Chapter 37 Mundy IV (Part 1)

"You think too much, brother." Monty Apollyon wanted to reassure him.

"She hates me, I can tell." Zhuo Ke said.

They were sitting in the corner of the noisy tavern. The tavern looked a little shabby, and the sign hanging at the door vaguely said "Golden Feather" in Vivalian.

Although Monty told him to dress more modestly, Zhuo Ke still chose a ruby-colored long-sleeved coat made of silk. This may be what he thought was relatively simple clothes, and his strong figure made the clothes look a little...

Tight.

Monty was wearing a hooded black linen robe as he always did when walking around the city.

"Brother, although I am very grateful for you coming out to accompany me," Monty said, "but you drank a little too much."

He didn't know that this was Zhuo Ke's first glass of ale, but his brother was still sipping wine while complaining to him.

"This damn wine tastes nothing at all! Monty, I didn't sleep with Irma, I swear to the gods." Zhuo Ke said drunkenly, "I just miss the feeling of having my mother by my side..."

"I believe you," said Monty, "Mother will figure out the truth in the end."

"She won't trust me," Zhuo Ke shook his head. "She only likes her little Allen, brother. I don't know what's so lovable about that ungrateful little bastard that makes my mother care so much.

he."

"He is our brother, don't talk about him like that." Monty emphasized.

"Half brothers." Zhuo Ke corrected him.

"That's why we were not born to her." Zhuo Ke smiled disdainfully, "If our biological mother was still alive..."

"I'm sorry." Monty said guiltily.

Monty has never met his biological mother. He was brought up by his wet nurse Ogiva, who was like his mother more than anyone else.

It was his arrival that killed his mother, Monty always thought. He not only made Zhuo Ke lose his mother, but also made his father lose his wife.

"Alas! What are you apologizing for?" Zhuo Ke patted Monty's shoulder hard, "Her death was not your fault, it was the fault of the gods, because they didn't have the eyesight..."

"You're drunk, brother, you don't know what you're talking about." After hearing his blasphemous nonsense, Monty quickly tried to stop Zhuo Ke.

"Alan is not like us at all, brother." Zhuo Ke said, "Whether it is in terms of ability, character or appearance, he is like a defective product, like... a Vivalia bastard. But why,

Why can he be loved by his mother?"

"You are going too far," said Monty. "In any case, he is our brother, our father's son, and he is a member of the Apollyon family."

Monty held Zhuo Ke's arm with his hand and said: "Father needs you, the empire needs you to cheer up, marry Queen Lozalia, and stop talking nonsense."

"Father..." Zhuo Ke muttered, "Father will only blindly ask me to follow the path he designed for me."

"This is all temporary. One day you will be able to become your own emperor." Monty advised.

Zhuo Ke sighed, chuckled and said, "I envy you, brother. You always look carefree and do what you like."

Why don't I envy your life, Monty thought to himself. Although his father had high demands on Zhuo Ke, he also paid a lot of attention to him; his mother cared deeply about Alan and talked to him all day long.

laugh.

As for him, he needed to read the works of scholars, history, governance and religion, just to have common topics with his father. In this way, his father paid a little attention to him.

He still remembered that he and his father discussed the kings of the past dynasties and their achievements. Mendi admired his father. He felt that as an emperor, his father was the same as the "Just King" Igomel IV, the "Steady One" Liche I, and the "Wise Man".

"Like Cunard I, he was a wise king who was good at managing and stabilizing the empire.

But his father didn't want to stop there. He wanted to recreate Hastez's former glory and become a once-in-a-century emperor no less than "Emperor" Igomel I and "Great" Agrik III.

Monty thought of the happy expression on his father's face when he talked about these things. It was not the happiness that came from talking with him.

Although he usually pretends to be nonchalant, Monty really hopes that there is someone who can only look at him.

"Woof woof!"

A barking dog interrupted Monty's thoughts. He looked down and saw that a big white dog had gotten under their table at some point.

"A hound?" Zach asked, "Where is its owner?"

The hound has short white hair and a dark nose. She looked up at Monty curiously with her amber eyes, sticking out her tongue and panting.

"Xiali!" A girl ran over from the other side of the pub.

"You are here, come out quickly!" The girl bent down and said to the white dog.

The girl had rare red hair, a fair face with a slight blush, blue eyes flashing, and moist lips under her slender nose. He was fascinated by her.

She wore a dark blue linen dress with a white waistband, a golden ring hanging on her chest, and held a lute in her hand.

The gold ring shone brightly, with words engraved on it that Monty couldn't understand. Its texture was old, as if it had been there for some time.

The girl saw Monty's eyes and quickly covered her chest with both hands.

The white dog seemed to understand the girl's words and walked out from under the oak table obediently.

"Is this your dog?" Monty asked.

"Yes," the girl nodded, then held up her long skirt and awkwardly squatted to salute Zhuo Ke, and said in Vivalian: "I'm very sorry, my lord."

"My brother can't understand you." Monty said. He was a little amused by the girl, as if he was mistaken for Zhuo Ke's servant because of his dress.

"Ah, I'm so sorry!" The red-haired girl quickly apologized to Monty, "I thought you were..."

"It's okay, what's your name?" Monty asked.

"Lucina Hervas, my lord," the girl answered.

Monty nodded. Monty reached out to touch the big white dog's head. Shia sniffed his left hand with her black nose and did not refuse.

"Xiali, let's go." The girl gave a clumsy salute to Monty again, and left with the white dog.

"She is so beautiful," said Zhuo Ke, "What were you talking about just now?"

"It's nothing," Monty shrugged. "If you want to know, you have to promise me that you will learn Vivalian in the future. Master Riquel in the palace teaches it very well."

Monty's Vivalian language was taught to him by Master Riquel. In addition to Vivalian, Master Riquel can also speak four foreign languages.
Chapter completed!