Section 8 Past

While Ashu Rufat was lying on the bed thinking about his future, on the other side of the mansion, the two sisters returned to their bedroom. It should be noted that although the sisters had already grown up, they did not have any separate rooms. Even if they slept, they slept on the same bed.

It was late autumn evening, and the wind blowing from the north was already full of chill. Especially at night, the chill was even more obvious. Besides, this place was not a prosperous place, it was just a suburb of a remote small town. So it was not dark yet, and most people who had eaten supper returned to their rooms, and at most three or five people gathered together to chat and pass the leisure time before going to bed. It was nothing strange for the two sisters to go back to their room early to rest.

The two sisters' room is located on the second floor of the house. As mentioned earlier, this is a country manor, which means that it is neither as luxurious and magnificent as the country manor of the great nobles (usually, this kind of manor is a castle), nor as simple and ordinary as the house of ordinary civilians. The entire manor consists of four buildings, the center is the main building with two floors, the first floor is the living room, and the second floor is the master's living room. On one side of the main building is a room with six and seven rooms (Ashu Rufate lives here), and on the other side is the kitchen and the residence of servants. In addition, there is a warehouse far from the main building.

It was not early, but it was not so dark outside the window that I could see my fingers. I could still see the afterglow of the sunset through the window.

"Sister, what should you do now?" Xingjian closed the door of the room and asked first. "I mean...Ashu Rufate's matter."

In fact, even outsiders can see that among the two sisters, Xing Ke, as the sister, is the leader - although they are twins, there are great differences in their personalities.

"My aunt has already said it very clearly." Xing Ke replied. "Preserve everything about ourselves, property, manor, manor, shareholding and other things, and the ownership must be in your hands. He is a 'fiance', but he is just a 'fiance'. I think what my aunt said makes sense, and this is indeed the best countermeasure. As for Ashu Rufate... Although he has lost his memory, he is still a gangster!"

There is a reason why Xingke said this. In fact, they have known Ash Rufate for more than ten years, or to be specific, there was a contact between the two sides more than ten years ago.

This is an experience they always keep in secret. The sisters' parents passed away when they were young. However, when they were young, they were selected by the church's magic academy because they showed their magical talent. For twins who lost their parents, this seemed to be a good development direction. If they succeed in their studies, they will definitely become the top leaders of the church and become an effective support for the entire family. Because of this, almost all relevant members of the Griffin family supported the two of their sisters to go to another place, but studied in the magic academy.

The facts also seem to prove that this choice is good. The two of them were soon promoted by their outstanding performance and became teachers at the college for a time. However, just like the twists and turns in the stories, the two sisters began to get involved in the study of black magic because of the scholar's spirit of specializing in research.

When doing this kind of research, they originally thought it was very simple. The reason why the church said that black magic is a taboo (and black magic is indeed very dangerous) is because the black magic is used incorrectly. If it can be proved with practical examples that black magic energy is a safe and controllable magic power, their research must be recognized by everyone. Unfortunately, they did not get a chance to defend or explain. After being discovered that they were studying black magic, the Holy Knights affiliated to the church came to the door quickly - not even to arrest them, but to execute them directly.

The next one was a thrilling escape. The two sisters were accused of "learning black magic" and were chased by the Holy Knights thousands of miles away. It was during this escape that they met Ash Rufate, a mercenary. Or rather, they received help from Ash Rufate, a mercenary captain, through an agreement.

The result of the escape was unexpected and it was a turn of twists and turns. They thought they had successfully escaped from the pursuit, but at the last moment they were attacked by the Holy Knights - they were fatally attacked when they thought they were completely safe and completely gave up their vigilance.

Although Ashu Rufate was a mercenary, he showed a lot of understanding and insights about black magic during the discussion with his sisters. After the two sisters were fatally injured, Ashu Rufate even used some kind of magic that the sisters could not understand (it was likely some unique black magic) to save them and healed the harm that would definitely be dead.

If things are simply over this, then Ashu Rufate is undoubtedly a hero with wonderful power, just like the protagonists in children's stories. But unfortunately, Ashu Rufate also took advantage of the opportunity that his sisters had not been healed and had no power to resist, and repeatedly occupied their bodies, and then left them before they fully recovered, and nowhere to go ever since.

