Castel."

After listening to Ulster's words, Charlotte's heart moved slightly:

"Oh? Is the Ness clan planning to take back the control of Fallen Star?"

Yurst hesitated for a moment, then nodded:

"Yes, the Great Elder has already imprisoned Elder Maxim. Taking advantage of the Castel rebellion, he once again cleaned up the remnants of the Shedete Party within the clan..."

"Within the clan, there are no other voices regarding the implementation of the Return to Star Project."

Charlotte nodded slightly, and then continued to ask:

"So... what is the overall attitude of the Ness clan towards Castel?"

Ulster paused and said:

"You mean Castel, or...the existence behind Castel?"

"It counts."

Yurst thought for a while and said:

"Then let's talk about the existence behind Castel. After all, this is the key to the change of Nais's attitude. The Naiss clan already knows about Castel, or more precisely behind you, there is a recovered God, and most likely an ancient blood-born god..."

"However, the clan doesn't know who this god is, let alone that he is our returning ancestor."

"Nice currently hopes to regard Castel and the gods behind him as allies, but if he knows that he is the ancestor's crown, it may be different."

"With all due respect, due to historical reasons, the vast majority of blood races do not want to see the return of their ancestors. Fear and precaution are the mainstream within the blood race."

"So...my suggestion is that we still need to keep the blood descendants of the Fallen Star a secret, at least until the strength of the ancestor's crown is restored."

After listening to Ulster's words, Charlotte felt a little helpless.

To be honest, she didn't want to be an enemy of those clans of the blood clan, especially after gaining the power of the "Web of Faith".

Perhaps the former true ancestor of blood didn't care about faith, but strengthened his strength through blood descendants.

But now that she has mastered the power of "faith", she can completely avoid conflicts with the blood clan.

Under such circumstances, it is the most cost-effective deal for her to find a way to resolve the conflict and find a way to win over all those blood descendants.

However, the relationship between the True Ancestor and the Blood Race is the most critical of those Blood Race demigods.

Considering that almost all of these descendants have true ancestor ptsd, she really has to keep a low profile until she has no absolute strength to suppress or have a way to change the attitude of the demigods of each clan.

Or in other words, like the development of Yurst, develop your own dependents within each clan, and then find a way to divide and win...

"I understand, Your Excellency Yurst, thank you for your information, the gods will consider your suggestion."

After thinking about it, Charlotte said.

"Your Excellency Castel..."

Yurst hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said:

"Although the Nass clan is afraid and fearful of the ancestor's crown, and will never sit back and watch the ancestor's return, but I think everyone is afraid of the former ancestor..."

"Every revival of the gods will be somewhat different. If, I mean if, if it is the current ancestor, maybe... maybe everything will turn around."

"Of course, this matter also needs a long-term plan. I also hope that the ancestor can give me some time..."

Charlotte nodded slightly and said with a smile:

"The gods will."

And at this moment, a maid rushed over suddenly, attracting her attention.

"What happened? In such a hurry?"

Charlotte asked, frowning.

"Master Earl, the girl brought back by Sebastian has awakened."

The maid said respectfully.

"Girl?"

Charlotte was startled, and then suddenly realized that the other party was talking about the black dragon Eudocia.

She nodded slightly and said:

"I see."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and greeted Yurst slightly, and said with a smile:

"Your Excellency, the one brought back by Sebastian is awake. I want to meet with you in person, so I won't talk to you any further."

"Please feel free, I have not been staying in the Northland for a short time, and it is time to go back."

After saying goodbye, Charlotte left the garden accompanied by Sebastian.

Looking at the girl who was gradually going away, Yurst finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For some unknown reason, every time he saw the representative of the ancestor, he would subconsciously feel nervous.

Especially today, the other party's aura is obviously not strong, but standing there brings him an invisible pressure.

"Hey... It's really hard to do things between the ancestor's crown and the clan."

Shaking his head secretly, Yurst sighed.