Laing walked to the side of the Lady of the Lake. "My lady?"
"Stretch out your right hand, my champion." The Lady of the Lake gestured for Laing to stretch out his right hand. She stretched out her slender fingers and took flowers and ribbons from her body. She carefully weaved them into a bracelet and put it on Laing's wrist. "Happy Winter Veil Festival! My champion. "
"Happy Winter Veil Festival, my lady!" My lady! "Ryan gently kissed the back of the hand of the Fairy in the Lake, which was as smooth as fine jade.
The man and the goddess looked at each other and smiled. Then, the Lady of the Lake disappeared in a dazzling white light.
Laing respectfully sent the Lady of the Lake away and went downstairs. He noticed that Emilia was staring blankly upstairs. He smiled and said, "What's wrong? Guess what I said to the lady? "
"No! No! "Amelia's face turned red as she subconsciously retorted.
"Actually, I just chatted with the Lady of the Lake. Nothing else." Laing shrugged. The Lady of the Lake's chosen one casually sat on the sofa in the living room on the first floor. "Emilia, it's really just the two of us left now."
"Yes, it's just the two of us," Emilia replied to Laing blankly and said no more.
"Sigh, people come and go, even gods. The last reliable person to accompany me is still Alfred Frey. Let's call him over for a turkey dinner tonight!" Laing didn't know why he wanted to say more. Perhaps a little maid like Emilia who could listen but didn't talk much was a good person to talk to.
"Trustworthy friends are always rare and rare." Unexpectedly, Emilia's answer was even stranger.
"By the way, Emilia, my mission is complete. Belt the Fallen Hunter is dead, and the Aesthetic Society has been shut down. You don't have to stay with me anymore." Laing took out the iron kettle and heated it with his spiritual energy, making himself a cup of warm milk. "Of course, I won't drive you away. It's up to you whether you want to stay or leave!"
"I said that I will repay your kindness. I will stay, as long as you don't chase me away." Amelia's small hands were placed on her knees as she answered seriously. Her beautiful big eyes blinked, and she looked very pitiful as if no one wanted her.
"As long as you don't plan to leave, you're always welcome here, Emilia." Laing raised the cup and took a big gulp of hot milk. "That's if you're a maid."
"If Mr. Laing doesn't need anything else, I'm just a maid." The little maid held her skirt and answered carefully. She knew what Laing wanted to ask.
"Very good!"
After eliminating Berthe, Laing's days were peaceful for a while. He spent most of his time living on Amber Avenue and occasionally working for Schultz as the guardian of Marlin Castle.
About two weeks later, Marlin Castle welcomed the annual Winter Veil Festival.
Early in the morning, it was snowing heavily in Marlin Castle. The sky was dark, and the cold wind blew. It almost always snowed during the Winter Veil Festival, but it did not dampen the people's enthusiasm. In the snow and cold wind, the old year, whether it was a success or a failure, whether it was happiness or sadness, had become a thing of the past. The new year was about to begin with the arrival of the Winter Veil Festival. People decorated their houses with all kinds of decorations. On this day, no matter how fancy you dressed, no one would laugh at you, because everyone would try to dress up like this to celebrate the arrival of the Winter Veil Festival.
But this year, the Winter Veil Festival in Marlin Castle was a bit bleak. The impact of the elimination of the Aesthete Society was reflected in all aspects of Marlin Castle. Many artists and bards were in danger under the investigation of the Sea God Knights and the Iris Flower Guards. These people chose to hide, and the atmosphere of the annual festival was diluted.
Early in the morning, Laing woke up from his dream. It was snowing heavily outside the house, but the temperature inside the house was pleasant. The fireplace was still working, and the undried wood was still burning with red flames. After waking up, Laing did not get up immediately. It was rare for him to stay in bed for a while and enjoy the warmth of the winter.
This was the only time every year when farmers, citizens, and nobles would not be reprimanded for staying in bed. Even the Emperor of the Empire had the right to stay in bed. From today onwards, the two-week Winter Veil Festival holiday was for everyone to enjoy. Most of the courts would temporarily suspend their administrative activities as long as there was no war or emergency. The nobles' time would be filled with banquets, hunting, and all kinds of social activities. This was also why Laing did not receive an invitation even though he was famous all over the world. According to convention, new enfeoffment would usually wait until spring.
