The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

"The Scarlet Kingdom" is a very wonderful opera. It tells an ancient and treacherous story with a strong mystery, which fascinates Celeste.

Unlike the operas that are commonplace today, "The Scarlet Kingdom" is set hundreds of years ago and tells the story of an alchemist who intends to hunt a mermaid, but ends up falling in love with a mermaid.At present, the story is progressing to the time when the alchemist ambitiously sets foot on the ship, ready to set sail to catch the fierce prey.

Eskrit once mentioned a similar story inadvertently: in order to show his status, the alchemist sailed to sea to catch mermaids.This strange coincidence made Celeste more interested in the opera.

He watched the performances of the actors attentively. Among them, the actor who played the role of the mermaid was the "little lark" that Noyce had mentioned to him. Her long brown hair was let loose, and her white shoulders were boldly exposed. , the light blue fishtail is lifelike, and it looks extremely beautiful under the light.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of the box, and the knocker seemed to be impatient.The noise close at hand forced Celeste to look up, he reluctantly looked away from the stage, and turned his head impatiently, "Escrito, bring me a piece of paper and a pen. .”

Escrito quickly placed the paper and pen on the low table next to Celeste, and Celeste spread the paper, picked up the quill and wrote a sentence on the paper: "Please don't use your boring Thank you so much for interrupting my opera addiction."

His handwriting is beautiful, but what he wrote is such a harsh sentence.Escrit immediately understood his intentions, and thoughtfully found a can of isinglass for him. Celeste gave him an appreciative glance, then smeared glue on the back of the paper, and held the paper He stood up and walked towards the door with a grim expression.

The knock on the door has not stopped. Under normal circumstances, if you have knocked on the door for so long and have not received a response from the owner, then you should know that your visit is not welcome. Self-knowledgeable guests have already left knowingly, but very soon Obviously, the guests outside the door did not have this awareness, she was still knocking on the door "bang bang bang".

Celeste opened the door expressionlessly, and sure enough, Princess Nali was standing outside the door.

Seeing him open the door, Princess Nali showed a sweet smile: "My dear Hill, why do you..."

Celeste gave her a polite smirk, then taped the white paper on the door without saying a word.

Princess Nali's remaining words were choked in her throat in an instant, her face was pale, and she looked as if she had received a huge blow.

And Celeste didn't even look at her, and closed the door again. The door panel and the door frame collided heavily, making a loud "bang bang" sound.

Celeste returned to his seat, picked up the small binoculars on the low table as if nothing had happened, and continued to enjoy the opera on his own.

However, for a moment, a trace of confusion flashed in Celeste's mind: it seemed that he shouldn't treat a lady like this.

But this brief confusion quickly disappeared, like a puff of white smoke disappearing into the air, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Escrito sat beside him, feeding him some small dried fruits and small cakes from time to time, his movements were extremely gentle.He turned his eyes to the position of the door frame, as if he could see the frustrated Princess Nali outside through the closed door. Her emerald green eyes were hidden in the dim candlelight, like the eyes of a black cat crouching in the dark night. The pupils of the eyes are dark but indifferent.

In the high society of Briarson, a new couple is born almost every day, but no couple has ever received as much attention as the recent couple.

There is no other reason, it is that this pair is too unsuitable.

Duke Ulysses and Princess Darthwick, just listening to their names, this should be a well-matched and very suitable relationship, but as long as you have seen their appearance, you will not think so.

The appearance of Princess Darthwick, in the words of those noble ladies, is "she is like a titan who came out of mythology." Although this kind of jealousy is not objective, it is consistent with The truth is not far behind.And her lover, the Duke of Ulysses, is completely two extremes with her, and they cannot be compared together at all.

They are never brought up at the same time in any conversation, as if that would turn fact into false rumour.It's just that this pair of lovers who are not optimistic are living happily.They went in and out of the opera house together, took a carriage together to go for a walk in the suburban forest, and at the same time wandered on the street, spending a lot of money for each other...

I heard that Prince Bradley and his wife and Duke Darthwick are quite satisfied with this marriage. If there is no accident, they will be engaged soon.

Celeste is completely immersed in his own happiness, and his partner is patient and considerate to him. Although he has a slight flaw in appearance and gender, he doesn't care at all. After all, if he wants to be with a beautiful woman day and night, why not Put a mirror on the bed?He believes that no one looks better than him.

