Chapter 62 The Oath

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Today's incident made Roland not in the mood to assemble the steam boring machine again. For dinner, he specially asked the chef to prepare a rich meal, with unlimited black pepper steak and fried eggs, which made Anna and Lightning's stomachs full. Nana tried her best to maintain the etiquette, but in the end her little mouth was still chewing greasy. In addition to the dining room, he also asked the maid to prepare porcelain for heat preservation, filled it with stewed shredded pork and wheat porridge, and sent it to Nightingale's room. As long as they wake up, they can eat warm food.

After dinner, the next step is to arrange the room. Fortunately, the previous lord of Border Town was very particular about ostentation. A small town born for mining and early warning, its castle was still built according to the standards of a medium-sized town. In Roland's familiar words, it is a single-family villa with a living area of ​​900 square meters, a total of three floors, and a loft. There are watchtowers and arrow towers at the four corners. Attached front yard and back garden.

Roland arranged Lightning's room opposite to Anna's, and the room next door was reserved for the recovered Wendy. Seeing Nana walking into the room next to Anna like a brown candy, he couldn't help but shook his head amusedly.

After returning to the office, Roland poured himself a glass of ale. After all, the plan is not as fast as the change. He thought that through the nightingale, he could harvest a large wave of witches and light up all the branches of the chemical industry, agriculture and biology on the technology tree. However, he did not expect that the leader of the mutual aid society would have such a big attitude towards the noble class. hostility. Neutrals like Nightingale and Lightning are in the minority. And Wendy... According to Lightning, she didn't intend to leave the Mutual Aid Society voluntarily, but she had to bring her here after being attacked by the snake demon Hakara in order to save Nightingale.

Just two, he drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp, it was better than none at all.

During the meal, he asked Lightning about her and Wendy's abilities, and learned that the little girl can fly freely in the air like a bird, and Wendy can manipulate the power of the wind. These two abilities are not very useful for climbing technology, but if you make good use of them, they will still have great potential in the upcoming war.

He also inquired about the abilities of other witches in the camp by the way, and found that their abilities were varied and completely irregular. Some effects can be barely explained by scientific theories, and some are completely unimaginable.

For example, the founder of the Mutual Aid Society, the snake demon Hakara, can condense magic power into a snake shape-these poisonous snakes are not illusions, they can be touched, and they can also attack enemies. Different snake patterns represent different toxins. As far as Lightning has seen so far, at least two effects are paralyzing and lethal.

However, Roland found that, whether it was Anna or Hakara, most of the witches' magical powers only produced effects at close range. For example, Anna's green fire would suddenly disappear five meters away. Hakala's poisonous snake can't leave the body too far. Nightingale and Lightning's abilities have a shorter range of action, and when they want to affect foreign objects, they must be touched to take effect.

Therefore, when they faced the church army equipped with crossbows and God's Stone of Retaliation, they had no choice but to flee in all directions.

In the office until midnight, the fire in the fireplace gradually dimmed. Roland sneezed and planned to go back to his room to sleep.

Pushing open the bedroom door, he noticed something was wrong—the scene in front of him seemed familiar, a woman was sitting on the head of his bed, half of her figure was shrouded in darkness, and the firelight reflected her back on the wall, like a picture mural. But there were many differences. She didn't wear the unchanged robe, but changed into ordinary casual clothes. Her appearance is no longer the unfamiliar one when they first met, but she is so familiar that she can recognize the identity of the other party at a glance.

nightingale.

Roland suddenly became a little nervous. Could it be that... his good luck is coming?

Nightingale also saw the prince, she got up and walked over slowly. After only resting for half a day, her complexion was much better than when she first saw it. The rosiness on both sides of her cheeks replaced her paleness, and her hair was no longer dull. It has to be said that the self-recovery ability of witches is really amazing.

"You've worked hard," Roland coughed and broke the silence. "Why don't you take a rest, Lightning has already told me everything."

Nightingale shook her head.

Roland faintly felt that something was wrong, her expression was solemn, and there was an indescribable persistence in her eyes. What did she decide? Roland realized that this resolute expression was hard to see even on a man, which made him restrain his other emotions and concentrate on waiting for the other party's next words.

However, Nightingale did not speak. She took a deep breath, then knelt down on one knee, raised a short sword with both hands, and lowered her head slightly—this is a standard knight's ceremony, and nobles often perform this ceremony when they swear allegiance to their superiors.

"Your Highness Roland Wimbledon, I swear to you in the name of Nightingale and Veronica," she said bluntly, "as long as you treat the witch well, I am willing to be at your service, whether it is a strong shield against demons, It is still a sharp blade that cuts through the night, without fear or regret, until the last moment of life."

So, Roland thought, the actions of the Mutual Aid Society disappointed her greatly, so he placed the hope of leading the witches on himself. For the traveler himself, it should be rejected. He is more accustomed to working together in the form of employment or cooperation. If we go one step further, those who share the same ideals and ambitions are comrades.

But he knows that sometimes it is meaningless to blindly emphasize equality and freedom. Without suitable soil for growth, even if the seeds are sown, they will turn into decay. As a prince, he cannot deviate from his class until he unifies the entire kingdom.

Roland was silent for a moment, and according to court etiquette, he took the dagger and tapped her shoulder three times with the back of the sword, "I accept your allegiance."

Nightingale's shoulders trembled slightly, as if she had finally relaxed.

Then he stretched out his right hand and handed it to the other party.

Nightingale took the finger and gently kissed the back of the hand. In this way, the whole set of etiquette is over.

Although it seems extremely nondescript for a witch to perform the allegiance ceremony, but being able to complete this set of actions at least shows that Nightingale is not from a commoner background. And the Veronica she just said... "Is that your real name, no surname?" Roland pulled her up and asked.

"Yes, Your Highness. I have no intention of hiding it from you. Five years ago, I left the Glenn family, and that surname has nothing to do with me anymore." Nightingale said frankly. She let go of her last defense against Roland and simply passed the Tell me about your past.

She was born in Silver City, a city named after its rich silver mines. Her father was a viscount, and her mother was a commoner woman. Such marriages are not common, but the two get along very well. Besides, Nightingale also has a younger brother named Hyde. She spent her childhood in Silver City, and that was also her happiest time.

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