Chapter 20: The Final Explosion Approaches
Rick walked alone close to the banquet hall, his habit of waiting for the people to show disdain, and his mouth was flattened. But he was surprised to find that when people saw him, their eyes opened slightly, as if they wanted to see him more clearly, and many even smiled at the corners of their mouths. Someone who gets treated this way regularly would probably classify that smile as "polite", but Rick knows it's not polite, because it's not the kind of treatment that will be given to everyone.
Rick walked to the door of the venue and found Mrs. Yulan standing by the door. Mrs. Yulan stood beside the vase, rubbing her fingers with the flowers. She pretended to be nonchalant, but Syk could tell that she was secretly looking at the guest. Originally, as the hostess, she should be the protagonist in this kind of situation, and she should greet guests in the venue, but Gino seems to have taken her place, and Xike doesn't care that Lady Youlan Weishenme will run to such a corner.
As he walked to the door, Mrs. Yulan smiled weakly when she saw Syke, as if she had been seriously ill for a moment.
Mrs. Yulan said, "You are here, you look very energetic today. ใ
Xi Ke thought to himself: no one can wear a tattered mage robe and look vibrant. Still trying to smile politely, he said, "Are you okay?"
"Oh, that's bad. Mrs. Yolan replied.
Nick didn't dare to remind Lady Yulan how good her face was now, nor did he want to remind himself that the medicine he made was so effective that he deserved to be praised.
At this moment the two young girls entered the arena talking and laughing, and Mrs. Yulan glanced at them, and for some reason, that gaze frightened Rick. Mrs. Yulan's gaze turned back to Rick and said, "Do you think that being born a woman is a disadvantage?"
Rick is a man, and it's a difficult question for him to answer. So he just looked like he was listening intently and didn't reply.
Mrs. Yolan continued, "We can only live under men, and any happiness we have can only depend on the mercy of men. Women can only withstand the invasion of men and satisfy their desires. But we ourselves cannot love, we cannot protect what we love, we cannot have a voice, we cannot have a will. A woman must be the perfect man to have a slight reward. A woman's freedom is only how to serve the man who picks her up, but she has no freedom to be a woman, and she has no freedom not to serve. Mrs. Yolan grabbed the garment from her chest, gasped, and said, "My poor, sweet little goblin, my heart, how much she resembles me! She has no self-will, just a puppet in bondage. I use my life to protect her, but she is a woman, and a woman must have a man to live, so that little monster has a way to design her, because she can't refuse a man's request, and her fate as a woman can only obey a man's request, and she can only serve the man who has a request for her! Even if that request will make her suffer and make her leave my protection, she can only accept it, because it is a man's request! She must let the man have her!"
Rick could only nod his head and reply duplicitously, "yes. ใ
"Men have everything, women can only obey. Lady Yolan rubbed the flower harder, and the petals shattered in her hand. The flower separates from the stem and falls to the ground. Mrs. Yulan said, "This is the rule of shijie, the truth that no one can disobey. A woman's destiny is a commodity to be bought and sold by men, a gift to their success. Only by being born as a man can youโ" Mrs. Yulan took a deep breath and said the word zuihou poignantly, and then stopped: "-can." ใ
Syk felt that Mrs. Yulan's vision was becoming more and more abnormal, as if she had flown to a distant place again. He felt that he had better hurry away, and Rick said, "Very sorry, ma'am. Though I would love to stay and admire your beauty, my duty does not allow me to stay here, and it binds me even if I am very reluctant. ใ
"Let's go, man. You have everything, and I will remain in the shadows, as a woman should beโ" Lady Yulan crumpled the flowers one by one.
Rick turned to leave. Although he wanted to, he didn't dare to speed up his pace, for fear of causing another reaction from Mrs. Youlan. Upon entering the banquet hall, Wick saw Gino surrounded by male guests, accepting all kinds of flattery about her beauty and talent as a queen. After his sister left, Gino stopped pretending to be a weak woman.
What Mrs. Yulan said, though not entirely wrong, was quite biased. It was true from Lady Yulan's point of view, but she only saw her own situation and ignored the others around her. Rick couldn't agree with that.
Lino is definitely different from Lady Yolan, she has an ego will. It was that will that made her choose Valu, and at a critical moment, she bravely spoke her own requirements, chose her own path, and pursued true love and happiness that belonged to her.
