Lord of War

  The carriage swayed out of Luo Mingen.

  Hasting Manor was built in the suburbs of Lomingen, but it is said that the suburbs actually take more than two hours to travel on the road. During this period, the atmosphere in the spacious carriage was fairly harmonious, except for a certain frightened eldest lady.

  Since Sean took a reading material from the tavern, the two hours were well spent.

  Alfred and Anno both chose to close their eyes to rest, because no one knows what will happen next.

  Only Christina, inexplicably felt that a terrible pressure has been covering herself, which made her back almost completely wet. In fact, Rina was only looking at Christina with interest. She did not use her aura to suppress, but as an unparalleled fighter who can easily kill several ins and outs on the battlefield, Rina accidentally Naturally, the **** breath that came out was not something Christina, a person who had never been in a battle before, could bear.

  Even if Rina did not deliberately suppress.

  This situation does not matter to people like Sean and others, even Avi Hastings, but it is a kind of mental torture for Christina.

  This is the difference between real combat and no real combat.

  In the process of continuing to shake, the carriage finally arrived at Hastings Manor.

   Christina almost couldn't wait to open the door and get out of the car. After breathing a burst of fresh air, her face recovered a little rosy, but overall she was still pale and bloodless. The cold air made her dizzy and almost stagnant brain thinking finally resumed its functioning, but it also made her more clearly understand how far between her and Sean's strengths is.

  Originally, after Sean defeated Christina in the martial arts arena that day, Christina had to admit that she was really frightened at the very beginning. Afterwards, she felt that if she had no hesitation, she might not have no chance of winning. But she is indeed a person who keeps her promise. Since she had surrendered before, of course she would not deny the fulfillment of her promise, but she was determined to fight Sean again before she left.

  So for this reason, Christina has also been practicing her skills very hard recently, and her diligence is even far greater than when she was receiving her own teacher's guidance.

   But after passing these short two hours today, she really understands the biggest gap between herself and Sean.

   "Kristina, you are here." Just as Kristina was still thinking about it, Soma Hastings and Kazi greeted her.

  As the host of Hastings Manor, Soma certainly needs to come out to welcome the guests, but not everyone who comes to the banquet is worthy of his personal reception. But whether it's Christina or Sean, the identities are obviously different, so he can't help but not go out in person. Of course, as the heir who is most likely to inherit the Hastings family in the future, Avi Hastings is of course also with Soma.

   "You're all right, Tina." Seeing Kristina's face pale, Avi naturally asked with concern.

   Seeing Avi’s performance, Soma nodded secretly, obviously still very satisfied with Avi’s approach. If Sean saw this scene, it would be immediately clear that Soma, who on the surface has not yet stood in the Hastings family, had already chosen Avi as his next owner and made this choice. In fact, it is understandable. After all, among all the candidates for the next successor to the Hastings family, Avi’s winning side is indeed the biggest. The sooner you stand in the team, the greater the benefits you can reap in the future will naturally be, like Soma is so shrewd. It's impossible for people to not understand.

  It's just that there are some things. Many people will have certain illusions before they get a clear performance.

   "Did that fellow Fran let you do something again?" Before Soma's inner admiration fell, Avi's second sentence caused Soma's brows to frown.

   "Master Avi." Soma had to cough slightly as a reminder.

"It's none of his business." Kristina shook her head and replied. Her attitude and tone were very firm, and when she saw that Avi was too close to herself, she took a few steps back calmly, closing the distance. Pulling it back again, Soma's brows are frowned again. It is obvious that the opportunity he can create to bring Avi and Christina together recently was in vain, "Also, please call me. name."

  Some people have long names, so there will be nicknames in the way of addressing. Of course, this way of addressing nicknames refers to the companions who have a better relationship.

  Tina is naturally Christina's nickname.

  And Christina asked Avi to call her by her name instead of her nickname, which is naturally a very strong and obvious meaning of resistance.

  "Where is Viscount Fran?" At this time, Soma naturally couldn't put the initiative of the topic on Avi, so he spoke.

"Viscount Fran is over there, they just got out of the carriage." Kristina was embarrassed to say that she got off early because she couldn't stand the pressure in the carriage, so she took the problem casually, and then led Soma went to the place where Sean and the others got off. Of course, Avi was ignored by Christina.

Soma looked back at Avi with some worry, and she saw a trace of viciousness and resentment hidden in his eyes. People like him who are scheming and good at forbearance don’t have this kind of emotion, that’s what it really is. A strange thing. But Soma didn't worry about what would happen to Avi here, he knew very well the ability of his nominal nephew, at least he could still maintain his gentlemanly demeanor until he really broke his face.

  Of course, on the other hand, it's actually because Avi is not Christina's opponent at all, otherwise Soma really can't imagine whether Avi will use any force against Christina. After all, he had tried this behavior several times before, and his uncle naturally wiped his buttocks every time.

   "Viscount Fran, I have been waiting for you for a long time." Under the leadership of Christina, Soma quickly came to Sean's side and greeted him enthusiastically.

