A few days later, a piece of news spread in Keene.
It is said that Creek Keane has contacted some suitors who he feels are relatively weak and will not pose much threat to the Keane family, and is preparing to hold a cocktail party for these suitors to meet Miss Anna Keane. Let’s meet and communicate with each other to finalize the final fiancée.
This thing is just a rumor, but it is said that it has a nose and eyes, which is very realistic. Many suitors who got the news hurriedly sent people to investigate, and as expected, many clues were discovered.
Therefore, these personnel who were sent out to investigate hurried back to report. The suitors who got the news contacted each other, and each other's news confirmed each other, which further proved the matter.
As a result, the suitors couldn't help themselves and discussed how to deal with it.
In a temporary camp outside Keen City, Connor Griffin from the Griffin Principality listened to the report of his subordinates, his face turned cold, and the good mood that he had just vented happily disappeared.
He was sitting on a chair made of calming fragrant wood, with the Ice Tears Pearl, a treasure from the deep sea, hanging on his body. However, the two treasures that could calm the mind together could not suppress the anger and violence rising from the bottom of his heart. .
With a slight force on his foot, the woman he used as a footpad made the sound of bones breaking. This woman was the result of his hunting this morning. He originally wanted to keep it for dinner, but now he couldn't.
Perhaps for this woman, being able to die so easily was considered a relatively happy thing, but Connor's mood became worse and worse, and his eyes became more and more cruel.
"That man named Crick actually had the guts not to send me an invitation?" He asked coldly: "Who gave him the courage?"
No one answered. The subordinates all knew the uncle's temper. If he spoke at this time, he would easily become the target of his anger.
Life is so precious, no one wants to die here in a daze.
Connor Griffin is the highest-status suitor among the suitors this time. He is the younger brother of the Grand Duke of the Griffin Principality. Although the Grand Duke has four sons, in any case, he is one of the legal heirs of a country. With his status, marrying a mere baroness is really a huge honor.
But in fact, Connor did not even issue an official note. According to Keen Territory's official information, this camp belonged to a businessman named "William".
The main reason why he came so secretly was because Connor's reputation was so bad.
This prince of the Griffin Principality has a series of vicious nicknames such as "Griffin Beast", "Evil Wolf", "Man-Eater", etc., and...if it weren't for his respected status, these nicknames would still be Even more unpleasant.
His mother was a spy from the Orc Empire, a half-orc of werewolf blood. She was discovered and captured by the former Grand Duke Gryphon when she was disguised as a maid and sneaked into the palace. Ordinarily, spies should have been executed, but the previous generation of Griffin Archduke happened to be tired of playing with human women and was very interested in the exotic female werewolf, so he made an exception and spared her life.
Some months later, which is too long to go into detail, the woman became pregnant. But she did not give in, but kept resisting. Later, the former Grand Duke Griffin made her completely lose the ability to resist, so she cursed and kept cursing, cursing the former Grand Duke Griffin, and also cursing this child.
Finally, in order to allow the child to be born smoothly, the former Grand Duke Griffon cut open the body of the female werewolf who had been tired of playing with it, and asked the evil mage who majored in necromancy to instill all the vitality of the woman into the woman with a ghastly and terrifying spell. The baby, who was less than a month old, kept the child alive and named him Connor.
Connor has good martial arts talent. He is already a high-level warrior at nearly forty years old. He has also made some achievements in magic and has advanced to become a rare magic swordsman. It's just that his character is violent and vicious. He often gets angry over trivial things and commits various cruel behaviors.
At first, the former Grand Duke Griffin studied the child's behavior with great interest. Later, after he focused his main attention on seeking independence, he lost interest in Connor. After his death, his eldest son, the contemporary Grand Duke Griffin, succeeded to the throne. The contemporary Grand Duke Griffin had no good impression of this cruel and tyrannical younger brother, and was busy with government affairs, so he simply ignored Connor and left him to fend for himself. .
If this continues, Connor will probably become a marginalized figure in the royal family for the rest of his life, with money and status, but no actual power, and most likely not even a fief. Unless he can break through to the legendary realm, this will be it for the rest of his life.
Of course, Connor didn't want to go on like this, so when he heard that Baron Keen, the "Pearl of Thunder", was seeking a marriage, he became interested.
Given his status, there would certainly be no problem at all in marrying a mere baron. No matter how bad his reputation is, it will not damage his status as the prince of the Griffin Principality. But Connor knew that his reputation was extremely bad, and if he seriously proposed marriage, he would most likely be rejected by every possible means. So he decided to live there concealing his identity, and then suddenly reveal his identity in public at the critical moment, directly threatening Anna Keen to marry him.
As for when that "critical moment" was? Will it go well then? These questions were a bit too profound for him. He didn't want to pay attention to them and was too lazy to pay attention to them.
But this definitely does not mean that he is a fool. Crick Keene hid the truth from most of the suitors and secretly contacted the suitors who had no background to hold a cocktail party. He clearly wanted to take advantage of the fact that everyone had not discussed the matter directly. Set it down to avoid long nights and dreams - of course, it may be that the sick man is already dying and has to hurry up and get something big done.
Connor didn't bother to think carefully about Crick Keane's thoughts. What he was thinking about now was how to determine the time and place of the reception
As long as the time and place of the reception are determined, he can just barge in when the time comes. What can a mere baron do to him
It would be fine if that Crick Keen knew the truth. If he didn't, he would just snatch the little girl named Anna away and come back to inherit the title after giving birth to a child. Simple and clear!
This is what the "ferocious beast" came up with.
On the other side, Duluk Richie from the Dhaka Business Alliance remained calm after hearing the news. The son of a big businessman was still eating with a smile, and even his hands holding the knife and fork were shaking. Not a single tremor.
"As expected, he is indeed a person who came back alive from the battlefield of 'The Day the Sun Goes Out'. He can see clearly and make decisions!" After eating, he wiped his mouth slowly, washed his face and hands, and felt refreshed. It's refreshing to drink tea after dinner with an elegant temperament that is completely opposite to that bloated appearance.
He admired Crick's decision, but he couldn't accept it.
The reason is simple, he didn't get invited either.
Although he knew that he would definitely not be invited - because he would definitely invade the Keen family after getting married, and he had even made plans to kill Anna after she gave birth to the child. In fact, this was Richie The family's pre-planned plan - but when it became a fact, he was still very unhappy.
"Go and check carefully to find out when and where the reception will be held. Don't worry about spending money." He said to a few of his capable subordinates. "After you find out, announce it to me and let everyone who comes to propose know it." .”
He paused and looked towards the north of the city with a smile, the camp that no one in the know was willing to approach.
"Especially over there."