Path of light

Chapter 326 327. Before the trial

Businessman Santos stood at the door of Ellington Mansion and told Butler Boris about the trouble he encountered.

With a reserved smile on his face, Butler Boris asked the businessman Santos: "Santos, how do you want me to help you?"

"Can you help me cancel the court hearing next week? Boris, I know this matter is not a problem for you!" Businessman Santos said, handing over a money bag in his hand.

Butler Boris looked to the left and right and saw that there were no elves around. The elf maids had all left at some point.

He took the money bag indifferently, weighed it in his hand, and put it in his pocket.

"Well, since it's Santos you are in trouble, of course I will help you. I will help you talk about it in the next two days. There should be no problem in canceling the trial!" Butler Boris said confidently explain.

Businessman Santos was overjoyed when he heard what Boris's housekeeper said, and thanked Boris repeatedly.

"Remember, don't do such stupid things next time. If you want to kill your opponent, you must understand the opponent's trump card..." Butler Boris put on a preaching look and said to the businessman Santos.

Businessman Santos nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would act cautiously next time.

Butler Boris waved his hand to the businessman Santos and said: "I happen to be on duty today and I don't have time to entertain you. If there is nothing else, you should go back first!"

Businessman Santos had to say goodbye to Butler Boris...

After sitting in the Ellington Mansion for so long without even having a sip of tea, businessman Santos felt helpless as he was about to leave in despair...

…

Butler Boris walked into Ellington Mansion and hid the money bag in his arms.

Dinner was ready, but he still needed to confirm it one last time.

Butler Boris is one of the three butlers at Ellington Mansion. This job is decent and easy. He only needs to be on duty ten days a month, and the rest of the time is at his discretion.

Boris often attends dance parties and occasionally goes to the pub to play cards.

He and the businessman Santos met while playing cards in a tavern. The businessman Santos heard that he was the butler of the Ellington Mansion, so he often courted him and often invited him to drink. Once, both of them got drunk, and Boris Only then did he give a letter of visit to the Ellington Mansion to the businessman Santos.

In fact, he has no right to do this, he is just a steward.

If Earl Ellington knew about this, Boris estimated that he might lose his job.

He didn't even expect that Santos would actually come to him with a letter of visit. Fortunately, he was on duty and stopped Santos outside the mansion.

He hurriedly walked through the winding staircase and entered the tree house. Inside was a gorgeous castle-like palace. Butler Boris walked through a long corridor and walked directly into the restaurant.

Several maids were busy in the restaurant, some were busy arranging the plates, some were busy laying out clean tablecloths, and some were already bringing colorful fruits.

Butler Boris confirmed the type and freshness of the fruit and nodded.

As dinner began, family members in the Ellington Mansion entered the restaurant one after another, and each member had a fixed seat.

Before eating, everyone was whispering about the news outside.

Miss Edith also followed the team of women. As everyone sat down, she sat quietly on the chair and did not join in everyone's conversation.

Miss Edith's father, Earl Dempsey Ellington, sat at the head of the table. Earl Ellington usually lives in Buenos City and only returns to the Ellington Mansion for no more than two times a year. moon.

Family dinners like this don’t happen every day.

Although the Ellington family gradually declined, the various rituals and etiquette of the family have still been retained.

Earl Ellington put down the parchment roll in his hand and looked at the long dining table, which was already filled with family members. He turned and nodded to Butler Boris, who then came out with a row of elf maids. , began to add various fruits to everyone’s plates.

Butler Boris is only responsible for serving Duke Ellington...

Duke Ellington seemed to like this lively scene very much. He turned to Butler Boris and asked:

"Boris, did anything interesting happen outside today?"

Butler Boris was well prepared. He stepped forward and poured a glass of fruit wine for Earl Ellington. He said at the same time: "I heard that the little princess of the Stanley family has won the favor of the silver unicorn. In the future, this Stanley Our little princess should become a unicorn knight."

"I've also heard about this. The Stanlis family is really lucky." Earl Ellington said.

He turned to look at his eldest son and saw that he was indifferent to the news, so he took the initiative to ask: "Owen, do I remember that the little princess of the Stanley family was still your classmate?"

Owen sat next to Earl Ellington, sitting upright and looking like a soldier.

"Yes, Father!" Ern Ellington said.

He is such a boring elf, he always speaks seriously and rarely smiles on his face...

Earl Ellington leaned back and said to Owen:

"Recently, a large number of human merchant ships have appeared on the coastline of the Endless Sea. It is said that plane wars have broken out in various parts of Roland Continent, which has directly led to the shortage of magic herbs in the human kingdom. Therefore, many merchants have taken ships to the Elf Continent to purchase magic herbs. However, sea storms have occurred frequently recently, and those merchant ships can temporarily dock at safe havens in the outer sea, but these merchant ships have not yet entered the port terminals of the Elf Continent."

Ern Ellington was very interested in this. He said to Earl Ellington: "Is there going to be another plane war?"

"It's not certain yet, Ern. You should also pay close attention to the two sides of the family. Once you find signs of invasion by dark forces, you must deal with them as soon as possible." Earl Ellington reminded his son Ern.

Owen is the kind of elf who is meticulous in everything he does. He said to Earl Ellington:

"I understand, Father."

Earl Ellington nodded and asked: "You have been working at the trial center for about half a month, how do you feel?"

Owen raised his head and replied: "Fortunately, it is busier than the logistics department. There are court hearings every week."

"It's better to be busy. You are still young and need to accumulate some experience." Earl Ellington said.

Miss Edith was sitting in front of the dining table, looking like a good girl, silently eating the fruit on the plate, and occasionally chatting.

