Darkening Guardian Knight

But Carter tugged at her sleeve, signaling her not to be impulsive, this is the territory of their Holt family after all.

"Brother, you are too excited. We just want you to report to Patriarch Holt that the orphan of Ravinas came to visit and asked for his asylum. Whether he will see us or not is another matter." Carter still smiled and looked at the guard provocatively.

The guard originally wanted to teach the two of them a few more words, but seeing Carter's seemingly confident appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive. Maybe the two of them really had something to do with their Patriarch.

So he thought about it for a while, and then said to the two of them: "You two, stay here and don't move. I will report to the Patriarch, if you are guests that the Patriarch does not welcome, you will be finished."

Carter nodded, and said very politely: "Well, then please."

"..." The guard glanced at Carter and said nothing more.

To be on the safe side, he then closed the iron gate outside the mansion, then turned around and entered the mansion, leaving the two of them outside the iron gate.

"Hmph, this guy is really rude!" Jessica said angrily.

Carter, on the other hand, took it easy and persuaded him, "That's also his responsibility, there's no way."

"But..." Jessica wanted to say something, but was knocked on the head by Carter, and what she wanted to say was also knocked into nothing by Carter's knock, and she couldn't say it, and was replaced by the girl's blame, " What are you doing?"

Carter chuckled and said, "Have you forgotten what you said in the small village of robbers? Didn't you say you want to grow up?"

"That's..." Jessica was speechless, her eyelids drooped slightly, and she was a little frustrated.

"You need to mature quickly, miss." Carter was like Jessica's brother, stroking her brown hair with a big hand, looking gentle and calm, "I hope you can face these things calmly in the future." Calm down and deal with it calmly."

"Got it..." the girl lowered her head, blushing, she whispered, as docile as a sheep.

Carter is very satisfied with the girl's current performance, he still has a smile on his face, but whether there is something bad hidden behind this smile, no one knows except himself.

No.17 Holt Family

Keith Holt, 46 years old, is the patriarch of the current Holt family, that is, the head of the Holt family. It is said that he is also a senior magician.As the head of the family, he has a very busy job, and there are too many official duties to count.

On this day, Keith Holt should have been immersed in endless official duties as usual.

But the arrival of a person made him temporarily put down the mountain of work and come to accompany that person.

That person is the veteran of the Holt family, the only seventh-level magician in the Holt family, and the uncle of Keith Holt——Halak Holt.

"Uncle, why are you here?" Geese and the bearded old man in gray robe walked by the small lake of the mansion together, the atmosphere was leisurely and silent.

But Geese was the younger one after all, so he made an inquiry first, breaking the silence.

The long-bearded old man was Harak Holt, one of the seventh-level magicians of the Principality of Feria. Hearing Geese's question, he just laughed, stroked his beard and said, "It's nothing.

Guise didn't believe his uncle's inconspicuous words, and his emotions were a bit complicated: "Did the assassin of the Principality of Doverville appear again?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you." Harak sighed, looking a little helpless, "Among the four principalities under the Kingdom of Leon, the relationship between the Principality of Doviralte and our Principality of Friya has always been very poor. There are constant frictions, and the two countries themselves are in a state of going to war sooner or later."

"Well, and it is said that some nobles in the Principality of Doverville take a very disdainful attitude towards magic, and even ordinary people don't know the existence of magic at all. Magic can only be used as a tool for intrigue between big shots."

Guice was deeply moved, "The Duchy of Dovervillerte's assassination technique is at its peak. Although there is only one assassin at the seventh level, there are about a dozen assassins at the sixth level. And under the assassination of assassins, even a magician at the seventh level may fall into the hands of the sixth-level assassin."

"So, assassins are very troublesome." The old man clapped his hands, his tone containing anger, "It takes much more resources to train a mage than to train an assassin of the same level."

"Gies, do you know? This time, the Principality of Doviralt came, but there were four or even five level [-] assassins. They simply wouldn't give our family a chance!" At this point, Harak suddenly slapped his thigh, obviously full of anger.

"Four to five level-[-] assassins!?" Gith also said in surprise, "This is not just about besieging level-[-] magicians. With the fighting power of four or five level-[-] assassins, our family will be in danger!"

"That's right. It seems that the Principality of Doviralt is determined to attack our Principality this time." Harak sighed, his white beard swaying in the wind.

Gith frowned, still in disbelief: "Is the Principality of Doviralt so confident in defeating our Principality of Furlia? It's so hard. And the Kingdom of Leon will just sit back and watch the fire from the other side, and don't care about it at all?"

"I'm afraid so." Halak squinted his eyes and said a surprising answer calmly, "I answered the two questions you asked in the same way."

"How?!" Gies couldn't understand at all, "The principality of Doviralt is not stronger than us, how could it have the confidence to win? And with the power of the Kingdom of Leon, it shouldn't be difficult to completely control the surrounding principalities, how could it ignore us?"

