Otome's Law of Ascension

Chapter 78 78. Waiting for May

"Look at you, you are like a wild monkey, how can you seduce a rich young master!" Doro jumped up to avoid Si Tao's attack.

"Doro Lesko, you are so annoying!" Si Tao suddenly stopped chasing him, squatting on the ground without moving.

Licia sat in the chair and did not go past her, and Doro seemed to have been pressed the pause button.

He stood cautiously next to Si Tao, and then heard her sobbing as she hugged her knees.

"Sitao? Sitao Hisoka? You can't, you can't be a crying bag." Doro pretended to laugh and squatted beside Sitao.

Licia felt that she was not suitable to stay here, and she patted Doro on the shoulder. "If you like it, you have to talk about it."

Doro stared and waved his hands. "Who said I liked her, who would like her."

Si Tao cried louder.

Licia has already walked away, leaving some room for Doro to play.

Doro groaned for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. "I like it, I like you, okay, don't cry, don't cry."

Scared, Si Tao stopped crying, and raised her wrinkled face to look at Doro.

Doro's face was already flushed.

*

At nine o'clock in the evening, Licia was just about to lie down and read a book, when there was a knocking sound outside the window.

She sat up straight away, and took out Selene from the side of the bed. Since she knew how to control the brightness of Selene, she put the silver weapon on the bedside as a night light every day.

Lycia lifted the curtains, and the clown's face was pressed against the window, grimacing at her.

"What do you want from me?" Licia asked to open the window, but stopped the clown from letting him in.

"Frindona asked me to come, but you never went." The clown Pudding Kit handed Licia a letter. "Burn it after reading it."

Licia slapped her head. "Oh yes, and books."

The white oil paint on Pudding Kitt's face seemed to have turned yellow a lot, and he didn't know how long he hadn't washed his face, and the few hairs were still thin and hanging on the top of his head.

"Get the book yourself." After saying that, Pudding Kitt disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Lycia held the envelope and counted the time. It was only a week to May, and she would see her brother Case soon.

"The first question: the specific situation of the d'Urberville family. Bert d'Urberville is also the current head of the Guards. He has four children. One of them was arrested for publicly killing a civilian on Lan Lan Street in his early years. Sentenced to exile for one year, during the sentence, he died due to a sudden heraldry force riot. This matter was discovered by Keith Campbell passing by, and then he reported it."

Licia didn't even know that her brother had done this before, and it seemed that she had made enemies very early on.

"There was also a child who drowned while playing alone in the fountain pool of the Royal Palace. The body was found by Duke Michelle Campbell."

"The second question: Futespa was discovered in front of the statue of the goddess in Catherine Cathedral. He was able to draw a high-level magic circle at the age of ten. At the age of 15, he was named the bishop of Lantcos City by the emperor. He refused the title of earl and was elected as the Archbishop of the Thorn Empire, resigned from the position of bishop at the age of 22, and became the head of the Heraldry Academy in the same year."

On the surface, Futespa's life is the life of a genius, but there should be a reason for her not to be the Archbishop, but to be the Dean of the Academy of Heraldry, but there are only a few words in the letter.

"The third question: Duke Michelle Campbell took the magic circle to his wife's cemetery many times. He met with Duke Nuken in private, and took his eldest daughter Ashe to visit Duke Nuken's home many times.

I helped you filter the information you need, and there is one piece of information that I think is very important, although it is not within the scope of your inquiry.

Ash Campbell bought hallucinogenic drugs and magic circles many times.

Also, the clown is watching the store recently, and I will go back to Lanlan Street on May [-]rd. "

As soon as Licia thought that the clown was looking after the store, she immediately didn't want to go. The shadow cast by a group of dwarves under the floor was too great for her last time. She didn't dare to go because Felindorna wasn't in the store.

Still, why did Ashe buy these things, what was she going to do, or what did she do.

Could it be that Ashe was responsible for his father's inability to sleep in the bedroom?She didn't want to marry Duke Nuken, that's why she did it?

