The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

Celeste froze on the spot, not daring to move.

He felt that the blood in his whole body was cold - he didn't have any weapons in his hands now, and the soft clothes on his body probably didn't have any defensive effect. As for running away?No kidding, can he outrun a leopard?

The more Celeste thought about it, the more he felt that his life was not long. He tried his best to pretend that he didn't notice anything, pretending that he didn't see the black panther, and avoiding looking directly into its eyes.Noyce once told him that when encountering a beast of prey, it is best not to look directly into their eyes, otherwise they are likely to think you are provoking them and attack you.

He stepped back cautiously, trying to get out of the door without attracting the attention of the panther. As long as he could get out of the door and close the door, he would be safe.

But unfortunately, his action still caught the attention of the panther.

It stood up and walked towards Celeste with graceful steps, unhurriedly. It was terrifying.

Although he kept in mind Noyce's words, he must never look directly into the eyes of the beast, but now, his life is under great threat, and the fear in his heart made him forget about it, and he was out of control Looking into the eyes of the black panther, the golden animal pupils met his gaze without avoiding it.

It stopped and stayed where it was.

Celeste held his breath, his throat seemed to be blocked by invisible cotton, and he couldn't even make a sound. He was trembling all over, feeling that the god of death was standing beside him, waiting to harvest his soul.

At this time, he thought of Escrito. If Escrito was still by his side, he would definitely not need to be afraid of a leopard, because Escrito could easily deal with this leopard even with his bare hands.

But Escrit was gone.

This calmness lurking with danger did not last long, and the leopard started walking towards Celeste again.

Its pace was not in a hurry, but Celeste couldn't move at all at the moment. The huge panic froze his feet, making him powerless to even escape.

The panther circled around Celeste twice slowly, its long tail wrapped around Celeste's left leg, Celeste looked at it, wondering if it was plotting How should I speak.

Celeste pursed his lips tightly, he was terrified and trembled violently all over his body.

He didn't dare to move at all, and let the black panther circle around him. The panther bit his pants, as if it was going to drag him into the bedroom. He stepped back, but he was so panicked that he tripped over a fold in the carpet and fell backwards.

Celeste was lying on the ground, and the panther was looking down at him at the moment. It slowly bent down, and Celeste closed his eyes in fear.

But after a while, the imaginary pain still didn't come. Surprisingly, his neck was rubbed by something warm and fluffy.

Celeste opened his eyes cautiously, and what caught his eyes was the golden animal pupils of the black panther, which lay on Celeste, but did not hurt him.

Celeste was not sure about its intentions, but he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief from the fact that he wasn't hurt. He looked at the panther, and the inexplicable sense of intimacy surged up in his heart again.

"You...what do you want to do?"

He stumbled a bit and asked, but a leopard couldn't answer the question. All it did was lowered its head and rubbed Celeste's side face again, then turned around nimbly, and took the prey it brought to Xi Lester. In front of Lester.

This was the brown fox, apparently unlucky enough to escape from Celeste's hands, but fell into the fangs and claws of the black panther.

"This is... for me?"

Celeste looked at the black panther squatting in front of him in disbelief. He put his hands on the ground and sat up with some difficulty. The brown fox was next to his leg.

The panther didn't make a sound. It stretched out its paws and pushed the fox towards Celeste, with obvious intentions.

Celeste didn't feel any malice from this dangerous beast. On the contrary, this black panther made him feel very close. He tentatively reached out and put his palm on the black panther's head. The black panther There seemed to be no dissatisfaction, so he boldly stroked it back and forth a few times.

The black panther's fur was black and shiny, and it felt very nice to the touch. Celeste interacted with it for a while, and the fear in his heart gradually dissipated.

After a while, Celeste was no longer afraid of it. He looked at this black panther and felt very fresh. He had never dealt with such a ferocious beast, but now, this black panther I don't know why it came to him so tamely.

When Celeste finally had enough fun, he stood up and planned to continue his nap plan. He changed into his pajamas, lifted the quilt and lay down in it.

The panther jumped onto the bed briskly, and Celeste didn't dislike it, so he fell asleep like this.

He was close to the black panther, the heat from its body was continuously transferred to Celeste, and Celeste closed his eyes comfortably-although its breathing was a bit noisy, but this small defect was harmless .

Celeste had a wonderful nap time, but the only fly in the ointment was that instead of a soft voice, he was awakened by a terrified scream.

He opened his eyes in a daze, and what he saw was the back of a maid running away in a hurry. Before he could realize what happened, a fluffy thing was on the back of his hand.

He looked down and finally understood why the maid who came to wake him was so panicked.

The panther was lazily rubbing against his hand, and seemed to be sleeping well.

