Chapter 357 'The Ancestral House' II

Dean's team is heading towards Kaqiu County.

However, when he was about to enter Kaqiu County, he suddenly turned his direction and entered the Emerald Mountains——

"Lord Zelgon, are you sure that your family's ancestral home is built in such a place?"

Entering the mountains, the countess, who was no longer able to ride a horse, walked on foot, with questions in her mouth.

However, anyone could tell that there was considerable dissatisfaction in such an inquiry.

In this regard, the Archduke Swordsman comforted Dean with his eyes.

But Dean, who knew exactly what the defeated Countess was feeling before and after the "One Sword Covenant", chose to ignore her for the time being.

Of course, the four upper ring spell scrolls promised by the other party, plus a high-quality magic item, were one of the important reasons why Dean made such a choice.

"Fandi, this is not the 'ancestral house' of the Dean family in the true sense, but a place similar to another courtyard...Because something happened at that time, the ancestors of the Dean family had to treat this place as The 'ancestral house'!"

The Archduke Swordsman acted as the answerer.

However, when he said a little more, he still asked Dean with his eyes, and did not continue until Dean nodded.

Of course, these are all rhetoric prepared by Dean in advance.

Among them, because of the appearance of Harlem, some adjustments have been made.

At least, there is no need to go alone first with euphemistic rhetoric such as "being close to the hometown".

"Something happened? Isn't that... common?"

The Countess was taken aback, and then laughed with a hint of self-deprecating sarcasm.

Any noble family. There will be so-called inheritance. And such inheritance. There is always quite a bit of trouble, especially when there is more than one heir.

The Archduke Swordsman was silent about this.

Dean didn't say much more.

The group of people was silent, and unconsciously quickened their pace.

And after the sun is completely westward,

Dean paused—

This is a low mountain ridge with lush green trees on it, and the birds returning late made bursts of chirping. Crisp and pleasant.

However, no one has discovered that there are houses or buildings similar to houses.

"Lord Zelgaon, your 'ancestral house'..."

The countess subconsciously wanted to sneer, but the next moment, she stopped talking.

As Dean walked forward quickly, a layer of ripples appeared in front of Dean, and Dean disappeared in front of everyone like this.

Illusion? !

The people present watched this scene in amazement.

Then, enter in turn.

It was like passing through a layer of viscous water curtain. When everyone felt their whole body relax, their eyes lit up.

It's still the evening scene. However, a moderately large manor appeared in front of them.

The white exterior wall is covered with green plants. Although it is not yet the season of true luxuriance, there are already yellow-green shoots. Of course, there is still that height.

The upper and lower floors, and the first floor next to the windows, all look like this.

In front of the house, a hexagonal snowflake-shaped statue fountain sprayed layers of ice crystals with bursts of cold air.

The closest to Dean and the others is a row of iron fences that are mixed with brick and stone structures, enclosing the entire manor, and the paint on them is a little mottled.

However, there was no trace of rust.

Therefore, it is only dilapidated, but not dilapidated.

In the distance, the lights on in the two-story building next to the main building of the manor also showed that this place was not neglected.

Obviously, Dean's intrusion alarmed the people there.

An old man came out with two middle-aged men.

The old man's hair and beard were all white, he was wearing a housekeeper's uniform, and he was walking in the front with a cane half as tall as a person in his hand, while the two middle-aged people behind him were wearing ordinary clothes, but the There are snowflake-shaped hexagonal coats of arms on the skirts and skirts, and in their hands are long swords and long bows.

The old man glanced at the people around him, and finally, his eyes fell on Dean——

"Master?"

The old man asked with some uncertainty.

"It's me, Cedro! Tom and Jerry, I'm back!"

Dean nodded, and then nodded at the two middle-aged men. The middle-aged man with a long sword and long bow nodded happily.

"These are my friends who will be staying here tonight..."

Dean gave orders to the old man one by one.

After a while, the two middle-aged men walked quickly to prepare, while the old man accompanied Dean to the main building.

The heavy hall door was easily pushed open, without the slightest harsh sound, and there was no trace of dust inside. On the contrary, it was exceptionally clean, especially when the candles were lit, the entire hall felt brighter.

"It's not easy to maintain such a manor with just three people!"

After looking around, the countess said suddenly.

"The servants of the Zelgon family are definitely not ordinary servants!"

As a butler, the old man looked at the countess in front of him with a smile, and with a slight movement of his fingers, a bottle of clean water floated into his hand from the table in the distance.

wizard!

