Chapter 17: The Arrogant Boy
As soon as a few people walked into the banquet hall, a group of people came over to greet each other, and the generals, court envoys and cabinet envoys of the Denos Empire appeared in the hall at the same time, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Nasha smiled in response to the crowd who had come to talk, and then turned back to the group of children behind her and said, "You little ones go play, don't run around, Leah remember to take care of her brother." ”
Zero looked at the crowd gathered around, said "It's really noisy" in his heart, turned around and followed a few children to the food court.
As soon as I entered the food area, I saw a group of children gathered around, led by a little boy dressed luxuriously, he combed his oily hair, and stood there with a large bouquet of flowers in his hand.
Leah frowned and watched with the rest of her eyes as Cisy Gaslandon walked towards her with a large bouquet of bright flowers.
"For you, Leah, this is the sweet sweet that I have carefully selected for you. Xi Xi approached and smiled as she held the bouquet to Leah.
Leah looked at him expressionlessly, shook the canola flower in her hand and said to Xi Xi: "Thank you, Xi Xi, but you have also seen that I have accepted other people's flowers and will not accept other people's bouquets anymore." ”
"What?" said Xin Xi with an angry frown when he heard these words, "Are you going to reject me? I have this for you......! You should take this bouquet from me!"
"Cut~ self-righteous little ghost ......" Zero said in his heart with annoyance.
"I'm sorry for Nichi, I just like the ...... of orchid flowers," said Leah, who was still polite and patient, and said to Cissy, "Give this bouquet of yours to the other girls present, they will be happy to receive this beautiful bouquet, sorry......"
Leah turned sideways and walked to the other side, leaving Zero and the three children behind her, and Sophie and Leyson both gave a strange look at Missy as they passed, leaving him alone to stand awkwardly in place.
"Wait!" exclaimed Tinsy, "Who gave you this bouquet?!"
The few people who were walking stopped, and Zero glanced at Aven's flushed cheeks and clenched fists, only to see his body tremble slightly.
After a few seconds, seeing that Leah didn't answer him, Xin Xi asked again, "Who is it?"
"Cut...... Does it have anything to do with you?"
Suddenly, Zero's flat voice sounded, and most of Aven's anger dissipated when he heard it, and he looked sideways at Zero who turned around, only to see his disdainful look of pouting.
Zero took a step forward and said to the angry child in front of him: "Listen boy, it doesn't matter who the flowers in her hand are from, the important thing is that she won't accept your flowers, do you hear clearly?"
"There's another sentence you can listen to me, whose flowers do we Cretan family want to accept or don't want to receive, it's not the turn of others to make a decision!" Zero looked ahead and said with a firm face, "Ask who sent it, why do you want to find fault? You don't want to see what kind of place this is!"
"You ......" Xi was so choked by Zero's words that he couldn't speak, and he was stunned in place and his face was flushed.
"Let's go. Zero turned around and led the children out of the place.
"Good ...... That's the son of the Sword Saint Wayne, the little guy has a lot of aura~"
"Tsk ~ After the star, it was really good. ”
"When this little guy grows up, he will probably be the same as his father, a master who does not eat hard and soft. ”
"That kid seems to belong to the Geslan family, right? Hey, the family doesn't care, and dares to offend the Cretan family, and he's too bold......
"I guess his parents told him to do this, the child knows what he knows at a young age, and he is not taught by his family. ”
"Hmph, don't you know any virtues from the Geslandong family? Sword Saint Wayne has just returned to the capital in triumph, and they can't wait to get married. ”
"Oops...... Say less......"
......
Ignoring the surrounding discussions, Zero led the children to stop at an idle table, and Zero picked up a piece of dessert on the table and ate it.
"Wow! that's so handsome!" said Sophie, who clenched her fists in front of her chest and looked at Zero with excitement on her face, as the other children looked around him with their eyes shining.
"Isn't it handsome?" Zero took a bite of the dessert in his mouth, puffing out his cheeks and curling the corners of his mouth, trying to maintain a calm demeanor.
"It has nothing to do with you~ It's not someone else's turn to make a decision~" Leyson said a few words in the tone of Zero just now, and then looked at him with a wistful expression, "Brother Jeno, you will be my boss in the future!"
