Chapter 432, A Midsummer Night's Dream (a 5400-Word Chapter!)
The hot weather always makes people dislike activities. The scorching sun makes people drowsy, even the Ryan family. The Earl took his family to turn on the air conditioner to escape the summer heat in the winery. There are all kinds of entertainment facilities everywhere, and Ryan also asked dwarf craftsmen to create a small open-air swimming pool for the inside of the winery, where women can swim to their heart's content.
In addition to Veronica, who became very active in summer and practiced non-stop, even Morgiana played in the water for a while at the invitation of Ryan. After swimming, everyone sat by the pool and tasted some Ryan and Teresa made cold drinks on the spot, and the winery has air-conditioning, so the hot summer seems not so difficult.
Britannia's climate is mild and livable. After a short period of time in the hottest period, the weather gradually cools down. Thunderstorms gradually increase, and Ryan also reduces the number of times he goes out.
"Crack~" It was another thunderstorm night, and the rain hit the window of the master bedroom of the winery, making a crisp sound.
Ryan Suria and his wife were lying on the bed and talking. The female knight was holding a book about the expedition story of the Holy Grail Knights and flipping through it page by page. Ryan was playing with the wood elf sculpture in his hand. His Olika, the personal maid, feeds him fruit with the cat in his arms. As his personal maid, the dark elf always sleeps in the same room with him, even when Ryan and Suria are married. .
Olika has perfectly assumed her role. Unless Ryan asks, she often speaks little and knows how to keep secrets.
But she took the initiative to speak today: "Master, I think Her Highness Mogiana is pretending."
"It must be faking." Ryan complained, and he turned his gaze to Suria with a half-smile: "Suria, do you also think that Morgiana is faking?"
"Lian~" Su Liya looked at her husband with a funny face. She put down the book, stretched out an arm in a lace and forged silk pajamas, and poked Ryan's face with her slender fingers: "If you know it, don't Say it~"
Morgiana changed her swimsuit and went into the water with half push and half push, but the witch of the lake insisted that she couldn't swim and asked Ryan to teach her. Ryan also spent a little time teaching her, but after two or three days of teaching, she couldn't teach her. The water has to pull Ryan together, or hang on to him altogether.
Suria naturally noticed it too, but the female knight has always been the most devout believer of the Fairy of the Lake, and the Witch of the Lake God is the first spokesperson for the Fairy of the Lake in the mortal world. She didn't say it directly like Orika, He could only secretly laugh, and at the same time lamented how popular his husband was. Even if he became his wife, he still often had to find a way to suppress the vortex in the backyard.
The female knight can tell at a glance which women Ryan has had skin contact with. It is nothing more than to see if there is a spirit pattern branded by Ryan on the lower abdomen. Suria recently inspected the maid team of the Earl's Castle in the name of checking whether there is any disease. After reading it again, I found that only Ryan's personal maid Olika had spirit patterns, not even Emilia, which proved that Ryan had no habit of sowing seeds indiscriminately.
Thinking of Emilia, Su Liya raised the topic: "What are you going to do about Emilia?"
"What can I do? All I can do is respect Emilia's choice." Ryan shrugged helplessly. After Bruckner's arrival, Emilia has remained autistic and seldom goes out. Except for the work of a maid, she shuts herself up. When Ryan visits her occasionally, she finds that she is practicing the rapier. Swordsmanship, one-handed fencing and the use of musketry.
It is not easy for Suria to comment on this matter, but the female knight immediately remembered something: "By the way, I remember that when you came to Britannia, there was a little maid,
But I haven't seen her since the wedding? "
"You mean Miranda? After serving me for five years, I allowed her to leave as a freelancer. Now it seems that she has opened a tailor shop in Sharon Town." Ryan recalled and said: "My maid group There have been several waves of changes. Except for Emilia, who is the head maid, and Olika, the personal maid, there is no one who cannot be changed. I am not some fat nobleman. Automatically switch out, never stay for a long time, cut off their other ideas."
