Although he had had a premonition a few days ago, he still found it difficult to accept when he actually heard about it.

Ophelia didn't look at his expression, but continued to tell him.

"... When we first met that day, I was chasing a monster. It was a very powerful intelligent species. When I found out that you were being besieged by monsters, I became even more convinced that I was hunting in a good direction. Later, I

I came to the village where you are. As for why I am so sure, it is because there is only one place where humans live within a hundred miles. You can only come from there. In short, the village has obviously been occupied by demons, and it is spreading everywhere.

I was attracted by the stench of monsters, but strangely, I did not find any monsters or any human corpses. Even the clues about the monster I was chasing were lost. However, I did not give up and searched around again.

It took several days, but unfortunately I still had no results, so I decided to go back, and then I passed by here and found that you were being attacked by the Dark Knight."

"..."

After listening to her experience, Emil remained silent and fell into a long silence.

After Ophelia finished speaking, she understood his mood well and stopped disturbing him, but stood aside and waited silently.

It is not easy to accept the death of relatives and the fall of hometown. It might not be easy for Ophelia to bear, even if she did experience it once.

However, Emil's next expression surprised her, because he quickly regained his composure.

"Haha, you're not worried about me, are you?" Emil said suddenly with a smile.

Ophelia stared into his eyes and finally understood that even though he pretended not to care, she could still see some clues in his eyes.

Ophelia had to admit that Emil did have a composure far beyond his peers, and he would not easily let himself fall into a breakdown.

But she didn't feel relieved. Instead, she felt more sympathy for Emil. She couldn't help but think about what this boy had gone through to have the ability to suppress his emotions.

However, now is not the time to comfort him, Ophelia continued.

"Haha, it seems that I underestimated your ability to bear it, so next I want to ask you, what do you think about the disappearing villagers?"

Emil thought for a moment, and then asked seriously, "Did you find anything else at the scene?"

In fact, he was feeling quite heavy at this time. If he could, he would like to run to a deserted place and roar a few times to vent his frustration, but as the city lord, he could not lose his mind.

And if you really want to vent, you should seek revenge against those demons instead of doing meaningless things.

As soon as he thought of this, he knew what he should do next.

"Well," Ophelia pondered, and then said, "except that I can't see a single figure, I really didn't find anything. I even doubted whether my proud sense of smell was malfunctioning.

, but if you think about it carefully, there are still traces of human life in that village, and even the food on the table of one family is warm, but the villagers seem to have disappeared, which is definitely not normal."

"Really?" Emil pondered for a moment, then said, "Anyway, I have to go back and take a look. With the current intelligence, I can't draw any useful conclusions at all. Moreover, the conclusion is no longer important at this time. We must take action."

."

When Ophelia heard what he said, she couldn't help but sigh to herself. This young man is indeed extraordinary. If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely think of analyzing the strange events that happened in the village first, and then take corresponding precautions to protect this place.

A town.

In the end, Emil thought of taking the initiative. Ophelia didn't know if he had this ability, but he at least showed his courage.

When she heard Lidia tell Emil's deeds before, she thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that she has indeed underestimated it.

In short, she was in favor of Emil's proposal, and the Holy Sword was prepared for this.

When she used her magic perception to discover that the demon clan's lair was probably nearby, she realized that the monster she was chasing had escaped back to its lair, so she began to prepare to take down the entire demon clan.

However, she also knows very well that although her strength is not weak and she is not afraid of even the Dark Knight, she is only one person after all. There are other Dark Knights and Demon Kings in the Demon Clan. In order to ensure everything, she must find a reliable one.

helper.

The previous city lord of Blackpool Town, Christy, was the best candidate. Out of sympathy and similar life experiences, she even planned to give Christy a holy sword so that they could unite to deal with the demons.

Unfortunately, she was still a step too late. Christy betrayed humanity at the critical moment. What's funny is that she didn't know that Christy used a two-handed sword, so she only prepared the materials for a holy sword.

Such a coincidence seems to indicate that Christi is destined to have no chance to obtain powerful weapons, and will never be recognized by the nobles.

Therefore, with this regret, Ophelia had no choice but to give the holy sword to Emil. Since he wanted to go back to the village to have a look, even if a monster appeared, he could deal with it with the holy sword. Let's try it by the way.

The power of this sword.

For a knight, as long as he has a powerful weapon, his strength will be doubled several times. Therefore, the key to determining the strength of a knight is the weapon. So what will happen if a person who does not understand swordsmanship holds a powerful holy sword?

Ophelia knew very well that although it was not as good as those knights, its combat power could be improved a lot. What's more, the holy sword forged by Emil was very sharp from the beginning. She was looking forward to using the holy sword in actual combat.

performance in.