Lycia found it fascinating to learn about her family through her research, especially knowing that Ashe was actually buying these things.

But why did Duke Michelle take the magic circle to his mother's cemetery? Licia remembered Guice's reminder, and this time she had to face up to this problem. What if Duke Michelle really killed his wife? ?

Licia looked at her heart squarely. If Duke Mixiu was really the murderer, she found that she was not so angry and sad.

Licia suddenly felt that the parents in this world always seemed to be other people. After she kept getting along with other people by observing the favorability, she also lost her need for family affection.

The way she gets along with Duke Mi Xiu now is more like a game of interests. If one day there is conclusive evidence that Duke Mi Xiu killed his wife, Licia's first thought is how to prevent this matter from being People found out, and then, did they kill Duke Mixiu to avenge their mother?

Lycia burned the letter and lay on the bed.

'Well, Licia, it's because things didn't really happen that your mind is avoiding these questions, not because you're callous. '

After a while she turned over again.

'Well, Licia, it's okay to be indifferent, as long as you don't do things that hurt others, there's no need to put moral shackles on yourself. '

After thinking this way, Lizia finally fell asleep.

*

Licia is constantly learning how to handle family affairs with Anunado, and she has met many once loyal subordinates of Duke Mixiu.

Almost everyone disliked Licia, and their words were extremely perfunctory.

From this point of view, Earl Ascha is already considered very good.

Dimitri was often away from school, and as the crown prince caught in the storm of possible accidental death, he was extremely busy every day.

But he would show his presence in front of Licia every two days.

such as.

Dimitri took a thick notebook and threw it to Licia. After opening it, it was densely packed with notes made by the magic circle.

"You can learn potions by yourself, and take a good look at the production of magic circles."

After finishing these things, Dimitri would hold Licia's wrist and stare at it for a while.

Then he turned his head and left without any warning, which seemed to be a strange way His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought up to show his love while he was busy.

The favorability has been stuck at 90.00% [-], so that Licia has no intention to attack other people, and her competitive spirit makes her want to get Dimitri's six-pointed star.

"Dimitri, wait." Licia barely called his full name, and Dimitri, who had gone far away, came back again.

"What is it?" He glanced at the time.

Licia's right fingers gripped the top of the notebook. "I have met all my father's acquaintances, but it seems to have no effect. Except for Earl Ascha who is willing to give me some news occasionally, the others don't seem to take me seriously as the heir."

Dimitri nodded. "As I thought, you are a girl, and you are still a girl who has never been married or had children."

"Is there any problem with this?" Of course Licia knew how unreliable her own identity was in the low-level ideology of the Thorn Empire.

"Licia, I also want this to be okay." When Dimitri really discusses the problem, he will be very serious, so that what Lizia likes most is Dimitri's time, every angle is full. An arc of wit and dependable charm. "You need to show the opposite side of you and the innocent girl, sometimes impoliteness and contempt will make you more reliable, of course this is in front of some people."

"For example, you can try to do one thing to show this of you. Instead of begging others to help you, you can ask others to do this with you through negotiation, seesaw, or even ordering, even if it fails. , but you can show that you dare to do things, instead of being cowardly and unwilling to bear the consequences, just go and beg them to help you." Dimitri stared at Licia's studious and serious eyes, and it was a little difficult to restrain his inner turmoil Love, but soon he realized that he still had a lot to do today, so he clenched the hand that was almost outstretched, and continued.

"Although your father's former best friends may help you in some ways, as time goes by, you will no longer be able to integrate into them, and you will become a girl who asks for help everywhere."

"You can try it yourself first. If you encounter any problems, you can ask Troy, or you can come to me directly. In addition, my personal suggestion. Don't participate in the gatherings of those ladies and ladies. No nobleman will come from the banquet of the lady. to select candidates for cooperation.”