"Son, so you're just a child." Hallak shook his head and sighed, "It's not the Duchy of Doviralt that has confidence, but the Kingdom of Leon."

"What!?" Geese was shocked, but then suddenly became calm, "The Kingdom of Leon...so that's it, that's it. If this is the case, everything will be explained."

"The kingdom has long wanted to integrate the power of the four countries, but our four countries insisted on maintaining autonomy for many years, which allowed the system of our principality to be preserved.

After so many years, it seems that many things have changed. I don’t know what happened inside the Principality of Dovervillert. I guess they are probably the first to accept the olive branch of the kingdom. "

After analyzing in his mind, Jisi understood what his uncle said, and judging from the current situation, it is almost certain that this is the truth!

There was a long silence by the lake. Faced with such a hopeless situation, both the old and the young felt powerless.

What broke the silence was the footsteps of a guard.

He walked quickly to Gies, knelt down on one knee, and reported to Gies: "Report to the master, there are a couple of young men and women outside the gate of the mansion who declared that they are the orphans of the Ravinas family. They came to visit us and asked for our protection. It is up to you to decide whether to keep them or not."

No.18 Curse

"Report to the Patriarch, there is a couple of young men and women outside the gate of the mansion who declared that they are the orphans of the Ravinas family. They came to visit us and asked for our protection. It is up to you to decide whether to keep them or not."

"Huh?" Gith frowned again, "Ravinas? I remember that it was a small family in the Principality of Doviralt. It seemed that their Principality had been wiped out recently. I didn't expect there to be orphans...

But our family is already in danger, so why keep them?Maybe it's a spy from the Duchy of Doverville... Get rid of them. "

As he spoke, he waved his hand, signaling the guards to retreat to settle the matter.

"Understood, I will listen to the Patriarch's orders." The guard cursed in his heart that the boy was indeed bluffing, while standing up according to the etiquette, and wanted to leave from here.

But a voice stopped him.

"Wait." The voice was solemn and solemn, with a hint of power, undeniable.

The voice was Harak Holt, the most powerful elder in the family.He told the guards to stop, but the guards naturally did not leave.

Gith asked a little puzzled: "Uncle, why did you stop him? Could it be that the two from the Ravinas family have something tricky?"

"No." Halak shook his head, denying Gies's wild thoughts, "Let's take them in."

"Why?" Keith hurriedly asked, "We have no reason to keep them. They appeared at such a coincidental time, there must be some kind of conspiracy!"

Harak was silent, then he lowered his head, closed his eyes, and sighed: "The reason for keeping them is that our family once owed the Ravinas family a favor."

"What? We owe them? How is that possible?" Gith's face turned green and pale after hearing this, and he couldn't believe it.

"It's true, Ravinas used to be a brilliant family, but unfortunately..." Halak didn't continue talking, but just said to Gies, "They once saved our family. But we can't help them this time, at least we have to keep their fire."

Then, Harak turned to the guard and said, "Go and recruit the two of them, and say that the Holt family agrees to their request."

"Yes." The guard replied upright, and quickly trotted towards the gate.

"Uncle, aren't you afraid of being Dovervilart's undercover agent?" Keith asked, his face full of worry.

"Don't be afraid. Anyway, the assassins of Doverville are all-pervasive, even if they are." Halak smiled and said, "And I don't think those guys from Doverwill choose such a direct way to invade our mansion It is estimated that the ambush has already been buried."

Keith thought about it carefully, and found that it was indeed as Halak said, whether there were these two people or not, the situation would not change.

So his attitude became a little normal: "Then let them live in the side room, how about the far left side of the garden?"

The Holt Mansion is very large, so it is divided into various areas.The central area in the middle, the garden area on the right, the lake area on the left... Each area is so big that it takes hours to walk through it on foot.

The far left of the garden area is already very close to the central area.

"Well, you can figure it out." Halak waved his hand casually, letting Geese prepare chores by himself, "Tell those two young men to come to me, I want to see them."

"Understood, Uncle." Keith nodded, and then resigned, leaving the lakeside.

After Gies left, Halak sighed melancholy: "Finally, it's not easy to end the friendship of the past. It's just that not many people know about it. I'm the only one in the Holt family who remembers it. I don't know how they learned about it."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, as long as we meet, we can know everything."

No.19 Curse

At the door of the Holt family, Carter and Jessica were waiting patiently.

They didn't have to wait long when the guard came back and told them that the elders of the Holt family would receive them.

"Senior?! Isn't he the head of the family?" Carter was surprised, because the status of the elder in a family was even higher than that of the head of the family. They didn't expect that the elder would summon them in person, which made them a little flattered.

This time the guard didn't show any emotion on his face, he just said indifferently: "I don't know about this either. But the elder elder has specified that he wants to see the descendants of the Ravinas family."

