The female devils I saved came to my door

But St. Ann IV obviously didn't like this kind of show.

"Ciel, there is no need to thank me. This is the reward you deserve for helping Katrin. I really want to express my gratitude and read her a story. After reading the story, go back to your residence to rest."

After saying that, Katrin, who had been waiting for a long time, handed the picture book she had been holding to Charles with a look of anticipation on her face and looked at him sincerely.

Trying not to look directly into her eyes, he took this immature woman of the same age to sit on the sofa in the living room.

He opened the first page of the picture book and began to read the story in the book - but he had been standing on guard all day and had eaten something just now. Fatigue and numbness had already eroded his spirit today.

The more he recited, the sleepier he became.

Finally, he yawned continuously, his voice became smaller and smaller, and he gradually fell asleep.

In the long and chaotic dream, he still found it difficult to relax and was still troubled by all kinds of complicated thoughts.

"Lord Ciel? Lord Ciel?"

There seemed to be a girl calling him with a soft voice in his ear.

The call dispersed the chaotic scenes in his dream and dragged him back to the present world.

Opening his eyes in a daze, he met a pair of beautiful turquoise pupils - it was Katrin.

Charles was on the sofa just now because he was really sleepy and fell asleep without finishing reading the picture book.

Katrin didn't make any fuss, she just lay down next to the sofa and stared at Charles with concern, waiting for him to wake up.

Therefore, Ciel met her eyes as soon as he woke up.

When he thought of the fantasies he had seen when he and Katrin looked at each other several times before, he subconsciously raised his hand to cover his face.But his sleeping position was so bad that his arms were numb.Moreover, for some reason, when he looked at Catlin, he didn't see the chaotic prophecies before.

"Charle, are you awake?" Monroe, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, was closing his eyes to rest. After hearing the noise, he also opened his eyes: "You fell asleep just now, His Majesty the Pope left first. "

"Sorry, I lost my temper..."

"It's okay, I'm a little sleepy too." Monroe stood up: "Catelyn, please stop staring at Charles and go back upstairs to rest. Mr. Charles has to go home."

Katrin was a little disappointed, but she still lowered her head, then raised her head again and nodded to her father.

Ciel, on the other hand, has never figured out who made the voice calling him "Lord Ciel" in his dream.

Katrin should be mute.

42. A seemingly ordinary business trip

Sirna was very dissatisfied with Charles staying out all night.

"Teacher, where were you last night? I have been waiting for you, and I prepared supper with the cook, but you didn't come back!"

"I stood guard at the celebration yesterday for too long. I was really tired. I rested in the church lounge and fell asleep. I'm sorry." He made any excuse, but Charles still yawned: "I'll take a shower first. I'll take a shower later." Just catch up on some sleep.”

"Okay..." Hilna looked at Charles, who had dark circles under his eyes, feeling his tiredness, and felt a little distressed: "Teacher, if not, you will decline the position that Mr. Monroe gave you. From now on, Your Majesty I summon you to make those fairy tale picture books, and you can push them as you please.

"I'm already the best student in the college. You don't have to work so hard to please others. The Mother Sister said that after I graduate, I can be a bishop directly. You can just follow me and enjoy the blessings."

"Hilna, it's okay. This position is quite leisurely. It only lasts a few days throughout the year, and it brings more benefits. Many people are fighting for their jobs and can't get their turn. How can I just resign? What's the matter with Your Majesty? A good relationship is not a bad thing. Oh, and Mr. Monroe is taking me on a business trip tomorrow, probably to Lorentalland... let me tell you first."

"Lorentalan? Teacher, it's the New Year celebrations now, and it's rare to take a long vacation." Hilna was a little anxious. She also planned to enjoy the vacation with her teacher: "Why do you have to go away again?"

"There is a group of nobles over there who are engaged in rebellion. Lord Monroe needs to mediate. As a personal follower, I have to go with them. It's okay. I'll be back in half a month."

"Half a month? The new semester has started by then! Can't you take a leave?"

"I'm afraid not, this is a job. I am a magician with no wealth, status, and average talent. I can become a sword master and live in a villa in Glory City... If I still want to take leave and refuse official duties, it would be too much. Too much."

"Then take me with you! I will accompany the teacher on business, and I can take care of you, teacher. And I also want to learn more. Teacher, after leaving Ipoli, I have not left Glory City at all in the past six months. Everything is good here, but it’s too boring, can I go out with you to take a look?”

…………

Sirna worked hard and insisted on traveling far away with Charles.

Charles, who was really sleepy, thought for a while and decided to pass the trouble to Monroe: "When the time comes, Mr. Monroe is here, you go ask him, he is your nominal mentor after all, if he can agree."

