Chapter 51 The Duke is coming.
The road ahead is dark and gloomy, and the chirping of insects can be heard faintly in the bamboo shadows.
Yu Zhizhi injured her knee and felt bone-chilling pain with every step she took. She endured it and limped towards the front yard of the bookstore.
But……
She walked too slowly.
Without awakening spiritual power, even running can't compare to ordinary orcs.
Turning back, he caught a glimpse of the shadow approaching him with a bloody rapier. The smile on the young man's face was vague and a bit strange.
Woohoo——
Why has Earl Gray become so terrifying? Is his usual appearance just a disguise?
He deceived everyone!
Yu Zhizhi was still thinking about safety and was afraid that something might happen to him. Tears rolled in her eyes, and a few dropped in the wind.
This long trail seems to have no end.
"thump!"
Yu Zhizhi tripped over a stone and fell to the ground.
Earl Gray didn't even need to use his mental power. He easily caught up with the weak little rabbit.
The sword in his hand, the blood stains solidified in the wind.
Come to this little female.
Seeing her embarrassed appearance, the murderous desire in my heart became even more uncontrollable——
Earl Gray had killed many females.
But this is the first of the noble S-class.
The taste of corpses may be different from those of common things.
I am looking forward to it more and more~
Yu Zhizhi watched in horror as Earl Gray came to him, his amber vertical pupils glowing with a sinister and vicious light.
"Don't be afraid, my movements will be very gentle."
The snake youth laughed.
He slowly raised the silver rapier in his hand and aimed it at the little female's heart.
"Right here."
Earl Gray's voice was extremely gentle, as if meeting him for the first time: "I promise, I will kill you with one blow."
[Killing is meaningless. 】
[Only corpses are interesting. 】
[The rose-like corpses of the female fans who came to our door were all frozen in the depths of the ice cellar. Every time you look back, you can inject new white paint into them. 】
——Who can believe that the noble and prestigious Earl Gray would do such a thing behind his back?
Yu Zhizhi heard his thoughts and felt her back numb. Now she lost control of her legs and could not move at all.
She closed her eyes tightly, her whole body trembling, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Dying...
That was the only thought in her mind.
"bite!--"
Just hear a crisp sound.
There was a gust of wind, and Yu Zhizhi smelled the smell of blood.
The rapier that was originally pointed at her was deflected by a force of gravity, and Earl Gray cut his own body.
Yu Zhizhi sat on the ground, opened her eyes tremblingly, and saw Captain Geo in a black guard uniform. He did not know when he appeared behind Earl Gray.
The sound of many footsteps could be heard in the previously secluded bamboo forest.
Captain Geo guard bent down and said, "Sorry, Miss Zhizhi, I'm late."
His duty is to guard Yu Zhizhi.
It was just that during this period, she had been locked in the study room, and during today's dinner, relatives whom she had not seen for a long time came to the Duke's mansion, and she drank too much for a while.
Fortunately, I was able to stop it in time——
[If the Duke hadn’t reminded me...]
The ending is disastrous.
The orcs gradually gathered over.
They all came from the banquet, or in other words, they came with the Duke.
Most of them were wearing evening gowns, and many of the females' skirts were wide and fluffy. It was very troublesome to walk, and they needed servants to hold the hem of their clothes behind them. Yu Zhizhi stared blankly as the familiar figure walked through the crowd and came to her.
Tonight, the Duke wore dark purple robes with a black belt embroidered with pythons around his waist. His golden vertical eyes passed Earl Gray and landed on Yu Zhizhi.
The white gauze skirt on the little female's body was covered with dust, her cheeks were dirty, her nose was very red, and her clear eyes were looking at her blankly, like a pool of spring water, slowly overflowing with trembling.
Her tears fell one drop at a time.
He must have been terribly frightened.
Face as pale as paper, trembling eyelashes, crying silently.
"what happens?"
"I don't know—"
The guests who gathered around didn't look too close, but just stood at a distance and whispered to each other.
Mu Mu, a girl from the snake tribe, stood among the beasts, holding the hem of her sky blue skirt with both hands, looking at Yu Zhizhi in astonishment.
I heard that she was neglected by Master Bolan and kept in a remote courtyard.
She was not even allowed to attend the dinner party.
Unexpectedly, when he saw her again in the blink of an eye, he would be in such an embarrassing situation.
Her and Earl Grey?
Is there a situation?
"Brother!" White Snake Nicole squeezed through the crowd and came to Earl Gray: "You...what's wrong with you?"
A gentle smile appeared on the face of the snake youth. He put away his rapier and said softly: "It was a misunderstanding."
Chief Guard Geo frowned suddenly. He was the fastest, so he could see everything clearly——
What a misunderstanding!
It is clearly Earl Gray who wants to assassinate Miss Zhizhi!
However, the onlookers came late, and could only see that Earl Gray's arm was scratched, and the blood was flowing downward like a thread...
Earl Gray was confident.
He just smiled gently, faced the Duke, and saluted in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Lord Bolan, I can explain to you what happened tonight. I received Miss Zhizhi's letter, so I came here at night——"
"Oh?" The Duke glanced at him with interest, "Then what?"
"When I passed by the utility room, I noticed something unusual - there was a male from the canine tribe who wanted to do something inappropriate to Miss Zhizhi."
Earl Gray looked serious, and he said word by word: "I seriously injured the wild dog, and Miss Zhizhi took advantage of the chaos to escape. I was afraid that something would happen to her, so I chased her. It's just that Miss Zhizhi misunderstood, maybe You saw blood on the sword in my hand, maybe it was because I was frightened——"
He looked at Yu Zhizhi again, his face full of apology:
"I'm really sorry for scaring Miss Zhizhi, and I'm willing to accept the punishment."
Earl Gray is lying.
He knew that without evidence, no one could convict him.
That wild dog is just a slave, no one will believe it.
Even if Captain Jie Ao saw him holding a sword, he couldn't prove that he wanted to kill Yu Zhizhi. After all, this little rabbit female had no wounds at all.
Except, there were red marks on her knees where she fell.
Not to mention——
This little female rabbit has fallen out of favor.
The Duke will never harm his own people for her sake.
Even if he is really guilty...
Master Bo Lan will also cover for him.
Seeing Earl Gray's sincere attitude, Captain Geo thought he was dazzled.
The Duke listened quietly to everything Earl Gray said.
He looked at the little female sitting on the ground, crying softly. She was all dirty, her white gauze skirt had turned into a gray gauze skirt, her two rabbit ears drooped aggrievedly, and her pearl-like tears were flowing down her pale face. Her cheeks rolled down and she kept crying.
"Miss Zhizhi, do you have anything to say?"
There was no emotion in Duke Bolan's voice, which was still slightly hoarse with a hint of indescribable laziness.
Yu Zhizhi was very scared.
With misty eyes, she raised her slender jade fingers and pointed at the white figure directly in front of her.
"he--"
The little female rabbit's voice was still choked, her tone was soft and weak, but with unprecedented firmness:
"...He lied!"
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