Chapter 543: Christmas Eve

The snow is long.

For most people, this is just an ordinary Christmas. Everyone chats in the room, drinks tea, and enjoys the festive atmosphere.

But for Duanmuhuai... this is a hunting time.

"Stop for me!"

Duanmuhuai rushed forward like an angry bull with his sturdy body flashing through the snowstorm. The knee-deep snow did not stop Duanmuhuai's progress at all, and in front of him, a huge black shadow jumped rapidly in the forest. This thing doesn't look like an ordinary wolf or dog at all. If you have to say it, it feels more like a monster like a chimpanzee walking fast in the forest to Duanmuhuai.

Duanmu Huai can see its two front paws quickly grabbing the branches, swinging forward and fast among the trees. It's just that it's different from ordinary chimpanzees and other primates, it doesn't grab a branch, but a tree trunk—this makes Duanmu Huaihuai so angry that he doesn't have such a flexible way of moving. He could only chase after him desperately, trying to hold on to this damned black shadow.

"Quack quack!!! Quack quack!!!"

It sounded like a crow, or some kind of weird monster-like cry, echoing in the forest, it sounded like this damn monster was laughing at herself——Duanmu Huainima couldn't bear it anymore.

"You're fucking looking for death, aren't you!"

Looking at the black shadow swaying in front of him, Duanmuhuai also became angry from his heart and turned to the courage. He suddenly stopped, then clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and then punched Duanmuhuai in front of him. He came out and hit a huge, thick tree trunk directly in front of him.

"boom-------!!!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, the tree trunk, which was strong enough for five people to hug, burst into pieces in an instant, and the trunk, which was tens of meters high, flew straight forward and smashed straight towards the black figure.

"Gah———————————————————————!!!"

The black figure obviously didn't expect Duanmu Huai to do this, and saw it jump up suddenly, trying to avoid this unexpected blow. But at the same time, the roaring tree trunk had already fallen from the sky, carrying branches and snow like a giant fly swatter, directly slapping down on the black shadow.

"boom!!"

The thick trees fell heavily to the ground, smashing the black shadow into the ground. Seeing this, Duanmuhuai let out a cold snort, shook his fist, and strode over.

"It's really courting death, what do you do when I can't kill you?"

Although he didn't know why this thing fell to the ground and appeared in front of him on purpose, but since it came, Duanmu Huai would not let it just run away.

Soon, Duanmuhuai came to the place where the black shadow was thrown just now, but unfortunately, the guy didn't seem to be killed by the tree. Although traces and bloodstains could be seen on the ground, the black figure seemed to take the opportunity to escape in the end.

But... Now that you are injured, where else can you escape?

Looking at the traces in front of him, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, then continued to follow the traces and entered the depths of the forest.

"Let's go, Bell girl, we must find this damn guy."

"Meow!"

While Duanmuhuai was furiously looking for the shadow monster in the forest, Xia Li, Mary and Aselika also came to Baskerville Manor.

"Thank you very much for inviting us to our Christmas dinner, Baroness Baskerville."

Although Xia Li's body can move more or less, she still can't walk freely, so this time she travels in a wheelchair.

"You're welcome, welcome to Baskerville Manor, and thank you for accepting my invitation. After all, on this special day, if I'm the only one, it would be too lonely."

Facing Xia Li, Baroness Baskerville also spoke with a smile on her face.

"It's just an ordinary Christmas dinner, please don't be restrained, just feel free."

"Okay... Then, it's better to be respectful than to obey... Are you alone?"

"Of course not, there is another Miss Lorena...... Ah, here she is."

While talking, everyone saw a very petite and cute girl with pink hair coming out. After seeing her, Mary also breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, Miss Lorena is here...so that means Mr. Duanmu is also here?

"Miss Lorena, this is the daughter of the Bronte family, Miss Charlotte Bronte, and her good friend..."

"I'm Aselica Dulles."

"Ah, hello, I'm Lorena, and Miss Mary. It's been a long time too. Have you been exercising hard recently?"

While talking with a smile, Lorena also greeted everyone. Of course, she did not forget to talk to Mary.

"Huh? Mary, do you know Miss Lorena?"

Facing Lorena's greeting, Xia Li and Aselika were obviously a little surprised. After all, they had never heard Mary mention Lorena.

"Ah, um... I do know Miss Lorena, I was taken care of by her when you were unconscious, Charlie..."

Mary didn't think there was any problem, and quickly gave an answer. But... She raised her head and looked around.

"Miss Lorena? Mr. Duanmu...?"

"Ah, Lord Knight is not here, I think he should come to the dinner party? Maybe not?"

"knight………?"

"……………grown ups??"

“……………………”

For some reason, Mary felt that the eyes of Xia Li and Aselika from the side were so stinging... Uh, did she say something wrong?

After a few brief conversations, Baroness Baskerville and Lorena left temporarily, and at this time, Charlie and Aselika surrounded Mary.

