You know, although Qiao Qiao loves Seth very much and hates Seth very much, she is not a woman who blindly indulges in barbarism. When Rody said this, although she was dubious, she couldn't say anything else. After all, she loved Seth deeply and knew that he had important family responsibilities. Naturally, she hoped that her lover would be successful.
Thinking of this, Qiao Qiao softly "hummed". Although she was still angry, her face softened a lot. Regardless of Nicole being beside her, she boldly took Roddy's hand and sighed heartbrokenly: "Look Your hands are much thicker than before! Do you need to work so hard on swordsmanship recently? I still want to hear you play the piano for me!"
Roddy wants to play the piano? I can't even sing and I'm tone-deaf, but when I play the piano it's all revealed, so I can't play the piano.
Feeling distressed, Qiao Qiao's heart softened, and she said softly: "I came to you today because I didn't care about the girl's face! You can't lie to me anymore! You ignored me a few days ago, and I can do it I won’t pursue it anymore, but you must accompany me tomorrow!”
Rody was about to refuse, but Qiaoqiao's eyes widened and she immediately didn't dare to speak. She wanted to agree temporarily and hide herself from her tomorrow. Tulip's house is so big, she couldn't really come to search for people, right
Rody was about to agree, but Nicole next to him said coldly: "Not tomorrow."
"Why?" Qiao Qiao frowned.
"Because he has to practice swordsmanship tomorrow!"
"What about the day after tomorrow?"
"No way!"
"What about the day after tomorrow?"
Nicole's expression was cold: "It still doesn't work."
"Why do you control him so harshly!" Qiaoqiao stared angrily and said, "Why don't you let him be with me?"
Nicole was not angry at all, and still looked cold and indifferent: "No reason. I won't let him be distracted until he passes the exam."
Qiaoqiao turned pale with anger and almost turned her back on the spot - you know, her sister is the queen, and her family's status is extremely noble. In the imperial capital, she had always been used to being respected and pampered by others. How could she bear this kind of anger? Moreover, in the heart of a girl who has been carried away by love, all the people in the world who prevent her from being with her sweetheart are extremely hateful.
But then she thought about it, the other party was Seth's sister, and she really fell out with her, fearing that something was wrong. She angrily stomped her foot, glared at Nicole, and then suddenly came close and gave Roddy a gentle kiss on the face. kiss. Then he glanced at Nicole as if demonstrating.
Rody was caught off guard, and before he could react, the other party's lips were already on his cheek, and then he quickly left him.
While Rody was still in a daze, Qiaoqiao glanced at him with a blushing face, and then lowered his voice and said, "I will come to you secretly."
Before he finished speaking, the goblin turned around and ran away. Looking at Nicole's face again, it looks like a storm is about to come. After holding it in for a long time, Nicole finally gave Roddy a hard look and walked out without saying a word.
A farce ended just like that. Although Rody wanted to stop Nicole, and although he had a lot of things to say to Nicole, he couldn't say them out at the moment. He just covered the half of his cheek kissed by Qiao Qiao, dazed.
In the days that followed, Nicole suddenly changed her attitude towards Roddy. She suddenly became much harsher than before, no longer beating or scolding him as before, but overnight, she changed from a gentle big sister to a devil-like instructor.
Roddy's fencing coach was replaced, and the current fencing coach is the bearded instructor Carter. Roddy was trained miserably by him every day - you know, Carter was originally an officer in the army. He used his own method of training elite soldiers to train Roddy. Although Rody was very physically fit, after all, he was a big man. The young master has been living for a long time. He has had too many comfortable days, and it is inevitable that he has become a little lazy. In the past few days, he has been trained by Carter. Not to mention anything else, he just carries a big sword weighing 30 kilograms on his back every day. Coupled with a suit of twenty kilograms of armor, running seventy or eighty times around the martial arts arena was enough to make him collapse from exhaustion. But Carter had no mercy on him at all, and followed him eagerly with a whip. Roddy was a little slower, and he must have whipped him down without hesitation. Over the past few days, Roddy received countless blows on his butt.
