01.
When the magic phone became popular in Magnolia City and Josh Kenny, Olivia was trying to convince her uncle's family to join a cult in the Ice Empire Muelheim (… ).
She's pretty disciplined about what she does.
On the first day, Olivia took out the magic paper.
The next day, Olivia demonstrates the handy features of the Magic Camera at a dinner party.
On the third day, Olivia gave her uncle the first volume of "A Song of Ice and Fire".
On the fourth day, Olivia didn't take anything, just waited calmly, waiting...
Until the end of the dinner, Anthony Blake, who is difficult to get along with, unsmiling, and as inhuman as a hard rock, finally couldn't help but say: "Olivia..."
"Is there anything I can do for you? Uncle." Olivia said in a brisk tone, she knew that her uncle had already taken the bait.
Sure enough, Anthony and Blake coughed lightly to hide their embarrassment, and then said, "Is there any more content behind "A Song of Ice and Fire?"
"There's another book." Olivia said with just the right surprise voice, "Do you like this book too? That's really great. Many people think this book is too serious. Speaking of which, my father Loved the book too, he talked a lot about it, so he's well-known among fans of the book, but nobody knows who he is." She's an actress by training, and after all As a nobleman, this level of acting is more than enough.
"That's because those people are too tasteless." Anthony said, Olivia's words made him very satisfied from all angles: "But you said, 'fans'?"
"A lover of the book. Magnolia's new term," Olivia explained, "to describe someone who is obsessed with something."
"so… "
Anthony felt faintly startled now.
He can understand the function of the magic world paper. From Olivia's point of view, the cost of the magic world paper seems to be very low. If it can be implemented on a large scale, it will bring about a big change. It can save a lot of money for the nobles, and it can also make The school is better at collecting books... After all, his thinking is still constrained by his identity, so he can't think of too much content.
He can also understand the function of the magic camera. There are actually magic tools with similar means, but the cost is high, and the second can only be used by people who can manipulate magic power, which greatly restricts its promotion. But the magic camera is different. Its low price can let the nobles have a copy, and almost anyone can use it. It will play an important role in politics and military affairs. For example, use this to leave evidence...
These two gems are the first. Although Anthony likes "A Song of Ice and Fire" very much, he feels that the value of the novel is relatively the lowest.
The last time he went to Yulan City was less than 20 years ago. Has Yulan City changed so much now? You know, Winter City hasn't changed much these years... The Yulan Empire is indeed the largest empire on the mainland.
If Hill would laugh out loud when he heard this idea, in twenty years, on Earth, many cities would change in just one year, and I don’t know what they would become in twenty years. It looks like a ghost (… ).
With the thinking of modern people, Hill will naturally feel incredible about the appearance of some cities for decades. But he can understand why it happened like that, but understanding doesn't mean acceptance. Just talking about the current demon world, the changes in this year have caught up with the changes in the past hundred years.
Hill sometimes talked about his own ideas with Jackson Sr., who thought he was too eager for quick success.
The weather was gloomy at that time, and the birds outside were making loud noises, and it seemed that it was going to rain. Hill just stood in front of the window, "Isn't it good to be eager for quick success?" After he said this, the wind suddenly picked up, and his white hair was blown up by the wind, and then he turned his back to Old Jackson and said : "All I want is results."
"If you tell Baron Baker this, he will probably shake his mind about working with you." Old Jackson said looking at Hill's back.
"He's already been shaken." Hill seemed to be laughing, "I've pushed him down."
"...I wasn't particularly surprised either," said Jackson Sr.
"If greed is a virtue, I'm probably a person of high moral character. Oh no, greed is a virtue among demons. After being in contact with humans for a long time, I sometimes mistake myself for humans. After all, there is a limit between the two. It's easy to get confused," Hill said.
"That's too bad," said old Jackson.
It was raining, pouring down from the gloomy sky.
"Among all the monsters, do you want to say that humans are the scariest?" Hill continued to ask.
The rain started to fall.
"Yes." Old Jackson replied.
Hill turned around, then smiled, and said slowly, "I don't deny it."
The rain is getting heavier.
02.
After Olivia explained the meaning of the word "fan" to Anthony and Blake, the other party made this comment: "Weird vocabulary."
"But it's very practical." Olivia said, "Many novelties have appeared in Magnolia City recently. Mr. Greenwald—he is the demon clan responsible for communicating with humans—he said that matter drives the development of consciousness, As material development progresses, consciousness and culture, including language, will also change.”
