Chapter 147: Did you kiss the princess first?

“Good morning, Himan.”

“Good morning, Vice-Captain Lov.”

“Did you just submit the report for your trip to the Bal Empire?”

“It seems you had a fruitful journey.”

“Mm, it was alright.”

“Your strength has also improved a lot. You should have passed the level seventy mark. With your talent, you can definitely get the [Golden Throne of Holy Light] certification.”

“Mm… thank you for your concern, Vice-Captain Lov. But I’ve been out for the past month and am a little tired. I’ll go back and rest first.”

“Alright, Himan. I will take a good look at your report. And you’ve told me before that you’re interested in joining the Judgment Bureau. The deputy section chief of the sixth section of the Judgment Bureau used to be my colleague. I’ll introduce you when there’s a chance, to save you the unnecessary grassroots assessment and let you join the elite department directly.”

“Mm… about that, Vice-Captain Lov, please let me consider it again.”

The blonde girl in the proper white knight’s uniform said goodbye to the lady in the equally proper white knight’s uniform, who had two golden cross medals on her shoulders.

Lov Cavendish.

The current vice-captain of the White Knights looked at the girl’s back and showed a puzzled expression.

As for Himan, she had been very optimistic about her ever since she had joined the White Knights.

Her work was meticulous, and she was very motivated.

As the only daughter of a ducal family, she should have been a pampered young lady.

But in the more than three years since she had joined the order, Himan had started from small things step by step and had never put on the airs of a ducal family’s young lady.

But considering that she couldn’t send Himan on too dangerous or too distant missions.

Lov had never promoted Himan’s position and authority in the order, and had not even let Himan be officially transferred on the final procedure, to ensure that if Himan wanted to leave the order and live a normal young lady’s life, it could be handled immediately.

Otherwise, with Himan’s family background and seniority, she could have been temporarily arranged to the position of a small team leader for an assessment.

Speaking of small team leaders.

It seemed that Himan’s childhood friend, Hall Faxtius, was currently the small team captain of the Black Knights.

Lov had always felt that that young man was a legendary figure.

If he was appointed normally, Hall should be the leader in the recent integration of the Black Knights.

However, before the Black Knights had started their integration plan, there had been a big change internally.

And the White Knights, as an old knightly order directly under the cardinals, most people had always regarded the Black Knights as a competitor.

But with the development of the White Knights over a thousand years, most of the members now were the children of nobles who had come to gain seniority.

Lov had not felt in the past two years that the White Knights could compete with the Black Knights, who were cultivated as claws and teeth.

But, the members below did not think so.

They felt that the proportion of noble children in the order was larger, and the Black Knights had also been very popular in the noble circle in the first two years of their establishment.

At present, the scions who wanted to compete for the high position of the Black Knights were all those who had provoked Hall before, similar to the children of the Howard family, a large military family.

However, the nobles were not only military families, especially in a theocratic country like the Papal State.

“It seems that to respond to Her Highness Cateline’s visit to Saint Louis, the cardinals are planning to send a mission to the Kingdom of Cateline. The competition for the spots at that time will probably be another big storm. After all, the person who was personally named by Her Highness Cateline before was Hall Faxtius.”

Vice-Captain Lov thought this way and walked into the captain’s office.

She picked up the quill on the desk and opened the report that Himan had submitted earlier.

In the end, she frowned slightly.

“Young Master, are we almost there?”

“We’re almost there. By the way, when the train stopped at Saint Olan before, were you very dizzy?”

“It was alright, Young Master. Maybe it was because I was not comfortable from Sunset City to Saint Olan.”

Lov answered Hall with a smile.

Actually, she had a kind of disgust for Saint Olan in her heart.

She also didn’t know why she was disgusted.

And that was the city under the master’s command.

The master was also the mayor of Saint Olan.

How could she say such a thing in front of the Young Master?

She couldn’t!

“It’s good that you’re fine.”

At this moment, from the wide-angle window specially designed for the Child family’s special train, one could see the continuous towering white holy cathedrals of Saint Louis in the distance.

Leticia had long since fallen asleep on Hall’s right shoulder.

Moyel was looking at the newspaper in the distance, but she was actually observing the situation of the three people.

She couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.

Lov was there all the way, and the young mistress had no room to play.

And Christine’s communication yesterday at noon had made Leticia’s mood very unstable.

There was nothing she could do.

It was too difficult.

How could she help the young mistress conquer the unyielding Hall?

If it was a method like drugging to forcibly obtain Hall’s body.

Moyel had thought about it before, and she knew that Leticia had also been secretly studying and practicing.

But Moyel really didn’t want Leticia to use it.

Now, with the society of the Western Continent deliberately weakening the divine right in the church.

It had long since been developing towards an era of “religion first, capital second, and imperial power third.”

As the head of the Child family, it was no exaggeration.

She was born more noble than the princesses of the royal families of the Western Continent.

It was best if their relationship could be more decent.

If Hall was not decent, then…

Soon.

The special train stopped at the west station of Saint Louis.

Hall did not wake Leticia up, but just held her in an embrace and then looked at Moyel.

Moyel had originally wanted to wake the young mistress up.

But she felt that there was no rush, and besides, Hall was planning to go back to the Faxtius estate.

If the information was correct, Ye Wangxue’s maid, Xiao Lu, was currently at the Faxtius estate.

Then, Hall took Lov and got off the train.

After leaving the station, he had been thinking all the way about how to explain to Lorraine when he got back.

Because no matter what, he had been out for a month, and Lorraine would surely not let him go.

But when he really returned to the Faxtius estate, he was numb.

Because Xiao Lu was also sitting in the main hall, looking at him with a “you still know how to come back” expression.

As for Lorraine, who was wearing cute little bear pajamas, she was sitting at the end of the long table in the main hall, her expression cold as she stared at Lov.

As if she was possessed by an aura that shouldn’t exist at her age.

“Lorraine, I’m back. Xiao Lu is also here. What, hasn’t the Seventh Princess succeeded in breaking off the engagement?”

Hall had also found a way to deal with girls recently.

Don’t be anxious.

You can’t panic first.

If you panic, you’re doomed.

So he pretended not to care too much that he had been gone for a month without saying goodbye, and also Lorraine’s cold gaze towards Lov.

The cold atmosphere was not important.

It was important to liven up the atmosphere.

“Brother.”

“What is it? This is a vampire strawberry from Sunset City. It’s quite sweet.”

Hall took out a carefully packaged small bag and, as if nothing had happened, brought it to Xiao Lu.

But this little sister did not fall for this at all.

She just continued.

“Brother, why didn’t you tell me when you went out with Lov? Am I not your family?”

“Weren’t you studying for your thesis at the theology academy at that time? You couldn’t be distracted. Besides, brother went on a secret mission this time. If you don’t believe me, go and confirm with my cousin Himan. She should be back by now.”

He said this to show that it wasn’t just Lov and him together.

Besides, Himan had already discovered him in West Town.

When Himan came to look for him, it was better for him to come clean himself.

“Oh… brother also met cousin Himan outside.”

Although Lorraine didn’t like Himan very much, she knew that Himan would surely not allow Lov and Hall to mess around.

So she was a little relieved.

Then Hall continued this topic.

“By the way, what was the academic paper you were doing at the theology academy this time? Share it with your brother.”

Lorraine’s mentality was not good, so she had to be a little suspicious.

It was the same as when Leticia had discovered that he had kissed Sula.

“It’s nothing, brother.”

Lorraine didn’t want to tell Hall what her current research topic was.

Because this topic, in reverse, might make Hall’s sanctity unable to block her so-called private medicine.

“Alright then.”

As soon as Lorraine refused, Hall also immediately withdrew and chose to look at Xiao Lu, “Xiao Lu, why are you here?”

“I am here on behalf of Her Highness the Seventh Princess to deliver a gift. Who would have thought that Baron Hall would go out with his own maid for a month?”

Xiao Lu said noncommittally.

“Then have you been waiting here for a long time?”

“Not long. The New Year in the Xia Kingdom is usually about a month later than your Western New Year.”

“Is it a New Year’s gift for me? What did she send?”

“A sachet. It was made by Her Highness the princess herself.”

Hall didn’t know how to answer for a moment.

Lorraine, who had been a little angry, seemed to be even angrier.

