As I looked out over the balcony over the back garden, thinking about the attack and Artoria, I heard a soft knock on the door, which woke me up from my memories, and after frowning, I turned around and shouted, "Alice, Lux and I are already up, you can come in." ”

Thanks to the fact that I've been waking up early lately (if I could have woken up at eight o'clock can be called 'early'), I had to ask Alice to wake up her Lux, but now it's my turn to wake her up, like just now. And now, the reason why Alice came over was not only to inform us of something, but also to bring us a sweet breakfast by the way.

Dining in the bedroom or on the balcony of the bedroom has been a habit for some time, and the reason for this is that it starts with the successful photographing of the Corzi Islands.

Since the successful auction of the Kirzi Islands, in order to let Siegel pay for the cost of our photographing of the Corzi Islands, we naturally submitted the development plan related to the Kirzi Islands that has been drawn up to Siegel for review. Well, but it doesn't matter if you don't remember, it's simply a plan to develop most of the Corzi Islands into a tourist attraction.

In the subsequent field trip, considering that some areas of the main island are very suitable for the construction of a seaside park, the plan for the construction of a seaside park was naturally submitted to Siegel. Secondly, Satellite Island 1 is positioned as a dedicated island for the Klein Institute of All Fields, while Satellite Islands 2 and 3 are used for the construction of accommodation areas, commercial areas, etc.

With the help of Alice and her good friend Seaman Karisro, Lux and I were able to refine the development plan, and after showing it to Siegel, Siegel nodded and agreed to the proposal we submitted, and allowed us to use $25 billion to fund the development in addition to helping us pay off the cost of the Coleth Islands.

So, since then, Lux and I have not been as leisurely as before, well, although we can't talk about how busy we are, but certainly not as boring as before...... Bored enough to kill time in never-ending wars. At the same time, because it is sometimes necessary to deal with emergencies related to the development plan early, we get up a little early...... Well, an hour or half an hour earlier than usual, it depends.

Now that we're up late, it's impossible for us to skip breakfast, so we have the habit of eating in the bedroom or on the balcony while solving emergencies, well, but most of the time, we still eat with Siegel. By the way, since today is our birthday and engagement day, it must have been quite a busy day as well...... Well, maybe.

Well, the reason why I say 'maybe' is because the maids in the mansion should be able to take care of the corresponding matters for us, after all, for today, the mansion has been busy since two days ago.

The footsteps of "da, da......" sounded behind him, and when it disappeared in vain, Alice's pleasant voice followed closely, "Your Highness Qi, the equipment that the institute needs to purchase has been listed, and Director Kong has already seen it, but she said that she needs to confirm it." Then, it's breakfast for today. With that, I heard the muffled sound of the plates being placed on the rattan table.

I turned around and saw Alice, dressed in a still conservative maid outfit, standing slimly at the rattan table, her hands folded around her chest, and unfortunately I couldn't see Alice's tall peak because of a beige document bag.

"Well, what's breakfast today?"

As I asked, I looked at the plates and chopsticks that had been placed by Alice on the rattan table. At first glance, I saw toast cut into five pieces and stacked on a white plate in an oblique shape, next to it a small plate of cream sauce, and then, a glass of full milk. Well, by the way, this is my breakfast, Lux's breakfast......

I just took a look and knew that Alice was definitely not in a good mood today, because in addition to toast and milk, Lux's breakfast also had a poached egg that was cut in a bright color and felt delicious at first glance...... I'm used to this differentiation, I can't help it, who said that in the previous attack, I did something excessive to Alice?

Well, if you want to ask me what I did to Alice at the time, it's actually nothing, I just looked at her pitiful (shivering there all the time), and then gave her a warm embrace, and said to her, "Na~ This hug will be borrowed from you first, don't be afraid, Alice......"

Seems like that, right? Then Alice seemed to be touched by my tenderness, and she finally stopped trembling, but ...... To my surprise, Alice didn't get scared anymore, but in the end I was blushed by Alice and gave me a free pop on my poor head in front of the crowd - well, I admit, I shouldn't have coaxed her in the same way as a child......

