According to the laws of the empire, soldiers are not allowed to wear armor and hold weapons to enter the homes of nobles, let alone more than 56 people like this, the number of small-scale wars can already break out.

Rhines unconsciously grabbed the stone railing.

I don't know why, but now he just stands on the third floor and looks down, feeling like he wants to escape.Rhines felt very uncomfortable, and the source of this discomfort was the leader.

It was as if what was wrapped under his white robe was not a human body, but some dirty and viscous liquid congealed into a human form with malice.

Rhines frowned and took two steps back. At the same time, whether it was intentional or not, Opern raised his head and met his gaze accurately.

... At that moment, Rhines was like a baby bird locked by a snake, and Bai Shengsheng's tender wings could not support him to escape at all.

August was not in a hurry to help Rhines revive his blood, his little Silver Tail was too weak.Rhines needs the stimulation of the mermaid stock solution during the growth period, but August can't provide it until he recovers from his injury.

If he did it rashly, Rhines might even be weak to death.

But Rhines' natural sensitivity is doomed, even if he has not yet developed into a mermaid, he is still innately afraid of the brutal and bloodthirsty black tail of his kind.

The more cunning black tail next to him carefully retracted its breath every day, even though August had tried to leave traces on Rhines countless times.

But Oppern won't.

The mermaids are originally top predators in the deep sea with no natural enemies, and the talent of "concealment" does not exist in their instincts.

In just two days, the research institute standing next to Opern could faintly smell an indescribable fishy smell.

If Rhines was already a mermaid now, he would have been far away from this "owned" place long ago.But now, Rhines just couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

The assistant researcher didn't understand what Opern was looking up at. Following his line of sight, he saw only a bit of gold that quickly retracted, like a frightened canary.

"Your Mightiness?"

……

Opern's fingers hanging by his side moved imperceptibly.

There is a feeling that the heart is being held.

The assistant stepped forward and reminded in a low voice, "The one above is Earl Sauk's illegitimate son, Rhines Thok, do you need someone to capture him as well?"

"...Leave him alone, go and bring Herbert Sauk down."

The assistant responded immediately, put away the expression on his face and said to the soldiers behind, "You two go up."

On the third floor, the moment Rhines closed the door, his heart felt cold for no reason.

At this moment, two soldiers who were about to go upstairs were stopped by a spear.

Opern looked over coldly, and Earl Sok, accompanied by the steward and several guards, came angrily towards this side.

"Get them all out of here! I'm going to write a letter to inform His Excellency Kenley of this matter now, Opern, you wait to go to jail!"

"You have insulted me and my family again and again, and I will let the parliament sentence you to hang!"

Earl Sauk was so angry that the whole house could hear him roaring.

Rhines was still resting his fingers on the doorknob, he was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and was about to go out to have a look again, when an arm was wrapped around his waist unexpectedly.

"do not move."

August silently appeared behind him and hugged Rhines with one hand, pushing him against the door, his dark blue pupils shrinking slightly.

……

On the first floor, the atmosphere was at a stalemate. The two soldiers turned their heads hesitantly to see Opern's reaction.

After all, this responsibility is not something they can take on.

Opern: "...Really."

He smiled, with a strange rhythm in his voice.

The assistant next to him stepped forward, "We suspect that you, Earl, have stolen the secrets of the empire. Do you have any excuses?"

Almost at the same time, the faces of Earl Sok and the butler were blank with anger.

The crime of stealing state secrets is not trivial. If it really existed, Oppern, who had been authorized by Kenley, was indeed qualified to do so.But if they slander others and betray the country, they will also be beheaded after being verified.

The servant was so frightened that he was sweating coldly, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look this way.

Earl Sauk, who confirmed his innocence, was furious.

"I think you are crazy! You should go to the hospital instead of here! What evidence do you have! You crazy! Crazy!"

Even the Countess was alarmed, standing on the second floor and looking down with a frown.

The Suoke family's house is more than ten meters high, but the interior is only divided into three floors.Rhines behind the door was tightly separated, and could only hear the buzzing discussion below, and August's clear sneer.

"August?" Rhines raised his head and wanted to turn around, but his body was firmly held by August, "What are you laughing at?"

August seemed very happy, shaking his forehead with Rhines' shoulder.

Rhines raised the corner of his lower lip unconsciously, and reached out to poke August's forehead, "What's going on?"

