Knight with Wand

Leon picked up the fragrant incense stick on the ground and stuffed it into his pocket.

Then he dragged the castle servant who was wailing with his hands folded in front of him to the corridor outside the door.

Inside the castle tower, except for the candlelight held by Olivia and the faint moonlight projected from the window on the wall, the rest of the places that could not be illuminated were dark.

The baron's castle was obviously not so luxurious as to keep candlelight in almost all the corridors in the building day and night like the Embassy of the Atias Empire.

Although there were candlelight grooves carved out on the wall, perhaps to save consumption, or perhaps to consider avoiding fires, generally, except for the main passages and important locations, new candles would not be added to the corridor wall grooves where no one was walking after midnight unless under special circumstances.

Leon took the prisoner along the circular corridor of the tower building in the corner of the main castle and went around to the entrance of the downward stairs on the other side.

He noticed that there was a servant's room behind Olivia's room, so he grabbed the prisoner's collar and stopped.

"Olivia, knock on the door to see if there is anyone inside. If there is, wake him up and come out to help."

Leon thought about it quickly and decided to bring as many people as possible with him, not only for safety reasons, but also to have more witnesses.

Olivia quickly put away her sword, stepped forward and raised her hand to knock on the door.

Dongdongdong!

"Is anyone inside? Please wake up! We need help." The girl shouted loudly while knocking on the door.

But despite such a big noise, there was still no response from the room.

Leon frowned, and then thought of the thing in his pocket that seemed to be burning incense, and immediately ordered Olivia: "No need to knock, just force the door in and take a look."

"Well!" Olivia heard what Leon said, and did not hesitate. She took a step back, turned sideways, held the candlestick firmly with her left hand, and then twisted her waist suddenly and kicked out quickly.

The delicate little foot kicked under the door lock like a war hammer.

Crack! ! The door frame trembled, wood chips flew, the fragile bolt was twisted and deformed, and the door panel banged open as if it was hit by a bull.

The girl easily broke the door in front of her and rushed in with a candle.

Leon smelled the strange fragrance that had not yet dissipated, and looked at the threshold carefully. There were indeed scorch marks and ash powder left on the ground after burning incense.

Olivia came to the bed to check, and the candlelight illuminated the young man lying on the bed. He seemed to be a follower of a visiting knight.

The other party was breathing evenly and seemed to be fine, but under such a loud noise, he was still sleeping soundly as if thunder was not disturbed.

Olivia stretched out her hand and shook the other party hard, but she couldn't wake him up even if she shook his head.

"Leon, he should not be in danger of life, but he seems to have fainted. I can't wake him up." The girl turned around and shouted in embarrassment.

Leon understood in his heart, it was true.

He turned his head and looked at the prisoner under the sword. He didn't know where this guy got it from, but the effect of the incense drug was exactly the same as the one in the hand of the village ruffian Boris in Selva.

"Who is it! What are you doing?!"

Suddenly, a deep voice shouted in surprise from the other side of the corridor.

Leon turned his head and saw a figure with a sword running down the stairs of the tower on the other side of the corridor.

Leon secretly held the hilt of the sword carefully and stepped back a few steps to be on guard. He also hurriedly answered the figure who was rushing over: "Don't get me wrong, I caught a thief who broke into the room, but I couldn't find the guards, and I was just about to call someone to help."

Olivia heard the voice and hurriedly returned to Leon with a candlestick.

".Sir Pendragon?"

The figure with the sword approached the two of them, and through the candlelight, they could see the young knight they had seen at the dinner party.

Leon also recognized the strong man in front of him who was in a hurry to go downstairs with a sword in simple clothes, just like himself.

I remember his name seemed to be Marcelo.

Although he was not familiar with him, Leon knew that he was a fief knight of the Thorn Flower family. After all, after the dinner, he returned to this tower with this vassal colleague to rest, and the guest room where he stayed temporarily was on the upper floor.

"Catch the thief?"

Marcelo looked at the castle servant held hostage by the young knight with a long sword, and immediately glared at the thief.

"This despicable thing! How could there be such a presumptuous person in Lord Elifer's castle!"

Seeing the castle servant who was beaten black and blue, Marcelo did not doubt Leon's words.

Because originally, at this late night, according to the rules, except for a small number of night guards and noble eunuchs at the entrance, ordinary servants would never be allowed to come in and disturb the privacy and rest time of the nobles, let alone sneak into the residence of the visiting guests.