She had almost forgotten about this.

It was one thing for this so-called sister-in-law to give her brother a sachet, but she had deliberately had her maid emphasize that it was handmade.

Damn it!

“Baron Hall, please keep it well. This marriage is not for the princess to say she wants to break it off. And the princess is a person who knows her place, so if the marriage will definitely not be broken off, Her Highness the princess will also play the role of Mrs. Faxtius well and will not embarrass Baron Hall.”

Xiao Lu retreated to advance.

Although she was a little angry, she could still vaguely guess Ye Wangxue’s attitude and thoughts.

Putting aside his emotional experience and lifestyle, Hall was a very outstanding young noble of the Western Continent.

If he could settle down for Ye Wangxue, he would be a good husband.

But if he didn’t settle down, with Ye Wangxue’s personality, she would feel very embarrassed and would definitely not admit that she really wanted to marry Hall.

So the current situation was that if Hall was still entangled with women like maids and duchesses.

It would be very difficult for the marriage to progress.

After all, with Ye Wangxue’s personality, no matter how much she liked him, it was unlikely that she would openly express her love for a man who had relationships with other women.

“Oh, I see. It’s fine. If the Seventh Princess is in a difficult position, then let me, Hall Faxtius, be the villain at that time.”

Hall certainly couldn’t show that he wanted to marry Ye Wangxue.

Breaking off the engagement was inevitable.

But after taking the sachet embroidered with lotuses from Xiao Lu’s hand, he was numb.

Sigh…

Did Ye Wangxue really like him now, and have full affection for him?

Hall, the person involved, thought to himself, if it weren’t for that incident in the underground street.

But there was no other way.

He had already done that for the other heroines, and the full affection event had indeed been transferred to him.

Instead of considering these, it was better to…

It was better to become stronger.

Because Christine had signed an indenture contract with him as a child, and it could not be reversed before she became a Saintess.

He could only ensure that he would not be beaten by any of the heroines while not triggering a shura field.

And carry out a roundabout self-rescue.

“Baron Hall, please think it through. If you take this attitude and take the initiative to break off the engagement, Her Highness the princess will instead feel that she owes you, and she doesn’t like to owe anyone a favor.”

“That won’t be necessary. You can go back and ask her if she has feelings for me. If she doesn’t, then why waste each other’s time? If she does, then why does she like me? If she can understand these things, we can sit down and talk about the future of this marriage.”

Hall felt that by saying this, regardless of the result.

Anyway, it could buy a lot of time.

If his and Ye Wangxue’s marriage was always delayed, it might be delayed until the outbreak of the East-West war.

At that time, it would be completely put on hold.

And in this world, Ye Wangxue had not run away from her marriage, so there was naturally no conflict with her father.

As a princess of Xia, she would be very well protected.

“But Baron Hall, you were the one who took the initiative to kiss Her Highness the princess, right?”

Xiao Lu was anxious.

So she had to throw out her trump card.

The good ending she had imagined was that Hall could face this marriage squarely, withdraw from the other girls, and it would be best if he could personally go to the Xia Kingdom to welcome Ye Wangxue and hold a formal wedding in Saint Louis.

Wouldn’t that be a great process for getting married?

But Hall’s next words almost made Xiao Lu’s eyes go black.

“Sigh, I’m just like this. I can’t control my love for beautiful women. It’s not just the Seventh Princess. I’ve also kissed Duchess Leticia and Her Highness of Cateline. Everyone knows that, right?”

That night, Xiao Lu packed her bags and said she was going back to the Xia Kingdom.

She just felt wronged for Ye Wangxue.

That sachet was actually something that Ye Wangxue had started to embroider on her way back to the Xia Kingdom not long after she had left Saint Louis.

Because she had happened to see that Ye Wangxue, as a princess of a heavenly kingdom, was very proficient in the four arts, but her needlework was not good.

She was clumsy when she embroidered, but she was very serious and didn’t notice Xiao Lu.

Xiao Lu didn’t expose her, but just thought to herself, was Her Highness the princess going to give the sachet to Hall?

As expected, it was so.