After Earl Ellington had dinner, he left the restaurant early.

When Earl Ellington left, the atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly doubled in intensity, and everyone began to chat casually.

After Earn Ellington had dinner, he didn't think about sitting in the restaurant and listening to everyone's chat.

Just as he put the napkin on the table in front of him, stood up and turned to leave, Butler Boris quickly came over and whispered to Ern Ellington:

"Master Ouen, do you have time?"

Ern Ellington stopped, frowned and asked, "Butler Boris, what can I do for you?"

Butler Boris saw that Ern Ellington was a little impatient, so he immediately said: "Master Ern, I have a cousin named Santos. He has been in a little trouble recently. I heard that he was sent to the trial court. , there will be a court hearing next week.”

Owen hesitated for a moment, but said casually: "Okay, if it were the trial I was in charge of, I would reduce his sentence to the lightest possible sentence."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the restaurant. Butler Boris quickly followed behind and said to Owen:

"Master Ouen, my cousin was obviously framed by others. He is a law-abiding businessman who always pays great attention to goodwill. Look...can you suppress this trial?"

Owen stopped again. He looked at Butler Boris, saw his eyes twinkling, and said:

"I will check the files tomorrow to see what is going on and then give you an answer."

Watching Ern Ellington walk out of the restaurant, Butler Boris was a little disappointed.

If Earl Ellington had heard his request, he might have readily agreed.

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After dinner, Miss Edith held a travel journal under the camphor tree in the inner courtyard.

I heard footsteps coming from the corridor, and then I heard Owen's voice: "Edith, I heard that the guy named Roy is from your elf academy. Do you know him?"

"Well, when Princess Ophelia taught modern elf history, he happened to also sign up to study for a period of time. It was at that time that I met Roy." Miss Edith said casually without raising her head.

"What's this guy's character like?" Owen sat down next to Miss Edith.

"He has a softer personality." Miss Edith's evaluation of Roy...

"I know." Ern Ellington did not continue to ask, because some things did not need to be asked at all.

Ern Ellington turned and left the inner garden, leaving Miss Edith sitting alone on a bench reading a book.

…

Roy followed Claire into a large manor with many apple trees planted in it.

This season, these apple trees are already covered with green fruits.

Through the lush apple orchards, you can see the buildings inside the manor lighting up.

The carriage stopped at the door of the manor, and Claire opened the door and walked out first. As soon as he appeared, a circle of Silver Moon elves surrounded him, asking him questions.

Claire was surrounded by a group of elves, and Roy had to get out of the carriage on the other side. Instead of approaching Claire, he wandered around the dance floor by himself. He walked to a fruit plate area where various kinds of fruits were displayed. As for fruit, Roy grabbed an apple and took a few bites.

It seemed a bit deserted here. Roy needed to wait for Claire, so he wandered around this area.

He also saw some tables filled with various fruit wines and tree of life sap...

Roy stood quietly in front of a wine rack. He looked closer at the fragrant fruit wine, but did not reach out to take it.

A group of aristocratic ladies and noble ladies happened to be walking over next to them. Roy saw that they were also heading towards the wine rack, so he was about to step aside.

"Pass me a glass of wine..." the elf noble lady walking at the front ordered Roy.

Roy didn't try to explain, and just handed over a glass of wine.

Other elven noble ladies also took the opportunity to choose their favorite fruit wine and tree of life sap, and asked Roy to hand it to them.

Until Miss Christine stood in front of Roy and smiled at him.

Roy handed a glass of life tree sap into her hand, and then followed the instructions of an elf noble lady and took down a glass of fruit wine from the shelf...

Roy acted as a waiter until all the elven noble women left, and then he took a long breath.

Miss Christine did not leave with the noble women, but stood by the wine rack. When Roy came over with a glass of life juice, the two of them walked casually along the corridor of the manor.

"What have you been busy with lately?" Miss Christine hasn't seen much of Roy recently.

Roy smiled and said: "I have been selling magic herbs recently. I plan to transport low-level magic herbs from the Partington plane to Castletown..."

"You want to go into business?" Miss Christine stared at Roy in disbelief.

Roy nodded, then shook his head:

"Actually, it's not really about doing business. I just want to push out the low-level magical herbs from the Partington plane. This time I went to the Partington plane. First I saw the difficult life of the mixed-blood elves in Barrier Town. Later, we I went to the Pagisto Plateau again, and the mixed elves living there didn’t live a very good life either!”

While talking, Roy also wanted to introduce some mixed elves living in the mountains to Miss Christine.

"Is there such a place?" Miss Christine couldn't help but asked in surprise.

Roy stopped: "I plan to buy back the magic herbs they collected and then transport them to Castletown for sale. I think... their lives will gradually get better in the future."

Then Roy slapped his forehead and said to Miss Christine:

"Oh, do I still owe you a thank you? If it weren't for the business certificate you gave me, maybe I would have encountered a lot of trouble even if I wanted to do this."

Miss Christine waved her hands repeatedly and said, "This has nothing to do with me. My father asked me to hand it over to you."

The sound of Claire's playing came from the other side of the dance floor. Roy was already familiar with those songs. Every time Claire performed in public, she would win warm applause...

After Claire finished playing three pieces of music, she walked off the stage...

He searched for a while in the crowd and finally found Roy.

Claire took Roy's arm, pulled him, and said to him: "Follow me, I will take you to see an elf noble."

Roy followed, and other cheerful music echoed on the dance floor. The two shuttled on the dance floor, and then came to a rest area, where some elven nobles were sitting. If Roy himself, he would not Will go to this area.

But following Claire, no one can stop her when she walks into this area...