Chapter Twenty-Three: Roque's Suggestion (1st Change)

The electromagnetic communication circle was opened, and a mature and beautiful female voice came from the monocle: "Lucien?"

Lucien was stunned, and didn't realize who it was for a moment, until the other party spoke again, and then remembered that she was Lady Florentsa, the wife of the Council member and the Grand Arcanist Oliver.

"Miss Florentine, have something to do with me?" asked Lucien, confused.

Florence smiled coquettishly, "You think I'm free, who would contact you bored? What do you think of Oliver's paper? You should have seen this issue of Arcane, right?"

Lucien was even more puzzled, this kind of thing can be discussed with your husband in private, why bother to ask me as an outsider, but Lucien immediately remembered that their husband and wife seemed to have a conflict, so he smiled and said: "Look, and it has been discussed with His Excellency Lavendi and Mr. Gaston, if you don't mind, Madam, I'll start talking about it directly?"

"Good. Florence replied crisply.

After exchanging her views on the paper, Florence was silent for a moment, and her voice was a little low: "Lucian, is Oliver looking for you to cooperate in the creation of the opera? ”

"How do you know about it?" Oliver's plan to curry favor with his wife in private was revealed by Florentsa?

There was a hint of lightness and triumph in Florentine's suppressed voice: "He always complained that Holm didn't have a real musician to adapt his libretto into a great opera, so if he wanted to write a new opera to please me." How could I let you go, a master who can be ranked very high in the history of music?"

"Then how do you know that he wants to use opera to please you?" Lucien realized that Florence had deduced from her understanding of her husband and the tacit understanding between husband and wife, so he asked a little curiously at the beginning of his love life.

Florence laughed, as if containing very mixed emotions: "He is like this every time, either a hand-made jewelry or a poem with strong feelings, or a new opera, the first two flattering methods have been used on the last two occasions, and it is easy to judge that it is a new opera with his character that will not be repeated in a short time." ”

"Then lady, why don't you let me agree? don't want to forgive him?" Lucien patted his face after asking, how can this kind of question be asked directly? Sure enough, he also has a gossip side.

Florence sighed without a smile, and said with a little bitterness in her teasing: "After you wrote "Dedicated to Sylvia", Sylvia died. If you write such an opera again, which was originally intended to make up for the feelings of husband and wife, but caused the separation of husband and wife. I think your love and love music will become a curse in people's hearts, and it is for your own good that I ask you not to agree. ”

Lucien keenly captured the meaning of Florentine's words: "Ma'am, you are going to dissolve your marriage with Lord Oliver?"

"Yes. Florence replied silently, then as if she wanted to speak. "I tolerate it again and again. But he never truly repented. I was tired and desperate, and I didn't want to dwell on him anymore. I have my own arcane and magical studies. There are teachers, classmates, and friends, if you leave him, you will lose the value and meaning of life, sometimes, love and affection can't cover everything, maybe after separation, I can still find new happiness. ”

She elaborated calmly, without hoarseness or crying, which made Lucien hear the determination and firmness in her words, as if it was a deliberate decision, not an impulse, so she did not persuade her, and smiled: "Then I wish you a new life in advance, Madame." ”

However, from the familiarity and understanding of Oliver that Florence had unconsciously revealed just now, could they be so easily separated from each other? Lucien was skeptical.

Florence said in a low voice, "Lucian, you are such a good man. I often think that if I hadn't met Oliver at the beginning, but now I have met you who are more talented, loyal and gentle than him, my marriage would have been so happy that people would be jealous, and I envy little Natasha. ”

She is a student of Morris, and Maurice is a member of the royal family of Holm and a junior valued by Hathaway, so she has a general understanding of the conversation between Lucien and Hathaway that day, and how Lucien has rejected all kinds of temptations over the years.

Xie Lu thanked for the compliment. Although he received a good man card, Lucien, who already had a lover, didn't mind at all and smiled and thanked him.

Florence suddenly laughed: "Actually, I once had the idea of revenge on Oliver, and I was ready to find a good man like him to have a dual relationship between soul and body, heh, one of my targets at that time was you, but you completely ignored my charm, and I couldn't get over that psychological barrier myself." ”

"Now that you have little Natasha, I won't be able to, I have suffered this kind of pain myself, and I won't let other girls suffer this kind of hurt that I will never forget. Lucian, be good to little Natasha, if you have another woman, then I will seduce her and let her leave you completely, hehe, she lost her mother before she was a minor, and she should like a mature woman like me. ”

Lucien rubbed his chin in embarrassment, and quickly changed the subject: "Madam, you said that I was one of the targets, so are there other goals?"

Florence poured out, her mood was a lot more comfortable, and she couldn't hold back a smile and said: "I have a very high vision, there are very few that meet my requirements, and I have to have a strong background, so I won't be killed by Oliver, so, except for you, I have thought about seducing my teacher, but I have carefully analyzed it, and the success rate should not be high, Lucian, you said that if my long skirt is inlaid with precious materials such as Hailan stone, sun stone, cryolite, dragon skin, etc., will the teacher be directly fascinated and seduced by me?"

Lucien pointed out directly: "I think that Lord Morris will silently take off your long dress, push you down on the bed, and then leave directly with your long skirt." ”

"Ha Lu Ha I think so too!" Florence was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Lucien raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt that it was not good to arrange the elders behind him, so he hurriedly asked, "I haven't seen His Excellency Morris for a while, I wonder what research he is busy with?"

