Lucien forced a smile: "Maybe it's because this is Lataxia Palace, maybe it's because I'm facing Her Royal Highness, so I feel nervous and uneasy. Please forgive my restraint."
But Lucien heaved a sigh of relief in his heart: "Finally the question has been answered!"
The impatience, restlessness and tension that Natasha felt were all faked by Lucien himself, in order for Natasha to ask this question to test out some things.
Natasha raised her thick but good-looking eyebrows: "Nervous because of my status as a princess and a countess? Lucien, a man must have a manly spirit. You can respect others, worship others, and fear others, but absolutely Don't flinch, this is the spirit and pride of every man and every knight."
"Your Highness, I will try my best to change. I think my nervousness and uneasiness in the face of you is more due to my identity and narrow vision from a poor background." Lucien was slightly touched by Natasha's attitude and words. Shocked for a moment, but quickly said the excuse he had prepared.
Natasha suddenly laughed, not coquettish, but beautiful: "Actually, you are much better than most people, at least you can express yourself fluently and completely when you meet me for the first time, maybe Lucien, you haven't discovered your potential. Hehe, the first time you saw Sylvia, you could stare at her legs without taking your eyes off her. I really admire your boldness, Lucien."
It may be because Lucien didn't harass Sylvia after that, and didn't even talk to her. When Natasha brought up the previous incident, she didn't show anger, but rather teased her.
"That was the first time I saw silk stockings, and I lost my composure. In fact, I'm not a pervert." Lucien explained with a little embarrassment.
The left corner of Natasha's mouth curled up, with a look that I understand: "This by-product of the alchemy of the ancient magic empire gives people a hazy and dreamy feeling, and it is an item that ladies and gentlemen 'like', hehe, it seems You are no exception. However, since the magic empire has been destroyed, this material can only be produced in some places, and even ordinary nobles cannot get it."
"Your Highness, I wish you could understand." Lucien nodded in agreement.
Natasha looked at Lucien with a full smile: "But there is no one who stares at Lucien for a long time like you, Lucien, are you really not a pervert?" Lucien's embarrassing appearance made her feel a little Bad taste.
"Actually, I've never even held a girl's hand." Lucien could only respond with the tragic facts of his life.
Natasha gave a long sigh: "It's unfortunate, I read your information, and I'm already seventeen years old. Hehe, Lucien, in fact, after the concert, many girls are interested in you and need me to help you Introduce someone? Although they will all marry nobles in the end, it is good to have a pre-marital romance that can be remembered." It was that kind of joking tone again.
"Your Highness, thank you for your kindness. I don't need it for the time being. I want to devote myself to music in recent years." Lucien refused solemnly.
His appearance aroused Natasha's playfulness even more, and he seemed to distort it suddenly: "I don't need my introduction, do you want to pursue Lucien yourself?" Then she raised her eyebrows, "Need my teaching Do you have some methods of courting girls? Sylvia's little wild cat was caught by me... "
Cough, cough, Camille's cough sounded in time, interrupting Natasha's words.
"Your Highness, why are we discussing such a strange topic?" Lucien felt that Natasha was very approachable, without airs, and it was very easy to communicate, but the topic always slipped in an inexplicable direction, giving himself a strange feeling .
Natasha took a peek at Camille, she was puzzled and said seriously: "Isn't this a very normal topic between gentlemen?"
"But you are a lady, Your Royal Highness." Lucien finally understood what the problem was. It was obviously a conversation between two men just now.
Natasha spread her hands: "You can treat me as a gentleman. In fact, I can teach you how to court girls better than most gentlemen. Well, let's continue discussing music." She saw Lucien's His face was a little dark, so he had to temporarily end this topic.
But what was rare was that Lucien, unlike other nobles, did not show any resistance or nervousness in this matter, which made her very satisfied. Finally, there was a man who could normally communicate with her on the topic of "gentlemen".
Lucien heaved a sigh of relief: "Just now we discussed some techniques at the end of the music..."
"Lucien, I have a question." Natasha interrupted Lucien, looking like a good student.
Lucien asked very seriously, "Which aspect is it about the ending technique?"
"You really don't need me to guide you how to pursue girls?" Natasha laughed loudly.
"..." Lucien could only pretend not to hear.
An hour passed quickly, and Natasha suddenly had an inspiration, and recorded the melody on the white paper on the music stand, while Camille stood up and sent Lucien out.
"Don't tell others casually what you said just now." After sending Lucien to the door, Camille said softly while looking ahead.
Lucien nodded solemnly.
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After lunch, Lucien arrived at Victor's house in a slightly agitated mood, waiting patiently for Phyllis' arrival.
