winter era

Chapter 83
"This is wild beef from the swamp area. I specially asked the chef to roast it to a golden color of nine ripeness. Although the beef at eighth maturity is the most delicious, but to taste this kind of golden beef really needs a special chef. Baked."

The canteen of the Rost family is filled with all kinds of refined food.Different from the feeling of loneliness when Niya was together in the morning, when the four of them were together at this table in the afternoon, the feeling of emptiness and loneliness was obviously washed away a lot.And the main reason is the man in the red suit sitting at the top, shaking the wine in the glass, and smiling warmly.

He is indeed a perfect nobleman.He behaved decently and gracefully, even in the face of Rosalind, the traitor elf, and Kaos, a friend who was unwilling to reveal his identity, the nobleman in the red suit still treated his adopted daughter's friends according to the highest standards. .And in order to dispel the sense of estrangement between each other, this respected adoptive father even deliberately told the embarrassing things about himself in the college to enhance the intimacy between them.The method was so skillful that no one could feel any deliberate traces, as if Hastings was such a kind nobleman in the first place.

"The hospitality of the Rost family is well-known in the entire aristocratic circle." The nobleman sat on a high chair and looked at the sumptuous meals on the table with a satisfied and rich smile.As the head of the behemoth of the Rost family, it would be a bit embarrassing to the nobility if he couldn't even handle the hospitality.

Although Niya and her adoptive father were completely at odds, when Hastings appeared here, the strength of the entire Rost family gradually emerged.Countless maids with pretty complexions and good figures, with extremely elegant figures, filed in from the outside holding plates and pushing small carts.Little by little, the dining table in front of several people is added with a series of brand new dishes and toiletries.That well-trained appearance reminded Kaos of the treatment he received in the Northland.

Although this is the imperial capital, Kaos was extremely surprised that the servants of the nobles in the royal capital were comparable to the quality of the maids from the northern region with a strong religious environment.In fact, the servants of the local nobles are far more obedient than the servants of the central nobles, but now under the means of Hastings, even the servants of the imperial capital with broad insights are law-abiding and have never produced any abnormalities.This is not the performance that the master can bring if he can convince the crowd.

It can only show that the strength displayed by Hastings deprived them of even the imagination to resist.They can only maintain their belief-like behavior, restrict their actions, and face Hastings with the most perfect posture.Rost's servant.Kaos believed that under Hastings' order, no one would refuse these maids to take off their clothes and dance on the spot.

"Although there is no way to eat anything new in this emperor cursed by the gods, we can still enjoy good treatment under the power of the mages. Those demons enslaved by the imperial mages will do it for Dedicating their sinful lives for our happiness. This makes our living conditions better and better."

The elegant nobleman signaled to the surrounding maids to disperse.A special utensil was used to uncork a glass bottle labeled Raphael Farms.With a soft bang, a strong aroma of grapes filled the cafeteria.

Even before the last bottle of Raphael's wine was drunk, the man couldn't wait to open another bottle.It is obviously a luxury worth hundreds of gold, enough for an ordinary farmer to work without eating or drinking for 30 years. This man opened two bottles in a row just for the first taste.This feeling of luxury made people involuntarily maintain a trace of respect for the nobleman in red.

After all, even if they pretend to be extravagant, few people would squander their wealth like this.Only those aristocrats who have truly grasped the lifeline of the country's economy, and can even be said to eat and drink within their own family system, can have such boldness.After all, the money for him to buy these things is almost the same as the money he transfers when tasting.Nothing to make a fuss about, just to make life more comfortable.That's all for Hastings.

"Hey... When I was in school, the school was not what it is now. There are nearly dozens of colleges and universities in the entire empire. We often hold some secret league-like activities among the schools. For example Fighting in private, or exchanging information. Or a secret duel between two unyielding geniuses. The students at that time really had too much energy to waste, and it was much more lively than it is now too much."

