"Have you decided, Eve?" Lidia pulled Eve and asked as the afternoon sun shone outside the junior high school of Weston College in the southwest of the West District. She looked a little disappointed because this was not Parker Elementary School, but in the West District. I remember that when she first came to Barton, Eve decided to go to school in the North District. She wanted to contact wizards in the North District and study the knowledge that would change the laws of the world, but now she has obviously given up.
"It's decided." Eve looked at the school gate, "Alfa warned me about Barton's wizard, plus Yuehua and Baiying gave me what I wanted yesterday, so there is no need to go to the North District."
Today is Tuesday, and yesterday was the day when Alice and the others went to the North District to help Laura. It seems that in addition to Alice's chance encounter with Ms. West at community college, the Black Witch and Rimmer's conversation has also progressed.
"That's not sure yet." Lidia pursed her lips. Her disappointment was understandable. If Eve went to school in the North District, she would have more opportunities to get in touch with Barton's political elite. In the West District, it would be better after all. Under the eyes of the family, there is less freedom, but she is obviously not ready to reveal her little thoughts. "The two black witches only said that the research notes on the barrier are with Alice. They have a chance, but they don't." Said to give it to us so you can learn."
"That's enough." Eve also frowned, obviously persuading herself, "Didn't you notice Alice's attitude yesterday? I tried to discuss the issue of Siren and Boyson with Rimmer's equal stance towards Alpha. , but she kept evading, saying that Alpha just informed us of the news and didn’t care what to do.”
Lidya pursed her lips, a little unhappy, "So Alpha has no sincerity in cooperating with us."
"Yes, he didn't want to show any sign of needing our help or wanting to help us." Eve shook her head, "The night before yesterday. My hesitation was also for this reason. I didn't know what this Alpha wanted. Before I had already After showing enough sincerity in a low profile, I still can't get the other party's sincerity. I feel powerless, and the burden of Rimel's future makes me too..."
"Eve!" Lidia interrupted in time. "You've done a good job." She pursed her lips, somewhat blaming herself, "At that time, Flender and I only thought that this would be good for us, Rimel, and ignored this, but you thought Yes, you are a good leader, don’t think too much about it.”
Eve held Lidya's hand tightly, with a smile on her delicate face, "Okay. We are still very lucky. Maybe Alpha and her witches have this kind of distance attitude towards us, Rimmer, okay Now that Yuehua and Baiying have appeared, although I don’t know if they will be helpful in the future, for now, they can at least serve as a bridge between us and Alpha. As you can see, Alice needs to grow up. The education of a black witch. Let’s take our time.”
"Yeah." Lidia also smiled, "At least we solved the problem of communication channels." (You can't send random letters to Smith Manor. The communication between Rimel and Alpha requires other means) Lidia raised her eyebrows , "Yuehua's magic. Do you know it?"
Eve smiled and said, "Of course, but you are wrong. The witchcraft they use is called magic."
"Haha, is it only the user who makes the difference?"
"Yeah." Eve seemed to feel completely relaxed. Pulling Lidya into the school gate, "No, in terms of transformation, it is more like magic. It is the technology we brought to this land. Injecting it into the real thing. Preserving and controlling it is the witchcraft originally born in this land. . Haha, but after four centuries, there is no obvious difference between witchcraft and magic, and it can only be distinguished by the user."
Lydia could only listen to Eve's teachings. At the same time, she noticed two parked cars beside her. The people getting out of the car were Cody from the Fisher family and Charlotte, her sister from the Falcon family.
The new semester has begun and everyone is here to report.
Charlotte saw Eve and Lidia and ran over first. Naturally, she was followed by the driver and security guard, whom we didn’t recognize.
"Eve! Are you here too?" Charlotte looked very happy, "I thought you were in fifth grade (elementary school)." But she immediately smiled and shook her head, "Actually, I thought you could go directly to high school!"
It seems that Eve's many talents, which she unintentionally displayed in the nursery, have completely conquered the children of her peers.
"I want to too, but mother won't let me." Eve replied with a smile, casually threw away Lidia's hand, gave a look that was not suitable for appearing on that delicate little face, and grabbed Charlotte who was running over. special.
Lidia was speechless. She had repeatedly told Eve to behave like a little girl, but a good mother couldn't allow her children to exclude herself from the conversation, right, so Lidia still joined in, "Kou What's wrong with Di?" Lidia looked at Cody who got out of the car at the same time but didn't come over to say hello and rushed directly to the reporting area with a sullen face. The man behind him hurriedly locked the car door and trotted after him.
