"Um?"
Up until this point, the ladies still didn't realize what Shade was doing.
Then, they saw a silver arc of light appear on Shade's fingertips. Shade frowned slightly, listened carefully to the instructions of strength given by "her", and then pressed his fingers on the skin. He stroked gently.
, quite neatly, the flesh and blood separated to both sides, blood spattered on the table, stained the clothes red, and shocked everyone.
Even the twelfth-level witch couldn't immediately react to what Shade had done. It wasn't until she saw Shade pointing at her chest, pointing at her fiery heart, that she instinctively opened her eyes.
He leaned back a little on his chair.
"Although it hurts, I can accept it. If my heart is penetrated during the battle, it will not affect my fighting ability."
Shade thought to himself, and was very satisfied with the test results of the thaumaturgy "Heart of Stone". He looked at the shocked and panicked Duchess in front of him, then stretched out his hand and poked his heart, and then the corners of his mouth twitched in pain.
one time:
"Please allow me to offer you my heart. Please, Duke Carina, do you want it now?"
"What?"
The witch asked instinctively. If she saw this scene on the battlefield, she would not even blink. But facing a familiar person doing this in front of her, no matter how decisive and powerful she is in killing, she will inevitably be shocked.
live.
"Miss!"
The loyal head maid reminded her from behind, and then Miss Carina reacted:
"Oh, my God! Shade, what did you do? Quick, stop the bleeding! Are you crazy?"
After a while of fussing, Shade applied the soil from the flower pot on the window sill to the wound, and the "active soil" spell healed the wound easily. Then he asked for another glass of water and used the "swelling power" to heal the wound.
After the "food" treatment, a liquid that exuded a blasphemous silver light was poured on the wound, and now even the scar disappeared.
"Very good, very good."
After the panic, the duchess behind the desk covered her forehead, looking frightened... She was indeed frightened:
"Although those knights who long for glory in the story are always willing to sacrifice themselves to princesses, queens or other beautiful female characters, we don't have to do this."
"Well...because everything today is too much like a scene from a knight novel."
Shade said, and Miss Carina nodded with her eyes closed:
"Your mission is completed, but I think I'm going to take a rest. This is too exciting for me. Tifa, on my behalf, go to Rejed's Hamilton and get his reward. I'll keep my word."
So. Knight, just wait here. After this wonderful adventure, you should take a rest."
Hearing what she said, Shade knew that the matter was not over yet. So he sat down on the sofa in the study room, and then looked around to find his cat.
Half of the maids left with Miss Carina, and half of the maids left with Tifa to get Shad's reward.
But after a long time, when the black-haired maid came back, there was nothing in her hands.
She regretfully said to Shade:
"Knight, I'm afraid you have to get that gift yourself. After all, it is a treasure that belongs to you alone."
Shade nodded and stood up, following Tifa out of the room. He followed the maid to the third floor. Strangely, he didn't meet anyone along the way. It was as if the house had been completely empty in just a few dozen minutes.
After arriving on the third floor, Tifa walked towards the master bedroom of the manor. Shade subconsciously slowed down, and the maid lady, who had already guessed that he would do this, turned around and said again:
"Isn't it reasonable for the Countess's most precious treasure to be placed in the bedroom?"
"If I remember correctly, you said the same thing when you brought me the potion last time."
Shade pointed out, then saw Tifa wink at him:
"Shade, do you really not know what we are going to do?"
Shade looked at the closed door. If he hadn't realized it before coming to the manor, he already understood it now.
"You're hesitating."
Tifa said, then without giving Shade a chance to interrupt, she looked at him with black eyes:
"Think about it carefully, Shade, now that she has made up her mind, are you the one who hesitates and refuses to move forward?"
She didn't give Shade a chance to speak, and directly took his hand and continued walking forward. There was a smile on her face, because she didn't feel any force in the opposite direction at all.
Shade followed Tifa into the master bedroom, and then found that the curtains were tightly closed, but red silk was hung all over the room, making the room look like a maze made of silk. Not a single gas lamp in the room was turned on, and the light source
It was those short red candles standing on the ground, which made Shade very worried about fire prevention.