"That's right..." Carter nodded, expressing his understanding, holding Jessica with his left hand, and replied, "Okay, then let's go."

"Yes, please go this way." Following the etiquette, the guard led the two to the small lake of the Holt family.

He took Carter and Jessica to the small lake when they were nearly [-] meters away, and then left, asking the two of them to go to the lake by themselves.

The lake water is as clear as a mirror, reflecting the green willows and yellow warblers by the lake, the clear blue sky and white clouds, and the bearded old man by the lake.

Of course Carter didn't know the old man, but this didn't affect his guess that the old man was the elder of the Holt family. He even guessed that the old man might be the strongest member of the Holt family.

Anyway, no matter what it is, the seniority is already there, and the etiquette that should be given must be done.

So Carter and Jessica bowed to the old man: "Jessica Ravinas, the orphan of the old Ravinas family, and his guardian knight, Carter Ravinas, pay homage to the elders of the Holt family."

The old man didn't express too much about Carter's etiquette. He was facing the two of them, as if observing them.

"Well, you don't have to be so restrained." Soon, the old man said, "I am Harak Holt, the elder of the Holt family, and one of the seventh-level magicians of the Principality of Folia. "

"Seventh-level magician!?" Carter was a little shocked. He had just learned about the concept of a magician, but he didn't want to meet such a high-level magician so soon.

"Huh? You seem to be surprised to hear the word magician?" The old man Harak had a good understanding of Carter's reaction.

Carter felt a little apprehensive, knowing that telling lies would not work in front of such a big man, so he said politely:

"Yes, Lord Harak. I grew up in the Ravinas family, and I didn't know the existence of magicians. It wasn't until about half a month ago that I first knew that there was such a profession as magicians."

"Well, it's only within the Principality of Doverville that the news is so closed. In other principalities, magicians are the objects of public worship. Almost everyone knows about it."

Harak laughed, and then brought the topic to a serious level, "So, the Ravinas family's genocide battle half a month ago was participated by magicians?"

"Yes." Carter replied honestly.

"How many levels?"

"Level five."

Harak couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Not enough, a fifth-level magician is absolutely not enough to destroy the Ravinas family. They should still have a backup, right?"

"Yes, that fifth-level magician has a seventh-level magic scroll and a black scroll of unknown level in his hand."

Carter fully described the original situation according to his own memory.

He spoke very carefully, and Halak listened carefully, exclamating from time to time, explaining some things about magic to Carter and the others.

While Carter was communicating with Harak, Jessica stood aside obediently and listened quietly.

So she also learned some secrets about genocide.

"Based on this, after Karl told you about favors, he was killed by Heixue. Are you two of the Ravinas family the only ones who survived?" Halak said.

"Maybe Uncle Carl is still alive!" Carter retorted, he felt that since he was not killed by Kuroyuki, then Uncle Carl might not necessarily die either.

When Harak heard Carter's words, he just shook his head silently, and ended the interview: "I will talk to you about this matter later, so go and rest for now. The Holt family has prepared a place for you to rest. Someone will take you there."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and summoned a guard from nowhere.The guard was very dutiful, but he just sent the two of them to their room and left without stopping.

The room the Holt family prepared for them is next to the garden of the Holt mansion.

Although this is a side room, this room is big enough.

Even this room is bigger than Jessica's boudoir in the Lavinas family.

Both Carter and Jessica were deeply moved. They didn't realize their insignificance until they left the house.Now they are desperate for strength and eager to grow.

However, this side house has obviously been abandoned for a long time, and there is dust in many places.But Carter and Jessica have no complaints, because they are dependent on others now and have to bow their heads.

Besides, this problem is nothing to them.

After three hours of cleaning, the room has become more presentable. Of course, this is Carter's self-effacing statement.

In the eyes of outsiders, this room is completely new, and it is almost impossible to recognize that this is the original side room.

"Carter, your skills are still so good! It's simply turning decay into magic!" Jessica clapped her little hands, smiling like a flower, and praised Carter.

"Where is there... The eldest lady has made great progress, and she can even do this kind of thing." Carter also smiled, standing beside Jessica, facing the clean room, he was also very satisfied.

And what made him most gratified was that Jessica would actually help tidy up the room, which allowed him to see the growth of his young lady.

"I also want to grow up and become stronger! Only in this way can I protect her." Carter looked at Jessica with such thoughts in his heart.

Jessica's compliments to Carter are very useful, but there is one thing that makes her dissatisfied: "Didn't you say that you don't need to call me "Miss" anymore?The Ravinas family no longer exists, you don't need to call me that anymore. "

But Carter insisted: "I am your knight, miss. Only this will not change, miss, I will always be your knight!"

"If you want to be my knight, don't call me Miss!" Jessica was really angry this time, so she issued a declaration, threatening Carter.