Chapter 17: Family Turmoil
If memory serves, Elena seems to have said in the morning that someone would invite you to dinner at noon. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Lin Qian thought to himself that there was anyone else who could invite the princess of a country, but he wanted to see it himself.
"Brother Lin, you're back. Elena smiled innocently.
It was hard for Lin Qian to imagine that there was a deep scheming hidden under such a pure smile, and he didn't know how many people would be deceived by her appearance.
"Brother Lin, what are you staring at?" said Elena, who still had a smile on her face, said sweetly.
"Oh," Lin Qian came back to his senses, "Isn't someone invited to dinner at noon, now you can pass." ”
Elena smiled slyly and said, "Don't worry, let them dry for a while." What did Brother Lin buy?"
Lin Qian's heart moved, took out the "comic book", and handed it to Elena with a smile: "I bought it for you, it's quite suitable for you to read." ”
Elena took the book and read it, her face became a little unnatural: "This kind of book is for children." ”
"Aren't you a child?" Lin Qian asked with a smile.
Seeing that noon had passed, Lin Qian was bored reading a book in the room, but he still didn't see Elena's shadow, thinking that this girl was too faceless for others. Who is the one who is here?
"Childe, the princess asked you to come over. Xiao Yi walked in slowly from outside the door.
Since Lin Qian agreed to marry her, Xiaoyi has never mentioned when or how to marry, as if it had never happened, maybe she just wanted an appointment in advance.
The other party couldn't wait to finally send someone to invite, so Elena put down the shelf and pulled Lin Qian over. All the way through several streets, a few people arrived at the largest restaurant in Blue City, Fulai Restaurant.
The guests in the building have long been emptied, and there is a luxurious private seat on the top floor, which is not easily outsourced, except for guests like today.
Pushing open the door of the private room, there were already seven or eight people sitting inside, all of them old people, the youngest of whom was in his 60s. Lin Qiandang stepped in first, and more than a dozen eyes inside looked at it together, all showing puzzled expressions. If it weren't for the guards everywhere in the building, they would have wondered if this guy had gone to the wrong room.
Lin Qian came in for most of his body, and everyone saw that Lin Qian was holding a little girl in his right hand, which was Princess Elena.
There were only two of them, but there was only one seat left. Lin Qian saw at a glance that there was an empty seat above the main seat, and knew that these people had not planned to invite him over.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, we have all been waiting for a long time, I wonder why the princess has not come for a long time?" a white-bearded old man stood up and asked, but his tone was obviously not so friendly. The other old men also stood up and bowed, but their eyes were on Elena, and they were bound to give her an explanation.
"It's not that I don't want to come, it's that Brother Lin doesn't want to come, I begged him for a long time to be willing to come. Elena pointed at Lin Qian, meaning that this was what she called Brother Lin. Lin Qian was speechless, this girl is using me as a shield.
"Who is this?" the white-bearded old man asked in a deep voice, he had already seen that Lin Qian and Elena had a lot of relationship.
"Oh," said Elena, "my father sent me to protect me. ”
"Hmph!" an old man with red hair and beard snorted in obvious displeasure, it turned out to be just a bodyguard, could it be more important than these people?
Elena glanced at the missing seat, and said dissatisfiedly, "Why don't the patriarchs prepare a seat for me?" After speaking, he pushed Lin Qian to the only remaining seat and sat down.
Several old men glanced at each other, and they all showed strange expressions. How to say that the princess of a country will never distinguish between priority and priority, so it is really unclear to put a bodyguard in the main position.
"One more seat!" shouted one of the old men, grim-faced, silent, towards the door.
Immediately, a waiter brought a seat, and when he saw that the main seat in the private room was a young man he didn't know, he didn't know where to put his seat for a while.
"I'm sitting next to Brother Lin. Elena reminded aloud.
The waiter put the seat next to Lin Qian in a cold sweat and quickly exited the private room. Any one of them is a well-known figure on the mainland, and no one can eat good fruit if they provoke it.
Elena has been unrestrained since she came in, as if everyone in it is air, but Lin Qian is different, depending on the situation, the relationship between the two parties is not harmonious, I don't know if this meal can be eaten well.
"Why haven't you served yet? I'm hungry. Elena spoke to the others, but she muttered to Lin Qian.
This girl is sincere in coming to pit herself, right? How could Lin Qian not see that the other people were already faintly about to have a seizure.
"I wonder where this boy came from?" asked the white-bearded old man with a smile, trying to ease the atmosphere.
"Oh," replied Elena, preemptively, "it's my father's bodyguard." ”
Lin Qian was indeed her father's bodyguard at this time: he used his body to protect her father's soul.
The old man couldn't ask why, and he was too embarrassed to ask again, there were more important things to talk about today, and he couldn't be affected by this episode.
