CHAPTER XLVII
I've heard of a good mind-reading skill from the people in the Asakura family, and Jona didn't force him, this kind of celebrity gathering attended by the powerful, I guess I will hear a lot of deceitful hearts, and it is completely understandable why he doesn't want to stay.
So at the dinner the next day, it didn't show up. When Helly heard the reason why she was reluctant to come, she seemed a little remorseful, thinking that she was too reluctant. Jona didn't bother to convince her mother's idea, and followed her energetic grandfather to greet the host of this dinner party with no expression.
Julian Thoreau looked very busy, with a charming smile on his face and a handshake with every guest. Joseph took Helly and Jona to the front, probably because of the last time they made some impression on him at his father's birthday party, when he saw Jona and Joseph, Julian? The smile on Thoreau's face was visibly stunned.
"Ah...... It's Mr. Joseph. β
Julian, however, was well mannered and upbringed, and he quickly put his smile back on his face, shook Joseph's hand politely, and then took Joanna and Heley's hands and kissed them lightly on the back of their hands.
"And Lady Helly, Miss Jona, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have become more beautiful."
"Oh, really, it's so sweet." He Li smiled happily, "It's been a long time, but Master Julian has matured a lot." β
"Happy birthday, Julian."
Jona nodded to Julian as a greeting, and the other party also thanked him politely. But maybe it's because there were too many embarrassing things that happened last time, he didn't seem very comfortable in the face of Jona, and he didn't want to say a few more words to Jona, and after saying hello, he continued to entertain other guests.
But Jona's side is okay, and when it was Gibabe's turn, although Julian politely greeted the Tracebe couple, he was completely ignored by him.
β¦β¦ Presumably he still remembers the revenge he had last time he played tennis on a luxury giant wheel. However, the trace department himself didn't seem to care about Julian's attitude towards him, and he didn't care, but after seeing Jona, he suddenly showed a little embarrassment.
Jona also felt a little embarrassed, she could guess how much Grandpa Joseph would run to say something to him, if this kind of misunderstanding of Cheng DΓΉ was replaced by an ordinary person, I am afraid that now she has no place to be ashamed in front of the trace, although Jona does not care much about other people's opinions, but she has caused trouble to him for no reason, and feels that it is better to apologize to him.
So she walked to the trail department.
"Hey."
After seeing Jona coming, Jibu's parents smiled and said something to Jibu as if they knew something. Traced remained in place, nodding uncomfortably to Jona.
ββ¦β¦ Ahhhh β
There was something wrong with him on the way over, and Jona could clearly feel his coldness, and although at first she wondered if it was because she didn't see the text message and didn't wait for him that made him angry, but thinking about it, he wouldn't care about such a trivial matter. Jona couldn't guess what he was thinking, so she decided to apologize for what she knew first.
"Did Grandpa tell you something just now?"
After hearing this question, Trace's expression became a little strange, he looked at Jona in a complicated way, and was silent for a long time before he said, "...... Yes, he suddenly rushed into my room without knocking at all, and said to Uncle Ben, who was changing clothes, that if you want to soak you, you must first get his consent. β
ββ¦β¦ Ha ha. Jona laughed awkwardly, sure enough, it was grandpa's style, I'm afraid the trace was still taken aback.
"Laughing at what?" Traces frowned slightly.
"Grandpa is more likely to think a lot of things, and he doesn't have to care about what he says." Jona looked apologetically, "Are you frightened?" I'm sorry, but he doesn't mean anything, he just cares too much about my mother and me. β
Jibu looked at Jona intently for a moment, then looked away again, and suddenly his voice was much more relaxed than just now, "It's nothing, Uncle Ben doesn't care about this." β
"Well, I don't think you care about that." Jona curled her lips, "The trace I know isn't the kind of guy who accounts for minor things. β
"Oh?" Jibu looked at her again with a little curiosity, "Then what kind of person do you think Uncle Ben is?" β
"Ice Emperor kin-g (deliberately imitates Japanese pronunciation)."
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The forehead of the trace jumped with green tendons, "Be serious." β
"He is a proud young man who is full of spirit and more confident than anyone else." Jona replied heartily, looking equally radiant, and made Tracebe unrelenting for a moment.
"Although the personality is a bit bad, but in fact, I have always cared about the friends around me, and if you want to ask me what I think of you, it is very reliable."
ββ¦β¦ Thank you. β
He didn't say anything more, he seemed to be in a much better mood, and then, as if he had made a decision, he suddenly said in a loud voice, "Jona, about your grandfather......"
"Ah...... It's you who reads;. β
Jona looked at the traces, but before the traces could finish speaking, a beautiful female voice interrupted the two.
"I've always wanted to thank you for the things I did in the Sanctuary, and I'm finally seeing you."
Jona suddenly looked back, a beautiful woman with long purple hair was smiling at her, and Jona recognized the other person at a glance, it was the flesh of the goddess Athena who had been seen once in the Sanctuary - Miss Saori Joto.
