Winter City at the end of October was already chilling.
Every time the rustling autumn wind blows, the temperature seems to drop by one degree.
Lion's Roar Castle, located at the highest point of Winter City, has a thin layer of frost on the outer wall, shining colorful lights under the sunlight.
The back garden of the castle was already bleak under the invasion of the cold, but fortunately, the colorful colors were still preserved in the greenhouse.
This flower house is small in size, but it is indeed built with natural crystals. The bright sunlight permeates the entire flower house through the crystal dome. A copper pipe surrounds the flower house. From time to time, warm water vapor flows from the surface of the copper pipe. The jets come out from the tiny holes, making the whole greenhouse warm like spring.
Only in this way can we maintain a rare vitality in the late autumn when everything is dying.
Blood roses are the most numerous in the greenhouse.
Since Silvermoon City and his party came back, the blood rose has become the favorite flower of the hostess of this castle.
Clusters of proudly blooming blood roses made the entire greenhouse seem to be on fire.
In this "flame", Vera was concentrating on playing with the potted plants in front of her.
She was wearing a loose snow-white long dress, and her high and protruding belly had seriously affected her actions, but Vera still declined the maid's help and trimmed the branches herself.
At this time, Vera's eyes were bright and focused, a little sweat oozes from her white and smooth forehead, her straight and beautiful nose bridge and slightly tight red lips exude a demure and beautiful temperament, and her slightly plump body due to pregnancy exudes With the brilliance of motherhood.
After a while, she put down the scissors and looked at her masterpiece carefully. A satisfied smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. This pure and sweet smile seemed to calm down the howling autumn wind outside the greenhouse.
But soon, the smile disappeared again.
Vera stared blankly at Xue Qiangwei in front of her, her beautiful brows wrinkled again.
The maid on the side opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to persuade her.
Ever since the news of Marquis Garcia's death came back to Cold Winter City, Vera has been immersed in grief.
But she also knows that this is not good for the child in her womb, and she always tries to divert her attention in various ways, trying to make herself happy, but the results are always unsatisfactory.
Slap.
A crystal teardrop smashed into pieces on the bright red petals.
"Ma'am..."
"I'm fine." Vera took the silk scarf handed over by the maid, and quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes. While stroking her protruding belly, she took deep breaths and tried to calm down her emotions.
Boom.
At this moment, there was a light knock on the door.
"Come in."
The housekeeper walked into the greenhouse, and then quickly closed the door to prevent the cold air from blowing in.
"Basty, what's the matter?"
The butler leaned slightly and said:
"Madam, the Duke of St. Chapman has entered the city."
Vera was stunned for a moment before realizing that her husband had changed her surname, and then she said in surprise:
"So fast? Why didn't he send someone to report in advance?"
With that said, she hurried out.
But the steward discouraged:
"Madam, the reason why the Duke of St. Chapman didn't report in advance is because he didn't want you to go to greet him. After all, you are pregnant, so you should wait here. The Duke of St. Chapman should be arriving at Lion's Roar Castle soon."
"Then I'll wait for him at the gate of the castle." Vera said and walked out.
The housekeeper had no choice but to let the maid help Vera.
Before the group reached the gate of the castle, they met Colin who had returned.
Vera's eyes were red again, she walked a few steps quickly, and threw herself into her husband's arms like a baby swallow returning to its nest.
Ke Lin hugged his wife carefully, not daring to use much force, and said in his mouth:
"Let's go inside quickly, it's windy outside."
Vera raised her head, tears rolling down like broken pearls, sobbing:
"Father... where is uncle's body?"
Ke Lin wiped away his wife's tears distressedly, kissed her smooth forehead again, and said:
"I came back as fast as I could. The coffin of the Marquis Garcia is estimated to take two or three days to arrive."
Only then did Vera nodded, and walked towards the castle with Colin's support.
"What happened to the Marquis of Garcia... I'm sorry." Colin walked on the promenade with his wife in his arms, with a low tone, "I know he feels guilty about the withdrawal of troops from the Western Territory, and he also discouraged him from committing suicide outside the Storm Fortress , but I didn't expect…”
"I can't blame you for this." Wei Lai was in Ke Lin's arms. "Actually, when I heard the news of the withdrawal, I expected that my father might not continue to live. He is too proud, too lonely, and has burdened too much...
Moreover, I feel more and more that when my father adopted this effective but extremely extreme strategy, was he ready to make atonement with his body? Even, this may be the result he wanted, because I have always I think, father, he... has a serious tendency to self-destruct... "
"Tendency to self-destruct?" Colin looked at his wife's profile in surprise.
"Yes. Since I can remember, I haven't seen my father really smile. Others think that he is aloof and difficult to get along with, but I learned from my grandmother that my father has not always been like this.
When I was young, my father was very lively and cheerful, even naughty, a naughty boy who made my grandmother a headache. "
"Really?" Colin blinked, quite surprised, "Then how did Marquis Garcia become what he was later... taciturn?"
"I asked the elders in the family, and they all said that my father has completely changed since he went to the Sky Ice Field."
"So the war changed him?"
"It's possible." Vera squeezed her body into Colin's embrace, and said again, "But I think it's more than that..."
"Oh? Then what's your guess?"
"I asked my father about my mother..."
Colin frowned, and his curiosity immediately came up: "Did the Marquis Garcia tell you?"
Vera shook her head and said, "Father didn't say anything, he just said that he was sorry for mother... Moreover, when he said this, I could clearly feel his pain and guilt, and even at that moment, I felt that he wanted to die… "
"That's why you think he's self-destructive..."
"Yes. Moreover, I have learned about some of my father's experiences on the ice field of the sky. It is said that his performance on the battlefield is not only heroic, but even crazy!
He didn't care about his own life, and charged at the forefront of every battle... "
Colin had seen this with his own eyes.
Perhaps the Marquis of Garcia can have such a lofty prestige in the Black Cavalry Army, relying on such a fearless spirit.
In this way, it is indeed a bit strange.
As a direct descendant of the St. Hilde family, Marquis Garcia didn't need to risk his life on the battlefield like this.
Perhaps it was really because of Vera's mother, who kept Marquis Garcia in secret, that transformed him from a naughty noble boy into a berserker on the battlefield.
However, it was precisely because of the performance of Marquis Garcia that this invincible black cavalry army existed.
"Do you think Marquis Garcia's tendency to self-destruct is because of your mother?"
"Yes." There was deep loss in Vera's eyes, "It's just that what happened between father and mother, I'm afraid I'll never know..."
(end of this chapter)