Chapter 1382: Pastries and Bloodline

Fine~ Since you are the Princess~

Glancing at Princess Veronika's slightly flushed neck, the lady-in-waiting, who had finally suppressed the corner of her mouth, took the pastry plate that the Princess had roughly stuffed to her, and walked toward the backstage on the other side with a smile.

After entering the backstage and arriving outside the waiting room belonging to the groom, the lady-in-waiting stood outside for a while, arranged the pastries on the plate, and after the conversation inside temporarily stopped, she took advantage of the gap to enter the waiting room and lightly placed the tray on the table beside Hearing Li Ang.

"Your Highness the Prince."

After folding her hands in front of her lower abdomen and bowing gracefully in a maid's salute, facing Hearing Li Ang's slightly confused gaze, the Princess's special lightbulb said softly:

"Your Highness thought that you might not have time to eat since you were busy all morning, and the banquet will start very late, so she specially sent me here to give you a plate of pastries."

"Oh, thank you."

The color of the lady-in-waiting's uniform was basically the same as the maid's uniform. Hearing Li Ang, who didn't know much about the shape of the clothing, didn't suspect much. After nodding politely to the lady-in-waiting, he took the tray, pushed it toward the female cleaner sitting opposite, and said politely:

"Are you hungry? Do you want a few pieces?"

"Now that you mention it, I am a bit hungry..."

Although she had eaten quite a lot before coming this morning and bought a thin pancake rolled with beef on the way, the female cleaner was not hungry at all. But as the successor of the gluttonous bloodline, naturally there was no reason to refuse an extra meal.

However, just as she was about to take the pastry, she felt something was not quite right. She couldn't help but pick up a broken pastry and looked at the lady-in-waiting who brought the pastries, asking with confusion:

"Why is every piece of pastry you brought only half?"

"The other half is with Princess Veronika."

Facing the female cleaner's question, the lady-in-waiting, who had specially broken the pastries at the door, bowed slightly, then opened her mouth and talked nonsense with a smile:

"You are from the Northern Kingdom and don't know much about our customs here. According to the royal wedding process, a pair of loving newlyweds must eat a plate of sweet pastries together before the wedding."

"The plate of pastries in front of you is the other half that Princess Veronika chose and specially left for Prince Hearing Li Ang. Eating this pastry implies that the future of the two will be like these sweet pastries, becoming each other's unique other half."

Good fellow, so this plate of pastries is actually leftovers from that woman?

Looking at the lady-in-waiting who was clearly smiling but felt a bit malicious, the female cleaner couldn't help but put down the half-cut pastry in her hand and said to Hearing Li Ang with embarrassment:

"This... it doesn't seem appropriate for me to eat. Why don't you eat it?"

"Oh..."

Not expecting this plate of pastries to have other meanings, Hearing Li Ang could only smile apologetically, then picked up a piece and put it in his mouth...

"Hmm?"

After pursing his lips slightly, Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but turn his head and look at the lady-in-waiting standing on the side in surprise.

"This is salty, isn't it? Didn't you say you want to eat sweet pastries?"

Oh no, I forgot about this.

Facing the confused gaze of Hearing Li Ang and the other, the lady-in-waiting, whose heart tightened, straightened her back, and answered without changing her expression:

"Because life needs some seasoning. Pure sweetness will eventually get tired. There must be some changes... And pastries with some salt added will actually taste sweeter than the original. You can try it again and you will know."

"..."

That's true...

After eating two more pieces of pastry, Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but nod in agreement, then thanked her:

"Thank you for your hard work. I don't need anyone to serve me here. You go and do other things."

"Okay."

Glancing at the female cleaner who was still lingering and not leaving, the lady-in-waiting couldn't help but narrow her eyes with dissatisfaction, then got up and walked out of the waiting room.

And after the lady-in-waiting left, the button on Hearing Li Ang's wrist suddenly lit up, and a black goat's head squeezed out.

