Chapter XXII
God says that mortals put their own requirements in prayer, and I will give them what they want as appropriate.
The long and hot summer is coming to an end, and Deppshire, which has been suffering for two and a half months in dryness, finally ushered in a hearty rainstorm, in fact, there were a few light rains on hot days, but the rain was quickly evaporated by the bright sun.
The general election of the dean of the Hongtong Magic Academy also came to an end with the fading of the heat, but the result was beyond most people's expectations, not one of the two vice presidents with a relatively prominent background and scenery who won, but the mediocre vice president Bloom.
At the dinner party held by the new dean, everyone dressed up in a new look, trying to make a good impression in the eyes of the dean. Even several important people in the city were in attendance, including Deppshire Governor Sunny Fornia and Sheriff Piri Snake.
The students in the academy can also attend the dinner party with the instructor, and the most important dinner is that the best chef in the city cooks the food that almost the entire academy can smell the aroma, so almost all the students are like tails behind the teacher's buttocks, frolicking into the academy auditorium. Even Arthur and Fred, who rarely appeared in front of teachers and students, rarely followed the sloppy Lillard and appeared at the dinner party, staring at the sumptuous food on the flowing water platform, smiling at each other and salivating.
Before the official start of the dinner, the new dean Bloom held a wine glass gently, with a straight waist, and greeted the guests one by one, especially with Sheriff Piri Snake, the two did not shy away from talking happily, so that the two unsuccessful vice presidents looked at all this with a blue face, and their cheeks were high.
"Arthur, this is good, this is good......" Fred is from a civilian background, and has never participated in such high-society gatherings, but fortunately, he doesn't pay much attention to this, the only thing he cares about is the golden barbecue grilled on the flowing water platform, and the little fingers that keep pointing with Arthur's side, saliva almost overflowing from his mouth.
"Hmmm. Arthur pulled out a cloth bag, slipped it into his hand, and winked at him. Fred took the bag, looked around, and gave him a thumbs up. At the moment, the brothers are ready to make a big splash.
"Little madman, what are you taking?" suddenly came a crisp question from behind, and Fred, who was secretly stuffing chicken legs into the cloth bag, shook his bluffed shoulder, turned his head, and muttered: "It's nothing, it's really nothing......"
"Poof. Anna couldn't help but laugh, two small dimples rippling happily on her face, and her big bright eyes were full of teasing.
"Don't make a fuss, you can watch it for us for a while, it's too wasteful to finish eating, let's take some back." Arthur sensed that someone was already looking at this place, and immediately said to Anna in a low voice. The little girl glanced at him, rolled her eyes delicately, and ran towards her father in the crowd with a snort.
Arthur let go of the wind, Fred did it, and soon filled a bag of food, just as they wanted to sneak out, a tall figure stood in front of them, looked at them with a mocking expression, and pouted the corners of his mouth: "Bed bugs are bed bugs, I can see you anywhere." ”
"Get out. Arthur blocked Fred who was holding the bag behind him and said indifferently.
"What did you say?!" the tall man was not very good-tempered, especially unprovoked, and immediately raised his voice two degrees, looked at Arthur viciously, snapped his crunching fingers, and several companions poured out from behind him at the right time.
"Deaf?" said Arthur, giving them a cold look.
"Hey, shouldn't you still think of yourself as a little young master of the great nobles, little miscellaneous minclei?" one of the tall man's companions gritted his teeth and looked at Arthur, and when he looked behind him, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pretended to be surprised: "Oh, it turns out that there is a thief, small miscellaneous and thief, you smell the same, hahahaha." ”
"Doesn't hurt anymore?" a sneer tugged at Arthur's lips.
"Oh, so you're the same one last time...... That bad guy. Fred poked his head out behind Arthur and looked at him curiously, the bag of food was so glaring that he didn't even know where to hide it, so he had to carry it in his hand.
"Shut up!" The last robbery in the woods didn't go well, and although he beat up the unsightly brunette kid, he also paid a heavy price for the broken arm. The tall man glanced at his partner, and his senior friend surrounded Arthur and Fred.
"Remember, my name is Les Fornia, from the family of the Archons of the county, and his name is Pratt Watts, from the family of the Captain of the Crusaders. The tall man spat out a mouthful of saliva at them disdainfully, an inexplicable sneer on his face.
As soon as Arthur secretly said that it was not good, Fred behind him suddenly screamed, and the cloth bag in his hand was ripped off by another partner of the tall man and held high in his hand.
"What's going on?" Lillard, who was chatting with an acquaintance, heard the student's shout, quickly pushed his glasses, and walked over when he saw their figures. Many of the nobles and celebrities attending the banquet were also startled by this abrupt cry, and they all turned their eyes to look here.
"Huh. Broken Arm smiled happily and motioned for his partner to hold the bag higher.
"How can you two steal from the academy students?" the tall man just stood there and hugged his shoulders and sneered, and his companion stepped forward and reprimanded Arthur in righteous words. With his words, the classmate holding the cloth bag untied the rope tied to the mouth of the bag and dumped the food in the bag to the ground.
"Rice, Pratt, what the hell is going on?" Lillard asked the instigator in an unkind tone, as he pushed away the onlookers, looking at Arthur with blank faces and Fred with blushing faces.
"Mr. Lillard, these two thieves snuck into the dinner party, stole a bag of food, and we caught them. "Rice is almost as tall as Lillard, but he's cut in half the width.
"yes, their behavior is just too filthy and filthy, Mr. Lillard. ”
"Oh my God, there are two thieves in our academy!"
Rice's companions shouted like butts on fire, pointing indignantly at the two weakly dressed children in the well-dressed crowd.