Soon one after another exquisite dishes were served, but no one in the seats moved.
Elena whispered, "Is it ready to eat?"
"Yes," the white-bearded old man smiled awkwardly, "the princess is light." He already suspected that Princess Elena wouldn't really just come to dinner.
"Brother Lin, eat this, this is delicious. Elena took a bite of food and put it in Lin Qian's bowl, and once again succeeded in focusing everyone's attention on Lin Qian.
Lin Qian saw that none of the people moved, and he was embarrassed to take the first bite, so he simply learned the rules on the earth and beckoned everyone to eat together: "Why don't you eat?
These two people aren't really just here for dinner, are they?
"Your Royal Highness Princess," the white-bearded old man spoke again, "I invited the princess here today because I have something important to discuss." ”
"What's the matter?" asked Elena Ururu, as she had just nibbled on a large piece of meat from her mouth.
"His Majesty the King has told me that I can consult the princess about magic matters. Seeing that she was eating so well, the white-bearded old man couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, paused and continued, "Now that Your Majesty can't go into retreat, today we specially invited the princess to discuss the establishment of a magic guild. ”
"Well," said Elena, munching on another piece of meat, nodding her head, "yes!"
The white-bearded old man saw that she agreed so easily, and he didn't know what to say about the persuasion he had prepared. But he quickly reacted, and continued: "The Magic Guild is mainly responsible for managing the magicians in various places and providing an opportunity for magicians to communicate with each other. ”
Seeing that Elena only cared about eating, the old man didn't react, and finally began to mention the key points: "Originally, the guild president was set to appoint Lipsus, but now that Lipsus has absconded in fear of crime, we propose to re-elect a person with strong magic as the president, I don't know what the princess wants?"
These seven magic families were originally ancient inheritance families on the mainland, all with hundreds or even thousands of years of history, but the rise of the empire a few decades ago forced the magic family into a very embarrassing position. The two sides held each other for many years, and finally each took a step back, nominally the Seven Great Families were under the jurisdiction of the Empire, but the Seven Great Families had all the management rights of the city where they were located, and became their own lords. At this time, the establishment of the Magic Guild, the Seven Great Families definitely wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seek greater benefits.
"Brother Lin, what do you think?" Elena never forgot to drag Lin into the water, as if she was just a sidekick.
"Uh......" Lin Qian saw that Elena didn't say anything else, so he didn't care about the consequences, and nodded thoughtfully, "It should be so." ”
The seven old men really couldn't believe it, sure enough, it was not possible for the empire to be handed over to a child, when did Ofahid not retreat, but at this time. The seven old men looked at Elena with a little contempt at this time, a little girl who only knew how to eat was not any threat.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, I don't know if you have any suitable candidates to promote?" the white-bearded old man looked like he was in his chest, as if he expected that the other party would not have a suitable person.
"No," Elena shook her head, "Several patriarchs have recommended people, right?"
"Yes," I was embarrassed to mention it myself, but I didn't expect the princess to mention it herself, and the white-bearded old man secretly laughed, "Yes, princess." Our patriarchs deliberated and decided to elect Patriarch Mugis as the guild leader. ”
Mugis was the old man with a gloomy face without saying a word, and he didn't even want to lift his eyes except for shouting to add a seat. At this time, hearing the white-bearded old man mention him, Mugis opened his eyes slightly, and said hello.
"Oh, then the Mugis Patriarch is the one with the strongest magic?" asked Elena, curious.
The three words "the strongest", even the arrogant Mugis didn't dare to admit it casually, he stood up and arched his hand: "Don't dare to be, the old man was lucky to be recommended by all the patriarchs, but he didn't dare to be the three words of the strongest." ”
"Didn't you choose the person with the strongest magic? Isn't the Patriarch of Mugis the strongest? Then why did you choose you?" Elena had eaten from beginning to end, but she had memorized everything they said.
Several old men looked at each other, looking at Elena's innocent appearance, not knowing if she did it on purpose. But Lin Qian knew that Elena would never let them succeed easily, and she had already comprehended her kung fu of pretending to be stupid.
Mugis is obviously not good at words, and in the end, it was the white-bearded old man who spoke up: "There are many talents on the mainland, and no one can claim to be the first." Patriarch Mugis has few rivals in his life, and he is slightly higher than our seven patriarchs. The old man thinks that there are very few people on this continent who can beat Mugis, so he is the most suitable for this position. ”
"Brother Lin, how do you think you can choose the person with the strongest magic?" Elena pushed the question to Lin Qian again.
Lin Qian already understood Elena's meaning at this time, and sure enough, this little girl was the most difficult.
"Of course, it's a tournament to compete with the strongest magicians on the continent. Lin Qian said with a smile, not forgetting to touch Elena's head and look at her dotingly.
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