Hastings took a sip of the wine with an unusual consistency in his glass, with a look of nostalgia on his face.The most mellow part of the world-famous wine in the Raphael farm swayed in the crystal goblet with ruby-like brilliance, which made people think of the harmonious halo around the witchcraft gems.

On the other hand, it was next to the old nobleman Hastings.Niya, a good student who lives in modern times but maintains a good style, seems to be unable to see anything.Indifferently and stiffly scratching the food under his palm with a knife and fork, he didn't speak to anyone.

Could it be that the relationship between these two people is not very good?With such doubts, Kaos stuffed a piece of golden savage beef highly praised by Hastings into his mouth.The taste as if honey melted in his mouth made the great wizard narrow his eyes happily.Although he can't understand the nutrition and history contained in it, he will not object to delicious food most of the time.

"To be honest, you two. I'm a little worried about Nya recently."

Hastings suddenly put down the glass of wine and looked at Rosalind and Kaos seriously.

The worried look was like the father of a rebellious daughter, his face was full of worry and uneasiness.If it weren't for the presence of some very knowledgeable beings, they might have been deceived by this sincere nobleman.

"Actually, I came back here mainly to take some of the things I have here. I have been neglecting to take care of Nya all these years for work, which made Nya's character become a little extreme. But you have to be considerate of a father Heart, I always hope that Niya can get some sincere friends and family members, I hope you will think about it. Do you want to—"

"Father." Niya, who didn't know when she finished eating, put down the knife and fork, and looked at her adoptive father beside her with a cold face.

"Don't you have something else to do? If there is nothing else, you can do your own thing. Things between us young people are not suitable for old people to interfere. I hope you can give me this freedom. "

The scene suddenly became awkward.Kaos and Rosalind looked at each other, looking at the two with stiff faces in a strange way.Hastings was fine. This veteran nobleman quickly transformed into a helpless nobleman who was refuted by his daughter. He spread his hands gracefully at Kaos and Rosalind, and blinked his eyes.But Niya's gloomy complexion seemed to be fished out of ink, which made the atmosphere at the table stiff.

It wasn't an ordinary daughter's resistance to her father at all, it was more like an essentially direct confrontation.Niya is not the kind of person who doesn't know good and bad, she just fundamentally disapproves of that man named Hastings.So much so that she didn't even bother to pretend the most basic etiquette, but directly expressed her anger and dissatisfaction in words.

"Okay then. I, an old man, won't communicate with you young people. I'll go to the basement to get some things first, and we'll continue our chat later." He seemed a little embarrassed that his topic was suddenly interrupted, Hei Steens smiled apologetically at Kaos and the two, and apologized very gracefully to the two who were a little at a loss.

Perhaps Rosalind was the only one who was at a loss, while Kaos looked at Hastings and Niya with great interest.There was a curious yet disturbing light in the depths of the gray-black eyes.

It's so funny isn't it?Niya would actually hide something from her.Although it was certain that Niya would never harm him, this kind of concealment made the great wizard a little curious.Kaos decided to use his own magic to explore the secrets here.So Kaos said kindly and walked slowly, watching Hastings leave his seat and walk out of the cafeteria.

Watching the back of the great nobleman leaving, Niya also put down the knife and fork in her hand and fell into silence.This weird and disharmonious feeling made the great wizard and Rosalind feel that there was an abnormality in the Rost family that could not be ignored.

It's not the happiness as expected at all, but pain with a little noise.It can even be said that these two people only maintain a father-daughter relationship on the surface of others, and they may not even say a word when no one is around.This state of affairs is not normal.And even Hesjens changed his actions, and Nya, as the heir, didn't know it, which is too abnormal.

It seems that there is a premonition that something bad is inside.

'I went to see that Hastings.You stay here with Niya. '

Kaos commanded in his mind, holding the twisted black wooden staff and blending into the shadows in the corner like a ghost.In the blink of an eye, Rosalind turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared into the hall.

　I modified it a bit, and deleted the text directly in another way, I hope you like it.

　　
　
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