NOVEL NEXT Chapter 172: Chapter 172
196. Chapter 192 Allen and 'Alan'
196.
Spring came a little late in the Boreas Mansion. The snow on the mountains has not even melted away yet, and the peaks are still covered with white snow caps.
At night, the cold and damp mountain wind blew along the mountain ridge, into the Boreas Mansion, and turned into mist.
Dispelled by the morning sun.
The floor of the atrium was wet, with occasional small puddles of water at the joints between the floors.
The water droplets climb on the treetops, stretching and falling.
It dropped to the ground with a "pa" sound.
"I haven't received any letter from you today, Master Allen."
Arifa stood beside Alan. She had taken off the thick maid outfit she wore more than a month ago. Even though it was still early spring, thanks to the orcs' excellent cold-resistant fat, she was already wearing a black and white maid outfit that exposed her long legs.
It has an open back and a huge bow tied at the back, making her look youthful and cute.
It is worth mentioning that she is the only maid in the entire Bereas family who has this style of maid uniform. I wonder how Li'er, the head maid, arranged it.
Arifa looked at Alan nervously, his lips tightly pursed.
In her sight, Alan just nodded lightly, but Alifa knew that Alan had been getting more and more anxious about the letter that came from nowhere.
Because he went from asking once a day at the beginning to asking twice a day five days ago.
Until yesterday, Alan asked it three times.
Even though he didn't show it on his face, Alifa could still sense his anxiety.
She was about to say something comforting, but Alan spoke first.
"Will Alice's birthday party start on time tomorrow night?"
Arifah blinked and nodded.
They both turned their heads and looked towards the banquet hall not far away.
The banquet hall was completely cleaned a week ago, and any loose floor tiles were removed and replaced with new ones. What was even more exaggerated was that, at Sauros' instruction, the craftsmen were even asked to make the new floor tiles look old in order to ensure the overall harmonious look of the floor.
Even the exterior walls have hired special people to clean the hard-to-see mold in the gaps.
Very detailed.
It looks brand new now.
The bright red carpet extends from inside the door all the way to the main door of the mansion.
Arifah stole a glance at Alan.
"Lord Sauros has attached great importance to the eldest lady's birthday party this year. Compared with when I first came five years ago, the standard has been raised a lot. I also heard that the range of nobles invited this time has also been expanded a lot. I'm sure it will be very lively tomorrow."
As they were talking, there was a creaking sound of an iron door opening behind them.
Sauros walked out of the tower with a refreshed look and vigorous steps.
Following behind him was Li'er, whose hair and clothes were disheveled but whose face was full of smile.
In just a few steps, he came to Alan's side with a straightforward look of "refreshing" on his face.
"At tomorrow's banquet, you will definitely attract a lot of attention as a high-class guest at the Boreas residence."
Alan glanced sideways at Sauros.
The latter looked at Alan's somewhat tense face and forced a smile.
Spit out two words.
"contraception."
"Don't cause me any trouble like Paul did."
More than a month ago, Sauros's words to Alan became more and more blunt, completely losing the tense "demeanor" of the former great lord, but for some reason, these seemingly "vulgar and disgusting" words fell into the ears of Li'er behind him, but made her smile.
After saying this, Sauros glanced at Arifa thoughtfully, which frightened the latter so much that he walked away from Alan with Li'er.
Alan looked at Sauros' back and pinched his brows with a headache.
No, I'm struggling with this?
Grass.
——
"Freeze!"
As the loud and high-pitched ending sound rose, the unfolded red petals were suddenly thrown into the air, so warm that it seemed to brighten the sight of those who were looking at it.
Then he fell beside Alice's legs.
The tassels fell and the flames went out.
Alice stood in front of Alan with a standard demeanor.
Very elegant.
Just a slight raise of her chin still showed that Alice was very proud.
"Pah, pah, pah."
There was enthusiastic applause from Hilda's bedroom.
Alice smiled, turned around and threw herself into the arms of Hilda who was lying on the sofa.
"How's it going, mother? Alice hasn't missed a step in a month! There will be no problem tomorrow!"
The little red-haired lion smiled with great joy. In this round, she was completely different from the mad dog who would step on people's feet while dancing in her previous life.
Hilda stroked her hair lovingly.
"Yeah! Alice is amazing."
She turned to look at Alan, who volunteered to be Alice's dance partner every day.
A smile bloomed on her face, but it couldn't hide the deep fatigue in her eyes.
After the winter, I don't know if Alan's behavior of coming here every day worked, or if it was just the winter cold that aggravated her condition.
She is in better health now than in winter.
But I still feel tired from time to time, especially in the past few days.
because
"We finally finished it the day before Alice's tenth birthday party."
Alan looked at Hilda's smiling face, his expression froze slightly, and he looked away.
Put it on the hanger beside.
Just like Sauros's behavior in the original novel, Hilda in this week also obviously attaches great importance to Alice's birthday party.
Whether it's sewing pearls around the hem of Alice's tasseled red skirt, or repeatedly modifying the size of Sylphy and Rudy's waist and shoulders.
still
In Allen's sight, the cuffs of his black double-breasted dress had been lengthened.
Gunmetal grey fabric with patchwork texture.
Fully hand embroidered.
The originally dark and somewhat dull dress was embellished with "bright colors", which surprisingly gave Allen a modern aesthetic feeling.
certainly.
It also takes the longest time.
Modifying other clothes is just a cover-up.
The one she cared about most was still Alan's.
She wanted Alan to stand upright in the banquet hall in this overly elaborate dress.
Let everyone see his grace.
Even in the name of diners.
She still wanted him to shine.
Alan looked at the dress for a while, then turned his gaze back to Hilda's face.
"Thank you, ma'am."
The latter looked into Alan's eyes silently and paused for a moment.
He forced a wider smile onto his tired face.
"You're welcome. I should thank you for teaching Alice swordsmanship. She has become an advanced swordsman so quickly."
"Alan, that's great too."
Beside the two of them, Sylphy watched the scene quietly, her eyes flickering.
After a while, before everyone left, Hilda fell asleep.
The direction of the face, the position of Alan.
After being discovered by Sylphy, they hushed in a low voice, and then everyone quietly left the room one by one.
Alice walked in front and Alan walked at the end.
Sylphy will stay to look after Hilda.
The door closed slowly.
He was outside the door and Sylphy was inside. The door slowly closed as they looked at each other.
When only a crack in the door was left, a hint of surprise flashed in Alan's eyes.
The white-haired girl's eyes seemed to have something to say, but in the end she quickly glanced behind her, just looked deeply at Alan, and then looked away.
With a snap, the door was closed.
Alan looked at the door quietly, then turned and left.
——
After lunch, teachers' dormitory.
Alan sat on the chair in front of the bedroom desk, looking at the "task reminder note" on the desk.
More than a month ago, Sauros said, "You can go and see Hilda privately." The implication was very obvious.
Alan's 'threat' worked.
Sauros can continue to turn a blind eye and deceive himself so that Alan can meet Hilda in private.
So far, Allen is more than capable of accomplishing this task.
But he didn't act.
Because he was waiting for an opportunity.
The compound points task given by the system was very special. It did not limit the duration, but instead limited the time interval between his completion of the three tasks.
The implication of coercion is very obvious and very difficult.
Alan had already adapted to this. The system's tasks were always so 'aggressive' and obviously challenging.
It is now clear how to respond to the three expectations.
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