"That's it~" Suria nodded. From her understanding, Ryan is indeed such a person.
After chatting for a while, the countess left voluntarily. She didn't sleep in Ryan's room at night, and it wasn't her time tonight.
Olika stayed, and the dark elf got into Ryan's arms and gave her a sweet kiss: "Master~ we are the only ones left~"
"Yes, Olika, we are the only ones left." Ryan looked at Olika with a smile, and the master and servant looked at each other and smiled.
…………Late at night…………
At midnight, everything in the winery was silent, only the chirping of cicadas and the sound of the wind remained. The magic lamp illuminating the dim corridor had been turned off, leaving only darkness in the corridor. On the big bed in the master bedroom, Ryan and Ollie Ka is hugging and sleeping.
"Shussling~" At this time, there was a sound of slight footsteps and faint breathing from the door of the room.
The visitor seemed to be hesitating. He raised his hand to knock on the door for a while, and put down his hand for a while to pace back and forth, very tangled.
Thin footsteps walked back and forth five times, when the visitor wanted to raise his hand to knock on the door again.
The door opened automatically.
"Who?!" Olika, disheveled and full of spring, appeared at the door of the bedroom holding a pair of daggers printed with branch patterns. The dark elf maid was wearing a long purple-red velvet nightdress with buttons on her chest. It was not buckled properly, revealing the wheat-colored delicate skin and proud plumpness inside, and a happy pendant shaking back and forth: "You will never be allowed to approach the master!"
The figure of the person coming was as fast as lightning, and the rapier in her hand rolled back and forth twice in the air, and it went straight to Olika's head. Butterfly, the move is gorgeous and extremely dangerous, the cold sharp blade moves back and forth between the neck of the visitor, driving the intruder into danger.
But the intruder did not show any weakness. After dodging Olika's dagger attack lightly, she turned her body on the spot and wanted to continue her offensive.
Olika didn't intend to give the intruder a chance to stop the attack. She stretched out a slender leg wearing white suspenders and stockings and slammed the intruder's head sideways, forcing the intruder to back and dodge again, revealing flaws and a short time stiff.
Clenching a pair of daggers again, Olika was about to pursue the victory and take down one of the other's opponents. Suddenly, a big hand stretched out from behind the dark elf to cover her mouth, and the other big hand gently pressed her. Lower abdomen position: "Okay, Olika, stop messing around, you know it's her."
"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Master~ This is not the time for her to come, this is my night."
"Emilia? Why come to my room at this time?" Ryan signaled the dark elf not to be angry, and he said to Emilia who was standing at the door.
"Procrastinating is not an option." Emilia who was standing at the door whispered.
"Don't stand still, come in~" Ryan signaled Emilia to come in, the little maid nodded, she followed Ryan into the room, turned and closed the door.
After placing the dark elf on the bed, Ryan turned around and turned on the floor lamp, and he was surprised by the sight in front of him.
Her own little maid, Emilia, was already tear-stained, and Emilia, who was only wearing an ordinary lotus leaf short-sleeved dress and silver princess shoes, stood in front of Ryan, sobbing softly: "I'm sorry, Ryan, I'm here to tell you my decision."
After finishing speaking, Emilia couldn't help sobbing. She gritted her teeth and said her decision: "I decided to return to Nur."
Ryan smiled when he saw this, he reached out and hugged Emilia in his arms, and patted her on the back: "You have made a decision, dear Emilia, it's good, I'm happy for you .”
"I'm sorry! Mr. Lane! Woohoo~ I really don't want to go back, I just want to be your maid, I don't want to leave your side, but I can't...I can't leave Nuer without a master, I can't abandon those few The vassal family that has served our family for generations, I can’t forget my father’s entrustment when he handed me the holy sword to let me escape in the Dragon Forest. Too many people sacrificed to protect me. Now Nur needs me, and the Wesson leader Need me, woo woo~" Emilia said to herself sadly in Ryan's arms: "I can only... I can only... maybe this is life, Ryan, I can't bear you, but I don't No choice."
