Chapter 36: The Celebration Banquet
At the same time, there was a celebratory atmosphere in the Phil Tower.
Kenneth and the others succeeded in releasing the Discipline Department General in the name of the student president, but the Minister of Discipline was a very old-fashioned man who insisted that no pets should be kept in the dormitory, so everyone had no choice but to let Ming stay in Calvin's laboratory. However, the mere fact that Ming was snatched back from the student council was enough to cheer everyone up.
"Cheers!" The crowd around the table raised their goblets and cheered.
At this time, only the senior Vader was still absent from the Phil Building, and the others rarely saw him in the villa. Because Vader went out before dawn every day, and then didn't come back until midnight, sometimes even sleeping directly in the laboratory, which naturally made it difficult for everyone to meet him. Even Alston doesn't know exactly what Vader is doing, but there seems to be another reason why Vader can't graduate, but the exact circumstances are unknown.
And Jasmine sat between Mona and Lisa, toasting and laughing with everyone, and her little face was so cute that she blushed.
Kenneth, who was sitting in front of everyone, got up and said, "This cup is for today's three biggest heroes, Mick, Kevin, and ...... Jasmine! ”
This symbolizing the position of the master is naturally not Kenneth sitting casually, but the result of a long day of debate. Auston was supposed to be the eldest in the group, but was strongly opposed by Brandon. And Brandon himself was unwilling to sit in this position, saying that it was better to let Kenneth sit in this position, and this proposal was naturally supported by Mick, so everyone echoed Mick's opinion, and it was decided.
The others also nodded when they heard Kenneth's congratulations, and raised their glasses, "To the three of you!" ”
However, the glasses were not filled with wine, but with various fruit juices, and Kenneth still chose milk. This is because Imperial law prohibits minors from drinking alcohol, and everyone here is still under the age of sixteen.
Mick and Kevin only had a restrained smile on their faces, but Jasmine, who was already shy and introverted, blushed and hid her face behind Lisa with a wine glass.
"Jasmine, hero." But it was Lisa who nodded to Jasmine.
"Really, even Lisa you laugh at me......" Maybe it's because she's spent more time with her twin sisters, but Jasmine can communicate with both of them normally.
"No, Jasmine, if you hadn't testified today, I'm afraid it would have been difficult to convince the president. If you want to talk about it, you are the biggest hero. But Mick, who was sitting in front of Jasmine to the left, said with a smile.
Jasmine poked her head out from behind Lisa, saw everyone smiling and looking at her, bit her lower lip and said nervously: "This, this is thanks to Kevin's thoughts, thinking of using the regulations of the school and the student union, he, he is the most, the biggest hero......"
"Alright, don't be humble, you're all better than this screaming miser anyway." But Auston interrupted with a smile when he saw that Kevin wanted to use his staff to communicate with everyone.
"Hey, you, the eldest young master who doesn't even know what's going on, are you qualified to talk about me?" Brandon rolled his eyes at Auston, who was sitting across from him.
"Hmph, if I were here, I would be of more use than you." Auston snorted.
"You're calling louder than I am!" Brandon glared at Alston Road.
"What did you say?!" Auston gritted his teeth.
"Come on, Bran, I toast you, it's really a relief for you to be in the president's office today." Kenneth saw that the two enemies around him were about to start arguing again, so he hurriedly separated the two from each other under the pretext of toasting Brandon.
The others also looked at the two who were arguing with a smile, both Auston and Brandon were very friendly people on weekdays, but as soon as the two met, it was very easy to spark, maybe it was a kind of fate.
The celebration lasted about an hour, but after the feast, the crowd did not disperse, but still gathered on the sofa next to the fireplace of the villa to discuss Ming's next plan.
Although the Empire's climate is stable and mild throughout the year, a sudden cold snap sweeps across the continent from the western Minta Mountains in June and July, when temperatures drop below 10 degrees Celsius. There have been three major cold events in history, with temperatures suddenly dropping to minus 10 degrees Celsius, each time killing about 10 percent of the Empire's population. In the past 100 years, with the advancement of weather prediction magic research, human beings have begun to be able to roughly predict the arrival time of the annual cold snap and prepare for it. This fireplace is naturally also prepared for the arrival of cold snaps.
At this time, Mona, Lisa, and Jasmine sat on the couch in the middle, Kevin and Auston sat on the couch on the right, and Mick sat alone on the small couch on the left, but Kenneth and Brandon were half-seated on either side, which seemed a little crowded.
Mick was the first to speak: "Naruto's matter is just over, but it hasn't been resolved yet. Especially his orc identity, which is too sensitive here, as long as his identity cannot be recognized, what happened today will definitely happen again. ”
Everyone nodded silently when they heard this.
