"After finding Miss CC, Miss CC said that she alone is enough to protect Mr. Ed, and Mr. Ed doesn't need any extra bodyguards." Taoxiang was reporting to An Qi, "The two of them still need something in Japan. I'll deal with it, and I'll be back by next month."
"So you were driven back, right?" An Qi folded her arms around her chest and gave Taoxiang a "so it is" expression, "Actually, she just wanted to live with Ed in a two-person world, smart. I have seen the truth of the matter."
"Isn't it good, she just made up for what she lost." Lux looked complicated, and then a sharp cry pierced her brows, "Audrey, lady!"
Minerva, who was playing games with Pru in the living room, stuck out her tongue and whispered in the ear of her friend: "The old woman who lacks love, Sister An Qi is different from her."
Pru looked at Lux in the distance for unknown reasons, turned her head to think for a moment, and replied, "Pru Pru Pru Pru..."
Minerva nodded and took Pru's hand: "You're right, let's go play in my room."
Seeing that Minerva was leaving, Taoxiang hurriedly stopped her: "Miss Audrey, please wait a moment, Mr. Ed has a gift for you."
After she finished speaking, she took out a beautifully packaged box more than fifty centimeters high from her luggage and placed it in front of her in Minerva's expectant eyes. Minerva hesitated for a moment, then opened the package directly, and a yellow stuffed teddy bear appeared in front of her eyes. The cute shape made the little girl's eyes light up with a swish, and Pru let out a cry of "Pru".
"This is a mini MS that Mr. Ed made himself in his spare time. It's called Bear Ba. It is said that it was changed by what MS from Nazagu. I don't know that." Taoxiang turned the bear toy and opened the back cover. Operate on the exposed panel for a while, then close the back cover and put the Bear in place, "Look, it's still moving."
The teddy bear stood firmly on the ground, moving back and forth with rather comical movements, its big furry ears moved with the pace, and a synthetic electronic sound of "Hello, Audrey, hello" came out of its mouth.
Minerva's face flushed with excitement, and she tried to pick up the bear toy, but it was too heavy to pick up. The little girl frowned for a while, then took two steps and found that the doll would follow her, so she happily took the doll bear and ran back to her room. Pru said "Pru Pru" and trotted after him.
"He really has a lot of time." Lux sighed inexplicably, "Is there any difference between this thing and Harrow?"
"Mr. Ed said that the plush feel is better, and Harrow is too big for little girls of this age to play." Taoxiang replied seriously, "Mr. Ed also installed a simple AI and weapon system in it, It can protect Miss Minerva when it’s critical. I remember there were electric shocks, flash grenades, tear gas and small Vulcan cannons. The whole Bear Bull is drop-proof and waterproof, so I’m not afraid of Miss Minerva accidentally breaking it.”
"Fire, fire, fire, Vulcan? Inside that doll?" An Qi was stunned, "What is he thinking about..."
"So it's a mini MS." Momoka nodded as a matter of course, "Mr. Ed is amazing!"
"What about my gift?" An Qi stretched out her hand, "It can't be just Minerva's."
"Her Royal Highness Angelique's gift and Miss Lux's gift, Mr. Ed said he would give it to the two in person when he came back." Taoxiang smiled slightly, "He said it would be more solemn."
"It just means that there is no preparation." Lux helped An Qi to translate, "In short, drag it first, and then talk about it when you come back, it's his style."
"How about trusting him once in a while? Maybe he wants to give you a surprise on your birthday next month?" An Qi thought for a while, and then whispered, "Although he did do some things in the past. The things that make you sad, that, I'm sorry. You see, he now knows that he calls home every day, isn't he making progress."
"You are also the one who was left at home." Lux looked at An Qi incomprehensibly, "Why did you apologize on his behalf?"
"Why can't I apologize for him?" An Qi answered confidently. "And if I don't apologize for him, no one will apologize for him? Isn't it pitiful for him to be alone?"
Lux stared at An Qi like this, suddenly lowered her eyes and turned back to the room weakly. An Qi stared at her back motionlessly, looking very imposing.
"His Royal Highness Angelique?" Taoxiang asked tentatively.
