The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

Celeste and Escrito returned to San Pedro Empire.

Escrit, however, camouflaged it a little.It has to be said that he looks quite beautiful after being well-groomed with the standards of a noble lady. Apart from being a little taller and having sharper facial features than ladies, he can also be called an out-and-out No buckle beauty.

Celeste was amazed. Compared with the appearance of Escrit the first time, he is much more beautiful now. Even Celeste, who knew his details, couldn't help but whispered to him When I got up, my tolerance went up a whole level.

He wrote to Noyce the day after he and Escritter signed the document and reached an agreement, saying that he would take his fiancée back.And, for some special reasons, his fiancée changed from a princess to a duke's daughter.But he loves it.

So neither Noyce nor his parents were surprised when he led Escrit out of the carriage.

At most, I think Escrit is a little too tall.

Escrit's current identity is the daughter of a duke of the Oss Empire, named Carlo, an heiress with a generous dowry, able to inherit a large area of ​​territory and the title of duke from his father.

In addition to his excellent birth and coveted dowry, his appearance is also impeccable, so Celeste's parents and Noyes are very satisfied with him.

— After all, this is a political marriage, and you can only ask for so much.

The Duke's marriage is scheduled for three months later, during which "Miss Carlo" will live in a vacant mansion in Celeste, and they will not be able to live together until they are officially married.

Celeste showed an admirable gentlemanly demeanor to his fiancée. During the preparations for the wedding, he sent his fiancée a lot of jewelry and dresses, ordered a bouquet of flowers for her every morning, and absolutely He keeps himself clean and shows no pretense to other aristocratic ladies who are interested in getting close.

As for Miss Carlo, her beautiful appearance left a very deep impression on the hearts of all the upper nobles of St. Peder.

During these three months, although Celeste had little contact with his fiancée on the surface, in fact, every night, he would arrive at his fiancée's residence through a secret passage, and learn alchemy under the guidance of the other party. surgery.

"I don't think I like it anymore."

Celeste said while doing the alchemy experiment assigned by Escrit: "I always feel that I used to like this thing very much, but now I don't like it. It can't be said that I'm tired of it, it's just... I can't say why."

While grunting, he poured some orange-blue liquid into the test tube, frowned and said, "Eri, maybe you think it's ridiculous, but to be honest, I really feel this way, like alchemy. It’s as if a subject has been abandoned by me.”

"I don't find it ridiculous."

In private, Escrit did not pretend to be Miss Carlo, "Trust your intuition, what you think in your heart, do it boldly, trust yourself, and trust me."

"You know, you really look like a gypsy fortune teller these days."

Celeste did not need much effort to complete the homework assigned by Escrit. When Escrit bent over to check, he said with a bit of sarcasm: "Really, believe me, you are very good. picture."

Escrit smiled indulgently.

"Okay, it's late at night, I should go back." He said softly: "My black panther is still waiting for me to go back, I don't know if I told you, it gets along well with my little rabbit. It's an amazing leopard."

Celeste yawned sleepily, "But even so, I can't leave it alone with my little rabbit for too long, it may be a torture to its nature."

Celeste easily returned to his home through a secret passage. He no longer lives in the palace. As a duke who is about to get married, he chooses one of the many properties he owns as his wedding room and lives alone in the palace. in.

When he moved, he was worried, worried that the panther would not want to come with him, but the facts proved that he was too worried. He put a collar on the panther, like a loyal hound, and it was very easy. Brought Black Panther back to his new home.

After Celeste came back, he found that his leopard was a little different from before he left. It looked more vigorous and sensitive. Noyce said coolly: "Yeah, after all, it has returned to the wild life it likes during this period of time. If you are proud of life, you will naturally be stronger."

Celeste accepted his cousin's envious yin and yang explanation without thinking too much about it.

At the beginning, the second day after Celeste left, the black panther escaped into the forest and never appeared in the palace again.Noyce searched for it for a while, but found no trace of it. He thought Celeste's pet had given up on its owner.Unexpectedly, it just disdained to show up in front of Noyes. Not long after Celeste came back, it got out from the depths of the forest and rubbed against Celeste affectionately.

Noyce, who had witnessed the whole scene, felt sour in his heart.

