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date="2021-11-06"

title="Chapter 24: Collecting Gold Coins"

weight="142766"

series = ["Rejected the Demon’s Marriage Proposal Thousands of Times"]

mode = "manual"

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Rothgarh certainly wouldn't say his plan now, Anna didn't know what he was thinking, but she could feel his ill intentions, and only felt a chill in her back.

This demon shouldn't have misunderstood that she likes the Son, so she intends to take possession of the Son to deceive her soul, right?

This possibility drove Anna crazy.

After the incident of Ulysses, she was mentally prepared for the devil's change of body, but what she didn't want to accept was that the devil could possess the saint child?

Is the devil really invincible?

It made her hopelessly expecting the Son to be able to blast the devil.

Anna's disappointment comes and goes quickly, the Son can't do it with the devil, she can't do it by herself!

Rothgar saw that Anna seemed to suddenly become excited, and he couldn't guess what she thought of, but he didn't care.

In a few days, everything will be over.

Rothgar threw a thread-bound book on the table to Anna: "See it for yourself."

Anna hurriedly caught the book. There were words she didn't recognize in the title. She opened the inner page and scanned it roughly. Through the words she knew, she found that it seemed to be related to the creation myth. Book.

She glanced at the demon secretly, he was sitting quietly, his face calm and beautiful, not looking at the demon hiding in the body, it was really beautiful.

Pity.

Anna started to flip through the book slowly from the beginning, because she now has some vocabulary. When she encounters a word she doesn't know, she can start from the root of the word or guess the meaning based on the context. After reading it this way, she understands it roughly.

The book says that the world was originally a chaos. It was the god of creation who woke up from the chaos and divided the world into two, heaven to heaven, and earth to the earth. Then he used light to shape the goddess of light and make the goddess of light. Manage this land for him, and then fall into chaos.

The Goddess of Light created eight natural elements, and used these eight natural elements to create various creatures. Her favorite is humans who look almost the same as her. Such grace aroused the jealousy of certain creatures. This creature used various methods to lure mankind into betraying the belief in the goddess. The goddess was angry and punished the mankind.

Human beings wake up in various catastrophes and renew their devotion to the goddess, and the goddess kindly forgave the human beings and drove the creatures into the demon world as punishment.

The book is not long, but it is not as short as Anna summed it up. After reading it, she raised her eyes to look at the devil, thinking about not having trouble with the knowledge, she walked to him and said, "Master Ulysses, I'm almost finished reading it. But there are some words that I can’t understand, so please teach me.”

Rothgar took the book, looked at the title of the book, frowned slightly, then opened the book and looked at the few lines in it, then snapped the book closed, and said coldly, "It's all nonsense."

Anna: "..." Dare you let me read this book before? Just use the book to fool me!

Anna remembered that she had said that she did not dare to blaspheme the gods before. At this moment, she heard the words and said quickly: "Master Ulysses, please don't say that! This is a blasphemy against the gods. You are also a believer in the goddess. How can you say that? "

Rothgar squinted at her, tapped the cover of the book with his slender finger, and asked her, "Do you understand what is written in it?"

"Probably I understand." Anna said briefly about herself, and also made a special explanation, "Because I don't recognize that word, so I replaced it with ‘some kind of creature’."

Rothgar looked at Anna, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, his eyes were full of malice, his lips slightly opened, and he said the word.

Anna was stunned: "What?"

This time Anna could hear the words that the devil uttered again.

"demon."

Anna knows what the devil should say in spoken language, but the word devil happens to not meet the spelling rules. Looking at the word alone, it is impossible to associate it with the pronunciation of "devil".

...This word turned out to be "demon"!

Anna was a little confused for a moment. Why was this devil's reaction so strange? Did he find that she had already discovered him?

No, that's not right, calm down!

If he finds out, knowing that she knows what he is and is still acting with him, I'm afraid she would have turned into anger from shame, she should be cold now.

Anna forced her gaze to the word on the page, and she didn't dare to look at the devil and spy on his expression. She seemed to have watched for a while before calmly saying: "It turns out that this word is a devil. I used to know what the devil said. But I don’t know how to write it."

Rothgar sneered when he saw Anna's seemingly ignorant appearance.