Anthony Blake repeated: "Matter promotes the development of consciousness..." With his insight, he can naturally taste the weight of this sentence.
If Hill knew, he would laugh wildly on his hips, you have a good eye! This is one of the two major theorems of Marxism, and it has considerable weight.
"Mr. Greenwald often said some words that I couldn't understand," Olivia said, "but if you taste it carefully, it will feel very connotative... Maybe it's because the culture of demons and humans is different, and Mr. Greenwald also It has been said that communication promotes development and brings peace."
After hearing this, Anthony Blake asked, "He said the doves of the Devil?"
"It should be, he is still very friendly to humans." Olivia replied.
At this moment, Olivia had a wonderful feeling that she was talking to an earl as a representative of the exchange between the demon world and humans. It was something she had never thought of before. Although I used to dislike noble ladies confining themselves in a small circle, and their afternoon tea, they do some things like embroidery... So when she first watched "A Song of Ice and Fire", she didn't like Shan Sha, but Aaliyah.
She always wanted to do something big back then.
But even at that time, she never imagined that she would soon be able to have such an equal conversation with an earl and exchange benefits... Moreover, with such a bluffing identity. All this made Olivia very excited. She also understood that most of this was due to His Royal Highness Greenwald.
After Olivia answered that Greenwald was a dove, Anthony and Blake fell into deep thought.
Anthony and Blake will never express any opinions on the court. He is neither a hawk nor a dove. If he had to be divided into a faction, he would be sent by the emperor. No matter what decision the ice emperor makes, he will Advocate, he is the executor. The previous owners of the Black family have always looked like this, so that the Black family can prosper in the Ice Empire for a long time.
But there is still a problem, what will happen if one day the royal family Ai Si's family loses power.
Other nobles might survive, but most of the Blacks would surely die—for the entire empire knew that the loyalty of the Blacks was beyond doubt.
That would involve another rule of the Black family: each generation must marry with foreign nobles.
This is the last way out for the family that Black's first patriarch found.
So, the original Black is really a very wise person.
Seeing that her uncle was lost in thought, Olivia waited for a while, and then said, "I came here to open a mall to sell the goods of the demons. Father has already told you in the letter."
Anthony Blake asked, "You mean the magic camera?"
"There are many more, such as "A Song of Ice and Fire." Olivia said.
"Can this kind of book be produced on a large scale?"
"Okay." Olivia replied.
The reason for taking out "A Song of Ice and Fire" first is very simple, because it is not so treacherous to the church.
Only then did Anthony and Blake realize that their niece came here not to play, but to do big business: "Tomorrow, I will ask the butler to accompany you to Winter City to find a suitable store, and after I choose a store, I will apply for a store opening certificate. "
"Uh, uncle." Olivia said, "I may need a bigger place. I plan to build a large shopping mall by myself. I brought enough money."
Olivia's words are very clever. If she said "I pay the money myself", it would be too rigid. If she didn't say it, it would cause a misunderstanding to ask Anthony to pay the money, so she said "I brought enough money ".
Anthony nodded subconsciously, feeling that his niece was very good.
"Can I invite you to dinner tomorrow night? This time I brought the chef. His cooking skills are very good." Olivia said.
"Okay." Anthony and Jackson were noncommittal. He knew that the food in the Yulan Empire was better than that in Mullheim, but it was only better. He had never had much interest in appetite, after all, he was a penance knight .
Until tomorrow night arrives...
I go
It's not just some delicious food! ! !
Has the food in Magnolia City developed to this extent? !
What kind of food is this—? !
Has he been eating pig food for decades? !
03.
When Olivia was committed to capturing the Black family, the Yulan Empire also began to build shopping malls in big cities other than Yulan City and Josh Kenny. The old Jackson presided over this matter, and he planned to use his All the income is handed over to Emperor Yulan, after all, the Jackson family is not short of money.
Old Jackson thought so at first.
after that-
"Although I really want to say that all the money should be given to His Majesty, but that money is too much."
Hill almost died laughing.
"Then I thought, with His Majesty's greed, it would be bad to know that the Demon Realm Mall is making so much money, so I took most of that share and handed over the rest to Emperor Yulan. Let him not be too greedy." Old Jackson said.
"The result is that you embezzle most of the money you intended to give to Emperor Yulan," Hill said.
"I call this comprehensive consideration." Old Jackson plausibly said.
"Well, well, it's a comprehensive consideration." Hill smiled, "I feel that your tone seems a bit sanctimonious, my dear old Jackson."
"In the process of getting along with you, I learned a lot of new things. My friend." Old Jackson said leisurely.
