The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

Celeste whimpered softly for a moment, covering his face with his hands as he wept, to avoid the imaginary humiliation.

The panther jumped onto the sofa and gently rubbed his face.

"Your feet are so dirty, why do you have the nerve to come on the sofa?"

He didn't really appreciate Hei Panther's comfort, what's more, he felt that he was ashamed like this now, and when his temper came up, he simply stretched out his hand and pushed Hei Panther, "Get down, stay away from me."

But the Panther was not easy to push. Celeste pushed a few times, but gave up after failing to push.

The panther's temper is surprisingly good, it doesn't mind Celeste's dislike, and still squats on the sofa to accompany His Excellency the Duke.

After Celeste felt better, he felt a little guilty towards the panther.

At the same time, he was even more sure that this was a black panther with human nature.So, he asked for a collar and chain from Noyce, put it on for the panther himself, and planned to keep it for a long time.

Noyce stood watching and couldn't help rubbing his forehead in his heart.

It's really not that he looks down on his younger brother, but, to be honest, with Celeste's strength, so what if he used the best collar and chain?That black panther could get rid of it without breaking a sweat... Of course not from the collar and chain, but from Celeste.

Fortunately, this black panther has a docile temperament and never disobeys Celeste's orders, which gave his innocent brother the illusion that he could control the panther.

After more than a week of adaptation, Noyce was no longer afraid of the panther, and was very eager to touch the panther like Celeste.Helplessly, the black panther was only willing to get close to Celeste alone. Other humans, even though it didn't take the initiative to harm, would never get close to it. Noyce couldn't even touch it.

"I plan to go hunting again tomorrow."

Noyce sat in an armchair on one side, watching Celeste petting the panther, envious: "I'm going to catch a wild beast's cub."

He propped his chin with one hand, thinking: "It's better to be a tiger cub. I'll raise it from a young age. It must be better."

Celeste scratched the black panther's fluffy ear, "Then I wish you good luck."

He was very nice to the panther now, as if he wanted to make up for something, Celeste took a bath for the panther himself—although this pampered noble young master always made a mess of the bathroom, he did it himself after all.

He asked the panther to eat with him on the table - when he encountered vegetables he didn't like, he would throw them into the panther's plate, and the panther would eat them tamely.

He also allowed Black Panther to go to bed with him, which can be said to be very pampering.

Moreover, since Celeste attended a banquet with the panther, the nobles of Briarson never dared to send invitations to him again.

Celeste was cleansed, but he was still unhappy.

He always thought about his knight commander, and when he thought about it badly, he would find a place where no one was around and cry secretly for a while, but he cried and cried, but he never asked where Escrit was now.

Celeste could not help writing letters to Escriteria at night, but these letters were never sent, and as soon as he was done he threw them in the fireplace and burned them.

He was not good at taking care of himself, but he also disliked that the servants sent by Noyes did not go his way. After two troubles, he began to learn to take care of himself.

In fact, it's not difficult, he is just spoiled, but as long as he is willing to study hard, these small trifles will not trouble him.

The black panther he kept by his side watched all this tamely and silently.

Another week later, Celeste received a letter.

This letter came from a certain Marquis of the Os Empire. Celeste had no connection with the people of the Os Empire, so he did not open the letter and went to Neuss with the letter.

As the king, Noyce is currently dealing with government affairs in the study. Celeste walked into the study and put the envelope on the table: "Noyce, do you know who this is?"

"Hmm... let me see..."

Noyce picked up the letter, he frowned, "Lord Smedley?"

"...Ah, I remembered."

Noyce nodded slightly, and said: "That is a down-and-out aristocrat who has recently risen in the Oss Empire. The Smedley family moved out of the capital of the Oss Empire a few years ago, but they came back not long ago, and won it in one fell swoop. The king of Oss is trustworthy, and now he is a marquis with real power."

"It's just that the Marquis Smedley is the only one left in the Smedley family. He has never had any contact with us. Why did he suddenly write to you?"

Noyce recognized the person who sent the letter, but he was also very confused about the purpose of the letter, "Open it and take a look, and see what this guy is up to."

Celeste picked up the letter opener, opened the envelope, and poured the letter out.

The letter paper was very thick, and Celeste found that it was the most expensive gold thread paper when he touched it.

