Tome of Blood

Eastern City, Duke's Mansion.

The gray-haired Duke of Bold was half lying on the recliner, his eyes slightly closed.

Behind him, a professionally trained maid carefully massaged his shoulders with a technique said to have been passed down from the elves.

A faint light smoke slowly rises from the incense on the table, and the smoke is lingering.

It is a kind of magical incense that can calm the mind and calm the mind. It is produced on Luna Island. It can help people relax and has a certain refreshing effect.

Coughing came from time to time, and the old prince's body shook violently. The violent coughing sound that seemed to cough up his heart and lungs made people feel uncomfortable all over.

However, the old prince has long been used to it.

He knew that his body was getting worse day by day.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature. Although he has struggled and worked hard, he has long been pessimistic even today.

He is satisfied that he can pass on the family in a safe and secure manner.

"What did Leno do?"

After coughing a few times, Duke Bold asked slowly.

Waiters, you look at me, I look at you, and finally someone stood up and replied anxiously:

"Go back to Your Excellency Duke, the evaluation team from the Holy Royal Court is here today, and Lord Leno has gone to the cathedral to watch the ceremony."

"Watching the ceremony? Hehe, that kid is not a guy who cares so much about the holy royal court. Did he go to find the female knight from the Demon Hunting House?"

The old duke snorted softly and sneered.

Everyone lowered their heads one after another, doing their own things anxiously and nervously, but no one answered.

The Duke felt bored and said no more.

He knew that his son had a favorite female knight.

He even investigated it himself, and found that he was indeed a good seedling, who became a second-rank knight of Silver Moon at a young age.

But unfortunately, the other party was born as a commoner, not a nobleman.

Leno's background is already flawed, and the Duke of Bold will never allow the future Duchess of Bold to have a lower background.

So what about outstanding talent?

Talent only represents the future, and the future is always full of uncertainty.

Since the other party is not a nobleman, it is not within his consideration.

Leno's background was flawed enough, even if he made various preparations, it might not be able to win him the recognition of other nobles, especially those fellow lords in the kingdom.

Without recognition, the position of Duke will not be secure.

The Duke of Bold could not have made a rude mercenary knight the wife of the new Duke.

But just his own considerations are not enough.

Lao Tzu knew what his son was, and he knew that little bastard Leno would never give up.

Thinking of this, Duke Bold pondered for a moment, and said lightly:

"Go and send someone to contact the great priest, and after the assessment is over... transfer her away."

It is impossible for the Duke of Boulder to personally attack a demon hunter who belongs to the church, especially if the opponent is a Silver Moon Knight.

However, he can't, someone can.

As long as the opponent is transferred away from Boulder and out of Leno's sight, relying on his many years of contacts, the old Duke is sure to solve the opponent secretly without dirtying his hands.

He is very skilled and experienced in this kind of thing.

Thinking of this, the old prince narrowed his eyes slightly.

Everyone in Polder felt that he had been co-opted by the Castel family and the church, and his stupid younger brother also thought that his secret actions were unnoticed...

But who knew that he actually knew all the actions of his stupid brother?

As the ruler of Boulder, there is nothing in the Duke's Palace that can be hidden from him.

Ever since he found out that he had an illegitimate son living abroad, the Duke of Bold had already started paving the way for the future.

However, when the Duke of Bold was thinking about how to solve the little trouble of the female knight Kara, suddenly a guard knight rushed back from the outside:

"My lord duke! Something happened! Something happened at the cathedral!"

Looking at the panting knight, the old duke frowned:

"What happened?"

"The great priest was arrested by the church evaluation team from the diocese!"

The guard knight replied.

"Cough cough...cough cough cough...!"

Hearing this news, Duke Bold couldn't help coughing violently again.

He sat up from the recliner, widened his eyes, and asked in surprise:

"What did you say? The great priest has been arrested?"

"Yes! It is said that I received a real-name report, saying that the great priest is the umbrella of Drunken Dream Salon, and at the same time colluded with the Blood Demon Sect!"

Real name report?

Does anyone know the secret of the Great Priest?

Duke Bold looked serious.

He quickly stood up from the reclining chair, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

He is currently using the Drunken Dream Salon to deal with the nobles in the principality.

If the secret that the great priest is the umbrella is dug out, will the fire burn on him who made some kind of deal with the great priest?

However, after careful consideration, the old prince quickly calmed down again.

If the fire was on his head, it would definitely not be the guard knight of the duke's mansion who came to report the news, but the judge knight from the evaluation team.

He sat down again, closed his eyes and thought about it, and made sure that he didn't leave any clues about his participation in the more than ten-year-long turmoil of the Gorefiend Cult.

It doesn't matter if his dealings with the High Priest are exposed, it can be presumed to avoid the scandal of the Poulder family.

The role of Earl Tulip is manifested at this time.

As for himself... Ten years ago, he had indeed taken more drastic and risky actions, indirectly making deals with the Gorefiend Sect.

But at that time, he was still behind the scenes, and all the insiders died at that time.

The Duke of Bold thought that those secrets had been completely buried in history with the passage of time, and only existed in his memory.

Thinking of this, Duke Bold regained his composure.

Arrested by the Holy Royal Court, the great priest is probably finished.

Life is impermanent, even he didn't expect the other party to be so caught off guard.

"Even I just guessed something about the great priest, who reported it?"

The old prince couldn't help thinking again.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be an unknown force manipulating everything in Boulder City.

For a moment, he thought of the terrifying existence that defeated the Balrog that night, and thought of the mysterious evil god.

But he quickly shook his head again.

That evil god is so powerful, no one can stop him in Boulder if he wants to do anything, so why bother.

But at this moment, there was a noise from outside, and Leno pushed away the knight guarding the door, and rushed into the study aggressively.

Seeing Leno, the old Duke frowned, and reprimanded dissatisfiedly:

"What are you doing in a hurry? You don't have the dignity of a nobleman at all. Have you returned all the etiquette you taught me?!"

However, Leno just looked at him coldly, and threw a piece of parchment in front of him:

"Dignity? If it is said that the dignity of a nobleman is to associate with evil, then I would rather not have such a dignity."

The old duke looked down.

He picked up the parchment and glanced at it casually, but his eyes suddenly froze.