Chapter 798 For Adela's Safety
A kitten like this suddenly crawled into the bed, and it would shiver from time to time as the lightning and thunder outside, which made Gervis unable to sleep.
Of course, his mentality at this time was also very correct. All he had in his heart was pity, and no other evil thoughts.
As Gervis patted her, Adela moved closer and closer to him, and finally curled up completely in his arms.
After about half an hour, the lightning and thunder outside the window finally stopped.
Only then did Gervis pull up the quilt slightly, wanting to remind Adela that she could go back to sleep.
After all, Edward lived not far away. If he was discovered, he might break his legs.
"Adela!"
When Gervis lifted the quilt, he found that Adela was breathing evenly and had fallen asleep sweetly curled up in his arms.
"Oh! I hope Duke Edward doesn't misunderstand!"
Gervis sighed softly. If he were in another place, he would definitely fall asleep peacefully, but it had to be in Edward's lair.
…
Nothing happened that night, and Gervis woke up leisurely early the next morning.
He stretched his waist first, and then he noticed something strange in his arms.
"Oh no! This girl is still in bed!"
Looking at the sun already high in the sky outside, Gervis was shocked.
"Adela, wake up!"
Gervis didn't care anymore and pushed Adela's shoulder to wake her up.
“Woo!”
Adela was pushed by Gervis and woke up immediately. She didn't react for a while and stretched.
"ah!"
But the next moment, Adela also realized something was wrong and screamed.
"Hush! Go back! It's dawn! It would be bad if your grandfather found out!"
Gervis quickly reminded Adela!
"Oh well!"
Adela nodded quickly and wanted to get up, but she hesitated when she lifted the quilt because she came here wearing a nightgown last night and no outer clothes.
"Put on my clothes first!"
Seeing Adela's predicament, Gervis sighed softly and immediately handed his coat to Adela.
"Um!"
Then Adela blushed, put on Gervis' coat, and stood up to escape from the guest room.
Adela first stretched her little head out and looked around at the door of the guest room. After finding that there was no one there, she ran all the way to her room not far away.
"Phew, it's so scary! And so embarrassing!"
Returning to her bedroom, Adela patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
However, what Adela didn't know was that at the end of the corridor outside her room, Edward was standing at the corner with a somewhat unfriendly look on his face.
"This bastard boy, he actually dared to..."
…
After Adela left and he didn't hear any noise outside the door, Gervis finally felt relieved.
Then he got dressed, washed, and tidied himself before walking out of the room.
As I walked out of the room, a servant came from the end of the corridor.
"Lord Gervis, breakfast is ready! The Duke invites you to enjoy breakfast."
"Oh well!"
Gervis nodded, then followed the servant to the restaurant.
When they entered the restaurant, Edward was the only one sitting at the table, and Adela had not arrived yet.
"Morning, Duke Edward!"
Gervis smiled and greeted Edward.
"Well, sit down!"
Edward looked up at Gervis, nodded at him and greeted him.
"It's a bit weird!"
Gervis looked at Edward and felt something was wrong.
Although Edward's expression didn't change, the look in his eyes was complicated.
However, smelling the delicious breakfast, Gervis didn't think much about it. He sat down immediately and started to eat it.
"Grevith, your Hellfire Wine is really good!"
After Gervis started eating, Edward suddenly spoke to him.
"Haha, thank you Duke Edward for the compliment. I still have a bucket of it. If Duke Edward likes it, I'll have someone move it in!"
Gervis didn't care and thought Edward really liked Hellfire Wine.
After all, for people with physiques like theirs, drinking wine is for enjoying the sweet taste, while only drinking fiery wine can give them a strong enough sense of stimulation.
"Well! One barrel is a little less, but if you brew more next time, send me ten barrels every month! I'll also give some to my subordinates to taste!"
“…”
"What's wrong? Is it too much?"
Edward paid no attention to Gervis's confused look, but when he saw that Gervis didn't answer, he asked again.
"Uh... no, I'll have someone bring it over when I'm done brewing!"
Gervis replied verbally.
But in my heart I was complaining about Edward's drastic change of temperament overnight.
It seemed natural to ask him to deliver ten barrels of wine every month, but Gervis remembered that Edward was not like this in the past.
Ten barrels of wine cost only a hundred gold coins at most, which was not a big deal for the multi-millionaire Gervis. The most important thing was that Edward's matter-of-fact tone made him confused.
"Um!"
Edward heard Gervis' answer and nodded with satisfaction.
He paused, swallowed the barbecue in his mouth and continued.
"How is your Elven Queen wife doing lately?"
"Alice?"
Gervis glanced at Edward opposite him with a strange look, but still answered.
"Not bad. The elves have occupied a city. They should be located in the far west, adjacent to the beastmen! If we want to join them, we will have to wait until the next stage!"
"Oh! Although the elves are few in number and not as good as humans in siege, they are extremely powerful in the wild!"
Edward nodded, then changed the subject.
"Gevis heard that you took out thousands of magic potions in the City of Hope. Do you have any extra potions now?"
"And some more!"
Gervais couldn't keep up with Edward's pace, but he still told the truth.
"Oh, very good. I'm old now. What if I'm not with Adela in the future and she gets bullied and has no one to protect her? Please give me a few hundred bottles of the mental potion!"
"I plan to train Adela a legion of magicians like the one you did last time!"
"As for the titled knights, I'm not worried. I have quite a few under my command! Add to that the magician corps, and I won't have to worry about Adela anymore!"
“…”
Gervis was stunned for a moment, and he had no time to put the piece of meat that was just handed to his mouth.
Gervis found that Edward seemed like a completely different person today.
It would have been fine if he first mentioned Hellfire Wine, but then he changed the subject and started asking him for potions.
From Edward's tone, Gervis could naturally tell that this was going to be given for free, and it didn't mean that Edward would pay him after it was delivered.
"What's wrong? Don't you have so many potions now? If you don't have so many, you can wait a month or two! But you still have to hurry up, because the growth period of magicians is much slower than that of us titled knights."
Edward's expression became serious this time. Although he was not facing Gervis, Gervis always felt a chill lingering on his back.
"Yes! I'll bring it over later!"
Gervis still trusts Edward's character, and he will never take advantage of his granddaughter's name.
So, since it was for Adela, Gervis agreed.
Anyway, the cost of ten potions is only 10,000 gold coins, so it's just about throwing out 500,000 gold coins to protect Adela.
For Adela's safety, five hundred thousand gold coins are worth it!
(End of this chapter)
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