Dimitri just didn't want Licia to attend the party. A girl like her who inherited the title, although the big nobles would not consider her, there are many nobles who want to rely on the duke's family to make a fortune.

Licia nodded, holding the notebook. "I will study hard."

But what to do, all she can think of is business.

Part of the Campbell family's business is the mass production of the cheapest luminous circles. This kind of luminous circles can be used even by ordinary people without heraldic sensitivity. Although the sales volume is large, the empire has always kept the price of the luminous circles down. very low.

The expensive and impractical luminous magic circles used by the nobles are all owned by the Till family, that is, Linxi's family, and the profits are much greater.

All kinds of big industries are already in the hands of the big nobles. If anyone wants to get a piece of the pie, it is undoubtedly to provoke hostility.

Licia obviously didn't have the energy to deal with the Till family either.

She quickly thought of an item that also needed a luminous circle, a flashlight.

When walking in the wild, people usually carry oil lamps or bulky luminous circles.

No one thought of concentrating the light, or making the luminous circle more portable.

This is just Licia's own idea, but she is going to hand over the specific implementation of this matter to Anunado.

*

"I want to ask you to borrow some iron ore." Anunado has already begun to think of a way to create the portable cylindrical light-emitting array that Licia mentioned, and Licia is visiting some family properties that have iron ore people.

"Of course." No one would think that the Campbell family could not pay back the iron ore. The potbellied Earl Shetz thought it was Duke Michaux who asked Licia to borrow it. Although he didn't know the intention, he readily agreed.

Earl Schitz swallowed five grapes in one gulp, then grabbed a piece of bacon from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth.

Licia took a deep breath, and spoke her mind with the arrogance she had contacted many times.

Earl Shetz choked, and then took a sip of wine from the goblet in the servant's hand with his fat hand, which was covered with jeweled rings.

"You still need my factory to cooperate with you at the same time?" Earl Shetz waved his hand, he didn't even listen to Licia's description of the 'flashlight'. "Let me tell you, Miss Licia, go back and persuade your father to let him recuperate at home. After a while, I will go back and visit him."

Licia didn't know what to do, it seemed to be more difficult than she imagined, she never thought that this kind of indifference to her was so deep-rooted.

"You don't need to cooperate, then in this new industry, you will only be a supplier of raw materials in the future, and the benefits you will get are far less than being my partner."

This still doesn't impress Earl Shetz. No one competes with these nobles for business. They don't need to have any sense of crisis, they just need to collect money.

So he didn't bother to open up a new business at all.

If she continued to persuade, Licia felt that there would be no better results.

"I heard that Earl Shetz is a person who dares to try new things. I didn't expect you to be so indifferent to my ideas." Licia picked up the embroidered lace handbag on the sofa, pulled the glove, and stood up stand up.

Earl Shetz squinted at Lycia. She was very beautiful, and her eyes were full of arrogance.

This made Earl Shetz feel a little bit of curiosity, just like seeing a cat staring at him, he would be curious about whether it wants to run away or come closer next time, just a kind of casual curiosity.

"Miss Licia, I didn't ignore your thoughts, but I think the product you mentioned is a bit unrealistic. There are very few people going out in the Thorn Empire at night." A little attention meant that Licia finally had an entry point.

She was still standing and talking, looking down at Earl Shetz, with a youthful look on her face.

She has already prepared the data, the number of people who work at night in the Thorn Empire.

Accurate data is the most convincing.

Especially in a language refutation, the first thing you come up with is accurate data, which will make your subsequent words very convincing.

Therefore, Licia finally got the attention of Earl Shetz. He was willing to cooperate with Licia, let one-third of the people in his iron ore factory cooperate with her, and even agreed to bring Licia to know those who have night factories. noble.

Although this concern is still at the level of curiosity.

But Lycia felt that she would really win the hearts of these people before the summer holidays.

But before that, what Lizia looked forward to the most was that May was coming soon.

She'll be seeing Case soon.

Case was her real family.

(End of this chapter)