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Suddenly realizing that he was hallucinating, he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

But there seemed to be someone saying in his ears: "You are really a clever young master, but he is too clever."

He shook his head, but the voice still hadn't disappeared, "If this is a father-son union, what will happen to the Apocasseri family?"

"I'm afraid that Kurt's Wang Fu position won't be able to escape, so I have to give him something to do."

"..."

Abner's breathing became more and more rapid, his vision became more and more blurred, the rein in his hand slowly fell off, until he slumped off the horse, he suddenly woke up, held on to the rein tightly, and his helmet grazed fiercely on the fence .

"Master Abner!" There were many exclamations from the stands, and it was unclear who shouted.

He gritted his teeth, firmly grasped the rein of the horse, jumped hard, and sat back on the horse.

At this point he was so far behind that he had to hit five hearts to win.

He frowned, pressed down, kicked the horse's belly, and chased forward, and soon he hit three hearts.

Gradually, Abner caught up with Dennis, and the number of targets between the two was equal, leaving only the last crucial target, and this target was near the finish line, but Dennis easily overtook him and was in a more favorable position .

The herald clenched his fists, sweat dripped from his brow, ready to announce.

At this moment, Abner suddenly dropped his heavy helmet, and with a loud bang, the helmet hit the fence. The evening wind brushed against his sweaty forehead, and he slowly let go of the rein.

"Ai Wen—" Abner faintly heard his father's hysterical shout.

The herald's hands shook with terror.

Abner chuckled, raised his longbow, squinted his eyes to feel the wind, and suddenly thought of Oreas, the smooth fur of the black panther, and the gentle whisper.

There was heat in the palm of my hand.

Abner stood up slowly from the stirrups, let the horse bump, stabilized his body, then fully drew the longbow in his hand, crossed Dennis in front, and aimed at the bull's-eye.

"Whoosh—" The arrow feathers stuck to the top of Dennis's helmet and pierced straight to the last target.

Hit the bullseye.

There was a sudden silence in the stands until the herald stammered and announced: "The most, final winner is—Abner Apocasseri!"

"My lords—"

"God—"

"Master Abner defeated Dennis!"

"My lords—"

As soon as the iron bars of the arena were opened, Alvin rushed forward regardless of his image, held Abner in his arms and cried bitterly, "Hey...my good young master...you scared me to death..."

Abner was out of breath, and finally Alvin let him go. He saw his father walking towards him, leading Jonny.

"Father," Abner said.

The father opened his arms and said with a smile: "Come on, my darling, let me hug you."

Abner pounced.

The second day is a fencing competition.

In fact, the nobles valued this fencing competition more than the first day of riding and archery.The nobles who had the conditions set up a sacrificial room in advance. This sacrificial room was built in a very hidden place. The swords of the young masters were hung up, and the sculptures of red dragons, candlesticks and sacrifices were placed underneath, and they were burned all night.It is not only hope that the red dragon will bless the sword, but also to win glory for the ancestors.

Abner handed the "No Life" sword to his father, and his father lifted the sword himself.After a simple prayer, his father solemnly handed him the key, and he locked the door of the sacrificial room.

At night, it's another carnival of wine and food.

Wang Fu was surrounded by the crowd again, and this time, Abner was not spared either.

Those people's drunken faces smelled of alcohol, and their thick arms hugged Abner tightly, so drunk that Abner wanted to vomit.

"Master...you are really brave, my daughter never took her eyes off of you...you see..." the one who has been pestering Abner is the king of Black Rock City, Melvey Kasdey, Abner couldn't refuse.

Melvey waved to a shy girl standing in the dark, and said, "Come quickly... don't you want to toast the young master..."

A shy lady came, looked at Abner shyly, grabbed the wine glass in her hand, and said softly, "To...Young Master."

The corner of Abner's mouth twitched, "..."

The goblets of the two touched lightly, and Abner took a sip of the wine.

"You don't know how many times my daughter cried for you... When you almost fell off the horse, she fainted and woke up only after hearing that you had won..."

Abner wiped off his sweat and laughed, "..." Is this princess made of glass?

"Come on, girl, walk around with the young master..." Melvey pushed the princess to Abner's side, nodded in satisfaction, and walked away swaggeringly.

Abner asked, "Where do you want to go?"

The princess raised her head, looked at Abner, her eyes full of longing, and said softly, "As you like."

Abner: "..."

He glanced around the noisy surroundings, there were eyes, he sighed secretly, and said, "Let's go to a more open place."

The two avoided the crowd filled with wine and meat, and arrived at a deserted wilderness. The moonlight fell on the two of them, and they didn't speak for a long time.

It was the princess who spoke first, and said: "Everyone says that adults are very good at pleasing girls..."

Abner really wanted to slap himself twice, coughed lightly twice, and said, "Ahem, that was before."

The princess was overjoyed, and looked up at Abner obsessively, and said, "Then...is your lord only focusing on one now?"

