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"But his tone... seemed very confident."
Avril sat up and shook her head to end the topic.
Usually at this time, Mora would return to his job.
But today, she still stood there, with hesitation in her eyes.
Avril noticed it keenly and smiled elegantly: "What happened to my little Maura?"
"Your Highness...I, um..." She pulled her ponytail and spoke intermittently.
Looking at her squeezed facial features, Avril had a strange expression: "This is not like you...
Oh! Do you have a crush on someone? ! "
"Your Highness." Mora loosened her hand and let go of the ponytail that she had ravaged. "I chatted with Lord Aggie for a while."
"Of course, otherwise how would you bring back the news?" Avril said puzzledly.
"City Lord Aiji... looks a lot like Mr. Zhang Mu."
In her pupils, the ice blue tended to be strong, and Avril said in a low voice: "Maura, don't take the junior brother..."
"I mean..." Maura interrupted her with a rare, somewhat offensive tone, "He might be trustworthy."
"Trustworthy?"
"Well, just like Mr. Zhang Mu, he may not seem to be very good on the surface, but he always handles things well without missing anything."
Mora is no longer the Mora of half a year ago. At least, she can no longer act like a child.
After a few seconds of silence, Avril raised her head and said, “I see, I will meet him in person.
If he is able to fulfill his promise, even if the probability is very small, my brother and I will fully support him."
That's best.
After revealing her worries, Maura felt relieved.
If Lord Edge can really defeat Bishop Jarvis, even if it delays a little, His Highness's hope of victory will be greater.
Bowing, Maura turned around and prepared to return to her post.
Halfway through the walk, she suddenly turned her head and said, "By the way, Princess, the Lord of Aigi seems to have some strange habits. You should pay attention to them.
Maybe it can be used in later conversations."
"What's your hobby?"
"He seems to favor Asians."
Her body seemed to be electrified, and Avril clenched the sofa cushions tightly. "What...what kind of demi-human?"
"Hmm... there's a cat clan sub-... Your Highness in his room?"
Maura looked at the sofa blankly. Avril, who had just been sitting there, had disappeared.
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Royal Palace, Conference Hall.
Zhang Mu sat at the table with his legs crossed, listening to other city lords reporting on city management with boredom.
Andre opened his tightly closed eyes slightly and sipped his black tea leisurely behind the single table.
laugh……
Zhang Mu felt that this man was extremely vain.
In his words, he hoped to show that he was broad-minded and upright, but his actions always revealed a hint of narrow-mindedness and meanness.
Not to mention that he had openly claimed to ignore me before, but secretly sent people to follow me.
Just now, he puts the city lords of his own side in front and leaves the rest of the city lords aside, which already shows his narrow-mindedness.
Taking a quick glance, he saw that there were at least a hundred people between himself and the city lord who was reporting.
"It won't be our turn for ten days." Zhang Mu muttered, then stood up and led Sauron out.
"Lord Aigi, the debriefing meeting is in progress. Where are you going?"
The eyes of all the city lords were focused on him.
"I have some personal matters to take care of." He walked without stopping for a moment.
Andre crushed the crystal glass in his hand: "Do you know what you are doing?"
"I don't know what I'm doing, don't you know?"
"Bang——" A slap broke the wooden table in front of him into pieces, and Andre's anger could no longer be controlled.
Zhang Mu stopped and looked back at the broken pieces of wood on the ground. "It's quite strong. I'll replace it with a fine iron table for you tomorrow. I guarantee it won't break."
After saying that he continued walking towards the door.
"Mr. Edge, do you think you have lived too long?"
Ignoring him, Zhang Mu walked straight out the door.
Just as Andre was weighing whether to risk it all and sacrifice a division to replace him, voices floated into the room from outside.
"I'm really anxious, otherwise I wouldn't mind giving you a favor."
"Where are you going?"
"To church."
To church? Him? To do what?
Before he could come up with a conclusion, the voice came in again: "Go to the church and duel with Jarvis."
The city lords and Andre were stunned. Did he know what he was talking about?
Challenge Jarvis? A magician?
The city lords who knew about this in advance didn't look much better.
Even though Zhang Mu had already informed her last night, she still opened her mouth unconsciously when she saw him looking so leisurely as if he was going out for dinner.
In their expectation, shouldn't such a major occasion be declared with a serious attitude at an appropriate time?
What's with your casual tone?
After the meeting, everyone came to their senses and looked at each other.
They were a little skeptical. Could it be true? Were they hallucinating?
Is there really someone who is so eager to die?
Soon, a guard came running in and helped them confirm that he had heard correctly.
"Lord Edge invites Bishop Jarvis to a duel outside the city at the end of the month."
The air became stagnant, and the city gates looked at each other for a moment in an uproar.
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Royal Capital North District, hotel.
Avril was afraid of causing a commotion, so she wrapped herself tightly and came to the hotel at night.
Use the token to enter the building and go up the stairs.
She walked slowly, but the journey was not far, and finally she stood in front of a door.
He took a few nervous deep breaths, and when he felt his excitement subside a lot, he raised his hand.
"咚咚-"
"Excuse me, please...Leah, open the door for me."
The familiar name seemed to transform into a hand, stopping Avril's heartbeat.
Chapter 267: Storms gather, turmoil is about to break out
The door was opened from the inside, and the eyes of two figures, one tall and one short, met in the air.
silence.
Avril didn't know what she was thinking. Her lips moved under the veil, but she couldn't say anything for a long time.
Leah tilted her head, and her cat ears flicked a few times, expressing her owner's confusion: "Big sister...what can I do for you?"
She was stunned for a moment before she remembered that her face was covered and she didn't recognize herself.
So Avril took off her veil in a panic, her icy blue pupils trembling uncontrollably: "It's me, Leah."
After staring at her for a while, Leah slowly opened her mouth and said, "A beautiful elder sister I met in Cass Town!"
After all, this was the capital. She was worried that if the subhuman kitten girl was seen, she would be looked down upon, so she hurriedly said, "Let's talk inside."
He pushed Leah into the house and kicked the door shut with his heel.
As soon as I came in, Palina walked out of the bathroom on the right, wiping her wet hands with a towel.
"Uh, ma'am—"
It was presumptuous to enter the house without permission, but Palina was mild-mannered, and no one in the city dared to use force.
With her own safety guaranteed, she did not harshly drive the beautiful woman out, but just asked:
"Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"
Avril looked at her.
She was wearing a loose home-style outfit, with her long brown hair tied behind her head. Her black eyes showed a hint of tenderness, making her look clean and neat.
Her sleeves were rolled up to her elbows, probably because she was washing clothes.
Avril was confused.
After all, she is the wife of a city lord. She shouldn't be so poor as to wash her own clothes, right?
She thought for just a moment and shifted her attention to Leah.
Avril knew very well that there might be professionals in the Kingdom of Lake who did not discriminate against sub-humans, but there was basically no one who would love them so much as to travel thousands of miles to bring them with them.