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Chapter 877 Qing Deng: Why don't you play by the rules? ! [4600]

Alice d'Orleans...Qingden remembered this name.

Although the relevant memories seem vague due to the long time, Qing Deng still remembers the general content.

With the blessing of his gift of "photographic memory", Qing Deng has always had a good memory.

About a year ago, when he first went to Osaka to promote an alliance between the Hinatsu clan and Huluya, he met a European man on the street.

This man was harassed by some gangsters, so Qing Deng staged a "hero saving the man" scene.

According to this person, he was looking for his abducted daughter.

At that time, he specially took out a photo so that Qingdeng could know what his daughter looked like.

However, due to the backwardness of photographic technology, the photo was too blurry and Qing Deng was completely unable to see the specific appearance of the little girl in the photo.

However, Qingdeng did remember his daughter's name - "Alice de Orleans".

If it's just a coincidence of names, that's fine.

Even Qing Deng, who knew nothing about European culture, knew that "Alice" was a very common female name in Europe.

But they even have the same surname, and both have the character "德" (De) which symbolizes nobility... This cannot be explained away by the word "coincidence".

Elodie noticed Qing Deng's strangeness and asked:
"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"…It's okay. I just suddenly felt something and was very emotional."

"Feelings? Feelings about what?"

"It's a small world... Elodie, I may have met your father a long time ago."

When Elodie heard this, her expression suddenly changed and she looked horrified.

"Eh? What? Master, you have already met my father?"

"It's a long story. I'll explain the details to you later."

Since Qingdeng said so, Elodi could only suppress her curiosity for the time being and silently increase the strength in her hands, holding Qingdeng's hand tighter.

At the same time, Qing Deng lowered his eyelids, put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, and prepared to welcome the upcoming "reunion".

After passing through several corridors, finally... the master and disciple came to a door with exquisite patterns painted on it.

Both Qingdeng and Elodie had already made up their minds at this point, and there was naturally no reason for them to escape.

Elodie reached out her hand resolutely and opened the door.

As the door slowly opened, a bright golden color entered Qingdeng's sight.

In the extremely clean reception room, there sat a neatly dressed blond man.

He has golden hair and sky blue eyes, with deep facial features that are very different from those of Westerners. He is about 40 years old, handsome, with a short beard on his chin, and a very tall and strong build.

At just one glance, Qing Deng recognized him: it was the stranger he had met by chance on the streets of Osaka!

He never expected that the stranger he once met by chance would have such a connection with him...

The blond man's appearance has not changed much compared to a year ago.

However, perhaps because of his different identity, his temperament has changed significantly.

Today, he is no longer the poor father searching for his daughter on the street, but the "king" who comes alone to pursue his daughter.

Therefore, at this moment, he exudes a very fierce aura, like a lion ready to pounce.

After hearing the noise coming from the corridor, the blond man immediately raised his eyes impatiently and stared at the door.

After the door opened, he looked as if he had seen something unbelievable, his eyes widened and his pupils shrank into pinholes.

Directly in front of his sight was, of course, Elodie.

He was startled at first, then his face showed ecstasy, and he couldn't help murmuring:

“Alice…!”

At this moment, Qing Deng's words, neither sad nor happy, pulled his consciousness back to reality from the joy of "father and daughter reunion".

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

It was only then that he belatedly noticed Qing Deng beside Elodi.

Seeing a stranger here, he frowned slightly in displeasure.

But soon, he seemed to remember something and his expression froze.

"Hey...you are...I remember you."

As he spoke, he pretended to recall the past.

"We met on the streets of Osaka a year ago, right?"

Qingden Wan'er:

"I didn't expect you to still remember me."

As he spoke, he stepped forward, entered the room, and sat directly opposite the blond man with a solemn posture.

Elodie followed closely behind and sat down on Qingdeng's left.

"At that time, neither you nor I had announced our home."

"Now, please allow me to introduce myself."

"My name is Tachibana Aoto, and I am also Elodie...Alice's swordsmanship master."

When saying the words "swordsmanship master", Qing Deng emphasized the words.

As expected, the blond man's expression suddenly changed:
"Tachibana Aoto? Swordsmanship master?"

He looked at Qing Deng, then at Elodie, and said in a deep voice:

"So you are the famous Nioh..."

"When I first met you, I felt that you were not an ordinary person."

"Now it seems that my judgment was correct."