"Uh...what's the matter? What happened?"

"It seems that Mary has a lot of things to hide from us."

Aselika clasped her arms in dissatisfaction and stared at Mary. Although Xia Li on the other side didn't speak, her eyes also revealed the same emotion.

"Ah Xie doesn't know why, you still know that Miss Lorena? She is not a student of the master's college."

"Only, just met by chance, she is a pilgrimage priest...that's what she said herself."

"So you met in church?"

"That's not true, she just guided me to do some exercises..."

"exercise???"

"Um……………"

It has to be said that recalling the Spartan exercise guided by Lorena, Mary also instinctively shuddered. To be honest, it was definitely not a training that ordinary ladies could complete.

Why is a priest so keen on exercising...

"Then, who is that Lord Knight?"

At this time, Xia Li also asked. Although she was not as aggressive as Aselika, but for some reason, Mary at this moment only felt that Xia Li seemed to be more courageous than when she was on the altar of the Dark City.

"That's Mr. Duanmu..."

Having said that, Xia Li should have seen Duanmu Huaicai in Antarctica at that time, but she has completely lost her memory of being in the Gate of Tartar at that time, and she probably didn't remember it.

"Why did Miss Lorena call her a knight? Could it be that gentleman is a knight granted by the queen?"

"Ugh...it doesn't seem to be. According to Miss Lorena, Mr. Duanmu seems to be an honorary knight awarded by their church, and she is also serving as a priest, so she calls Mr. Duanmu Lord Knight..."

"church?"

I have to say that Xia Li and Aselika were shocked when they heard this. It’s unimaginable for the queen to be a knight, and they have never heard of the church’s knighthood. Pass. And hearing this, Aselika's eyes lit up immediately.

"In other words, that gentleman is a paladin? I haven't seen a real paladin yet, so I don't know what kind of person he would be..."

"Well…………………"

Seeing Aselika's eyes shining brightly, Mary smiled wryly. Indeed, if you have never met Duanmuhuai, when you think of the paladins appointed by the church, the girls' first impression must be the kind of blond, holy, handsome, and gentlemanly knight.

But it's a pity that......

"Although it's not very good to crush your fantasy, Axie, I have to remind you that that gentleman must be completely different from what you imagined."

To be honest, even Mary never thought of connecting Duanmuhuai with the word knight.

And... He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would have chivalry at all.

Recalling the way Duanmuhuai smashed the heads of those shadow monsters mercilessly, Mary also sighed silently deep in her heart.

Real knights probably wouldn't do that.

……………Shouldn’t it be?

To be honest, Mary herself didn't have much confidence in that.

"Then how did you meet that gentleman?"

"Huh? This..."

Woohoo, here we go again!

Seeing Xia Li pressing Mary with a smile on her face, Aselika next to her couldn't help sticking out her tongue. She had discovered early on that Charlie was always pressing hard when it came to Mary's male friends. Aselika still remembers that when the three of them were traveling together, she would occasionally meet Mr. Zach, whom Mary knew. At that time, Zach only said a few words to Mary, but Xia Li calmly turned him off. The topic was driven away.

Although Mary herself didn't seem to notice any problems...but Ashelika kept watching. She had discovered long ago that Xia Li didn't seem to like boys approaching Mary, and every time a man approached Mary, Xia Li would become a little scary...

But from a certain point of view, it's not that Aselika can't understand. After all, Mary has never had a first love, so she must be very serious and consider it carefully. Not everyone can be Mary's lover. If possible, Aselika also hopes that Mary can have a happy and happy relationship like herself...

But... Xia Li seems to be a little too tight.

Looking at Xia Li who was smiling at the moment, Ashelika couldn't help but feel a little scared, and of course she could understand Xia Li's thoughts. After all, even Aselika herself has never heard anything about Miss Lorena and Mr. Knight from Mary, which means that the two sides should not have known each other for too long, since even Xia Li didn't know about it. If so, that's probably the man who met Mary when Xia Li was in a coma... Speaking of which, maybe that man is the "mysterious man" who took the opportunity to play with Mary. If so, Axie can't spare him!

Thinking of this, Aselika clenched her fists.

When the other party comes, she must take a good look at what kind of man he is!

At this time, the Baroness Baskerville and Lorena also came back again, so a group of people started drinking tea and chatting——Although the name of the Baroness Baskerville sounds very loud, in fact she is just Girls who are less than twenty years old, of course, for ordinary noble ladies, unless they are students studying in master colleges like Xia Li, Mary and Aselika, they will basically choose to get engaged after entering the social world , and married early.

This is the case with the Baroness of Baskerville, so although the status of the two parties is different, the age difference is not too far apart. It is a good banquet for everyone to chat and talk about the latest popular topics.

In this way, until late at night, Baroness Baskerville invited everyone to stay, and everyone naturally agreed.

but………

"Will Mr. Duanmu come to the banquet?"