He thought that Monroe would refuse to take a female student who had not graduated on a business trip. However, when he woke up, Monroe was already waiting for him in the courtyard.

Moreover, Monroe agreed to Sirna's request.

"Silna is also an excellent mage. It's time to take her to learn more. Anyway, Charles, you have taken Hilna on long journeys in the past and have experience in taking care of her. Lorentalan is not dangerous either. It’s okay if you go.”

Since Monroe, as Hilna's mentor, said so, Ciel had no choice but to agree.

At that time, Charles thought this was just an ordinary business trip, and Monroe didn't take the mission seriously. Hilna even felt that this was an opportunity to go out and have fun with the teacher and enhance their relationship.

So they set off.

----------The whole story of the case of "Viscount Prafatin colluded with heretics" ----------

In the beginning, it was actually just to build a road.

Lorentalan is a small principality north of Glory City, separated from the jurisdiction of the Holy See by a small mountain range.

Recently, the grand duke of this country introduced a new bill, requiring the duchy to unify the regulations of roads in various places, and by the way, all localities will contribute their efforts to build a main road to connect the north and south of the duchy.

The Holy See supports this bill.

After all, with this road, it will be much more convenient for believers from the north to go south for pilgrimage.

But the vassals whose lands were expropriated along the way refused to agree.

Because after the vassals along the way contributed to repairing the road, the land along the main road was managed by the Grand Duke. They, the vassals, could not get much benefit, only a meager reward.

The Grand Duke felt that once the road was repaired, it would definitely need unified management and deployment.If vassals from all over the country were to set up checkpoints along the way to make money, then the road would be built in vain.

The vassals demanded that after the road was repaired, they must take direct benefits from it.

To put it bluntly, the split has not been agreed upon.

This group of people made a fuss over this and asked the Holy See to intervene in the judgment.

Therefore, the Holy See sent the famous Sword Master Monroe as the authoritative arbiter - after all, Monroe's reputation here can definitely control the situation.

There were only a dozen paladins who accompanied Monroe on the mission, and the rest of his entourage were ordinary servants.

They formed a medium-sized convoy, crossed the plain where the Holy See was located, and headed north.

Everyone knows that this mission is simple.The Principality of Lorentalan is a die-hard ally of the Holy See, and the princes in the Principality come to the Holy See every year to meet His Majesty the Pope, so this matter can definitely be resolved peacefully.

Both Sirna and Charles put on monk uniforms, wore light swords, and followed the team.

Like other knights, Ciel rode a tall gray horse and accompanied the convoy.

However, other paladins don't like Ciel very much, because Ciel has no qualifications but can be promoted rapidly, which somewhat makes these old knights who have worked hard for many years dissatisfied.

In the entire team, only Hilna would stick her head out of the carriage window and chat with Ciel who was accompanying him on horseback.

It is worth mentioning that Munro himself.

Because his armor was too heavy, few horses could carry his size. He drove a two-horse chariot, which looked very cool.

All went well on the journey.

Pilgrims and holy believers along the way, after seeing their costumes and the coat of arms on their carriages, knew that they were knights of the Holy See, and would also pay homage to them.

Easily pass through the passes between the mountains and enter the Principality of Lorentalland.The road behind is also very smooth, and there are many churches and monasteries on the road, making it easy to obtain supplies.

Traveling day and night, in less than four days, they entered the capital of Lorentalan.

This capital city of the principality has a population of [-] to [-], making it a quite prosperous city.

But the city also has slums of unprecedented scale.

Those shabby private shacks are stacked one on top of another, like building blocks stacked by children that are ready to fall down at any time.

The planning of urban roads is extremely poor. Some places are paved with crooked bricks, and some places are still open-air loess.

Sewers are clogged all year round, and sewage flows across them in many places.Although magicians and workers were hired to try to clear it, it didn't take long for it to become blocked again, so the Grand Duke decided to leave it alone.

But outside the city, it still looks bright and beautiful.The road leading to the Duke's Palace is straight and fair, and the city gate is quite impressive, which can still give people a good impression.

The Grand Duke, who had blond hair and a mustache, set up a guard of honor outside the city, and personally received Ether Monroe, who had come from afar, amidst the playing and singing of the band.

He cried bitterly to the Sword Master, using all kinds of exaggerated rhetoric to show his shock: I didn't expect that the Sword Master actually came in person, which moved me very much; repairing this road will be beneficial to the Holy See; I am here for the sake of the Holy See. Those gangs of rebellious officials and traitors don’t believe in the laws that were enacted only after the believers’ pilgrimage went smoothly; Master Sword Master, you must strike hard at them...

Listening to the Grand Duke's various nagging, not only the knights who had been on their way for a long time became irritable, but Monroe himself was a little tired.

