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Chapter 40
"Good day, Your Majesty."
In the study, Flavin Lavender saluted Cliles respectfully, and then he was about to tentatively ask why the appointment originally scheduled for next week was suddenly brought forward so many days.
He was a little worried that Bernie, that little bastard, did some small tricks before he knew it. After all, he came home yesterday and found that Bernie was beaten by Bernie again.
You must know that since Bernie was 16 years old, his eldest son has been trying to restrain his fists except for teaching the kid a lesson on the training ground.
When Boona went to his study to report on his recent work at night, he asked about it. Boona hesitated and told him that the person Bernie provoked recently might be related to His Majesty Cliles, and asked him to have a chance to inquire about it., so that he could give Bernie a letter of approval.
He is now just a small minister of the Ministry of Finance, and has not yet had the opportunity to meet His Majesty Cliles alone.
Flavin readily agreed, and if it was true what Boona said, then he was also a little curious about this mysterious man who could stay by the side of His Majesty who had always been indifferent.
Then, just as he was throwing this matter into next week's to-do list, a special notification sounded on his communicator belonging to the Grand Master of the Palace, and Rowlett notified him to make an appointment ahead of time, so that he could see His Majesty tomorrow morning.
Because of the good personal relationship between the two, the manager who was much younger than him sent him an emoji at the end.
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Flavin: ...
Thank you, didn't feel happy at all, but was almost shocked to death.
If it weren't for the fact that it was already late at night, he would have really almost dragged Bernie out of the room and beat him up!
"sit."
Hearing Cliles' voice, Flavin pulled the chair behind him in concern.Worried and confused at the same time, how can feel that His Majesty's condition is much better today...
Then when he raised his head full of doubts, he was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he blocked all the questions in his throat.
I haven't seen you for a week. Why has His Majesty's study changed so much???
The shelf next to Cliles's desk and that old fellow Rowlett's desk were moved to the other side, and the bookcase at the back was placed next to it, and replaced by a huge, water-filled, drop-proof, bullet-proof and explosion-proof new model.Materials made of... a fish tank.
If it was just a fish tank, he wouldn't be so shocked. After all, there was no law in the empire that stipulated that the emperor could not raise an ornamental fish in his study to adjust his mood.
But the problem is... this is a mermaid!
Flavin's breath was stagnant, looking at the mermaid gracefully wagging its tail in the fish tank, even the wrinkles on his slightly aged face trembled a little, it was Cliles' deliberately light cough that brought him back to his senses.
But even in the ensuing conversation, his peripheral vision would involuntarily catch a glimpse of the translucent pale blue tail fin, which had the texture of tulle.
Fortunately, this is just a weekly financial report. Flavin, who is very familiar with his work and summarizes the completion status of the day's work every day, even if he is absent-minded, has successfully passed this conversation.
Before leaving, he saw Cliles standing up and walking to the side of the fish tank. He changed his usual indifference towards them, and lowered his head very gently, not knowing what he was talking to the mermaid.The hair that was hanging down inadvertently fell into the water, and then was pushed back to his coat by the mermaid with a disgusted expression, leaving a water stain on the black clothes.
Are you not angry at all?!
Flavin, who had witnessed His Majesty's thunderous methods with his own eyes, shook his eyebrows. For a while, he didn't know whether he should be surprised by Cliles' rare connivance first, or whether he should be surprised that there are mermaids not only will not be afraid of Cliles, but even behavedI was surprised that there was a feeling of closeness and trust.
cough.
After all, the glorious deeds of His Majesty scaring and crying a group of little mermaids every year are actually widely circulated in the upper circles.
"Let's go, Mr. Ravender." After confirming that Ji Mingjiang has perfectly reproduced the mental fluctuations of Flavin Ravender, Layton used the cover of his body to give the spiritual power container to Jiming Jiang, and then remained calm.He greeted Flavin who was already standing at the door.
After sending people out of the palace where the study room was located, and walking in the quiet corridor, Layton felt that the restless mental power of Flavin around him calmed down, and then asked, "Did you have anything to ask me at first?"