Jona was also a little surprised when she saw each other, and then immediately waved her hand to greet her, "Goddess." β
ββ¦β¦ Goddess? When she heard this, she seemed to be shocked, but Saori Shiroto didn't seem to care, and she smiled kindly, "Just call me Saori, Miss Jona." β
"Huh? Do you know who I am? Jona was a little surprised, when she was in the Sanctuary, she went back after defeating the Pope, and basically didn't talk to Athena, but she didn't expect the goddess to remember her, which made her really flattered.
"Of course, thanks to you at that time, many unnecessary sacrifices were avoided. Saga also began to repent and decided to live to atone for his sins, all of which is due to you who are not Saint Seiya. β
Saori's voice was unpleasant, and she took Jona's hand with gratitude in her eyes. Jona also laughed embarrassedly, "It's nothing, it's all about saving the world." β
"Let's fight together." Saori looked at Jona deeply, as holy and solemn as a goddess.
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He looked at them a little confused, after all, the picture seemed so inexplicable to him, and he didn't understand what the two girls were talking about.
Soon after Saori left, he finally couldn't help but ask, "What were you guys talking about?" β
"It's a battle between superpowers." Jona replied.
ββ¦β¦ Oh. He replied with a little disappointment, and asked no more.
"What did you just want to say to me?"
ββ¦β¦ Nothing, let's talk about it later. β
Traced didn't seem to be interested, he said a brief goodbye to Jona, and returned to his parents, who were socializing.
So Joanna began to aimlessly continue to look for something to eat.
After a while, Jona, who was a minor but had secretly drunk too many cocktails, felt a little stuffy and planned to go to the balcony to get some air. She bypassed the crowd in the hall and came to the empty balcony, when she suddenly saw Saori walk out of the balcony through the floor curtain.
"Ah, Miss Saori."
Jona greeted her out loud. Saori, still very cultured, smiled and nodded to Jona, and left.
Jona didn't think much of it, she walked straight out. When I was about to take a good breath of fresh air, I didn't expect to see Julian, who had a frustrated expression, standing alone on the balcony.
What just happened to them?
Jona reacted quite quickly, and she wasn't stupid, no matter how dull she was, she could have guessed that something unpleasant might have happened to the two of them just now. According to Julian's playboy-like personality, most of them expressed their affection to Saori and was rejected. However, she was not very interested in gossip, and she was too lazy to meddle with other people's affairs, so she nodded to Julian as if she hadn't seen anything.
"Master Julian."
"Ah...... It's Miss Jona, you. β
Julian? Thoreau was a little distracted, he was probably too smooth sailing, he had never suffered any setbacks, and he was visibly devastated in front of Jona.
Jona didn't have much to do, she naturally lay on the windowsill, looked at the horizon with her back to him, "The air inside is a little stuffy, I'll come out and blow some wind." β
"Ah...... ...... like this"
Julian didn't look like he was in a good state, but he quickly came back to his senses and squeezed out a somewhat reluctant smile to Jona, "Please, I'll go back to entertain the other guests first, and I won't be with you for the time being." β
Maybe he didn't want Jona to see his shameful appearance, so he walked out quickly after saying goodbye. Jona was finally the only one left on the balcony of the beach house. Leaving the lively hall, the sea breeze calms people, and the scenery of the Aegean Sea is very charming, Joanna looks at the endless horizon and suddenly feels a little emotional.
I don't know what Sesshomaru-sama will be doing at this time?
The moon is shining so well tonight.
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Jona closed her eyes and enjoyed this quiet time, the sea breeze on her face made people feel very comfortable, until almost the end of the day, the guests left the beach house of the boat king one after another, Jona was about to go back to the hotel to find Asakura, suddenly the housekeeper of the Thoreau family hurriedly came to find her.
"Miss Jona, please wait a minute!"
It was an old butler who had served the Ship King family for decades, and the relationship between him and Julian was almost the equivalent of Alfred and Bruce Wayne. The old butler looked anxious, and looked around a few times to make sure that no one was eavesdropping, and then whispered to Jona, "The last time the young master was taken care of by you, it was thanks to you that he was rescued from the hands of the strange thief Kidd. β
"Huh? You are welcome. β
Jona was a little confused, not knowing why the butler had come to her to tell her this, though she thought that Kidd the Monster Thief probably didn't intend to hurt Julian. But before Qiao Na could ask, the loyal old butler lowered his voice again, and suddenly approached very nervously and said, "There is a reluctant request, after the young master proposed to Miss Saori just now and was rejected, the whole person was not quite right, I didn't care much about it, but I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the young master was gone, and he couldn't be found anywhere in the villa...... The young master has not undergone martial arts training, I am worried that he may have some accidents when he goes out alone, can you bother Miss Jona, like last time, help us find the young master? β
"Wait, wait, you just said that he proposed to Miss Saori?!"
Rather than the question of Julian's disappearance, Jona's attention was drawn entirely to another point.
Julian Thoreau, who is the same age as her and Jibu, and is also sixteen years old, actually proposed to Miss Saori Joto, who was only thirteen years old?!
What the hell did he think?!
"This ...... I think maybe it's better to call the police. β
Jona replied in a cold sweat, but still calmly looking at Julian Thoreau's butler.