The poor maid must have been so frightened when she saw it.

Celeste yawned, leaned on the pillow, and patted the panther casually, he didn't want to get up for a while.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind: this black panther doesn't hurt him, but it doesn't mean it won't hurt others. If it doesn't like a certain servant or Neuss and wants to attack, the other party What should I do?

This thought made Celeste wake up suddenly, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and began to search for ropes from boxes and boxes.

He didn't find any rope (this is normal, no duke has such a thing in his bedroom), but he found a few scarves, which, although not as good as rope, were better than nothing.

Celeste sat on the ground, and the panther squatted beside him, watching him clumsily tie several scarves into a long strip, and then tried to wrap a circle around its neck.

"I'm sorry." Celeste said, "But this is an unavoidable step. After all, I have to be responsible for the safety of others."

As he spoke, he put the "rope" with little actual binding force around the neck of the panther.

Celeste was very careful. He was afraid of the panther's resistance. After all, no animal likes to have a rope around its neck.But this black panther didn't seem to be very resistant, it even lay lazily on the ground, allowing Celeste to move its hands and feet on its neck.

When Noyce arrived with a group of knight guards, what he saw was this miraculous scene:

A black leopard, which looked very fierce at first sight, was docilely lying on the ground, while his worried brother was sitting in front of the black leopard at the moment, clumsily trying to tie a knot around its neck.

His movements were really clumsy, and after failing a few times, he finally tied a knot in anger. The black panther was not angry at being treated like this, and even yawned indifferently.

…showing white sharp teeth and a scarlet tongue.

It is very dangerous at first glance.

Noyce was still holding the bow and arrow in his hand, but he stood at the door, not knowing what to do. He wanted Celeste to stay away from the leopard immediately, but he was afraid that his voice would make the leopard Suddenly violent, in a dilemma, can only keep quiet for the time being.

However, Celeste noticed him. After he achieved his goal, he grabbed the other end of the scarf and stood up. As soon as he turned around, he saw the fully armed Neus and his knights.

He was a little embarrassed, dawdled for a while, and finally introduced: "Uh...Noyce, look, this is my new pet..."

After listening to his words, Noyce's expression looked a little unbelievable, but it quickly turned into anger, as if he really wanted to pull Celeste in front of him and scold him severely, but he didn't do that after all. No, he just showed a slightly distorted smile and said, "Really? So that's the case."

He was still afraid that the panther would hurt Celeste, so he didn't dare to speak loudly.

However, after Celeste led the black panther into the iron cage and locked it up, Noyce's scruples disappeared. He looked at Celeste, who was unaware, and was almost out of breath. where to come.

He shuns the attendants and maids, and then prepares to teach his younger brother:

"Do you know that thing may bite your neck off at any time?!" Noyes scolded Celeste severely. Celeste bowed his head and quickly admitted his mistake. The leopard's iron cage was carried into his bedroom.

After dinner, he returned to the bedroom alone. Noyes cursed and wanted to change his bedroom, or put a few fully-armed knights in his bedroom, but Celeste refused.

He locked the bedroom door, checked the windows, and only after making sure they were securely locked did he unlock the cage and let the panther out.

He sat on the sofa, and now he was the only one left here, the relaxed and meaningless expression on his face disappeared, his face was expressionless, and he stretched out his hand to cover his chest, he felt very uncomfortable.

The panther jumped out of the iron cage and hugged Celeste intimately. Celeste touched its head, thinking of the little fox it brought over in the afternoon.

He was worried that he would really hit that little thing, so he deliberately tilted his head, but he didn't expect this to be superfluous, he simply didn't have the ability to hurt the opponent.

...It's kind of embarrassing, but luckily no one knows.

The body of the little fox had been taken out of his bedroom, and Celeste felt a little sad for no reason as the lively look of the little fox emerged in his heart.

Celeste pulled out a smile, laughing at his hypocrisy, and he sat quietly on the sofa, thinking of Escrito again.

The figure of the other party seemed to appear in front of him. He stood up and took a step forward, only to realize that it was an illusion.

In the dead of night, he was alone in the spacious bedroom and suddenly felt very sad.

In fact, he missed his knight commander very much, but in front of others, Celeste always refused to admit it, and always put on a look of "that's just an insignificant servant, I don't care at all".But now, alone in the bedroom, he finally admitted that he regretted it.

But regret is useless.

——Escrito probably will never come back again.

Thinking of this, Celeste sat on the sofa and couldn't help crying quietly.

The author has something to say:

Thanks to the little angels for the irrigation nutrient solution: 20 bottles of Fangfang Daddy; 10 bottles of Little Apple; 5 bottles of jojo; 1 bottle of Baixue;

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