Sunday, noon.

Louise walked briskly through the palace vestibule carrying a basket of handmade snacks, the shadows of the marble pillars on both sides of the corridor quickly meeting and parting with hers, and when Louise arrived at the dressing place outside Doria's garden out of breath, she found hundreds of ornate robes and padded jackets hanging on the hangers.

"Oops, it's late again......"

Louise sighed a little distressedly, and then quickly took off her heavy blue trench coat and handed it to the maid in charge of the clothes, revealing the long white tulle dress worn in the trench coat.

Before entering Doria's Garden, she brushed her sideburns through the mirror in the dressing room, straightened the folds in her skirt, and after making sure that the sprint didn't affect her image too much, Louise pushed open the door to Doria's Garden.

Unlike the cold wind outside, the garden behind the door is sunny and warm like spring, and the air is full of the fragrance of flowers.

Doria Gardens. This is probably the only garden in the entire Lorda Empire that is full of beautiful flowers even in winter, and it is the Changchun Garden established by the former king Tandas to commemorate the former queen Doria Maurimos, who died of illness. The garden is equipped with a powerful meteorological barrier, and the court weatherman constantly injects magic into the barrier at 24 hours, so that the whole garden is kept at a constant temperature and full of flowers all year round.

The Garden of Doria has been built for 100 years, and once only members of the royal family could enter the garden, but soon after King Ba'anbia ascended the throne, the garden was opened to the public as a benefit - of course, it was only for the outside, but in fact only nobles, powerful ministers and their families were allowed to enter, and the common people were not eligible to enter the Garden of Doria.

Louise's father is the general affairs officer of the griffon district of the capital's Yundi City, this official position is not big, and there are a bunch of princes and nobles on it, and it is not right to say that it is small, after all, he is in charge of the security of one-eighth of the capital, how can he be worthy of the title of minister, so Louise also has the qualifications to enter the Doria Garden.

As for Louise herself, she loves flowers, but she doesn't like to run out of the house in the middle of winter to enjoy the flowers, and she actually prefers to stay at home and bake rather than spend a lot of time dressing up herself to go to the palace to enjoy the flowers. The reason why I came to Doria Garden today is because of my troubles.

Recently, there has been a craze in the palace for a tea party in the Doria Garden on Sundays, and every Sunday, the ladies of the nobles and the powerful families have dressed themselves up in fancy clothes, and appear in groups in the Doria Garden, if nothing else, just because someone found that the brave Lord Apollo would come to the Doria Garden every Sunday noon for a walk.

The brave Apollo, the chosen one who shoulders the responsibility of leading the human race to the light, is said to have a good conversation, extraordinary aura, and more importantly, a handsome appearance that makes people fall in love at a glance, is the most dazzling existence of the five brave men who came to the imperial capital, everyone who has seen him, regardless of men and women, young and old, will be crazy for him, the little girl wants to make a promise when she sees it, and the married woman also changes her heart for him.

But it is not a simple matter to see the beauty of this brave man, most of the time the brave are heavily protected in the depths of the palace, and only a very small number of big nobles and high-ranking officials, or elites who are selected as members of the brave group, can obtain the qualification to contact the brave man. And the average aristocratic lady naturally doesn't have to think about it.

So when the news came out that Apollo would appear in the Garden of Doria every Sunday, the ladies of the official family all felt that their opportunity had come, dressed up one after another, and then appeared in the Garden of Doria as if nothing had happened, fantasizing about being favored by this Lord Apollo, and living a rich and happy life from now on.

Louise's father got the news out of nowhere, and forced Louise to get involved, thinking that maybe her father could catch a golden beetle son-in-law with her daughter. Louise couldn't resist her father, so she had to obediently go through the motions.

To be honest, she felt that her father really thought too much, although it was said that the Doria Garden could be entered as long as it was a relative of the nobles and nobles, but in the same garden, there was still an insurmountable class gap between girls and girls, and those who were really qualified to talk to Lord Apollo were all the thirteen princesses of the empire, the granddaughter of the left protector, or the daughter of the head of the Red Dragon Knights. And she, Louise, the daughter of the general affairs of the district, would be killed by the atmosphere of the scene even if she got a little closer, let alone hope for any further development.

"Well, it's a waste of time...... Louise couldn't help but sigh again, "forget it, I'm really here to enjoy the flowers." ”

That's when Louise heard someone's call.

"Louise, what are you doing over there, here and here~!"

Louise followed the sound and found that it was Elaine, the daughter of the general affairs of the Zhu'an District, and Julie, the daughter of the chief secretary of the housekeeping who she met at the tea party last time, and they had already occupied a corner position, laid out the carpet, and were beckoning to her at the moment - these two were the same as her, they were the daughters of small power officials, and they came here just to join in the fun, and the three of them were in a similar situation, and they became friends at the last tea party, and agreed to chat together the next time they met.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Louise trotted over to the blanket, laid down a basket of pastries, and said, "Ah, I almost forgot, wait a minute, I haven't gone to worship yet." ”

In the center of the Garden of Doria there is a statue of the Mother of the Nation, and the first thing everyone who comes to the Garden of Doria is to bow to the statue of the Mother of the Nation, which is the rule set by Ba'ambia.

