The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

"I don't think I'm kind to you." Celeste's tone was unwavering, just as blank as his expression: "Objectively speaking, I do have kindness to you. If my father hadn't chosen you, You will die. But my father chose you, he asked your consent, and took you to the castle. You are rich and well-fed, and the treatment is the same as mine-"

Before he finished speaking, Du Lian interrupted him.His face was distorted, and under the dim light, he looked even more ferocious, "Ha, the treatment is the same as you, young master, how dare you say it. I will eat at the same table with you, and I will always sit at the bottom. Your father You never look me in the eye, and the servants look down on me, but you say that I am treated the same as you?"

Celeste closed his eyes in boredom, he didn't want to talk to Durian again.In Durian's view, this is the way Celeste showed his guilt. He stood up like a victor, "Well, I'm not an unreasonable person, my dear. In terms of our previous friendship, I can Give you half a month, after half a month, no matter how serious your illness is, you should be cured. At that time, I will take you to Wangcheng."

He turned around and was about to leave. When he reached the door, he leaned against the door frame as if he had remembered something, "Let me tell you first, there may not be much water in the carriage, so you have to hold on."

Du Lian's back disappeared into the depths of the corridor. He didn't close the door when he walked, and the light outside the door shone directly into Celeste's bedroom, which was very dazzling.

Old George shook his hands angrily: "If the Duke hadn't chosen him, he would have died a long time ago. A commoner, he still wants to be equal to you. If I had known, I would have killed him!"

"He is now a popular man in front of the king." Celeste said: "I think he has told the king about my true situation, but my father and the king are brothers, and the king did not easily believe him. slander, but doubts arise. If I go, I shall never come back, unless my tail can be turned into a leg."

"But it's impossible." Celeste lowered his eyes, and his despair made him completely calm: "George, in half a month, I will go to the ocean, please bless me."

"...It shouldn't be like this, you shouldn't be like this..." Old George hated and sad, his eyes wandered around Celeste.Celeste's hands are slender and slender, with rounded fingertips and no sharp nails.He also has perfectly straight teeth and normal ears.Old George had seen a real mermaid, and his little master was a mermaid-human hybrid, and the combination of these two bloodlines did not bring him any benefit.He can neither walk openly as a human, nor can he gallop in the sea like a mermaid.

"Don't be like this." Celeste comforted Old George instead: "I'm not the first human-mermaid hybrid, but I'm the one who lived the longest, so I should be content."

With tears in old George's eyes, he backed away.

At the door, he met a stranger in a black robe. With a serious expression on his face, his palm on the doorknob quickly tightened, trying to close the bedroom door tightly.The stranger reached out and pressed the door panel. His action seemed to be understated, but old George knew that he couldn't pull the door.

"What do you want to do?"

he asked warily.Even though he had never met the person in front of him, he could roughly guess the identity of the other person.His little master was always taking an extra meal alone during this time, and it must have been given to the person in front of him.

"My master is not feeling well now, he needs to recover quietly."

"is it?"

The man in black smiled softly: "I can save him."

Old George quickly glanced at the man in front of him, not only did not relax because of the other's words, but became more vigilant.

The clothes of the man in front of him showed that he was a typical alchemist, and for an alchemist, mermaid was an excellent material.Otherwise, when the Duke was alive, he would not have dared to seek help from the alchemist.

"Thank you very much for your kindness." Old George tightened the corners of his mouth: "But my master really just needs to rest."

"You don't have to be so vigilant, I said, I'm here to save him."

Escrit smiled politely, "I know the plight he's in, and I won't hurt him, because I'm fully capable of catching a real one... only I can save him." He pressed the finger on the door The tip began to exert force, and this time he said to Celeste in the bedroom: "How about it? Do you want to try it?"

"...George, let him in."

George let go of his hand and watched the man in black go into the bedroom.The door of the bedroom was closed, and old George did not leave, he was waiting at the door.He listened carefully to the noises in the bedroom, and if the other party had malicious intentions, he would open the door and enter immediately.

"Can you save me?"

Celeste's voice was full of hope, but there was no expression on his face, "How do you save it?"

Escrito stroked the corner of his robe and sat down beside the bed, "If I'm not mistaken, you should have two kinds of blood in your body."