"Ah, my dignified Princess Angelique is here to help him maintain the stability and unity of the harem." When Lux closed the door, Angel suddenly puffed out her cheeks and made a displeased voice, "But I won't do it. No one can help him, really, who told him to be... come on, if you choose this path, you can only go to the dark one way."
"Mr. Ed will be very moved when he finds out!" Taoxiang nodded excitedly, "Do you need me to casually reveal this to him?"
"No, I didn't help him for this. Anyway, he must compensate me well after he comes back, but I just don't tell him the reason." An Qi snorted softly, "Ed hasn't pushed you to the ?"
Tao Xiang's face turned slightly red: "No."
"But I acquiesced. It's so obvious." An Qi frowned and touched her chin with her finger, "Did he not know that the princess's chief maid is for dowry? After all, he also Not from a noble family, it’s possible to not know these unwritten rules? But Lux and CC both know it, how could Ed not know?”
Taoxiang lowered her head, making it difficult to see her expression: "Mr. Ed probably did not treat me as a dowry item, but as an independent person. He always said that I was the maid of His Royal Highness Angelique. , not his maid."
"Well, this is indeed his style." An Qi nodded understandingly, "Since he is like this, then I respect your choice too. Is there anything important happened besides that?"
"My choice, where do I have a choice..." Taoxiang bowed her head and smiled bitterly, and when she raised her head, she had put on a bright smile, "There is also a girl named Nanali, who has a special relationship with Mr. Ed. it is good!"
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"Is your relationship with Nanali too good?" CC wore the high school uniform that Nanali got her, and walked beside Ed and stared at him suspiciously, "Is it necessary to come to her every three days? Are you still taking advantage of Lu Luxiu's absence, aren't you afraid of him being jealous and bad things?"
"First, I don't trust their brothers and sisters very much, and Nanali doesn't trust me too much. Face-to-face conversations between NTs will help each other get real information. Second, all planning content requires Lelouch to participate in person, he is not there It's normal, I didn't take advantage of his absence." Ed, who was also wearing a school uniform, glanced at the woman beside him under his sunglasses, and raised his mouth, "Are you jealous?"
"I'm not jealous, stop being sentimental." CC responded with a blank expression, "Am I such a superficial person?"
Ed looked around. Ashford Academy's middle and high schools were built together. Today is the weekend. There are not many people in the school. It seems that most of them come to participate in club activities. He took a deep breath and shouted with all his strength: "CC my wife is so cute and cute, whoever dares to object will smash his head!"
The students in the open space turned their heads to look at him, many whispered, and some pointed at them. There were even students sticking out their heads in the adjacent classroom, and some even whistled and gave Ed a thumbs up.
CC was dumbfounded, blushing with shame, and even stammered: "You, what are you doing, what are you doing!"
Ed smiled embarrassedly "hehe", grabbed CC's hand and ran wildly, and the two ran to an empty corridor in the teaching building before stopping. Ed leaned on his knees and panted slightly, but CC didn't feel it at all.
"Crazy." CC's face was still a little red, "Go back and record one on my new phone."
"I wanted to do this kind of thing once when I was in school." Ed laughed happily, and then showed a nostalgic look, "Unfortunately, when I was in school, I only knew how to study hard and didn't have a girlfriend at all."
According to the usual CC, at this time, he would usually ask him, "Didn't you go to school?", but she didn't do that, but gave a soft "um~" and asked softly, "What about your first love? "
"You." Ed replied without thinking, "Do you still need to ask?"
Hearing this, CC couldn't bear it any longer. He dragged him into the empty classroom next to him and locked the door. Then, he pressed him against the wall. He took off his sunglasses and looked directly into his eyes with a smile in his eyes. : "Do you want to do this kind of thing when you go to school?"
"I don't want to." Ed grabbed her shoulders and switched positions with her in her stunned eyes. CC didn't mean to resist at all and let him be at his mercy, "I wanted to do this when I was in school."
"You can do whatever you want." CC blew his face like blue, "After so many years, I finally learned to take the initiative, then... I'll leave it to you next?"
When it was over, it was already the time to dismiss the school. Ed took the initiative to clean up the classroom, such as mopping the floor, wiping the tables, arranging the tables and chairs neatly, and so on.
