Chapter 35 35: Return to the Castle

Author: I really want to eat meat 597

Chapter 35 35: Return to the Castle

Barton eagerly put his hand on the small square first. Within a few seconds, a little blood appeared on the small square, then he shook it a few times and reported in a stiff voice:

"seventy."

Hearing this unchanged number, Barton immediately shouted: "Hey, yeah, am I mistaken? Even a low-level alien realm should..."

"Go away, go away, shame on you." Angie waved her hand at Barton, took the small cube from his hand with a look of disgust, and handed it to Sean through layers of clothes.

Sean didn't shirk it and quietly held it in his hand.

"forty."

Angie tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Sean, how old were you originally?"

"Thirty-eight... After all, the time spent in the foreign land this time is short, and it is only a low-level foreign land, so naturally it won't increase much."

Sean said as he handed the small square back to Angie.

The girl hesitated for a few seconds before taking it.

Because she thought that the person suspected of being "Slade" said that her ability to absorb blessings was too strong.

I'm afraid there will be a more terrifying number...

Anji took a deep breath, paused for a few seconds, and suddenly took the cube and stared at it closely.

"Why are you so nervous..." Barton came over with a sly smile, "Even if you grow up slowly, I won't say..."

"Forty-five."

Barton's words were interrupted by the inhuman sound of counting. His body froze for an instant, and he looked at Angie together with the somewhat sluggish Sean, but in the next second, she stuffed something into her arms.

"I'll keep it for you."

"No, no... you, you?" Barton was a little at a loss for a moment. He hugged the cube, his eyes widened, and he stuttered for a long time without being able to say a complete sentence.

Anji just kept tilting her head and looking at him who was stuttering. After a while, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"It turns out that our good deputy captain Barton also has times where he can't move his mouth."

"No, Angie!" After being teased by her, Barton finally came to his senses. He unexpectedly frowned, showing an anxious look: "You must be wrong!"

"Really?" Angie stared into his eyes calmly and took back the small square, "Then I'll test it again."

Sean swallowed nervously. As he and Barton watched, the small square on the girl's hand moved again.

"Forty-five."

It's the same number.

Barton glanced at Anji with a strange expression, and then lowered his head to think.

This is obviously not his style.

After Sean and Angie looked at each other, the former said solemnly: "Barton and I are eating the same bread tonight."

"Ah?" Barton raised his head with confused eyes, and was stunned for a few seconds before angrily yelling back: "I didn't have a bad stomach! It's just..."

He was so anxious that he didn't know what to say, so he spun around in circles twice, and then suddenly pressed his hands heavily on Anji's shoulders, startling her.

"Absorbing the curse too quickly will cause trouble! Let's go back to the castle first and let Mr. Slade check it for you to see if there is something wrong?"

"I don't care if it's called 'blessing' at this time..."

Anji muttered before continuing to ask, "What exactly will happen?"

"It's a terrible thing... I forgot! Anyway, don't go to foreign lands again recently."

While he was saying it in annoyance, he also realized that he was a little too nervous and he took back the hand on her shoulder.

But Angie still felt that compared to the scary things Barton said, the matter of "letting Master Slade check it out" was more terrifying.

Seeing her disapproval, Barton scratched his head anxiously, and Sean's confused voice came again in his ears:

"What 'terrible thing'? Why didn't I know?"

"You know what a hammer you are!" The young deputy captain pointed directly at Sean's nose and cursed: "You are a new recruit, how can I understand you! Anyway, we have to return to the castle as soon as possible!"

Sean, who was suddenly scolded, couldn't help but frown, his expression still confused.

Under this situation, Angie still tried to persuade Barton to let her go to the Silent Forest first to pick up Scott's scabbard. After all, this place is relatively close to the forest and Grand Village. If she comes back in the future, at least she has to go to the Silent Forest to pick up Scott's scabbard.

It took ten days to go back and forth, which was too painful.

Her proposal was rejected as expected, and Barton even scolded her for a long time.

First of all, even though her resistance to curses has reached 45, she is still unable to resist the curse of the fourth-level alien realm, and can only barely survive in it for one day.

Secondly, it means that she doesn't care enough and doesn't know how to take good care of herself. What's the scabbard? It's a waste of money!

After hearing that she could only live for one day, Angie winced in fear.

"But... Scott's scabbard is made of metal!"

As she spoke, she made gestures for Barton: "This size should be quite expensive."