"What a face for our parents!" Sophie stepped forward and grabbed Zero's shoulder and said, "I'm going to tell my uncle when I turn around, so that he can reward you well~"
Sophie is two years older than Zero and a little taller than him, standing next to him and holding his shoulders tightly makes him feel very uncomfortable, Zero pushes out of Sophie's arm and says, "Forget it, my dad will think I have a problem with anything, you better say less." ”
"Brother Jeno, if someone bullies me in the future, you must help me like Sister Leah!" Leyson said staring at Zero.
"No one will dare to bully you, just tell them that you are a member of the Cretan family, they will never dare to touch you, and the family is our greatest protection. Zero said to Leyson.
"But...... They don't believe what to do......" Leyson lowered his head, a little frustrated.
"Oh, it's really useless!" Sophie stretched out her index finger and poked at Leyson's forehead, "How can I have a brother like you, Jeno is also a brother, and you are also a brother, can't you learn from him?"
"I'll ...... You're a brother!" Zero complained inwardly.
"Leah, shall we change our younger brother~" Sophie lied to Leah.
Leah wrapped her arms around Zero and said with a smile: "I don't want to, my brother is the best~ I want to be his sister all the time~"
"Huh...... Tired of ......" Zero pushed Leah in disgust, and Leah hugged his arm tightly and shook it.
At this time, Zero noticed Evan who had been smiling beside him, and reached out his fist and smacked him in the chest.
"Learn to be a little boy, when you see that the things you cherish are offended, you should stand up and defend them, you will lose sooner or later if you don't do something, if you don't fight for some things at the time, it's too late to regret it later. Zero looked into Aven's eyes and said seriously.
"I'm sorry......" Evan's smile faded from his face, "I was so angry that I didn't know what to say......"
"Alright......" Zero said, tugging at the flesh of Aven's face, "It's a holiday today, forget about those unhappy things, but you must remember what I said." ”
"Next time, it's your turn to protect her......" Zero finally whispered into Evan's ear.
Evan looked at Zero and nodded solemnly with an "um".
"Hey, what are you whispering?" asked Sophie.
Zero chuckled and replied, "Nothing ......"
"Oh~This pie is delicious~" Leah on the side took a thick piece of pie and feasted on it, "The filling here is so rich, and the sauce tastes good." ”
"Really?!" Leyson asked, reaching out and taking a piece of pie from the table and nibbling on it.
"Well, it's so fragrant~" Leyson exclaimed, "You can taste it too." ”
After hearing this, Evan and Sophie also picked up the pie and ate it, Zero shook his head and thought to himself, "The child who has never seen the world ......"
"It's the HOS pie I usually eat, but it's bigger. Zero said to a few children, "Do you know how to grab a cake? That's the most delicious and fragrant cake in the world~"
"Finger cake?" Leah wondered.
"I feel a little dirty when I hear the name~ What about the pie I grabbed with my hands?" asked Sophie as she ate the pie in her hand.
"What...... Zero was speechless for a while, "it's a burrito, you can roll it up with your favorite ingredients as fillings, chicken cutlets, bacon, ham, eggs, vegetables...... You can also add all kinds of sauces according to your own heart, the most quintessential is its cake slices, thousands of layers, crisp as tissue paper, thousands of noodles, golden and crispy on the outside, soft and white on the inside, that kind of taste is ...... If you taste it yourself, you won't deny its deliciousness. ”
"It sounds delicious. Evan said.
"Have you eaten it?" asked Leyson, looking at Zero.
Zero rolled his eyes and said, "Of course I've eaten, but I haven't eaten it, so what are you talking about here?"
"And where can I eat it?" asked Sophie.
"This ......" Zero Hour was speechless, finger cakes were his favorite thing to eat in his previous life, and after arriving in this world, he never ate finger cakes again. Now talking to these children is also painting cakes to satisfy hunger, and the thought of that delicious food leaving him makes Zero's heart feel melancholy.
"You can't eat finger cakes in Lan'er anyway......" explained bluntly.
Suddenly, Zero noticed Vangellis, who was chatting with people not far away, and he said to a few children: "You guys eat and drink well here, don't run around, I'll go and have some business." ”
"Why are you going?" Leah craned her neck to look at Zero as she walked to the side.
