Nadette's face was as black as ink, while Lacus looked indifferent.
After a while, Nadette's face gradually returned to normal, and he said helplessly, "Okay, I'll let the housekeeper come over later. Lacus, since you have plans to become a female lord, you have to learn to treat yourself kindly." people. I don’t ask you to treat them like your own family. They live here, they see this as their home, they build their home, they pay their taxes, they fight to protect their home, but their home, in fact It's your home, and they're sending you money to help you run the home and fight off intruders, shouldn't you be nice to them?"
Hmm... Lux was thoughtful.
Nadette knew that her daughter never listened to great principles, so she had to use her interests to persuade her.
Sure enough, Lux fell into thought.
The situation of Nadette is somewhat similar to that of Uther, the lord of Winterwind City. Both of them have only one daughter. The difference is that Nadette's wife had already passed away, and he didn't know why, so he didn't remarry, only Heidi was his lover.
The only daughter is very favored. Because Barbara has someone she likes, she also strives to become a magician herself, and her personality is not crooked.
And Lux has developed a personality of self-importance, which is related to her childhood experience.
Echo City is the largest city in France, and the fact that Nadette has only one daughter made all the young nobles, even young professionals, have a bold idea.
And Lux has been flattered by many people since she was a child... After all, getting her is almost equivalent to getting the entire Echo City.
The population of Echo City is nearly 3 million. It is said that there are more than 2,000 gold coins from taxation every year. Excluding daily expenses and military support, there are at least 1,000 gold coins left every year. It can be said that they are living on a pile of money. Whoever marries Lux will save a hundred years of struggle.
After thinking for a while, Lacus said reluctantly: "From then on, I will treat those untouchables better and stop beating and scolding them casually. But it's better not to appear in front of my eyes for beautiful untouchables, otherwise I won't be able to control them." own emotions."
Nadai was a little angry at first, but when he saw his daughter's face that looked very similar to his dead wife, he sighed and didn't want to say anything more.
"By the way." Lux suddenly remembered something: "Did you attract a little boy? I wanted to introduce a man to me again. I said, don't put those idiots near me, and drive him away."
"Little boy, where's the boy?"
Nadette was a little strange. He didn't think about Beta. After all, Beta's strength and talent are there. He is a rare talent among the younger generation. Who would dare to say that he is a little boy.
"It's the little boy with brown hair and eyes that look like gold."
Thinking about it carefully, Nadette immediately understood who she was referring to. Now he was a little interested: "You mean, Cook courted you?"
In Nadette's view, if there is no problem with Cook's identity, it is not a bad thing to form a pair with his daughter. After all, fathers always want their daughters to marry a good man.
"No, he didn't dare." Lux snorted coldly, "He ran away when he saw me."
"Since he didn't show courteousness to you, how can you say that he is a little boy." Nadette was a little disappointed.
"Urben said that he is a man who gained your trust by talking about it." Lacus clicked his tongue: "A man who doesn't even look down on trash is not a little boy."
Nadette is very smart, and he understood what was going on after thinking about it. Probably Urban was jealous of Cook, fearing that Cook would steal his daughter's favor, so he told some stories. He thinks it's nothing, a love scene is like a battlefield, using some means, as long as they don't go too far, killing people is a trivial matter.
Originally, he wanted to explain, but he knew his daughter's character too well, the more he explained, the more he spoke for someone, the more Lux would hate that person. So he didn't say anything, just smiled: "Well, you young people's affairs, you can solve it yourself."
Lacus felt that this sentence was a bit inexplicable, but thinking about how her father never liked to tell herself when doing things, she didn't bother to ask further.
"Since you asked me to come back, you understand that the matter is settled. Can I hold a banquet by myself that night?"
"Keep it within fifty gold coins, and I will allow you to open it."
Lacus was a little disgusted, but after thinking about it, she still said, "Okay, fifty gold coins is fifty gold coins."
On the other hand, Beta came to the downtown area and found that the atmosphere here was somewhat dignified. Although the cries are still there, there is always a heavy atmosphere lingering.