"Oh, I say you are a stingy guy, but you are really..." Barton couldn't help but hold his head, "Even if you are reluctant to part with the money, have you forgotten? You can already be promoted to a knight!"

Anji was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Yes! Then do I have money to take it?"

"Not only that, I will also give you a banquet to celebrate!"

Anji's eyes suddenly lit up and her heart skipped a beat. She has never had a decent meal since she came to this world!

So Sean was dragged away by the two people who were eager to go back. Before dawn, he packed up his things and prepared to leave Andercoffey Village.

After they hurriedly said goodbye to the old village chief who had been woken up long ago, they went to the villagers to pick up the horses that had been stored for a long time.

Anji, who already had money, was very generous and gave the other party a silver coin as a reward.

The villager couldn't believe that such a good thing would happen. He looked at the silver coin in his hand repeatedly and even bit it with his teeth. Then he cried bitterly and thanked "Master Knight" again and again.

After mounting their horses, Sean and Barton followed Anji for a walk around the village, compensating the villagers who had "borrowed" things from them before, and also gave the Locke family a large amount of compensation.

Of course, these were temporarily funded by the sponsor, Anji, and would be reported later. After this round, all the silver coins in her hand were spent, leaving only the one hundred Hazetta copper coins.

Angie, who had become a poor man again, cried with a sad face, and set foot on the road back to the castle with Sean and Barton in the thick darkness.

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Five days later, Anji and the others finally returned to the castle.

The three of them took a quick shower and handed their luggage to the servants in the castle to take care of it. Then they followed the steward who led the way to the top floor of the Shutward Palace.

Shutward Palace is the main building of Slade Castle, where the strange goddess statue is located. It is a tall building with gorgeous brown-red spiers and Roman-style columns.

As the heavy and elegant carved wooden door was pushed open by the housekeeper, they entered a spacious sun-facing room.

The warm sunshine that could not be touched in those gloomy towers was now floating freely in this hall covered with thick Persian carpets, so warm that it made people feel a little trance-like.

It is still autumn, but the fireplace here has been lit early, and the occasional crackling sound of flames not only raises the temperature, but also adds a touch of life to this solemn hall.

There are various landscape paintings on the stone wall with a light apricot luster, and a portrait of Slade hangs on the wall in the middle.

At this time, Slade herself was sitting under the portrait. In front of her was a clean white marble table, with only a piece of parchment, a quill, and a thin golden vase containing a gorgeous bouquet placed on it.

The shape of the bouquet is very elegant, it is pleasing to the eye, and it has obviously been carefully taken care of.

Perhaps to take care of her height, both the table and the wide-backed chair she was sitting on were much taller than ordinary furniture.

Such a completely different sense of formality than usual made Anji feel some "the majesty of a normal lord" from her for the first time.

Next to Slade, stood a strange-looking "lady" that Angie had never seen before.

The man was tall, with downcast eyes, and his hands folded in front of his belly like a dignified maid. However, he was wearing an expensive silk dress, which proved that he had a noble identity and status.

And all her exposed parts—face, neck, and even hair—had a metallic texture, reflecting a dazzling silver luster in the sunlight.

But Anji felt that this metallic texture was more like mercury - because there were a few slightly swaying silver-white beads floating next to the man's elegant long curly hair. Their surfaces were like liquids, flowing slowly in the air.

, coupled with the dazzling metallic luster, it is easy to think of "mercury".

Although she was very curious, Angie tried her best to keep her eyes from wandering, and stood respectfully behind Barton with Sean.

Slade's eyes swept across the dusty group of people, stopped on Barton, and smiled.

"Barton, are you having fun?"

"I'm so happy! Oh no..." Barton's smile froze, he quickly reacted, and quickly explained: "Sir Slade, I am taking the new recruits out for training, not for fun!"

Then, he returned to his cheerful look and described to Slade in detail what happened during this period - some of which he knew personally, and some of which he learned from Sean and Angie.

Slade had been listening with a smile on his face. Even the attempt by Undercoffee Village to rebel could not cause her any emotional fluctuations. It seemed to be just a trivial matter.

Meanwhile, Angie and Sean kept a cautious silence. They didn't know Slade that well, especially her.

When Patton finally talked about Bird-related content, he walked quickly to Slade and put all the trophies on the table with a smile. While emphasizing that these belonged to Angie, he also did not forget to say a few words of praise.

kindness.
To be continued...