Subsequently, the two sisters who recovered from their injuries returned to their hometown and were protected by their immediate family, Aunt Mary (or Countess Marian). They were initially buried in their names, fearing that they were still alive by the church. Fortunately, within a few years, Green Skin invaded a large-scale invasion and captured the holy city of Oren. You must know that Green Skin has no scientific research spirit, and will not be interested in human documentary archives. Oren fell, and the relevant archives of the church were burned by Green Skin. Almost all the Holy Knights died on the battlefield. Even the legendary Archbishop Carl, who was protected by God, was killed by Green Skin. Archives related to the two sisters, and even the related parties were killed.

After this incident happened, the two sisters were able to gradually show up as real people. They eventually became the current situation. They lived a peaceful life in the countryside, if no other accidents.

"Sister, I always felt... maybe there were some other reasons at that time." Xingjian suddenly said. "At that time, we clearly agreed to him... but he didn't..."

"Rogues are hooligans." Xing Ke replied. "The mercenaries are all scumbags, scum and hooligans. Selflessness is not the nature of mercenaries. Taking advantage of others' danger is what they are best at."

"But I think..." Xing Jian stopped talking.

"What do you think? A man who takes advantage of others' danger is the worst! Humph. Let's take care of the family matters seriously, so as not to be ruined by him and still don't know what happened."

"Auntie said, we have to take him to the dance party, right?"

"There's nothing to do about it. Since he's allowed to play the fiancé, it's always going to make things look like that." Xing Ke replied. She came to the dressing table and started to remove her makeup.

Like most women from wealthy families, the two sisters also wear makeup on a daily basis. However, women of the same age use makeup to make themselves look younger. These two sisters use makeup to make themselves look more mature. This should be the effect of practicing black magic. Although the two sisters spontaneously study black magic, they do not originate from the orthodox black magic, Kalean, the country of vampire, they also know the effect of black magic. Just as the book says, black magicians will have an unnatural youth, and an old man over the age of seventy can look like a 17 or 18 years old. In fact, it is precisely because of this that learners of black magic have always had many future generations even under the severe blow of the church.

"By the way, sister, have you heard rumors about vampires recently?"

"You are talking about the stories that the bard told? The one we met at my aunt's house last time? I think it's probably fake. What does Kalaian survive and the vampire have reestablished the dark kingdom in the south of the human world. Many black magicians or people who are interested in learning black magic are heading there in order to obtain first-hand information from vampires and take a step further on the road of black magic... If that happens, the church will never give up. Even Kalaian was wiped out by the coalition forces organized by the church, and the remaining vampires are no longer the same."

Xingke's insight is more rational. They were once the backbone of the church, and of course they knew the true strength of the church. Although Oren's fall, the destruction of the Holy Knight and the killing of the Archbishop were a major blow to the church. However, this blow cannot affect the true foundation of the church. The church is recovering from this unexpected blow, or will sooner or later. Regardless of whether the rumor is true or false, the remaining vampires have no chance - at least there is no future.

"We'd better not care about the irrelevant things happening in those faraway places, but consider the dance."

"Dance?" Xing Jian asked.

"First of all, we have to get a set of men's clothes... Hey, after all, he is also our fiancé, and we can't attend the dance in those servants' clothes or casual clothes for daily life. We have to find a tailor to come over... This may cost a lot of money." Xingke's thoughts were completely immersed in his daily life, calculating money issues.

Although the income of the two sisters is barely acceptable, even the standards of the following aristocrats, their lives are still a bit difficult. In fact, to judge whether a family is rich, there is a trick to try and try: look at horses. Because according to tradition, horses are the best signs to show their status. The prices of good horses and bad horses are very different. There is a qualified war horse on the roof of ten ordinary pack horses. A famous horse is usually considered a priceless treasure and is the most worthy property of a noble.

There are four horses in the stables of the two sisters, all of which are ordinary variegated carriages and horses, and none of them can be called "horse". This is enough to show a lot of things.

"Speaking of this, we haven't conducted an experiment during this period." Xingjian said suddenly. "Since Asu Ruffat came here."

"Well, there is no way. There is an extra patient at home. If we leave home to go to a secret base for experiments, it will be too conspicuous." Xingke has already removed his makeup and sat on the bed. "Don't forget that amnesia is just a loss of memory from past events, but skills, knowledge and other things will be preserved. If Ash Rufate is really a black magician, then he will definitely notice our magic experiments. Because he must have a keen sense of the energy of black magic. But his aunt emphasized that he cannot let him know about the research on black magic. After all, he has lost his memory and does not know what kind of thing he will do. With an extra man at home... it is really troublesome."

It was completely dark, and different people fell asleep with their own different thoughts.
Chapter completed!