With some uneasiness, Baroness Baskerville looked at Lorena and asked, who just showed a wry smile.

"For Lord Knight, perhaps the entrustment is more important. When I went to find him today, he was not in the hut. Maybe I found some clues..."

"Boom boom boom."

At this time, suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, and upon hearing the knock, the old butler who was at the side hurried over.

"It must be that Mr. Duanmu is here, I'll go and have a look."

As he spoke, the old butler left the room. Although Xia Li and Aselika were also curious, as ladies, of course they would not run around impolitely. They just sat on the chair and heard the voice outside. There was a tumultuous uproar.

"Welcome...Wow, Mr. Duanmu, what is this?"

"Oh, I just came back and thought it was Christmas, so I brought you a present... How about it? Not bad?"

"No, this... Please be careful, don't frighten the lady and the guests..."

"What happened?!"

Hearing this, Aselika's eyes lit up immediately, and she couldn't sit still on the chair. If Xia Li and Mary hadn't grabbed her, she would have run out to have a look.

Fortunately, after a while, the old butler walked into the room again, but this time his expression was a little subtle.

"Ma'am, Mr. Duanmu has prepared a gift for you."

"Oh, it really bothered him..."

"No, that... how should I put it... please don't panic."

"???"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they saw a dark, huge figure walking in from the door, and on his shoulder was a... Deer? !

That's right, a white deer!

And still alive!

"It's also considered that this guy is unlucky, and insists on blocking my way."

Duanmu Huai put down the white deer that was carried on his shoulders. The latter struggled on the ground, then cringed and knelt down. Looking at the white deer in front of him, Duanmu Huai was furious. Come. Before, he followed the blood and traces left by the black shadow all the way, and he was almost there, but he didn't expect that he might have strayed into the territory of this white deer, and the latter dared to stand in front of him and make trouble for him?

Duanmu Huai couldn't bear it.

I just learned how to grasp, can I suffer from this grievance?

So facing the white deer rushing towards him, Duanmuhuai also grabbed and turned the white deer, and knocked him over.

“……………………………………”

Everyone in the room was stunned when they saw the white deer in front of them.

This deer is very beautiful, its whole body is snow-white, even its horns are white, and its body is extremely huge, even bigger than a horse. Because of this, this thing is probably considered a tyrant in the mountains --- unfortunately, it was unlucky and blocked Duanmu Huai's way, and then was captured by Duanmu Huai.

It's lucky it didn't kill it.

"This is really... an unimaginable gift, Mr. Duanmu..."

Looking at the white deer in front of her, Baroness Baskerville's eyes were also shining. Girls like beautiful things, and she is no exception.

"Can I raise it in the manor?"

"Whatever, it's for you anyway, if you don't want it, I'll just kill it and eat it for barbecue."

"How can this work, it is so beautiful and cute!"

Hearing this, Ashelika couldn't help but screamed. Indeed, the white deer in front of her was curled up at Duanmuhuai's feet, squatting on the ground, trembling, and looked very cute... ...

"If this guy hadn't been in the way, I might have caught that pretender... Forget it, let's leave it at that for now."

Seeing the girls' gazes on him, Duanmuhuai decisively chose to give up. Sure enough, the world is all about appearance, if this thing doesn't look good... Hey, forget it, it's useless to talk about it now.

The butler asked the deer to be taken away, perhaps because Duanmu Huai had cleaned up the deer. The deer looked very well-behaved, and even being so well-behaved was a bit pitiful, but it was very unpleasant for Duanmu Huai . Think about it carefully, in the game you are about to catch up to the final boss, and suddenly something blocks your way, and when you turn your head, the final boss has already run away, this can really drive people to death.

Originally, the reason why Duanmu Huai came back alive was because he thought that freshly killed and bloodletted ones would taste better!

Duanmuhuai was taken to dinner by the housekeeper, and at this time, the girls got together again.

"Wow, that gentleman is really fierce......"

Ashelika was the first to speak quietly.

"Ah Xie, it's not polite for you to say that?"

Although Xia Li seemed to be dissuading, but judging by her expression... it seemed that she didn't object.

"Mr. Duanmu does look a bit fierce, but he's still a good talker."

Mary didn't care about this, and spoke to comfort the two of them. In fact, she had already expected her friend's reaction.

However, what Mary didn't expect was that after hearing this, Xia Li and Aselika looked at her together.

"Mary, you seem to know this gentleman very well?"

"Huh? This... is still, okay?"

"You don't like him!"

"Huh? No, this..."

Hearing Aselika's question, Mary blushed immediately and waved her hands hastily.

"I didn't..."

"Woo..."

Although Mary tried her best to deny it, seeing her expression, Xia Li and Aselika couldn't help but their hearts sank.

Could it be that someone really took advantage of their inattention and tricked Mary away?

This kind of thing can never be forgiven!