He remembered that the expression on Flavin's face when he first entered the study room was still a little apprehensive and hesitant. It looked like he had something to report or ask, but after being distracted by Ji Mingjiang's existence, he seemed to take this matterForget about it.
Hearing this sentence, Flavin suddenly remembered what the elder son had entrusted to him, and tried his best to organize his words and asked: "It's like this, Boona said that he was very fond of a person he met in the game.I was interested and checked his IP, but I didn't expect to offend Your Majesty, so I want to apologize on his behalf."
After saying this, seeing that Cliles just slightly raised his eyebrows, showing no signs of anger, Flavin pretended to ask casually: "I have already taught you that the child is not sensible, but your Majesty, you have neverWhere did you find such a talented person, and there was no news at all before, are you planning to send him to the military department?"
There are no humans, but there is one mermaid.
Hearing the temptation in Flavin's words, Layton didn't pay much attention to it. He was willing to be tolerant of this kind of reformation, the new head of the family leading the offspring to handle the work seriously and assist the royal family.
Rather than being angry because of this temptation, he paid more attention to Flavin's last sentence.
After walking out of the corridor, some dazzling sunlight came head-on, and Layton lowered his eyes thoughtfully.
With Ji Mingjiang's strength, he would feel inferior if he hadn't been thrown to the military headquarters.If you can break through the defense layer of the mecha with one punch in the game, you might be able to tear the mecha directly on the battlefield.
How can a good person grow a tail!
Thinking of this, Layton sighed heavily, feeling very melancholy.
Flavin waited for Cliles' answer after saying those two sentences. Although he was ready to be perfunctory, he still paused when he heard a soft sigh from beside him..
Under the bright sun, a trace of cold sweat broke out of his temples, and it was cool under the blowing of the autumn wind.
Damn, this question is so sensitive, can't you even ask?
"I was wrong"
"It's okay, I didn't take that matter to heartβ"
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The two voices sounded at the same time, and Layton looked at Flavin Lavender who suddenly stopped in his tracks, closed his eyes and began to apologize in astonishment, feeling completely confused.
The doubtful mood did not delay him from finishing his speech.
"ββAs for who has such strong talent and physical fitness, if he is willing, you will know later."
"Ah..." A gust of cool wind rolled up the white hair on top of Flavin's head. The little old man, who was ready to be forcefully asked to leave by the guards, opened his eyes after hearing this, and looked at Cliles with an unclear expression on his dry face.to, "I thought my question was crossing the line."
"It's indeed a bit out of bounds." Layton glanced at him, his tone unchanged, "But it's not serious."
"Okay." The two of them had arrived at the gate of the palace at some point, and the hover car marked with the Ravender family crest had already stopped outside the cordon. Layton stopped in his tracks and nodded at Flavin, "The car to pick you up is here, you can go."
After getting into the car, Flavin looked up at the driver's seat and found that it was Boona who drove to pick him up.
Seeing that the hover car was slowly lifted into the air after he was seated, Boona took the initiative to explain: "I'm a little worried, so I asked for leave to pick you up. How is it? Nothing happened, right?"
But seeing the way the two were talking at the door, this conversation should have gone smoothly. Boona let go of the heart that has been hanging around since the morning, and he threw the Quick Heart Rescue Pill back in the car storagein space.
"If it's unexpected, His Majesty's temper today is really surprising, and he is surprisingly easy to talk about."
"...?" Hearing his father muttering behind him, Boona slightly shook his hands on the steering wheel, and a question mark slowly appeared above his head.
Although he knows that the current majesty is not as brutal and arbitrary as the outside world has always said when he treats nobles and officials who keep their own way, but the character that can freeze people to death and the mental power that floats around all the time to radiate threats are not bluffing.Easy to talk" is something like that???
After a moment of silence, Boona, who couldn't figure it out, decided to change the subject, "How about it, did your Majesty talk about the identity of that mysterious man again?"