It seems that the nobleman who wrote to him was not short of money.

Celeste casually unfolded the letter, but he only looked at it for a while, then angrily crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it out, leaving without saying a word.

Noyce looked at Celeste's back in astonishment, not understanding what was written in the letter that made Celeste lose his composure. He frowned, picked up the letter paper, and opened it to read, so as to find out.

He was originally displeased, because he guessed that the content of this letter must be very rude, which made Celeste fly into a rage.But not long after he finished reading the letter, a smile appeared on his face.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

He sat back in his seat and read out the contents of the letter softly: "...My dear master, how are you these days? Your humble servant is fortunate to have obtained a title in the Os Empire...Here, I Sincerely invite you to come to the house as a guest, if you are willing to honor the honor, the humble house will be full of glory... Forever loyal to you: Escrito... Hahaha, I didn't expect Escrito to be quite skilled. "

He calculated the pros and cons for a while, and then put down the letter with satisfaction.

Escrit's becoming the Marquis of the Oss Empire will not be harmful to their San Pedre Empire, on the contrary, it may be profitable.After all, his origin is there, and if something really happens, it will be a pretty good handle.

Although I don't know how Escrit managed to impersonate the descendants of the Smedley family, it doesn't matter. The very favorable existence of the German Empire.

After quickly scanning the contents of the letter, Celeste knew that he should show the letter to Noyce, so he did not throw the letter into the burning fireplace, but chose an underground place at random. Lost bearings.

... At least, he used this reason to convince himself.

He walked out, convinced that Escrit's purpose in writing this letter was to show off to him, angry and wronged, and secretly determined in his heart to break up with Escrit and never think about him again.

But he didn't go far, and hurried back to the study, picked up the letter that Noyce had put on the table, stuffed it rudely into his pocket, turned around and left without saying anything.

"Hey hey!" Noyce quickly jumped up from the seat, and he held Celeste's shoulder from behind to prevent him from leaving, "Why did you take the letter away?"

Celeste paused for a moment, and replied in a vicious voice: "Take it and burn it!"

"Oh? Really?" Noyce smiled slowly, and then made a "please" gesture: "You don't have to be so troublesome, if you really want to do this, the fireplace in my study At your disposal."

Noyce said with a smile: "Look, it burns so well. If you drop a small piece of paper in it, it will turn to ashes in a short while. Don't you want to try?"

Celeste was stunned for a moment: "..."

"Come on, don't be restrained. I haven't seen you being so respectful to me. Why are you restrained now, my dear brother?"

Noyce urged: "Look at the flames. If you throw the letter in, you only need to blink your eyes. When you open it again, the letter that irritated you will be wiped out immediately!"

Celeste subconsciously covered her pocket and said dodgingly, "I don't want it, I want to take it to my room, tear it into pieces and burn it little by little."

"Oh——" Noyce looked at Celeste meaningfully, "Then you can do it here, and I can move a stool for you to sit on, so that you can slowly enjoy this happy revenge time."

Celeste couldn't think of any reason, he simply said: "I don't want it, I want to be alone, I can't concentrate when you are next to me."

"Your reasons are full of tricks." Noyce sighed: "If you want someone, just say it. Writing a reply letter won't break your hand."

"...Who said I miss him!"

Celeste seemed to be irritated, "I don't miss him, if I see him in my mind one day, it's just because I want him to be unlucky soon!"

"Humph!"

After he snorted heavily, he quickly slipped away.

He went back to his bedroom with a heavy heart, and played with the black panther who came up to him for a while, pretending not to think about the things in his pocket, but after a while, he couldn't help but put his hand into the pocket, but he His fingertips jerked back as soon as they touched the edge of the letter, as if what he had touched was not a letter but a burning coal.

Celeste felt very conflicted, he gently pushed the panther's head away, and stepped closer to the fireplace.

He stood there, and a fierce struggle began in his heart. After a while, it was obvious that the struggle had come to fruition:

He took out his small box of souvenirs like a thief, and quickly put the letter in his pocket into it, letting the letter stay with some miscellaneous trinkets from his collection.

Then, with a "bang", he slammed the lid of the box, and put the box back into the cabinet as if nothing had happened.

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