Beta wandered around in the busy city, bought some special snacks, and heard the discussions of the surrounding pedestrians, and understood that Payne's body had been transported back to the Temple of Light. Prayers are cancelled.
Most people in France believe in the Goddess of Light. Payne's death and the chaos in the temple made them feel uncomfortable and even a little uneasy.
Beta then came outside the Temple of Light, just in time to see Arnold leading a group of city guards guarding the gate of the temple. He also saw Beta, and silently greeted him with his eyes.
Beta understood, and walked alone into the small forest behind the Temple of Light, Shi Shuo was alone. After a while, Arnold also walked in.
"Your Excellency also came out to relax?" Arnold asked with a smile, so he was very grateful to Beta for what happened last night, and he felt very good about Beta.
Beta nodded: "After sleeping too much, my back hurts... Has the situation in the temple been suppressed?"
"It's under control for the time being, but it will take some time for them to see the reality clearly." Arnold sighed: "I don't understand why the Holy Maiden must be in power. For thousands of years, the Holy Maiden is just a It is a symbol, but now she is jumping up, this is what the thousands of years of rules are."
"Probably the temptation of power." Beta said casually.
"It's not for this reason, it's because of the different interpretations of the doctrine." Arnold asked suddenly: "Your Excellency Cook is not a believer of the Goddess of Light, right? Then why did you get involved in our struggle?"
"Power." Beta smiled: "I have a noble status, but I am not an aristocrat with real power. There are only two ways to rise up, one is military merit, and the other is... I have a big person to recommend me. Our Frans The country is invincible, who dares to trouble us, so don't think about military merits for the time being, then the only way to go is the latter."
Beta smiled shyly: "The Temple of Light can affect the royal family. If the Pope gains power, then I will probably be rewarded for following the city lord."
"Okay, you young man is self-motivated." Arnold patted Beta on the shoulder approvingly: "It should be like this...Your Excellency, you have both ability and action, and you will definitely become a great nobleman in the future."
"Accept your good words." Beta smiled, and then he looked towards the temple: "There seems to be some movement inside, do you want me to help?"
"No, there aren't any powerful people in there, I'll be enough with a team of guards." Arnold chuckled a few times: "Then we won't talk, your Excellency, let's take a look around, we have a lot of interesting things in Echo City... yes Yes, there is a woman named Hillary in the Violet Tavern, she is very beautiful, and her skills are even more frighteningly good, except that the price is a bit expensive, everything is good, she will definitely satisfy you, you can talk to her."
Talking and laughing, Arnold left the grove.
Beta waited in the grove for a while, and then left. Walking on the main road, when he was about to leave the scope of the temple, his attention was suddenly attracted by a burst of crying.
On the side of the road not far in front of him, sat a family, two parents and one daughter.
The one who was crying was the mother, the father was hanging his head beside him, looking depressed and depressed, while the daughter... was a little strange.
Her face was wrapped in circles of yellow cloth, only her eyes, nose and mouth were exposed, and yellow water stains could be seen from the yellowed bandages.
Beta's eyesight is very good, and she can be seen from a distance. The woman sitting on the ground has dull eyes, as if everything has become irrelevant, giving people a rather numb feeling.
It should be something difficult, Beta walked over with the feeling of triggering the mission, and asked, "Do you need any help?"
His voice alarmed the family of three. When they saw Beta, their eyes were full of fear. The people who looked like father and mother even took a few steps back, while the woman sitting on the ground looked up at him, her eyes that were originally numb, turned instead A wave of hatred erupted.
Beta was a little strange, he didn't seem to have seen these three people, where did their fear and hatred towards him come from
The woman looked at Beta for a while, the hatred in her swollen eyes gradually disappeared, and then she said, "I don't need any help, unless you can use magic to heal my face."
Beta was wearing ordinary noble clothes at this time, without magic robes and cloaks, so he looked very much like a young master traveling in mountains and rivers.
