Chapter 148 Vanessa

"By the way. Although it's winter now, it's better to open the windows slightly to get some fresh air.

"Anyway, the fire in the house is strong, so the lady will not freeze. It will be good for her health to provide her with more ventilation." The pastor explained again.

The fat dwarf did as he was told.

"Please come here so late." The girl named Vanessa has a sweet appearance and a pleasant voice. She seems calm and decent at this time.

Then she looked at the dwarf again: "Butler, it's getting so late. Please send someone to send the priest back to ensure his safety."

"Okay, miss." The chubby dwarf housekeeper first made a gesture of invitation to the priest.

Then he walked behind the priest and asked two soldiers outside the door to escort the priest. When he looked down from the circular corridor and the three priests walked out of the fortress gate together, he withdrew his gaze and returned to the bedroom.

In the bedroom, Vanessa closed the door, her previous calmness faded, and she looked at the dwarf housekeeper with a sad face:

"Yuanyuan, my mother was almost unconscious after a small spider penetrated her ear in the mine. After she woke up briefly, she seemed like a different person, and she kept asking for meat and blood.

"This situation has been going on for three days. Now my father is not in the city with Queen Maeve. The demon hunter who came to the city five days ago has also left long ago. I don't know what to do now."

"Don't worry, Vanessa." Her round face was kind, her head raised, her eyes as if looking at a junior,

“Once upon a time, Mrs. Amara rescued me from the dead, and she didn’t despise my race and made me a housekeeper.

"Now that Duke Amara is away on an expedition, the lady often improves the food for the hard workers in the mines who used to be severely punished. Even though those hard workers are Cato prisoners and various criminals, she doesn't trust them.

"Having experienced so many things, I have known for a long time that she is a very kind person. Kind people will have good luck, so this time Madam will definitely be able to survive."

"I hope so." After hearing what the housekeeper said, Vanessa's expression calmed down slightly, but she still looked at her mother on the bed with some worry.

"Vanessa, you have been busy since the day, and you should be tired by now. Go back to your room and rest quickly. I am watching here personally, and there are two maids outside the door who can help.

“The Duke took away most of the soldiers, and part of the remaining soldiers had to garrison the city, while the other part guarded the silver mines, resulting in insufficient defense in the castle.

"If there are any extra soldiers, I would like them to stay by my lady's side."

"That's not necessary. Our security in Shichui Bay is very good. It is enough to have two soldiers stationed at the gate of the fortress. The silver mine is our top priority in the north. If our affairs delay the mining of silver mines, , then even if Queen Maeve doesn't blame her, her father will blame herself.

"Now my mother is much better after being exorcised by the holy water. She is still tied up tightly just in case anything else happens.

"And Yuanyuan, you are the one who should rest now. You haven't slept for three days."

"But as a steward..."

"Stop talking. Although you are just a housekeeper, you are my uncle in my heart. I will just stay here to guard you."

Seeing the girl's insistence, Yuanyuan said uneasily: "You have been timid since you were a child. No matter it was thundering or being chased by a big goose, in the end you only dared to cover yourself with a quilt and hide in the bed. I was afraid that you would be frightened by Madam's sudden situation."

Vanessa's pretty face blushed slightly, "That was all when I was a child. I am much bolder now. Besides, how could I be scared by my biological mother?

"Yuanyuan, as the daughter of Duke Amara, I order you to go and rest immediately." Vanessa kept a slightly tough face, but her eyes were full of concern.

"Remember, don't let other soldiers know about my mother except in the fortress, so as not to cause panic."

"Okay, I'm going to rest first. Don't worry, miss. Except for the guards and attendants at the door, no one else in the city knows that the lady is possessed by evil spirits."

Finally, the butler warned the two maids outside the door before closing the door and leaving.

Vanessa was sitting on the chair next to the bed, looking at her mother with even more distress:

Three days ago, my mother just went to the mine. After she came back, she went crazy. She always woke up crying about hunger and was possessed by some evil spirit.

But according to what the pastor had said before, if she were allowed to eat at this time, it might actually enhance the power of the unknown evil spirits in her body, which would be less conducive to exorcism. Therefore, she only fed her mother some water in the past three days.

But if she doesn't eat for a long time, her mother will starve to death.

Vanessa murmured to herself: "Father, I miss you so much. When will you come back from the war?"

Then he held tightly to a gemstone necklace hanging around his neck, "Kerby said that this necklace was specially customized by him and the great jeweler Val as a token of love between the two of us."

Then he said to himself a little shyly: "Kerby, I miss you too. When will you send me another letter by carrier pigeon?"

Then she kept staring at her mother on the bed. She didn't know how long it took, but she felt sleepy. She put her elbows on the head of the bed and held her chin with both hands to cheer up, but finally she closed her eyes. .

She didn't know how long it took, but she felt violent shaking on the head of the bed. She quickly opened her eyes and found that her mother on the bed had woken up and was looking at her lovingly with her head tilted to the side.

Outside the window, the sky was already slightly bright.

Vanessa suddenly jumped up like a scared rabbit.

Then he felt that this was his mother and his behavior was a little inappropriate:

At this time, the mother was obviously awake. She would be very sad to see him doing this.

And the mother was still chained and could not break free.

He mustered up the courage to sit on the chair again and tentatively said: "Mother, are you feeling better?"

Mrs. Amara smiled weakly: "I feel that I am better now. The holy water of the priest is very effective. The evil spirit in my body has been completely eliminated."

"Really? That's great!" Vanessa was very excited, and then said cautiously: "Then do you remember who I am?"

"Of course you are my most precious daughter Vanessa. Why, Vanessa, don't you believe me?"

Vanessa was relieved after hearing this, "I don't distrust you, I just..."

"No need to explain, I understand, you are still as timid as when you were a child, and you cry loudly at the slightest movement, and then hide yourself in the quilt.

"I hope that after Coby marries you, he can take you around to experience and make you braver. "

"Mother, what are you talking about? "Vanessa felt her face getting hot.

"You are 18 years old now, and you are also of marriageable age. When we followed your father to meet Queen Maeve and saw them off, I had a very good impression of the young man.

"Coby is completely different from his brother, Little Odin, who is full of resentment. This is a person you can entrust your life to."

Hearing her mother say this, Vanessa covered her cheeks with her hands, closed her eyes and said shyly: "Mother, don't say anything more."

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Then can you untie the chain now? I'm so hungry, can I eat something?

"I can smell the blood of the cook in the kitchen slaughtering a live chicken. "