Leaning on the pillow, Laing recalled the past. He lived with his adoptive father, Norman, in Odetne. Norman was a bad-tempered and eccentric guy. His strict requirements for Laing contained strong fatherly love and hope for his son to succeed. Every year during the Winter Veil Festival, the family would always enjoy a turkey feast and his adoptive mother's delicious baked apple pie.
Thinking of this, Laing could not help but miss his adoptive parents. He wondered how they were doing this year.
Sigh … If only Veronica was here. I could do this to her, that to her, and then … Laing let his imagination run wild for a while and decided to get up.
After washing up and coming downstairs, Laing found that Emilia had already put on a maid's uniform and was working. The little maid's ability to work was very good. Even though she was alone, she still cleaned the three-story mansion very well.
"Why don't you rest a little more today? You can have a few days off to do what you like. I'll clean the house myself. "Laing smiled at Emilia.
"There's no need, Mr. Laing. Your good treatment of me is not an excuse for me to slack off. I'm already very grateful that you're willing to take me in. After all … you helped me and saved Blood Axe." Emilia's face was very shy, but her tone was very firm. The girl knew that Laing could see that she had a secret. Under such circumstances, he was still willing to take her in. Emilia did not dare ask for too much.
"Is that so? Then today is the Winter Veil Festival. Let's go out for a walk!" Laing suddenly said. He walked to Emilia's side. "Even though it's just the two of us left, we still have to decorate this house, don't we?"
"Then … Mr. Laing, you have to protect me!" When Emilia heard that they were going out, she instinctively resisted. However, Laing's existence gave her a lot of confidence, so the girl hesitated and asked.
Today, Emilia was still wearing her maid's clothes as usual. She had a long plain dress and a white apron decorated with lotus leaves. Her long blonde hair was tied up with a maid's headscarf. Her big watery eyes and delicate facial features made people want to protect this girl tightly.
This girl's temperament was like this. She seemed to be very easy to arouse a man's desire to protect.
"Leave it to me. You have to follow me closely!" Laing gave his promise with a smile. Thus, Emilia decided to go out with him. The little maid opened an umbrella and followed Laing closely.
The number of pedestrians on the streets during the Winter Veil Festival had decreased compared to the past, but the shops were still open. Shrewd merchants would never let go of any opportunity to make money. Several major Chambers of Commerce negotiated the opening date of their shops to ensure that customers could still enjoy the joy of shopping during their holidays.
The white snow drifted between heaven and earth. Emilia's height of about 1.63 meters looked very petite next to Laing. In particular, Laing found it very funny that she was struggling to hold the umbrella, so Laing took the umbrella from her hand. "Let me do it!"
"Thank you!" Emilia's little face was red. The girl followed Laing all the time.
The two of them began to shop like this.
Today, it seemed that it was the Halfling's Queensberry Chamber of Commerce's turn to open a shop. Most of the shops on the street were Halfling shops. Most of the Halflings were not tall, with an average height of about 1.1 to 1.2 meters, but they were all dressed up magnificently. They warmly received customers and constantly used flowery words to coax customers into their shops.
Wherever there were humans, there would be Halflings. Once, the status of Halflings in the Empire was very low. They did not enjoy human rights, but they were burdened with harsh taxes. Every Halfling had to pay taxes according to the standards of a normal human, but their wages were only one-fifth to one-half of that of a normal human, because employers thought that they did not need so much money to eat, drink, and sleep.
Some human nobles even thought that Halflings were "two-legged sheep". Whenever they were short of money, they would always ask Halflings for money. If Halflings did not comply, they would kill Halflings. That period of time was the darkest period for Halflings. Halflings fought and endured, looking for opportunities to turn over and gain recognition.
The turning point came from the great Holy War 150 years ago.
When Ludwig the Savior successfully unified the troops of various races and established the Allied Forces of Order, he discovered an embarrassing fact. That was, this army of close to 300,000 people encountered a serious supply problem. At that time, the devastated Empire no longer had the ability to provide logistical supplies for this army. The Allied Forces of Order might not be able to last long against the Army of Chaos before they ran out of food.
At that time, the Halfling Elder Mutt appeared. He humbly offered almost all the food and wealth stored by the Halflings, ensuring the logistical supplies of the Allied Forces of Order. This solved a big problem for Ludwig, who was under great pressure at that time.
After the establishment of the New Empire, the Halflings officially became legal citizens of the Empire and began to enjoy the rights of citizens of the Empire. Humans and Halflings gradually became indistinguishable.
