Chapter 162: A Kiss, How (Two in One)
"This fiancΓ©e is really not good."
The tinkle of the silver iron spoon and the white porcelain cup drifted into the ears of another girl along with the girl's words.
The jingle sound is crisp and the girly voice is soft, but when it is mixed together, Charlotte doesn't like it very much.
Even, a little irritability rose in my heart.
After saying this, Erin did not continue to pick up the words.
Are you waiting for my reply?
Charlotte thought silently.
But what should I reply?
I don't know.
She didn't even know what kind of position she should take to respond to this sentence, so she could only come up with what she was best at.
"Uh-huh."
She nodded weakly, and her response was perfunctory to the naked eye.
However, Erin didn't seem to notice this perfunctory, and her beautiful eyes were even brighter.
"Do you think so too?"
"Uh-huh....... Well? Charlotte's head tilted, not knowing why.
Erin sighed and said, "You've been at the same table with him for so long, you should have a rough understanding of that guy's temperament, right?" β
"Don't say anything arrogant, he looks like he has a chance to win everything, and he likes to make a lot of nonsense, so it's no wonder that other people in the academy don't like him."
Charlotte was stunned.
She never expected that such words would come out of the other party's mouth.
You just repeated that you are his fiancΓ©e, as a fiancΓ©e, how can you say that about him?
People's hearts are arrogant, they have the chance to win, and they are talking nonsense because people really have that ability!
Don't you know any of this?
Also, isn't the reason Lynn is hated by everyone because of his last name? It has nothing to do with himself!
Hearing these reversals of right and wrong, even Charlotte had a faint irritation in her heart.
Pursing her lips, she whispered, "Since you have a lot of grievances against him, then why do you have to repeat you and him........ What about the relationship? β
Erin glanced at her, and her smile was a little mocking: "What else, naturally it's for profit." β
"No matter what, the potential he has shown is indeed rare in the world, and he will definitely inherit the identity background of [Scarlet Earl] and other factors in the future, there is absolutely no one better than him in the entire Catalenan."
"And, most importantly, he was able to help me get my family business."
"I'm a daughter, and I'm never going to inherit the position of Duke in my life, but if my husband is good enough, good enough to be looked up to by everyone, good enough to break the rules, I can get what I want."
She took a sip of coffee and said, "So, no matter how troublesome it is, I can't let it go for the time being." β
β.......β
Charlotte was stunned by Irene's statement.
"You....... This ......."
She wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to say it.
In her cognition, marriage should be the most beautiful moment in life, not such an existence.
"You're so naΓ―ve, naΓ―ve and so cute to me." Erin squinted and smiled, "Since the earliest human era, the essence of marriage has been to live together, relying on male labor and female productivity to survive in a chaotic world. β
"It's the same now, it's just that the world is getting more complicated, and everyone has more things to need."
Erin seemed to have a point, but Charlotte still stubbornly shook her head.
"No, it's not, it's wrong."
"Wrong?" Erin looked up in confusion, "What's wrong?" β
After a pause, she seemed to have a sudden thought: "Don't you think that the so-called marriage should be as 'happy' as in a fairy tale, right?" β
"However, you should know that even if it is a fairy tale, any union between a prince and a princess, between a princess and a commoner, is not simple."
"The prince kissed and woke up the princess in the crystal coffin because he had gone through a lot of hardships to show the princess how good he was, and that princess was never a simple ordinary person."
"As for everything else, it's the same."
"Even fairy tales are showing that everything in the world follows the principle of equivalent exchange, and you can only gain what you gain when you give as much as you want."
She shook her head and sighed: "That's why I said that it's tiring to have this identity." β
"After all, while reaping, I also have to come up with something that he can look at."
Charlotte listened to what the other party had to say.
For a moment, she did feel that what Erin said made sense.
However, in her heart, for some reason, she was extremely resistant to this kind of remarks.
"That's right."
Erin squinted slightly, and her smile suddenly carried some deep meaning.
"I've heard that you and him seem to be teammates in this exam."
