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  Chapter 543 Christmas Eve

  The snow is long.

  For most people, this is just an ordinary Christmas. Everyone chats in the room, drinks tea, and enjoys the festive atmosphere.

  But for Duanmuhuai... this is a hunting moment.

   "Stop for me!"

  The sturdy body flashed through the snowstorm, and Duanmuhuai rushed forward like an angry bull. The knee-deep snow did not stop Duanmuhuai's progress at all, and in front of him, a huge black shadow jumped rapidly in the forest. This thing doesn't look like an ordinary wolf or dog at all. If you have to say it, it feels more like a monster like a chimpanzee walking fast in the forest to Duanmuhuai.

   Duanmu Huaihuai can see its two front paws quickly grabbing the branches, swinging forward and moving forward among the trees. It's just that it's different from ordinary chimpanzees and other primates, it doesn't grab a branch, but a tree trunk - this makes Duanmu Huai angry to death, he doesn't have such a flexible way of action as the other party. He could only chase after him desperately, trying to hold on to this damned black shadow.

   "Quack quack!! Quack quack!!!"

  It was like a crow, and it sounded like some kind of weird monster, echoing in the forest, it sounded like this **** monster was laughing at herself——Duanmu Huainima couldn't bear it anymore.

   "You are **** courting death, aren't you!"

Looking at the black shadow swaying in front of him, Duanmuhuai also became angry from his heart and turned to the courage. He suddenly stopped, then clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and then punched Duanmuhuai in front of him. He came out and hit a huge, thick tree trunk directly in front of him.

   "Boom -----!!!"

  Accompanied by a loud noise, the trunk that was thick enough for five people to embrace burst into pieces in an instant, and the trunk that was tens of meters high flew straight forward and smashed straight towards the black figure.

   "Gaah———!!"

  The black shadow obviously didn't expect Duanmu Huai to do this, and saw it jump up suddenly, trying to avoid this unexpected blow. But at the same time, the roaring tree trunk had already fallen from the sky, carrying branches and snow like a giant fly swatter, directly slapping down on the black shadow.

"boom!"

  The thick trees fell heavily, smashing the shadow into the ground. Seeing this, Duanmuhuai let out a cold snort, shook his fist, and strode over.

   "It's really courting death, what do you do when I can't kill you?"

  Although he didn't know why this thing fell to the ground and appeared in front of him on purpose, but since it came, Duanmuhuai wouldn't let it just run away.

   Soon, Duanmuhuai came to the place where the black shadow was thrown just now, but unfortunately, the guy didn't seem to be killed by the tree. Although traces and bloodstains could be seen on the ground, the black figure seemed to take the opportunity to escape in the end.

  But... Now that you are injured, where else can you escape?

  Looking at the traces in front of him, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, then continued to follow the traces and entered the depths of the forest.

   "Let's go, Bell girl, we must find this **** guy."

"Meow!"

   While Duanmuhuai was furiously looking for the shadow monster in the forest, Xia Li, Mary and Aselika also came to Baskerville Manor.

   "Thank you very much for inviting us to our Christmas dinner, Baroness Baskerville."

  Although Xia Li's body can move more or less, she still can't walk freely, so this time she travels in a wheelchair.

   "You're welcome, welcome to Baskerville Manor, and thank you for accepting my invitation. After all, on this special day, if I'm the only one, it would be too lonely."

   Facing Xia Li, Baroness Baskerville also spoke with a smile on her face.

   "It's just an ordinary Christmas dinner, please don't be restrained, just feel free."

   "Okay... then it's better to be respectful than to obey... are you alone?"

   "Of course not, there is another Miss Lorena... Ah, here she is."

   While talking, everyone saw a very petite and cute girl with pink hair coming out. After seeing her, Mary also breathed a sigh of relief.

   Sure enough, Miss Lorena is here... So that means Mr. Duanmu is also here?

   "Miss Lorena, this is the daughter of the Bronte family, Miss Charlotte Bronte, and her good friend..."

   "I'm Aselica Dulles."

   "Ah, hello, I'm Lorena, and Miss Mary. It's been a long time too. Have you been exercising hard recently?"

  While talking with a smile, Lorena also greeted everyone. Of course, she didn't forget to talk to Mary.

   "Huh? Mary, do you know Miss Lorena?"

   Facing Lorena's greeting, Xia Li and Ashelika were obviously a little surprised. After all, they had never heard Mary mention Lorena.

   "Ah, um... I do know Miss Lorena, I was taken care of by her when you were unconscious, Charlie..."

  Mary didn't think there was any problem, and quickly gave an answer. But... She raised her head and looked around.

   "Miss Lorena? Mr. Duanmu...?"

   "Ah, Lord Knight is not here, I think he should come to the dinner? Maybe not?"

   "Knight...?"

"………grown ups??"

  “…………”

  I don't know why, but Mary felt that the eyes of Xia Li and Aselika from the side were so stinging... Uh, did she say something wrong?

