Chapter 101, Happy Winter Veil! (Superior)

Ryan walked to the lake fairy's side as promised: "My lady?"

"Extend your right hand, my champion.!" The lake fairy signaled Ryan to extend her right hand. She stretched out her slender fingers, took off the flowers and ribbons from her body, and carefully Weave it into a bracelet and put it on Ryan's wrist: "Happy Winter Veil! My champion."

"Happy Winter Veil! My lady!" Ryan gently kissed the back of the lake fairy's hand, which was as smooth as mutton fat.

One person looked at each other and smiled, and then the lake fairy disappeared into the room under the dazzling white light.

Ryan sent the lake fairy away respectfully, and then went downstairs. He noticed that Emilia was staring at the stairs blankly, so he smiled and said, "What's the matter? Guess what I said to the lady? "

"No! No!" Emilia retorted subconsciously with a blushing face.

"Actually, I chatted with the lady of the lake, nothing else." Ryan shrugged, and the candidate of the lake fairy sat casually on the sofa chair in the living room on the first floor: "Emilia, there are really leftovers now." Leave the two of us alone."

"Yes, there are only two of us left." Emilia responded to Ryan dumbfoundedly, and stopped talking.

"Hey~ People come and go, even gods, and the last one who will accompany me and be reliable is Alfred, let him come home for a big turkey dinner!" Ryan didn't know why he wanted more To say a few words, maybe a little maid like Emilia who can listen but doesn't talk much is a good person to confide in.

"Trustworthy friends are always rare and rare." Who knew Emilia's answer was even more strange.

"By the way, Emilia, my mission has been completed. The fallen hunter Belt is dead, and the Beauty Society has also been seized. You don't have to stay with me." Ryan took out the iron pot and directly heated it with psychic energy , I made myself a cup of hot milk: "Of course I won't drive you away, whether you want to leave or stay, you decide for yourself!"

"I said that I will repay your kindness, and I will stay, as long as you don't drive me away." Emilia put a pair of small hands on the skirt of her long skirt on her knees, and replied seriously, her beautiful big eyes Blink and blink, it looks very pitiful, like no one wants it.

"As long as you don't plan to leave, I will always welcome you here, Emilia." Ryan raised his glass and took a big sip of hot milk: "The premise is that you are a maid."

"If Mr. Ryan has no other needs, I'm just a maid." The little maid held the skirt and replied carefully, she knew what Ryan wanted to ask.

"very good!"

After the elimination of Belt, Ryan's life ushered in a short period of tranquility. He stayed on Amber Avenue most of the time, occasionally doing some things for Schultz as the guardian of Fort Marien.

About two weeks later, Marienburg ushered in the annual Winter Veil Festival.

Early in the morning, there was heavy snowfall in Marienburg, and the dark sky and cold wind blew in bursts. It snows almost every year at the Winter Veil Festival, but this can't stop people's enthusiasm at all. , whether the old year was success or failure, whether it was happiness or sadness, it has become the past tense, and the new year is about to kick off with the arrival of Winter Veil Festival. People decorate themselves with lanterns and festoons. On this day, no matter how fancy you dress up, no one will laugh at you, because everyone will try to dress themselves like this to celebrate the arrival of Winter Veil.

It's just that this year, the Winter Veil Festival in Marienburg seems a bit sluggish. The influence of the extermination of the Aesthetic Society is reflected in all aspects of Marienburg. When these people choose to avoid the news, the atmosphere of the annual grand festival has been diluted a lot.

Early in the morning, Ryan woke up from his dream. It was snowing heavily outside the house, the temperature inside the house was pleasant, the fireplace was still working, and the unburned wood was emitting red flames. Ryan did not get up when he woke up. I stayed in 'bed' for a while and enjoyed the warm quilt in the cold winter season.

Because this is the only time of the year, no matter whether it is a peasant, a citizen or an aristocrat, they will not be blamed for lying in bed, because even the emperor of the empire has the power to lie in bed. Starting today, the two-week Winter Veil holiday is a national holiday As long as most courts are not in a state of war or emergency, they will temporarily suspend government activities, and the time of nobles will be filled with banquets, hunting and various social activities. This is why Ryan will not Received the invitation letter, because according to the usual practice, the new enfeoffment generally has to wait until the spring.