And when Ye Wangxue had given the sachet to Xiao Lu and asked her to deliver it to Saint Louis as a New Year’s gift from the Xia Kingdom, she had also said that the sachet was something she had seen and liked when she was browsing a night market a few days ago, so she had bought it.

She had asked Xiao Lu to give it to Hall so that the Faxtius family would not lose face in the future if they broke off the engagement, just a formality.

But how could Xiao Lu not know what was on Ye Wangxue’s mind?

Her Highness the princess was really stubborn.

But when she was with Hall, she was surely soft, right?

With such soft and sweet lips, his attitude after kissing her, and he even brought up kissing the other two girls, and in front of Lorraine, Lov, and her, he had a “so what? It’s just a kiss, it’s not important” look.

The more Xiao Lu thought, the more wronged she felt for Ye Wangxue, so she resigned.

But not long after she went out, she found Hall, who had said he was going to the Black Knights to submit a report in the afternoon, standing at a corner of a street in Saint Louis.

The street was bustling with people, but the other party’s temperament had indeed changed a lot compared to when they had first met, and it was very easy to spot him.

But it had only been three months.

How could a man in his early twenties suddenly seem to have experienced so much?

“Xiao Lu.”

“Mm, did Baron Hall just come back from the Black Knights?”

Hall was certainly not there when she was leaving.

“I did just come back. Are you leaving?”

“Yes, I’ve completed Her Highness the princess’s mission, so of course I have to go back to Her Highness’s side.”

Xiao Lu nodded.

She thought to herself, was Hall getting concerned now?

However, the other party’s tone did not seem to be very concerned.

It was more like small talk.

“The Seventh Princess sent me a New Year’s gift. According to the etiquette of the Xia Kingdom, I should also give her one in return. But I don’t have anything good. You can bring her a lipstick. It’s better than the red paper that the Xia Kingdom uses to put on their lips.”

Hall took out a beautifully packaged lipstick from his pocket.

But if you looked at the packaging carefully, you would find that this lipstick had actually been opened.

Actually, Hall had not gone to the Black Knights at all in the afternoon.

He had found a specialist in the underground street to grind the [Pure-blood Crystal] he had gotten from the vampires and dissolve it into this lipstick with magic.

The [Pure-blood Crystal], as Prince Hall had said, could be used to forge a sword or to swallow.

Because the Heavenly Sword had the Holy Forging Stone, its attributes were in conflict with the [Vampire Crystal].

As for swallowing it, it was essentially to improve one’s aptitude.

The pure-blooded vampire was basically useless to Hall, this hexagonal warrior and magic replenishment machine whose talent was higher than a pure-blooded vampire.

But Ye Wangxue, as an Easterner, her swordsmanship was usually superior to that of the West, but her magic circuit system was not yet perfect.

Not to ask Ye Wangxue to be good at magic, but it would surely be no problem to increase her magic resistance a little.

“You have a little conscience, but not much.”

Xiao Lu thought to herself, how could a lipstick compare to the sachet that Ye Wangxue had spent more than half a month meticulously making?

For that, Ye Wangxue’s fingers must have been pricked countless times in those nights.

It was stained with blood.

But Hall at least had this thought.

So she slightly forgave him for Ye Wangxue’s sake.

“Indeed not much. I often say to Duchess Leticia that my heart is divided into many pieces and cannot belong exclusively to one girl.”

Hall narrated under the streetlight.

Seeing Xiao Lu’s face change slightly.

He knew it was effective.

It was not a big problem.

It wouldn’t make Ye Wangxue too angry, but it also wouldn’t make her want to push for the marriage.

He would give her the lipstick to change her attributes.

And use this lipstick to help Ye Wangxue improve her attributes.

He could still drag it out.

“Baron Hall, I still hope you can think it through. Her Highness the princess can be your wife, but she cannot be one of your wives.”

“Go back to the Xia Kingdom soon. She will like this lipstick.”

Hall did not argue, nor did he say much, but just blessed her like a saint of love.

Then he went in the opposite direction of what Xiao Lu had seen.

“This man… if Her Highness the princess doesn’t like this lipstick, you just wait.”

Xiao Lu looked back at his back, and then went alone towards the direction of leaving the city.

When he returned to the Faxtius estate.

Lorraine was in the main hall, being served by Lov.