The real demon was right in front of her, but she didn't know it.

"I don't need to read this book anymore, everything written is fake." Rotgar said, a flame appeared in his hand, and the book was lit instantly, and Anna couldn't stop it even if she wanted to.

Watching the book burn to ashes in the flames, Anna couldn't breathe with heartache.

Although it is not her book, it is a precious book in this era! Who knows from which age this manuscript was passed down? These are all golden coins.

Anna bit her lip, pressed her heartache back, and asked pretendingly: "Master Ulysses, you said this writing is false, what is it really? Could it be that the devil does not Doesn't it exist?"

The original body has never seen only Warcraft since childhood, so it is not surprising to ask this question.

"Of course the devil exists, but it's not what it is in that book." Rotgar still felt puzzled after burning the book to ashes, "How can that dirty and lowly thing be a devil?"

Anna is like an ignorant girl who admires the mage, with a face full of admiration, excited and curious: "Have you seen demons with your own eyes? What do they look like?"

"I've seen it." Rotgar glanced at Anna. Her appearance made him feel very comfortable, and he replied casually, "The devil is powerful and prestigious, and I disdain to use the disgusting methods in the book."

Anna covered her mouth with a surprised expression, but she was thinking in her heart that this demon is really shameless, and she boasted.

Moreover, he really doesn't know what virtue he is, doesn't he think that it is not a disgusting means to deceive her soul by falsely proposing marriage? If she is really a young girl in season, she might be fooled.

Roth Garr had no intention of playing teacher-student drama with Anna. After the book was burned by him, he didn't bother to take another copy of Anna, so he said to her, "That's it for today."

Anna was almost frightened just now, and also didn't want to continue to face the devil, she hurriedly bowed back after hearing the words, and showed a little lingering expression when she returned to the kitchen.

She had a feeling that soon, she would see a demon with the appearance of a son dangling around her.

She obviously didn't show any interest in Shengzi, how could the devil stare at Shengzi?

When the devil really started on Saint Son, then her life would be difficult.

The son of the city lord, the genius mage, and the saint son who was supposed to serve the goddess all his life showed a keen interest in her, and even wanted to marry her...Others might not think she is charming, but think she is a bewitching witch What?

She may be caught by the Holy See and sent to the torture frame...

Anna was deeply troubled by this, until Parish was sent to breakfast in the afternoon, and Parish sent her a bouquet of flowers in front of the devil.

I saw Parrish holding a bright bouquet of various colors with a charming smile on her face. Before Anna put down the food box, she elegantly handed out the bouquet that made Anna feel familiar. She seemed to be the only one in her eyes, affectionate. Paragraph said: "Dear Anna, such a delicate flower is worthy of your beautiful face, please accept it, this is my compliment to you."

Anna looked at the flowers that were obviously picked from the earl's mansion garden and fell into silence, but the weight of the food container in her hand drew her attention back in time.

She wanted to refuse with the same stern words as before, but from the corner of her eye she caught a demon who was watching coldly, and she was suddenly blessed to her soul.

What Parrish wants to do has nothing to do with her, but she can take advantage of it. The devil somehow misunderstood that she had thoughts about the Son, so she planned to possess the Son. Then she told him that she still had ideas about Parrish.

The devil possessed and returned to Parrish, she was completely acceptable.

Anna knows that she has shown different personalities in front of Parrish and the devil, but well, people are multi-faceted, isn't it strange that she is like this?

She also had a food container in her hand, and Parish was smiling with a bouquet in front of her.

It seemed that Parrish wanted to pursue her, but she thought this pursuit was very funny.

She still has a food container in her hand, he doesn't know to take it?

Parish hadn't been interested in her for a long time, and it was the demon's performance that rekindled his interest.

A man's desire to win.

Anna first crossed Parrish and put the food box on the table, took out the food and set it up, then returned to receive the bouquet, with a happy smile on her face: "Is this for me? Very beautiful, it's so amazing. Thank you!"

Anna had a business-style smirk on her face, but when she took the flowers and found that there was a coin hidden in the stamen of each flower, she was a little stunned.

There is a coin lying in the center of the two dozen flower stamens. There are gold coins, silver coins and copper coins. Of course, the number of gold coins is the least, only one, followed by silver coins, and copper coins are the most common.

