Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Wealthiest Widow in the Empire

  Du Wei thought for a moment.

  This is the Marchioness of Lister, Du Wei. This marchioness is not a hereditary title, but a lifelong title. Such titles are only held by the person while they are alive and cannot be inherited by later generations.

  This Marquise de Listre was originally a widow, her husband being the younger brother of the present Emperor Augustin VI. He had been a duke, but the curious thing was that he was ten years younger than His Imperial Majesty... In a large imperial family such things are not unusual.

  Mrs. Liszt, born into a family of famous maritime traders in the empire, was born with beauty like flowers, and at the age of fifteen, she married the forty-year-old Duke, the uncle of His Majesty. Unfortunately, she became a widow at the age of twenty-two.

  The duke was too weak in body and died before he was fifty. After the duke's death, His Majesty the Emperor granted this poor widow a court title... Marchioness. According to imperial decree, such lifetime titles are not hereditary.

  And afterwards, there have been rumors that Emperor Augustin VI had some unseemly thoughts about this young and beautiful aunt of his. In the past few years, when these rumors were getting more and more out of hand,

  As a result, the thirty-year-old Marchioness moved out of the Imperial Capital and lived alone in an old mansion in Airen Province in the north to avoid the rumors in the Imperial Capital.

  This marchioness, after becoming a widow, resumed her maiden name, Liszt. And the wealth of this Marchioness Liszt was also quite famous in the imperial aristocratic circle!

  Although she could not inherit the title of the deceased duke, the deceased duke had no children and left a large inheritance to his young wife. Moreover, Mrs. Liszt's father, a giant in maritime trade, also left an astonishing wealth to his daughter!

  Even in aristocratic circles, there was a somewhat unflattering nickname for this lady: the wealthiest widow of the Empire.

  This is all Duvivier knows about Baroness Lestocq.

  "Oh, the Marchioness of List. I've heard of this lady's name." Du Wei tried to sound as casual as possible and asked, "May I be so bold as to ask, what kind of strange illness has the respected marchioness contracted?"

  As soon as this matter was mentioned, Dathanil and others immediately showed extremely indignant expressions. It was still Dathanil who spoke: "Alas, this matter is simply a great shame for the List family!"

  But he still told the truth.

  The thirty-three-year-old Marchioness, as if the radiant woman's extraordinary favor towards this woman, gave her an unimaginable youthful beauty. Du Wei had never seen the Marchioness before, but he had heard of her stunning reputation.

  It is said that the Marchioness has skin as fine as a young girl's, her skin is as smooth and delicate as milk, her eyes are as beautiful as blue sapphires, and her hair is like the golden sunlight on the rippling waters of the summer river... it seems that time cannot leave any mark on her body!

  Such a woman, in the imperial capital, had once captivated a large group of nobles, no wonder even the Emperor himself had lustful thoughts about her.

  The marquise, who had returned to her hometown to avoid the scandal and live in seclusion, still couldn't escape the troubles brought by her beauty. Just two months ago, when she was out for a stroll in the suburbs with her entourage as usual, she met a vagabond.

  To be honest... that guy is an old rascal!

  According to Dandanier's description, the old man wore a green robe and held a long green flute in his hand. As soon as he saw the Marquise, his eyes lit up and he came forward to pester her, not only using very flattering language to praise the Marquise's beauty but also asking to play a tune for the Marquise.

  At that time, this vicious behavior made the Marquise's entourage very angry. In the minds of the entourage, the beautiful Marquise was as noble as a goddess...

  "If it weren't for the old man's robe looking like a wizard's... we would have thrown that old bastard into the river this morning!" Dathanil cursed.

  "A magician?" Du Wei frowned.

  "No, I don't think he's a wizard." Dandanier shook his head: "The style of that robe is very similar. But I've never seen a wizard wear a green robe before. Mr. Hagrid, you're a wizard... which level of the Wizards' Guild wears green robes? It seems like there isn't one!"