What's more, Escrito is not ugly, if you look at it from a male perspective, his face is also very handsome.

Celeste now just wants to spend all day with his lover, who seems to have a magical power to attract his full attention.Escrito used to be his knight commander, which made him develop the habit of being obedient to Celeste.So that in the eyes of outsiders, the two of them walked together, but the "woman" took care of the man more.

Since that ball, the two of them have made a double pair publicly, and it has only been a few months since everyone questioned it at the beginning and accepted it now.

It is very shocking that this pair of unpopular lovers can persist until now, especially Noyce, in his opinion, this surprised him more than the apparition of an angel.

"You really decided like that?"

He looked at Celeste in disbelief, as if he was looking at a terminally ill patient: "You have to think about it, after you get married, you can no longer change lovers as you like... I think Nali is better, At least she doesn't have a powerful father behind her."

Noyce felt that for Celeste's future happiness, it was necessary for him to persuade him: "I think you should think about it again and don't plunge into marriage."

Celeste shrugged nonchalantly: "Don't do this, Noyce, you know I won't change my mind."

Noyes gave him a helpless look, and said nothing: anyway, he is the king now, and if Celeste repents later, he can hold back.

"Come on, be happy," Celeste said. "Isn't this a celebration for me?"

He didn't know anything about Noyce's thoughts, so he dragged Noyce to the center of the banquet. There were not many people here, and they were all young nobles who had some friendship with the two of them, celebrating his upcoming marriage.

A group of young aristocrats got together and were left alone, and the leader was the king. The result was naturally predictable. Everyone drank a little too much. Alcohol controlled the brain, and their actions became more arbitrary.Noyce raised his arms and shouted, "How about we go hunting?"

"it is good!"

Celeste jumped the highest: "I'm going to hunt a deer for my fiancée!"

"No promise!"

Noyce jumped down from the table. He moved fairly steadily. You couldn't tell that he was drunk just from his appearance. He took Celeste and walked out: "My dear brother, you What a complete fool."

Celeste did not forget to retort when she was drunk: "My dear brother, you are an out-and-out fool."

The two walked out while arguing, and their steps were very steady. Behind them, there was a group of staggering nobles. They came to the royal hunting garden in a mighty way, and they wanted to ride on the horse when they found it.

The attendants did not dare to let this group of restless masters mount their horses. The poor attendants tried their best to convince their masters not to mount their horses.

It was a good thing they forgot to ask for the weapons, otherwise the attendants would have knelt down and begged for a vision from heaven.

"It doesn't matter," Noyce said. "I can catch a deer just by running."

"Do you think I can't?" said Celeste, "I can catch a deer bigger than yours."

In order to make the group of drunkards happy, the attendants urgently released the remaining three deer that were not afraid of people into the hunting garden. Celeste and Noyce rushed to the biggest deer, and Noyce ran away. Quickly, he firmly grabbed the deer's antlers, and raised his eyebrows at Celeste triumphantly.

Celeste missed the biggest deer and was a little discouraged, but at this moment, a deer bigger than the one Noyce caught slowly came out of a bush.Celeste noticed it with sharp eyes, and he quickly ran to the deer, stretched out his arms and hugged the deer's neck and did not let go.

"My deer is the biggest!"

Celeste said triumphantly that he raised his legs and straddled the deer's back, trying to ride on the deer's back. The deer was very docile and did not resist, so he let him go.

Celeste successfully achieved his goal. He held his head high and felt that he was stronger than Noyce.Seeing him riding on the back of a deer, Noyce was eager to try, but his deer didn't cooperate, and finally ran away annoyed.

Noyce ran after him, and Celeste urged the deer under him to chase Noyce, but the deer ignored his orders, and the old god was grazing on the ground. In desperation, Celeste You can only get off its back and go after Noyce by yourself.

"You remember it for me." Celeste raised the head of the deer sternly, forcing it to look at him, "I remember your face, and I will come to you to settle the score!"

After finishing speaking, he chased in the direction of Noyes, with a group of stumbling partners behind him.

The author has something to say:

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: one of Momo’s bun, turtledove, and Muyue;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：照晚襟300瓶；桂上挂月40瓶；没有良心的良心20瓶；jojo10瓶；岚梦笙歌、叁思、白雪、炎亭夕1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!