Chapter 18: The First Encounter with Anduin
It was just before noon that Claudia, who had been reading books in the Royal Library for half an hour, met Varian, and she still couldn't find anything more valuable than what Harrison had said.
Because she knew the reason why Varian had been busy all morning, the girl took the initiative to rub Varian's shoulders while talking about the fact that she was going to grow fruits, and Varian had already known some things about Claudia, so she was not surprised that the girl had this talent.
After tasting a little bit of fruit, Varian advised the girl not to directly participate in too cumbersome practical affairs, and let her use her ability to get a batch of fruit trees for the orchards of big merchants or nobles, and then sign an agreement to collect the share, Claudia thought about it and felt that Varian's statement made sense, she didn't need a lot of money after all, so there was no need to focus all her energy on growing fruit to make money.
After a short rest, Varian proposed, "How about coming with me to dine with Anduin at noon today?" ”
"Okay, Varian." Claudia readily agreed, she had already seen Anduin from afar at the banquet last night, the five-year-old little prince was a cute little boy carved in pink, and even looked a little like a girl, very likable, Claudia was the same, this naturally had the reason why she liked cute children in the first place, but more importantly, she loved Varian very much, and naturally loved everything about Varian.
Soon after, Claudia saw Anduin and Lady Lady, who was well-dressed, and evidently elated at the sight of her father, and Lady Chenny, as the girl had seen from afar last night, though plainly dressed with only a few jewels, was still elegant and impeccable.
After catching up with the two, Varian first unabashedly picked up Anduin with his own hand, and then he remembered to introduce Claudia and Chenny:
"Chenny, this is Claudia, Baron Thurberchel."
"Claudia, this is Lady Lady, Countess Merriss, the robed lady."
The robed lady is the head of the female officials in the palace, usually played by a high-ranking lady, Claudia hurriedly greeted Shannie: "Hello, Countess Merlis. ”
Shannie also politely replied: "Hello, Baron Thurberchel. ”
After the two finished saluting, Varian also put down Anduin, took Anduin's hand and walked to Claudia, and introduced: "Anduin, this is Claudia, she brought a lot of novel fruits to you today." ”
Claudia also bent down and extended her hand in a friendly manner: "Hello, Prince Anduin, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”
Anduin originally felt a little uncomfortable with the beautiful sister in front of him calling him by his first name, but the child's attention was changeable, and he soon noticed that this person was very familiar, and excitedly said: "I remember you, you are the big sister who was going to fight with Uncle Boval before. ”
"Your Highness." Shanny frowned and reminded Anduin that he was embarrassed to be a little rude at what he had just said, and Claudia laughed, "I remembered, I saw you before, when you were under the tree." ”
"Yes, yes, that's me." The little boy nodded hurriedly, and the dissatisfaction on Chenny's face was even worse, and Varian hurriedly said, "Okay, it's almost time, let's sit down and start eating." ”
During lunch, while the Royal Chef was still commendable and Varian had a good appetite, Claudia and Anduin were not satisfied.
Claudia was actually quite hungry, but the lady opposite her was meticulous in all her movements, and she was obviously a very traditional noblewoman, so she had to act as ladylike as possible and eat in small bites.
On the side, Anduin is the same, although he is more interested in novel fruits, but he is usually more strict by the female officials, and Shannie is guarding by the side, so he doesn't dare to act too picky.
After the meal, Anduin wanted Varian to accompany him to the garden for a while, but Varian didn't agree, but instead said, "Anduin, I want to talk to Sunnie for a while, what if you let Claudia play with you first?" ”
"Yes, Father." Anduin naturally agreed very much and immediately walked to Claudia's side, he is the age of playfulness, but he is usually disciplined strictly, and he wants to be separated from the female officer for a while, not to mention that he also knows that the big sister next to him can magic.
Claudia took Anduin's little hand and walked towards the garden, on the way Anduin couldn't wait to see the magic, Claudia naturally would not refuse, and after a while, Anduin jumped and jumped with all kinds of small spells, and then she also found a place to plant a cadore fruit tree in front of Anduin, so that the elated Anduin had enough, and the two got along very happily.