"It's okay, Emilia, it's okay, this is your duty, this is your responsibility, I accept your choice, no matter what you choose, I will support you." Ryan reached out and patted Xiao Looking at the back of the maid, he sighed with emotion: "You have been with me for nearly seven years, and you don't owe me anything. Now, it's time for you to complete your mission. Go ahead and do it, Emilia, I will support you." your."
"Emmanolie-von-Lebowitz-Berardino, this is my full name, the titles and titles I can inherit include Elector of Brescia, Grand Duke of Nur, Land of Wessen and Land of Sol Grand Duke of the United Provinces, Chancellor of the University of Noor, Honorary Chancellor of the Gun Academy of Noor, Grand Earl of Noor, Grand Baron of Wiesenberg, Guardian Knight of the Highest Order of the Black Rose, Highest and Oldest Order of Edelweiss Sir, honorary leader of more than a dozen knight orders of Nur, member of the Imperial Privy Council, honorary leader of the Black Rose Legion... and twenty-one other titles." Emilia wiped her tears, and spit out a long sentence from her mouth. The string of titles is enough to make people feel dizzy.
At the end, Emilia smiled with tears in her eyes, and the little maid looked up at Ryan: "How is it? Ryan? Your maid is amazing, right?"
"Well, it's amazing." Ryan knew there was something in Emilia's words.
"So, Ryan, it's still too late for you to divorce Sister Suria!" Emilia's voice gradually became weird, and she seemed to say in Ryan's ear full of temptation: "If I marry you , I can be an elector or a wife of an elector!"
The little maid's face was lingering with blackness. She didn't wait for Ryan to answer, and said with a dark face: "It's a pity, Mr. Ryan, you didn't seize the opportunity. I have followed you for so many years, but you didn't touch me!"
"Stop kidding, if I really touch you, Emilia, you will definitely not like me, am I right?" Ryan squinted at his little maid, and he stretched out his hand to kiss her tenderly. Pinching Emilia's smooth face, she complained, "I know you don't plan to be a maid for the rest of your life, you want to be a mistress."
"But the position of mistress has already been taken by Sister Suria!" Emilia seemed to be a completely different person. She leaned on Ryan's shoulder, and her original pure and sweet voice gradually became mature and wealthy. That special tone: "That was originally mine, your wife should have been me, Emmanuel of Nur!"
The little maid has changed, and what appears in front of Ryan now is a dignified and elegant female aristocrat. She wears light makeup on her face, her face is calm and full of pride in her bones, her lips are slightly raised, and her chin is slightly raised. Slightly raised, with a standard to impeccable aristocratic etiquette smile on her face, every body language of her contains aristocratic demeanor, if it weren't for the red corners of her eyes and the affection in her eyes, Ryan would hardly recognize his little maid.
But this is the real Emilia, or Emmanuel.
As proud as a swan, as elegant as red wine.
Everything before was her disguise. This girl has disguised herself as a hard-working and simple female mercenary who doesn't like to talk too much since she fled.
When she found Ryan, a safe haven, she disguised herself as a charming, soft-spoken little maid.
This is all for her own protection. She always carefully protects her secrets and does not want others to know.
Emilia wiped her tears with her hand, and she sighed with some regret: "Sister Su Liya is very kind to me, she sees my identity, but she is still so kind to me, if it is not for various reasons, we We will definitely become good girlfriends, but unfortunately, now we can only become good sisters."
Is there a difference? ! Ryan thought.
"So, the Emilia I saw before was all fake?" Ryan asked softly.
The room was very quiet, and the dark elf Orika was lying on the side listening to the conversation between the two. She hesitated several times, but finally chose to listen, while Ryan sat on the bed with his little maid in his arms, waiting. her answer.
