Chapter 544 Christmas Eve

The white snow is endless.

For most people, this is just an ordinary Christmas, with everyone chatting in the room, drinking tea, and enjoying the happy holiday atmosphere.

But for Duanmu Huai... this is a hunting moment.

"Stop for me!"

The strong body flashed through the snowstorm, and Duanmuhuai rushed forward like an angry bull. The knee-deep snow failed to stop Duanmu Huai from moving forward, and in front of him, a huge black shadow jumped rapidly in the forest. This thing didn't look like an ordinary wolf or dog at all. If I had to say it, it felt more like a monster like a chimpanzee trudging through the forest.

Duanmuhuai could see its two front paws grabbing the branches quickly, swinging forward quickly among the trees. But unlike ordinary chimpanzees and other primates, it was not grasping branches, but tree trunks - this made Duanmu Huai very angry, because he did not have the flexibility to move like his opponent. He could only chase after him desperately, trying to cling to this damn black shadow.

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

The cry sounded like a crow or some kind of strange monster, echoing in the forest. It sounded like this damn monster was laughing at himself——Duanmuhuai Nima couldn't bear it anymore.

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

Looking at the black figure swaying in front of him, Duanmu Huai felt angry and turned to fear. He suddenly stopped, clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and then punched the front. came out and hit a huge, thick tree trunk directly in front of him.

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

With a loud noise, the tree trunk, which was thick enough for five people to hug each other, exploded and broke instantly. The tree trunk, which was dozens of meters high, flew forward and crashed straight towards the black figure.

“Gah————!!!”

The black figure obviously did not expect that Duanmu Huai would do this, and it suddenly jumped up, trying to avoid this unexpected blow. But at the same time, the roaring tree trunk had fallen from the sky, carrying branches and snow like a giant fly swatter, swatting directly at the black shadow.

"boom!!"

The thick trees fell heavily to the ground, smashing the black shadow into the ground. Seeing this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, shook his fist, and strode over.

"You're really looking for death. Why do you think I can't kill you?"

Although he didn't know why this thing fell to the ground specifically appeared in front of him, but now that it was here, Duanmu Huai would not let it run away like this.

Soon, Duanmuhuai came to the place where the black figure was thrown just now, but unfortunately, the guy didn't seem to be killed by the tree. Although traces of being smashed and blood stains could be seen on the ground, the black figure seemed to have finally taken the opportunity to escape.

But...now that you're injured, where can you escape?

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

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

"Meow!"

While Duanmuhuai was angrily looking for the shadow monster in the forest, Charlie also came to Baskerville Manor with Mary and Ashelika.

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

Although Charlie can move her body to some extent, she still cannot walk freely, so this time she traveled in a wheelchair.

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

Facing Charlie, Baroness Baskerville also said with a smile.

"It's just an ordinary Christmas dinner. Please don't be formal and just feel free to do it."

"Okay... Then it's better to be respectful than obey... Are you the only one?"

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

While they were talking, everyone saw a very petite and cute girl with pink hair walking 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 friends..."

"I'm Ashelika Dulles."

"Ah, hello, I'm Lorena, and Miss Mary, I haven't seen you for a long time. Have you exercised hard recently?"

While speaking with a smile, Lorena also said hello to everyone. Of course, she did not forget to talk to Mary.

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

Faced with Lorena's greeting, Charlie and Ashelika were obviously a little surprised. After all, they had never heard Mary mention Lorena.

"Ah, um... I do know Miss Lorena. That was when Charlie was in a coma, and I received some care from her..."

Mary didn't think there was any problem and quickly answered. But... She raised her head and looked around.

"Miss Lorena? Mr. Duanmu, he...?"

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

"Knight......?"

"............ Sir??"

"........................"

For some reason, Mary felt that the eyes of Charlie and Ashelica from the side were so piercing............ Uh, did I say something wrong?

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

"Uh... What's wrong? What happened?"

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

Ashelica folded her arms in dissatisfaction and stared at Mary, and although Charlie on the other side did not speak, her eyes also revealed the same emotion.

"Axie, how come you don't know? You know Miss Lorena? She's not a student of the Master Academy, is she?"