He stared at the face of Celeste, whose upper body was completely human.Without ear fins, fangs and claws, it looks like a human being.

The hybrids of humans and mermaids are divided into two types, one is the ferocious and extremely cunning mermaid species, and the other is the weak and harmless human species.Celeste is undoubtedly the latter.

Escrit twisted his fingertips, "I can separate the two blood vessels in your body. After that, you will have two states, a complete human and a complete mermaid."

Celeste breathed stagnantly: "Can you really do it?"

Escrit shook his head and asked, "What good can I get by lying to you?"

Celeste sat up straight and looked at Escrito eagerly: "What reward do you want?"

"I'm avoiding hunting recently." Escrit said casually: "Those alchemists hunted me down, and I need an identity to cover up. I helped you, and you should help me. I hope you can Bring me into the royal city as a servant, and when we get there, our deal will be over."

He tilted his head and looked at Celeste: "How is it? Do you agree?"

This deal has advantages and disadvantages for Celeste, he immediately nodded and agreed, "Okay, but I have another question, how long will it take?"

Escrito thought for a while, and gave a relatively conservative time: "Unless there are no accidents, it will take three days."

Just three days!

His words made Celeste completely happy: "I believe in you, after three days, I will be here waiting for you."

After speaking, he remembered again, "Do you need any materials?"

Eskrit nodded, "I need your scales and a drop of blood."

This is easy to handle.Celeste immediately lifted the quilt, and under the heavy quilt was a tightly covered fish tail. He slightly arched the tip of the tail to reveal the light golden fish tail, "Take it."

It would be very painful to pull out the scales directly. Celeste had lost many scales before, and those scales were well put away by Old George.But he thinks that the fresh one must be the best, so he is willing to hold back the pain.

Escrit's eyes rested on Celeste's light golden fish tail. He had seen many mermaids, but this was the first time he had seen such a beautiful fish tail. It didn't look like the body of the overlord of the sea, but a Beautiful work of art.He stretched out his fingertips to gently stroke Celeste's tail, causing Celeste to pat him with the tip of the tail.

"I'm sorry." Celeste apologized immediately: "I couldn't control myself."

His tail is very sensitive, and the softest satin is used to wrap it. Even a slightly rough cloth can make him feel uncomfortable, let alone being touched by others.

"It doesn't matter." Escrito withdrew his hand tolerantly, with a scale on his fingertips.Celeste didn't know when he got it off, and he didn't feel any pain the whole time.

"Next is blood."

Silas nodded, "The knife is on the table."

"I don't need it." Escrit took out a small crystal bottle, "Please hold out your hand."

Celeste complied.Escrito covered his fingertips with his palm, and a drop of red blood escaped from the flesh and floated gently in mid-air.

Escrit took the drop of blood away, and he stood up with a comforting tone: "I won't keep you waiting for long."

After he left, Old George walked in, “Can he really save you?”

"I think he can." Celeste's tone was full of trust, he gained confidence from the means that Escrit had just shown him, "George, I will be saved in three days .”

Old George stood up immediately, "I'll go and prepare the most sumptuous meal for him right away, do you want to change a room for him?"

"Wait." Celeste stopped the eager old George: "No need, don't reveal his existence, he is being hunted down, I will help him cover up his identity, and he will save me. Don't let Du Lian Know."

"I will pay attention." The smile on Old George's face was filled with disgust, "Dulian is an ungrateful thing, he should go to hell."

"I'm going to leave the meals in the kitchen, as I did before."

Old George used to leave only some bacon and bread, but now that the other party was able to save his little master, he suddenly changed his face.Bacon and bread turned into elaborate dishes and desserts.

But Escrit didn't say anything about it. It seemed that to him, whether it was bacon bread or dishes and desserts, they were all the same.

What Escrito promised to Celeste was three days, but in fact, he pushed open the door of Celeste's bedroom the next evening.He walked to the bed and took out a crystal bottle from his arms, which contained a purple liquid.

"After drinking this bottle of potion, the blood vessels in your body will be separated."

Escrit smiled and said, "It may not taste good, please be patient."

Celeste took the potion and drank it without hesitation.