A strange world

Chapter 673 Chapter 70. Familiar Tenderness

As the Flower City celebration approaches, official and folk decorations turn Istrat into a city of flowers, filled with the fragrance of flowers.

But there will always be people who don't like it.

"Sneeze—" Aquino rubbed his nose and walked into the house, "Fortunately, this damn celebration is not an annual event..."

The living room was very lively, and my parents were trimming the flower buds in the flowerpot in front of the window sill.

"Why are you here at the moving house?" Aquino said in disgust.

"When you were a kid, you always stole flowers from neighbors and planted them in pots, and then you couldn't stop crying because they all died..." His father told interesting stories about Aquino's childhood, and he and his wife laughed non-stop.

"You said it was when you were a kid."

Aquino felt the ridicule was harsh and was about to go out again.

"Where are you going?"

"I still have to go to the City Lord's Mansion to deliver the bad news about Yiwen City."

"Bad news? The weirdness is gone, isn't it?"

"There's not a single living person in the city, so that's not bad news."

"It'll be alright as long as the princess is fine."

"I don't understand even if I tell you." Aquino waved his hand impatiently, "There is no need to prepare my meal tonight."

As soon as he opened the door, a low figure broke in and ran into Aquino's arms.

"I got the happy water!" his nephew shouted excitedly, holding up two glass bottles.

"Happy water?" Aquino showed a hint of disgust as he was about to step out the door. "Didn't I tell you that it's not a good thing? Drinking this stimulating potion is harmful to the body."

"How could it be a magic potion? Many nobles are drinking it..."

"Why do so many people want to drink it if it's not a stimulating potion!"

Aquino shouted loudly before being kicked out by his father: "You come back and keep talking with a straight face. It's not your turn to dictate to this family. Get out!"

"Lemonade is a stimulating potion!" Aquino was still shouting outside the door after being kicked out.

…

"Lemon water is the magic potion for excitement!"

Colette's eyes swept over the man dressed as an official of the City Lord's Mansion outside the window.

"There seems to be a traffic jam ahead."

Their carriage could only move forward bit by bit for a while.

"There is no other way. Everyone wants to go to the City Lord's Mansion to ask about the situation in Yiwen City." Rosella, who was sitting aside, said.

They were stuck in traffic for several hours on this road that usually only took a few dozen minutes, and finally reached the square outside the city lord's palace at dusk.

The princess and the solemn-looking deputy city lord of Huadu stood in front of the steps, and his voice spread throughout the square through amplification:

"We have temporarily compiled a missing list. We have no way of knowing their situation, but at least the situation is not the worst - their bodies have not been found yet. These missing people are... Archbishop Lloyd of the Church of Life, Saint Ayman, who protects the church...Archbishop Valencia of the Church of Order..."

Colette forgot what the princess said and when they left... She seemed to have lost her soul and lost a memory...

I don’t know how much time passed, but Rosella’s comforting voice gradually became clearer: “…How could something happen to those big shots who disappeared with my uncle? They might… just be unable to come out for some reason.”

"I……"

Colette looked out the window, avoiding her friend's concern, "I'm not worried."

The street became smooth again, and his amber eyes stared unfocused at the dusk street scene passing by outside the window... At some point, an oncoming carriage passed by.

There was a young man sitting in the carriage. Colette didn't notice his appearance, but the tenderness on his face made her very familiar.

"What's wrong?" Rosella asked her.

"How... is this possible?" Colette murmured in a low voice, "Stop the car!"

Colette ran out of the carriage and watched blankly in the distance as a carriage disappeared around the corner of the street.

…

As a hero, Annan's return to Huadu went smoothly.

Lucy and Dracula persuaded the Scarlet Princess for him to let Annan, who has the status of "Queen Knight", bring a token to help the "fake princess".

Annan can naturally use the fake princess to achieve his own goals - Princess Crimson shouldn't mind.

The carriage stopped in front of the tavern in the old town.

Annan got off the carriage, then turned back and led the princess down.

The princess's gray hair that covered the floor was folded and tied up, hidden under her gray robe. Even if someone peeked into the gray robe, they would only see a pair of eyes covered by a black ribbon.

Entering the tavern, Annan said to the waiter who came up to him: "I want a flower patty, maple pie, and a glass of happy water with ice cubes."

The turbid air in the tavern made Annan feel much more comfortable - the fragrance of flowers was everywhere outside, and he almost lost his sense of smell after smelling it for a long time.

"Okay boss."

The tavern has been acquired as "Liberty City Properties". It doesn't cost much, but it can still give Annan and the others a place to stay.

Annan and the princess sat in a familiar corner, and the food was delivered quickly. Annan did not see the little boy begging that day, so he divided the flower meat pie and maple syrup pie into two parts, one part was placed next to the mouse hole, and the other was placed next to the mouse hole. In front of the princess.

Annan divided the food into small portions with his own hands and brought them to the princess' mouth.

The princess instinctively opened her mouth, chewed and swallowed. Only at this time did she feel alive...

There are also some guests quietly looking here, mainly women. They followed Annan and handed it out with their lips slightly open, wishing they were the ones being fed...

After feeding the princess some food again, Annan lowered his head and looked at the mouse hole. The food beside the hole was gone.

I don’t know if there’s a rat man inside who wants to raise a child, or a weirdo who ran away from Lost City?

After the princess finished eating, Annan wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief - still making the female guests extremely jealous.

The wine merchants hadn't arrived yet, but Annan told the guys that if they came, he would ask them to go to the warehouse to find him. He took the princess out of the tavern and headed to the warehouse.

In addition to Klein, there were also some guards sent by Mrs. Solo to guard him.

However, the warehouse is very safe and will neither catch fire nor be seized. After all, the nine major wine merchants have been threatened.

Annan put on the magic ring and opened the portal to replenish the happy water.

When the warehouse was refilled, the wine merchants headed by Solov arrived belatedly.

"How is the acquisition of my theater going?" Annan asked Mrs. Solow who was doing this.

"There is a theater that is interested, but I think you should focus on 'Happy Water'. Do you know how much profit it brings us every day?"

"Only a few dozen gold coins."

"But this is only a limited edition of 1,000 bottles. If we have 10,000 bottles..."

"That's not much."

They know nothing about real money-making.

Annan's tone made the wine merchants not sure what to say, especially when he continued: "Next, it will be announced that in order to welcome the Huadu celebration, the number of happy water will be expanded from the previous one thousand bottles a day to three thousand bottles. At the same time, it will become The princess’s banquet will be filled with drinks.”

"Princess?"

"I will go to the city lord's palace to talk to the princess now."

Without giving them a chance to answer their questions, Annan drove away the wine merchants and the grieving Mrs. Solo, entrusted the princess to Klein again, and set off for the city lord's palace.

It's time to meet the fake princess.