Chapter 101: The Girl

To celebrate Becker's becoming a second lieutenant, Alcatio invited him to a birthday party on his estate.

Alcatio had two children, his daughter Remedis was said to be a devout nun who had been living in a remote convent and had not been seen in Navia for many years, and his son, Aureliano, who, contrary to his sister, frequented the high society of Navia and hardly missed a single ballroom and banquet.

Aureliano was only thirty years old, had a large number of children, and today was the birthday of one of his daughters, for whom Alcatio had specially hosted a birthday party for which many celebrities were invited.

Becker knew that at this point, the protagonist's birthday was irrelevant, and the purpose of the banquet was to provide a platform for the elite of high society to communicate, so he also held a wine glass and chatted with the people around him.

However, the people who came here were either rich or noble, they were all celebrities in Navia City, and even in the entire Kalmar Kingdom, and Becker was only a second lieutenant in the naval branch on the surface, although he was very young, but compared to the officers of the headquarters, this rank was still not very popular, and he was not very regarded by the people at the banquet.

Becker can't tell anyone that I'm actually a sea tyrant who controls several large ships, and I can wash the blood here with a boatload of men at will, and teach you dogs what the "Last Supper" is, and stop being bored.

Becker had celebrated the feast with the crowd, took a piece of the cake he had cut, and was about to find a place to enjoy it, when he was stopped by someone, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Aureliano.

"Mr. Becker, shall we find a place to talk?" Aureliano said with a smile.

This is a spoiled rich and noble son, even if he is thirty years old, except for his appearance, he still does not fit in with maturity, his complexion is darker, he has long wavy hair, the bridge of his nose is high and narrow, and his body is tall and thin, relatively close to Becker's Mediterranean race in his previous life, and he speaks in a smooth tone, always revealing a loose smell, and drags on a sentence very long.

Becker doesn't like this greenhouse flower that has never suffered at all, so he doesn't know the height of the sky, he has never seen this kind of person in his previous life, and the growth environment often leads to these people not having an adequate judgment of the consequences, in other words, they have not been beaten and frustrated, and they always seem unscrupulous when they do things, and in the end they are either cheating fathers or pit partners.

But Becker is not a person who likes to write his feelings on his face, let alone a stunned young man who is ready to make enemies at any time, so he did not refuse directly, but pointed to the little girl who was in the center of his sight with his hand holding the wine glass, happily opening the gift.

"Your daughter's birthday, you're not with her as a father, isn't it?" Becker smiled.

Aureliano waved his hand casually, with a boredom in his voice: "Each of them wants me to be by his side for a birthday or holiday, so I'm annoyed to death, let's talk about business, and the little things like birthdays will be put aside." ”

Becker shrugged his shoulders, and at this time, I don't know who said anything, the people at the banquet raised their glasses together, and he also raised the wine glass in his hand with the crowd, and at the same time turned his head to Aureliano and said: "Since this is your family's manor, then it is up to you to lead the way and find a place, this is really not the place to talk about business." ”

There were many empty rooms in the Buendía family's manor, and many banquet attendees would look for such a place if they wanted to find a quiet place to communicate privately, but Aureliano, as a land snake, was not at all worried about the room being occupied, and he took Becker around the huge manor for a while, and found a small meeting room in the middle of nowhere.

Becker didn't expect Aureliano to take him around for so long, still holding a plate with a birthday cake in his hand.

Aureliano, who had retrieved a bottle of wine and two glasses from a cupboard, turned around and couldn't help but laugh.

"If you didn't say it, who would have thought you were a murderous pirate?" Aureliano said with a grin, pouring each of them a glass of wine.

Becker didn't like the other party's big mouth, but asked quietly on his face: "What kind of business did you call me to talk about?" ”

When it came to business, Aureliano was a little more serious, he licked his lips and said: "I have a few friends who are engaged in smuggling, and I happened to see you today, so I have an idea in my heart." ”

Becker didn't believe it at all when he said that he had an idea when he saw him today, but he still made a look of listening carefully.

Aureliano continued: "I heard that your men have been fighting other pirates recently, to be honest, you are too stupid to do this, although the pirates have a lot of loot, but it takes a lot of casualties to grab this money, I have a better way, we work together ......." ”

"Someone!"

Aureliano was about to say something crucial, but was interrupted by Becker in a low voice.

Becker has been learning swords for many years, especially Yixinliu and emphasizing the spiritual level and other sensory practices, and he has always paid attention to exercising his ability in this area, although he has not yet reached the point of listening to the wind and discerning the position, but in such an empty room, it is still easy to find the footsteps and breathing of outsiders.

Becker had heard a deliberate sound of footsteps in the hallway outside, and then stopped behind the door of the room where the two men were, and he could still perceive the even breathing behind the door.

Aureliano was slightly stunned when he heard Becker's words, he knew that the place he had chosen was very hidden, and because of the special reasons, there were not even a few servants in this corridor, and even fewer people came.

He then saw Becker pointing to the door covertly, thought for a moment, suddenly understood, showed a strange smile, made a silent gesture to Becker, and tiptoed to the door under Becker's inexplicable gaze, and slammed the door open.

An exclamation sounded, and a thin, small girl behind the door was suddenly exposed to Becker and Aureliano.

Becker lingered on the girl's red hair for a moment, and after noticing that the other party was wearing clothes that did not look like a subordinate, he withdrew his gaze, and asked Aureliano with an inquiring expression: "Who is this?" ”

"Natasha, my father's adopted 'daughter', my little sister." Aureliano looked at the girl and said with a smile, just because the seriousness that he had managed to gather when talking to Becker about business was gone, and he regained his oily tone.

The girl named Natasha lowered her head as she spoke, as if her pale skin, which had not seen sunlight for a long time, was stained with a layer of redness.