  He paused for a moment, then continued to explain: "It's not that we didn't dare to teach that guy a lesson because we suspected he was a magician. It's just that the lady is kind-hearted. You see, on that day, accompanying the lady on her outing was also a holy knight from the Temple of Light, a true great knight, Sir Gofrette! Sir Gofrette is a great knight whose martial skills are renowned throughout the imperial capital. He had come to express his gratitude on behalf of the temple for a large donation made by the marquise. With Sir Gofrette by her side, not only could he handle that fake magician, but even if it were a real magician, Sir Gofrette would be able to take care of him."

  Du Wei didn't say anything about this point.

  Great Knight, already a top figure in the knight circle, and also a Holy Knight of the Temple of Light! Du Wei knew that the Holy Knights of the Temple of Light were all more powerful than ordinary knights. Because the weapons and equipment on those Holy Knights' bodies had been blessed by the light system's divine magic, they possessed some special effects. Even some high-level Holy Knights could use some divine magic!

  A great knight who is also a senior holy knight has a winning chance against an ordinary magician.

  "The Marquise was kind-hearted and didn't make things difficult for that guy, but he kept bothering her... In the end..."

  The result is very simple.

  That knight, obviously a proud man as well, being a knight, under his own eyes, saw a beautiful and elegant noblewoman being teased, his chivalrous spirit must be exercised.

  As a result, Mr. Knight took action and "taught" the fake magician in green robes a lesson.

  It seems that the knight didn't get the better of it just based on Dandanil's description. Because the fake magician escaped very quickly.

  However, as he was leaving, the fake magician who failed to tease her threw down a sentence: "You've offended me, you won't have a good outcome. Wait for my curse! You're very beautiful, but I'll make your beauty permanently frozen... just like stone!"

  Dadanier's face turned gloomy at this point: "That guy doesn't look much like a magician, but his curse seems to be real."

  Three days later, the Marchioness fell ill. Some of her skin began to harden and petrify bit by bit! At first it was just a small part, then gradually spread...

  The Liszt family was in a panic, and after searching for all the doctors, they were helpless. Finally, under the guidance of a magical pharmacist, they found hope: this might be a petrification curse that is not an ordinary petrification spell, even magicians can't lift it.

  To lift this curse, it must be done by the person who cast it themselves. Or...

  "Or, go to the ice-encased forest and find a magical beast called Golden-eyed Boa, take its eyeballs back, it should be useful too." Dathanil's face was resolute: "The Marquise is the goddess of the List family! Every honor knight of the Marquis would be willing to die for her! So we came here."

  Du Wei sighed, but his heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface!

  Curse technique? It's actually a curse technique?!

  It seems that Dada Nile really doesn't understand magic!

  That guy in the green robe is definitely a magician! And he's a very powerful one too!

  The curse technique is a very profound spell in magic! Even some high-level magicians can't learn it for their whole lives!

  Du Wei thought for a moment and looked around. The old magician didn't know where he had run off to either. However, Du Wei believed that if he wanted to go home, he would probably be caught again.

  Because the old man said before he left, he will come back for his own! Then don't think about running away...

  "Alright." Du Wei sighed: "It just so happens that I was also planning to take a look around the Ice Forest, why don't I just join you guys instead? Maybe I can be of some help."

  He said so with his mouth, but in his heart he thought: "That old guy must be watching me secretly, with him around, nothing bad should happen."

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  Du Wei's medicine worked wonders on Dada Nil, and soon, under the stimulation of the magical potion, the wound muscles on Dada Nil's leg began to heal. The sight of the flesh growing and wriggling with the naked eye was truly astonishing.

  But the curved sword warrior was not so lucky, the poisonous liquid of the corpse monster can only be driven out by the divine technique of the light system in the temple. After discussion, it was decided that Dandanier would continue to search for the golden-eyed python with Duwei in the forest.

  The other two injured people then left.

  Du Wei then did something that made the people of Li's family very strange: he took out an empty bottle from his package, walked to the charred corpse of the Corpse Worm, carefully collected some toxic liquid from its body, and filled it into the bottle.

  These poisonous liquids with corrosive and putrid effects might be useful someday, Du Wei thought.

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