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Seeing that it was completely dark, Emil and Ophelia decided to go back to the mansion first.

They had already agreed to set off late at night and ask Lilith to help take them back to the village.

However, this matter must not be discovered by the people in the town, otherwise who knows what they will think. They may very well think that the emir has abandoned them, and thus fall into a huge panic.

Emil couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought of this, complaining about how troublesome these guys were.

After a while, the two returned to the mansion, and they saw a lonely figure standing at the gate from a distance, looking outside.

It was obviously Reina. She also saw Emil's figure, and she was immediately excited and jumped up and waved to them.

But her move was stopped by someone. When Emil walked in, he discovered that standing next to Reina was an old man with a stooped figure but trying to straighten his body. He was fully clothed.

Neatly.

The old man looked to be nearly seventy years old, with gray hair that was neatly combed, and a serious look between his eyebrows. He looked like an unsmiling person.

If you guessed correctly, this old man is the housekeeper Reina mentioned. Just now he saw Reina not being reserved at all, and he became a little angry, and his face became ugly.

"Dear Lord City Lord, welcome you home!"

The butler bowed his head and saluted, but the tone in which he said this showed no respect for people at all.

Emil couldn't help but frowned. First of all, he didn't like this kind of red tape. It would only increase the distance between people. Not to mention that the steward in front of him was pretending to follow etiquette and had no regard for him, the city lord.

It means respect.

"Lord of the City? Haha, I can't afford it. Just call me Emile. And to be honest with you, I was originally a commoner. I only became the new Lord of the City because of Miss Lidia's love."

Emil didn't want to hide it at this time. He wanted to see how the servant of this noble family would view a commoner becoming the lord of the city.

The old housekeeper also heard his sarcasm and said quickly.

"Sorry, Lord City Lord, I was angry just now, so I offended you with my careless words. Please..."

"Oh?" Emil interrupted, "Do you want to ask for my forgiveness?"

The old butler fell silent. He seemed to realize that Emil wanted to cause trouble for him.

However, although Emil was indeed dissatisfied with his tone of voice and wanted to teach him a lesson, he finally decided to spare him this time because of his age.

"Forget it, I won't argue with you this time," Emil said with great momentum. "Since I am the master of this mansion from now on, you servants must obey my orders, so I set up a

The rule is that you no longer have to follow boring aristocratic etiquette. If you can't accept this, then I can only kick you out. What about you?"

The old butler hesitated. It was definitely not that simple to ask him to give up what he had obeyed for most of his life. But now that the emir, as the city lord, had given an order, how could he refuse?

"Yes, I understand, City Lord..."

"Eh? Stop it. You told me to call me Emile. Do you want to disobey my order?"

"Yes, Lord Emil." The old housekeeper said reluctantly.

When Reina saw this scene, she covered her mouth and snickered. She had been angry with the old housekeeper since she entered this mansion, so at this time, she felt happy.

However, Emil glared at her.

"Why are you laughing? What's your answer?"

"Ah? Oh, I...I understand too." Reina looked panicked. She didn't expect Emil to be so harsh to her.

"Okay, let's go. Is dinner ready? Let's eat together." Emil walked straight into the mansion.

"Yes, it's done. Keep it on the stove to keep warm," Lena replied quickly, and then asked, "But what does it mean to eat together?"

At this time, Ophelia answered for Emile.

"Haha, of course you sit at the same table with us for dinner, why? You don't want to?"

"No...but I am a servant, this kind of thing..." Reina whispered.

She quietly glanced at the old housekeeper and found that he was turning his face to one side as if he was angry.

"Rena, I told you, if you disobey my orders, I will have to drive you away." Emil said coldly.

He deliberately pretended to be cold, and Ophelia couldn't help laughing, but she was afraid that her behavior would expose Emile.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Reina lowered her head and said.

Then, the three of them walked into the mansion together, leaving the old housekeeper alone outside the gate.

Emil knew that he had embarrassed him in public. In fact, it was impossible for him to be angry with someone who had been brainwashed by the system for most of his life, so he said.

"Well, what's your name?" Emil asked respectfully, after all, the other person was an old man.

"...Ah?" The old butler turned to look at Emil. He hesitated for a moment and replied, "My name is Pagliese. Uh, what's the matter with calling me?"

He was indeed angry, and felt contempt for this commoner who had become the lord of the city through some unknown fate. However, when the emir showed his polite side to him, he actually felt a little ashamed of himself, and he became

Be respectful.

"Pagris, right? Didn't I say we would have dinner together? Why haven't you come over yet? Are you trying to disobey my order?"

"I...Okay, okay." The old housekeeper walked over reluctantly.
Chapter completed!