"You propose a new alchemy post. The teacher's saliva is about to flow out, it is a field that can grasp the changes of matter, and he really needs to study it thoroughly, and he can have as many treasures as he wants, so he threw himself into this. Florence joked, but in fact, for the archmages of the nine-ring elemental faction such as Morris, Donald, and Lavendi, the new alchemy is to let them see the dawn of the promotion legend, how can they not bother to study it.

Lucien replied with the same humor, "If it weren't for the fact that Lord Maurice and Afrith were one man and one dragon, I would have suspected that Afrith was the illegitimate son of Lord Maurice. He really has the desire of a dragon to keep money. ”

A few small talks. Florence wished: "Lucien worked hard to have a baby with Natasha as soon as possible, if Oliver and I didn't like the two worlds at the beginning, maybe this would not be the end now." ”

"The situation is too dangerous. Not suitable for having children. And it's been less than a month since she was crowned. It's still years away from urging and pressure. Lucien also told Natasha that there will definitely be a lot of changes in the next few years, and it is easy to weaken her combat effectiveness when she is pregnant with a child. is in danger, so wait until the situation in Holm stabilizes before considering it.

Natasha agrees with this very much, and she hopes to be able to enter into marriage with Lucien in an open and honest way, so that the child can be born in a healthy family.

As for the higher the level, the more difficult it is to conceive, the "forced conception technique" on the "Pink Book" was not developed to play, it was created by a legendary magician in order to continue the bloodline. When he first saw this magic, Lucien suddenly had an auditory hallucination of "to treat infertility and go to the Alinge Magic Hospital".

Ending the call with Florentine, Lucien hesitated a little, on the relationship, Florence is a student of Lord Morris, Lord Morris is Natasha's elder, and he is considered a person in the same camp, and he should refuse to cooperate with Lord Oliver according to her request, but he has already promised Oliver, and it is not a good behavior to regret it.

After thinking for a while, Lucien made a decision: "Delay the creation of the opera until after they have dissolved their marriage, and when the time comes, if Lord Oliver still wants the opera and wants to be reunited, it will not conflict with Lady Florenza's request." ”

“...... And Ms. Florenceza's plea begging me not to write means that she is still a little shaken in her heart, worried that she will be shaken by the offensive of the opera...... I hope that the couple will not end in tragedy if they are divorced......"

Suddenly, the monocle became hot again, and Lucien touched his brow helplessly and turned on the communication circle.

"Lucien. Morris's voice came from inside his glasses.

Lucien let out an "ah" and said with some embarrassment, "Good morning, Lord Morris." ”

"Why are you weird?" asked Morris, confused.

Lucien tugged at the corners of his mouth, I won't say that I arranged you with your students before, and he was a thief for a while: "Your Excellency Morris, have something to do with me?"

"Have you watched the latest issue of Arcane?" Morris had the same question.

In this way, Lucien spent the whole morning discussing with familiar archmages and high-level mages, but Douglas and other legendary magicians did not contact him, because with their wisdom, it was not difficult to see the problem with Oliver's paper.

It wasn't until noon that Lucien was free, ready to continue reading the Arcane journal after lunch - if he didn't study and didn't pay attention to the latest papers, he could make a big mistake, even if he had a soul library himself.

At this time, Roque, who was wearing a short black dress, came in from outside and knocked on the door of Lucian's office: "Lucian, do you have time to chat?"

"Done the mandatory?" Lucien cheerfully motioned for him to come in.

Roque said relaxedly: "Of course, as a member of the Atomic Research Institute, the mandatory task I was assigned was very simple, and Lazar should also be fast. Lucian, I came to you to say that with the increase in arcane research projects, our Atomic Research Institute is a little short of manpower and space. ”

"I'll ask the Magic Research Council to merge all the spare labs on the eighteenth floor. Lucien said lightly, he was already the unquestioned authority in the field of atomic research, and this matter was not difficult to do, and there was no longer a need for the teacher Fernando to come forward, "As for manpower, don't we have so many arcanists?"

Counting myself, there are ten Arcanists.

Roque spread his hands: "It's just that there are too many arcanists, no one to start, no one to do chores, and your students have their own research projects when they grow up, so we need to recruit a group of magic apprentices." ”

"Then go to the mission area and post the quest, or contact the magic school and ask them to recommend an elite apprentice. Lucien said a little suspiciously, "Why do you care about this?"

Roque wasn't like anyone who would care about that.

Roque laughed twice, but still replied honestly: "Seeing that you and Lazar both seem to have a relationship home, I feel a little anxious. And I'm spending the most time here, how can I not find an opportunity to bring in some 'fresh blood'? Although several of your female students are good, they are all raised by you, and their eyes are on the top of their heads, and they can't look down on me at all. ”

"There is no coercion or intimidation. Lucien just reminded him.

Roque got up satisfied: "According to you, I am looking for a partner for the purpose of marriage, how can I do such a thing? I went to the mission area to issue a mission, with the current prestige of our atomic research institute, there must be countless apprentices coming to apply, uh, wouldn't that be too troublesome?"

"Introduction review, written test, interview, three links, layer by layer screening, anyway, I will supervise it occasionally. Lucien said with a wicked taste, giving the magic apprentices a taste of the formal process of finding a job. (To be continued......)