Chapter 10: The Cardamom Years
When he arrived at Sophie's home, even a man like Norman, who was indifferent, was slightly surprised by the extravagant architecture.
Obviously, Sophie's family environment is not a little better than the average family.
This is a very large manor, how big it is, Norman at a glance, can not clearly know the approximate extent, but after entering the manor, there are even road signs along the way, which say, all kinds of different facilities, there are libraries, canteens, and even cafes, game halls, and staff dormitories.
It doesn't feel like a home for one person at all, but the headquarters of a large business.
Following Sophie, Norman arrives at the central building, a castle larger than the Grimes family's castle, like the place where the fairy tale Chinese kings lived.
In two words, it is "exquisite", which everywhere reflects the British people's pickiness for details, and the overall simple and luxurious layout of the British aristocracy.
Entering the castle, Norman saw all kinds of people, most of them were women, all maids, dressed in traditional maid attire, and very few men, all dressed as chefs or butlers. Everyone seemed very busy.
"Come with me, Norman, and I'll get you a good job. Sophie turned to Norman and smiled.
Norman nodded, followed Sophie upstairs, and came to the door of a room.
Sophie knocked on the door, and a man's voice came from the room, the tone of this man's speech was the tone of the British nobles, and now very few Englishmen would speak like this, even Sophie's way of speaking was more common people, and there was no man with such a thick accent.
"Click. ”
The two pushed open the door and walked inside.
The furnishings in the room are very simple, with only one desk and one display case.
In that display case, most of them are put in something like a certificate, maybe to their status, there is no need to use luxury goods to show anything.
At the desk sat a majestic-looking man, dressed in a suit and beard, frowning as he read the information in his hand. Next to the desk, there is also a business card that reads:
Ken Nickrak.
That's supposed to be the man's name.
"Father. Sophie exclaimed sweetly.
If it were someone else, he might have been melted by the voice, but Kennyrak still had a straight face, as if he was paralyzed, and just nodded slightly.
From the time Sophie and Norman came in until now, the man hadn't even looked up at them, which made Norman slightly unhappy.
The man was reading, Sophie didn't bother anymore, and I don't know how long it took, the man put down the information in his hand, put it on the neat table casually, and then leaned back in the chair and pinched his eyebrows.
"Sophie, what are you looking for me?"
After Kenny asked, he looked at Norman with a puzzled expression, but not surprised, "Who is this young man?"
"Father, this is the homeless man I just found on the side of the road, his name is Norman. ”
Hearing Norman's identity, Kenny's expression still didn't change, but there seemed to be a hint of impatience between his eyebrows.
He said in a serious tone: "Sophie, didn't I tell you? Even if you bring a homeless man like this, you don't need to show it to me, just let the housekeeper deal with it." He'd give these poor kids an errand, and I'm too busy to deal with it. ”
was lectured by her father, but Sophie did not show any dissatisfaction.
She smiled and shoved Norman in front of her father.
"Father, look at him. ”
Kenny frowned, raised his head slightly, and looked at Norman carefully, then his expression was somewhat soothing.
He stood up and circled around Norman's side.
"Hmm...... Yes," Kenny muttered, thinking that the child's appearance really shouldn't be a vagabond, but more of a nobleman.
Seeing that her father seemed to be very pleased with Norman's image, Sophie smiled as well
"Stay with Norman to work at home, and don't send them to work in the field like other homeless people. Sophie said.
"Hmm. Kenny nodded.
It is indeed good to keep this child at home as a housekeeper, and by virtue of his appearance, being a housekeeper at Clark Manor will make the manor look even more elegant.
Kenny patted Norman on the shoulder, "Your name is Norman, right? You can stay and work for our Clark family." ”
"Yes, sir. Norman bowed slightly.
"Very well," Kenny said, pleased with Norman's performance, as he looked at Sophie and said, "You can familiarize Norman with our house." ”
"Yes, Father. ”
Sophie nodded, then took Norman's hand and cheerfully left Kenny's office.
Kennickrak looked at his daughter's departing back and shook his head slightly.
He is a businessman, not a good man, not only that, but if you have to say, maybe he is also a bad person, a bad person who does all kinds of evil.
But in the face of his daughter, he changes, although he doesn't know how to express his love, he is just such a daughter, Sophie is the person he loves the most, his wife left early, in order to protect Sophie, Kenny often does many cruel things, such as secretly executing the homeless man who brought Sophie home.
This is mainly because of the fear that those homeless people who don't understand the rules will do something out of the ordinary to Sophie.
But the kid named Norman, to be honest, Kenny didn't fancy his handsome appearance.
Indeed, this kid looks very good, if he goes to act in film and television dramas, he will definitely be very famous all over the world, even if he is an ordinary person, there will be countless suitors, but unfortunately, he is a bum.
As a successful businessman and aristocrat, Kennickrak was not short-sighted.
The reason why he chose to let Norman stay was because he took a fancy to the ruthlessness in Norman's eyes.
He needs this kind of person around him, because he is this kind of person, and he knows very well what people like Norman want and desire.