Gradually, more and more people came around, looking at the food scattered on the ground, and the red-haired children who were at a loss, they immediately understood what was happening, and many of the nobles in the city turned their heads to look at the new dean who was still talking, and their eyes were meaningful.
It is a common thing for Sheila to be involved in thieves and untouchables at the dinner party, but there are really not many people who have caused a disturbance because of this, and who cares about such a trivial matter when the lights are bright and the wine is pushing the glass and changing the lamp? Unless someone has ulterior motives, it is said that the new dean has offended many people in this election.
Lillard also felt a little tricky standing in front of the students, and secretly cursed in his heart for how these two little gluttons were so stupid that they were caught by someone. He pushed his glasses and was about to speak, when suddenly the crowd was separated, and the farce of the students was finally discovered by the dean and the distinguished guests, who came over together.
"What's going on?" Bloom asked indifferently as he glanced at the expressionless Arthur with a glass of wine.
"Mr. Dean, they steal. In front of the new dean, Rice did not dare to be too arrogant, and answered seriously with a correct attitude.
"Why did you steal?" Bloom smiled apologetically at Piri Snake, who was accompanying him, and turned to Arthur's brow.
"Stealing?" Arthur scratched the back of his head, pointed to the crowd of onlookers, and said, "Mr. Dean, what is he holding in his hand?"
The crowd looked in the direction of Arthur's finger, and the chubby mustache nobleman was eating with a full plate of food and watching the excitement, but suddenly found that everyone's eyes were focused on him, and his old face was slightly red, although the banquet had not officially started, he had already collected a few things he liked to eat, which was a little undignified.
"He eats on plates, but what about him?" Arthur said, gesturing to the younger children in the crowd, who were grabbing tarts in their hands. Seeing that everyone's eyes finally turned away from him, he hurriedly retreated from the crowd, and secretly scolded that little black-haired bastard, I fucking recruited you to provoke you?
"People can eat with plates, with forks, with their hands, who said you can't use a bag?" Arthur put on a studious attitude, glaring at the crowd with serious eyes, "Is it the rule set by the Lord that you can't eat with a bag?"
Piri was amused by the quibbles of the child in front of him, patted the new dean, and said in a low voice, "The students of your institute are very interesting. ”
"It's just clever. Bloom smiled and was about to dispel the farce, when Archon Senny Fornia came up, glanced at the mess all over the floor, and quipped, "Your students eat in a special way, Mistress Piri, do you think so?"
"Who's to say it isn't. Piri held his head high, and a sneer tugged at the corners of his mouth, "If the Archon wants to try eating in a bag, I can give you a few bags of fine silk weaving." ”
"Ridiculous!" the nobleman, who knew the consul well, immediately shouted, glaring at Piri, who was not a nobleman in Deppshire.
"Well, Piri-sama likes to joke, and you don't know what kind of anger you have. The consul waved his hand to stop the condemnation of his supporters, turned to Bloom and smiled, "Mr. Dean, don't let the children freeze here, it will be undignified to continue arguing with your house." ”
Bloom nodded slightly, glanced at Lillard, who was worrying about his beard, and the old man immediately came to his senses, stepped forward and grabbed Arthur and Fred's wrists and walked out of the crowd. Lillard, who had just taken a step, suddenly felt a slip in his hand, and Arthur had already broken away from his big hand, walked up to Rice, and said calmly, "Pick up the things for me." ”
Suddenly, all the people who were about to disperse stopped, and the child's voice was very clear in the crowd, and some nobles recognized Rice's family lineage, and turned their eyes to the consul. Les's face was gloomy, he unconsciously clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice, "What did you say?"
"Deaf again?" Arthur plucked his ears, looked at Les without hesitation, pouted to the ground, and said, "I'll tell you to put the stuff back for me." ”
When Arthur finished speaking, the Archon standing in the crowd looked as ugly as a sauce-burst eggplant, and Piri stood with interest, determined to watch the show. Bloom also had a calm face, and was about to step forward but his sleeves tightened, and he looked back at the sheriff beside him and pulled his sleeve covertly, and looked at the child at the center of the storm with his eyes soaring.
"You pariah, you want a nobleman to pick you up?" Rice glanced at his father and yelled at Arthur viciously.
"What kind of aristocrat are you in front of me?" The black-haired kid tilted his head slightly, looked around sneeringly, and said, "Raonis has even refereed the royal family, what kind of thing are you?"
The crowd was silent, and most of them looked at the child's rare black hair, and at the same time remembered the deserted castle outside the city. Yes, once upon a time, Raonis was the pride of all Depp people, its glory made people prostrate and did not dare to look at it directly, its authority was heavier than the emperor's, if Deppshire really had a nobleman, it was also the declining surname, not the self who intrigued with each other in fine clothes.
In front of this child, they are like clowns stripped naked.
"You...... You're lying, you're traitors......"
"That's enough!" the crowd shouted, and the consul interrupted his son's appearance and showed his ugliness, not because he was afraid that his son would say something indecent, but in his heart he didn't want to hear the surname again, which was the taboo of most southeastern nobles, and it was also the nightmare of the person whose surname had sheltered.
Arthur looked at the crowd with different expressions, suddenly showed an innocent smile, and approached one of Rice's companions. The young man blushed and looked at him nervously, Arthur calmly took the bag from his hand, and leisurely went to the long table to fill it with food under the gaze of everyone, and shouted "eat" in his mouth, leading Fred through the crowd.
Like a saint crossing the sea, wherever he goes, the waves are divided and the waves are split, and he is invincible.