"But sir, if you catch the thief, just find the guards and lock him up for interrogation. Why did you break into my servant's room?" Marcelo suddenly asked in confusion. He was also awakened from his sweet dream by the loud noise of breaking the door just now.

"I am not familiar with the roads inside the castle. I wanted to ask someone to help lead the way to find the guards, but I couldn't knock on the door."

Leon explained, pointing his sword at the prisoner: "This bastard may have burned a kind of drug that causes people to faint in many rooms. I am worried about accidents, so I want to break in and take a look."

Marcelo was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't care about asking questions. He quickly ran into the servant's room to confirm the child's condition.

"Don't worry, we have checked it. This drug may not be lethal." Leon said comfortingly.

Marcelo checked his servant's breath and pulse, and confirmed that he was just unconscious, so he felt relieved. However, the next second, he was suddenly shocked: "Not good!"

He turned around abruptly, and didn't care about the servant who was unconscious on the bed. He quickly ran out of the room: "Sir, come with me to see Lady Adelina! This guy was able to bypass the guards and sneak into the inner castle. It's hard to guarantee that there is only one person. It would be bad if there are accomplices who are harmful to the lady!"

Hearing the other party's sudden concern, Leon finally reacted.

After all, he had only been a knight of the Thorn Flower family for a short time, so he didn't instinctively consider the safety of the lady of the lord at the first time like the other party.

Compared with them, the mistress of the Farolis family seemed more likely to be targeted.

Holding the staggering and screaming prisoner, Leon and Olivia followed Knight Marcelo and quickly went down to the bottom of the tower.

In the corridor of the inner castle, the night guard who was originally guarding the entrance of the stairs was dragged to the corner of the gap under the stairs without making any noise.

The guard's body had his eyes closed and his face was calm, but a huge fatal wound was stabbed on his neck by a sharp weapon, and a pool of blood had gathered under his neck.

Apart from this, the body was neatly armored and had no signs of fighting or struggling, as if he was killed in his sleep.

Olivia looked away sympathetically, as she now knew whose blood was on the thief's dagger.

The three of them rushed to the inner castle courtyard with the prisoner who killed the guard. As soon as they entered, they smelled the soothing fragrance lingering in the corridor hall.

With the light of the candlestick chandelier in the hall, everyone looked up at the incense burners hanging on the surrounding pillars, and the incense that had not yet extinguished the sparks was still emitting a hazy white mist.

The normal incense in the atrium had been replaced with drugs by someone.

Seeing that the guards at the entrances of the passages were all gone, Leon guessed that they were either killed or unconscious under the effect of the drugs that filled the hall.

Leon frowned and covered his nose. The fragrance was stronger than that in Olivia's and the servant's room. He couldn't help but remember that he had smelled this smell in his room when he was awakened.

So it was speculated that Knight Marcelo's room might not have been left behind.

But I don't know why he didn't fall into a coma like Azerien and Lohak without the help of Miss Lola.

Moreover, Knight Marcelo didn't show any signs of being infected.

Could it be that the stronger the physique, the less affected by this mysterious drug?

Leon temporarily put aside his speculation.

Although it is unclear why the incense did not have much effect on Olivia, himself, and Lord Marcelo, looking at the coma of Marcelo's servant just now and the dead guard, it is obvious that the drug has a very obvious effect on ordinary people.

It seems that Lady Adelina is really in danger.

Leon does not think that the elegant and noble baroness who met during the day can also have the strong physique of these warriors.

Olivia's existence is a miracle that is hard to find in the world.

And Olivia's experience is probably an accident caused by the thief's lust and self-willed.

This thief certainly can't think that the petite girl he is targeting, who seems to be able to fall down with a push, is actually the most powerful existence in the entire castle.

"No more delay! Sir, let your maid stay to watch the thief, let's hurry up!" Marcelo covered his mouth and nose just in case, quickened his pace and turned back to shout in a hurry.

Taking the prisoner with the broken hand with them undoubtedly slowed down the speed of the three people.

Leon knew that Knight Marcelo didn't know what kind of force the delicate Olivia had and how much help she could provide. Otherwise, he would definitely ask him to stay and guard the prisoner.

When Olivia heard this, she stared at Leon, asking whether he should follow this arrangement.

Leon shook his head at the girl. Considering that a conflict might occur, he was unwilling to abandon the powerful girl beside him.

Moreover, after experiencing the fear and anger just now, Leon didn't want to let his lover leave his sight for a moment.

But there were no shackles at hand, and he couldn't just kill the tongue who had not been interrogated.

After thinking about it, Leon stopped temporarily and had to quickly break the thief's legs in the terrified scream.