"How long did you make Nanali wait?" CC randomly found a seat and sat down, watching him work, without any intention of helping, "If she knew what you were doing, she would like to Is it all gone?"
"She was impatient and went back." Ed shrugged indifferently. "Also, she told the members of the student council to keep the students away from here."
"Huh?" CC narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Then she was watching the whole process just now? Did you give her a live commentary? Do you want to guide her next time?"
"Where do you want to go?" Ed couldn't help laughing. "She was curious about what I was doing when I didn't go up, so she said hello to me and disconnected from me after finding out what I was doing."
"Trust you once." CC's voice was cold, "If you dare to cheat on me again, we will die together."
"Then you may be going to fight with An Qi, and she said something similar." Ed finally put the table in order, moved his joints, and beckoned to CC, "Let's go?"
Walking on CC, I realized that something was wrong: "Nanali has already gone back, this is not the way out of school, where are you going?"
"I feel that there is someone in the school, who seems to be NT but not NT. I have never encountered such a situation, and I can't help but want to go and see." Ed held CC's hand, "Besides, you are here, There's nothing to be afraid of."
CC nodded confidently: "Yes."
The two walked outside a classroom on the first floor, and there was a melodious piano sound. Ed looked up and saw that the sign said Music Classroom, and said to the people around him, "It's here."
CC vigilantly sticks beside him and walks into the music classroom with him. The setting sun spilled into the empty classroom, and a male character was playing the piano comfortably in the room. He has short gray-white hair, and he is not wearing a school uniform but a plain white shirt.
CC's hand holding Eddard suddenly became stiff, and the whole person also froze in place nervously. She tugged Ed was about to say something, but Ed put up a finger in a "shhh" motion.
The two of them stood silently not far behind the piano player until more than 20 minutes later, with the last note falling, the piano player stood up and turned to look at Ed.
"Thank you for not interrupting my performance." He nodded politely to Ed. "Do you like it?"
"I like it very much, you play it very well. Of course, part of it is also due to the fact that this piano is very expensive. It can only be said that it is Ashford Academy." Ed showed admiring eyes, "The Harpsichord Concerto is my favorite. One of the Bachs."
"It's also my favorite. Even in the cosmic century, classical music is still the greatest masterpiece of mankind." The boy smiled reservedly, "Then do you have a favorite musician?"
"Although it's nothing new to say, yes, Beethoven."
"Where's your favorite song?" the boy asked, "Bei Jiu?"
"Bei Qi." Ed corrected, "Bei Qi's second movement."
"Strings and wind instruments, then I can't use the piano to play it for you. Liszt has arranged a version, but I don't like it very much." The boy stretched out his hand and flicked the keys, and the crisp scale sounded, "I My favorite is Bei Jiu."
"I don't like Liszt's version either, the symphony version is more charming." Ed nodded in agreement, "But Bei Jiu's vocals are still not very acceptable to me, it doesn't feel like a symphony or a symphony. Mass, but a nondescript, something in between, as if—"
"Like yourself?" The young man took a few steps forward and stood in front of Ed and the two, CC tensed like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "Is this a form of self-loathing?"
"No," Ed replied, "I just don't like it, I didn't like it from the beginning."
"Which one did you refer to at the beginning?" The boy's red eyes showed curiosity, "I really want to know, did you fall in love with the Beethoven in this world, or did you also have a Beethoven in your original world? Finn?"
After speaking, a sharp consciousness pierced into Ed's mind, sneaking into his memory to search for something. The blood-red bird in Ed's right eye instantly lit up, and the spiritual link between the two was forcibly severed.
The teenager glanced at the CC next to him, and slowly extended his right hand to the position of Ed's heart. CC widened his eyes in horror, clenched his fists and waved at the boy, but his fists slammed into the invisible barrier and couldn't make an inch.
Just when the boy's hand was about to touch Ed's chest, Ed's left eye followed with a bloody bird. Then the boy's hand gently touched the air, and the orange polygonal pattern under his fingertips shone brightly in the setting sun.
"Sure enough, it's you." The young man retracted his hand that reached out to his heart and put it in front of him as if he wanted to shake hands. "First time meeting, my name is Zhu Xun, and I'm an apostle."