Lov, who knew she was in the wrong, was very uneasy towards Lorraine today.

In this family, even if she was bullied by the future mistress, she absolutely could not have a stiff relationship with Lorraine, this little sister.

After Hall came back, he sat down beside Lorraine to have dinner with her.

Lorraine still seemed to be angry about the sachet, her little face puffed up.

So when she secretly placed her small white-stockinged feet on Hall’s thigh and rubbed them, Hall also pretended not to know.

Besides, if Lorraine wasn’t so dangerous and wouldn’t stab him in the game, this state was quite enjoyable.

And this time, he wouldn’t be arrested by Himan.

The news of his return to Saint Louis must have reached Himan’s ears by this time.

If Himan were to come, she would have come to the Faxtius estate at the first moment.

To that cousin of his, his home was almost like her home.

“Brother, what did you and Lov do when you went out this time?”

Lorraine’s theological talent was very high.

She could of course feel that Hall had changed quite a bit compared to when he had gone out a month ago.

“We went to investigate the aftermath of the last vampire incident. Himan was also investigating this, but our departments are different. One is the Black Knights, and the other is the White Knights. You understand, right? So I didn’t inform her.”

“Oh… the incident where the Saintess of the Bal Empire was attacked?”

Lorraine suddenly stopped rubbing her white-stockinged little feet on Hall’s thigh.

And looked at him with her azure pupils.

Her expression gradually became serious.

“Yes, what’s wrong? You are also a famous nun in Saint Louis. You should be careful.”

He instructed.

But theoretically, the probability of Lorraine being attacked in Saint Louis was very low.

What’s more, the most dangerous group this year would only be the Saintess Candidates who were competing for the position of Saintess.

“That… brother, I have something to tell you.”

When it didn’t involve other girls, Lorraine was still a sweet and well-behaved little sister.

Her pitiful little face was very cute.

“What is it?”

“A few days ago, my supervisor asked me if I was interested in running for Saintess Candidate.”

?

Hall was shocked.

But Lorraine quickly said.

“My thesis has been relatively successful recently. And it just so happens that there is a vacancy for a Saintess Candidate in the Bal Empire. Although there is not much hope of being elected Saintess at the end of the year, becoming a Saintess Candidate can greatly improve our family’s status in the theological field.”

Her starting point was very simple.

As a child, she had been envious that Himan and Hall could practice swords in the estate together.

So she would study magic.

But Lorraine was not completely ignorant.

She wasn’t stupid.

What was beneficial to the family, what could help her brother, how she could make her brother belong to her forever.

She understood.

Although it might be a momentary separation from Hall, Lorraine had also thought it through these past few days.

In the current general environment, the possibility of getting Hall was not great.

Unless she could drug Hall.

But Hall, who had returned this time, his sanctity was much more exaggerated than before.

The potion she had been researching recently would probably not work.

That feather on her chest…

It always made her feel like it was a certain person.

“Lorraine, it’s good that you have this thought. But about becoming a Saintess Candidate, I hope you can discuss it with our father or older sister. You’ve never left Saint Louis alone since you were born, right?”

Hall said seriously.

In his opinion, there were pros and cons to Lorraine becoming a Saintess Candidate.

The drawback was of course the danger.

The advantage was that it would indirectly enhance Lorraine’s ability.

However, the cardinal of the Bal Empire—Sigurd did not have much desire to covet the throne of the Pope.

He had even shown a friendly attitude towards him before.

In the game, he was also a relatively pure cardinal who was forced to carry out the mission of his family.

“Yes, brother. That’s why I’m telling you and asking for your opinion.”

“Let’s talk about it again. I’ll write a letter to our father to ask. As for our older sister…”

He could only know from the vague memories that Margaret had entered a core institution of the Papal State that could not be disclosed.

In the game, his older sister was also not a selectable option, and might even be a hidden character until the end of the game, just like Sula’s aunt.

Thinking of this.

Hall felt it was a bit troublesome.

And at this very moment.

Investigator Jaffman, who had investigated Hall before, appeared at the door.

And only brought a verbal order.

“Hall Faxtius, congratulations on your return. Please report to the Black Knights immediately tomorrow morning.”