Charlotte glanced at Cody, pursed her lips, and felt a little depressed, "Today is Lang's funeral, which should be in progress now, but Mr. Fisher refused to let him go, and arranged for new people to follow him. He Angry."
"Today?" Eve was a little surprised, "Didn't the body just be found the day before yesterday? Why was the funeral carried out in such a hurry..." Although she knew that Lang's funeral would be in Grande, people in the West now would first consider Grande for their funerals. Under the circumstances, this is normal, after all, Lang is Cody's personal person. But this does not mean that the funeral will be held so hastily.
When Charlotte's face instantly turned pale, Lidia patted Eve's back gently, but that little girl casually said the word 'corpse'!
Eve immediately realized, "Sorry, I don't know Lang." This meant that except for the objective word 'corpse', Eve didn't know how to describe this lifeless thing.
"No, it's okay." Charlotte shook her head, "We always take Laura's car to the nursery. It's normal that you don't know each other." Without warning, Charlotte looked back at the young man (the driver) behind her, "He It’s xx my driver, xx this is Eve Smith.”
Does anyone want the people around them to be called corpses? Even if there is no life left. no.
Eve nodded politely like a new acquaintance. Fortunately, it was not an ancient social etiquette. Lidia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay!" Charlotte shook her head, readjusted her emotions and showed a smile that only a little girl could give, "It's no longer locked in these. Let's go! By the way, Eve, what grade will you go to?"
"It's not determined yet." Lidia had a suitable opportunity to intervene. "I made an appointment with the school for the assessment test. After the assessment, I will confirm which grade Eve is more suitable for."
"Huh?" Charlotte blinked, "Are you taking the exam before you go to school? You are so unlucky."
Eve just smiled.
"Where are you taking the exam? I'll accompany you." Charlotte waved her hand casually. "Sherlock is also reporting for duty. There is no need to accompany him, and I have nothing to do."
"No need." Eve was considerate and glanced at the crowded flow of people outside the registration area. Children and adults were lining up in a winding queue. "It looks like there are a lot of people over there. You may have to wait in line for a long time. Tests are nothing to me.”
"Wait?" Charlotte blinked, "Line up?" Her eyes were clearly looking at the winding queue. "Uh, I haven't been in line." Stated, "We don't need to line up." Still stated, "This is the West End."
While Eve was still reacting to what this meant, Charlotte had already taken Eve's arm again, "Let's go. You can come here anytime and accompany you to the exam! You! Don't take the exam too hard." Okay. Just be okay, and then go to the same grade as me. We can be classmates, oh, and Cody... "
riot.
"What are you doing!!" came from Cody, "Why do you let me do it!! You guys were here first, weren't you?!"
The little boy's shout reached here from the winding queue, attracting everyone's attention.
"Young Master..." The unknown young man stood beside Cody awkwardly. Trying to persuade.
Useless. On the contrary, it is causing trouble.
"Who is your young master!" Cody stared at the young man trying to persuade him, "I don't know you! Don't come near me!"
"me… "
"What are you doing! Go away!" Cody is a hard-to-please young master. "Come back! Give me your registration information!"
Very hard to please—
Cody took the sorted folders and glared at the people who started to disrupt the queue and get out of the way. "What are you doing?! Why give way! I want to line up! Don't give way to me!!"
The people who were in a dilemma no longer had to be embarrassed, because from inside the building, an adult with the image of a teacher walked out and walked towards Cody.
The other party only had time to smile, bend down, or interpret it as just wanting to talk to Cody on the same level. Haven't been able to say a word yet—
"What are you doing out here!" Cody shouted at the smiling face that had just approached, "Don't you have to work?! Don't you need to worry about the people waiting to register inside!"
The smile turned stiff, "Yes, there is that teacher working there. I, haha, I'm here to handle Mr. Fisher's registration..."
"Cody!!" Cody waved his hand, "Call me Cody! If you want to call me Mr. Fisher, you must listen to me! Isn't this the habit of all of you! Listen to that Mr. Fisher (father)!! But you listened (to me)?! I said I was going to line up! What do you mean by coming out! Do you want me to embarrass Mr. Fisher? If you are so hypocritical, then just call me Cody!"
Eve here glanced at Lidia as a reminder. Cody's excited words should be understandable. Please consider what he said about the nature of the West End when convincing Benjamin to accept the commission. After all, Cody is just a child. Fisher's concern about Zach is correct. No matter how different the children of the West Side were in front of Benjamin, the child was still just a child.