Where Rhines couldn't see, August's vertical pupils, which had been forced into thin lines, slowly opened and returned to their original appearance, and the faint outline of scales on his face disappeared.

This was supposed to be prepared for the upcoming battle, but it is not necessary now.

When everything returned to normal, August suddenly raised his head and grabbed Rhines' finger as if he was playing tricks, and bit his fingertips lightly twice with a smile.

Like it was just a joke that went too far.

"Take it easy, it's dirty." Rhines said softly.

August didn't speak, just looked at him.

It was strange, that gaze was obviously smiling, but Rhines felt a chill in his back.

But only for a moment.Rhines' little bamboo horse leaned up and kissed his eyelids, sticky like a canine creature that hasn't grown up yet.

"No, August, um." Rhines pushed him with reddish ears.

This level of intimacy in the kiss completely covered up the ambiguity, and Rhines' vigilance was not aroused at all.

Little Silver Tail, who was being targeted by the black-tailed merman, didn't know how lucky he was.

If the assistant researcher was only a minute late to speak, August would mercilessly inject a small amount of venom into Rhines, and then lead him back to the shallow sea.

In the next seven days, August will consume a large amount of flesh and blood to quickly become an adult.

At that time, Rhines will probably be tortured pitifully by the merman stock solution, after all, the change from the inside of the body is more unbearable than any punishment.Watching my legs go from normal to limp to fused.

The mermaid's inherited memory didn't wake up so quickly, he would probably be frightened by his changes and cry.

His whole body is sore, limp and hot, and he needs to rely on others to feed him even to eat. August can carry him to any dark place.

What's more, in the initial transformation, Rhines couldn't even take in oxygen in the deep sea, so there were only two choices at this time.

Float to the surface or rely on August.

The black-tailed mermaid will definitely bully him until he cries and then cross the oxygen. He is not a good thing in the first place, so he won't give Rhines a choice.

If Opern hadn't been so stupid, these things would have happened in a day at the earliest.But now, August can only hold Rhines and forcibly suppress the restlessness of his body.

Rhines didn't know why August pressed his neck to breathe, but he didn't resist, and let August hug him for a while with his back against the door.

This is a very correct decision, after all, the mermaids really need some innocuous benefits to appease them.

"August, can you take me down?" Rhines asked in a low voice, a little embarrassed, "I don't know how long it will be in the hall, but I don't know how to climb the window."

Surrounded by monsters crawling out of the dark abyss, there are countless people of the same race downstairs with their own ghosts.

But Rhines didn't realize how dangerous his situation was. He just wanted to go with August to see where he would live in the future.

So sweet it hurts.

"...Of course." August gritted his teeth.

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In the hall of the Sauk family, the earl had already grasped the hilt of his sword, and it seemed that he even wanted to cut Oppern directly.

The assistant researcher took a step forward, "Recently, the main research object lost by the research institute is related to the Sauk family."

"slander!"

The voice of the assistant researcher was calm and calm, and he was not intimidated at all, "The fleeing research subject attacked and killed dozens of soldiers belonging to the Kenly Regiment this morning, and there are two surviving women in the town who can testify.

We have confirmed the correlation through tarot reading, confirming that the subject of the study is most closely related to the Sauk family, and is even currently in this house. "

"This research project is a subproject directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, and any information is confidential to the empire. Earl Sauk, do you have any excuses?"

"—Nonsense! You still dare to slander me with Tarot divination, those silly things that little girls only use!"

Earl Sauk was dizzy from the anger. He was not young at all, and the butler beside him rushed forward to help him.

Earl Sauk panted and pointed at Opern, "Arrest them all, arrest these bastards who insulted my family's honor."

Opern's cold voice was mixed with the discussion, as if a piece of ice had been cut into the burning coals.

His amber pupils were slightly darker, and he met Earl Sauk's resentful gaze, "You really look like you have been insulted."

"Otherwise? Do you have evidence?! Dare to say that!"

Earl Sauk was indeed going mad with anger.

He stayed away from the political center all the year round, so naturally he had never heard of Opern's name, let alone the research institute's research projects related to state secrets.

They are old-fashioned aristocrats, apart from money, they are sex.Unless someone pays enough money, how can he do things that are thankless.