  After a few brief conversations, Baroness Baskerville and Lorena left temporarily, and at this time, Xia Li and Aselika surrounded Mary.

   "Uh... what happened? What happened?"

   "It seems that Mary has a lot of things to hide from us."

  Ashelika clasped her arms in dissatisfaction and stared at Mary. Although Xia Li on the other side didn't speak, her eyes also revealed the same emotion.

   "Ah Xie doesn't know why, you still know that Miss Lorena? She is not a student of the master's college."

   "Only, just met by chance, she is a pilgrimage priest...that's what she said."

   "So you met in church?"

   "That's not true, she just guided me to do some exercises..."

"exercise???"

"Um………"

  I have to say, recalling the Spartan exercise guided by Lorena, Mary also instinctively trembled. To be honest, it was definitely not a training that ordinary ladies could complete.

  Why would a priest be so keen on exercising...

   "Then, who is that knight-sama?"

   At this time, Xia Li also asked. Although she was not as aggressive as Aselika, but for some reason, Mary at this moment only felt that Xia Li seemed to be more courageous than when she was on the altar of the Dark City.

   "That's Mr. Duanmu..."

   Having said that, Xia Li should have seen Duanmu Huaicai in Antarctica at that time, but she has completely lost her memory of being in the Gate of Tartar at that time, and I am afraid she did not remember it.

   "Why did Miss Lorena call her a knight? Could it be that gentleman is a knight conferred by the Queen?"

   "Uh...it doesn't seem to be. According to Miss Lorena, Mr. Duanmu seems to be an honorary knight awarded by their church, and she is also serving as a priest, that's why she calls Mr. Duanmu Lord Knight..."

   "Church?"

I have to say that Xia Li and Aselika were shocked when they heard this. It’s unimaginable for the queen to be a knight, and they have never heard of the church’s knighthood. Pass. And hearing this, Aselika's eyes lit up immediately.

   "In other words, that gentleman is a paladin? I haven't seen a real paladin yet, so I don't know what kind of person it would be..."

"Well…………"

   Seeing Aselika's eyes shining brightly, Mary smiled wryly. Indeed, if you have never met Duanmuhuai, when you think of the paladins conferred by the church, the girls' first impression must be that kind of blond, holy, handsome, gentlemanly knight.

  But unfortunately...

   "Although it's not good to crush your fantasy, but Axie, I have to remind you that that gentleman must be completely different from what you imagined."

  To be honest, even Mary never thought of linking Duanmu Huai with the word knight.

  And...he doesn't look like a chivalrous person at all.

  Recalling the way Duanmuhuai smashed the heads of those shadow monsters mercilessly, Mary also sighed silently deep in her heart.

  A real knight would not do that.

  ………Should not be?

  To tell the truth, Mary herself is not very confident about this.

   "Then how did you meet that gentleman?"

   "Huh? This..."

   Woohoo, here we go again!

  Watching Xia Li press on Mary with a smile on her face, Aselika next to her couldn't help sticking out her tongue a little. She had discovered early on that Charlie was always pressing hard when it came to Mary's male friends. Aselika still remembers that when the three of them were traveling together, she would occasionally meet Mr. Zach, whom Mary knew. At that time, Zach only said a few words to Mary, but Xia Li calmly turned him off. The topic was driven away.

  Although Mary herself didn't seem to notice any problems...But Ashelika kept watching. She had discovered early on that Xia Li didn't seem to like boys approaching Mary, and every time a man approached Mary, Xia Li would become a little scary...

  However, from a certain point of view, it is not impossible for Aselika to understand. After all, Mary has never had a first love, so she must be very serious and consider it carefully. Not everyone can be Mary's lover. If possible, Aselika also hopes that Mary can have a happy and joyful relationship like herself...

  But... Xia Li seems to be a little too tight.

  Looking at Xia Li who was smiling at this moment, Ashelika couldn't help but feel a little scared, and of course she could understand Xia Li's thoughts. After all, even Aselika herself has never heard anything about Miss Lorena and Mr. Knight from Mary, which means that the two sides should not have known each other for too long, since even Xia Li didn't know about it. If so, that's probably the man who met Mary when Xia Li was in a coma... Speaking of which, maybe that man is the "mysterious man" who took the opportunity to play with Mary. If that's the case, Axie can't spare him!

  Thinking of this, Aselika also clenched her fists.

   When the other party comes, she must take a good look to see what kind of man he is!

At this time, the Baroness Baskerville and Lorena also came back again, so a group of people began to drink tea and chat - although the name of the Baroness Baskerville sounds very loud, in fact she is just Girls who are less than twenty years old, of course, for ordinary noble ladies, unless they are students studying in master colleges like Xia Li, Mary and Aselika, they will basically choose to get engaged after entering the social world. Then get married early.

  This is the case with the Baroness of Baskerville, so although the identities of the two parties are different, the age difference is not too far apart. It is a good banquet for everyone to chat and talk about the latest popular topics.

  In this way, until late at night, Baroness Baskerville invited everyone to stay, and everyone naturally agreed.

but……

   "Will Mr. Duanmu come to the banquet?"