At the same time, he told the housekeeper Ace: "Mr. Ace, there are a lot of mosquitoes in Harvest Moon. This time is especially scary. Sprinkle some sulfur in the hall to drive them away."
"Okay, Mr. Evans." Butler Ace always values etiquette the most.
Phyllis also seemed to understand Lucien's mood, she went out half an hour earlier than usual, and she was the first to arrive besides Lucien.
Pulling Lucien to the corner of the hall, avoiding the servants, Phyllis took out a black bag that looked like a deep night, with several dancing flame marks embroidered on it: "This is forty grams of moonlight roses, they must A bag with this quality can be preserved for a long time. This is my bag, but I won’t be using it for the time being, so you keep it first, and return it to me after the Moonlight Rose is used up.”
"Thank you, Phyllis." Lucien suppressed his excitement, took the special bag, and opened it.
It is full of shimmering silver-white powder, which has a dreamy beauty against the black bag.
After padding the weight, Lucien estimated that there was not much deviation, then tied the bag and hid it in the inner pocket of his clothes. Now the required materials are ready: "Phyllis, I will return it to Jintale as soon as possible." you."
Phyllis replied with the most standard etiquette smile: "Of course, this is my private savings." Then she sniffled, "Why is there such a strong smell of sulfur?"
"There were a lot of mosquitoes just now. I told Mr. Ace to sprinkle it, but it will be blown away by the wind soon." Lucien replied without seeming to care.
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In this afternoon's study, even though Lucien kept telling himself to be calm, he maintained a good surface on the surface, but more mistakes and omissions than before showed that Lucien's heart was actually not calm. This state of Sean is not criticized, considering that the relaxed mood after the concert takes time to recover.
Finally, it was six o'clock in the afternoon. Lucien restrained his impatience and returned to the hut in Aderjan with steady steps. A small box full.
After dinner, Lucien opened the envelope, unfolded the letter paper, and looked at the latest lines of text on it: "Mr. Evans, we are very satisfied with your performance in Ratasha Palace today, very satisfied. However, your nervousness, Please restrain your uneasiness and anxiety appropriately, although I can understand your mood and state, but the princess does not. Well, I think with your talent, you should be able to calm down after hard work."
They didn't ask about Lucien's conversation today, or about Lucien's experience in Lataxia Palace. The cultists seemed to want to show that they had everything under control in order to deter Lucien.
Lucien folded the letter paper with a slightly fearful expression, put it in an envelope, put it in a small box, then picked up the small box and went out directly, and moved to the garden villa at No. 116, Jisu District, as if moving normally.
Putting the small box in the master bedroom, Lucien took out a music book and read it quietly. It seems that I am going to sleep here tonight.
The night was getting darker, Lucien went to bed, then stood up frowning: "It's too humid, how can I sleep? Let Brian find someone to dry the quilt tomorrow."
So Lucien walked out of the master bedroom quickly, went downstairs and left the villa, and returned to the Aderjan area, leaving the small box and the items brought in yesterday.
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After complete darkness fell, Lucien entered his hut, locked the door, closed the wooden windows, then blew out the candles, took off his coat, and lay down on the bed.
Ten minutes later, Lucien stood up abruptly and cursed, "A lot of mosquitoes!"
So Lucien dug out the sulfur from the crate and sprinkled it in every corner of the room, making those buzzing mosquitoes and bugs either land or leave.
Seeing all this, Lucien went back to bed with satisfaction.
In the middle of the night, Lucien vaguely felt the fluctuation of supernatural power, which looked at him like a pair of eyes in the mid-air of the cabin.
"Without the little creatures like the alto tiger mosquito, have you finally used the magic-like magic to monitor it directly? See how long you can last."
Lucien closed his eyes and waited quietly. After an hour passed, the monitoring 'eyes' disappeared, but soon continued to appear.
"The duration is one hour." Lucien judged.
Another hour passed, and the monitoring eyes disappeared as expected. Maybe it was because Lucien was sleeping normally, or maybe there was a rotation of personnel, so it took ten minutes to reappear, but Lucien still didn't move.
Thirty minutes later, the monitoring 'eyes' disappeared suddenly and without warning.
Lucien suddenly got out of the bed and disguised the bed as someone sleeping.
This is the Aderjan District, and this is the Aderjan District that is closely monitored by the church because of recent events. What Lucien has been waiting for since the beginning is the night watchmen patrolling nearby.
Facing the church, the cultists naturally could only retreat temporarily, and could not use god-like magic to monitor them!
Lucien took this opportunity to quietly enter the magic laboratory. The switch caused very little movement, and could not be felt outside the room, unless it was a cardinal-level powerhouse.
This matter has to take certain risks from the beginning to the end, but under the current circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to succeed without taking risks.