At this point the intervention of a West End adult is needed.
Lidia frowned and walked in that direction. Even though Lidia, as Smith's sister who returned from traveling around the Commonwealth, has not yet received any real rights as a West Ender, she is at least an adult of the West End family.
"Mr. Fisher... Cody..." The teacher who came out should be a school administrator. His eyes turned unnaturally to the young man next to Cody, and then he made a 'fatal' mistake, "Lang, Cody is having trouble today." What's uncomfortable... Uh, you're not Lang, you're..."
"Lang is dead!!" Cody shouted with all his strength! "Lang is dead!!"
Everyone's faces looked ugly.
"Dead!!" Cody continued to shout, "Today is Long's funeral!!"
"Cody!" Lidia's original walk turned into a trot, "Cody!"
Turning back instinctively, Cody's red face was wrinkled like a ****, and traces of moisture began to drag the tangled face, "Li, Lidya..."
Lidia glanced at the ugly-faced teacher, waved her hand, and signaled to leave quickly, and she would handle it. At the same time, he continued to run towards Cody, "Cody, how about we go over there and rest."
"No, I don't..." Cody finally stopped shouting. He couldn't shout anymore. His sobbing inhalation cut off the momentum of shouting demands, "I, I want to register..."
"Then let me first..." The teacher reached out and tried to take the folder that Cody was holding on his chest. Hey, this teacher should listen to Lidia.
"I want to line up!!" Cody's snot was definitely thrown in this guy's face, "Why, why should I go first!! Why should I let these people wait for me! Why, I, priority!"
The momentum was gone, but the words still made people unable to respond.
Lidya had already run closer, pulled Cody over, frowned and glanced at the teacher who was wiping his face, "Go back, I will bring him later."
Charlotte didn't seem to realize what happened from the beginning. At this moment, her body stiffened next to Eve. She pulled Eve and ran in the direction of Cody, "Eve! Let's go there!"
Just halfway through, Lidia, who was forcibly dragging Cody over, raised her hand, changed direction, ran back to the car, opened the door, and waited for someone to come over.
"You guys stay outside." Lidia told Cody's new driver, who still looked ugly, and Charlotte's driver pushed Cody into the car. Fortunately, there were two daughters inside who were also cooperating. Pull Cody inside, otherwise it won't be that easy. Cody is fat, don't forget.
"Cody! What's wrong with you!" Charlotte, who was the first to get excited in the car, pulled a tissue and threw it at Cody, who looked really embarrassed, and asked, "Why don't you just register! What are you doing! I know you Because Lang is unhappy, but what does it have to do with queuing! You are crazy!"
Cody took the tissue, but it was useless. He suddenly raised his lowered head, his face was really sinister, "Charlotte, you idiot!"
"What are you talking about!" Everyone knows that girls develop earlier than boys. Although they are only at the junior high school stage, it happens to be the stage these two people are in. So Charlotte's momentum of suddenly standing up from the car seat is still very scary! Fortunately, Eve held on.
"Do you think it doesn't matter! Charlotte, why do you think we have so many privileges in the West End? Because of our family!"
nonsense.
"What's wrong with privilege! Privilege has something to do with you being crazy here..."
"Do you like the North District described by Keplerola?! Yes! Do you know why?!"
"So what! I didn't say..."
"Then how can you still like this West End!!" Cody's aura returned, glaring at girls of his own age, completely ignoring that Lidia, an adult of the West End family, was also here, "Are the family privileges useful?! Yes Ours?! Privileges are for our fathers and mothers! We have nothing!"
"You're talking nonsense! When we grow up..."
"But we haven't grown up yet!! Privilege is fake to us as children! The ordinary free life of North Side High School is real!! So we like it when we hear it! Because we all know it is fake here!! Fake!"
"Really!" Charlotte clenched her fists, her mind was probably confused, "We don't need to line up..."
"Are you satisfied?! No need to queue?! If your xx (Charlotte's driver) dies, can you use your privilege of not having to queue to let the police find the truth?! Can you! Charlotte! Hmph! Tell you!" Cody grabbed a bunch of tissues and wiped it on his face randomly, "No! I tried! The only answer you will get is 'We have done what your father asked'!"
The tissue was thrown on the car seat, "So I don't want these things that don't belong to me! What priority, what privilege! I don't want them anymore!"
Probably not related to what happened in the car, Eve looked at the tissue discarded by Cody and pursed her lips. (.)