The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

Your Excellency the Duke is now in a dilemma.

First, he was hungry, and second, he had knocked over his dinner.

It is of course easy to order the chef to make another one, but Celeste is not very willing. He always feels ashamed, so he finally decided to go hungry.

Eswell, who was eating, noticed the predicament of the master, he put down the knife and fork, walked slowly to Celeste, bent down and asked in a low voice: "Master, would you like to taste the barbecue? "

"I suddenly have a craving for barbecue. It would be great if you can reward me."

Celeste glanced at Eswell, and said dryly, "You are so sweet."

"This is what I should do."

Eswell smiled, and reached out to help Celeste tidy up his collar. Since His Excellency the Duke seldom wears his own clothes, his clothes were a little messy, and the butler saw it, but he was a little afraid of Celeste, so he didn't care. Dare to bring it up.Eswell skillfully helped Celeste take care of her appearance, and even tidied Celeste's slightly messy blond hair.

"Go."

Celeste said he blinked and added, "Meet me in the study after dinner."

Elsevier turned around and walked into the kitchen, and took out a piece of fresh meat, which was not too big, only enough for Celeste to eat alone.

Elsweer skillfully walked to the fireplace. The fireplace in the dining room was different from the one in the living room. The fireplace in the dining room was more open. If you wanted, you could also barbecue here.

There are many people whose living room doubles as a dining room, as did Bradley Castle, Celeste's father's castle, until his mother, Vi Lin, married in, and the living room and dining room were separated.

At this moment, the commotion in the castle had stopped, Davari was thrown outside the castle, and the other ordinary knights sat back in their seats timidly, not daring to breathe.

However, they still breathed a sigh of relief: Now that the knight commander has returned, they shouldn't need to eat black bread and snow water, right?

Elsweer quickly finished roasting a plate of meat. He brought the meat to Celeste, set the knife and fork, "Please use."

He stood behind Celeste and took the place of the butler, but the butler didn't feel dissatisfied with this at all. In fact, he even felt that it would be great to be able to stay away from His Excellency the Duke.

Celeste picked up the knife and fork and began to enjoy his dinner. Elsweer's craftsmanship is very good, and he has cut the barbecue into a shape suitable for direct delivery to the mouth.

Soon, the dinner was over, Celeste got up and left the restaurant, and he went straight to the study.Elsevier didn't follow behind him, and he had to stay to deal with some things.

For example, why was his master so angry when he came back just now.

Except for Celeste, no one left the restaurant.Elsevier picked up the time bell on the table and shook it, and a crisp sound sounded, indicating that the dinner time was over for those who were still eating.

Although Eswell's position is only knight commander, in fact, he is almost the spokesperson of the Duke, and has many tacit rights.

Everyone stopped their movements and turned to look at Eswell who was standing beside the main seat. The knight commander had no expression on his face, and he looked completely different from when he was serving the Duke just now.

"I want to know what just happened."

He casually clicked on the name of an ordinary knight, motioning for him to explain.

The knight named was named Becky. He stood up and told what happened just now without hesitation. However, he deliberately highlighted the inhumanity of His Excellency the Duke, and described Davari as a person who unfortunately bumped into The hapless bastard of the duke's wrath (but it is).

He hoped that Eswell could summon Davari from outside the castle. Eswell also had this right. After all, in such a cold winter, if you spend the night outside the castle with nothing, you are likely to die.

Although Eswell is a bit unreasonable and has no relationship with these knights, they are all of the same kind!

"So, you made Your Excellency angry?"

Eswell's focus was completely different from Becky's imagination. The knight captain frowned and said indifferently: "Your Excellency also said that all knights should eat black bread with snow water every meal from the next meal onwards?" ?”

Becky looked at Elswell cautiously, and said, "Yes."

Forget it, even if the knight commander doesn't intend to save Davari, it would be nice to change this terrible order.

However, what is absolutely unexpected is that Eswell actually said: "Then follow your command."

"If you follow Your Excellency's order, then you will also eat black bread and snow water!"

A knight who had once challenged Eswell couldn't help shouting: "Do you think you can survive?"

Although he said so, everyone knew that Eswell could of course be spared. He was the Duke's most beloved servant. Even if he had shown signs of falling out of favor recently, he was about to return to favor again.

Eswell glanced at them, and replied lightly: "Of course I also eat black bread and snow water, after all, this is the Duke's order."

Even if the order was harsh, he would not allow anyone to challenge his master's authority.

What's more, food has always been dispensable to him.