"It's not all pretense, Lane. Being your maid makes me happy. It's the happiest time of my life." Emilia reached out to unlace her silver princess shoes, kicked them off, and a pair of crystal clear Her jade feet were exposed, and her calf wrapped in white stockings swayed slightly: "Women are naturally different in front of the men they like. What's so strange about this? This dark elf is like a stinky stone in front of others. A A fierce woman who doesn't like to say a word, isn't it a soft and fragrant pillow for Ryan?"
"Hmph~!" Olika subconsciously wanted to refute, but the dark elf immediately realized that Emilia was right, so she could only keep silent.
"Ryan, your rise has really exceeded my expectations. I thought you might be able to become a baron when you were thirty... Forget it, it's meaningless to say these things now." Emilia clenched her hands Holding Ryan's big hand, fingers intertwined, the little maid's eyes shone sharply: "But it is absolutely impossible for me to give up, Ryan, you are really outstanding, with you as the standard, how can I still value it?" Another man?"
"Blame me~" Ryan smiled wryly. He didn't know how to answer this question, so he had to move the topic away: "I know your decision, Emilia, after you become the elector and duchess, it's not impossible for us to We have met, Nuer can set up a teleportation array to connect to me, you can just teleport it when you want to come, Nuer's degree of autonomy is already very high, the city council, the mayor, and the nobles of Wesson Land can solve the problem. many problems……"
"I can come over, why can't you come over, Ryan." Emilia's tone was displeased, she raised her head, and kissed Ryan's lips directly: "An heir, Ryan, I need an heir, who can The heir who inherits my title, and this heir can only be given to me by you."
Another child, Ryan sneered inwardly.
His task is a bit heavy.
"I have already talked with Karl Franz and Elspeth and Theodore about the conditions for my return to Nuer. My request is that if you want me to return, in the future me and your illegitimate children must I am the heir to all my titles and the legal claimant!" Emilia grabbed Ryan's neckline shyly and domineeringly: "Ryan, you can't just give sister Suria and those two witches, I also want to share some That's fine, and the brand on their bodies, I want one too!"
"I don't seem to agree?" Ryan said tangled.
"You will not refuse, because it will be of great benefit to you, and if you do not agree, I will marry an old and ugly old nobleman, and then I will order and present to you as an elector The entire empire put pressure on the empire to cut off trade with the knights and all strategic support." Emilia uttered a terrifying script, and she was even laughing: "Nur is the southern important town and industrial heart of the empire, Do you think about what kind of choice the emperor will make between people from other countries and people from his own country?"
"It's illogical! You can't do this!" Ryan was taken aback, and he said angrily, "You can't break the trade agreement that was so hard to sign because of this reason. You are destroying the alliance of order, making chaos and Evil forces have an opportunity to take advantage of it!"
"Don't talk about logic or reasoning with women, Ryan." Emilia settled on Ryan's expression, with a confident smile on her delicate and pure face: "You are a hero of mankind, in order to defend the interests of mankind, You only need to make a small concession to save the whole situation, Ryan, I beg you, I have been your maid for so many years, just promise me~"
Then, Emilia whispered in Ryan's ear in a pleading tone: "Give me a child, Ryan, in the future you will be the father of the Grand Duke of Nuer and the Elector of Brescia. I don't really want to be the Elector!" Or the Grand Duchess, I have long been tired of those noble things in the long life of fleeing and following you, but I know that you need my help, and I am willing to help you."
"You chose me, Emilia." Ryan knew Emilia, just as Emilia knew him, not to mention that the two had been together for many years, with both emotional foundation and interests Combined, Emilia predicted that Ryan would not be able to refuse: "What about your answer?"
Ryan pondered for a long time, and finally nodded heavily.
The scorching midnight of Midsummer Night gradually came to an end, and the dreams were shattered like bubbles, leaving behind reality and promises.
Autumn is here.