Chapter 661 Disaster

After dealing with Alia's injuries, Robben saw that her tears had never stopped. Looking at her beautiful eyes, she was full of sadness.

Robben probably understood that Alia might have guessed that the Duke might not hide anything from this only descendant. Alia is very likely to know the Duke's condition.

"What happened this morning, your grandfather... has passed away..." Robben's voice was a little heavy. This girl in a country with a war was helpless since then...

In the war, human life is like a beating spark, and it will suddenly fade away when it will be. This beautiful butterfly that has been dancing in the greenhouse for sixteen years may not be flying again...

Robben didn't want to hide this matter. Aria is already sixteen years old and should have the responsibility to face everything. She has lost the protection of the big tree of the old duke. In the future, the difficult path that Aria has to take has just begun. It is the most basic lesson to know and accept her situation clearly.

Silently, Alia finally wiped the tears with her intact arm, stopped crying, and slowly stood up.

Robben wanted to go forward to stop him, but his body was lifted up, but he froze in the air. Then he sat down silently. Alia still had tears on her face, and she lowered her eyes, as if she was still awake in her dreams...dance gently...

After dealing with Arya's arm injury again, Robben asked Arya to lie down and covered her with a thick quilt, "Okay, take a break first and have a nap. When it's dark, I'll take you back and see your grandfather."

Robben left Arya's tent and summoned everyone in his tent. When he told the news of the death of the old duke, everyone was greatly surprised.

"The Duke... is dead?" Mess looked shocked.

Robben nodded heavily, "This news was told by the Second Prince. There is no mistake. The current old duke is a substitute, and the real old duke has passed away this morning."

Mess thought quickly in his heart, pondered for a moment and said, "This is really a worse situation. The empire has lost such an important minister in this situation. What about Robbena Alya? What should she do?"

"I'm going to leave her and take care of her. This is also the Duke's last wish. Although we have never met,..." Robben's eyes swept across everyone's face, "A sixteen-year-old girl who can't speak, where do you let her go? The Duke's descendants withered, and Alia has no choice but to rely on it since then..."

Mess thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Robben, this is not a good idea. Although the old duke has no descendants, he has many relatives in his own family. In any case, Alia will be taken care of. If we take care of it, it will be unreasonable. It may also cause dissatisfaction among the old duke's relatives, thinking that we have robbed Alia."

Robben sneered, "Forcing robbery? So what can I do? The old man did not entrust his granddaughter to others before he died, but sent it to us. I could probably guess the faces of those relatives. Maybe the old man did not choose those people because he didn't want Arya to have a tragic fate in the future..."

Fanny immediately supported her and said: "I have heard that countless people in the imperial capital are coveting Alia. There are many relatives of the old duke. If the old duke had not been protecting Alia, she would have long known who would have been snatched away by her and locked up in the small building and turned into a private favor."

"Fanny"

Seeing that his sister sang against him, Mess frowned immediately. Fanny blinked her eyes, shrank her head, and stopped talking immediately. Although she was usually noisy, since childhood, Meis was both annoying about Fanny being both a sister and a mother. When Mess got angry, Fanny didn't dare to say anything.

"The empire is turbulent now, and we are at the forefront of the storm. Some things should be avoided. Robben, I don't agree with leaving Arya. She will involve many relationships, which may be detrimental to us." Metz firmly opposed it.

Robben actually understood that Metz was right...

The death of the old duke is indeed deliberately concealed now, but it is impossible to hide it for too long. Even if the current substitute has no flaws, the old duke is already ninety years old. This is a huge flaw in itself. The death of the old duke will not take too long to be exposed. After that, the only descendant left by the old duke... Alia will become the focus of people. All the doubts left by the old duke after his death will directly find Alia, property, rights, many hidden secrets, and everything, and you may be in peace at that time...

"Robben...Let's keep her."

Robben was stunned. When he looked back, Sasha was hanging her head, but with one hand she held her sleeve.

"Sasha?"

"Without parents, my grandfather has lost it now. I can't fight or magic, and I can't even say anything... Robben, do you know how scared this girl is at this time?"