Charlotte, who was in deep thought, nodded subconsciously.
"Then you'll have to be prepared." Erin whispered.
"Ready?"
"Yes, the preparation - the preparation to be abandoned."
"Huh?"
Charlotte was stunned again, not understanding why the other party would say that.
"Don't you understand?" Erin smiled and groaned, "It seems that you still don't know him well." β
"Although the two of us behave in a more or less different way, there is no doubt that if something loses its value to us at all, no matter how gorgeous its appearance is, we will lose it because it may become a burden."
After a pause, her voice suddenly took on a little coolness: "Aren't you to him such a thing?" β
"Although you have a noble status and a superior appearance, in fact, your identity is just a flashy window paper, which can be broken at the first poke, and although you have a good appearance, you can't bring anything to people only by your appearance - for him."
"Ah, I'm sorry." Erin squinted and smiled, "My words may be a little sharper, but it's also for your own good." β
"I think you might need my words more than being left alone in a deserted exam room later."
"Of course."
Erin stood up and bowed slightly.
"If there is an offense, please condemn it, I can afford it anyway."
β.......β
These words, which were almost all-round three-dimensional defense, made Charlotte unable to refute.
She bit her lip and shook her head.
"You....... That's right. β
"That's right, it doesn't work." Erin whispered, "Don't you think you're going to have to do something?" β
"Of course, you don't have to do much, you just need to be able to do what you can - as long as there is a place to use it, nothing can be thrown away."
In Erin's words, the intention to oppress people to do something was so obvious that anyone could easily detect it.
Charlotte is the same.
She twisted the corners of her clothes and meditated.
Erin was not in a hurry, and sat back down and waited for her reply.
After a while, Charlotte finally looked up.
Erin also opened her eyes and looked at Charlotte.
She was expecting a decent reply.
"I know, I'll try to learn as much healing magic as I can."
Erin's smile froze
She looked at the girl opposite in disbelief: "Healing department...... Magic? β
"Hmm." Charlotte nodded timidly, "If he's hurt, I'll ....... Help him heal. β
"Governing ...... Heal ......."
Erin's mind couldn't turn for a while.
She didn't know how the other party could capture such a layer of meaning from her words.
"Why do you ....... Think so? β
"Because, because the last time I went to the exam room and had an accident, he told me that he doesn't know how to heal magic." Charlotte thought back to the scene and whispered, "So...... If he's injured, he'll probably need help. β
"That kind of thing, can be solved by medicine, you ......."
"However, if the injury is on the back, alone, there is no way, right?"
"No, he'll have a way."
"Even if there is a way to let someone who is already injured worry about these things, it ........"
"Your Highness." Erin interrupted her expressionlessly, "Don't you think it's a bit of a waste to care only about these small things with your ability?" β
"Huh?" Charlotte was stunned for a moment, "Waste? β
"You're a princess." "You may not have much else in your hands, but with that status, you can temporarily gain control of things outside of your own domain." β
"Don't you think it's even more useful in this way?"
"But......" said Charlotte, bowing her head, "I can't do it." β
"Trust me, you can do it."
"I ......."
"Your Highness." Erin whispered to Charlotte, "If you want to have something, you have to be the different, the one who is essential." β
"Think about it, are you favored in the palace because you are capable?"
"No, there are too many capable princes and princesses in the palace, no more than you, no less than you. The reason why you are favored so much is because your weakness is indispensable in the royal palace. β
"But outside the palace, it's not like that."
"The world is very big, there are a lot of people, and the characteristics of homogeneity, unless it is at the top level, will never be able to get ahead."
Looking at the other party's slightly dark blue eyes, Erin stopped talking.
With a light sigh, she shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I may have said a little too much. β
"If you don't like it, please forget it, what I'm talking about is just a judgment based on my own personal experience, and everyone's life path is different, there is no need to repeat other people's paths."
Charlotte subconsciously waved her hand and said, "No, no, what you said makes a lot of sense." β
Although the other party's words are really a little cold, perhaps, in this world, it has always been like this.