Only such a person can contribute to the Clark family, and he wants to raise Norman to be a loyal dog of the Clark family, so that after he leaves, there will be a trustworthy and ruthless person who can protect his daughter, who is as white as paper, from being hurt by the outside world.
......
For the first time, Norman held the girl's hand except for Amilia.
If Emilia doesn't count, Emilia is his sister, and her age is closest to Norman, so Norman spent most of his childhood with Emilia, and among the four older siblings, Norman and Emilia also have the best relationship.
However, Emilia's hand is very different from Sophie's hand, Emilia's hand is smooth, strong, and warm, but Sophie's hand is very soft, like a piece of cotton, and it is hot, and the little girl seems to be a little nervous, and her palms are sweaty.
And, for some reason, Norman found that his eyes seemed to be inseparable from Sophie's bright smile.
He hoped that she would keep smiling like this, forever, for the rest of his life, and that he would be able to hold her hand so tightly as he did now, and never let go.
"Norman, what are you looking at?" Sophie asked, noticing Norman's gaze.
Norman was stunned for a moment, then acted a little overwhelmed, "No, nothing. ”
Norman shook his head and threw the thought out of his head.
This girl is human, our enemy, and I can't be fooled by her appearance...... Why, if she is a human?
The real blood clan does not have the ability to suck other people's blood and turn others into vampires, and if you want an ordinary person to become a vampire, you need to spend a lot of time laying out a bunch of magic circles and preparing a bunch of materials, and there are many steps, extremely complicated, ancient spells, few people can remember it.
Next, Sophie seems to be tirelessly running around with Norman to many places.
Clark Manor is a big exaggeration, and there is even a forest and back mountain that belongs to their territory.
Sophie led Norman into the middle of the forest.
It's late now, but it seems that Sophie's vision isn't obstructed by the darkness.
She took Norman to a place with ease.
It was a very tall tree, and Norman could not tell what kind of tree it was. At the top of that tree, there is a huge treehouse.
"Norman, you can't tell anyone, it's my secret. Sophie turned her head and smiled playfully at Norman.
Then, like a monkey, she climbed the tree nimbly, moving so fast that the Norman below was stunned.
Is this girl really a child of an aristocratic family, and not from some rural area?
"Norman, come up. Sophie shouted from the tree.
Climbing a tree is not easy for Norman a bloodliner, he climbed the tree by dividing it by two, it was as simple as eating and drinking, and of course, if he wanted to, he could even fly directly to the tree.
"Wow, Norman, you're amazing!"
The girl's eyes lit up and she looked at Norman adoringly.
Norman looked back embarrassedly, "No, it's not a big deal. ”
"Really, you're so good, even Chuck isn't as nimble as you," Sophie took Norman's hand and sat down with him on the treehouse, "Norman, where did you learn to climb trees? ”
Norman shook his head, "You can't learn...... Moreover, you as a girl should not learn this. ”
Hearing Norman's words, Sophie pursed her lips.
The angelic girl walked towards her treehouse, and Norman thought she was angry and hurriedly followed.
Entering the interior of the treehouse, Norman found that the space inside was much larger than it looked from the outside, at least able to accommodate at least ten people, and the treehouse was built very strongly, and it was full of all kinds of flowers and plants, and there were some things like art paintings, which were too obscure for Norman to understand.
"I asked Chuck to build it for me secretly," Sophie said, "and every time I'm in a bad mood, I'll come here by myself and stay for hours and look at the moon ......"
"Are you in a bad mood right now?" asked Norman.
Sophie shook her head, looked at Norman, and said, "I'm not here because I'm in a bad mood, but because I want to share this secret with my friends." ”
Friend?
Norman's heart trembled slightly as if he had been struck by something, how foreign the concept was to Norman.
"What's wrong with you, Norman?" asked Sophie.
Norman shook his head, "It's okay, it's just...... You are my first friend, thank you. ”
"First friend?" Sophie looked a little surprised, "didn't you have any friends before?"
Norman nodded, and then Sophie sat down and asked, "Norman, tell me about you." ”
Norman was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "I don't have anything to say. ”
"Well, I'm your only friend, can't you even meet the request of a friend?" said the girl, pretending to be angry.
Norman was an honest man, and he couldn't guess the girl's thoughts, so he really thought she was angry, so he could only quickly agree.
When Norman agreed, the girl smiled like an angel.
That night, Norman and the maiden opened their hearts, and he told her a lot about himself, but he either hid or did special things about the Bloodline, and the two children talked happily in it.
Under the tree, there were people standing, not only Yu Yinyu, but also Chuck.
He followed Norman and Sophie all the way to this place, and maybe Norman had noticed it a long time ago, but he didn't say it.
Chuck stood under the tree, silently guarding Sophie, listening to the communication between Sophie and Norman, Chuck, a very serious-looking guy, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
Yu Yinyu, as an observer, saw everything in his eyes, he wanted to go up and ask Chuck to take the boy from the tree, but he couldn't, he was just a bystander, and nothing could be changed.