Chapter 30: Elena's Gift
Sir Friedman's lounge was spacious.
The large floor-to-ceiling windows were closed, and blood-red velvet curtains hung half-hidden, and beside them hung two gold hooks with silver tassels. Through the bright windows, the distance is an endless blue, and a flock of high-flying geese can be faintly seen under a few sparse white clouds.
Contrary to the habit of most wizards, the portraits hanging in this lounge are just two very ordinary oil paints, with no magic effects attached to them, and naturally no shadow of an old man is glued to them - of course, from an artistic point of view, both oil paintings are very talented, and there is no lack of so-called 'artistic soul'. So much so that when Zheng Qing saw them for the first time, he almost threw out a few silence charms.
Of course, following the witch, he finally sensed the mystery of the portrait, did not throw out the silence charm in his arms, and maintained a bit of the steadiness that a boy should have.
Yelena didn't notice the subtle activity in the boy's heart.
While leading the way in front, she casually introduced to Zheng Qing the furnishings in this lounge - as if this was her own home - giving people a very strange feeling: "... The two paintings, the old man sitting in a chair with a straight face on the left, are Tony Brown. J. Black is the patriarch of the Black family, which has a long history. The book he was holding in his hand was the basic rule that the entire Moonless Council had to follow—the Moonless Code. ”
"The handsome old guy on the right is John Hugh Cullen of the Cullen family, a legend among vampires. The cup he was holding in his hand was said to be the Holy Grail of the Bloodline...... Of course, no one has proven it. It's all gossip from the outside. ”
"And the maroon wooden table behind you, supposedly made from the coffin board where some vampire who surpassed the Grand Wizard once slept. Only Friedman can afford this blessing......"
Listening to the witch's introduction, the public scholarship student who was originally leaning on the jujube desk suddenly felt a chill in his back, and he felt a creepy feeling, so he bounced up from the edge of the table and avoided it from a distance. At the same time, he was reviewing his own carelessness in his heart - he knew that these vampires had unique hobbies, and he even touched the things in this room with a big grin, which was too undeserved.
"As for the terrace in front, that's what I'm here for today. ”
With that, Elena turned around and pulled out her set of tarot cards in her hand at some point.
"Did the Knight of Wands bring it?" she asked, suddenly, thoughtlessly.
Zheng Qing was stunned and immediately reacted.
"Bring, bringing. As he spoke, he immediately opened the gray cloth bag and retrieved the card from a small purple wooden box that had lost most of its luster.
This card was given to him a few weeks ago by a witch who heard he had a nightmare. Although it has long been invalid, Zheng Qing has always taken it with him as a souvenir.
The witch's eyes rolled, and a satisfied smile appeared on her lips.
"Just now I said I wanted to give you a gift...... Seeing Zheng Qing open his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to refuse, Yelena immediately raised the tarot card in her hand and shook her head: "This is a congratulatory gift, you must accept it...... Pick a card. ”
The young student squirmed for a few seconds, then smiled—though it was a cliché and hypocrisy, but in the midst of society, he had unconsciously become accustomed to these habits—and then squinted and pulled the Knight of Wandscepter from the tarot card that had just been stuffed back.
Compared to other cards, this Scepter Knight is obviously a little dull in color, and it has been touched by him for a long time, and it is more or less stained with a few traces of his breath, which is the most recognizable.
When the witch saw his choice, she couldn't help but pout: "You're cheating...... Now, before I give you a gift, tell me how you managed to kill so many demons in the hunting grounds, and did you really cheat?"
When Zheng Qing heard this, he subconsciously felt a little aggrieved, and couldn't help arguing: "Why did you cheat? You also saw it on the hunting ground...... That big black... Tiger, it killed those demons and followed me ......"
Thinking of the documents that the professors asked him to keep secret, Zheng Qing's tongue was knotted, and the 'big black cat' that was supposed to be exported suddenly became a 'big black tiger', but Yelena only took him a moment of urgency and didn't pay attention to this detail.
But apparently, she was taken aback by the boy's sudden attack.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I've heard from you. The witch was obviously aware of the sensitivity of the issue, and couldn't help but explain: "...... You were saved by our hunting team on the hunting grounds, and in the end you got the title of the best hunter, and we didn't get anything. Everyone is more or less unhappy in their hearts, and naturally there are rumors...... I'm not saying you're cheating, I don't mean that at all. ”
Zheng Qing was originally a little annoyed, but looking at Yelena's performance, that anger suddenly dissipated a lot.
simply waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "There is no way to theorize this kind of thing...... After a while, everyone will naturally have other topics. ”
"The Knight of Wands, with a sense of luck, marches into uncharted territory. This is both courage and recklessness. Elena took the card from Zheng Qing's hand again and brought the topic back to the gift: "I think, I know what gift I want to give you." ”
"You weren't prepared before?" Zheng Qing's words obviously didn't have a brain.
As soon as the words came out, he immediately regretted it, and couldn't help but explain: "I mean, I thought that the gift you were going to give was a prepared gift bought from the store......"
"Why buy a gift from the store?" the witch looked a little surprised: "Naturally, you have to give something you love when you give a gift!
This makes so much sense that it is impossible to refute.
Zheng Qing's lips trembled, and he was deeply amazed by this logic.
"You turn around, I'll get ready first. The witch spoke suddenly, and pushed the boy away.
Zheng Qing immediately turned around obediently, and at the same time, all kinds of timely pictures appeared in his mind, as well as all kinds of sweet words that might be used later. Thinking about it, he felt that his nose was a little hot, and when he reached out and touched it, he actually had a nosebleed.
"Shame, shame...... There should be calm in every major event. The boy muttered to himself, and at the same time quickly took out a few Ganlin charms from the gray cloth bag and slapped them on his nose.
"What are you muttering?" the witch asked briskly from behind her, "Alright, turn around!"
Zheng Qing took a deep breath.
Trying to squeeze out the various beautiful images in his mind, his body stiffened and turned back.
"Oh, this is a gift for you! I just wrapped it!" Elena held a square wooden box and held it up in front of Zheng Qing, with a reluctant face: "You must cherish it......"
She asked me to turn around just to wrap the present......
Zheng Qing looked at the criss-crossing golden ribbons on the box with a blank face, and the residual thoughts in his heart overflowed.