After a lot of tossing, a few people finally entered the city, and were welcomed by the citizens and moved into the Grand Duke's mansion.

The Grand Duke respected Monroe very much and set up a high-standard dinner in the castle to entertain them.Today is not a fasting day either, so the paladins enjoyed some food and wine.

During the dinner, the Archduke's compliments to Monroe were really disgusting. Although Monroe acted very patiently, it was obvious that he was actually very irritable.

During the dinner, Hilna chose some pies, beet soup, fried steak, and a bottle of sparkling ice-cold honey beer that she thought were good. She served them on a large plate to Charles who was standing guard by the stables outside the castle. .

"Teacher! The banquet here is so sumptuous! They can entertain us with so much delicious food."

She excitedly introduced the cooking methods of these delicacies to Charles: "According to the chef's introduction... each of these beets is stewed with light cream and sweet milk, and this is just the pickling of fried meat." , dozens of spices are used...the dishes here have more varieties than in Glory City."

"Yes, it's quite delicious. The areas surrounding the Holy See are quite wealthy. As long as there are no fasts and disciplines, the variety of food and clothing will definitely be richer than in Ipoli."

"Teacher, don't you go and eat something at the banquet? There are many more dishes there."

"No, I have to stand guard. As you can see, the other knights don't like me because I am a well-connected person. It would be better to be quieter."

"Oh……"

Looking at Ciel, who was wearing light armor and white robes, Hilna stood beside the carriage with her teacher.

Through the thick masonry walls, one can still hear the sounds of singing and feasting in the mansion.

The voice seemed to come from a distant place, it was hard to hear clearly.

There was no one around, because even the servants accompanying the motorcade were invited into the mansion to enjoy delicious food and entertainment.

A rare two-person world.

Thinking of this, Hilna felt happy. She smoothed her hair beside her ears and let the night wind blow the hair on the back of her head. She approached Charles and stood behind him.

But just when she was about to say something, an old and tired voice suddenly sounded behind them.

"Char, are you still on guard? Why don't you go into the house to rest?"

It was Monroe. He had just left the Duke's Palace and walked up to the two of them.

"My lord, aren't you accepting the banquet hosted by the Grand Duke?" Charles turned back to look at the visitor, ignoring the slightly embarrassed Hilna beside him.

"The Grand Duke drank too much and was speechless. His wife took him to induce vomiting. I asked the others to go back to their rooms to rest, and the banquet ended early."

The old knight with a serious face raised his armored right arm and pointed to the street outside the Duke's Palace: "I'm a little bored too, so I came out to get some wind."

Sirna was actually not happy to see someone disturbing their world.

But this was Monroe after all, her and Ciel's mentor. No matter how dissatisfied she was, she could only swallow it.

Monroe reminded Charles by the way: "Tomorrow, those noble envoys who oppose the Grand Duke will come. The negotiations will last for about two or three days. Charles, you will have to be the clerk at that time and record their negotiation dialogue. If they can reach an agreement, When you sign an agreement, you are also responsible for drafting the agreement."

Ciel asked: "So, that's all our responsibilities? Nothing else?"

"Yes, that's all." Monroe replied.

"Lord Monroe, isn't there any situation that requires you to take action? You don't need to draw out your epee to give them some power?" Hilna asked expectantly.

She originally thought that when she went on a business trip with Charles, she would see some knights from the Holy See fighting against hundreds of people, or scenes where the sword master raised his sword and angrily rebuked the nobles, making everyone tremble in fear.

But nothing.

There was no chance to draw out the double-edged heavy sword that Monroe was carrying.

They just walked through most of the principality, entered the city, accepted the entertainment, and waited for the results.

Monroe recalled: "There is nothing that requires the use of force on this kind of official business. If the Holy See wants to take action against these people, it means that the matter has deteriorated to the worst situation, and we must try our best to avoid it. Most official business is actually such trivial matters. If you do it in the future When you become a local bishop, you must learn to do these things."

This statement is quite similar to Charles' theory of "harmony with mud".

Sirna recalled her experience in Ipoli: At that time, Charles also took her on tours around the country, and then dealt with various interpersonal disputes and used magic to bring justice to the residents.

Now, instead of coming to the Holy See headquarters and following the unrivaled Sword Master on official business, the result is still the same.

It's just that the dispute has changed from a dispute between small rural landowners competing for water diversion and fields into a dispute between the Grand Duke and the vassal of the principality competing for the right to charge for main roads.

There is no change in essence.

Even more boring.

In a daze, Hilna discovered that Charles and Monroe were really similar.

Not only are their behaviors and behaviors highly similar, but their personalities are also very similar, and their behavioral concepts coincide even more.