The special candles burn with a strange fragrance, and the incense burner placed on the table next to the wall makes the smell in this pink maze-like room even more breathtaking.
With a smile on her face, Tifa led Shade through the layers of red curtains and over the red candles amid the increasingly rich smell. Finally, they came to the bed.
.The soft big bed is surrounded by gauze curtains. Through the curtains, you can see the graceful body lying on the bed.
"Knight, look, here is your reward."
Tifa said with a smile.
"Um......"
"I really don't know if you are really stupid or just pretending to be stupid."
The duchess, who was wearing a bright red dress, waved to her maid, who backed away with a smile, then left the room and closed the door.
Carina Cavendish looked at the man standing beside the bed, her golden eyes bright at this moment:
"Is there anything more precious than myself in this manor? I thought that after you heard about the reward content in the morning, you would be able to think of what is happening now."
She sat up straight, lifted up the thin curtain, and saw Shade standing against the background of red silk and candles.
She saw the expression she wanted to see on that face, but she also saw a serious expression that shouldn't appear at this time, like an angel judging a mortal:
"I hope you can figure it out, not because of what others have done."
Shade rarely showed such a serious expression in front of her, but in the current atmosphere, instead of making her angry, it made her feel as if a fire was burning in her chest.
His face was rosy, and the temperature of his cheeks was also increasing. Especially, when he thought of the young man in front of him, he was a "scroller" who truly carried the power of the holy Silver Moon Old God:
"I know what you mean, but this is what I think. I still have a lot of concerns, yes, a lot."
Golden eyes stared at Shade's eyes, and she could see Shade's thoughts at the moment from those eyes:
"But judging from the current situation, if I don't take action, maybe even Agelina will laugh at me in the future."
"What does this have to do with Princess Agelina..."
"Don't interrupt me, Shade."
Her voice was gentle, and the emotion in her eyes was even gentler. It seemed a little too hot here. Although Shade restrained himself from calming down, he could still feel his heavy breathing.
"Originally, I still couldn't make up my mind, so I chose to let fate decide whether it was the right thing to do. I will give you five tests. If you can complete them, it means that fate allows me to do this."
Shade opened his mouth, but no words came out.
"Tifa and the others know me very well. She probably gave you a hint. As long as you find three items, I will assume that you have completed it. The Holy Grail consumes time, which determines whether you take this matter seriously; the crown tests you as a ring magician.
Your skills test whether you are smart enough and know how to use strength; your heart represents your feelings for me..."
This was the truest thought in her heart, and as the curtain was completely lifted, Shade also saw how she was dressed at the moment. The red skirt was actually a thin pajamas. It was pressed down because of the side-sitting posture.
On the lower legs are stockings as thin as the skin itself:
"As for the fountain of endless wine, it was my dream when I was young. In fact, my dreams also include 'eternal flame' and 'unicorn', but I know you have these."
Flame refers to "primordial fire", and Unicorn Shade can borrow it from the academy.
"The Philosopher's Stone is a treasure that I think even you will never be able to find. So, you only need to bring three items to pass my test.
The crown represents power, the wine represents dreams, the chalice represents holiness, the philosopher's stone represents wealth, and the last is your feelings. This is not a mystical ritual, but a ritual I chose for myself... Heart and
An emotional ceremony, this can be regarded as a unique, um, means of marriage proposal. I am proposing to you."
The expression on Shade's face moved for a moment, and the witch smiled and said:
"Look at you like this, are you moved by me? Or are you sad because of guilt? Shade, Shade, if you keep doing this, you will be played with by the girls of the Cavendish family for the rest of your life."
In fact, it's not just five items. About an hour ago, the black-haired maid said gently that she was willing to be an additional sixth test to test the knight's methods in advance for the Duchess. Of course, these things are not suitable to think about now.
Carina Cavendish reaches out to Shad:
"Unexpectedly, you completed all my tests perfectly, even better than I thought. Therefore, fate is also catering to me, and fate does not want to disobey Carina Cavendish's intentions. I don't need
To be continued...