Mona asked Mick, "Didn't you say that the people in the student council didn't know Naru's orc identity?" ”
Brandon, who was seated closest to the girls, replied, "The President already knows Naru's orc identity, and told Kenny and me about the Imperial Rangers. ”
"Rangers?" Except for Auston and Jasmine, everyone else looked confused.
Kenneth waved his hand and said, "I'll tell you later, but the question now is, what should we do with Naming?" ”
As soon as this question came out, everyone fell into distress for a while.
After a moment of silence, it was Alston who suddenly asked, "How did the student council find out that we hid Naruto in the dormitory?" ”
Brandon glanced at Auston, and then said awkwardly, "I said I came here after receiving a report from a student." ”
Alston frowned and asked, "Does anyone else know that Naruto is with us besides us?" ”
Hearing Auston say this, Kenneth recalled carefully and then slapped his face and said, "It must be that Rickon and his henchmen who went to tell the student council!" ”
"Rickon Luther...... Looks like things are tricky......" Alston said with a breath.
Brandon pursed his lips and said impatiently, "What are you suddenly asking these for?" Does it have anything to do with how to deal with Naruto? ”
"Hmph, let's just say that you are a reckless man, can you use your brain?" Auston replied angrily, "Ming is an orc after all, and it is not too difficult to help him obtain a residence permit in the empire in my capacity, after all, our family is not an Anglican religionist." But if someone is secretly obstructing, especially when he was Rickon Luther, it won't be easy. ”
"What's not easy, is there anything you can't do with your aristocratic status?" Brandon stabbed, in fact, as soon as the words came out, Brandon also felt that he had spoken a little excessively, but when he saw Auston's face and the tone of his voice, he felt that it was difficult to control his mouth.
And everyone frowned slightly after hearing Brandon's words, Auston usually didn't put on a noble stand to everyone, Brandon's words were a bit harsh.
And Auston's handsome face also became a little gloomy, and he wanted to say something a few times but he still held back and maintained his aristocratic qualities, so he ignored Brandon and said to everyone: "Rickon Luther is not just the eldest grandson of Earl Luther, Kenneth, Mick, didn't I say before that there are three exceptional students this year?" In addition to the two of you, there is one other person, and that is Rickon Rudd, who is known as the 'genius'. Many uninformed people think that Rickon entered the school by virtue of his status as the eldest grandson of the Luther family, but in fact, as early as when we were in the aristocratic school, Rickon had already shown a high talent for magic. The others didn't know, but I was one of Rickon's classmates, and I had seen Rickon use second-order magic with my own eyes when I was ten years old. A ten-year-old second-order magician, except for the genius magician Ness Dawn who left his name in history, there seems to be no one else, right? ”
"So, Auston, what you mean is that Rickon has a certain say in the Luther family, right?" Mick asked.
Auston nodded and said: "That's right, and since that's the case, then he naturally has the right to speak in this Luther Academy of Magic, if it's really him doing ghosts, I think Ming's affairs will only get more and more troublesome." ”
"But why should that guy named Rickon have trouble with us?" Mona sat cross-legged on the sofa, holding Lisa on her left and Jasmine on her right, which made all the boys present very red.
"This ...... I don't know, maybe he's an Anglican, or maybe he's worried that the orcs in the academy will threaten the safety of the students? Alston guessed.
"But it's also possible that Auston thinks too much, right? Why don't you try to handle Ming's identity as an ordinary resident of the empire first? Kenneth said, looking at Alston.
"Okay, I'll write and ask." With that, Auston got up and went upstairs.
Kenneth looked at Brandon's awkward appearance, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Bran, why do you always have trouble with Auston?" ”
"yes, Brandon, that sentence you just said is really bad enough." Mona reproached Brandon Road.
"Brandon, it's not good." Lisa spoke.
"Okay, okay, I'll admit I'm wrong, okay?" Brandon spread his hands and deflated.
Jasmine looked at Brandon and said boldly: "Cloth, Brandon is, do you hate nobles......?" ”
After hearing Jasmine's words, Brandon's face suddenly darkened, as if he thought of some bad memories, and his hands involuntarily clenched into fists.
"I went upstairs." After saying this, Brandon stepped on the straw sandals and went upstairs.
Jasmine looked guilty, his hands were intertwined, and he looked at everyone: "Yes, is it me, what did I say wrong, what did I say?" ”
But Mona put her arms around Jasmine and said on the cheeks: "Don't worry, Jasmine, boys are all like this, not as strong as us girls." ”
"Yes, yes......?" Jasmine didn't resent Mona's overly intimate demeanor, but asked with confusion in her eyes.
Kenneth was a little worried about Brandon, so he said, "I'll go see Bran." So he went upstairs too.
There were only three women and two men left in the living room, and Kevin couldn't speak, so he could only let the three girls chat, while Mick silently looked at the fireplace in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.