Listening to Anduin's cheering voice in the distance, a smile appeared on Varian's face, and he asked the noble lady next to him, "What do you think, Lady?" ”
"It's okay, but it's a lot worse than I expected, Varian." Shanny hesitated for a moment and said, in fact, she was not satisfied, but she had served in the palace for nearly thirty years and had taken care of young Varian, so she knew Varian's character: if she hadn't made up her mind, Varian would never have brought this girl to see Anduin at all.
"Oh? Please tell us more about it. Varian asked with interest.
"Although her appearance is not bad, and her manners and manners are barely passing, her temperament and dress are too bad, and I even feel that she is not as good as the daughters of those merchants, and it is hard to imagine that she is a nobleman." Shuni was no longer polite and commented one by one.
Hearing Chenny's last comment, Varian burst out laughing:
"Hahaha, that's right, when we first met half a year ago, she knocked down more than forty guards and General Jonathan came to me, and it was the first time I had seen such a noble girl in so many years."
Seeing Varian's disapproving look, Shanny didn't say anything more, and instead said, "Varian, it's been more than four years since Tiffin died, you are young and strong, and you really need a woman by your side for a long time, I'm just a little worried about Anduin." ”
"You can rest assured," Varian naturally knew what Sunny's words meant, "I know her very well, she is an extremely kind-hearted paladin, and she will not do anything bad, no matter how small it is, let alone against Anduin, and you probably don't know the ...... Anduin mentioned just now." ”
Shannie's impression of the girl became much better after hearing this, and Varian continued: "Actually, her flaws are also easy to make up, if she marries into the palace, her dress and jewelry are originally chosen by Shannie." ”
"Yes." Shanni nodded in agreement, although the female officials in the robe also have the responsibility of managing other female officials, but the most important mission is to be responsible for managing the queen's daily clothing, jewelry and jewelry, and accompanying the queen to various formal occasions, so there is really no need to worry about this.
Varian spoke again: "As for temperament and etiquette, I'll let her come to you to study for a few days after a while, as long as she can reach the average level, even if her current level is not worse than when Tiffin got married." ”
"Varian, I'll do my best to train her to be a good lady," Sunny asked, agreeing, "and when are you going to get engaged to her?" ”
"Let's start arranging it when we come back from Ironforge Fort this time, and it is estimated that we will get the end of this year at the earliest."
"It will take at least two weeks for me to train her in temperament and etiquette." Shanny reminded.
Varian agreed, "No problem, I'll remember to give you plenty of time." ”
Claudia played with Anduin for nearly an hour before she was called away by Sunny, who was obviously reluctant to take on this big sister who could do all kinds of magic before leaving.
Varian was pleased with this situation, and promised Anduin that he would let Claudia play with him often in the future, much to Anduin's delight.
Because Varian had something to do in the afternoon, Claudia didn't plan to continue to bother Varian, and said, "Varian, I'm going to be a guest at Uncle Grayson's in the afternoon, so I'll go back first." ”
"Alright," Varian agreed, "I've already said hello to Lady Chenny, and if you have time for the next few days, you'd better come and spend an hour with Anduin every morning, he likes you." ”
Claudia naturally refused this request, and then Claudia left the palace and went to Duke Grayson's palace, where she proposed to Duke Grayson to plant fruit trees and divide them.
Duke Grayson is a great nobleman and has many properties, including orchards and wineries, and with Claudia's relationship with him, he naturally will not refuse to ask him for help, he is just puzzled by one thing:
"You said you could make a tree grow quickly, does the Holy Light have that ability?"
"It's the power of life, somewhat similar to the abilities used by our Night Elf allies." Claudia gave a brief explanation, and then she took a seed and showed it to Duke Grayson on the spot, and in a short time a fruit tree rose from the ground and was full of fruit, which immediately made Duke Grayson, who was accustomed to seeing the world, a little dumbfounded, and it took him a long time before he came to his senses, and kindly admonished Claudia with words such as "Since you have such a high talent, don't put too much energy into places outside the Holy Light".
When it comes to cooperation, Duke Grayson is very generous, just want to symbolically charge a little labor cost share, in fact, in his opinion, it doesn't even matter if this share is not even needed, although the fruit can be good in the short term, but after all, it is only a month or two, after the price is lowered, the money is even more drizzle for him, there is no need to worry about this money with Claudia, and finally at Claudia's insistence, he only slightly increased the share ratio.
After negotiating the agreement, Claudia chatted with the Duke and his wife for a while before leaving.