Chapter 81: Next
Erica and Norma entered the back garden of the town hall through the side door. The building in the distance seemed to have been demolished, while a brand new single-story mansion was built directly north of the garden.
It seems that the small but very gorgeous mansion should be the work of alchemists, but I don’t know who the house is there. Anyway, Erica thinks it is unlikely to be Chris’ new homestead, because she heard Norma say that Chris bought a piece of land with good scenery outside the city not long ago and planned to build a manor there. Although the small mansion in front of me looks gorgeous, it is a bit vulgar, especially the two golden brass sculptures at the door seem extra conspicuous under the sunlight. In Erica’s impression, Chris would not have such a boring taste.
But since she found out, she always felt a little concerned, so Erica couldn't help asking Norma, but when she turned around and planned to speak, she found something even more surprising.
The originally quiet little garden center has been transformed into a very unfamiliar structure, and a large group of luxuriously dressed people are gathering in the center to hold a banquet. Erica also recognized that there were rows of gorgeous cloth pavilions in the distance as she hunted the former Baron guards, and besides the long table full of food, there were also a group of musicians playing melodious music by the musicians.
For a moment, Erica thought they had gone to the wrong place, but later she confirmed through several preserved flower beds near the side door that she had not gone wrong, because there were still inconspicuous bullet holes left on several flower beds. I think these flower beds should have been placed near the door of the building before.
However, Erica and Norma suddenly came in from the originally closed side door and attracted the attention of several noble women. At the same time, what puzzled Erica was that they screamed in shock when they saw him. Their appearance gave Erica the feeling that they and Norma were like thieves in their eyes, and their inexplicable exclamation caused more nobles to look at this side. In short, Erica and Norma became the most eye-catching existence in the venue in an instant, and the most fatal thing was that this inexplicable commotion was still escalating. Not long after, even the band under the pavilion stopped playing. Erica even found that several guys with extraordinary status were pointing at this side.
Erica observed all the nobles in front of her with her eyes focused on her eyes, trying to find some nobles who had met, at least who could recognize who she was to resolve the commotion. The reason why she had such a thought was that Norma was stunned for some reason, and even Erica pulled her arm without even coming back to her senses. Erica thought that Norma's behavior should have seen some nobles who she didn't want to see or were not good at dealing with, because she found that none of the nobles opposite had an impression of her, and they were so strange in terms of their faces and clothes. I think this group of people was probably those foreign nobles.
"Hey, Norma, let's go..." After realizing that the atmosphere had become subtle, Erica immediately pulled Norma and planned to go from the edge of the garden to the back door of the city hall.
Just as Erica was planning to force the nasty Norma away, a nobleman leading the guards appeared in front of them and blocked their way. Erica looked up at the very strange middle-aged nobleman, but the other party's arrogant head was as if he was about to look at people with his nostrils. Erica also noticed that the other party's gaze was always staring at Norma behind her, and she felt a little unkind.
Because the surroundings were surrounded by several armored guards, Erica did not dare to act rashly and forcefully leave, because these guards were obviously not local city guards, and the other party had already pulled out the scabbard. Although the sharp long sword had not been completely unsheathed, Erica's opinion could launch an attack instantly.
Since Erica was not wearing a combat uniform today, the only weapons on her body were two Glock 37 hidden under the leather jacket. Although the 45GAP JHP bullets were too powerful and Erica didn't want to use them here, she had to sit and prepare for herself for the worst. But just as Erica quietly tried to reach out to touch the holster on the inside of the leather jacket, the group of guards were slowly pulling out their spears. The metal friction sound stimulated Erica's nerves, but as soon as she moved a little, the guards around her arm would pull out their swords. In short, the warning was very strong. It seemed that these guards wearing carved armor were not decorations, at least the swords in their hands were definitely not.
Erica, who felt in trouble, had to turn her perspective to the middle-aged nobleman in front of her and try to communicate with him.
"Please get out of the way, sir." Erica said with a polite smile.
The nobles did not respond to Erica, and they did not even look at her directly. This arrogance made Erica very angry, and she had already begun to try to figure out how to kill the guards and take Norma away from here. As for the nobles, Erica would not kill the other party in public, because that would make Chris very bad. And if this person was in her camp, even if it was just an allies in the interests, it would make Chris feel unbearable. And the guards... Although they were their duty to target me, they threatened their lives and safety after all, so this could be handled with "self-defense".