Gino is even more obvious, she uses her own will to carve a path. The identity of a woman does not see a trace of hindrance in her. Seeing how she is now so free to sway her charm, making full use of her own womanhood, influencing the men around her without being humble or arrogant, making them gentle and polite, femininity may be a trump card for her. Xi Ke can Yujian that she will definitely teach everyone who dares to offend her in the future, regardless of whether it is a man or a woman.
As for Rick himself, although he is a man, he has nothing. Being male did not bring him any additional benefits, and certainly did not give him the authority to direct women, otherwise he would not have been commanded by Hana. It's not just that you have to be born a man to have everything.
Syk knew that Lady Yulan was not doing well, but he didn't like her and thought that Syco had taken advantage of her.
Turning his head to look around, he found the old man who was giving a small speech to the guests, and before long, he also found the head of the spire erected above the crowd, and followed the spire to Hana below. She's destroying a guest's costume with a spell blunder. She had a large bruise on the right side of her face that had been beaten by Xike, as well as spots from drug allergies. Hana's own medicine is obviously not very good.
Rick picked up the chicken leg from the buffet area and approached the crowd as he nibbled on it. When he had finished chewing, he licked the oil off his hands, picked the bones open with his sacrificial knife, smeared the marrow on his head, and shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to be happy!"
Everyone looked over here, and with a wave of the Xi Ke Sacrificial Knife, a large amount of bright purple smoke gushed out and slowly landed, forming a purple sea of mist under his feet. Although the smoke is heavy, it is not choking. Syk specializes in potions, and the smoke he produces will never irritate the trachea, and even have the function of refreshing the mind. He had rejected Naimo's proposal to make an aiqing elixir, and now he was legally adding incense to his smoke that could relax his mind.
Rick stands in the smoke to create a sense of mystery, after all, the stereotype is that mages are supposed to appear in the smoke. "I've been invited by Miss Gino to bring these performances to everyone!" Rick glanced at Gino, she looked at Tick because she was curious about what Tick was going to do, but she had no intention of stopping it. So Xi Ke was even more bold.
The people around Hana were attracted away by Xike, and no one looked at her. She gritted her teeth and looked at Rick hatefully. This makes Xi Ke full of energy.
With his hands outstretched and his fingers hooked, two green trees rose from the purple smoke, full of yellow flowers. And a little light came out of the flowers. Birds with long, colorful tail feathers chirp among the branches. A flock of butterflies flew through the air, and the trajectory of the flight turned into a series of points of light, forming the words: "I wish you all the best".
Ecke exaggeratedly placed his hands on his chest, opened his palms, and turned in a circle, making a motion to erase something, and the trees, birds, and butterflies turned into purple dust and fell back into the smoke. The guests let out a sigh of disappointment.
And Xi Ke raised his hand again, and the range of smoke suddenly expanded, and the entire banquet hall was full of purple smoke under everyone's feet, and then in the center of the banquet hall, a giant dragon with white hair raised its head from the fog. The guests exclaimed. The dragon emerged from the smoke and stood in the ballroom. It flapped its wings, and the ceiling suddenly became a clear blue sky, and the dragon spread its wings and flew into the blue sky, rising all the way up and disappearing into the clouds.
Some people have already started to applaud. Tick put his hand in front of his eyes again, and as if he were blocking his eyes, the banquet hall suddenly darkened, and many little fairies with glowing wings flew around the room, dancing around the guests to the sound of bells.
At the same time as the little fairy disappeared, the room lit up, and instead of the original banquet hall, the guests found themselves standing on the seashore, with a fiery sunset on the horizon in the distance. Rick clapped his hands again, and they were on a high mountain, surrounded by deep valleys. Men and women took advantage of this opportunity to hug each other with exclamations and enjoy each other's body temperature.
Xi Ke made a gesture by the orchestra conductor at the end of the piece, and withdrew his hands into fists. All illusions vanished, and people returned to the banquet hall. Warm applause rang out for three minutes without interruption.
Hana's face was extremely ugly. Xi Ke raised the appetite of the guests, and at every banquet in the future, she would be asked to perform to this extent. If you can't meet the requirements of the guests, you will lose the face of the boss, and sooner or later, such a family mage will be expelled.
Rick was busy saluting in all directions, and when the applause had finally subsided, he looked up and saw Lady Yulan talking to a young girl in the corner. It was the first time he had seen Mrs. Youlan's normal expression, the full care in her eyes, and the body language that was listening carefully to the other party's words and nodding her head with the other party's emotions, completely like an elder who was enlightening the younger generations. But there's something weird about it. Her body language is female, but occasionally she looks at the other person's figure, but she looks like a man.