"We just met by chance. She's a pilgrim priest... That's what she said."

"So did you meet in the church?"

"That's not the case. She just taught me some exercises..."

"Exercise???"

"Hmm..."

I have to say that when Mary recalled the Spartan exercises taught by Lorena, she instinctively shuddered. To be honest, that was definitely not a training that an ordinary lady could complete.

Why would a priest be so keen on exercise...

"Then who is that knight?"

At this time, Xia Li also asked. Although she was not as aggressive as Ashelica, Mary didn't know why. At this moment, she felt that Xia Li seemed to be more courageous than when she was on the altar of the Dark City.

"That's Mr. Duanmu..."

By the way, Xia Li should have seen Duanmu Huai in Antarctica at that time, but she had completely lost her memory of the Tartar Gate at that time, and she probably didn't remember this incident.

"Why did Miss Lorena call him Sir Knight? Could it be that the gentleman is a knight conferred by the queen?"

"Wow... It seems not. According to Miss Lorena, Mr. Duanmu seems to be an honorary knight conferred by their church. She is also a priest by his side, so she calls Mr. Duanmu Sir Knight..."

"Church?"

It must be said that Xia Li and Ashelica were shocked when they heard this. It was hard to imagine that the queen was a knight conferred by the church. They had never heard of such a thing as a knight conferred by the church. Ashelica's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"In other words, the gentleman is a paladin? I haven't seen a real paladin yet. I wonder what kind of person he is..."

"Uh........."

Looking at Ashelica's eyes shining, Mary smiled bitterly. Indeed, if they hadn't seen Duanmu Huai, the first impression of the girls when they thought of the paladin conferred by the church would definitely be the kind of knight with blond hair and blue eyes, sacred and handsome, full of gentlemanly demeanor.

But unfortunately...

"It's not good to crush your fantasy, but Ah Xie, I have to remind you that the gentleman must be completely different from what you imagined."

To be honest, even Mary had never thought of associating Duanmu Huai with the word knight.

And...he doesn't look like a chivalrous person at all.

Recalling the way Duanmu Huai mercilessly smashed the heads of those shadow monsters, Mary sighed silently in her heart.

A real knight shouldn't do that.

…………………Shouldn't it?

To be honest, Mary herself has no confidence in this.

"Then how did you get to know that gentleman?"

"Hey? This...…………"

Wow, here it comes again!

Seeing that Xia Li asked Mary with a smile, Ashelika next to her couldn't help but stick out her tongue. She had long discovered that Xia Li would always press Mary step by step when it came to her male friendship. Ashelica still remembers that when the three of them went out together, they occasionally met Mr. Zach, whom Mary knew. At that time, Zach only said a few words to Mary, and was quietly chased away by Charlie.

Although Mary herself didn't seem to find anything wrong... But Ashelica kept watching. She had long discovered that Charlie didn't seem to like boys getting close to Mary. Every time a man got close to Mary, Charlie would become a little scary...

However, from a certain perspective, Ashelica could understand it. After all, Mary didn't even have her first love, so she had to think very seriously and seriously. Not everyone can be Mary's lover. If possible, Ashelica also hopes that Mary can have a happy and joyful love like herself...

However... Charlie seems to be pushing too hard.

Looking at Charlie who was smiling at this moment, Ashelika couldn't help but feel a little scared. Of course she could understand Charlie's thoughts. After all, even Ashelika herself has never heard anything about Miss Lorena and the knight from Mary, which means that the two parties should not have known each other for too long, since even Charlie doesn't know If so, that was probably the man who met Mary when Charlie was in a coma... Speaking of which, could that man be the "mysterious man" who took the opportunity to play with Mary? If so, Ashay can't spare him!

Thinking of this, Ashelika also clenched her fists.

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

At this time, Baroness Baskerville and Lorena also came back again, so a group of people started drinking tea and chatting--Although Baroness Baskerville's name sounds very loud, in fact she is just For girls who are not yet twenty years old, of course, for ordinary noble ladies, unless they are students studying in the master's academy like Charlie, Mary and Ashelika, they will basically choose to get engaged after entering the social world. , and then got married early.