However, Nicole saw it every day and showed no signs of feeling sorry for Roddy. Instead, she gave Carter enough support. Roddy sometimes couldn't help but think that this was the jealous woman's deliberate revenge.
Depend on! Qiaoqiao just kissed me. If you want to be jealous, just kiss me too!
Of course, I dare not say these words.
Fortunately, Instructor Carter's swordsmanship is really good. After running every day, Carter will teach Roddy some swordsmanship and some experience in facing the enemy. You know, Roddy's strength at the moment is not much worse than Carter's. However, he still has too little experience in facing enemies. After all, he rarely fights against people.
After these days, Roddy was so tired that he fell asleep almost every night, drooling all the time. Every morning when An Qi helped him get up, she had to wake him up for a long time. It made An Qi feel heartbroken. But these days, Roddy's body is getting stronger.
Compared with swordsmanship, those scholars and teachers had nothing to teach Rody. In fact, those scholars already had headaches when they saw Rody. In their eyes, this student is a complete example of betrayal. Every time he uttered surprising words, some even sounded a little rebellious. If it weren't for the other party's astonishing background, an ordinary citizen would have been hanged long ago if he had said such words.
For example, that day, a certain teacher talked about the relationship between the theology of the empire and the monarchy of the emperor - according to the tradition of the empire, the emperor's monarchy must be recognized by the pope, otherwise the emperor may not be so justified. The pope's status is naturally higher than that of the emperor. Within the empire and even the entire continent, all believe in the great and almighty God. Anyone who despises God will be regarded as a heretic, and in serious cases, he will be regarded as a heretic. Hanged by ecclesiastical inquisition.
The teacher talked about the church having its own armed force, the Flame Warriors, and the pope having its own territory, although these were nominally subordinate to the empire. But in fact, apart from the church, the emperor could never mobilize these forces. Even the church had to share some of the empire's taxes every day - every subject of the empire had to pay a kind of atonement tax, and these taxes were paid directly to the church. And the empire cannot interfere.
Many scholars think this is normal and taken for granted, but Rody couldn't help but express some of his own opinions:
Roddy believes that this is actually a weakening of the monarchy, and a weakening of the rights and authority of the imperial government. For a long time, the subjects of the empire have subconsciously had this concept: The authority of the church may still be higher than the government of the empire! The church has its own taxes and arms. This is simply a disguised split from the central power of the empire! The strength of an empire must be based on a high concentration of central power. The lack of clarity on the highest authority is a very dangerous thing - if one day there is a conflict between the emperor and the church, then should the subjects support the church or the church? Support His Majesty the Emperor?
When these words came out, the scholars immediately turned pale with fright, and they all covered their mouths and did not dare to say a word. Staring at Rody with horrified eyes.
From then on, Rody no longer told these teachers any questions in his heart, and those teachers just told Rody what was in the book step by step, not daring to say a word more.
In addition to practicing swordsmanship and studying with these scholars every day, Rody would hide in his room and read books. He felt that the more books he read, the more questions he had in his mind, and the more terrifying the various ideas that came to his mind.
He would occasionally think of the skeleton Andy and the old coachman Mark. In his mind, since they were both descendants of the great scholar Dandong, they should have superhuman wisdom and be able to help him solve the questions in his heart. But Andy, the skeleton, never contacted him again. Although Roddy was wearing that mask, he didn't know how to use the mask to find the skeleton in that space. Every time he went to that small building, Andy was completely clueless. The lifeless skeleton was motionless and silent.
As for old Mark, I no longer meet him alone, and he acts like a groveling servant outside.
More than ten days later, the big man Lant's injuries were all healed, and he was officially assigned to Rody's side as his personal bodyguard. And Lant was also given an important task by Nicole.
The task is: teach Roddy to ride a horse.