Chapter 52: The Celebration Banquet
"Rod, what's wrong?" Lisa looked at Rod suspiciously, and Rod hugged Tom to his chest: "Actually, it's Tom, she just said that she was hungry too." Tom arched Rod dissatisfied: "Meow."
"Wow, brother, this cat is so cute, where did you pick it up?" Nina blushed with excitement and wanted to reach out to hug Tom, but Tom showed an uncharacteristically vicious expression and instantly stopped the outstretched hands.
Rod tapped Tom's head lightly, "Don't be so sensitive, she's my sister." Rod handed Tom to Nina, who turned to Nina unhappily, "Hey, human woman, I hate the smell of you." β
Lisa and Nina covered their mouths in surprise: "She can actually speak." Lisa's eyes twinkled as she looked at Tom, undisguised surprise overflowing.
"It's not unusual that many magic beasts can speak, its intelligence is enough, as long as it uses magic to transform its vocal cords, it's easy to learn to speak."
Nina's attention was not focused on Tom's words at all, but instead hugged Tom with a happy face and put Tom in her arms.
Tom sighed and closed his eyes, out of sight and out of mind.
The party ended quickly, and according to the original plan, Lisa and Nina seemed to be going to play with Rhodes in the royal capital, but just as they were finishing their meal, a woman in a suit and leather shoes walked up to Lisa and whispered something in her ear, Lisa hesitated for a moment, and finally had to smile apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Rod, there seems to be something going on over there in Bane, I need to take care of it now." Lisa folded her hands in front of her chest apologetically.
"You don't need to worry about me, you can meet at any time, it's still your own business, and I have things to deal with later." Officially, Rod smiled with a blessing, and Bane looked like he really cared about Lisa.
"I'm sorry Rod, I'll make it up to you next time." Lisa strode out of the dining room, and Rod could vaguely hear the words of another woman looking for trouble.
"Flies don't bite seamless egg ......." Rod shook his head and sighed, embarrassed that Lisa could put up with Bane's kind of personality that was messing around with flowers and grass.
"Brother, I will definitely take you to the royal capital for a visit today, many things will definitely surprise my brother." Nina's interest was not affected in the slightest, but after the absence of Lisa, Nina was even more excited, and she liked to be alone with her brother.
The day passed quickly, looking at Nina's excited appearance, he really couldn't say the words of refusal, if he said his perception of the city, it can be described as surprise, except for the surprise caused by different civilizations, Wang Du is simply no different from the modern city he saw in his previous life, and even many places are more intelligent and convenient than in his previous life.
And it is based on the fact that there is no large-scale destruction of nature, no destruction of nature because of industry, and despite the fact that you can see the metal and stone buildings, there is still a pure blue sky, and there are no exhaust fumes from the cars here, let alone the buildings emitting black smoke.
According to Nina, the royal capital is a city built on steam engines, and the energy used in the city is provided by several steam engines that can be activated forever, and these steam engines are super-large magical devices made by magic, each of which is located in a different location in the royal capital, which can ensure the supply of the entire city.
"But why is there still an electricity bill, and isn't a steam engine that can start forever provide endless energy?" Since it is a perpetual motion machine made by magic, the wear and tear of the parts should also be taken into account, so there is no problem of large wear and tear.
"It is said that this is the cost of maintaining the line, and even if the steam engine can be started forever, it is not without trouble, and there are transmission lines that need to be maintained." Nina didn't seem to understand.
Although Rhodes judged with his own knowledge, this statement should not be wrong, but he always felt a little weird, because the perpetual motion machines were all made by magic, so there was no reason for the transmission line not to be laid by magic, as long as there was magic, the loss of anything could naturally be reduced to a negligible level.
Rod just had this idea suddenly, and threw it away if he didn't understand, and in the evening, Nina returned Tom to Rod with a regretful face: "It's a pity, I live in a multi-person dormitory now, and I can't bring in the pets of magical beasts, and it would be good if I could apply for a single dormitory as soon as possible." β
comforted Nina, and promised that as long as the application for a single dormitory was successful in the future, she would let Tom accompany her, and successfully received a white eye from Tom, and then Nina entered the nun college in the eyes of Rhodes.
When they were separated, according to the price level of the royal capital, and considering that Nina needed to run for the position of student union, Rod finally took out 6 gold coins and distributed them to Nina, which was regarded as pocket money for Nina, Nina hesitated for a moment, and after Rod showed off and took out the money bag containing 80 gold coins, Nina took the gold coins very happily.
"Whew~~." After seeing Nina leave, Rod breathed a sigh of relief and resisted the desire to stretch his waist, he wanted to lie down in bed and rest for a while.
Considering that Alyssa lives in the royal capital aristocratic district, Rhodes directly hired a car, Alyssa should have greeted the area guard, and let him go directly after seeing that it was Rhodes, and the doorman had already expected to open the door for Rhodes, Alyssa was waiting for him in the hall, and the long-skirted maids standing in two rows shocked Rhodes a little.
"Welcome back, Master Rod."
"Ahem!" Rod coughed twice in embarrassment, not knowing what to say for a while, and the college etiquette class did not explain how to deal with this situation.
"Hehehe!" Rod's embarrassment made Alyssa laugh crisply.
"Master Rod, I have prepared your room for you, and Miss will lead you there."
The butler Sil couldn't help but be embarrassed, Rhodes, who could kill the enemy without hesitation, was actually defeated in front of two rows of maids. It doesn't look like a fake, so that Ciel finally confirms that Rod is really a civilian boy, and at the same time appreciates the vicious gaze of the young lady in his heart, if he can subdue Rode, he can become his right and left hand.
