The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

Escrito's mysterious identity made Celeste a little anxious.

Although he said he no longer believed in angels or God or anything like that, in reality, he just chose not to "believe" in them.And are there any angels or gods in the world?He wasn't sure.

Hillest looked at Escrito intently, and his mind was spinning rapidly: Since Escrito is not a human being, what would he be?

Angel?Impossible, even if the angel is not as holy as described in the bible, it is absolutely impossible to take care of him like Escrit, groveling; what about the devil?It's also unlikely, Escrit has never shown any fear of the cross, and he often goes in and out of the church in the castle.

Although he didn't go to pray, after all he wasn't afraid.

Escrito poured Celeste a cup of tea.The curling steam was steaming, bringing with it a wonderful aroma. Celeste picked it up and took a sip, thinking it tasted good.

This cup of tea suppressed his anger that was about to burst out, Celeste's mood became relieved, and he was a little drowsy and lazy.

He was about to lose his temper with Escrit, but suddenly he remembered the little bedtime story his mother once told him:

A bard (scholar) met a beautiful girl while wandering (going to Beijing for an exam), and they fell in love at first sight and got married.However, later, the bard discovered that his wife was a fox, and that fox had been saved by the bard, so it turned into an elf (goblin) to repay his favor.

When Celeste was young, he believed in his mother's stories, so he saved many kittens, puppies, rabbits, foxes and other animal cubs. Every time his father hunted, as long as there were animal cubs in the prey, he would let go.But unfortunately, until now, not even one has come to repay him.

But... His Excellency the Duke, who had a particularly rich imagination, looked at Escrito, his outstanding knight commander, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

...Wait, this is simply nonsense, impossible... Celeste felt a little dizzy, but soon, the discomfort caused by dizziness subsided, and his thoughts became clear again: Why is it impossible?

Even alchemy is real, why can't elves exist?

He frowned, and looked at Escrit carefully:

Good looking - there are no ugly elves

There are many contradictions in the body - otherwise, how can it be an elf?

Doesn't have much sympathy for humans - normal, he's not human after all

Refusing to say what he is - so normal, the fox refused to tell the bard what he was in the first place

His guesses seemed more and more reasonable.

"Escrito, come here."

Celeste called his knight commander to come over, and his knight commander came over very docilely. In order to facilitate Celeste's movements, he half-kneeled down. It can be said that he is very loyal and has a good temper.

The more he looked, the more convinced he was of his thoughts: Escrito must have come to repay his favor!Otherwise, on the premise that he has nothing to do with him, why would he treat him so well?

His Excellency the Duke stroked his hair, looked at his green eyes, and began to recall which small green-eyed animals he had rescued.

Hmm...can't remember.

He saved too many animals when he was young and ignorant, and he couldn't remember them all.

Celeste withdrew her hand, pretended to cough a few times, and said, "Well, you go out."

After Escrito's back disappeared behind the door, Celeste squatted down and dragged out a small box from an inconspicuous corner.He opened the lock on the box, and what was inside were densely packed books—magical storybooks from the mysterious East!

Celeste likes reading this kind of book very much. In his opinion, it is much better than knight novels.Therefore, every year when my mother's servants went to the East to do business, they would bring back some of these storybooks for him.

The storybooks in this box were all brought back three months ago, but at that time, Celeste’s physical condition deteriorated rapidly, and he was not in the mood to read any stories even if he could only take two extra steps. book.

Only now, he has rekindled his passion for storybooks.

Celeste's mother is from an oriental country. Under her careful teaching, Celeste quickly mastered the reading and writing of oriental characters, so he can read his favorite storybooks without any obstacles.

He picked and picked, and finally chose the thickest-looking one, and sat down to read it carefully—and find some inspiration from it to see how to treat Escrito.

This is a very tortuous story. The story begins with a child herding a cow saving a little snake. Later, the snake spirit comes to the world to find her benefactor after being directed by an angel... and then by a bridge, she meets her. The benefactor fell in love at first sight, and the two began to live a happy life.

At this time, a priest appeared and told the human being that his wife was a demon, and he had to deal with it severely... As for how to deal with it, Celeste didn't know, because at this time he The "elf" knight commander came to the door and told him to go to sleep.

"I have something very important!"

