Chapter 185: Night Banquet by the Lake
Queen Victoria is crazy!
Not because of anything else, just because Artoria showed the baby in front of her.
By her actual age, Artoria was not much older than Elizabeth.
Mordred cowered behind Charles in horror, she didn't know where she had provoked the Queen.
Charles pulled Modre to the other side of the table, away from the battlefield that belonged to middle-aged and elderly people.
Tonight's dinner was a small buffet in the back garden of the palace, with long tables filled with all kinds of dishes, and everyone took what they needed to eat and chat.
Although it was already winter at this time, keeping the garden warm was a piece of cake for the palace, after all, the magic array in the back garden was opened to the highest level, and the high temperature magic used to ward off the enemy was opened.
In addition to Artoria and Charles, Victoria also invited several other elves from the caravan.
Unfortunately, the two sisters, Penelope and Galatea, live in other places, and they went home directly at the station at noon and were unable to attend the dinner.
George arrives with his daughter Ronnie and his wife Dafen, followed by Nelson by his third brother Richard, fourth brother Robbie, and youngest sister Nana.
Elizabeth went to the temple to drink cold boiled water, and was not here tonight.
Elves grow and develop slowly, and their personalities change as their bodies develop, but that doesn't mean that their IQ also grows slowly.
Over there, George's daughter, Ronnie, who looked to be about the same age as Charles, was eating and chatting with Diana, and it looked like Diana was being hung up and beaten by Ronnie while they were discussing something.
On the other hand, Mira, who was influenced by her mother and loved painting, is asking Horatio's sister Nana about painting techniques. Charles, who had not inherited his mother's talent, decided not to get involved.
At this time, Charles was standing at a table with a plate, and at the table sat a female elf wearing a sky blue low-cut evening dress and white shoulders, with a string of pearl necklaces around her neck, and her long hair in a bun at the back of her head, slowly enjoying wine and food in a dignified and elegant manner.
If it weren't for the "mountain valley", Charles would have almost not recognized who this person was.
"Halkara ......"
As soon as Charles called out to her, Halcara's stiff body shook, and her hand holding the spoon stopped in mid-air.
"Charles. Halkala's voice was full of nervousness and trembling, "You must be graceful and polite in the palace, or you will be pulled out and your head will be cut off by order of Her Majesty." ”
That's when Charles realized that the textbook smile on her face was magically fastened.
The boy was obviously so nervous that he had been invited to dinner at the palace and didn't even tear off a note from a dress rental shop on the inside of his shoulder.
Then Queen Victoria appeared silently behind Halkala, and the queen held a wine glass in one hand and gently pressed the other hand on Halkala's shoulder, and she said: "Don't listen to those guys' nonsense, I will not cut off the heads of my people because of this, and generally let them go to the mines to dig six hundred years of ore." ”
Victoria had seen a lot of things that made her nervous because she saw her, and she tried to lighten up the atmosphere by joking with Halkara, because the elves didn't include mining in the mines.
As a result, she underestimated the nervousness of Halkala......
Halkara's hand shook, and the fish balls in the spoon in his hand fell onto the table. She was about to take the fish balls rolling on the table, but the spoon in her hand fell on the grass and spilled the soup bowl in front of her. Then she tried to pull the soup off the table with a napkin, and the end result was that the whole small table fell to the floor......
At this moment, even Charles and Her Majesty the Queen were stunned, and Richard and Robbie, who were not far away, covered their eyes with their hands.
Victoria looked at Charles on the side and asked, "How did she come back alive after running around the continent?"
Charles looked at Halcara, who was sitting on the ground and crying "about to be beheaded", and thought to himself how this eldest sister was not as good as George's daughter, and dared to sell herself in the first place, he shook his head and replied: "She is not usually like this." ”
At this time, Victoria walked up to Halkala and reached out to help her, "Okay, okay, I'm joking with you, I'm not going to cut off your head, and I'm not going to let you go mining." ”
"Really?" asked a tearful Harkala looking up at Victoria.
"Of course it's true. Victoria replied with a smile, "You are Elizabeth's friend, how could I punish you for just a little thing?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" said Halkala slammed to his feet.
Outcome...... Her head hit Victoria's chin......
"Bang", Charles felt pain when he heard it.
George came to his daughter's side, pointed to Halkala, who was carried away on a stretcher, and said to her, "Nini, don't be like her when you grow up." ”
Ronnie, who had just finished beating Diana, nodded vigorously.
There, Victoria rubbed her chin and asked Charles again, "How the hell did she come back alive?"
This time Charles shrugged his shoulders and watched Halcara, who had fainted, being sent away.
When Charles saw his Elvish teacher again, it was many years later.
Not long after, Charles saw Diana sitting alone at a table with a loveless face, as if it had burned out.
He walked over and sat down across from him, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Diana, "What's wrong with you?"
"Are elven children all monsters?" muttered Diana.
"You're much better than elves your age. Charles reassured.
"Fuck off!" Diana glanced at Charles angrily, the elf who was less than ten years old was still a toddler.
Then she said, "I wouldn't be surprised if I were told one day that the elves had landed on the moon." ”
Charles said as he ate the dish on the plate in front of him, "You look at the way Halkala looked just now, do you still think that?"
Diana sat up straight and said to Charles seriously: "Halkala is a matter of character, not of IQ, and you are not unaware of her attainments in pharmacy, I can see the herbal tea she invented in the shops of Knowledge City, and even Linda's father drinks it." ”
This Charles can't argue that Halkala has set up his own workshop in order to make money, and has sold a refreshing herbal tea recipe and his own image rights. Later, Charles learned that the sales of that herbal tea were actually very good.
"That's right. Charles remembered something, "You and Halkala muttered for two days when you were on the ship a while ago, what were you discussing?"
Diana took a sip of juice from her own cup and said, "I asked her to help me refine the recipe and process flow of the product I'm going to start a business with." ”
Charles continued, "Where do you have so much time to manage the workshop, do you want me to get someone from home who can be trusted to come and help?"
"No, I don't. Diana shook her head, "I'm going to hire Linda to help me manage the workshop, and she's already agreed." ”
Charles was stunned, and his eyes became sharp.
"Purpose?" he asked.
Diana said "hehe" twice, and it was simple to talk to smart people, "I want to see if she has any value in cultivating." ”
Charles put down the cutlery in his hand and habitually tapped his fingers on the tabletop.
After a while, he knocked heavily on the table, and then said: "I will increase the investment in your workshop, I will write back tonight, you can use some of our family's resources, and I will ask my housekeeper Ah Fu to come to the Knowledge City after the New Year to talk to you in detail about the specific details." ”
Diana looked at Charles seriously, "Aren't there still five forces in charge of your family's estate?"
Charles leaned back in his chair and spread his hands, "Then it's up to you, you can even pull my uncle in." ”
Diana stood up, went to the long table and came back with two glasses of juice, then handed one to Charles.
"Happy working together!" Diana held up the juice in her hand and stretched it out to Charles.
"Happy working together!" Charles clashed with Diana's cup in his hand.
After the two had finished their juice, Victoria walked over.
She said to Charles and Diana: Are you two full, are you interested in walking with me by the lake?
Charles and Diana looked at each other, then agreed at the same time.