So, since that 'warm embrace', Alice will distinguish between me and Lux when she is in a bad mood, and the difference between breakfast is just a small thing, and what really hurts me is ...... I can't enjoy Alice's free things like back rubbing, dressing, etc., well, although this kind of good thing hasn't happened much in the past year, just count carefully, uh, it seems like it's only five fingers? Well, you really shouldn't expect anything from such a good thing.

"You've seen your breakfast, right? Your Highness Qi, have your eyes become so short-sighted that you can't even see anything close at hand? That's really gratifying, gratifying......"

Well, when I heard Alice's unwavering complaint, I immediately knew that Alice's bad mood today was probably even worse than usual, probably ...... Multiply it by three times, right? I glanced up at Alice, who was expressionless, before lowering my head, "So, you give me the papers, and then go and serve Lux to change clothes." ”

I ignored Alice's complaint just now, and took the file bag handed over by Alice, and then didn't pay attention to Alice who turned to leave, and directly opened the file bag and took out the documents in it.

The document was quite thick, it was A4 size, and the cover was printed with a few big words such as 'List of Additional Equipment', and I just glanced at it, and then opened the cover and looked at the contents. The number of pages listed in the table of contents is 63 pages, and I take a cursory glance at the title of the catalog, and then turn to the specified number of pages when I see the device I am interested in.

These devices have corresponding pictures and specifications, prices, use introductions, etc., some only occupy one page, and some occupy two or three pages. Among them, there is one device that interests me a lot, it is called 'Large Processor for Neural Immersion Research', which is a combination of several other devices, and the purpose is to improve the level of neural immersion.

Since the first research project I proposed was the difficult 'virtual reality technology', most of the equipment I purchased this time was inclined to research in this area, and this device, the reason why it is called a 'processor', is because it has the computing power required for neural immersion improvement, and can also be used to build a virtual world like a never-ending war, well, to put it simply, it is equivalent to a small server.

When I glanced at the list of equipment provided by Kong Wanying, Lux, who had already washed up and changed her clothes under Alice's service, also came to the balcony.

Although it was our birthday and engagement day, because it was not dinner time yet, Lux and I were not dressed too grandly, and there was not much difference between me and the usual dress, for example, I was dressed in a casual suit, and Lux was wearing the light yellow lily dress we wore when we first met - well, the dress with a flower (lily) that meant 'purity' on the chest.

"Na, na...... What is Kiki looking at? ”

The childish voice of a child's voice sounded in my ears, and I turned my head to see Lux smiling with her hands behind her back and her little head stretched out to my side. Wearing a light yellow lily dress, Lux naturally looks cute and pretty with this action, even if I have long been accustomed to the charm of Lux, I still can't help but show appreciative eyes.

"Lux is still as cute as ever......" Lux's smile became a little sweeter when she heard my compliment, but she urged repeatedly, "What is Kiki looking at?" ”

"Well, this is the list of equipment that Kong Wanying submitted that needs to be purchased, wait a minute, Lux. Now we should settle the breakfast problem first, and I am already hungry husband...... Although there were only a pitiful five pieces of toast and a glass of milk on the plate. ”

As I answered Lux's question, I glanced at Alice without a trace. Hearing this, Lux curiously glanced at the plate on the rattan table, and with just a glance, Lux noticed the difference between the two, which made her glaring at Alice angrily and funny.

"If His Highness Qi doesn't need cream sauce, I can take it away......"

Alice, who was glared at by Lux, looked aggrieved, but her complaints were as sharp as ever......

"Alright, Alice, sit down and serve the people, they are hungry too."

"Yes."

Then, with Alice's service, Lux sat down next to me, and after making eye contact with me, I smiled and put the papers aside, "So, let's start eating." At the end of this sentence, I decisively ignored Alice's complaint again.