Celeste held the book tightly, "I'll finish my research soon."

When he said this, he was not guilty, and even a little confident. Anyway, Escrit couldn't understand oriental characters.

"But now it's your bedtime."

Escrito refused to budge, he took the book in Celeste's hand forcefully, put it on the table, and carefully sandwiched a bookmark between the pages.

"You should go to bed."

Escrito stared at his master, with an unreadable smile on the corner of his mouth:

His master seemed only a little annoyed, and soon even that was gone.

Celeste looked at Escrit and blushed for some reason.

He coughed a few times to cover up, and said with relief: "Okay."

Escrito sent his master to bed, and Celeste was too late today to delay any longer.

He warmed Celeste's bed step by step, and then got up to change into pajamas for Celeste.Celeste didn't say a word the whole time, and looked at Escrit with weird eyes. It wasn't until Escrit put him on the bed that he hesitated and said, "Evie, you stay."

After finishing speaking, he realized belatedly: Evie is Eswell's nickname, but in fact, his knight commander's name is not Eswell.

His name is Escrit.

So Celeste quickly changed his words: "Eri, you stay today."

Escrito went to bed without objection, and Celeste tentatively reached out to touch him.

That story more or less influenced Celeste: he felt that Escrito should be a female elf.

Otherwise, why would he be so nice to himself?

After reading the storybook, Celeste's view of Escrit has completely changed: Now his thinking is: Escrit must love me deeply, otherwise he could not do so many things for me !

For some reason, Celeste believed in this almost absurd guess, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct.

The imaginative Lord Duke recalled Escrit's actions from his appearance to the present, and felt that what he thought was completely right: Since Escrit is not an angel or a demon, besides elves, does he have Could it be something else?

As for the reason why the elves approached a human being, there should be no other reason except to repay the favor.What's more, judging from Escrit's obedient behavior to Celeste, he does seem to be here to repay his favor.

Generally speaking, elves repay human beings with their own body!

So Escrit must be a woman, otherwise how could she agree with her body?It's all in the storybooks!

Although, uh... although he feels no different from a male, it must be the magic of the elves!

As for why Escrit changed into a man, our Lord Duke also came up with a reason for this: Escrit must be trying to please him, and learn about his hobbies by the way, and he will recover when he understands more or less The identity of a woman came and married him.

His Excellency the Duke firmly believed in his thoughts, and decided to treat Escrit better starting today.

Celeste felt that he was really smart, and he guessed what Escrito wanted to hide from him.Escrit refused to explain, saying that he would die if he knew the reason.The human in the storybook he read just now was frightened to death after knowing that his wife was a snake elf. Escrit must be concerned about this.

But he, Celeste, is different from that human being. He is well-informed and will never be frightened.

Thinking of this, he felt quite complacent.

Your Excellency the Duke now feels very good about himself. He turned his head to look at Escrit, proud and a little hesitant: "I know your secret."

He paused for a moment before announcing: "Escrit, if you behave well, I will allow you to like me... Well, if you like me, I will consider marrying you."

Escrito was taken aback, he hesitated, as if he couldn't believe it: "...you..."

He expressed his doubts physically: he reached out and touched Celeste's forehead.

Celeste never thought that Escrit would do this, and he asked in disbelief, "What are you doing?"

Escrit reacted quickly, and he answered honestly: "I'm just a little too surprised."

As he said this, his tone was very calm.

After Celeste got the answer, although he was a little dissatisfied, he still said that he is in a good mood now, so he will not pursue it for the time being.

After being quiet for a while, he suddenly asked again: "Escrito, I'm going to have a dream tonight."

Escrito's response sounded in the dark space in the next second, without hesitation: "Yes."

Another moment of silence.

Celeste blinked in the dark. He was really happy, but after waiting for a while, Escrito didn't speak, so he pushed his knight commander and asked:

"Aren't you going to say thank you to me?"

——As for what to thank?Of course it is thanks to him, His Excellency Duke Ulysses, for condescendingly allowing him to be liked.

"Well, thank you."

Escrito leaned forward and pressed a kiss on Celeste's forehead, "Thank you very much."

Celeste was a little taken aback, vaguely, he felt something was wrong.But the feeling quickly passed, and he smiled happily.