"Rod, welcome back." Alyssa graciously grabbed Rod's arm.
"Well, I'm going to bother you during this time, Alyssa." Rhodes immediately understood what Alyssa meantβI always had your room here.
Rod understands that Alyssa cares about him, and the value he shows is in line with Alyssa's investment, but he doesn't want to commit to anything.
"Either way, I hope you can remember this place, and it would be nice if there were memories of the past."
Alyssa knew that Rod was refusing, but she was not angry, in fact, she didn't know her own thoughts, although reason told her that she should accept Rode, but the other thoughts in her heart made her hope to become close friends with Rode, Rod decisively refused but made her breathe a sigh of relief, if Rod was accepted by her, many things would change, which meant that she would lose a close friend.
Walking to his room, Rod was surprised to find that his room was in the same corridor as Alyssa's, which was not the standard for receiving guests.
"Sure enough." Rod was even more firm in his previous conjecture, although the two were immune to charm, they would be attracted to each other, just like when he first saw Alyssa's heart beat faster, Alyssa should also be attracted by his charm aura, and Alyssa was also aware of it, so he was also deliberately promoting the relationship between the two, and even the actions just now were based on this.
"However, tigers don't be with cats." If she is not capable, or does not show talent, then Alyssa will probably only think that it is an illusion, and will never develop further with herself.
"Do you have enough ability to take advantage of the opportunity......." If you don't have enough ability, you won't be able to seize the opportunity, even if it is in front of you.
Nothing was said all night.
In the next few days, in addition to partying with his sister, Rhodes would sometimes play with Alyssa in the royal capital. In addition to this, they are all familiar with the college and its surroundings.
Although Rhodes also wanted to go through the enrollment procedures immediately, unfortunately, this year's situation is a bit special, and it will take a few days to complete the enrollment procedures, and the specific reason is not clear.
But according to Rhodes' guess, it was probably Sartre III who actually wanted to celebrate Elisa's achievement.
Although it was only a small celebration banquet within the nobility, it also forced Elisa's itinerary to change and had to deal with the nobles of the royal capital.
Sartre III's celebration banquet, even if Alyssa didn't like the aristocratic banquet in her heart, she had to participate, and Rhodes was also fortunate to attend this banquet at Alyssa's invitation.
It was said to be a celebration banquet, but in fact Sartre III only appeared during the speech, and then chatted with Alyssa privately for a few minutes before leaving.
Rhodes did not have the opportunity to see Sartre III because of his status, but only heard the voice of a man, and in his speech, Sartre III made no secret of his disgust with Ness, as well as his appreciation for Elisa.
Although the old fritters knew that this was actually Sartre III's practice of covering up his letters, most of the nobles who did not know the holy will were eager for Elisa, and the members of the Lian family became a vacuum for a while.
, the genius of the Lean family, was so cold that he could almost drip water.
At this time, Rod also saw what it means to be a noble recuperation, even if Alyssa was extremely disgusted with these nobles, but always had a warm smile on her face, which made the people who watched it feel like a spring breeze, and even a few aristocratic teenagers actually came forward to courtship on the spot, Alyssa refused with a smile on her face, and at the same time, she walked to his side and grabbed his arm, when he saw the angry eyes of those noble teenagers, he realized that he was actually used as a shield by Alyssa.
On the contrary, the old fritters or the old aristocrats disdain Rhodes, they immediately thought that they had seen through Elisa's mind based on experience, and they did not look at Rhodes at all, and the nobles who knew the "truth" were disdainful of Rhodes at all, and only those small aristocrats would show favor to Rhodes with an investment mentality.
When he returned to Alyssa's residence, Rhodes lay on the bed and didn't want to move at all, he was either physically tired or mentally tired, although he was fortunate enough to attend the aristocratic gathering, he was somewhat excited, but his heart was so tired, especially when he could see through the aura of the nobles present, all kinds of disgusting aura was like an abyss of demons dancing wildly, which was both frightening and disgusting.
At this moment, the door creaked, and Rod subconsciously turned his head, and it was a maid who came in, and it seemed to be Alyssa's personal maid here.
"What's the matter, is there something wrong with Alyssa?"
The maid was very respectful: "Young Master Rhodes, the eldest lady said that you are very tired today, let me come over and help you wash." β
Rod subconsciously replied: "At least I still ...... the strength to take a bath." Before he finished speaking, Rhodes immediately realized that something was wrong, the so-called maid helped to wash, according to the habits of this world, it is synonymous with bathing, and this maid is Alyssa's personal maid, which has gone beyond the etiquette of treating guests, in other words, Alyssa is expressing a deeper meaning.
The maid smiled: "Miss Rhodes, the eldest lady said that this is your first time attending a noble banquet, you will definitely be very tired, you don't need to do it yourself, I will concentrate on serving you tonight, please rest assured." β
Since it was Alyssa who was showing affection, and it was the first time he saw a real maid, Rod was also happy to enjoy it, nodded and directly agreed with the maid's suggestion.
The maid first turned on the warm light in the room, then unbuttoned Rod's shirt, and easily flipped Rod's body, Rod's body was easily flipped, Rod's body did not feel any discomfort, apparently he had received professional training, and when he skillfully removed Rod's clothes, a certain massage technique was performed, and Rod's even wanted to sleep, and the maid finally carried Rod's clothes into the bathroom easily, without even feeling any bumps.
When the maid undressed and entered the bathtub, during the washing process, Rod really fell asleep in the soft touch.
Then, as Rod guessed, after the celebration banquet, Wang Lit and other colleges were finally able to go through the admission procedures.