Chapter 19: Reunion after a long absence
July 5, 3467, 11:30 a.m.
When Evan saw his younger brother who claimed to be there to inquire about the news, but his eyes were swollen and his clothes were disheveled, even the young man who adhered to aristocratic etiquette couldn't help but open his mouth in shock. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"What's wrong with you, Charlotte, are you already fighting with the Annihilation Society?"
In Aven's opinion, Charlotte, who has the strength of the six rings, will become so embarrassed, and it seems that there is only this possible explanation. But what was the matter with the swollen eyes? Could any dazed assassin decide to give a mage color with a fist instead of a dagger? If so, then Evan had to express his sincerest sympathy for the Assassin's intelligence.
Hopefully, the Assassin will live well in the world of Steeu, and not die in obscurity for the ridiculous reason of stumbling into a puddle of water or stumbling on rat poison while eating......
"Well, it's nothing, I probably saved the beauty of the hero in an underground tavern, and then while gaining the love of the beauty, I also completed the task by the way!"
Charlotte replied with an indifferent expression, like an unsung hero who had completed some great task, took out a small note from her bosom and shook it, and handed it to the bewildered Aven.
At a log table in the garden of the manor, a pink parasol with a radius of three meters provides good shelter from the scorching sun. Lolita, Vivien, and Elle were only three Lori, who were like hamsters enjoying delicious refreshments, and when they saw Charlotte's laughing appearance, Lolita and Elle, the two heartless guys, burst out laughing.
"Hey, teacher, teacher, you shouldn't be jealous of people in the tavern, right? Lolita has seen it before, the neighbor's uncle beat up the brother of the Wang Del family next door for his lovely 11-year-old wife! At that time, the brother of the Wang Del family looked like this!"
"That's not what you're talking about at all, it's not jealous at all! That's the otherworldly version of the old king next door! And what the hell is an 11-year-old wife! My disciple, what kind of perverted place did you grow up in your childhood!"
Everyone present, including Aven, Edie, and the butler Abraham, looked at the laughing little Lori with short yellow hair, and beside her, the long black Vivien and the silver-haired ponytail girl had quietly distanced themselves from her.
"What a pervert! In our place, not to mention mature girls like Vivien and me, even a young girl like Elle can get married and have children!"
She was still there explaining the customs of her hometown, but she didn't notice that Vivien was already pale and shaking in her seat. As for Elle, she couldn't help biting Lolita's arm, causing the latter to circle around the small round table in pain and let out a miserable cry for help.
"Whew, who said that Elle is a young girl!
Evan felt that he had to find a way to change this terrible subject, and if he allowed things to develop, he always felt that he would fall into some terrible abyss of the unknown.
Soon, though, he didn't have to worry about how to forcibly stop the conversation. Because at the end of the winding path of the manor, there was already the bright cheer of Vivien Leigh.
"Brother Aven, come and see who is coming! Charlotte! Is he here? Wow, how did you become so miserable? Could it be that you are fighting with the children of the nobility again as you did when you were a child?
Vivien Leigh made a 'I really can't help you' expression of headache parents, and that inexplicable sense of superiority made the green tendons on Charlotte's forehead flutter slightly. It's not that melee combat can't beat this once cute Lori, and Charlotte definitely wants her to recall the fear of hell when she pinched her face as a child.
However, Vivien Leigh also seems to have subtly guessed the truth of the facts. Her words reminded Charlotte of the time when she was a child, and he often brought the experience of Vivien Leigh, who was still a little at the time, fighting with the noble children near Fort Savoie. Almost every time, Charlotte, with a blue nose and a swollen face, would return triumphantly like a victorious general, and then be praised by Mrs. Rebecca for her manly spirit.
Presumably, his mother never thought that the naughty ghost in her childhood would choose the path of a mage!
"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Icewind Castle, Gui'an! I haven't seen him for eight years, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke is still the same!"
Ah, a gentle and dignified girl appeared in his field of vision, and the little girl who was full of celebrity style when she was a child has grown into a real beauty. She wore an aqua-blue dress, and a wide round gold ring was worn on her white porcelain-beautiful wrist, which set off her slender wrist even more endearingly. She stood among the flowers, and the delicate flowers not only did not steal her style, but set off her more charming.
A reserved and gentle smile on her goose-egg-shaped cheeks awakens Charlotte's sleeping memories. It was Cynthia, the girl in her childhood memories who would make her heart beat faster, and the fiancée of her brother Aven, Her Royal Highness Cynthia, Princess of the San Lorenzo Empire.
Is it at this time?
Charlotte unnaturally pressed her short unyielding silver hair, and for a moment he regretted that he had not gone to the parish to treat his wounds first.