Anna didn't dare to accept the gold coin given to her by the devil, but Parish gave it in front of her.

"Master Parrish, this is..." Anna showed a surprised expression just right, her eyes deliberately showing surprise.

The surprise is real, and the deliberate is also real.

Parish originally saw Anna crossing him to put the food box with a subtle expression, but seeing her later reaction, he smiled clearly and said affectionately: "These coins are just decorations for beautiful flowers. Of course they are for you. of."

He is very experienced in pursuing women. He knows very well that for ordinary women, the sweet words of nobility are very useful, but gold coins are even more useful. He always likes to do both.

Therefore, Anna's reaction did not exceed his expectations. He glanced at Rotgar, saw the ridicule on the other side, and couldn't help laughing in his heart. Ulysses is a mage, spends money like water, and is a nobleman. He thought that Anna, a commoner, would hate using gold coins to express love like him. That was really incomprehensible.

Rothgarh certainly noticed the coins Parrish placed among the flowers. Except for one gold coin, copper coins and silver coins accounted for the majority.

What he remembered was that he had lost a bag of gold coins to Anna before, and she confiscated them at all.

She is very ambitious and doesn't want the bag of gold coins. How could it be possible that this small amount of money has ruined her plan?

Therefore, he sneered when Parrish looked over provocatively, waiting for Anna to refuse, the look on Parrish's face must be very funny.

Then, he saw Anna taking the bouquet of flowers with joy with a cheerful voice: "Thank you so much, I really like this bouquet of flowers and their decorations!"

Rothgar looked at Anna suddenly, feeling incredible.

She didn't even want dozens of gold coins, so she actually accepted this little money?

In fact, at this moment, the other two parties are quietly observing Rotgar's reaction.

Parrish saw the incredible appearance of the young talented mage and laughed in his heart, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter: "It is their honor and my honor to accept it."

And Anna saw the puzzled look of the devil, and then saw Parish's happy look, and accepted the bouquet with peace of mind.

Yes, just to make the devil think that she is not interested in the saint son who serves the goddess for life, but is interested in the practical Parrish. If the demon then comes back to Parish, she is very welcome.

As for Parrish, she accepted his things to help him win the competition between him and Ulysses. These coins are her rewards. Everyone benefits each other, and no one loses.

Anna stood aside holding the bouquet happily, and Parish was equally happily dining.

Only Rothgar, his eyes gloomily rolled over the two people with smiles on their faces.

Seeing Anna holding flowers and occasionally smelling it, Rotgar suddenly remembered a word that Balan had said in the distant years.

Balan said that women love romance. You can give her exquisite clothes and expensive jewelry, but don't give her gold coins directly.

To talk about the difference between the gold coins he gave Anna at the time and the gold coins Parrish gave Anna today, it was that Parrish gave an extra bouquet of flowers.

Sending flowers is romantic?

Rothgar had never thought about anything that would make a woman happy like this. Anna's reaction seemed to prove that Balan's words were correct, but after dealing with Anna for so long, he always felt that she would not be so superficial, and her ambition would not allow her to indulge in this degree of romance.

However, the scene in front of him really proved that his understanding of Anna was wrong.

She really laughed so happily for a bunch of flowers.

Rotgar was still a little confused until Parrish ran out of breakfast happily and Anna left with a food box in one hand and a bouquet in hand.

Parrish said with a smile: "Ulysses, don’t blame me. Everyone likes beautiful girls. I just follow my own heart. Of course, I won’t stop you from pursuing Anna. Anna has A beautiful girl with a rich heart, she has the right to freely choose whose love she accepts."

Although it was Roth Garr who pulled Parrish's interest in Anna at first, Roth Garr is quite unhappy about it now.

He glanced at Parrish coldly, got up and left.

Parish smiled brightly behind him and waved: "Ulysses, go slowly."

After Anna left the small building where Parrish lived, she immediately speeded up her pace, and at the same time quickly took out all the coins hidden in the stamens.

A total of one gold coin, five silver coins, and seventeen copper coins.

So she has three gold coins in her deposit.

However, the two gold coins that Dibian gave her and the one that Parish gave her could not be known to her family for the time being. Evan and Guy had never seen so much money. If they knew Parish gave her gold coins, they might have thought about it.