But in fact, the original black panther has long since disappeared due to Escrit's negligence, and now this one is just his new one.

A young, vibrant, just-adult panther.

——However, for humans who don't know about beasts, all black panthers look the same. As long as their body shape and fur are not too different, Celeste won't be able to recognize them.

What's more, he has been away for quite a long time. During this period, it is too normal for the Panthers to undergo some changes, and there is nothing to doubt.

In this way, Celeste put a collar on his black panther, happily took it to the new home, and also moved his own rabbit.

Pet rabbits... Uh, no, storage food rabbits are very well-behaved, and black panthers are also very well-behaved. There are two fluffy ones, one big and one small. The big one can be used as a backrest, and the small one can be used to warm hands. They also get along happily , will not fight, Celeste is very happy with two babies.

As soon as he opened the door and came up from the basement, Celeste was not surprised to find that the lovely black panther was waiting for him on the carpet in the living room, while the rabbit had already slept soundly on the soft chair cushion.

Celeste had no intention of disturbing the little rabbit's sleep, he bent down and hugged the panther, "Let's go, we should go to sleep."

The panther stood up quickly, and followed Celeste into the bedroom. Celeste changed into his pajamas after washing, hugged the panther's neck on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

His life was repeated in this way regularly, and occasionally he would communicate with Aponomo to explain his recent situation.

In this way, before you know it, the date of the wedding is approaching.

The wedding dress was also rushed out. Celeste tried on her own dress and found it fit.Noyce stood aside, also wearing the newly cut clothes, and said lazily: "Ah, my little brother, I am so sad to see that you are getting married."

Noyce volunteered to be his best man, although it was a bit out of order, but he was a king, so it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, so let him go.

"It's time for you to find a queen you like."

Celeste looked at herself in the mirror, and said casually: "If you continue playing like this, I don't think there will be any really good girls who are willing to marry you."

Noyce sneered disdainfully, "I am the king, as long as I am still sitting on the throne, all the good girls in the world will rush towards me and look down on me? Are you kidding me!"

"Miss Carlo didn't." Celeste said sarcastically, "She didn't even look at you."

"Even good girls have their own preferences."

Noyce was not at all interested in Miss Carlo, and he retorted: "From my observation, she should be the type who likes to take care of people. You and her are a perfect match. If she misses you, I'm afraid she won't be able to find her." Dear fiancé. I'm so mature and strong enough to take care of myself, it's no wonder she would look at me more."

He was mocking Celeste for still needing care like an unweaned doll.

"Noyes!"

"I'm listening." Noyce said with a smile: "Will you keep your voice down? My dear, I'm not deaf yet. If you talk to me in this volume when I'm old, I'll be very pleased." .”

Celeste: "..."

Noyce, as expected of the man who ascended the throne of the king, is just so extraordinary.

That night, he slipped into Escrit's residence as usual.

"Hmm...Eri..." He hesitated to go to the alchemy table, "Have you tried on the wedding dress? How do you feel?"

Escrit raised his eyebrows, "I tried it, and it feels very good."

Celeste really wanted to see Escrites put on the wedding dress, but he was too embarrassed to say it out. He thought about it for a while, but couldn't find a suitable excuse, so he had to give up regretfully.

Just when he decided to delay fulfilling his wish and walked to the alchemy platform, Escrit suddenly spoke:

"After all, I am now your fiancée, Miss Carlo." Escrit said with a smile, "So, I have to make my fiancee like me."

He said slowly: "So, the dress that will appear at the wedding must naturally meet my fiancé's aesthetic standards, so that it will give us a good start to our happy married life in the future, won't it?"

Celeste: "...uh... this..."

He blushed, embarrassed to respond.

Escrit didn't change his face when he spoke, "So, instead of using words to test, why don't I just show you a change, if you don't like it, then I will change a skirt, what do you think?"

Celeste's face was already red as if he had a fever. He glanced at Escrit's calm face, and said falteringly, "...then...that's fine."

After finishing speaking, he seemed to feel that he was very shameless, coughed a few times, and forced himself to become expressionless

(Although there is a comic effect in the combination of deadpan and flushed cheeks, the venerable Duke himself does not know it).

"I am very honored."

"Go, my dear lady, I'm looking forward to it," he said in a tone of voice.