Hill: "...I feel like you're implying something?"
Jackson Sr.: "...I feel like I'm making a point."
Then Hill laughed, and old Jackson laughed, and they went on like that for a while. Then, the old Jackson said seriously: "I think it is necessary for me to say that I don't know what the situation is in the Demon World, but among humans, if you want to make money, nobles like the Jackson family can easily get it, even without It needs to be specially made to 'earn'...Of course, I don't mean as much money as in the Devil's Emporium."
"Well, I understand that you are different from Joan, he is greedy for money, and you seek power." Hill said.
"how about you?"
"Me?" Hill thought for a while, then touched his chin, "I'm lustful."
Well, greed for money, lust, desire for power—it's all there.
"That looks like I'm safe," joked Jackson Sr.
"Hahaha maybe." After finishing speaking, Hill also got down to business: "How about using the gold coins you got in the Devil's Market for charity?"
"Public welfare?" Old Jackson asked.
"It's like donating eyes that don't need them to those who need them," Hill said.
Old Jackson:
"Cough, I accidentally thought about it. I mean exchanging gold coins for supplies and giving them to those who need them," Hill said.
"Like a church alms?" asked old Jackson.
The aristocratic banquets here often use hard bread to bake to make plates. The dishes made of hard bread are edible. After the banquet, those dishes will be taken away by the local church to give to the poor. In addition, the general church has a free meal after the Sunday meeting.
"Almost, but I think a special organization can be established to make giving more rigorous and efficient, and make resources more rationally used." Hill said.
"...I guess your next step is to say that the Dark Holy See will organize this matter." Old Jackson said.
Hill smiled shyly: "Can you?"
If this was in the comics, the old Jackson would definitely turn the tables immediately, but this is in reality, and nothing so exaggerated happened, but the old Jackson still squinted at him: "...you don't take it for granted, It’s just thinking too wildly.”
"One must have something to look forward to in life, old Jackson." Hill said with a smile.
"You asked me to use money to help the Dark Holy See spread the faith... Is it not easy to be a duke or Magnolia City is not fun, I have to make such a terrible decision?" Old Jackson looked at him with contempt.
"I thought we were on the same boat. As the saying goes, we can cross the same boat after a hundred years of cultivation..."
"I believe that's not how you use the 'slang'," said old Jackson.
"Okay, okay..." Hill spread his hands and shrugged, "Then we have to move on to the next plan... let Princess Lydia come forward to do this."
This is actually what Hill really thinks.
Let the Dark Holy See do this? The Church of the Illuminati would immediately jump in and send angels to strangle them... but Princess Lydia would gain a huge amount of popularity if she did that, which would later become the political basis for her participation in Game of Thrones. After all, Theodore is theirs now, and Princess Lydia is half of them.
Old Jackson asked: "Then why didn't I come forward myself? Do I have to give the money to someone else?"
"Unless you don't want to live anymore." Hill smiled slightly.
Old Jackson's tone was a little subtle: "Although I understand what you mean...but I suggest you change the word."
"If you offend, then kill the chicken and take the eggs." Hill thought for a while and said.
"...?"
"Cough, cross the river and tear down the bridge."
What a genius for using words.
Old Jackson gave up entanglement in this matter: "Then, why should I do this?"
"Because, you are a good man who cares about the country and the people." Hill smiled meaningfully, "Right? Old Jackson."
"...Yes." Old Jackson also smiled, and he also smiled meaningfully, "I am a good person."
"Actually, I also want to be a good person." Hill rubbed his chin and said hypocritically.
#Union of villains reached#
04.
The second season of "Natsume's Book of Friends" will officially start broadcasting at 8 o'clock tonight!
At this time in the past, there were still a lot of people coming and going on the streets of Yulan City, but today, strangely, there were a lot fewer people than before.
The aristocrats kept their magic phones at home, and those who couldn’t afford them crowded into nearby taverns and restaurants. Some bosses also bought magic phones in order to attract customers, because the magic phones themselves also had a projection function, so they put their The shop was transformed into a simple small cinema. It has to be said that these merchants have very good minds.
Everyone doesn't want to miss this opportunity. Hill said in the magazine that the magic phone will only play it once, and if you want to watch it next, you have to buy the projection stone DVD. The price is the same as the first season, which is 150 gold coins. Too expensive for many people.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and the projection was blank.
Three, two, one...
The clock struck eight o'clock.
The projection instantly appeared on the screen.
Many people couldn't help but cheered—
Appeared! The second season of "Natsume's Book of Friends", which I have been looking forward to for several months, is now on the air!