Everyone present, except Dean, was shocked.

Obviously, they didn't expect that the white-haired old man in front of them would be a wizard.

But the old man ignored these surprises, he looked at Dean: "Master, is it still green tea?"

"Ok!"

Dean nodded, and then, Dean looked at the young people of the Feichalun Knights, "Chad, take someone to help Tom and Jerry—you will handle dinner and accommodation! "

"Yes, my lord!"

Chad and the young men nodded without complaint.

Especially Chad, as Dean's retainer, these things are what he should do.

Chad took the young people to help, and Sidru, the housekeeper of the Zelgon family. Take tea. The Grand Duke Sword Master and the Countess were entertained.

As for the Countess' guards?

Obviously there is no such qualification. He followed Chad straight away and left.

"Black tea with honey!"

"Mint tea with wine!"

The archduke fencing master and the countess reported the drinks they wanted to drink respectively, and the recipe of 'mint tea with wine' stunned Dean.

It was the first time he had seen such a drinking method.

"This is a way of drinking tea from the men of the sea—they need both the refreshment of mint and the scorching heat of spirits... However, those spirits have already been replaced with light alcohol! Am I right? Countess of the Katyu family!"

The old man explained with a smile while preparing.

The teapots flew in the air, and the cups followed. In the stove, with the old man's finger pointing, flames appeared.

"Mr. Sidru, you are also very unusual? A housekeeper can know so much - the Kaqiu family is from the sea, I am afraid that many people don't know this!"

The countess looked at everything in front of her with great interest, especially Dean's old housekeeper, which made the countess even more interested.

"As the steward of the Zelgon family, some things must be understood, and some things also need to be learned!"

The old butler said calmly.

"Like. A spell you cast?"

the countess asked with a smile.

"Well, it's like the spells I cast. Similarly, I am also proficient in pharmacy, but swordsmanship... because I am getting old, I have fallen behind!"

The old butler sighed regretfully.

The Zelgon family is best at swordsmanship, magic and pharmacy.

This is well known to most of the emerald nobles, but it is undoubtedly revealed in this old housekeeper.

Especially the appearance of using the 'wizard's hand' with great proficiency made the Countess feel a little bit terrified.

You must know that someone who can use the 'wizard's hand' in such a careless manner needs at least the strength of a high-ranking wizard, because only a high-ranking wizard can permanently solidify two or three spells of the so-called 'magic' level.

But now, a high-ranking wizard unexpectedly appeared as the steward of another family.

Thinking of the Kimpton she had paid for a high-ranking wizard, the Countess felt even more unbalanced in her heart.

However, the Countess wisely did not "throw out an olive branch"!

She knew very well that in the Emerald Mountain Range, she could stick to the loyalty of the family servants of the ancestral house.

Such a servant would never change his family just because of something like Kimpton, and would even attract considerable disgust.

Therefore, the Countess simply shut up and stopped talking.

The Archduke Sword Master has no scruples. As Dean's friend and instructor, the Sword Master who is always willing to stand by Dean's side is very happy chatting with the old housekeeper.

Starting with the entire mansion and continuing into the surrounding forest, there's a bit of Zelgon family history as well.

The old butler answered each one fluently.

In particular, the surrounding forest and the history of the Zelgon family are even more precious.

And this made the countess let go of the last trace of doubt in her heart.

This is indeed the 'ancestral house' of the Zelgaon family - although, according to the records, it should be a separate courtyard; but it is certain that Dean was born here.

When the countess saw the oil painting on the side of the hall corridor while holding the teacup, she became more and more sure.

Oil painting of a man with a child.

The man is not young anymore, he looks about forty years old, his face is four to five points similar to Dean at the moment, he is well dressed and very elegant.

As for the kid?

The countess glanced at it, and felt a sense of stubbornness—even though it was very different from the calmness of Dean, she was sure that the child in the painting was Dean.

"Hmph, one brat!"

The Countess commented after glancing at the 'Dean' who used the jacket as trousers with a cheerful and mischievous face.

Then, she returned to a corner of the hall with her teacup in hand, sat quietly on the sofa, and waited for the dinner to start.

ps first update~~

Decadence apologizes to everyone... this chapter is late...

At noon, a friend whom I hadn’t seen for a long time came back, and asked Yuxie to go out for dinner—while eating and chatting, I finally looked at my watch, and it was half past three...

t.t(to be continued..)

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