Leaning on the pillow, Ryan recalled the past. He lived with his adoptive father Norman in Nord Autergne. Norman was a bad-tempered and eccentric guy who had strict demands on Ryan. Contains a strong father's love and hope for a successful child. Every Winter Veil, the family always enjoys a turkey dinner, as well as the delicious baked apple pie from their adoptive mother.

Thinking of this, Ryan couldn't help but miss his adoptive parents a little, and didn't know how they were doing this year.

Hey~ If Veronica is here, I can treat her this way, that way, and then... Ryan thought about it for a while, and decided to get up.

After washing up for a while and coming downstairs, Ryan found that Emilia had already put on a maid's attire and was working. The little maid's working ability was very good. The high-rise mansion was cleaned thoroughly.

"Don't take a little rest today? You can take a few days off to do what you like to do. I can clean the house myself." Ryan said to Emilia with a smile.

"No need, Mr. Ryan, treating me well is not an excuse for me to slack off. I am grateful for your willingness to take me in. After all...you helped me and saved Blood Axe." Emilia said with a face She was very shy, but her tone was firm. The girl knew that Ryan saw that she had a secret, and he was still willing to take her in under such circumstances. Emilia did not dare to ask too much.

"Well, let's go out for a stroll today during the Winter Veil Festival!" Ryan said suddenly, and he walked to Emilia's side: "Although there are only two of us left, let's decorate this home beautifully, right? Is it?"

"Then... Mr. Ryan, you have to protect me!" Emilia instinctively resisted when she heard that she was going out, but Ryan's existence gave her a lot of confidence, so the girl hesitated and asked .

Today's Emilia is still dressed as a maid, with a long plain one-piece dress and a white apron decorated with ruffles, and her long golden hair is covered by the maid. With her turban tied up, her big watery eyes and her delicate facial features seemed to have an urge to take care of this 'girl' tightly.

This girl's temperament is like this, she seems to be particularly easy to arouse men's desire for protection.

"Leave it to me, you have to follow me!" Ryan smiled and gave his promise, so Emilia decided to go out with him, the little maid opened an umbrella, Follow closely beside Ryan.

The number of pedestrians on the streets of the Winter Veil Festival has decreased compared to the past, but the shops are still open. Smart merchants will never let go of any opportunity to make money. Several major chambers of commerce have negotiated the date of opening the shop to ensure that Customers can still enjoy shopping while they are on vacation.

The white snow was floating between the sky and the earth, and Emilia's height of about 1.63 meters looked very petite beside Ryan, especially the way she struggled to hold an umbrella made Ryan find it very funny, so Ryan took it from her. After passing the umbrella: "Let me fight!"

"Thank you!" Emilia blushed, and the girl followed Ryan all the time.

The two of them started shopping like this.

Today seems to be the turn of the Queensberry Chamber of Commerce for halflings to open a store. Most of the shops on the street are halfling shops. Dressed up magnificently, they warmly received the guests, and constantly used sweet words to coax the guests into the store.

Wherever there are humans, there are halflings. Halflings used to have a very low status in the empire. They did not enjoy human rights, but they were burdened with harsh taxes. One-fifth to one-half the size of humans, because employers think they don't need that much money to eat, drink and sleep.

Some human nobles even think that halflings are "two-legged sheep". Whenever they are short of money, they always ask halflings for food and cards. In the dark period, halflings struggled and endured, looking for opportunities to stand up and gain recognition.

The turning point came from the Great Jihad one hundred and fifty years ago.

When the savior Ludwig successfully unified the troops of various ethnic groups and established a coalition of order, he discovered an embarrassing fact that this army of nearly 300,000 people encountered a serious supply problem. Cangyi's empire is no longer capable of providing logistical supplies for this army, and the coalition forces of order may not be able to persist in fighting the army of chaos and face the danger of running out of food.

At this time, the halfling elder Mutter appeared. He humbly donated almost all the food and wealth stored by the halfling, guaranteed the logistical supplies of the coalition forces of order, and solved the serious problem for Ludwig who was struggling at the time.

They reciprocated, and after the establishment of the new empire, halflings officially became the legal citizens of the empire and began to enjoy the rights and interests of imperial citizens. Humans and halflings gradually became indistinguishable from each other.

"Oh my God! On this beautiful day, we welcome a distinguished guest! That is a human hero! The great Mr. Ryan!" A halfling man with sharp eyes, Ma found Ryan, so he immediately let go of his voice , shouted: "What does Mr. Ryan want to see? We can guarantee that we have everything in our store! Really have everything!"