People with insufficient status naturally choose to avoid it at this moment. After all, people of different classes will definitely have their own circles at this class of banquets held in Hastings Manor, and they want to communicate with people in higher-class circles. , Definitely needs an introducer, otherwise, if you rush forward and interrupt, you will be regarded as an uncultivated barbarian behavior. For some vain face issues, of course, no one would come up so ignorantly to disturb the enthusiastic meeting between Soma and Sean.

   But when Xiao En and others turned around, not only Soma, but also Avi was stunned.

"Miss Ximi, you...what are you here?" Avi hurried forward to say hello, but at this moment he already had a vaguely bad feeling in his heart, because Rena, who he called Ximi, was standing right now. At Sean's side, "Why didn't you say a word before you came, so that I can pick you up myself."

   "No need." Rina said bluntly, "I came here with Fran. This invitation seems useless. Give it back to you."

  After all, Rina directly returned the luxurious invitation with a value of hundreds of gold coins to Avi.

At this moment, almost everyone can see Avigna’s completely stiff face, and sensitive people like Rena, Sean, and Alfred can even feel the inner emotions Avi is trying to suppress at this moment. .

  It was an extremely negative violent mood.

In fact, if you change a person with a poor psychological quality, I am afraid that it will be completely overturned at this moment. After all, what Rina said just now is a fact of unintentional action, but for a nobleman, this It is a naked act of contempt. Moreover, the environment at the moment is still in Hastings Manor. After saying this, it seems even more contempt for the entire Hastings family.

  Even Soma’s face changed slightly, and it seemed a little unnatural: "Hehe, Viscount Fran is really... really broad friendship."

   "Hehe, Miss Xi Mi is a friend I met on the road. Because our exchanges are very pleasant, we decided to experience together for the time being."

Of course, Sean had already felt Soma’s hostility hidden in the words, but he didn’t even pay attention to the entire Hastings family. Naturally, he would not think that a mere Soma or Avi could pose any threat to him. It's just that there are still things that haven't been resolved right now, and if Soma this person can, Sean still wants to be recruited under his command, so the tone is relatively polite.

"Because I happen to be coming to Hastings Manor too, and I saw that Miss Simmy also had an invitation letter, so I invited her to come with me." Xiao En said with a smile, as if he didn't feel Soma's secret hostility at all. Generally, "There shouldn't be any rudeness in this?"

   "Not at all." Soma immediately replied with a smile, "Master Avi, can you please take Miss Xi Mi for a visit?"

"Oh, this is natural." Avi immediately realized that this was Soma deliberately transferring from Sean and Rina. After all, he also knew what was going to be held tonight, and of course Ximi's identity could not be involved. , So visiting Hastings Manor has become a great excuse, "Miss Shimi, I will show you a tour of Hastings Manor....The main venue for the banquet is on the other side."

  Rina doesn't really like attending banquets and the like. What she prefers is to practice martial arts and train her soldiers. At this moment, she suddenly missed her subordinates so much. Training them was much more interesting than attending this boring banquet. It was just that she noticed Sean’s insignificant nod, so she could only nod helplessly and agree. Avi left here together.

  Of course, Avi is with the idea of ​​fighting for Rena to join the Hastings family tonight, but in fact, Sean is very clear that this is impossible, so he certainly won't worry about it.

   "I don't know the Marquis of Jelles, where is it right now?" Sean asked when Avi and Rena left.

"The Marquis Jeles is in the council hall. Master Roda has arrived. Let's go together now." Soma was also a little afraid of nights and dreams. She might not be surprised if she stayed here for a while, so she also wanted to put Xiao Just throw it in the council hall. After all, there is also a scholar who can communicate with Sean.

   "Okay." Of course, Sean would not object to this.

  But at this moment, a sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded, accompanied by the shouts of several Hastings Manor guards.

  Such noisy noise naturally quickly attracted the attention of many people at the entrance of the manor.

  Soma's brows are frowning, because of the series of troubles and accidental learning of the relationship between Rena and Sean, his inner anger has become a bit angry. At this moment, it was natural that he had a chance to vent, so he walked towards the main entrance after talking to Sean for a while, and at the same time he said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

   "It turns out that this is the hospitality of the Hastings family." As soon as Soma's voice fell, she responded with a crisp voice that belongs to a young woman, "I have seen it with my own eyes today, haha."

  Soma followed the fame, but discovered that the person who came was a young girl who was only about twenty years old. She looked a little petite and cute, but her temperament showed a maturity that did not match her age. The figure of this person quickly scanned Soma's mind, and then he immediately confirmed that he had never seen this girl before, but just when Soma was about to scold the girl, he caught sight of this The family crest on the carriage in which a young girl was riding.

  This discovery made Soma's voice ready to scold and swallowed it back into her stomach, her face looked a little surprised.

  At this time, Sean had also arrived at the front entrance. He also saw the family crest on the carriage, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

  Because this family crest is unique to the Boulder family!

  As we all know, the Boulder family and the Nugus family are seriously at odds, and the Hastings family is dependent on Nugus.

  So at this moment, what is this girl who is obviously from the Boulder family coming here?

  Almost everyone revealed this idea after recognizing the family crest on the carriage.