Everyone was stunned. Tears slowly rolled in their eyes on Sasha's raised face.

"Robben...I know she must be very scared now I know."

Robben's heart lit up. Under that moonlit night, a petite figure emerged at the wide entrance of the valley...

Holding Robben's hand tightened even more, Sasha said firmly: "Robben, I will take care of Arya. Let's keep her, okay?"

Running out secretly, but lost his direction in the vast sea of ​​people, hesitating, loneliness, and robbers appeared. Robben now understood what kind of mood Sasha, who hid alone in that canyon for many days, was so angry that she had never dared to go out at that time...

Robben hugged Sasha gently, feeling moved, "Sasha, thank you..."

Everyone was not very clear about the specific details of what happened between Sasha and Robben before, and now they were somewhat confused, but Metz sighed secretly. This matter seems to be impossible to change now...

Sasha blinked hard to prevent her tears from falling. She turned around and looked at Mess with some pleading eyes, "Vox spirit... Can we leave Arya? I will take care of her and she won't cause trouble."

Mess smiled helplessly, "Forget it... anyway, we have not had less trouble. One more is not too much. There are more people... it is also more lively."

Sasha smiled happily, raised her hand and wiped her eyes, "Robben, I'll go see her."

Robben shook his head, "Don't go, she's asleep now. At night, I'll take her out to the Duke's place to meet him for the last time."

Sasha shook her head and said softly: "How can I sleep at this time? I'll go see her and come back soon..."

After kissing Robben's cheek, Sasha turned around and walked out of the tent. Fanny looked at Mess hesitantly, and finally stood up, followed him like a thief, and saw Mess shook his head.

Robben smiled embarrassedly, "I'm so sorry, Metz, it seems I'm in trouble again..."

Mess rubbed his forehead, felt helpless, and said with a little moaning: "It's true... I'm a bad guy every time, but I'm defeated every time. Forget it... Since I've decided, don't mention it anymore. There will definitely be troubles at that time, but it should not be difficult to deal with. Let's be careful."

"Always make you embarrassed..."

"Okay...Who told me to marry a man who loves to cause trouble, haha..."

A disharmonious voice immediately sounded next to him, "Oh no, I can't stand it anymore... Others' family is harmonious, how can I bear the affection of a lonely old man..." Carlisle's voice was full of sadness, covering his face with one hand, as if he was very sad.

Nalan blinked his fingers without hesitation, and a little black starlight rushed towards Carlisle's arm that was about to be hugged. Carlisle immediately retracted his hand in fear.

After taking a sip of the water from the cup, Nalan Man said gloomyly: "If anyone should be driven out from here, there is one in front of him."

Everyone burst into laughter.

The weather was pretty good tonight, but still unable to see his fingers, Robben walked out of the tent with Alia, who was wrapped in a thick cotton robe.

"How about the arm? Are there any discomfort?" Robben knew that Alia had a strange physique. It was cold and her arm was still broken, so don't get any new injuries.

Arya shook her head gently.

"Then let's go, if there is anything we can't adapt to, I'll tell you immediately, is that OK?"

Arya nodded.

Taking Alia to hide her figure, Robben disappeared into the night.

The death of the old duke could not be made public, and Robben did not intend to walk through the main entrance. In the dim night, Robben took Arya and effortlessly climbed over the wall of the old duke's mansion and sneaked in.

What surprised Robben was that Alia seemed not very familiar with the basic route of this mansion. At many intersections, Alia was hesitant to choose the road again and again, and then it was often obvious that it was not very close to each other.

It seems that this girl is pitifully less likely to walk out.

After thinking about it, Robben decided to ask someone. The mansion is so big, but I don’t know how much time it will be wasted when I find it.

Ascended to mid-air, he looked at the structure of the entire mansion, and Robben went straight to the largest and tallest building, which was the main building of the old duke's mansion. Logically speaking, the old duke should live there.

Although the lights are brightly lit here, it is not difficult for Robben. He took Alia and Robben walked in at the main hall gate, and the guards on both sides did not notice it at all.

