Chapter 673 70. Familiar tenderness
As the Flower City celebration approaches, official and folk decorations turn Istrat into a city of flowers, filled with the fragrance of flowers.
But there are always people who don’t like it.
"Sneeze——" Aquino rubbed his nose and walked into the house, "Fortunately this damn celebration is not an annual event..."
The living room was very lively, and his parents were in front of the window sill. Trim flower buds in pots.
"Why are you here?" Aquino said in disgust.
“Didn’t you always steal the neighbor’s flowers and plant them in pots when you were a child, and then you couldn’t stop crying because they all died...” The father told interesting stories about Aquino’s childhood, and he and his wife couldn’t stop laughing. stop.
“You said it was when I was a kid.”
Aquino felt the ridicule was harsh and was about to go out again.
“Where are you going?”
"I still have to go to the City Lord's Mansion to deliver the bad news about Weiwen City."
"Bad news? Aren't all the weird things gone?"
"A living person in the city No one is here, so it’s not bad news.”
“It’s okay if the princess is fine.”
“I don’t understand if I tell you.” Aquino said impatiently. Waving his hand, "No need to prepare my meal tonight."
As soon as he opened the door, a low figure broke in and ran into Aquino's arms.
“I grabbed the happy water!” His nephew shouted excitedly, holding up two glass bottles.
“Happy water?” Aquino showed a hint of disgust as he was about to step out the door. “Didn’t I tell you that it’s not a good thing? Drinking this stimulating potion is harmful to the body.”
< br>"How could it be a magic potion? Many nobles are drinking it..."
"It's not a stimulating potion, so why do so many people want to drink it!"
Aquino said loudly and was kicked out by his father: "When you come back, you keep talking with a straight face. It's not your turn to dictate to this family. Get out!"
"Lemonade is a stimulating potion!" Aquino was still shouting outside the door.
......
"Lemonade is a stimulating potion!"
Colette's eyes swept over the man dressed as an official of the City Lord's Palace outside the window.
"There seems to be a traffic jam ahead."
For a while, their carriage could only move forward bit by bit.
"There is no way, everyone wants to go to the city lord's palace to ask about the situation in Yiwen City." Rosella, who was sitting aside, said.
They were stuck in traffic for several hours on this road that usually only took a few dozen minutes, and barely reached the square outside the city lord's palace at dusk.
The princess and the solemn-looking Deputy City Lord of Huadu stood in front of the steps, and his voice spread throughout the square through amplification:
"We have temporarily compiled a missing list. We have no way of knowing their situation, but at least the situation is not the worst - their bodies have not been found yet. These missing people are... Archbishop Lloyd of the Church of Life, Saint Aiman who protects the church...Archbishop Valencia of the Church of Order..."
Colette forgot what the princess said and when they left... She seemed to have lost her soul. , lost a memory...
I don’t know how much time passed, but Rosella’s comforting voice gradually became clearer: "...How could something happen to the big shots who disappeared with my uncle? They might...just be unable to do so for some reasons. Come out."
"I..."
Colette looked out the window, avoiding her friend's concern, "I'm not worried"
The street became smooth again, and his amber eyes stared unfocused at the dusk street scene passing by outside the window... At some point, an oncoming carriage passed by.
There was a young man sitting in the carriage. Colette didn't notice his appearance, but the tenderness on his face made her very familiar.
"What's wrong?" Rosella asked her.
"How... is this possible?" Colette murmured in a low voice, "Stop!" Colette ran out of the carriage and stared blankly at a distant carriage disappearing around the corner of the street.
...
As a hero, Annan's return to Huadu went smoothly.
Lucy and Dracula persuaded the Scarlet Princess for him to let Annan, who has the status of "Knight of the Queen", bring a token to help the "False Queen".
Annan can naturally use the fake princess to achieve his own goals - Princess Crimson shouldn't mind.
The carriage stopped in front of the tavern in the old town.
Annan got off the carriage, then turned back and led the princess down.
The princess's gray hair that mopped the floor was folded and tied up, hidden under her gray robe. Even if someone peeked into the gray robe, they would only see a pair of eyes covered by a black ribbon.
Entering the tavern, Annan said to the waiter who came up to him: "I want a flower patty, maple syrup pie, and a glass of happy water with ice cubes."
The turbid air in the tavern It made Annan feel a lot more comfortable - the fragrance of flowers was everywhere outside, and after smelling it for a long time, he almost lost his sense of smell.
“Good boss.”
The tavern has been acquired as "Liberty City Properties". It doesn't cost much to give Annan and the others a place to stay.
Annan sat in a familiar corner with the princess, and the food was delivered quickly. Annan didn’t see the little boy begging that day, so he divided the flower meat pie and maple pie into two portions, and put one portion in the mouse hole. Next, put a portion in front of the princess.
Annan divided the food into small portions with his own hands and brought them to the princess' mouth.
The princess instinctively opened her mouth, chewed and swallowed. Only at this time did she feel alive...
There were also some guests quietly looking here, mainly women. They followed Annan and handed it out with their lips slightly open, wishing they were the ones being fed...
After feeding the princess some food again, Annan lowered his head and looked at the mouse hole. The food beside the hole was gone.
I wonder if there is a rat man who wants to raise a child, or a weirdo who ran away from Lost City?
After the princess finished eating, Annan wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief - still making the female guests extremely jealous.
The wine merchants hadn’t arrived yet. Annan told the guys that if they came, he would ask them to go to the warehouse to find him. He took the princess and the princess out of the tavern and headed to the warehouse.
In addition to Klein, there are also some guards sent by Mrs. Solo to guard him.
However, the warehouse is very safe. It will neither catch fire nor be seized. After all, the nine major wine merchants have been threatened again.
Annan put back the magic ring and opened the portal to refill the happy water.
When the warehouse was refilled, the wine merchants headed by Solov arrived belatedly.
"How is the acquisition of my theater going?" Annan asked Mrs. Solow who was doing this.
“There is a theater that is interested, but I think you should focus on ‘Happy Water’. Do you know how much profit it brings us every day?”
"Only a few dozen gold coins."
"But this is only a limited edition of one thousand bottles. If we have ten thousand bottles..."
"That's not much."
They know nothing about real money-making.
Annan's tone made the wine merchants not sure what to say, especially when he continued: "Next, it will be announced that in order to welcome the Huadu celebration, the number of happy water will be expanded from the previous one thousand bottles a day to three. Thousands of bottles will also be used as drinks for the Queen’s banquet.”
"Princess?"
"I will go to the city lord's palace to talk to the princess now."
Without giving them a chance to answer their questions, Annan drove away the wine merchants and the sad Mrs. Solo, and once again Entrust the princess to Klein and set off for the city lord's palace.
It’s time to meet the fake princess.
(End of this chapter)