"I didn't say the specifics, but I don't mean to pursue the previous behavior of you and Bernie, so I can do whatever I want in the future."
Unlike Boona, who had just worked in the Ministry of Finance for a few years, the old Flavin worked under Cliles for so many years without incident. On the one hand, it was because he led the Ravender family to choose the right path.One is that he has a good grasp of Cliles' state of mind when it comes to business.
As long as this His Majesty did not clearly express his objection, it meant that everything would go on as usual, and even if he would not get more favors, it would not suddenly make him unhappy.
Although it is not needed now, Flavin taught the way of getting along with Cliles that he had summed up to the promising Boona in advance.He nodded seriously.
...
When Layton returned to the study, the mental power container that was originally handed over to Ji Mingjiang had been properly placed at the corner of the table, and there was a continuous stream of water between the table and the fish tank.
He stared at the water stains on the ground in silence for a moment, leaned over and turned on the cleaning robot nestled in the corner, and then looked at Ji Mingjiang's position.
The mermaid, who had been in the fish tank for a whole morning, lay half of her body on the edge of the tank, the fish tail swaying lazily in the water.
He was responding to the news about the annoying young master on the optical brain.
8:00
"Bernie: Big brother, big brother, where are you? I'm already at the gate of the mecha hall, and I didn't see you!"
8:20
"Bernie: Boss, did you oversleep? It's an hour after the military academy's morning training!"
9:00
"Bernie: You're not going to pigeon me???"
Probably because he feels that he will never receive any news from the other side in his life. From nine o'clock to now, Bernie has treated the chat box with Ji Mingjiang like a trash can, complaining frantically about his brother yesterday because of that outrageousThe post beat him up, but fortunately there is no pain in the holographic world and so on.
As soon as Ji Mingjiang pulled him out of the blocking list, he was bombarded by this series of news, and the chat page was a bit stuck. He twitched the corners of his mouth, trying to suppress the heart of blocking people again. After all, it was him who didn't tell the time.It's wrong first.
"Yuquanquanquan: Not everyone is as free as you, I have a job."
"Yuquanquanquan: It was my fault that I forgot to mention the specific time yesterday. See you at the entrance of the Mecha Museum at 2:30 this afternoon."
After sending, after the first emoticon package was sent from the opposite side, Ji Mingjiang quickly threw the person into the blocking list again.
The optical brain, which had been vibrating endlessly since it was turned on, finally calmed down. Only then did Ji Mingjiang notice that Cliles seemed a little too quiet when he came back.
He looked over suspiciously, "Why, something happened on the way to send that old gentleman back?"
After realizing that Cliles didn't answer his question, but was still staring at his tail with a weird look, Ji Mingjiang also followed his gaze and looked down.
Then I heard Cliles say in a hesitant and complicated tone: "Did you just jump out of the fish tank and jump to the table with your tail?" ???
Ji Mingjiang, who briefly gave himself a three-minute human transformation experience card, raised question marks frantically after hearing this.
Seeing Cliles' sincere and admonishing expression that didn't seem to be fake, Ji Mingjiang also asked cautiously and with concern: "Did I hurt that black dragon when I gave you spiritual counseling yesterday?"?β
After getting a negative answer, he stretched out his hand and patted Cliles on the shoulder, "You and Marshal Chen Yuanchuan must have a lot in common."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Cliles to react, Ji Mingjiang put his other hand on his shoulder, and squeezed a little wrinkle from Cliles' originally straight military jacket.Then exerted strength with both hands and waist, and accurately threw himself into Cliles' raised hand like a conditioned reflex.
The wet fishtail and hair were hung on the outside of his arms, but they still added a lot of moisture to the dry and refreshing Cliles.
"Let's go, go back to eat." Ji Mingjiang sneered, raised his unscratched tail as if for revenge and proof, and said to Cliles who hadn't realized what happened.
The author has something to say:
Ji Mingjiang: You just bounced around with your tail, why didn't you say that your black dragon walked with the tips of its wings!