"Go and see someone, you won't go far, you don't have to follow me. Zero just waved his hand and didn't look back.
As soon as Vangellis finished talking to the people and sent them away with a smile, he saw Zero walking towards him with two glasses of fruit wine.
"It's you. Vangellis looked down at Zero with a shallow smile on his face.
Zero shrugged his shoulders slightly and handed him a glass of fruit wine. Vangellis took the glass, looked at Zero and took a sip of the wine in his own hand, and felt that the little boy was very interesting.
"What's wrong?" Zero was a little puzzled, and Vangelis stared at him.
Vangelis smiled and took a sip of wine and said, "It's nothing, I think you're different from other children, it seems that your mother has educated you well." ”
After Vangelis finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the lights of the imperial capital in the distance, and Zero followed his line of sight and looked out.
They stood by the wooden railing at the edge of the tall building, with a red and yellow carpet under their feet. The edges of this floor of the garden are completely exposed without windows, which is the architectural feature of the Good Night Garden, and it is also to maintain ventilation, after all, the interior of the meeting hall is staggered.
In the middle of summer, most people will stay in the cool breeze blown by the cooling machine in the hall, but tonight's style is good, especially in such a high-rise building, blowing the summer breeze, looking at the night view is also a pleasure, so there are many people watching the scenery by the railing.
It's the height of summer, and it's also the season when acacia trees accumulate leaves and bloom. Unlike other plants that bloom in the warm spring, the acacia tree will bloom in the middle of summer, when the breeze blows, not only its flowers but also its leaves that turn from cyan to rose-red with the flowers.
In the backyard of the Good Night Garden, there is such a huge and strong acacia tree, the vicissitudes of life and the ancient trunk is as thick as three people hugging, and the huge rose-red canopy grows to the height of the middle and upper floors of the garden. From time to time, an adult or child will put his hand out of the railing to pick a rose-red petal or leaf. The thick branches of the tree are hung with white magic lamps, decorating this beautiful and huge acacia tree with extraordinary beauty, and from a distance, it looks like a glowing rose-red lantern, rippling in the lake formed by the convergence of thousands of lights in the Lan'er Imperial Capital.
Vangelis bent down slightly and propped his arms on the railing silently looking at the night scene, the wind blowing from Xi Xi stirred his hair, Zero glanced at his side face, smiled and said: "I didn't expect Archbishop Vangelis to come to this kind of banquet where nobles gather." ”
Vangelis chuckled, his upper body trembled, he closed his eyes slightly, took a sip of wine, rolled his Adam's apple up and down, then opened his eyes to look at the night scene in the distance, and said calmly: "In order for the Holy See to be able to survive for a long time, it is indispensable to usher in the communication that will be sent to him. ”
"Do you feel tired?" asked Zero, looking at him.
"Will ......" Vangelis looked down at Zero Eye beside him, then raised his head and sighed at the lights of the ten thousand houses in front of him, "But what will happen? The Holy See must not decline in my hands, I must let it continue to prosper, as the teacher did when he was alive......"
After Vangelis finished speaking, he looked at Zero again, he smiled faintly and said, "I'll tell you this...... It doesn't mean anything else, it's just that in my opinion, you are the continuation of the teacher's life......"
"You think too highly of me. Zero looked down at the night scene in front of him, pursed his lips and smiled.
"Forget it, you're still too young now, after all. Vangelis drank the remnants of the glass in one gulp.
Zero also took a sip of wine, and he leaned sideways against the railing and said to Vangellis, "Actually, I have something to ask you." ”
Hearing this, Vangelis also leaned sideways against the railing and asked Zero, "What's the matter?"
"There are still some questions about telekinesis...... Something about a book. Zero replied.
"Books?" Vangelis wondered.
Zero noticed that there were several nobles walking this way not far behind Vangelis, and Vangelis also noticed, and Zero immediately smiled and said to him: "It seems that today is not suitable to ask, I will ask you for advice another day, and ...... go first"
Zero waved his hand and turned to leave, and Vangelis looked at the back of Zero who drank the remnants of the wine glass in his hand as he walked, standing dumbfounded.