"The Temple of Light can cure it."
It’s not that Beta can’t cure it. A broken hand can grow back if it heals an intermediate injury. This woman’s face was disfigured for some reason. Although for a woman, disfigurement is as terrible as the sky falling, but never In reality, from a magical point of view, this is only a minor injury. It's just that scrolls for treating moderate injuries are not cheap. Anyway, the Temple of Light can cure them, and they also rely on them for food, so why waste Beta.
"It can't be cured... Bishop Payne is gone."
Beta raised her eyebrows. In the huge Temple of Light in Echo City, only Payne knows healing magic? But when I think about it, I understand. Other priests can definitely heal the wound on the woman's face, but it is impossible to restore her face to its original state, and there will definitely be some scars or shallow lines from the wound.
Normally, this would be ugly.
Beta thought for a while, and this matter had something to do with him, after all, Payne died in his hands. Sighing in my heart, I said, "It's just that, I can help you heal your face, first remove the bandage, and your bandage is not clean, it has turned yellow now, and there are obvious signs of inflammation. Delay it, it will be cured better."
When the two elderly people heard this, they immediately rushed forward, guarding behind them like chickens, and said in horror: "Young Master, don't hurt our daughter anymore. Please!"
Beta was confused.
But their daughter came out from behind and said to Beta: "Don't blame them, they are also afraid that I will be hurt again?"
"I don't want to ask about the specific situation." Beta nodded to express his understanding: "If you are willing to accept my treatment, just remove the bandage. If you don't want to, I will leave immediately."
The daughter looked at Beta quietly for a while, her eyes full of scrutiny. Perhaps it was because she was more obsessed with her appearance than she was wary of Beta, she nodded, and then began to remove the bandages on her face.
"daughter… "
The mother stopped her, but the daughter firmly tore off the bandages on her face in circles.
Because of the wrong dressing technique, some bandages have been slightly stuck to the meat, and it is inevitable that there will be tears during the removal process.
The daughter was shaking from the pain, but she didn't say a word, she just gritted her teeth and took off all the bandages.
Then Beta also fell silent.
What a face! It is full of claw marks, criss-crossed, and there is almost no perfect place, and each claw mark is three points into the flesh. At first, Beta thought it was done by some kind of beast, but after a closer look, it should be the claw marks left by humans. Judging from the strength and marks, it should be left by a woman.
A little bit of yellow water seeped out from the many claw marks, converging on the woman's chin.
A slight fishy smell floated over.
Killing is nothing more than nodding, and torturing a woman like this, it seems that someone should be jealous of her beauty.
"It's disgusting." The woman asked Beta expressionlessly.
Beta didn't answer, but just took out the medium wound healing scroll from the space and tore it open.
The milky white magic light covered the whole body of the woman, and the people around could barely open their eyes. After about ten seconds, the light dissipated, and a very delicate woman appeared in front of everyone.
The woman's father and mother were startled for a while, then rushed over and took turns holding their daughter in their arms, kissing and crying.
The woman gently touched her face...it was smooth and tender, and her tears couldn't help but fall down.
After a while, she looked around, but found that there was no sign of Beta.
"This must be the salvation of the Goddess of Light." The woman bowed to the Temple of Light three times, then turned to her parents and said, "Let's leave this city, if that woman sees me again, she will definitely scratch me to death." My face, let's go now."
Both parents nodded vigorously.
Beta wandered outside for a while, and then returned to the Santo's Mansion. At the door, he heard the Santo vaguely say: "Give that girl more money, apologize to her more, and then take her to the Temple of Light. See if you can help her restore her previous appearance, you must have a good attitude."
The housekeeper nodded, keeping these words in his heart.
After the confession, Nadette turned his head and saw Beta not far away, so he smiled: "Your Excellency Cook, we will hold another banquet tonight, please come down to attend."
Banquet... Beta is considering whether to attend.
"Don't let him come, I don't need a little boy at my banquet."
A high-pitched voice came from upstairs.