Beauty and the Python

21.

The Duke's first reaction was——

"What do you see?"

The girl in the mirror froze, blinked, and stared at him blankly.

When she came to her senses, her face flushed red immediately, and she was tongue-tied: "No, no, I didn't..."

"I just saw that he took off his coat, and the shirt inside was tighter, so I found his...his breasts..." She couldn't continue, she was obviously extremely ashamed, and she couldn't even speak seriously to him. Little, "Ludvik, what are you thinking?"

The Duke just nodded and said calmly, "I see."

22.

Da da--

The sound of footsteps on the steps approached step by step.

The Duke suddenly thought of the Duke... Elaine's shoes, they were a pair of apple green high heels, with two ribbons tied into a bow behind his ankles, very fresh and lovely.

The footsteps became softer, probably they stepped on the thick carpet in the corridor. When the footsteps came to the door and completely disappeared, there was a knock on the door again. The man knocked lightly three times and asked: " anyone there?"

Outside the house, the Earl Cat shuttled back and forth under Elaine's feet in an attempt to divert his attention, but the other party just stared intently at the door in front of him, as if he had the same ability to see through the door like the Duke. Suspicion flickered in the green eyes.Elaine glanced at him distractedly, and coaxed gently: "Hey, I'll play with you later." As soon as he heard his voice in the room, the girl in the mirror hurriedly hid in the depths of the mirror. For a moment, they all heard the low and slightly indifferent voice: "Come in." - They immediately wondered if they heard it wrong.And Elaine put her hand on the doorknob after being stunned.

The Duke approached the mirror, and after a distance of one centimeter, the blood-colored vertical pupils looked straight in, and whispered: "Go further away..." She could only suppress the curiosity in her heart, and walked obediently from the mirror In the mirror downstairs.

The doorknob was turned to the downward position, and then it was opened from the outside. Elaine walked in from behind the door, and the Duke caught a sharp glimpse of the figure sneaking in behind her skirt.

"go out."

Elaine was taken aback for a moment, subconsciously thinking that the words were aimed at him, so he couldn't help but pause on the spot, when a gust of wind rushed towards him, and he heard the door behind him slam shut, and then there were a few cat meows from outside the back door, It was the sound of scratching wood again.

He looked ahead—seeing nothing clearly.

The curtains in the house were drawn, and the whole room was dark and airtight.

Maybe the curtains were black, Elaine thought.

Suddenly, he had a feeling, which climbed up along his heels and along his back, and the place he passed was like a worm walking, which made him shiver uncontrollably—it was a sharp and sharp feeling. The cold gaze contained no malice, but no warmth.

By the window...is there anyone?

Elaine looked over there, feeling that someone was also watching him in the dark.

After a while, Elaine's eyes gradually adapted to the surrounding environment, able to distinguish more things, and even got used to that unbearable gaze.He couldn't help breaking the silence: "You..."

But was interrupted by that voice: "His Royal Highness Elaine Gustav, should I call you Your Highness Princess, or Your Highness Prince?"

Elaine froze.

23.

The next question from the voice was more direct: "Are you a man?"

Elaine was only silent for a very short period of time, and when she spoke again, her voice was different from before: "Yes, what you said is true, and I deceived you. I am very sorry for that."

The man was silent for a while, and then said, "You don't need to apologize to me."

Said, walked out from the window.

Elaine's eyes widened instantly.

The Duke thought that he was actually a little angry.

He doesn't like people cheating on him.

At the same time, he is a rational person, and everything is still unclear. According to Earl Cat, I am afraid that His Highness Elaine was deceived by the cunning king just like him, but it cannot be ruled out that this person in front of him conspired with the king. designed his possibilities.

So he decided to teach him a lesson, a small, lesson.

——He revealed his true colors in front of Elaine.

He should be satisfied to see the deep horror and fear on that face, but he isn't.

Elaine took several steps back and covered her mouth with her hand, "Oh my God..." He was sobbing, but it was ridiculous that he didn't lose some of his honorifics at this time, "You...I'm sorry, you are A snake?"

The moment the word was uttered, the Duke stood up straight, his blood-red vertical pupils narrowed dangerously, and Elaine's legs went limp and he fell to the ground.

The Duke watched this scene, feeling bored and dull.

The only thing that surprised him was that he would be disappointed again...

And it turns out that this person is no different from those stupid mortals out there.

The Duke stretched out the letter and made a "hissing" sound at Elaine, and he saw that the other person's body was trembling weakly. This time, he was finally satisfied, turned around and crawled away from the window.

24.

The Duke ran away from home.

But no one found out, or didn't care if they found out.

When he returned to the castle at dawn the next day, he almost thought that he either walked through the wrong door or traveled through time and space - he just walked for one night, and when he came back, he saw Elaine harmoniously interacting with everyone in the castle —Including those candlesticks, murals, antique clocks... and that damn cat, chatting around Mr. Scott? !

The plot moves so fast that the Duke can barely react.

Listen to what they are saying?

"Elaine, your hair is so beautiful! Soft and smooth, to be honest, in the past... I mean, when I was still a maid in the tower, I saw many blond-haired nobles and high-class people, but there were not many of them. A few people’s hair is frizzy, like a bunch of bad hay! But yours is different, it’s like... like..." Antique clock——Miss Bessie, she used to turn on the hour every hour The shutter door of the house is now wide open, and the spring-popped woodpecker inside hangs outside, with its small pointed beak open, chirping non-stop: "Gold, yes, it's like real gold!"

