Luke said to Alina: "Alina, I heard you call Faras your sister. I wonder if you would like to call me father like Faras?"
When Faras heard what her father said, she quickly helped Alina and said, "Well, Alina will be my biological sister from now on. You have to care more about her."
Alina clapped her hands and said, "Okay, okay. I have been alone since I was a child. If I have a father, I will smile happily in my dreams."
Luke took out a pair of green bracelets from his arms. He gave one to Faras and the other to Alina, and said to them: "This pair of bracelets was given by a friend of mine." . Although it is not a very precious thing, it is rare for two carvings to be exactly the same. Now you each take one, and you must love each other as close as sisters in the future."
Alina put on the bracelet happily, and then she helped Faras put it on too. The green bracelets reflected each other on the snow-white arms, making them even more dazzling.
Faras pulled Alina to stand up together, and the two raised their crystal glasses and toasted to Luke together. Luke drank the glass of wine with a smile on his face and laughed happily.
Alina couldn't help but said with joy: "From today on, I am no longer alone. I also have a father and sister."
When everyone sat down, Luke picked up the wine glass and said to Alando: "Young man, I have one wish in my life, that is, I hope to be born 200 years earlier and be a soldier in the battle against the undead army. It's a pity. , this can only be a wish. But I have great admiration for the great Druid elder who sacrificed his life to save all mankind. It can be said that without the sacrifice back then, there would be no quiet and peaceful life in the mainland for the past 200 years. Young people, Let us toast this glass of wine to the great and selfless Archdruid Elder."
After speaking, Luke raised his neck and drank the wine in one gulp.
Allendo stood up as early as Luke was talking to him. He was very happy when he heard that Luke highly praised Druid's deeds back then. He quickly said: "Druid's creed is Maintaining the balance of nature is what we should do." Then, Allendo also drank the wine in one gulp.
Luke looked at Ryan, sighed softly, and said: "Lian, what do you want me to say about you? Although you are not old, you already have the maturity unique to adults, you are steady in doing things, and you have a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat. Jin. Young people like you are rare to see nowadays."
After hearing Luke boasting about himself, Ryan said sheepishly: "You're exaggerating."
Luke smiled and said: "Ryan, I heard Faras say that the coming-of-age ceremony your teacher gave you was to participate in the Royal Athletic Competition?"
Ryan nodded and said, "Yes."
Luke said earnestly: "I'm going to say a few words here. If I guess correctly, your teacher's original intention is to hope that you can learn something in the process of participating in the Royal Athletic Competition, rather than simply obtain a certain honor. Young People’s biggest advantage is time, while the disadvantage of young people is lack of experience. As a last resort, people have to use time in exchange for experience. Unfortunately, by the time they have rich experience, they are already old.”
At this point, Luke paused, his eyes looking around, drifting over everyone, and then his eyes returned to Ryan's face. He continued: "The entire Leisi team, in terms of professionalism and strength, is a team. A promising adventure team, or because of this, there is a faint shadow of desire for victory and honor in everyone's hearts. A team eager to win is powerful, but it should also be noted that usually you really get it If you long for something, you will feel confused. Maybe I should say this when you win the championship, but I have my intention to say it today."
"Whether it's victory or honor, you must learn to enjoy the process, not the result. If you are directly awarded the title of Champion of the Royal Athletic Competition, you have received the honor, but do you have a sense of honor? No!"
"Why, isn't this title what everyone longs for? It's very simple, there is no process. People grow because of the process and mature because of experience. This process is unchanged through the ages, but the great sages took a short time, and A mediocre person lives his whole life.”
"I drank a few more drinks today." Luke's eyes showed a hint of drunkenness, and he said slowly: "I talked a lot, I hope you don't find me verbose. Champion, what about the champion? Royal Knights Winning twenty consecutive championships only put 20 heavy shackles on himself. In order to maintain this so-called honor, even the military genius Orlando had to painstakingly train one team after another to compete. The Royal Knights were supposed to be heavy cavalry for large-scale combat, but now they have become the champions of small-unit combat. How ironic!"
Faras stood up gently, supported her father, and said, "Father, you are drunk." After saying that, Faras motioned to the servant next to him to help Luke away.
Luke staggered out with the support of several servants.
When his father walked out, Faras smiled and said, "Don't worry about him. He hasn't had a chance to drink for a long time."
Ryan shook his head and said, "What Uncle Luke said makes sense."
Faras glared at Ryan and said angrily: "What did you just say?"
Ryan whispered: "Luke... uncle?"
Red said with a smile: "Change your words. Ryan, you are powerful in magic, but you are an idiot in your worldly ways. I really don't know how others can take a fancy to you."
Ryan said hesitantly: "Then, the Imperial Finance Minister, Mr. Luke?"
Everyone burst into laughter.
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Luke was helped into the bedroom by a servant. He remained motionless and allowed the servant to help him take off his coat and shoes, and then lay down on his bed.
When the servant retreated, Luke gently opened his eyes. His eyes showed a sober look, without the drunken demeanor just now.
Today's banquet was actually specially arranged by Luke, and it seems to have a very good effect. It not only brought everyone closer, but also enlightened Ryan, so that even if the game loses in the end, I believe the team will not have much fluctuation.
More importantly, through a conversation at the banquet, he once again understood everyone's personalities, the bold Oz, the smooth Red, the innocent Alina... He knew the information about every companion in his daughter's team. I sent someone to get a copy, and in order to avoid making mistakes, I personally reviewed it this time.
The results were indeed as recorded in the data, so it seemed that I could rest assured. Although Luke rarely sees his daughter, how could he not care about his own flesh and blood? "Keep everything in hand." is Luke's motto, and it is this sentence that has allowed Luke to sit firmly in the position of the Imperial Finance Minister for many years. Nowadays, when used on my daughter's team, it's nothing more than familiarity.