It's just that.
It's always been that way, right?
Charlotte didn't know, but she decided to try a little bit for now.
......
"Don't look at it, everyone is far away."
Erin rolled her eyes and returned to her seat, Lynn.
"I'm doing my best to help you, it's good for you to look at people and don't look back."
β.......β
Lynn awkwardly withdrew her gaze and changed the subject stiffly: "What did you guys just talk about?" β
"Your Highness's mood seems to be something not quite right."
Erin didn't care about why Lynn cared about Charlotte's emotions instead of her, like a child, she just said.
"Anyway, I'm helping you."
"Help me."
"That's right." Erin held the coffee cup and said seriously, "Wang Du, it's been very unquiet lately, if she can stand on your side, you can get a lot of help." β
Lynn frowned slightly: "I don't know if it's not calm, but, just her words, what can it bring?" β
Except for the identity of a little princess, Charlotte can almost be said to have nothing, and she can't even talk about any resources.
Help, what can she help?
"She really doesn't have much, but that's all she can do." Erin winked at him, "For example, if I give up what I have, about your identity, she can take the top." β
"In that case, at least I can save you."
"Huh?!" Lynn turned her head to look at her, her eyes slightly cold, "What are you talking about?" β
His words were full of questions, but they contained fury as if the realm of a beast had been violated.
It has nothing to do with emotions, it is just the responsibility that must be taken and the preparation to fight back when the domain is invaded by foreign forces.
Erin's mischievous eyes froze suddenly.
Damn, it seems to have been overplayed.
Coughing dryly, she changed the subject and said, "Of course, beyond that, I also hope that she has more than just identity." β
"In other respects, I also hope that she can help you a little more."
"Like, stop being targeted by other people." She squinted and smiled, "This time, I'm not your teammate, and no one is standing behind you to help you stop someone." β
Without waiting for Lynn to reply, Erin turned her head and smiled, "This time, I'm a big bad guy." β
"I believe that the little princess's impression of me is probably not much better-she almost wrote a few words on her face that she hated me."
Lynn was even more puzzled now: "What are you talking about?" β
Charlotte's character, even if she has only met once, can be clearly felt.
She, who is submissive to everything, would actually show her hatred so deeply?
"Nothing." Erin smiled and groaned, "I'm just saying that you can't leave me because you are bound by my interests, so you will follow my orders." β
Lynn was stunned, but still didn't understand.
What Erin said is indeed true.
It is true that he is tied to Erin because of his interests, and it is a bit exaggerated to follow the instructions, but he will indeed not refuse some small arrangements.
Why is this kind of fact annoying?
Is it because it's too real that the simple girl has a feeling of world view collapsing?
β.......β
Erin looked at his unknown appearance and sighed slightly.
This guy, although he sometimes opens his mind, thinks it's not because of emotional reasons, but because of rational judgment.
Although Erin didn't know what they had been through during this time, she could clearly distinguish that the other party had more or less other emotions in him.
What that emotion is, she won't say.
Because, a woman's jealousy is very heavy.
Even she admires the beautiful fantasy like a white rose.
After all, that's something she doesn't even have.
- No, you can't say no.
There used to be, but she threw it away with her own hands.
Shaking her head, Erin stopped thinking about Charlotte.
Yes, she didn't have that kind of thing, but she didn't need it anymore.
She can, straight to the end of the stage.
Holding her chin, Erin looked directly into the eyes of the young man opposite and smiled.
"So don't you think I deserve to be rewarded for helping you improve your teammates and the help she might give you?"
Lynn thought about it and felt that what she said made sense.
Erin did something good for him and really deserves something in return.
Although the process should have been initiated by him, it didn't matter.
Although he didn't know what was hidden behind it, he was extremely sure that at least he wouldn't hurt himself.
Spreading his hands, Lynn asked, "So, what do you want?" β
"What do you want.......
Erin's fingertips touched her cherry blossom-colored lips, and her smile grew.
"A kiss, how?"