Volume I: Childhood, Chapter 32, Origins

With a crisp sound of "dong ~", Alice's right hand with her index finger and middle finger fell on my head quickly and accurately. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info In the next second, a sharp pain came from the place where Alice had hit the skull, and the pain made me moan, and then I held my head in my hands and shook it to relieve the severe pain of being knocked on my head.

"Kiki ......"

Lux, who was next to me, didn't expect Alice to really give me a bump in the head, so I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard the crisp sound of 'bang', and when the image of me shaking my head in pain came into her eyes, Lux reacted. She hurriedly put the teacup back on the tray, then leaned in front of me, and after holding my head with her hands to keep me from shaking, Lux lowered her head and breathed at the place where my head had been struck, relieving me of the pain.

Well, though seriously, it doesn't work very well. But there is a very great power in this world, and that is love! So under the gentle care of Lux, the pain of the knock on my skull was drastically decreasing until there was no pain at all.

When Lux gently alleviated the pain in my head, Alice, who was originally full of anger, was stunned at this time, "I, I...... I actually beat His Highness Qi?" Thinking of this, Alice couldn't help but feel uneasy, "How, how can this be? I, I just want to scare him, how, how can it become a real beating him?" According to Alice's original idea, she really just wanted to scare someone, but it turned out to be so unexpected - she really knocked down.

"Kiki, are you feeling better?"

The pain of being knocked on the head was very intense, as if something had been inserted into the head and stirred a few times maliciously, and the feeling was really unbearable, otherwise I would not have groaned with my tenacious will. After hearing Lux's soft inquiry, I felt it a little, and when I saw that the pain had almost disappeared, I breathed a heavy sigh of relief and said, "Whew...... Much better than just now. ”

Seeing that I was finally relieved, the worried expression on Lux's face eased, and then she saw that the place on my head that had been knocked bulge unconsciously, and Lux, who thought it was funny, couldn't help but stretch out her finger and gently press it, and while pressing, she chuckled and said, "Kiki is so pitiful, I have a small bag on my head." ”

The bulge that Lux was holding was naturally the place where Alice had struck me, and I couldn't have noticed the pain when I didn't touch it, but after Lux pressed it lightly with her fingers, an irritating pain came from it, and I couldn't help but exclaim, "It hurts...... Lux. Hearing me cry out in pain, Lux naturally stopped pressing it.

After Lux withdrew his hand, I also reached out and touched my head, and after a while, I felt a small raised scalp, "What a bag...... I really have a bag" After sighing, I shifted my gaze to Alice, who was still stunned. I didn't have time to think about why Alice gave me a 'popping chestnut' for free because of the severe pain, and I didn't have time to think about why she was angry, but when I calmed down, I still couldn't figure out the reason, so I had to ask, "Alice, are you ...... Why did you hit me?(And so hard...... "In parentheses is my depressed complaint, and I didn't say it.

Hearing my questioning and seeing my puzzled eyes, Alice, whose mind was still in a state of confusion, didn't know how to answer for a while, so she could only murmur "I, I ......", looking at a loss.

To be honest, I've never seen Alice get so angry. Whether it's to me or to anyone else, she's always serious when she's supposed to be serious, and she's smiling when she's supposed to be grinning, and if she's angry, she's just glaring at people with her big delicate eyes. I've never seen Alice actually hit someone, and of course that's probably because I've been with Alice for so short, but Alice has always had a good reputation in Lux's mouth, and in the mouths of the other maids, so there's no reason for her to hit me - maybe Alice is a lady who likes to use her hands - I used to think so, but now, maybe I need to change it a little.

Of course, I am not the only one who is puzzled by Alice's behavior, and Lux, who values Alice very much, is also very puzzled. In the years that Lux and Alice have been together, Lux has never seen Alice beat anyone, let alone seen her, and she has never even heard of it, because Alice is very popular with the maids and guards in the mansion.

"Alice?"

Although she was full of doubts, although she couldn't figure out the reason, Alice, as a maid, hit her employer was wrong, so Alice must be held accountable for it.

"I, I'm ......" Alice, whose mind was still in a mess, looked at Lux with a very tangled expression, and when she saw Lux's encouraging eyes, Alice finally mustered up the courage to say something different, "I just wanted to scare His Highness Qi...... It's just that I didn't know why, so I really knocked it down. Alice's tone was a little choked up, and it was clear that she knew very well that she had just knocked me on the head was wrong, and that the consequences were serious.

If it is light, it will be gently removed, and if it is heavy, it will ...... Either he will be demoted, or he will be dismissed, and if it is very serious, he may be evaporated from the world...... This was not what Alice wanted, but she couldn't calm down for a while, fearing the consequences. They could only look at us with trepidation, waiting for our decision.

