Tome of Blood

  Chapter 148-147-The real old fox

  Eastern City, Duke's Mansion.

  The gray-haired Duke of Bold was half lying on the recliner, with his eyes lightly closed.

  Behind him, a professionally trained maid carefully massaged his shoulders with a technique said to have been passed down from the elves.

  A light smoke slowly rises from the incense on the table, and the smoke is lingering.

  It is a kind of magical incense that can calm the mind and calm the mind. It is produced on Luna Island. It can help people relax and has a certain refreshing effect.

  Coughing came from time to time, and the old prince's body shook violently. The violent coughing sound that seemed to cough up his heart and lungs made people feel uncomfortable all over.

  However, the old Duke has long been used to it.

  He knew that his body was getting worse day by day.

  Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature. Although he has struggled and worked hard, he has long been pessimistic even today.

   He is satisfied if he can pass on the family safely.

   "What did Leno do?"

   After coughing a few times, Duke Bold asked slowly.

   Waiters, look at me and I look at you. Finally, someone stood up and replied nervously:

   "Back to Lord Duke, the evaluation team from the Holy Royal Court is here today, and Lord Leno went to the cathedral to watch the ceremony."

   "Watching the ceremony? Hehe, that kid is not a guy who cares so much about the holy royal court. Did he go to find the female knight of the Demon Hunting House?"

  The old prince snorted softly and laughed.

  Everyone lowered their heads one after another, doing their own things anxiously and nervously, but no one answered.

  The Duke felt bored and stopped talking.

  He knew that his son had a favorite female knight.

  He even investigated it himself, and he was indeed a good seedling, who became a second-rank knight of Silver Moon at a young age.

   But unfortunately, the other party was born a commoner, not a nobleman.

  Leno's background is already flawed, and the Duke of Bold will never allow the future Duchess of Bold to have a lower background.

  So what about outstanding talent?

   Talent only represents the future, and the future is always full of uncertainty.

  Since the other party is not an aristocrat, it is not within his consideration.

  Leinor's background is already flawed enough, even if he has made various preparations, it may not be able to really win him the recognition of other nobles, especially those fellow lords in the kingdom.

  Unable to be recognized, the position of the Duke will not be secure.

  The Duke of Bold cannot make a rude mercenary knight the wife of the new Duke.

   But just his own consideration is not enough.

  I know what his son is, and he knows that little **** Leno will definitely not give up.

  Thinking of this, Duke Bold pondered for a moment, and said lightly:

   "Go and send someone to contact the great priest, and after the evaluation is over... transfer her away."

  It is impossible for the Duke of Bold to personally attack a demon hunter who belongs to the church, especially if the opponent is a Silver Moon Knight.

   However, he can't, someone can.

   As long as the opponent is transferred away from Boulder and out of Leno's sight, with his many years of contacts, the old Duke is sure to solve the opponent secretly without dirtying his hands.

  He is very skilled and experienced in this kind of thing.

  Thinking of this, the old prince narrowed his eyes slightly.

  Boulder felt that he had been co-opted by the Castel family and the church, and his stupid younger brother also thought that his secret actions were unnoticed...

   But who knows, he actually knew all the actions of his stupid brother?

  As the ruler of Boulder, there is nothing in the Duke's Palace that can be hidden from him.

  Since he found out that he had an illegitimate son living outside, the Duke of Bold had already started paving the way for the future.

  However, when the Duke of Bold was thinking about how to solve the little trouble of the female knight Kara, suddenly a guard knight rushed back from the outside:

   "My lord duke! Something happened! Something happened at the cathedral!"

  Looking at the panting knight, the old duke frowned:

"What happened?"

   "The great priest was arrested by the church evaluation team from the diocese!"

  The guard knight replied.

   "Cough cough...cough cough cough...!"

  Hearing the news, Duke Bold couldn't help coughing violently again.

  He sat up from the recliner, his eyes widened, and he asked in surprise:

   "What did you say? The great priest has been arrested?"

   "Yes! It is said that I received a real-name report, saying that the great priest is the umbrella of Drunken Dream Salon, and at the same time colluded with the Blood Demon Sect!"

   Real-name report?

   Does anyone else know the secret of the Great Priest?

  Duke Bold looked serious.

  He quickly stood up from the recliner, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

  He is currently using the Drunken Dream Salon to deal with the nobles in the principality.

  If the secret that the great priest is the protective umbrella is dug out, will the fire burn on him who made some kind of deal with the great priest?

  However, after careful consideration, the old Duke quickly calmed down again.

  If the fire burns on his head, it is definitely not the guard knight of the duke's mansion who came to report, but the judge knight from the evaluation team.

  He sat down again, closed his eyes and thought about it, and determined that he should not have left any clues to participate in the more than ten-year-long turmoil of the Gorefiend Cult.

  It doesn't matter if his dealings with the High Priest were exposed, it can be said that it was to avoid the scandal of the Poulder family.

  The role of Earl Tulip is manifested at this time.

  As for himself... Ten years ago, he had indeed taken more drastic and risky actions, indirectly making deals with the Gorefiend Sect.

   But at that time he was still behind the scenes, and all the insiders died at that time.

  The Duke of Bold thought that those secrets had been completely buried in history over time, and only existed in his memory.

  Thinking of this, Duke Bold regained his composure.

   Arrested by the Holy Royal Court, the Great Priest is probably finished.

  Life is impermanent, even he didn't expect the other party to be so caught off guard.

   "Even I am just guessing about some things about the great priest. Who reported it?"

  The old prince couldn't help but think again.

  At this moment, he suddenly felt that in Boulder City, there seemed to be an unknown force manipulating everything.

  For a moment, he thought of the terrifying existence that defeated the Balrog that night, and thought of the mysterious evil god.

   But he quickly shook his head again.

  That evil **** is so powerful, no one can stop him in Boulder if he wants to do something, so why bother.

   At this moment, there was a noise from outside, and Leno pushed away the knight guarding the door, and stormed into the study aggressively.

  Seeing Leno, the old Duke frowned, and reprimanded dissatisfiedly:

   "What are you doing in a hurry? You don't have the dignity of a nobleman at all. Have you returned all the etiquette you taught me?!"

  However, Leno just looked at him coldly, and threw a piece of parchment in front of him:

   "Decent? If the decency of a nobleman is to associate with evil, then I would rather not be this kind of decency."

  The old duke looked down.

  He picked up the parchment and glanced at it casually, but his eyes suddenly froze.

  (end of this chapter)