Stepping on the struggling bastard, Leon tore off his shirt, tied his hands behind his back and threw him into the corner, then took Olivia to catch up with the footsteps of Knight Marcelo who was running away in front of him.

It was probably extremely urgent at the moment, and they didn't dare to waste time to call more helpers from the towers where other knights stayed, just to confirm the safety of the lord's wife as soon as possible.

Deep in the main castle.

In the only luxurious corridor in the inner castle with candlelight, a strong man dressed as a castle servant, carrying a sleeping noble young man, walked quickly towards the target location.

As he moved, he calculated the time to retreat.

Although he didn't know where the bribed castle servant had gone, he didn't care, after all, the idiot was going to be left behind.

The strong man came to the door of the lord's room, pushed the door open, entered the room, and then locked the door from the inside.

Then, he looked at his accomplice who was busy on the big bed in the room.

A fellow dressed like a servant was deftly stripping the unconscious Baroness of the bed, and deliberately and roughly tearing her clothes.

The man who came in later saw this and did not delay, and quickly threw the young nobleman he was carrying onto the sofa.

Then, he also stripped off the pajamas of the noble young man.

After stripping the young man of the Anquila family naked, the man took the noble young man's clothes and simply threw them on the bed, faking the sign of taking off clothes calmly.

Then he threw the dagger with the Anquila eagle pattern on the handle to his accomplice on the bed.

The accomplice who had already ridden on the lady reached out to catch it, and then temporarily put the noble dagger to his hand.

It was not time to kill this woman according to the script.

He put on a cold smile and began to unbutton his pants with both hands.

Before taking action, of course, he needed to perform a full set of plays to help the poor boy of the Anquila family fake a decent sign of violence.

It doesn't matter whether it's really perfect or not. As long as they can make the boy from the Anquila family wake up with a dagger in his hand and appear in the room where Baron Farolis' wife was beaten to death, it's enough.

Of course, this is just a cover.

The key is the idiot servant who was bought in the castle. After all, in the eyes of the idiot, both of them are "Baron Gunnar's men."

"Hurry up, there's no time for you to play with women. Get out of here when you're done." The man beside the bed couldn't help complaining as he watched his accomplice undressing on the bed.

"What's the hurry? Is this something that can be rushed? If you're fast enough, then you can do it." The accomplice who was about to commit violence immediately turned back and cursed angrily.

The strong man immediately closed his mouth

On the spiral upward stairs, the three people's original pace turned into running, and soon they reached the middle level of the main castle.

Running through the stairs and bypassing the corridors, under the leadership of Marcelo, Leon and the others entered the inner corridor where the candlelight was swaying.

Looking at the imposing door of the lord's room at the end of the front.

Olivia suddenly frowned.

The girl caught the faint sound of cloth tearing from behind the door in front of her, as well as the sound of men talking?

"Leon, there seem to be two men talking in that room." She clenched her sword and reminded Leon beside her with a worried look.

Knight Marcelo, who was running in front, stopped and looked back in confusion, looking at the beautiful blonde maid beside Lord Pendragon.

I wonder what nonsense this girl suddenly said?

How could she hear the sound in the house from such a distance?

But Leon, who knew everything, certainly remembered how powerful Olivia's ears were in the forest, and he trusted the judgment of the girl beside him as always.

And since the Baron was not in the city at the moment, there should not be any men in the lord's wife's room at this time in the middle of the night.

Moreover, according to what Olivia said, there was more than one.

The identity of those uninvited guests is self-evident.

"Olivia won't hear wrong, Madam Adelina may have been kidnapped." Leon reminded his fellow knights in front of him seriously.

Marcelo was anxious when he heard this, whether it was true or not, and he was furious and wanted to rush to the room of the Lord.

But Leon quickly grabbed him.

"Don't be impulsive, the lady is in their hands, you just go and knock on the door, what if they are desperate and hurt her life directly, or kidnap her?" While Leon persuaded in a low voice, he turned his mind and looked at Olivia beside him, and immediately came up with an idea in a hurry.

"Olivia, you tone down, pretend to be a weak maid to knock on the door, lead the guy inside to the door, and then we will do it!"

"Touch? Touch?" Olivia blinked in confusion.

"That's it. Make your voice a little more delicate, and try to make the people inside feel that you are weak and can be easily tricked into the door and killed." Leon hurriedly explained.

Knight Marcelo frowned and scratched his head.

Frail?

He glanced at the petite and lovely sword-carrying girl beside the boy.

Is this necessary?