Syck thought Lady Yulan was a terrible person to talk to, but now the girl couldn't laugh. Judging by the way the two of them pursed their lips slightly between conversations, Mrs. Youlan may be telling a joke related to eroticism.
Then Mrs. Yulan and the girl walked behind the curtain together, and after about two minutes, only Mrs. Yulan came out, and the girl did not come out. Mrs. Yulan immediately went back to talk to the next girl.
Suddenly, a very terrifying thought came to him. He hurried over to Gino, pushed through the wall of suitors, and told her, "I need to talk to you. ใ
Gino looked at Syke's expression, rolled his eyes, and then said to the suitors with a big smile, "The magician is going to talk to me about the reward. You can leave for a while and let me talk to him alone?" She added, "If I let you know the price, wouldn't you double down on me? ใ
Although the suitors were unwilling, according to Gino's attitude, if they didn't leave, they had no grace and had to leave obediently.
Gino dragged Vick into the corner, and before she could close the curtain, Vick hurriedly asked, "The person who violated Miss Leno is not the master, but Mrs. Yulan, right?"
"Shhhh Gino closed the curtain completely, put his finger to his lips and said, "Don't keep your voice here. ใ
"I thought it was the master. Rick said in a trembling voice.
"'High society' is a place where there is no distinction between right and wrong, and the only thing that is valued is what seems uncivilized on the surface. Incest and rape they don't care at all, homosexuality is bad for them. Gino said, "If the outside world knows that his wife has taken his own daughter, his father's prestige will be completely ruined. ใ
While shocked by Gino's filthy words, Xike figured out a lot of things in his mind at once. This is the reason why the lord is violent towards Mrs. Yulan. Because this wife is too unscrupulous, she will drag his image and destroy his career, which is absolutely unforgivable for people like him.
That's why the old man let Valu go, and used "sweeping the floor" as an excuse to hand over Lino to Valu, and at the same time, he also cut off all reasons for Lino to return here, so that she would never meet Yulan again. If Lino was his confinement, he simply couldn't have let go so easily. But because those things were done by Yulan at all, as long as Valu really wanted to take Lino away, it would be a good opportunity for him to ask for it.
It was Mrs. Yulan who wanted to recreate the gender transition that led to the Big Bang in order to get her own daughter.
It was she who killed Xiao Horn.
Xila opened the curtain and quickly glanced at the venue. He couldn't find Mrs. Yulan, not even Hana. The girl that Yulan had just talked to was also not in the venue.
The police are already eyeing this place, and Yulan and Hana may be "catching up" to catch so many people in one day, maybe they have collected enough spell materials and are ready to officially start work.
"Evacuate everyone. In a deep and solemn voice, Rick said to Gino, "I'm afraid this place is going to explode, and everyone has to leave!"
"The same explosion as before?" Gino asked, frowning.
"Yes, hurry!" he said, his weight shifting back and preparing to run.
"Wait a minute!" Gino grabbed Rick's collar from behind as he took off, causing him to lose air.
"I'll evacuate the guests and servants, and you go and tell the little horn to run away! I don't know where Hana sent him. Gino stared at Rick with bright eyes, very seriously, and could even say that if Tick didn't help with this, she would be very disappointed in Tick. She thinks that Nick and Horn are colleagues, and Nick should know Horn's whereabouts.
Xi Ke was stunned for a moment before he said, "Okay, I'll find him. ใ
Rick rushed out of the banquet hall, and on the way, he didn't forget to grab a roast pigeon and eat it while running, and put away the bones as spell materials. He put back his clothes on the first floor and rushed to the attic as he sorted them.
He rushed into the attic to see that the little horn was gone.
Rick threw all of Speaker's books out the window, as well as his own luggage. All plus spells allow them to fly far away, away from possible explosion radials. Then he went down to the first floor.
The hallway was full of noisy guests, who obeyed the command with a puzzled look on their faces and walked towards the door. The servants also took their valuables and went out the door.
Nick didn't know where Gino was standing in this sea of people, but he could hear her voice, above all the whispers, so that everyone could hear: "Hurry up and get something important, prepare dinner? Leave that alone! Leave the carpet dirty, hurry up! Everyone evacuates the house, the maรฎtre d'hom goes out, remember to bring the cats and dogs, and take the goldfish!"
May God bless Gino, a good master who cares about the lives of his servants, to live a long life.