Robben felt that the building had several magic arrays that were set together to protect it secretly. He slightly adjusted the elemental distribution on the surface of himself and Arya's body. Robben easily deceived these defensive magic arrays.

The first floor is a main hall with neatly arranged tables and chairs. It seems that it may be a large conference room or something. The second floor seems to be a collection room. Robben opened several rooms and found that there were many strange things inside, many of which looked very valuable. The old duke seemed to like to collect some things.

On the third floor, the layout here seems much more casual, with the smell of home. Alia slowly took a step forward and began to lead the way. When she met a servant on the road, Alia seemed to be very accustomed to the fact that she was invisible. She leaned gently on the walls on both sides, waited for the servant to pass by and continued moving forward.

Finally arrived at a door, Alia stopped. Robben saw Alia lifting her hand several times and wanted to push open the door, but in the end he still put down his hand.

There was no one around. Robben walked forward and gently pushed open the door. The door opened silently. Inside, on a reclining chair, the old duke was closing his eyes to rest...

The old face trembled for a moment, and the old duke suddenly opened his eyes, staring at the open door. It was empty outside and there was no one...

The old eyes shone with shiny light, the old duke sat up and slowly touched the corner of the table beside him with one hand.

"You'd better not move, because that's not necessary."

The old duke's body trembled, and the door closed automatically. At the door, the air twisted a few times, and two figures appeared.

"Duke?...uh Alia?" The old duke widened his eyes in disbelief.

Robben's spiritual waves swept through the old duke several times, and finally realized something was wrong. The person's internal organs felt much younger than his face. He had never doubted it before, and he really didn't notice this.

"Duke, do you know what important things are when you visit like this?" The old duke's eyes swayed back and forth on Robben and Arya's faces from time to time, as if he was thinking about something in his heart.

"I brought Alia here to see the Duke"

The old duke's face twitched a few times, and his eyes narrowed, "What does Duke mean? Isn't I right in front of you?"

Robben shook his head slightly, "I don't like going around in circles. The old duke is dead. Now his granddaughter wants to see him for the last time, so you can lead the way."

The old duke's eyes suddenly magnified and he couldn't speak.

Robben continued: "I will take care of Alia from now on. I don't want to make a statement about my death. Then I secretly brought Alia over. If you understand all this, please don't waste your time..."

The old duke nodded gently and stood up. His slightly hunched back straightened, and his faint eyes were full of shiny light. But standing there, Robben found that the old duke in front of him was at least twenty years younger.

"The old man is indeed not wrong. Miss Alia, the old man will be relieved to know all this. Please come with me." The man's voice also changed slightly, but he was still old. Robben felt that although this man was not as old as the old man, he should be at least sixty or seventy years old.

The man walked to the bookcase in the room, pulled out a book on it, then rubbed it with his fingers at the mouth of the vase next to him, and then broke it hard, and broke off one piece. Then he held the mouth of the bottle and reached into the gap in the book, pushing and twisting his arm.

With a slight sliding sound, the bookcase sank into the wall, and a passage was exposed behind it.

"Dude, Miss Alia, please..." The man spliced ​​the half of the vase fragments in his hand back to the mouth of the bottle. Robben used his eyes to find that the interface between the fragment and the vase was completely covered by the complex shadows of the vase. If he did not get close to observe carefully, it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to discover.

Robben and Arya followed the man into the passage in the wall. Behind the bookcase that had been trapped in, silently retreated back.

Although there were torches in the passage, it seemed very dim. Robben carefully dragged Arya forward and found that Arya was extremely quiet.

If Alia is excited and trembling now, this is normal. Alia now makes Robben feel a little sad.

At the end of the passage, there was a door. The man pretending to be the old duke stopped at the door, "The old duke is inside, I will take his leave first."

As he said that, he saluted Robben and Arya. The man turned around and left. When the man disappeared from the corner of the passage, Robben turned around but found that Arya was still standing beside him, not moving.

After thinking about it, Robben said, "Why... let's go back?"

Aria lowered her head and Robben noticed her long sleeves trembling slowly.
To be continued...