They don't want me to work harder

Richard gave a thumbs up: "That's it, no problem~"

Surprisingly, Richard solved the textbook problem.

And I also made my first friend after school started.

This older classmate is named Tom Green. He comes from a small bourgeois family in the eastern part of the empire. He was supposed to graduate this year, but due to an accident that resulted in insufficient credits, he had to postpone it for a year, so he came to take their class.

Richard was pleased with his new friend.

As a time traveler, he didn't really like the aristocratic behavior that was stifling, but Tom's temperament was more in line with him.

And this old senior may not be strong enough, but he has been in school for so many years and is definitely experienced.

At least I can tell Richard what time the training ground is less crowded and when the restaurant has free ice cream.

Or tell some interesting gossip, such as the owner of the pointed hat magic supplies shop outside the school can no longer afford his mistress, or which teacher in the school was recruited as a son-in-law by a former student after graduation.

In addition to Tom, he also had some other small gains.

For example, some senior senior students also showed a strong interest in him. Not only did they take the initiative to talk to him in the library or in the practical training classes held by all grades, but occasionally they would also give him small gifts.

The above is Richard's interpersonal situation in the past half month since he entered school.

What he didn't know was that a series of his actions had all fallen into Hamilton's eyes.

Hamilton's current mood...

It's also complicated.

His original plan was to exclude Richard from Saint Goethe's upper-class student group.

At first, he thought he had succeeded.

He saw that Richard had few aristocratic friends in the morning class, never went to the opera, attended dances or salons, lacked all kinds of pleasures, and was very satisfied to hang out with a poor guy like Tom who had patches on his clothes and had difficulty graduating. .

In his view, this is basically equivalent to social death in the upper class.

A noble prince must feel humiliated if he can only call himself brothers with poor people, right?You must be tempted to bow your head, right?

There is no doubt that peeing in the wind will wet your pants!

Unexpectedly, half a month later, Hamilton still did not wait for Richard to surrender.

On the contrary, he found that Richard was actually quite happy every day.

Looking at the other person's eyes obsessed with learning, he couldn't understand it at all...

As for the senior students who showed kindness to Richard, he was even more confused...

But he understood that this effect meant that he had failed to do the things Linda had assigned him.

He must come up with other means!

Chapter 14 Night banquet experience

On the training ground.

Zoe quickly dodged an ice arrow, and with her small body, she swung a war hammer as big as a man's head and hit the water element in front of her.

With a bang, the two-meter-high azure water element scattered into water splashes and disappeared into the land.

After winning, Zoe raised her white arms, wiped the glistening sweat from her delicate forehead, and said with a smile: "Richard, your water elemental strength is very good. I can deal with two at once."

"It's definitely better than expected."

"If you were to direct it yourself, Richard, I might not be able to defeat even one~"

"You know how to praise and kill your brother, right?"

"Ah, take it easy!"

Richard put away his notebook and ruffled the little girl's hair into a bird's nest again.

It has been more than half a month since the brother and sister entered school.

Because it was the first time to enjoy the top treatment of Saint Goethe, the two of them made rapid progress and are now at the middle level of bronze.

As for Richard, in addition to level, he also successfully tried cross-border communication and obtained a batch of new summons from the elemental world - namely, the four low-level elements of earth, water, fire and wind, and their strength is almost all bronze level.

Previously in Connaught, due to the short time for changing jobs and the lack of dedicated summoner guidance, he couldn't let go of his hands and feet, so that the animals he summoned were common game in the forest, and he became a druid in his life.

Now it can be regarded as a turnaround!

The attack power and attack methods of elemental creatures are much stronger than most forest animals!

"Your Highness, Miss, the carriage prepared by Mr. Ambassador has arrived."

At this time, the maids reminded them loudly, so Richard and Zoe took a bath, changed clothes, left school, and went to a dinner party.

...Although Richard doesn't socialize much on campus now, there are some activities that he can't avoid even if he doesn't want to go, such as this weekend evening commemoration banquet led by the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs and specially for foreign students in the imperial capital.