"Her Royal Highness Princess Xin, Princess Cynthia...... Wow!"
Charlotte felt that something was wrong with her heartbeat, and her proud mouthpiece became as unnatural as a knot. He felt that his eight years of otaku life at Icewind Castle had taken a serious toll on his social skills, so much so that his articulate childhood self had become the little stammerer he is now with no good words.
However, before he could feel annoyed, a red figure burrowed into his arms, and when he felt the confusion-making roundness and softness in his chest, the familiar, arrogant, and crisp voice like a yellow warbler in his memory came to his ears.
"Charlotte, a big fool who doesn't count! Have you observed aristocratic etiquette well? Have you studied well? In Icewind Castle, do you have friends you can talk to? Have you changed your personality and made peace with your colleagues?"
The barrage of questions took Charlotte out of breath like a storm, and the girl with her red hair in a shawl who loved the red aristocratic dress of her childhood had changed her outfit. She tied her beautiful long red hair into a single ponytail, and she also wore a red noble hunting suit that was easy to move, and the long sword straddling her waist made her look more like a heroic female swordsman than a noblewoman from a noble family.
"Ahh
It wasn't until she took a few steps back in a panic with a red face and a delicate tear mole under the corner of her left eye, that Charlotte realized that the tsundere little girl hadn't changed at all.
As soon as she saw her former fiancée, Cecilia, Charlotte's flustered mood unexpectedly calmed down. He smiled exaggeratedly at Cecilia as he had done when they were separated.
"Ha, as you can see! I have not observed aristocratic etiquette at all these years, and I have not changed my style of death at all, and I am not at all likable!
"Poof—"
Cecilia covered her mouth and let out a cute hamster-like laugh, her charming pale red eyes narrowed into the shape of a crescent moon, and the young shoulders of a girl with a slender body of 166cm shrugged. With her movements, the roundness that the hunting suit couldn't hide also appeared to make people's hearts beat faster.
"Sure enough, looking at your blue nose and swollen face, you can guess that you haven't changed at all over the years. ”
"Heh, hehe......"
Charlotte, who was smiling awkwardly, secretly swore that the next time she saw that kid from Alec on another occasion, she would definitely let him know the terrible consequences of angering a high-ranking mage.
"Ah, is this the legendary Grand Duke Charlotte of Icewind Castle? I am Elbert Clegghorn, the next successor to the San Lorenzo Empire. Speaking of which, I really bear a striking resemblance to you, the Grand Duke!"
After the reunion of several people was over, a young aristocratic man with long silver-blue hair, who had been smiling warmly on the side, stepped forward, and he nodded slightly to greet Charlotte.
The latter looked at the young man who claimed to be the crown prince of the San Lorenzo Empire suspiciously, and he really didn't know what else he had in common with this man, except for the similarity of his hair color.
"Brother Charlotte, may I ask how Uncle Sylvia has been lately, my teacher, His Majesty Emmanuel, has been talking about that uncle who is far away from the north!"
It turned out that he was a disciple of Emmanuel, so it was no wonder that he would say such things.
Charlotte looked at the gentle and elegant Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of her, and felt that this man seemed to be suspected of pretending.
Maybe Emmanuel didn't talk about Sylvia in front of his disciples at all, or maybe the crown prince in front of him, Elbert, was not valued by the Lord at all. Who knows!
Anyway, Charlotte knew that she was not the younger brother of the bright crown prince in front of her, but ......
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, in fact, my sister Her Royal Highness Sylvia has already rushed to the Southern Secret Law City a few days ago. ”
He bowed to Elbert in a noble salute, then looked up wickedly to observe Elbert's expression.
I could see that an embarrassed smile appeared on the face of this excessively handsome young man.
"Poofha...... Alright, Charlotte, we have to be courteous with our Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Let those who have been counted from the previous generation put aside for the time being!, Your Highness Elbert, the contemptible Evan solemnly apologizes to you for the faux pass of his brother Charlotte. ”
Evan stepped over to Charlotte, who meticulously saluted Elbert.
Although he said words of reprimand to Charlotte, from his attitude, it was not at all clear that he respected the crown prince.
In Charlotte's opinion, this is a very rare situation. The memory of Evan Ke has always been a polite five-beauty boy, why did he behave aggressively towards Elbert in front of him?
"Having received the news from Vivien Lyna that you are coming to the Humble House, I have arranged for the butler to send an invitation to the nobles, and be sure to attend the welcome banquet for you tonight! ”
Even after repeated counterattacks from the two Clayderman brothers, Elbert was only embarrassed for a moment, and he quickly controlled his emotions with the terrible self-control of a politician, and then nodded to Evan with a smile on his face.
"Then, I will trouble His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Erosa!"