   Feeling a little uneasy, the Baroness Baskerville looked at Lorena and asked, the latter just showed a wry smile.

   "For Lord Knight, perhaps the entrustment is more important. When I went to find him today, he was not in the hut. Maybe I found some clues..."

   "Boom boom boom."

   At this time, suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside. Hearing the knock on the door, the old housekeeper hurried over.

   "Mr. Duanmu must be here, I'll go and have a look."

As he spoke, the old butler left the room. Although Xia Li and Aselika were also curious, as ladies, of course they would not run around impolitely. They just sat on the chair and heard the voice outside. There was a tumultuous uproar.

   "Welcome... Uwah, Mr. Duanmu, what is this?"

   "Oh, I just came back and thought it was Christmas, so I brought you a present... How about it? Not bad?"

   "No, this... please be careful, don't scare the lady and guests..."

"What happened?!"

  Hearing this, Ashelika's eyes lit up, and she couldn't sit still on the chair. If Xia Li and Mary hadn't grabbed her, she would have run out to have a look.

   But fortunately, after a while, the old butler walked into the room again, but this time his expression was a little subtle.

   "Ma'am, that... Mr. Duanmu has prepared a gift for you."

   "Oh, it really took his troubles..."

   "No, that... how should I put it... please don't panic."

   "???"

  Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they saw a dark, huge figure walking in from the door, and on his shoulder was a... deer? !

   That's right, a white deer!

   And still alive!

   "It can be considered that this guy is unlucky, he insisted on blocking my way."

Duanmu Huai put down the white deer that was carried on his shoulders. The latter struggled on the ground, then cringed and knelt down. Looking at the white deer in front of him, Duanmu Huai was furious. Come. Before, he followed the blood and traces left by the black shadow all the way, and he was almost there, but he didn't expect that he might have strayed into the territory of this white deer, and the latter dared to stand in front of him and make trouble for him?

   Duanmu Huai couldn't bear it.

   I just learned how to catch, can I suffer this grievance?

  Facing the white deer rushing towards him, Duanmu Huai also grabbed and flipped him over, directly knocking him over.

  “…………………”

  At this moment, everyone in the room was stunned when they saw the white deer in front of them.

   This deer is very beautiful, covered in snow, even its horns are white, and its body is extremely huge, even bigger than a horse. Because of this, this thing is probably considered a bully in the mountains - unfortunately, it was unlucky and blocked Duanmu Huai's way, and then was captured by Duanmu Huai.

   It was lucky that it didn't kill it.

   "This is really... an unimaginable gift, Mr. Duanmu..."

  Looking at the white deer in front of her, the Baroness Baskerville's eyes were shining. Girls like beautiful things, and she is no exception.

   "Can I keep it on the estate?"

   "Whatever, it's for you anyway, if you don't want it, I'll just kill it and eat it for barbecue."

   "How can this work, it's so beautiful and cute!"

  Hearing this, Ashelika couldn't help crying. Indeed, the white deer in front of her was curled up at Duanmuhuai's feet, squatting on the ground, trembling, and looked very cute...

   "If this guy hadn't been in the way, I might have caught that trickster... Forget it, let's leave it at that for now."

   Seeing the girls' gazes on him, Duanmuhuai decisively chose to give up. Sure enough, the world is all about appearance. If this thing doesn't look good... Hey, forget it, it's useless to talk about it now.

The housekeeper asked the deer to be taken away, perhaps because Duanmu Huai had cleaned up the deer. The deer looked very well-behaved, even being so well-behaved was a bit pitiful, but it was very unpleasant for Duanmu Huai . Think about it carefully, the game is about to catch up to the final boss, and suddenly something blocks your way, and when you turn your head, the final boss has already run away, this can really **** people off.

   Originally, the reason why Duanmuhuai came back alive was because he thought that freshly killed and bloodletting would be more delicious!

  Duanmu Huai was taken to dinner by the housekeeper, and at this time, the girls got together again.

   "Wow, that gentleman is really fierce..."

  Ashelika was the first to express her opinion quietly.

   "Ah Xie, it's not polite for you to say that?"

  Although Xia Li seems to be dissuading, but judging by her expression... it seems that she doesn't object.

   "Mr. Duanmu does look a bit fierce, but he is still a good talker."

  Mary didn't care about this, and spoke to comfort the two of them. In fact, she had already expected her friend's reaction.

  However, to Mary's surprise, Xia Li and Aselika looked at her together when they heard this.

   "Mary, you seem to know this gentleman very well?"

   "Huh? This... is, okay?"

   "You don't like him, do you?"

   "Huh? No, this..."

  Hearing Aselika's question, Mary blushed and waved her hands hastily.

   "I don't have..."

   "Woo..."

  Although Mary desperately denied it, both Charlie and Ashelika couldn't help but feel their hearts sink when they saw her expression.

   Could it be that someone really took advantage of their inattention and tricked Mary away?

   This kind of thing is absolutely unforgivable!

  (end of this chapter)