Anna collected the coins and the bouquet was useless.

She stopped walking quickly out of the garden, looked around without seeing anyone, then squatted down and put the bouquet in the mud.

She didn't want to take this bunch of flowers back for the people in the kitchen to see.

After making sure that no one was around, Anna got up and walked away quickly.

At noon, Anna delivered food to Rotgar.

Although Parish has an interest in Anna because of Ulysses, he will not miss the meal with his father for this, so Anna brought lunch to Rotgar alone.

Before Anna came, she wanted to test whether her previous performance had dispelled the devil's idea of ​​starting Saint Son. She didn't expect that when she first came, she was almost blinded by something on the dining table.

The table is full of all kinds of jewels!

Anna was holding a food box that was nowhere to be placed, and stood by the table in shock, looking at the many jewels on the table that seemed to have just been snatched from the jewelry store.

Seeing Anna's shocked appearance, Rothgar found it rare once that Balan's words made sense.

But at the same time, he was also a little bit disappointed. He thought it was a challenging thing, so it could be achieved so easily?

He used the wrong method before, but as long as he used it right, he could get the heart of any woman.

Rothgar felt dull, and saw that Anna was still frozen at the table and said, "I like it? These are all yours."

Anna looked up at the devil, and he looked at her so coldly.

No, the expression on Ulysses's face was actually cold, but through Ulysses, she saw the indifference and even coldness of the demon hiding in his body.

She was so excited, she quickly closed her eyes that were almost dazzled, and quickly moved her gaze away.

Fortunately, she was just stunned by the light of the jewelry, and never thought of accepting what the devil gave. She didn't even want the gold coins given by the devil, and it was even more impossible for her to ask for jewels that were difficult to deal with.

Anna took a short step back and said, "I don't want this."

Rothgar raised his eyebrows: "I don't like these? What do you like?"

Anna said: "I don't like anything."

"Really not?"

Anna is very determined: "No."

Although Anna refused, Rotgar's mood improved somehow. Because this is more in line with his ideas, Anna should really be so difficult to win, otherwise he spent so long on her before, is it because he is not capable?

But then Rotgar thought of the ecstatic look that Anna looked like when she accepted Parrish's flowers today.

"But you accepted Parrish's flower." Rotgar said in a cold tone.

Anna thought to herself, am I harvesting flowers? I am collecting money!

However, in order to make the devil lose interest in the son, Anna deliberately remained silent for a moment before saying, "The flowers are very fragrant."

The flowers are fragrant?

Rothgar glanced at the jewels on the table. Indeed, these jewels were not fragrant at all.

But he soon realized that this was just Anna's excuse.

She walks through the garden every day. There are so many flowers in the garden. She likes the fragrance of flowers, so she doesn't have to wait for Parish to send them.

Anna was thinking about Parrish again now.

At this conclusion, Rotgar's face sank.

When he possessed Parrish, Anna always rejected him. Seeing her target turned to Ulysses, he possessed Ulysses again, but she still rejected him. Now he saw that she was interested in the Son, and when he planned to possess the Son, she turned to Parrish again.

Can't this woman be more dedicated?

Rothgar felt as if she had been playing with Anna, as if she had always known who he was.

But this thought did not stay for long, because his possessive ability was a gift from the abyss, even the Pope could not see it. How could an ordinary civilian woman like Anna see through him?

Looking at the jewels on that table again, Rotgar only felt an eyesore. As soon as the flames ignited in his hand, Anna exclaimed, "No!"

Rothgar looked sideways at her.

Anna's expression is almost as frightened, but she is the kind of person who is heartbroken even when the protagonist and the treasure are missed in the adventure movie. The heartache of the devil burning the book in the morning is still in her heart. How can she watch these jewels burned again? ?

Although it is not her thing, she still feels heartache!

Rotgar paused and asked her: "Do you want?"

Anna hesitated and said, "I don't want it, but..."

In the next second, flames spread from Rothgar's fingertips and wrapped around the table of jewels. The fire element is not an ordinary flame, the table is fine, but the jewels make a crackling sound in the fire element and gradually disappear...

Rothgar looked at Anna's desperate appearance, and suddenly became inexplicably happy.