Louise came to the statue of the Mother of Doria to worship reverently, and after the prayer, she humbly greeted the Thirteen Princesses and others who had already arrived, and after doing all this, she returned to her small territory with peace of mind.

"I'm back. How do you feel that everyone is doing nothing today, and Lord Apollo is not here today? Louise whispered to Elaine and Julie as she took out the pastries from the basket and placed them on the blanket.

Julie shrugged, "It hasn't been shown up yet, maybe Lord Apollo won't be here today." ”

"Huh? No," Elaine said with a look of great disappointment, "then I haven't come for nothing today." ”

"Elaine, you're really coming for Lord Apollo." Louise said with a smile.

"Of course, just by looking at the heroic appearance of that adult, I will have sweet dreams when I sleep at night......" Elaine put her hands together on her chest, and a smile of obsession appeared on her face, but then she asked as if she thought of something, "Aren't you here for Lord Apollo?" ”

Louise and Julie glanced at each other and said with a wry smile: "Although this is true, but I think that Lord Apollo is such a dazzling existence that he will not notice us at all, so even if I come here, I don't have any expectations, if I really want to say it, it is like coming to a picnic...... feeling?" ”

Elaine pursed her lips, "Louise, you really can't dream." ”

"Hehe, to be honest, even if Lord Apollo takes a fancy to me, I maybe, probably, maybe, will still refuse, right?" Louise said cautiously.

As soon as these words came out, Julie and Elaine both widened their eyes and looked at Louise in shock.

Seeing the reactions of the two, Louise explained in a little panic: "I'm not saying that Lord Apollo is bad, it's just that I think his existence like that is like a kaolin flower, which is uncontrollable." And I'm very insecure with him, and I have to endure the jealous stares of the people around me, and I have to watch out for women who are better than me to snatch him away, and I feel tired just thinking about what it would be like to be with Lord Apollo, so if I can, I'll keep my distance from that adult and just watch from a distance. ”

After Louise finished explaining, she saw that Julie and Elaine were still wide-eyed and very frightened, which made Louise feel a little confused.

At this time, Julie swallowed her saliva, trembled and pointed in the direction behind Louise and said, "Lou, Louise, you, ...... behind you"

"Behind me?"

Louise turned around to find a man with smooth blonde hair and jewel-like blue eyes, standing behind her with a kind smile, and this person was none other than the protagonist of their conversation, Apollo the Brave!

"I beg your pardon, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on the conversation of the young ladies, but I saw that your dim sum here is very similar to the dim sum of my hometown, so I wanted to take a closer look and overhear this young lady's point of view," Apollo said with a wry smile, "I really didn't expect that the people around me would have to suffer so much trouble, I had never thought of this before, I am really ashamed." ”

"Ahh Feeling the murderous gazes of the people around her, Louise hurriedly waved her hand, "Lord Apollo, I just said nonsense, don't take it seriously!" It's just some unreasonable nonsense! ”

Apollo didn't respond to Louise's words, but turned his gaze to the pastry on the blanket, pointed to one of the crepes with yellow sauce and asked, "Did you make this?" ”

"Ah, well, yes." Louise confessed dumbfounded, and then suddenly reacted and asked, "Lord Apollo, do you want to try it?" ”

"Is that okay?"

"Yes, you're welcome!"

"Thanks, you're welcome."

Apollo picked up the sauce-smeared pancake and took a bite into it, chewing it a few times and closing his eyes with a look of enjoyment.

"Well~ delicious, it tastes like my grandmother's cooking, I didn't expect to be able to eat teganites here, today is really my lucky day." Apollo said happily.

"...... of the millnut?"

"Ahh Apollo said with a smile.

Louise was praised by the brave man, and her whole face turned red.

"Thank you for the award!"

Apollo shook his head slightly, "No, it's me who should thank you for inviting me to eat." What's your name, please? ”

"Lou, Louise, my name is Louise Grunis!"

"Miss Louise, it's a pleasure to meet you. Then, I won't continue to disturb you ladies chatting, and the next time I have a chance, I will invite you to eat, and I will also cook a few hometown dishes. ”

"Good, good! You're so kind! Louise said.

Apollo smiled slightly, bowed to the group, and walked to the other end of the garden. After he left, Louise, Julie, and Elaine could no longer control their emotions and cheered excitedly.

Listening to the shouts behind him, Apollo's eyes had a little more smile in his eyes.

At this moment, a voice exploded in Apollo's head.

"Apollo, you really can't get tired of this set of things, is it so interesting?"

Apollo suppressed the smile on his lips when he heard this.

(What are you talking about, Lord Midori, I'm just making a new friend.) ）