"Hmm...... Alice, although our relationship is said to be an employer, your friendship with Lux is comparable to that of a biological sister, after all, Lux was almost brought to her current age with your help, so I believe that your behavior just now is definitely not intentional. ”

Hearing that I deliberately turned big things into small things and small things, Alice suddenly nodded excitedly, and that appearance was like a chicken pecking rice, which made people pity and love.

"I'm sure that if I insist on punishing you, Lux will definitely disagree, so we'll get to ...... here."

When I said this, Alice was so excited that she shed shining, crystal tears. The tears scrambled out of Alice's big beautiful eyes, dripping down the lines of Alice's face, some on Alice's breasts, some shattering on the carpet, until Alice wiped them off with her hands.

"Thank you, Your Highness. ”

Alice's tone was undoubtedly sincere, and there was a deep sense of gratitude in her teary eyes, which almost made me think that I had saved her life—though for Alice, it was probably the same, after all, she was an adopted child of the Klein family.

(By the way, please don't think this is an exaggeration, because the Klein family is from the Scandinavian royal family in the setting of this book, so they have a very strict set of rules of etiquette)

"No, no thanks. ”

I looked at the beauty in front of me with crooked eyes, and I couldn't understand why she was so solemn, but that wasn't the point. The reason why I said those words just now was just to find out the root cause of Alice knocking me on the head, so seeing that the conditions were ripe, I naturally expressed my inner doubts, "Alice, can you tell me why you are so angry?"

Alice, who gradually calmed down from the intense emotions, heard me ask at this time, and lost the mentality and emotions she had before, she thought for a while, and replied with low eyebrows: "After I heard the conversation between His Highness Qi and His Highness Lux, I noticed that His Highness Qi wanted to build an additional research institute, but His Highness Qi had just decided to build a terminal before, and he was thinking about establishing a research institute a few days later......"

Speaking of this, Alice glanced at me, and seeing that I was thoughtful, she continued to explain: "Considering that Your Highness Qi is not rich in funds, you will definitely use His Highness Lux's pocket money when establishing the research institute, I am afraid that His Highness Lux's pocket money will be filled into the bottomless pit of the research institute by you, so I was angry for a while, so I spoke out to dissuade ...... "If those words are also dissuasion-I, who have already recalled what Alice asked at that time, couldn't help but be speechless when I heard Alice say this."

"After that, Your Highness Qi's words and nonchalant attitude (while still thinking about the problem) made me very angry, and then I wanted to scare you, so I stretched out my hand......"

Alice doesn't say the latter words, we also know the result, Alice's original intention is undoubtedly well-intentioned, but unfortunately too much personal feelings were infiltrated in the process of expression, which led to the result.

I don't think Alice is lying, because she seems to have calmed down on the surface, but her heart is very sensitive at this time, the so-called eyes are the windows of the soul, if she is lying, her eyes can't still be so apprehensive, uneasy, and can't have a relieved ease and expectation......

"Well, I'll accept your reasoning. As I spoke, I paused for a moment, and when I saw that the anxiety and uneasiness in Alice's eyes had finally disappeared, I continued: "I have already recalled your previous question. Now I'm going to answer those questions for you. ”

"First of all, the establishment of a research institute is an imperative thing, whether you agree with it or not, it must be in my father's sight, and as for the reason, I am sure you can think of it. Second, although scientific research is a very expensive business, it can bring beneficial results and huge benefits. Although the family already has its own research institute, I don't think you will forget the purpose of our terminal so quickly, right? The purpose of this research institute is the same as that of the terminal, although it is quite difficult to develop, but it is something we have to do. As for the cost, the establishment of a research institute is not a short-term matter, and I have already made the initial plan, in this plan, the initial funds for the establishment of the institute are about 300 million US dollars, which does not exceed the limit of funds that Lux and I can grasp this year. Even if the situation changes and we need to invest more, we can still invest money according to the priority of the project, so Alice, don't worry, Lux's small coffers will not be used passively. ”

Hearing my words, Alice fell silent, she pondered the information I had revealed, and it was not until after the tea that Alice understood the purpose and purpose of my institute.

"Seems you understand?" (Alice nods) So, please go and find a suitable place for me to set up a research institute. ”

Now that Alice has fully understood what I mean, I will naturally assign her a task that falls within her scope of responsibility.

"Okay, Your Highness Qi, I'll go and sort out the corresponding information. ”

Seeing Alice leave the bedroom with her head lowered, Lux, who had been silent, spoke, "Qiqi's aura was very strong just now...... Originally, people were worried about how to convince Alice, but they didn't expect Alice to hit the muzzle of the gun herself, hehe. ”

"Husband, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly, I can only say that Alice's knock is really a stroke of genius...... But then again, just knocking on it for a while, how could Alice be so afraid?"

"Huh, so Kiki hit by mistake?"

"How?"

"Because ah......"

In the middle of my question and answer with Lux, time passed quietly......