But the plan is the plan, and it is a different story to say whether to do it. After all, it is difficult to stop once this kind of thing starts. Moreover, Erica has been in a bad mood recently. She is also worried that she will be unable to control herself and the situation on duty will worsen. So just when Erica almost couldn't hold on, the arrogant noble finally spoke.
"You really disappointed me." The middle-aged nobleman still raised his arrogant head like a rooster and said, "Look at what you are wearing? Your dress is simply a disgrace to the noble's identity."
In Erica's opinion, the middle-aged nobleman really took the word "arrogance" to the extreme, but she also realized that the other party's words were not said to her, but said this high-ranking comment to Norma behind her. It seemed that the other party knew Norma, and after Norma heard this comment, he breathed a little rapid, and seemed very angry but was always patient.
"Sir, shouldn't you say your name before talking to others?" Erica suppressed her dissatisfaction and continued to say with a fake smile: "Or does this mean there is no such thing in the noble etiquette of the Principal of Michel?"
"Be careful of your identity, civilian." The nobleman still maintained a noble attitude and threatened calmly: "Our etiquette is not used to deal with you. If it were just for the good relationship between you and her, you would have been thrown into prison now."
After hearing this, Erica was almost sure that the other party was coming for Norma. She seemed to know Norma, or her family. After all, Norma had said before that there was a carriage outside the main entrance. However, now it seems that Norma has a very good relationship with her family. Moreover, if this middle-aged nobleman is really Norma's family, the appearance of the two is not very similar, and the age difference is also somewhat subtle, so the other party may be her relative rather than her father. In short, it is definitely an elder, and it is the type that is extremely difficult to get along with.
After hearing the middle-aged nobles belittled Erica, Norma finally reacted. She seemed a little uneasy, because in her opinion, Erica was not just a guest. After all, in Chris's private instructions, everyone seemed particularly careful when receiving the two ladies of God-Selected Ones, and they should not be too polite or too casual. By the way, after a while of interaction, Norma also understood that Erica was a little irritable, so she was also afraid that even more trouble would occur in Erica's anger.
"Please pay attention to your words, Viscount Rossel." Norma suddenly said in a tough tone: "Although this lady is indeed not a noble, her identity is more important than a noble, and she is not even the object of a viscount's random insult."
Faced with Norma's accusation, the Viscount Rossel lowered his noble head in shock. He looked directly at Erica who was smiling helplessly. At the same time, several guards around him also put away their swords under Norma's accusation, but they still did not withdraw their siege because they were not ordered by the Viscount.
Viscount Rossel was stunned. He wanted to continue to say something but did not dare to speak casually, because he knew very well that Norma had said nothing just now. The woman in weird clothes in front of him was definitely not a simple identity, but he was embarrassed to retreat in shame due to the noble face. And there was another thing that the viscount brought the guards to surround them. They did want to know the identity of this woman. Originally, Mr. Viscount was entrusted by someone to come over and intervene, but he planned to reminisce with Norma first and then use the arrogance of the noble to suppress the civilian woman and let her disclose more information.
As for the reason, all the nobles present thought about the same thing, that is, the people who could enter and exit here at will are not ordinary people, so everyone was a little afraid of Erica, because everyone's purpose was similar, but when Viscount first observed Erica, he found that the other party had no aristocratic temperament, so he pretended to be arrogant and stood in front of the two of them. But now after Norma said this, he was so worried that he dared not speak casually.
On the other hand, although she had blamed the other party without any politeness before, she still dared not take Erica to force her to leave the place. After all, she also discovered that the group of guards was not the viscount's subordinates, and with her identity, she could not fight against the group of guards head-on. So at this moment, both sides were frozen in place, and the atmosphere on the venue became extremely stiff.
The stalemate was broken by a group of noisy footsteps. Erica saw a group of familiar figures running towards this place through the gap between the guards.
"What happened here, Roselzi..." After rushing to this side, Miles immediately found Erica and Nora surrounded by noble guards. But his reaction was also very quick. After looking around, he immediately understood what was going on, so he straightened his waist and pushed a few noble guards away to Erica and bowed politely, saying, "Wu An, Ms. Selected by God."
This sentence was not loud, but it exploded like a bomb in the quiet venue. But the sudden noise in the venue really made Erica feel a little disgusted, so she frowned and asked at Miles, "Is Chris there?"
"Oh, sorry, Miss Michel went out of the city at noon... But I think she should be back soon. Do you need me to take you to the lady's room to wait?" Myers' voice still did not change. It was obvious that Erica also heard that he was deliberately doing this to tell the nobles around him.
However, because Chris is not at home, Erica has become disgusted with this place, so she rejected Miles' invitation and shook her head and said, "Forget it, I'll go to the Algasburg station outside the city first, I'll come back in almost an hour."
