The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

I don't know what's going on, but unfortunately, the weather didn't clear up on the way back.Until today, the sun has been stingy to cast a ray of light from between the clouds.

Celeste was bored all the way in the carriage, now that the weather finally cleared up, he couldn't wait to get out of the narrow carriage and got back on the horse.

The air is moist and fresh, with a faint scent of green grass.Briarson is already far away, and in about half an hour, he will arrive at the city where he grew up.

"Hey!"

Suddenly, there was a shout from the front, and a man in court clothes galloped towards this side on a horse. Behind him was a group of cavalrymen, and the horseshoes raised waves of smoke.

Just by the sound, Celeste could recognize it was his cousin, Norris.

He frowned, but with a smile in his eyes, he reined in the reins, slowed down, and waited for his bold cousin to come.

Norris galloped towards the convoy ahead, and his little brother finally came back from that backward hillbilly place.Judging from the letter sent earlier, it seems that the warm climate in the south has a good effect on Celeste's weak body.

However, although Celeste repeatedly stated in the letter that his health was much better, Norris still didn't believe it. He knew his brother very well, and Celeste had inherited the tact from his mother from the East. .They often only report good news but not bad news, so Noyce felt that the contents of Celeste's letter were not credible at all.

He had to see it with his own eyes to be at ease.

The convoy in front was getting closer and closer, and the first thing Noyce saw was the tall and handsome knight commander.Eswell seemed to be in a good mood, which made Noyce's emotions a little higher: Eswell was Celeste's most loyal servant, and if he was in a good mood, it meant that there must be nothing wrong with Celeste.

Otherwise, this guy's face will definitely be terrible.

Noyce couldn't help thinking of how ugly Eswell's face was when he took Celeste out to play sneakily, but Celeste fell ill from the cold wind.

Even the king couldn't bear the expression that seemed to kill someone at any time.

After roughly judging Celeste's current situation through the "barometer", Noyce took his eyes away from the other party, and he casually glanced at the person beside Eswell. The next second, he opened his mouth wide , with a face full of surprise, almost fell off the horse.

—was that ruddy, perfectly healthy-looking man really his cousin, Celeste Bradley?

Or do they just look the same?

Noyce stood there in a daze and looked at the other party, looking like a frightened child.

"Noyce?" Celeste looked at his cousin with some amusement: "What's wrong with you? Don't you know me?"

He got off the horse, stood on the ground easily, his back straightened, and he opened his arms: "It's been a long time since I saw you, don't you plan to give me a hug?"

This sentence was like a switch, allowing Noyce to regain his ability to think. He let out a "wow", got off his horse, rushed to Celeste, and looked at Celeste seriously:

His cousin's face was still as beautiful as he remembered, but his face was no longer bloodless pale, but milky white like milk, and his cheeks were plump with a healthy blush.The color of the lips is no longer light, but as red as fresh rose petals (in fact, this red lip color is thanks to the Knight Commander's hard work just now, but there is no need to say it)

"Oh, thank the great Lord!"

Noyce excitedly drew a sign of the cross on his chest, and said excitedly, "Hill! Your body has recovered!"

"Don't be so surprised." Celeste said slowly, "After all, he is also His Majesty the King, can you be more cautious?"

"Hahahahaha!"

Noyce laughed, and Celeste looked at him and speculated maliciously: "Oh, my dear brother, I wonder, during the time I was away, did you suffer from some unfortunate illness?"

"Such as epilepsy or something else?"

He opened his arm for a long time, but Noyce still didn't respond to him, which made Celeste a little dissatisfied and planned to put down his hand. However, at this moment, Noyce reached out and grabbed Celeste. Armpit, picked him up like a child.

Celeste was caught off guard and lifted up. Before he could react for a moment, he looked at Noyce in a daze. After he realized that his feet were off the ground, he said angrily, "Noyce !"

"Put me down!"

Noyce has the standard figure of a Western male. He is tall and straight, with muscular muscles. Now he is holding Celeste, not like a brother holding a younger brother, but like a father holding his son.

"Oh, I'm angry!"

After confirming that Celeste had recovered, Noyce immediately did something he wanted to do for a long time. He hugged Celeste in his arms, rubbed it vigorously for a while, and then commented: "My dear Hill, you should eat more meat."

"Noyes!"

Celeste shouted angrily: "Escrito!"

Your Excellency the Duke brought in reinforcements, and the Knight Commander easily saved his master from Noyce's clutches. "Your Majesty, please show some respect to my master."

I don't know why, Noyce instinctively felt a little embarrassed towards Eswell, he let go of his arm, Celeste quickly pushed Escritter in front of him as a shield, and hid behind his back to catch his breath.

Noyce looked at Eswell and felt that he could not be frightened by a mere knight commander, he was the king!It should be that Eswell is afraid of him, so what's the matter upside down?

It's a pity that this thought had only been revealed for less than a second, and it disappeared without a trace under Eswell's seemingly kind smile.

He cleared his throat and said in a serious tone: "Anyway, Hill, you are welcome back."

Celeste came out from behind Escrit and opened his arms again, "Although you gave me a bad impression when we met." He said: "But, it's still a pleasure to meet you , Neuss."

The two hugged normally.

Celeste and Noyce got on the horse again. Noyce stepped on the stirrup and rolled over to ride on the horse's back, but Celeste was much more relaxed. His Bill bent down and knelt on the ground very obediently, hoping Lester was able to ride it with ease without any effort.

"Wow!"

Noyce was amazed: "Where did you get the horse? You are too sensible!"

Celeste was a little proud: "Eri found it for me."

"Eri?"

Noyce asked suspiciously, "Who is Eri?"

"My knight commander." Celeste replied: "Escrito, I sometimes call him Eri."

"Eri?"

Noyce looked at Celeste suspiciously, "Your knight commander?"

Hillest nodded: "Yes. He is still loyal, so this is my compliment to him."

He coughed in disguise, hoping that Noyce would not notice anything was wrong.

Noyce blinked, looked at Celeste, then at the gentle knight commander behind Celeste, and nodded suddenly:

That's right, although this guy's real name is Eswell, but according to his loyalty to his cousin, even if Celeste changed his name, he would happily accept it.

And changing someone else's name... Based on Noyce's understanding of his cousin, Celeste is very likely to do such a thing when his temper comes up, which is very normal.

Every time Celeste is in a slightly bad mood, Eswell will try his best to please Celeste. Changing his name is probably nothing to him.

Escrit was probably his new name.

His Majesty the King felt that he had found the truth, and looked at his cousin a little jealously:

"Looking good is taking advantage."

"Do not be discouraged."

Celeste proudly tilted his head when he heard what Noyce said, so as to show his beauty more clearly. Then, His Excellency the Duke hypocritically said to his cousin: "Be confident, even though you don't look very good But you are His Majesty the King, as long as you wave your hand, no matter how beautiful the girl is, she will fall into your arms like a bird."

Noyce: "...I'm not ugly either!"