Celeste didn't know that the harsh order he had issued before had been enforced by Eswell, and he just said it casually to vent his anger.If Eswell hadn't come back, then that order would be very likely to be carried out, but now that Eswell has returned, in his mind, this order naturally doesn't count.

He was sitting on a chair in the study, and the fireplace in the study was also lit—as long as it was a place where Celeste was often active, the fire in the fireplace would be burning all day long, so the consumption of firewood would be so large .

He was thinking about how he would have a showdown with Elsevier later. He hadn't had any dreams these days, and usually slept until dawn.He was still very curious about that dream, and he was also very interested in the origin of Eswell.

Eswell didn't make him wait too long, and soon there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Celeste said lazily, and Eswell walked up to him slowly, standing upright.

Celeste glanced at him, and hooked the pendant around his neck with his fingertips, "Come on, explain this to me."

Eswell was silent for a while, and did not answer immediately.

Celeste frowned, took the pendant off his neck, and threw it on the table casually, "Since you don't say it, then so be it. Take it and throw it away, who knows what happened to this unknown thing?" what's the function?"

As soon as the pendant was taken off, Celeste felt a little dizzy, as if he had just been bled by a doctor.

Although his cousin Noyce always said that after bloodletting, he would feel clear-headed, but Celeste didn't think so. His mother forbade the doctor to do his bloodletting, saying that it was a form of treatment that was completely useless to the body. .

Celeste was a little skeptical at first, after all, every time he saw his cousin was full of energy after the bloodletting, he was a little eager to try, and under the cover of Neuss, he tried the feeling of bloodletting.

As a result, not only did he not feel refreshed, but he also passed out.

He leaned weakly on the armchair, not looking at Eswell, his long eyelashes hanging down, covering his blue pupils.

Eswell hurried to Celeste's side, reached out and picked up the pendant on the table, intending to help him put it back on, but Celeste waved his hand away, "Didn't I say that? It takes."

"It's not that I don't want to tell you." Elswell finally compromised, and he said, "I can't do this."

"explain."

Celeste raised his chin, signaling him to continue.

Eswell's wording was very concise, and Celeste quickly figured out what was going on.To put it simply, if Eswell satisfied Celeste's curiosity and made him understand what was going on, Celeste would die immediately. As for why, Eswell could not say.

"...Why would I die if I found out?"

Celeste felt unbelievable. At this time, Eswell helped him put back the pendant. Once the pendant returned to him, all the discomfort on his body disappeared.

"Then why did you lift the hood again at the end of the dream?"

Celeste questioned: "You obviously don't have to do this, do you?"

"I don't want to deceive you." Eswell's emerald green eyes gleamed under the candlelight, "I just want you to know my true identity. Marion's alchemy experiment is full of mistakes and omissions, you must not believe it."

—So you tell me that you are also an alchemist in this way, so that I can believe you?

Celeste looked at Eswell uncertainly. This reason was really unconvincing, but Eswell didn't look like he was lying to him.

He stared at his knight commander for a while, and finally decided to trust him for the time being.

"I thought," Elsevier went on, "I thought you'd be very happy."

Your Excellency the Duke: "...Why do you think I will be happy?"

Elsevier said nothing.

Forget it, there is no benefit in continuing to entangle on this topic. He changed the topic and continued to ask: "Then can you tell me, are you Eswell?"

"I'm not."

This time, the knight commander replied happily: "I am not Eswell, I am your servant, and my real name is Escrit."

"What about the original Eswell?"

Celeste was concerned about this, "Where did he go?"

"he died."

The knight commander said: "He was seriously injured while hunting, and was abandoned by other knights in the forest. I stood aside and waited. After he died, I took his place."

Celeste couldn't believe it: "Are you just standing aside and watching him go to death?"

The knight commander nodded with a calm expression: "Yes, what's wrong?"

He looked at Celeste's expression and added: "Don't worry, his death was not painful. The blood loss and cold made him lose consciousness very quickly."

"...Have you ever thought about helping him?"

"No."

The knight commander shook his head honestly: "If I helped him, he wouldn't die. If he doesn't die, how can I come to you? He will die sooner or later. Human beings are very fragile."

Humanity?Why did he say that?

"... Escrito."

Celeste called his full name for the first time in reality, and he said with some difficulty: "I want to know what you are."

"I am your servant."

"You know that's not what I asked." Celeste looked at him, but the knight commander shook his head, "No, my master, I can't tell you yet."

"Wait until your body stabilizes."

Escrit lowered his head, "You just need to know that I am your most loyal servant, no matter what your wish is, I will try my best to fulfill it for you."

"You are very vulnerable now, but don't worry, I will protect you."