Battle of the Rhine

Extra World Cup/Weltmeisterschaft

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Michael Fiennes could never understand the joys of soccer.Even though his ancestors were from England, he never developed any extra affection for the tedious, lengthy sport.The culprit that hindered Michael from falling in love with football, besides the boring rules, was Quincy's excessive enthusiasm for football-especially certain football players. "It's too much," Michael held the soda and danced with anger, "he's crazy! Crazy enough to go to Italy to see, what to see—"

"The World Cup." Ilona kicked the football that rolled to his feet away, and Felix rushed out roaring, "Oh, the World Cup! Of course he is going crazy. In fact, Uncle Carl is only obsessed with football. Remember? Just because I married a guy from Stuttgart, and Stuttgart were rivals of Bayern Munich, he claimed to kick me out of the will."

"He didn't, he was joking!"

"No, he's serious."

"He's not that petty." Michael couldn't resist defending Quincy. "He's very fond of little Felix."

"Because Philip joined the football team," Ilona smiled as he looked at his son's running back. "I guess, my uncle must have put him in the will list, and his share is more than mine."

As executor, Michael had nothing to say.Quincy had drawn up a will years ago, but Michael hadn't seen it.It was just a few houses and country houses anyway, and as for the stocks, that kind of bauble stuff, Michael guessed that Quincy wasted all his cash on that.As long as the family can still cook and can afford canned dog food, Michael doesn't care much about these things.He is too lazy to settle accounts!He doesn't even want to calculate how much pension he receives every month.It is said to cut a small part.Germany merged, and an American's pension fell.In the words of college students, it might be a strange butterfly effect.

"I don't agree with him going to Italy." Michael downed his soda, "The doctor forbids him to travel far."

"Didn't he recover?" Ilona was puzzled. "A common cold shouldn't affect watching football, right?"

"He gets excited when he sees football."

"It's hard not to watch football without getting excited."

"I'm not excited!"

Ilona laughed, "You just hate his special love for Mateus, right? Mateus has already transferred, so don't worry at all."

"There is satellite TV, he watches that Inter Milan every day—"

"Inter Milan? The Italian team?"

"Oh, go to his Italy!"

Ilona doesn't take going to the World Cup seriously.Everyone in Von Quinnessy's family likes football very much, and it is only natural to go to Italy to watch the World Cup.Michael's surname was not von Quinnessy, he was doomed to be a peasant all his life, and could not be a nobleman, so he felt out of place.He vowed not to allow his college students to go to Italy successfully, to be fascinated by Klinsmann and Matthaus.After finally waiting for Beckenbauer to leave, Michael must not allow a second shit "Football Emperor" to appear again - Beckenbauer's poster is still standing in the frame on the third floor!

Ilona sent Michael home.Quincy gave little Felix a hundred marks and encouraged him to play football well. "You spoiled him," Ilona said helplessly, "Uncle Carl, you never gave me so much pocket money when I was young."

"Because I can play football." Felix said loudly, "I will enter Bayern Munich in the future!"

For God's sake, Quincy didn't get excited about having a heart attack.Carl Jr.'s two daughters also learned to play football in the United States, and their grades were actually good. Quincy smiled at the photo of the two girls in football uniforms, so sweet that Michael was jealous.

At night, Michael took a bath and read in bed.Recently he has been obsessed with watching Garfield cartoons by Jim Davis.That cat is very funny, like a philosopher. "Do you like puff pastry?" he asked, as Quincy worked intently on the paper, "—are you doing calculations?"

"I'm calculating the probability of the national team winning the World Cup."

"..."

"This time I will definitely win the World Cup." Quincy put down his pencil, satisfied, "So, I'm going to Milan to witness this great moment with my own eyes—"

"Don't even think about it." Michael said without thinking, "Just lie down, you are not allowed to go anywhere!"

In fact, there will be a longer episode, but we have to wait until the sister chapter is over.Because they are in the same universe (.) Let’s write a small episode for fun~