This is the case with Baroness Baskerville, so although there is a difference in status between the two parties, the age difference is not too far apart. It is a good banquet for everyone to chat together 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………

"Won't Mr. Duanmu come to the banquet?"

With a bit of uneasiness, Baroness Baskerville looked at Lorena and asked, but the latter just showed a wry smile.

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

"Dong dong dong."

At this moment, suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside. Hearing the knock on the door, the old housekeeper who was standing by also hurriedly came over.

"Mr. Duanmu must be here, I'll go take a look."

As he spoke, the old housekeeper left the room. Although Charlie and Ashelika were also curious, as ladies, of course they would not run around impolitely. They just sat on the chairs and then heard something coming from outside. There was a commotion.

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

"Oh, I just came back, and I just thought it was Christmas. How about bringing you a gift? Isn't it good?"

"No, this... please be careful and don't scare the lady and guests..."

"What happened?!"

Hearing this, Ashelika's eyes suddenly lit up and she couldn't sit still in the chair. If Charlie and Mary hadn't grabbed her, she would have wanted to run out and have a look.

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

"Madam, that...Mr. Duanmu has prepared a gift for you."

"Oh, you 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 shoulders was a.........deer? !

That’s right, a white deer!

And it’s still alive!

"It's bad luck for this guy to block my way."

Duanmu Huai put down the white deer he was carrying on his shoulders. The latter struggled on the ground for a while, and then knelt down in fear. Looking at the white deer in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but feel angry. Come. He had followed the bloodstains and traces left by the black shadow all the way. He had almost caught him, but he didn't expect that he might have strayed into the white deer's territory. The latter actually dared to stand in front of him and cause trouble for him?

Duanmuhuai couldn't bear it anymore.

I just learned how to handle, how can I bear this injustice?

So facing the white deer rushing towards him, Duanmu Huai also grabbed and turned the opponent over with his hands.

“………………………………………”

At this moment, everyone in the room was stunned when they saw the white deer in front of them.

This deer is very beautiful, all white, even its horns are white, and its body is extremely huge, even bigger than a horse. Because of this, this guy is probably considered a tyrant in the mountains. Unfortunately, it was unlucky and blocked Duanmuhuai's way, and was captured by Duanmuhuai.

It was considered lucky if he 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 shone. Girls all like beautiful things, and she is no exception.

"Can I keep it on the property?"

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

"How can this work? It's so beautiful and cute!"

Hearing this, Ashelika couldn't help but scream. Indeed, the white deer in front of her 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 pretentious thing... Forget it, that's it for now."

Seeing the girls' eyes on him, Duanmu Huai decisively chose to give up. Sure enough, this world is all about appearance. If this thing doesn't look good... Oh, forget it, it's useless to say these things now.

The housekeeper asked someone to take the deer away. Perhaps because of Duanmu Huai's beating, the deer looked very well-behaved, even a little pitiful, but Duanmu Huai was very unhappy. Think about it carefully. In the game, you are about to catch up with the final BOSS, and suddenly something appears to block your way. When you turn around, the final BOSS has already run away. This can really make people angry to death.

Originally, the reason why Duanmu Huai brought back alive was that he thought it would be more delicious if it was killed and bled!

Duanmu Huai was taken to dinner by the housekeeper, and at this time, several girls gathered together again.

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

Ashelika was the first to quietly express her opinion.

"Ah Xie, isn't it rude of you to say that?"

Although Xia Li seemed to be trying to dissuade them, judging from her expression... she didn't seem to object.

"Mr. Duanmu does look a little fierce, but he's still a very easy-going person."

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

But what Mary didn't expect was that Xia Li and Ashelika looked at her at the same time when they heard this.

"Mary, you seem to be very familiar with this gentleman?"

"Hey? This... is, okay?"

"You don't like him, do you?"

"Hey? No, this........."

Hearing Ashelika's question, Mary blushed and waved her hands hurriedly.

"I didn't........."

"Wu........."

Although Mary tried her best to deny it, seeing her expression, Xia Li and Ashelika couldn't help but feel depressed.

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

This kind of thing is absolutely unforgivable!