A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 748

Chapter 748: Chapter 542: Christmas Eve_3 Chapter 748: Chapter 542: Christmas Eve_3 At this thought, Asherica clenched her fists.

When he arrives, she would make sure to take a good look at what kind of man he is!

At this moment, Baroness Baskerville and Lorena were back again, thus the group started to sip tea and chat – Though the title of Baroness Baskerville sounded weighty, she was actually just a girl shy of twenty. Of course, for conventional noble girls, unless they were students like Shirley, Mary, and Asherica studying at Masters College, they would typically choose to get engaged after joining the social circle and will soon get married.

Baroness Baskerville was no exception. Although there was a difference in their social statuses, the age gap wasn't too wide. Everybody chit-chatting about the latest popular topics made for a delightful party.

And so, not until late into the night did Baroness Baskerville invite everyone to stay over, to which everyone naturally agreed.

But……
“Is Mr. Duanmu not coming to the banquet?”

With a hint of worry, Baroness Baskerville turned to Lorena and asked. Lorena donned a bitter smile.

“Sir Knight perhaps finds his quest more important. When I went looking for him today, he was not in the cottage. Maybe he found a clue……”
“Knock knock knock.”

Just then, sudden knocks came from outside. Hearing the knocks, the old butler rushed over.

“Mr. Duanmu must have arrived. I'll go check.”

As he said that, the old butler left the room. Though Shirley and Asherica were curious, they as gentlewomen, naturally wouldn't run around without manners. They only sat in their chairs, and from outside came the sounds of chattering and commotion.

“Welcome……Oh wow, Mr. Duanmu, what's this?”

“Ah, I just got home and remembered it's Christmas, so I brought a present…… How is it? Not bad, right?”

“No, this…… Please do be careful not to frighten the lady and the guests……”
“What's going on?!”

At this point, Asherica's eyes sparkled, and she couldn't stay still in her chair. If it weren't for Shirley and Mary holding onto her, she would have already run outside to see.

Thankfully, after a short while, the old butler walked back into the room, with a somewhat peculiar expression this time.

“Madam, uh…… Mr. Duanmu has prepared a gift for you.”

“Oh my, how thoughtful of him……”
“No, um…… how should I put this…… Please don't be alarmed.”

At this, everyone froze for a moment. Then they saw a massive, dark figure walk in from outside, and on its shoulder….a deer?!

Yes, a white deer!

And it was alive!

“Unlucky for the thing to block my way.”

Duanmu Huai tossed the deer from his shoulder to the ground. The deer struggled on the ground for a bit before it timidly knelt down. Seeing the white deer before him, Duanmu Huai almost couldn't hold back his irritation. He had been trailing the bloodstains and traces left behind by some shadow. He almost had caught up with it, albeit with the unfortunate encountering of the white deer's territory, and bothered him to no end.

This was something Duanmu Huai simply could not tolerate.

Having just learnt some grappling techniques, should he suffer such an indignity?

Hence, facing the charging white deer, Duanmu Huai outstretched his hand, tripping the deer over.

“……………”
At this moment, everyone in the room was dumbfounded at the sight of the white deer.

This deer was very beautiful, all white, and even its horns were white. It was so large; even a bit bigger than a horse. Because of its size, this creature was probably the king of a mountain—— It was a pity that it had poor luck; it had blocked Duanmu Huai's path, and was then controlled by Duanmu Huai's grappling.

The fact that it was not killed was just because it was lucky.

“This is really…… an unimaginable gift, Mr. Duanmu……”
As Baroness Baskerville looked at the white deer before her, her eyes lit up. As every girl loves beautiful things, she was no exception.

“May I raise it in the manor?”

“As you wish, after all it's a gift for you. If you don't want it, I can simply butcher it for roast.”

“How could you? It's so cute and beautiful!”

Upon hearing this, Asherica couldn't help but cry out. Indeed, it did look cute, with the white deer curled up at Duanmu Huai's feet. It crouched on the ground, visibly shivering.

“If this thing had not been in the way, I might have caught that pretentious creature… Let's just leave it at this for now.”

Faced with the looks from the girls, Duanmu Huai gave up unconditionally. After all, this world does give preference to appearances. If this creature wasn't good-looking… Ah, what use did it have to talk about this now.

The butler had someone lead the deer away. Maybe because it had been roughhandled by Duanmu Huai, it seemed very docile, even to the point of appearing pitiable. But this was simply unbearable for Duanmu Huai. On closer thought, it was similar to being in a game, just about to reach the final boss when something suddenly obstructs your path. When you turn back around, the final boss had already fled – this could simply drive a person crazy with frustration.

The main reason Duanmu Huai had brought it back alive was because killing it on the spot to drain its blood would taste much better!

Duanmu Huai was taken by the butler to have dinner, while the few girls gathered together again.

“Wow, that man is really scary……”
Asherica was the first to quietly share her opinion.

“Asherica, it's not very polite to say such things, you know?”

Although Shirley seemed to be advising her, looking at her expression… she didn't seem opposed to the idea.

“Mr. Duanmu indeed looks fierce, but he is a very agreeable person.”

Mary, on the other hand, didn't care much about it and reassured the two. In truth, she had expected their reactions towards her friend.

However, to Mary's surprise, upon hearing her words, Shirley and Asherica looked at her in unison.

“Mary, it seems you know this man pretty well?”

“Huh? Uhm……It's, it's okay?”

“You can't have fallen for him, can you!”

“Huh? No, that……”
Upon hearing Asherica's question, Mary blushed immediately, waving her hands hastily.

“I did not……”
“Uhmmm……”
Although Mary denied it vehemently, just by looking at her expression, Shirley and Asherica's hearts sunk a little.

Could it be, while they were not careful, someone had taken Mary away?

Such a thing, they could never forgive!

Chapter end

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