Ryan thought to himself that this halfling is really bragging about not making drafts. This is obviously just a tailor shop.

"Really? Then I'm going to go in and have a look." Ryan laughed loudly, and he walked into the shop with Emilia. Seeing that he really entered the shop, the halfling excitedly walked towards the whole street Pedestrians yelled: "Mr. Ryan has entered the shop! Mr. Ryan has entered the tailor shop of our Queensberry Chamber of Commerce! Today is really a glorious day for halflings!"

Pedestrians on the street looked sideways and congratulated, which shows that Ryan's reputation is strong.

"Mr. Ryan, what are you going to buy?" Emilia asked kindly.

Because... this is a tailor shop that specializes in 'female' and 'sexual' clothes.

Does Ryan have a hobby in that regard? The little maid tilted her head and thought.

"It's New Year's Eve, everyone should have some new clothes, dear Emilia." Ryan brought the maid to the dazzling wardrobe and said with a smile: "Choose some clothes that you like. ! When I gave you your Winter Veil gift."

"Is it really possible?" The little maid was surprised by Ryan's generosity.

"Really." Ryan nodded continuously: "As my 'maid' maid, you also need to have some good clothes? At least you can be my 'maiden' when there is no one at the banquet in the future. companion."

"By the way, I can also measure your size and order a few sets of 'maid' uniforms for you. Your 'maid' uniforms don't fit well." Emilia's 'maid' uniforms are from Victoria Ronika's apprentice Catherine 'got' it. The little apprentice is about 1.68 meters tall. Her 'maid' uniform doesn't fit Emilia's body well, and the skirt often touches the ground. .

Emilia hesitated and opened her mouth for a long time, but she couldn't say no. She is only eighteen years old this year. Girls naturally love beauty and dressing up. Being a mercenary is for survival. It was never like this before when I was not a mercenary.

So when she came out of the tailor shop, Emilia's dress had completely changed. The white princess dress with standing shoulders and light swaying lotus leaves was paired with 'milk' white 'princess shoes', and her pink 'legs' Wearing white stockings, Emilia's delicate and cute face was flushed, and her beautiful big eyes looked at Ryan from time to time. Because of the cold weather, the girl tightened her black body ’, exhaling a breath of cold air, the girl felt very happy, she really felt that the Winter Veil Festival had arrived, and the footsteps of the festival not only came to her side, but also to her heart.

Until Ryan's words without any emotional color came.

"Emilia, your taste in fashion, your vision for choosing clothes, and your skills in matching jewelry are really beyond the reach of an ordinary 'female' mercenary." Ryan's eyes flashed a strange light , he stopped in his tracks and looked at Emilia like this: "Without years of court female officer education, no girl would have this ability. You can fool those mercenaries from Blood Axe, or You can fool Veronica, but you can't fool me."

Emilia's blushing face instantly turned white.

He is testing me! He is testing me by this means! ! ! The girl subconsciously took two steps back, and stepped on the snow with some high-heeled princess shoes. She suddenly realized that she was a little carried away. In the warm environment created by Ryan, she unintentionally relaxed alert!

This man is terrible! Emilia subconsciously moved her small hand to her waist, and the girl realized that she had kept her sword at home and hadn't brought it out.

Ryan approached Emilia step by step, and the girl stepped back again and again until Ryan reached out to Emilia.

"So let's go home! My little maid! Alfred is coming, let's prepare a big turkey dinner!" Ryan said with a smile, and then said that it was time to go home .

"Hey? Mr. Ryan, don't you...don't you drive me away? Don't you ask who I am?" Emilia said incredulously, the girl was very guilty of Ryan's tolerance, and very gratitude'.

"Everyone has their own secrets and things they can't tell others. You have them, and so do I." Ryan shook his head mockingly, and then said to Emilia again: "You are my 'daughter' Servant, right?"

"Yes! I am Mr. Lane's maid!"

"That's enough, let's go, let's go home, or we won't have time to make a turkey dinner!" Ryan deliberately made a frustrated expression: "Or do you mean you don't want to be my maid?"

"As long as Mr. Lane doesn't drive me away, I will always be your maid! Thank you, Mr. Lane!" The blood returned to Emilia's face, and the girl thanked loudly, and then Follow in Ryan's footsteps.

In the heavy snow and cold wind, the two walked home. Emilia looked at Ryan's back and felt warm in her heart.

Winter Veil has really arrived!