"Oh my god! On this beautiful day, we welcome a distinguished guest! That is the hero of humanity! The great Mister Laing! " One of the Halflings had sharp eyes and immediately discovered Ryan. Thus, he immediately raised his voice and shouted, "Mister Ryan, what do you want to see? We can guarantee that we have everything in our shop! We really have everything! "
Laing thought that this Halfling was really bragging. This was obviously just a tailor shop.
"Really? Then I'll go in and have a look. " Laing laughed and walked into the shop with Emilia. When the Halfling saw that he really entered the shop, he excitedly shouted to the pedestrians on the street, "Mister Laing has entered the shop! Mister Laing has entered the tailor shop of the Queensberry Chamber of Commerce! Today is really a glorious day for the Halflings! "
The pedestrians on the street glanced sideways and then congratulated him. This showed how famous Laing was.
"Mister Laing, what do you want to buy?" Emilia asked curiously.
Because … this was a tailor shop that mainly sold women's clothes.
Could it be that Laing had a fetish in that area? The little maid tilted her head and thought.
"It's the New Year, everyone should have a few new sets of clothes, my dear Emilia." Laing took the maid to the front of the dazzling line-up of clothes and said with a smile, "Pick a few sets of clothes that you like! Take it as my gift to you for the Winter Veil Festival. "
"Really?" The little maid was surprised by Laing's generosity.
"Really." Laing nodded, "As my maid, you should have a few sets of good clothes, right? At least in the future, when I attend a banquet and there's no one else, you can be my female companion. "
"By the way, I can also measure your size and order a few sets of maid clothes for you. Your maid clothes don't fit very well." Emilia's maid clothes were obtained from Veronica's apprentice, Catherine. The little apprentice was about 1.68 meters tall, and her maid clothes didn't fit well on Emilia. The hem of her dress often touched the ground.
Emilia opened her mouth for a long time, but she couldn't say anything to refuse. She was only 18 years old, and girls naturally liked to dress up. She became a mercenary to survive, and she had never been like this before.
So when she came out of the tailor's shop, Emilia's outfit had changed completely. She wore a white straight-shouldered lotus leaf princess dress with milky white princess shoes, and white stockings on her pink legs. Emilia's delicate and cute face was full of blush, and her pair of beautiful big eyes looked at Laing from time to time. Because the weather was very cold, the girl tightened her black mink coat and exhaled a breath of cold air. The girl felt very happy. She really felt that the Winter Veil Festival had come. The festival's footsteps not only walked to her side, but also to her heart.
Until Laing's emotionless words came to her ears.
"Emilia, your taste in fashion, your eye for clothes, and your skill in matching jewelry is not something an ordinary mercenary can have." A strange light flashed in Laing's eyes. He stopped and looked at Emilia. "No girl can have this ability without years of female education. You can fool the mercenaries of Blood Axe, and you can fool Veronica, but you can't fool me."
Emilia's blushing face instantly turned white.
He's testing me! He's using this method to test me!!! The girl subconsciously took two steps back, and her high-heeled princess shoes stepped on the snow. She suddenly realized that she was too complacent. In this warm environment created by Laing, she unconsciously let down her guard!
This man is too scary! Amelia subconsciously reached for her waist. Only then did the girl realize that she had left her sword at home and did not bring it out.
Laing approached Emilia step by step, and the girl kept retreating until Laing reached out to Emilia.
"So let's go home! My little maidservant! Alfred Frey is coming, let's quickly prepare a sumptuous turkey feast! "Laing said with a smile, and then indicated that it was time to go home.
"Eh? Mr. Laing, you … you're not chasing me away? You're not going to ask who I am? " Emilia said in disbelief. The girl felt very guilty and grateful for Laing's tolerance.
"Everyone has their own secrets, and there are things that they can't tell others. You have it, and so do I." Laing shook his head self-deprecatingly, and then said to Emilia, "You're my maidservant, right?"
"Yes! I'm Mr. Laing's maidservant! "
"That's enough. Let's go home, or we won't have time to prepare the turkey feast!" Laing deliberately made a depressed expression. "Or do you not want to be my maidservant?"
"As long as Mr. Laing doesn't chase me away, I'll always be your maidservant! Thank you, Mr. Laing! " The color of blood returned to Emilia's face, and the girl thanked him loudly, and then followed Laing's footsteps.
In the heavy snow and cold wind, the two stepped on the road home. Emilia looked at Laing's back, and only felt warm in her heart.
The Winter Veil Festival really came!
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