"I never thought that my daughter would have such a prominent master... Oh, this is really unexpected."

After that, he sat up straight and spoke clearly, word by word:
"Mr. Ju, I have long heard of your name."

"My name is Mahel. Mahel d'Orleans."

"As you can see, the girl next to you is the beloved daughter I have been searching for."

After a brief self-introduction, Maher turned his head and shifted his gaze to Elodie.

"Alice, I finally found you!"

"As early as a year ago, I received information that a blonde girl had become the head of the Shinsengumi's finance department."

"However, I was so busy that I finally found time to visit you today."

"Where is your grandfather?"

"Forget it, this kind of thing is not important."

"Alice, let's go!"

Before he finished speaking, Mael stood up impatiently and reached forward, trying to grab Elodi's wrist, completely ignoring Qingdeng standing beside him, as if he regarded him as air.

Although they had met once before, it was just a casual acquaintance, and Qing Deng did not know the kind of person the blond man...that is, Mael.

All Qing Deng knew about him at the moment came from the past events that Elodie had just described.

However, based on his words and actions just now, Qing Deng has roughly figured out his character: this is a very strong person who has the final say in his own "world"!
Such people are often disliked.

Or become marginalized individuals ostracized by everyone.

Or rely on this strong character to accomplish something extraordinary!
Mahel's action was sudden.

He was sitting quietly one moment, but the next moment he reached out to grab Elodie's wrist.

However, Elodie is not the kind of weak woman who is powerless.

Elodi waved her hand to avoid Maher's grasp, and then swung her hand again - with a snap, Maher's arm was bounced away.

Facing the other party's astonished gaze, Elodie spoke loudly, word by word:
"Father, please go back!"

“I am very happy and blessed here.”

"I don't want to go with you, and I won't go with you."

"My resolution is made, and I will not change it."

"Please understand!"

Elodie's words were quite concise.

Express your feelings directly without any nonsense.

Mael stared at Elodie in a daze.

Judging from his expression, he probably didn't expect that his daughter, who used to obey him, would say such words.

After a brief moment of shock, he gritted his teeth, anger appeared on his cheeks, and said harshly in French:

"Alice, what are you talking about? Happiness? Happiness? Can being a so-called financial director make you happy?" (French)

Although Qingdeng's French was not very good, he knew from Maher's tone that the other party was scolding Elodie.

Elodie knew that Qing Deng's French level was only at the level of "barely understanding", so she did not embarrass Qing Deng, but continued to speak in Japanese:
"Father, I don't want to say anything more." "Think whatever you want."

"I won't go with you anyway!"

At the end of his words, his tone was extremely firm.

"..."

Mael lowered his eyelids, and a terrifying cloud gradually gathered over his originally bright expression.

At this moment, Qing Deng interrupted silently:

"...Mr. Orleans, I, an outsider, should not interfere in your family affairs."

"But, as Alice's swordsmanship master, I have to say this: Alice is not your property!"

“She has her own life.”

"Whether you want to be the King of France or the King of England, you can be whatever king you want. These are your own business. Don't involve her."

"Let her go."

"Stop forcing your selfish desires on her!"

Qing Deng's passionate voice shook the air around them.

While he was making his impassioned speech, he was always observing the other party's every move and secretly accumulating strength, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

Both the master and the disciple were waiting for each other's reaction.

Qing Deng was prepared for the other party to get frustrated or furious.

But he didn't expect...Mael's next move was completely unexpected.

"...In that case, please allow me to take my leave."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and bowed very politely, then stood up and pretended to leave.

At this moment, the master and the disciple were truly caught off guard...

When Qing Deng saw this, he was stunned even though he had a strong character.

Elodie also looked surprised.

But in the blink of an eye, she seemed to realize something, and a solemn look flashed in her eyes.

……

……

Leaving the living room, he walked to the entrance, and left with great strides under the gaze of the master and the apprentice. He came suddenly and left in a hurry. In this way, Maher walked farther and farther away, and finally disappeared at a distant street corner.

——What is going on?
Even now, Qing Deng hasn't recovered.

In his imagination, the "script" should be like this -

After being attacked by his verbal attacks, Maher became furious and yelled, "You are an outsider, what do you know?" and then threw an angry punch.

Judging from his body shape, Maher must be a person who exercises regularly, and his fighting ability cannot be too weak.

But no matter how strong he is, he can never be Qing Deng's opponent.