"Sure enough, it's still us!" After stretching his stiff neck, the black goat looked at Hearing Li Ang proudly and reminded him arrogantly:

"Kid! Pay attention! That woman was lying just now!"

"Hmm."

Reaching out to rummage through the plate and piecing together a few pairs of perfectly matched pastries, Hearing Li Ang nodded calmly.

"I know, this pastry should have been broken by her just now... Meli, this is just a plate of ordinary pastries, there is no symbolic meaning she said. If you are really hungry, just eat."

"..."

Damn it, it was actually a lie!

Looking at the pastries Hearing Li Ang pieced together, the female cleaner, who realized it, couldn't help but snort with annoyance, then grabbed the pastries on the plate and stuffed them into her mouth, complaining while stuffing:

"You guys are really stingy! Not even giving a plate of snacks!"

"This shouldn't be a matter of being stingy or not... Forget it."

Shaking his head slightly, looking at the female cleaner opposite who was eating happily, whose mental age was estimated to be not as high as Melanie's, Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but shake his head slightly, then continued the topic before the lady-in-waiting came in:

"So, can members of the royal families of various countries also join the Cleaning Bureau?"

!.

"Of course they can."

After picking up two more pastries and filling them into her mouth, the female cleaner said happily:

"After all, the ancestors of the Twelve Kingdoms were all... hmm..."

"They were all palace sitters of the Watchtower."

Looking at the female cleaner who stopped halfway through speaking and had a look of hesitation on her face, Hearing Li Ang, who understood, completed the sentence for her, then reminded her:

"Although I haven't crossed the boundary between humans and gods yet and cannot officially take office, I have already been selected as the next Water Bottle Director. These intelligence reports don't need to be kept secret from me."

"Oh oh oh, right, it seems to be the case."

After relaxing slightly, the female cleaner swallowed the pastry in her mouth and explained:

"In short, according to my Great-Uncle, the Bureau doesn't really advocate it, but it doesn't oppose the descendants of the Twelve Royal Families joining the Cleaning Bureau. However, their identities must be kept secret. On the contrary, the Bureau seems to have a rule that one cannot force the possessors of royal bloodlines to join the Cleaning Bureau."

"Force? There is such a thing?"

"Yes."

The female cleaner nodded and recalled:

"After all, the ancestors of our Twelve Royal Families were basically at the Director level. Even if some were slightly worse, after becoming palace sitters, they were equal to true gods. And the bloodline of true gods is itself a kind of anomaly."

"Therefore, the royal family members of the Twelve Kingdoms, especially those of the direct line, have no shortage of talent in terms of cleaners. If cultivated well, there is even a possibility of crossing the boundary between humans and gods. Therefore, there have been several forced incidents in the past."

After listening to the female cleaner's words, Hearing Li Ang recalled the royal direct lines he had contacted and couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Whether it was Meli who passed the Five Palaces Selection, the middle-aged Joshua who created the 【Gate of the Other World】 in the future, or the Andre and Feliya siblings of the Koroque Kingdom, they were indeed talented in terms of "anomalies."

Remembering that the 【Anomaly Creation】 secret technique of the Water Bottle Palace mentioned the six qualities related to the birth of anomalies, which are soul and flesh, character and emotion, past and future, as long as one item in each of these three groups is special, it is easy to give birth to one's own anomaly.

And the 【Soul】 and 【Flesh】 of these royal bloodlines have reached the level of anomalies congenitally, and influenced by their own bloodlines, 【Character】 and 【Emotion】 are often different from ordinary people. This has already satisfied two-thirds.

Therefore, as long as they have a painful 【Experience】, or leave their original life and have a sufficiently special 【Future】, after filling in the last missing link, awakening an anomaly is just a matter of course...

Hmm... come to think of it, among the royal members I have contacted more, it seems that only Veronika is still an "ordinary person." So if she also awakens an anomaly, what kind of ability will she obtain?

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