The intellectuals are independent and noble in any era and civilization, from the nobility to the common people, and there is no one who does not offer these arrogant fellows as treasures. Even the king, when he was scolded by these guys, could only pinch his nose and admit it in most cases.

There are two exceptions: the military and the merchants. The old saying that "when a showman meets a soldier, he can't tell if he is reasonable" is not mentioned, and merchants, especially usurious merchants, are the enemies of the intellectual class through the ages, and I don't know how many poor scholars have been stripped of their last bit of property and reduced to all kinds of miserable situations.

Although the magicians are special, but these guys are still intellectuals, and naturally they can't escape such a fate, Miss Schillelia has become a member of the debtor clan with honor, and now she has to rely on Theresa to run to the palace to avoid debts.

Of course, before hiding in the palace, she had to complete the work of leading the way for the two of them - as the saying goes, the mouth of eating people is short, and the hands of others are soft, after accepting the help of Theresa, even as her best friend, Hillmelia's attitude at the moment is not strong, she has no usual scholarly demeanor, and has become a little daughter-in-law who allows others to rub and pinch her, and the appearance of the soft and soft Nuono makes Sinampei have an urge to take advantage of the opportunity to bully her - and it is "inhumane", The only thing that is extremely evil is the kind of "bullying" that exists in a love action movie in an island country.

Ahem, well, Sinampei admits that he is evil. But he just thought about it. In the face of the tremendous pressure of life, it is understandable that there will be some mess in the head occasionally - according to the survey, the most likely to have psychological problems are the rich and the poor, but the middle class is the least likely to get sick.

Kara didn't follow, but sat down in the cubicle specially prepared for the servants. Sinan Pei wanted to call her, but he hesitated for a long time and didn't make such a rude move.

In a short time, Master Arue's office arrived, a huge single room on the top floor.

Shirmeria walked ahead, her red eyes pushing open Arue's office.

At this moment, the gray-haired Arue was sitting at his desk, studying the thick parchment book on the table. Without looking up, he determined the identity of the visitor by the habit of intruding into the private space of others without knocking.

"Oh, Ciel, why are you here? aren't you going back to refining your gold?" said old Arue, accustomed to the first two pronunciations of the little girl's name.

"Failed again, and I still haven't been able to make gold. "The stranger with the surname Si told me that because gold does not normally react with other substances, it is generally stored in nature as a simple substance—that is to say, it is impossible for me to make gold from anything else." ”

Hilla, who has a little knowledge of chemistry, still understands a little bit of what Sinampei explains—although she is still ignorant, she is much better than most people in this era.

"Oh, yes, you should have thought of it a long time ago. Master Arue sighed, "The reason why gold is gold is because it is rare and unmanipulative. Have you figured out how to pay that debt you owe, Ciel?"

"I don't know. Shirmel Melia tiptoed, "I have no choice but to take refuge in Theresa." ”

"It's okay for a while, but it's not a way to go on for so long. Arue shook his head helplessly and changed the subject, "By the way, where is Mr. Si you are talking about? He is my guest today." ”

"Qiang Qiang Qiang, of course it's here!" The energetic Theresa jumped out of the corridor in front of the old and dizzy Arue and pushed Sinampe over.

"Hello, Master Aruë. Sinampei smiled and bent down to salute - of course, this smile was somewhat bitter. In her impression, Theresa is a typical eldest lady, and she is not usually as crazy as the head of the SOS, so what's wrong today?

With a shudder of his hands, Master Arue opened the drawer on his desk, took out his reading glasses from them, and put them on his face: "Oh, it's the Duchess of Auvergne, why are you here today? ”

"Didn't the servant I sent yesterday tell you?" said Theresa, looking surprised, "I'm here with this big fool today." ”

Master Arue looked at her with a smirk: "Did that old fellow write me your name in the letter of introduction?"

"How do I know. Theresa pursed her lips, "Just see for yourself!"

Sinan Pei respectfully took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Arue.

"Is this the old fellow's letter? Looks like you've already opened it. Arue laughed, cracking open his mouth with few teeth left, "But you certainly don't see anything really important. ”

As he spoke, he didn't care about the reaction of the three young men in front of him, and took out a bottle of strange green liquid from the drawer, and brushed them onto the back of the letter with a brush.

After a while, another handwriting clearly appeared on the back of the letter—handwriting that had never been seen by Sinampe and Theresa.

Sinampei was not so surprised because of his knowledge lead, at most he was slightly curious about what that liquid was, and Theresa was a little surprised, trying to pick it up and study it carefully, but before Theresa could touch the bottle, Master Arue put it back in the drawer at a speed far beyond that of ordinary old people: "Little girl, you should learn to respect the little secrets of the old people." ”

"Hmph, they're all so old, what are the secrets that you can't see. Theresa grimaced at him.

"Little girl, don't sell cute pretending to be pure in front of me, I'm already past the age of loving children. As he read the letter, Arue said disdainfully to Theresa, "I know your black heart very well. But despite that, Arue had a smile on his face.

"Black-hearted, you say I'm black-hearted?" Theresa threatened, "Be careful, I'm going to divest!

Well, Theresa is also one of the majority shareholders of Pali University. Ever since Sinampe noticed that the name of the building was "Christina", Sinampe had vaguely guessed this. Because Theresa's deceased mother, the previous Duchess of Auvergne, was called "Christina" - Sinampe knew this from the inscription on the wall of the cathedral of Auvergne, which included the list of donors.

"You won't. Jiang is worthy of being old and spicy, and in the face of Theresa's pale threat, Arue smiled and was not moved at all.