In order to prevent him from suddenly attacking and injuring others, Qing Deng had been secretly accumulating strength and making preparations.

The next moment before he swung his fist, Qing Deng caught his fist gracefully, then used his well-honed jiu-jitsu skills to throw him heavily to the ground, using physical means to calm him down.

Finally, Qingdeng and Elodie teamed up to launch a "verbal offensive", appealing to their emotions and reason, and successfully persuaded the other party to make concessions.

The above is the "script" that Qing Deng had imagined.

He had beautiful thoughts, but he never expected... that the other party would not play by the rules at all!

Not to mention punching anyone, the other party didn't even say a few words and just walked away.

As a result, Qing Deng suddenly felt powerless, as if he had punched cotton.

At this moment, Elodie suddenly spoke up:
"...Master, don't be careless."

As Elodie spoke, her face darkened and her expression became solemn.

"Do you know what the scariest thing about my father is?"

"That's 'perfectly rational.'"

"Acting on impulse, risking one's life for the woman you love... these things would never happen to my father."

"Whether it's people or things, he only pursues efficiency and profit, and doesn't care about anything else."

“No matter what kind of problems or difficulties he faces, he will choose the most efficient and profitable option.”

"He is just like a machine, without any extra emotions."

"In order to achieve his goal, he was willing to endure pain and humiliation that others thought was unbearable."

"In a nutshell, he took 'bend and stretch' to the extreme."

"In my opinion...his sudden departure is nothing more than the product of 'pursuit of profit'."

"He must have felt that he couldn't get me out of here just by talking."

"If he tries to rob him, you, the master, will make him suffer the consequences, not to mention me."

"Therefore, considering the hidden dangers in all aspects, he decided to 'temporarily avoid the limelight' and leave first, and then make long-term plans later."

Qing Deng listened quietly.

After Elodi finished speaking, he raised his eyes again and looked straight in the direction where Mael had just left, with a deep gaze.

Elodie is the other party's biological daughter, so what she just said is naturally very credible.

The daughter he had been searching for for so long was right in front of him, but he chose to give up temporarily in a very short time... If Elodie's speculations were true, then Mael's character was truly terrifying!
"…There is one thing I really don't understand."

Elodie spoke again.

She let out a long sigh, and then continued:
"Why did my father come all the way across the ocean to find me?"

"To be honest, that doesn't seem like something he would do."

"It's very dangerous to cross the sea by boat."

"If you are not careful, you will end up in the belly of the fish..."

"Is my life so important in his eyes? Is it worth him leaving France and going to this small island country thousands of miles away?"

After hearing this, Qing Deng asked casually:
"Could it be because your father really does care about you?"

"You are his only daughter, and the sole heir to the 'kingdom'."

"He has every reason to look for you and get you back."

As soon as Qing Deng finished speaking, Elodie shook her head:
"No, it's impossible."

"As I said earlier, my father is a 'completely rational' man."

"He is definitely not the kind of person who would delay his cause of restoring his country because of his 'only daughter'."

"If he is afraid of losing the heir to his 'kingdom', then he could just have had more children."

"He is in his prime and is fully capable of raising a new child."

"He doesn't seem like the kind of man who would be unwilling to marry a new wife because he cares about his deceased wife."

Having said this, Elodie paused, her expression and tone revealing a sense of loss.

"I suspect that the reason why my father came to Japan was actually for something else."

"This matter is quite important and is totally worth the risk."

"As for 'finding my daughter', it's just... a side job..."

After saying that, she lowered her head and looked at her toes, her expression becoming indescribable.

……

……

In the Orange Mansion, a courtyard somewhere——

Qingdeng asked Elodie, who was worried, to go and rest first.

Then he came to this courtyard alone.

The area is neither too big nor too small, and the scenery is mediocre... No matter from which angle you look at it, this is a courtyard without any characteristics.

Qing Deng walked to the center of the courtyard with an expressionless face, and then clapped his hands twice.

In an instant, a young man in plain clothes emerged from the bushes nearby and knelt on one knee in front of Qing Deng.

"Toranosuke, I have a mission for you."

Qing Deng said coldly to the young man:
"To spy on a Western man named 'Mael d'Orleans.'"

"I have already placed 'Ten Miles of Incense' on him in advance, so it shouldn't be difficult to track him down."

"Make sure you succeed immediately and return safely."

The young man called "Tornosuke" said "Yes", then stood up and left quickly...

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