The first thing that appeared was a familiar picture, a boy with brown hair wrapped in a scarf and walking on the street, with a cat running behind him.
Immediately followed by a lively singing voice: "Step forward and run forward / Draw towards the sky with frozen hands / Light up the light of blessing for your future"
Different from the somewhat melancholy opening theme song of the first season, the opening theme song of the second season is cheerful and optimistic, full of enthusiasm and upward feeling.
Everyone suddenly became more excited - this symbolized the change of Natsume Takashi's mentality. He gradually had friends from being lonely in the past to now. It was as if everyone had grown up with him, an experience they had never experienced before.
With the familiar light painting style and the familiar figure passing by the title, the excitement in everyone's hearts gradually calmed down and turned into emotion.
These people in the title really walked into their hearts, and now I finally see them again, just like reuniting with old friends.
Then there is the picture of maple leaves sprinkled on the stone, with a few large characters written in the middle of the second season of "Natsume's Book of Friends".
Of course, have any of you watched "Natsume's Book of Friends" in a movie theater, but they have all heard of the famous name, so today they finally had the opportunity to watch it for free in a tavern, so they watched it more seriously than those who had watched it before.
After the opening song finished playing, the big screen went dark, and a line of words appeared: Chapter 1 - The account of friends who was taken away.
… What? !
what happened
Why was it so explosive at the beginning? !
Before everyone could be astonished, Natsume was shot down from the wall by something called 'football' played by classmates in the first episode.
Ah... this wild and unconstrained plot.
The audience laughed heartily.
This is the taste~
Then the students asked Natsume to help pick up the ball on the other side of the wall. The football just rolled to the edge of the woods. Natsume crawled over and stretched out his hand, and then suddenly a ghost with long hair and sharp teeth jumped out beside the football.
…
"Pfft—" Many people in the tavern were so frightened that they sprayed water.
And the nobles who were nestling in their bedrooms and were about to quietly watch "Natsume's Book of Friends" to calm their minds were all so startled that they almost flew up.
Okay, okay... a sudden thriller, it feels like the beginning of the first season.
Well, this is the smell...
And people who watched "Natsume's Book of Friends" for the first time were so scared that they almost hit the wall: "This, this agreement warms people's hearts?!"
It has to be said that people from different worlds have a negative resistance to horror shots.
That's why Hill doesn't plan to make horror films at the moment. He is really afraid that the audience will be scared to death in the cinema.
After being horrified for a while, the scenes of the next scene became warm again, fortunately, fortunately.
Next, Natsume's account of friends was stolen by a black cat. In order to regain the account of friends, Natsume pretended to be a demon and mixed into their party, but learned that they planned to attack humans. Sealed. Natsume then managed to stop the incident.
"After you unsealed me and made me move, the first thing I did was to meet my important friend. But he has passed away.
Human life is really short, and I know why people say I'm stupid. "
At the end of the first episode, the demon named Tanuki said so.
[Because human beings die so willfully, but the demons who like them have to live with their thoughts.]
Helen Lester wrote in his notebook.
"It's human beings who sealed you, but you still prevented the demons from attacking humans." Natsume said to him.
"Because I like humans." The demon with sea blue hair closed his eyes and said softly, "So I will never go to a human village again."
After he finished speaking, he rose into the air, and the feathers fluttered down in the dreamy light.
"Farewell, human."
Leaving Natsume and Mr. Kitty standing quietly in the night, snowflakes and feathers fell silently from the dark sky.
Beautiful and lonely.
[Actually, they are all very gentle existences.]
Helen Lester wrote.
The black cat just left, with a touch of melancholy.
In the final scene, Natsume is sitting by the window, and a demon invites Sensei Kitty to walk with her, and Madara Kitty replies, "No, I'll stay with him for now. Until the fleeting time is over."
The audience will all smile, ah, the beauty after a little melancholy, this is the real feeling of Natsume's Book of Friends.
"Thank you! Teacher Cat." Natsume said with a smile.
"Your frankness is disgusting." Kitty Spot replied tremblingly.
There was laughter in their room.
The tavern also fell into light laughter.
The nobles couldn't help but smile too.
"Recently, I have an annoyance. For a small parting, I will feel a little lonely."
Natsume and the cat watched the snow outside by the window together.
"The short encounter and parting, every moment of memory, I hope I can cherish it."
Episode one, over.
Helen Lester wrote the last sentence in her notebook:
[—This is a perfect reunion. I have shed tears.]
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