Chapter 16: After the War
"Princess?"
Lucia gave the embarrassed red-haired beauty a strange look.
I did hear her companions shout like this, but how to say it, the princess of this country is really hard-working, and she has to work part-time as an assassin, but she doesn't know if she needs to open treasure chests to brush up on lock-picking proficiency.
“...... What the hell is going on?"
Jonathan asked Einstein with a shudder.
"It's just a taste of your country's unusual welcome, isn't it, Princess. ”
Einstein bit the word "princess" very hard, and the taste of irony came to his face.
Princess Sophia glared at Einstein fiercely, and the cold killing intent in her eyes was no less than the temperature.
"I'm just welcoming the enemy as I should. ”
No matter which side is not easy to answer, and after a dry laugh, Jonathan turned his attention to Lucia, Einstein is in control, but Lucia can control Einstein, and Jonathan knows what to choose even if he is a fool.
"Don't be so stiff for a misunderstanding, let's live together peacefully. ”
Lucia smiled kindly, and her innocent and lovely smile immediately swept away the hostile atmosphere around her.
"I don't want to question my lord, but it is ...... to forgive these arrogant people who dare to offend my lord."
Einstein showed an unacceptable expression, even if it was a human princess, in his eyes, it was just a special mountain monkey, and the mountain monkey offended its master, even if it was not punished with capital punishment, it could not be simply forgiven.
Lucia waved her hand disapplausively.
"It's okay, I know no one can hurt me with you. ”
Einstein eats this very much, and the master's praise is like Vegeta and Vegeta's super beauty tip compared to the mountain monkey, as long as Vegeta is cool enough, no one cares if the super beauty tip is actually no different from half bald.
It doesn't matter if the master's answer is evasive, as the master said, even if Einstein sacrifices his own life, he will protect Lucia, who is the owner and mother, so as long as the master is happy, there is nothing unacceptable.
"How kind of loving my lord is to be so praised by my lord!"
Anyway, after that, she was so happy that she cried, and Lucia, who was basically surprised by Einstein's reaction, directly focused on Princess Sophia.
"What does the princess think?"
Princess Sophia stared at Lucia silently, not as hostile as Einstein, but also clearly defiant and suspicious.
"Don't refuse, I think you're still alive to show our sincerity, don't you. ”
Lucia still had an innocent and cute smile on her face, making her threat sound more like a little girl's coquettishness, but more acceptable.
Princess Sophia thought about it for a while and agreed, she was already in the same state as being captured, and no matter how bad it was, she would only die.
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"The princess has been arrested, what shall we do?"
At a corner less than two hundred meters from the alley where the battle was taking place, the shadow that should have been just a natural phenomenon shook for a while, and a hoarse male voice was heard.
"It doesn't matter, as long as the princess doesn't leave the royal capital, it's none of our business. ”
Another voice replied.
"But it's horrible, the butler. Even those of us who received the power were almost discovered. ”
"Don't get too close, the guy who can take over that mansion from that merchant will definitely not be an ordinary human, and being killed is a trivial matter, if it affects the plan......"
"Knowing this, I will be more careful, the whole king is in our 'eyes', if we are careful enough, no one will notice us. ”
"So, let's get on with the mission. ”
"yes, do it carefully. ”
The shadow no longer flickered, and returned to calm, leaving no trace, as if the previous scene had never happened.
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In the red velvet and mahogany reception room, Lucia and Princess Sophia sat across from each other, and the Princess's companion or the woman of the guard stood beside Sophia, looking around warily.
Einstein took out Mephistopheles' prepared black tea and teacups from the cabinet, which were rare and high-end products.
Albert Einstein pouted and expertly brewed black tea.
Not only the black tea and tea sets, but all the utensils in the mansion are brand new, and they are well-deserved luxuries in terms of quality and value.
Even if he hated the demon who claimed to be a businessman, Einstein had to admit that the guy who did everything was very capable.
Turning around, he put down the black tea in front of the host, Einstein really wanted to do this, but in order not to discredit the host in terms of etiquette, he still endured the itchy scalp and served tea to the "guest".
"Taste it, Einstein's craft is good. ”
Lucia drank Einstein's black tea for the first time, but she was not worried at all, Einstein was omnipotent, and nothing could bother him.
Princess Sophia looked at the black tea placed in front of her, as if she wanted to see the ingredients inside, and her eyes were intent.
"Don't you want to drink?"
In the face of Lucia's invitation, Sophia only used silence to show her attitude.
"Why don't you introduce me first, I am the princess of Khiva, the land of the far north, Sophia Lilbourne, Your Excellency?"
Lucia took a sip of black tea, she couldn't drink it at all, it was not as delicious as the juice given by the boss of the "Black Fox Pavilion", she tried not to show her dissatisfaction, otherwise she couldn't hold her face.
-- Next time, let Einstein try making juice. Thinking so, Lucia put down her teacup.
"I'm Lucia Leviathan, the eldest lady, and Einstein Leviathan over there, the deacon. ”
Is the eldest lady a profession or something that needs to be said separately. Sophia sneered, but didn't say anything, but asked other questions.
"What is a deacon?"
"It's the butler, but don't you think it's cooler to be called a deacon?"
- No, no, no, I don't know how to answer when you ask me. Sophia shook her head inwardly and tried to get the conversation back on track.
"You said you had nothing to do with the original owner of this house, I wonder if that's true. ”
"Of course, we just got the house from a merchant called Mephistopheles. ”
Sophia, of course, would not be satisfied with such a general and vague answer.
"Your so-called sincerity seems like that's all there is, and it seems to me that you are still suspicious. ”
"Even if you do, I can't go into detail. ”
Lucia spread her hands, it would be fine to be detailed, but that would pull out more content that would not see the light of day.
"You mean that as a princess of a country, I can only accept your vague explanation?!"