After saying that, Erica walked out the position where Miles had just pushed away, but before she could go out a few movies, she turned around and shouted: "Norma, I don't know the way to go there..."
"Ah...oh, I'll lead you." Norma glared at Viscount Rossell, and then quickly squeezed out along the other party's side.
When Erica and Norma left the garden without looking back, Viscount Rosel trembled and took out a hand towel from his pocket to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and then returned to the crowd in a very embarrassing manner. He bypassed the crowd who were chatting fiercely, came to the center of the banquet, and then bowed to a fat noble young man.
"I'm sorry, Lord Earl, I..."
"It's okay, I heard it all. Thank you for your hard work, Viscount Rosel, you go down first."
The fat young man waved his hand indifferently to let the other party get up. However, when Mr. Viscount retreated, a guard who had followed him before took the initiative to come up and said, "Sir, do you want me to follow me..."
"Don't cause trouble!" The young fat nobleman glared at the other party, then instantly changed into a smile and began to chat with several nobles with higher status around him: "I really didn't expect that the legendary character was so ordinary, and I was a little disappointed."
"Average? Not necessarily..." At this time, a female nobleman with heavy makeup beside him walked over with a glass of red wine and said, "That little girl is just dressed up strangely. Didn't you notice it? Her clothes seem to be quite unusual, and her hair and skin are much better than ours. If I change her dress, I'm afraid I will treat her as a nobleman in the kingdom."
"Maybe..." The fat nobleman invited by the year looked at the direction of Erica's departure and shook his head, then slowly returned to the banquet.
"Oh? Earl, isn't your purpose here to visit the God-Selected One? Why don't you come over and say hello?" The female nobleman asked curiously at the other party.
"The timing is wrong." The fat noble paused and said, "The first impression we gave her was too bad. I think she should be very dissatisfied with us now. At this time, rash contact with Bin may make her mood worse... Anyway, what she meant was that she would come over later..."
"But they are here to find your sister. Do you have any suitable excuses to contact each other?" asked the female nobleman intriguedly.
"I don't know, it depends on the situation." The fat noble walked to a nearby waiter with an indifferent look on his face and picked up a glass of wine, then looked at the city hall in front of him and curled his lips dissatisfiedly, "I won't go out early or late, but I'll just go out when I come... I'm so unwelcome?"
A few minutes later, Erica and Norma left the inner city. The two planned to borrow a horse from the guards of the Westmen to leave the city because the camp in Algasburg had moved a few days ago. Now it would only take more time if they walked there. Although Erica could not ride a horse, she also had the idea of going out for a ride at this time, because the previous incident did make her feel a little sad.
"Is that viscount just now your relative?" Erica finally couldn't help asking Norma on the way.
"Yes..." Norma replied embarrassedly: "My uncle, Viscount Galory Rossell, is also the leader of our family."
"You don't seem to have a good relationship with him."
"It's almost the same. He's a very...well, how to say... he's... a person who pays great attention to class identity." Norma raised his head and looked at Erica and explained awkwardly: "He is not bad in nature... he's very rigid."
"Well... it's roughly understandable." Erica smiled at the other party with relief and said, "I discovered that he was deliberately showing so arrogant just now. I'm afraid the great nobleman in that group asked him to do that... It's the fat man who smiled and cunning..."
"Ah...that person..." Norma suddenly said even more embarrassedly: "That fat man...is Chris's brother, the eldest son of Grand Duke Michel, and Earl Patrick Michel."
"Oh...no wonder." Erica thought about the person's appearance and said to herself: "Indeed, it meets the standards of a playboy..."
The two of them chatted and strolled on the bustling streets, but just as they passed by the door of a chamber of commerce, Erica accidentally saw an unfamiliar figure.
Gino Vittorre, the playboy who was beaten by himself when Enval went to camp before, but when he heard that his father died in the later monster attack, Erica was somewhat impressed by this incident. Erica just saw him and became much more steady than before, and he walked into the chamber of commerce wearing a neat businessman's coat and holding an accounting book. It seemed that he might have inherited his father's identity.
But what made Erica care a little about him was a somewhat suspicious guard following him, because this very strange guard had been consciously or unintentionally tracking him since he entered this street. Until now, he had almost followed him from beginning to end, so this forced Erica to care. When she was about to look for him, she found that the other party greeted Gino and followed him into the chamber of commerce.
"What's wrong?" Norma asked curiously when he saw Erica looking back.
Chapter completed!