readx; By the time the ceremony was held in the chamber, Carlo and Mannie had already left the east gate of West Side, which was directly opposite the Knight Academy, and walked back along the city wall, as the royal capital of Jursiman, it was not as heavily guarded as Carlo had imagined, and the east gate had only four guards, and was indifferent to the departure of Carlo and Mannie. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Walking along the walls from the East Gate to the West Gate is not easy, as the circular West Side is much longer than the way through it. By the time the two of them returned to the three-way junction, it was already afternoon, and it was clear that they had missed lunch, but Mannie not only said nothing, but did not even speak again, and walked quietly in the direction she had decided, which Carlo knew was the direction to her lodgings.

At that moment, Carlo's stomach growled uncontrollably, which made him a little annoyed. This was also the second time he remembered that he was starving, and the first time was naturally caused by the strange reason of Youlan. Thinking of this, Carlo began to miss Yulan, Ilor, Camurin and others, but he also realized that when Ashini began to hand him texts every day, he didn't think about them as often as he did at the beginning, perhaps because he gradually let go of his wariness of Ahime, and he couldn't explain the reason.

The echo in Carlo's stomach was not soft, Mannie turned her head to look at him when she heard the sound, and then she realized something, and said: "I'm sorry, I forgot the meal time, it's my dereliction of duty, but bear with me a little, and when you get to the accommodation, I'll arrange it for you." Mannie bowed. At this time, Mannie's movements and expressions were a little stiff, and her words and movements seemed to be instinctive. In fact, on the way back, she had been concentrating, observing her surroundings and thinking about what had just happened, so she neglected to eat.

"It's okay, I'm not hungry, Miss Mannie. Carlo pretended not to care.

Obviously her stomach was retorting, Mannie couldn't help but chuckle twice when she saw Carlo's pretending appearance, and suddenly relaxed, "Okay, let's go." I thought, after such a long time, there is still no movement on the side of the Wisdom Sacred Garden, if it is not afraid of anything, it is that I have not traced their traces, I really don't need to be so vigilant, otherwise it will be unnatural, my steps are a lot easier, and I continue to leave with Carlo on the left side of the road.

In a short time, Mannie and the others arrived at their destination. But when Carlo saw Mannie's home, he was a little surprised. Having seen Arini's castle and the huge mansion of the Marquis de Daniel, Carlo never imagined that the residence that Daniel had carefully arranged for Atheni was actually a small two-story house with an area of no more than 20 meters. It's so unremarkable. But Mannie had already opened the door and beckoned to him, which made him believe it again.

Walking into the door, the living room in the house is full of simple furniture, but the exquisite appearance reflects the identity of the owner, but the benches and cabinets make the room small is an indisputable fact.

"Miss Mannie, am I going to live here in the future?"

"Of course. Mannie sat Carlo on the bench and poured two glasses of water from the cabinet behind the bench, and took out an iron box from the cabinet containing biscuits, apparently for food. "I'm sorry, but you can drink some water and have some snacks, and I'll prepare lunch right away. ”

"No, Miss Mannie, I'll just have some biscuits. Carlo hurriedly said, and then asked, "May I ask where Miss Ashini and they live, and are they in the vicinity?"

"Do you think these cookies are enough for the two of us?" Mannie whispered, she was dissatisfied with Carlo's stupidity, it seemed that she expected too much of him, and at the same time said: "Miss Atheini, they naturally live here, where do you think they will live, and at the same time me, this house has four rooms upstairs except for the ground floor, it happens that the four of us live, it seems that you don't understand how expensive the house in West side is, and it is because of the kindness of the young lady that you and I can have a room of our own." Okay, I'm going to prepare food, you can practice. ”

Just as Mannie was about to leave, a white-haired old man with a suitcase, a black dress, and a white beard suddenly appeared on the stairs directly opposite the door, walking downstairs with vicissitudes on his face. Seeing Mannie passing by the stairs and heading to the kitchen, she was suddenly stunned, and then said in a flat tone: "You're back, are things going well?"

And Mannie replied in the same flat, even cold, tone: "Well, it's going well, Miss will go do some things first, and then the carriage will send them back." ”

Carlo sensed from Mannie's tone that she didn't seem to want to pay attention to the old man, and it seemed that she hated the old man ten times more than Carlo herself.

But the old man didn't care about Mannie's rudeness, and said lightly: "Oh, that's good, I'll leave when the carriage comes." So saying, he went downstairs, sat down on the other side of the bench, and placed his luggage beside him, the box looked small, but very old, but Carlo recognized at a glance that this little box was actually the same style and material that the Marquis de Daniel had given him, and the old man had been looking at him since he sat down, from beginning to end, over and over again, to see if he was uncomfortable, but he kept silent, which made Carlo creepy.

After such an ordeal for a while, at last, the knock on the door broke the silence, the old man got up and opened the door, and it was the coachman he was waiting for standing at the door, the old man took out a chronograph from his bosom, and said to the coachman: "If you are late, I will pay according to the actual mouth." The coachman seemed to know the old man's temper very well, and did not refute it, but smiled and nodded yes, and then the old man turned and took his suitcase, and said to Mannie that he was gone, and left the house without waiting for Manny to respond, and Carlo could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and he felt that ten minutes in the same room with the old man gave him more tired than a day with Mannie.

Mannie didn't seem to care about the old man's departure, and Carlo leaned back quietly on the bench, eating biscuits. After a while, Mannie brought a plate from the kitchen, on which were placed four breads and roast bread, along with two glasses of milk, and placed it in front of Carlo and said, "I don't know how to cook, I can only make this, but the taste can be swallowed, eat, in the afternoon I will notify the maid I found a few days ago to come over, that servant is a good cook, you don't have to worry about eating this all the time." After speaking, he wiped his hands with the prepared wet towel, grabbed one and ate it, looking at his expression, he seemed to be quite satisfied with his cooking skills.

Carlo also followed her example, wiped his hands, grabbed one and was about to put it in his mouth, but suddenly remembered the old man who was sitting in Mannie's current seat just now, suddenly stopped, and asked, "Miss Mannie, who was that old man just now?"

And in this moment, Mannie had solved a sandwich of bread with quick but elegant movements, wiped her mouth, picked up the milk, and took a sip before answering, everything was so easy.

"That man is Odoff, my biological father, as I mentioned earlier, and since there is no fifth room here, and for the convenience of business, he intends to go to live in the warehouse. He was a miser, and he thought it was too much time to run from here to the docks and warehouses every day, and he had to live here only for the sake of decency, but now that the young lady is here, it is more agreeable to him. With that, he picked up the second bread and continued to eat.

Carlo was stunned on the spot, although Mannie had mentioned that the relationship between their father and daughter was not good, but he never thought that their relationship was like this, and he was so indifferent to the point that it was weird. Carlo suddenly felt that since he arrived in the Eastern Continent, he had met people who he couldn't understand, not to mention Atheini and Lou Nian, starting with the gloomy old servant Anna, to Marquis Daniel, who had chatted happily with him, he was puzzled.

He didn't understand where Anna's hostility towards him came from (of course, Carlo had vaguely guessed something now), he didn't understand what was hidden under the kind smile of the Marquis of Daniel, he didn't understand why the Orff butler was so friendly to him, he didn't understand that Lucien always looked cold, but he never seemed to resent Atheney's torture of her, and of course he didn't understand that Ashini clearly wanted to use herself, trying to torture Lucian, but she had to risk her own protection, and be so kind to him, in his memory, besides Ilore and Rayban, she was the third person who tried to take care of herself。 And now, he doesn't understand what kind of person Mannie is, and why she can be so cold to his biological father.