Abner: "..." Princess, princess, can you be more reserved?

Abner replied: "Ahem, so to speak...uh..."

Suddenly the princess hugged Abner's waist, and the hair rubbed against Abner's chin itchy.

Abner trembled, and grabbed her arm, trying to push her away, but she grabbed her even harder, "Princess, we have something to say."

"No, I'm going to stick to you..."

Abner covered his eyes and looked up to the sky helplessly.

Suddenly the princess tugged at Abner's hand and said, "My lord... Father has promised me to be engaged to you. Are you happy?"

???

Happy ghost... This princess looks so shy, how can she make her back hurt when she talks?

"My lord, my lord, speak up!"

Abner sighed, looked up at the moon, and said slowly: "Princess, I already have someone I like."

The wind stopped instantly, and Abner thought to himself that it's time to let go this time?But after waiting for a long time, the princess still hadn't let go. He lowered his head, saw the princess looking at him calmly, and asked, "Which princess or miss?"

Abner: "..."

"No, it's...a commoner."

The princess was stunned, "My lord, you lied to me."

Abner glanced at her, and said bravely, "That man is taller, older, and stronger than me..."

"By the way, there is no money." Abner added.

"Pa——" There was a crisp slap, although the slap was not strong, but it stunned Abner, the princess glared at him angrily, her offending hand was still in the air, and she was about to come again.

Abner grabbed the wrist and said, "Princess, calm down."

"No—you insulted me—" The princess's eyes were red with tears.

insult?Abner is really baffled.

Suddenly, a roar came from a distance: "Let her go—"

Abner was taken aback for a moment, seeing that it was Dennis who came.

"Damn it." He cursed secretly, and quickly let go of his hand.

But it was too late, Dennis rushed over with fists pumped.

"How dare you bring my sister into this deserted wilderness! How dare you insult my sister!" Dennis had already pulled out the dagger, the blade was shining brightly.

Abner glared at him, and pulled out Moonrise, the blade of Moonlight shone coldly, and said coldly: "If you want to fight, I will accompany you, but if you want to vent your anger for your sister, I'm sorry, you misunderstood, I don't have any unreasonable thoughts about your sister."

"You lied!" Dennis' blade rushed straight at Abner.

Abner hurriedly dodged, "Calm down, all of you! Listen to me!"

"Listen to what you say! I don't care how many people you see, but you can't attack my sister alone!"

"I didn't! It was your father who pushed your sister to me!"

When the blades collide in the wild, they make a crisp sound.

"I don't believe it! You can do anything to deceive a girl!"

"I really didn't because..."

"Because of what?"

"Because... I don't like girls!" Abner shouted.

"..."

"..."

In an instant, both of them stopped, the air was stagnant, and Dennis's face was ashen.

"Let's go!" Dennis grabbed his sister's hand, turned and left.

Abner quickly chased after him, "Hey...don't say anything, I'm not ready yet..."

But the two walked straight, ignoring him.

He was anxious, and patted Dennis on the back. Dennis trembled, turned his head and stared at him fiercely, and said, "Don't! Touch! Me!"

"Don't touch my brother!" the princess added harshly.

Abner froze, "..."

The banquet ended sparsely around midnight, and Abner returned to the tent exhaustedly. Just as he sat down, he saw Earl Rolek come in. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he said, "Good evening, my lord."

"Good evening, Master Abner, we will be fencing tomorrow. Is the sword I gave you used?" Earl Rorek sat down, as if he wanted to have a long talk.

"It works well, thank you, my lord." Abner smiled stiffly, silently praying to the kings to let the earl leave quickly.

"Then, may the kings bless you, and I won't disturb your rest." Prayer actually worked, and Earl Rorek left quickly after exchanging greetings.

Abner kicked off his shoes and rolled freely on the bed twice.

Suddenly the tent was raised again, "Brother!" It was Jonny and Hibburn.

Hipburn put Jonny on the chair.

Abner quickly sat up straight and asked, "Good evening, Johnny, what's the matter?"

"No, brother, I'm here to cheer you up!" Jonny ran over to rub Abner's hands and said, "Brother, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's fencing!"

Abner rubbed his head, "Thank you."

"Then I'll go back! Brother!"

"Go and rest early."

"Yeah!" Johnny left.

Abner let out a long sigh of relief, lay on the bed, closed his eyes, but couldn't fall asleep after a long time.

He touched the necklace around his neck and turned it over and over.

Oreas has been away for five days. I don't know what time it is in his place. Is it the same as here?

Abner sighed, put on his coat in black, and slipped out quietly.

The moon was fuller than the previous few days, and he remembered that it was a full moon when he first saw the figure of Aureas.He took off the necklace, put the milk ball on the moon, squinted, watching the light of the moon shine from the edge of the milk ball.

"Ahem." A cough came from behind, and Abner turned around. It was Wens, who was still wearing a neat silver dress, holding a sword in his hand.