After driving for half an hour through the bustling streets of the imperial capital, they arrived at a spacious and bright high-rise building - it was once the private property of a certain earl, and was later assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the empire due to the death of the heir.

The familiar naked ambassador immediately came over and introduced the brother and sister to several imperial officials.

During the process, Richard could clearly feel...

They don't take themselves seriously.

After actually entering the banquet hall, he confirmed this even more.

The affairs officers of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs basically communicate with international students from other major countries, such as Fandan in the southeast, Via in the north, and so on.

Come to think of it, Connaught was just a person brought along to this banquet, right?

In this era where international law is not respected and aggression is not denounced, the status of small countries is even lower than in previous generations of the United Nations.

Just right.

Richard himself was too lazy to make concessions with these people, and concentrated on enjoying the delicious food with his sister.

If nothing else, the food in this large country spanning multiple climate zones is always satisfying.

But along the way, he still encountered some minor accidents...

"Sir, don't you have a dance partner?"

"Oh, your eyes are so charming~"

"There will be a concert by the Elf Master tomorrow, and my sister happens to have two tickets..."

At any banquet in the empire, there is no shortage of hunters, male or female, looking for lovers.

And Richard's charm, combined with the characteristics of the young killer, produced a violent ecological reaction in this special environment.

Seeing more and more ladies gathering around her, Zoe couldn't stand it for the first time.

"Sorry, my brother wants to go to the bathroom!"

The little girl suppressed her anger, threw up her ponytail, took Richard's hand and ran to the balcony.

After confirming that the ladies had not followed, she held her breasts that could take off and land airplanes with both hands and said, "Richard, those are bad women who play with people's hearts. You have to stay away from them!"

"Yeah, I understand, but... this doesn't look like a toilet."

"R-Richard!"

"Just kidding~"

Although it was explained that it was a joke, the vigilance in the little girl's eyes remained the same.

She looked at the ladies giggling outside while talking and laughing, and murmured to herself:

"Why is Richard so popular... These shameless guys... If only they could never talk to Richard... What can I do..."

Uh……

The person who was watching couldn't help scratching his head.

I always feel like my sister is thinking something terrible.

But...it shouldn't matter.

He turned and looked away.

Charlie, a college entrance examination candidate from another world who only wants to study, has no interest in having a lover, and he doesn't mind staying on the balcony for a while.

...Especially when he saw those two sneaky figures in the back garden.

With the help of a professional's extraordinary perception, Richard half-hidden behind the marble pillar and observed in secret.

He guessed that this was probably the noble lady who had already succeeded and the young man disguised as prey...

and many more……

What's Tom?

Remember, didn't he say before that he would go to the city to buy necessities on weekend nights?

"Mom? Why are you here?"

In the small woods, Tom looked around to make sure there was no one around, then he cautiously approached a woman dressed as a servant, and said in a low voice: "There are some of my classmates in the club here. If we are not careful, we will be seen." Arrived!"

His voice was shaky and he was clearly nervous.

But after noticing the sweat on the woman's face, his tone immediately softened: "Let's, let's come over here..."

"Mr. Enrique is coming to the imperial capital to hold an art exhibition, so I'm coming with him. I just haven't seen you for a long time and I want to see you."

The middle-aged woman said, and then asked with a worried face: "How are you doing in school? Are there any problems graduating this year?"

"……no problem."

Tom pursed his lips, then puffed up his chest in an exaggerated and artificial manner, and said with a smile: "You don't know, I am having a good time in school, because I know a lot, many new students come to ask questions, and they especially respect me! "

"Don't worry about graduation. I still have five credits left. I can get them easily."

On the balcony, Richard was silent.

Of course he could tell that Tom was lying.

There are only two ways for pure civilian students to live a good life at Saint Goethe. One is to be extremely talented and powerful and conquer others with their grades. The other is to be willing to become the follower clown of the aristocratic students, again referring to Grandma Liu in Dream of Red Mansions.

Tom, who is introverted and has a bit of low self-esteem... doesn't belong to anyone.

He was even a repeater and was actually more miserable than Richard in school.