"Thank you," Elaine pursed her lips and smiled, the dimples on her dimples appeared for a brief moment, "The hair oil at home smells too strong, so I tried to adjust new ones myself, maybe they worked .”

Mrs. Hannah also got involved when she heard this, a big mouth emerged from the silver base of the candlestick, "Your Highness, you can also adjust the toilet water and hair oil yourself, what a nobleman!"

This kind of praise seems a bit too heavy for Elaine, his fair cheeks were quickly stained with a blush, "Madam, you are too praised."

"Those are all gadgets that I figured out when I was bored in the castle."

——What are these?

It sounds like a tea party for noble ladies.

The duke went into his room in bewilderment.

However, Elaine's last sentence made him read some deep meaning.

He thought of the information he got from the Gustav family when he went to that person's divination room last night.

This His Highness Elaine has indeed always been a princess in that country.

In the past 18 years, the princess has never left the capital, and even rarely left the castle—this is a miracle.Now the Duke can probably guess the reason for this.

From this point of view, this noble Highness is not much different from his cursed prisoner.

Not long after, Earl Cat sneaked into the Duke's study without making a sound.

Perhaps only Elaine didn't notice this, and they had been integrated with the atmosphere of this castle for many years, and the Duke noticed it as soon as he came back.

Earl Cat closed the door silently again, and then walked slowly to the Duke's desk.

There was no need for the Duke to ask, he took the initiative to say: "You left so suddenly, leaving us with a panicked princess." There was more or less a trace of questioning and complaint in his tone.

The Duke said lightly: "He is a man."

Earl Cat was stunned, and remained motionless in fear.After a while, he seemed to have finally digested the heavy weight, and he continued with a steady tone: "I can't comfort him alone, so we all exposed it in front of him."

He tentatively glanced at the Duke, "I don't think you plan to hide it, do you?"

The Duke squinted his eyes. Are you sure that your unreasonable presence in front of him can comfort him instead of scaring him even more?

"We told him a story."

The Duke's gaze appropriately revealed the meaning of the inquiry.

Earl Cat spread his hands, "It's nothing more than a story about the Frog Prince and the Crow Prince."

The Duke thought of another message he heard from the divination room. This Princess Elaine seemed to have a great reputation among the common people in the past. Hastily agreed to a stranger's invitation.And Elaine and his younger sister with excellent military ability are in charge of the inside and outside, helping to manage a lot of affairs.

A man who can preside over a palace is never a credulous fool.

— would he believe this?

But Earl Cat said, "He believed it."

25.

"He believes that you are a noble and innocent duke who was jealous of you because of your extraordinary abilities in the past, was cursed by an evil black witch, and was trapped in this castle for nearly a hundred years, and we are all your most loyal servants." He said. In the last sentence, Earl Cat curled his lips unwillingly.

"He comforted us in turn and made me dinner. Although the eggs are still fried, he is a nobleman. It's great to know how to fry eggs. I can't demand too much from him, can I?"

"To be honest, he's really gentle and cute..." Earl Cat said as he folded the two cushions together, forming a gesture of holding his heart.

The Duke's icy eyes focused on him, like a basin of cold water poured down his head.

"Okay." Count Cat shrugged, then lowered his head and licked his paw again, "it's a pity he's a man."

"But Ludvik," he changed his tone suddenly, "you can't mind that."

His tone was rare and solemn: "In any case, your contract has come into force."

"You know."

"I know." The Duke became irritated in a rare way.

"Get out——" He casually rolled up something beside him with his tail. It was a thick "Spell Science". The Duke saw the big gilt characters on the cover, and carefully put it down again, so he had to stretch it out. The tail reaches the pen holder on one side.

Earl Cat had already seen his intentions, and finally gave a provocative "meow", and jumped out before he threw the pen holder over.

"Damn."

The Duke let out a low curse, and put away his tail. He first stood upright on the seat, and after a long while, he finally lowered his head and lay down on the desk. The "Spell Science" was thick, with a cloth cover It is soft and ironed, and the pad is very comfortable under it.

He thought for a long time, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Until his eyes penetrated the ground unconsciously, he saw Elaine downstairs again, that face that would only be considered too delicate and delicate even after knowing that he was a man.

Then he understood what he was thinking——

He didn't know how to treat this person.

26.

After encountering the greeting from the...unknown gentleman in the small black room, and the kitten walked up to him and spoke, as well as candlesticks, fireplaces, murals...finally found that most of the old castle After hearing the shocking truth that things can talk and that they were human beings like him, Elaine calmed down. The surprise in her heart was actually greater than the horror.

After all, he came to this place in the unicorn's pumpkin carriage at the beginning, and his receptivity seems to have increased unconsciously.

It's just that there will inevitably be difficult times.

Like in the bathroom at night.

Elaine tapped on the mirror first, and said to the mirror, "Hello?"

He waited patiently for a while, and then said again: "I hope you are not inside, now you know my real situation..."

"Aren't you here? It's good for you and me."

He nodded reassuringly, and turned around feeling worried again.

"I hope you weren't changed by humans. If this is the case...it's too embarrassing."

If a second person saw it, they might be even more astonished than seeing a snake talking—the princess was talking to herself to a toilet.