Earl Sauk was already investigating the nobles who had a grudge against him. This matter was either blocking Opern's way when he didn't pay attention, or he was cleaning himself up for others.

Either way, it should be the same as before without any major problems.

But he and the Sauk family must be forced to do something else.

Earl Sok thinks so, but Opern is not the greedy nobleman in the imperial capital.

The young director of the research institute lowered his eyes and smiled, "Then invite Master Suoke out."

?

The count and the lady on the second floor were taken aback.

Opern stretched out his hand slowly, and showed the four tarot cards face-to-face to Earl Sauk.

The rightful emperor means a ruler with power.Opern's assistant researcher used the divination to the gentleman's wife. In the Sauk family's territory, this undoubtedly represented the powerful male in the Sauk family.

The hermit is right, implying that there is a hidden fact here, and only one person is involved.

The last one was a reversed sun, which was also the reason why Ou Poen was confirmed as Herbert.

Earl Sauk didn't look unwell at all, but the reversed sun represented depression and decline.

Opern's slender fingertips pressed against the edge of the card, and he stared at Earl Sauk like a snake, "Is it the little girl's trick? You can tell if you invite your son out, won't you?"

……

A strange silence spread between the two of them, and O'Pern's relaxation made the originally absurd reason a little more credible.

After a while, Earl Sauk raised his chin, "Why should I listen to you? Get out of my house now, and forgive your disrespect, otherwise—"

Before he could finish his sentence, Opern gestured towards the assistant as if he couldn't bear it.

The next moment, several researchers rushed up the stairs and ran towards Herbert's room.

"What are you doing!" the countess screamed.

Earl Sauk glared.

The family guards and the soldiers brought by Opern fought together, and the whole hall was in chaos for a while.

"What are you doing! Cough cough..."

"……What is the taste?"

"Is that so?"

"Your Excellency! He is right!"

A black-robed researcher hurriedly leaned over the railing and shouted down, causing everyone to stop.

Immediately afterwards, Herbert was carried out by two people. He was sleeping soundly just now, and at this moment he looked at the group of people blankly and angrily.

But everyone shut up.

——Herbert's exposed face and arms showed an extremely terrifying bluish-white color, and black blood vessels like tree roots emerged terrifyingly on the side of his face.

Even the whites of his eyes were stained a lifeless gray.

...he looked like a corpse.

"...Oh my God!" The Countess' expression was fixed on her face, "What's the matter with you, Herbert?"

Earl Sok was stunned for two seconds, then looked at O'Prien sharply.

Oppen smiled.

At this time, under the high wall.

Rhines was supported by August on the waist and hips, and landed firmly on the grass.

"Are you there?" Rhines closed his eyes, his voice trembled a little, he was afraid of heights.

August's voice was steady without any ups and downs, and he even turned his head to make himself look down, "No, there is another layer, hold tight."

Rhines let out a "huh", and wrapped his legs around August's thin waist, for fear that he would fall.

For a moment, he didn't feel the slightest movement.

"Is it true that you can't move while holding me?"

Although there are many protruding statues on the outer wall, it is still a bit difficult to bring a person down.Rhines was a little worried about his little bamboo horse.

It took August a lot of restraint to keep from laughing.

"It's really troublesome. I'll go down first, and then I'll follow you below, okay?"

……

Reines buried himself on his shoulders, his whole body revealing a kind of softness that could be bullied.

But after a while, "Then you must catch me."

"I don't want to fall to the ground, it hurts."

With this tone, I don't know whether it's an exhortation or a coquettish.

Combined with the current appearance of the two, they are more like lovers.

August pressed the distance slightly, "Okay, I must catch Brother Rhines, come down quickly."

Rhines pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time before slowly opening his eyes and preparing to find a place to sit on the mid-air sculpture.Unexpectedly, the goal is only the grass...

Rhines clearly heard a laugh.

He was so angry that he hammered the person on the back.

Little liar.

Where did August learn these things.

But this is just a small joke between them, of course Rhines will not be really angry.

August smiled and led him forward, "Well, it's all my fault, buy a cake and apologize to Rhines, okay?"

Rhines likes soft sweets, but hesitated this time.

"It may not be too late, there is no carriage back at night."

……

August lowered his eyes, his dark blue pupils were full of darkness.

"I've rented a house in town and I can live there tonight."

Of course, there is no need to come back.

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