Chapter 1736: Breakfast at the Bobby Laien House

Hiss… not good!

Looking at her eldest brother's eyes that were slightly narrowed, the Original Sin Demon God, who still had some sleepiness, immediately woke up.

Her eldest brother is indeed a good brother, but he is also not generally petty. Although he can't bear to clean her up directly, he is absolutely unambiguous when it comes to complaining, and there is even a possibility of adding fuel to the fire!

"I know!"

Facing Leon's gradually dangerous gaze, the Original Sin Demon God, whose buttocks began to have phantom pain, decisively chose to use the life-saving means at the bottom of the box. She rushed over like a fierce tiger climbing a mountain, hugged her eldest brother's thigh tightly with both hands, and then looked up at her eldest brother with blinking big eyes:

"Brother hasn't been home for a long time, so he is afraid that we will miss you, so he wants to come back to accompany us more, right?"

"…"

"It's okay, although Brother didn't attend our opening ceremony, isn't there Sister Anna! We don't blame you."

"…"

"Brother, how long can you stay this time? You won't be going on a business trip again soon, right?"

"…"

"Brother, why don't you speak?"

"…"

What else can I say? You came up with a set of three guilt-tripping sentences, every sentence is desperately pointing at me, what else can I say?

After pinching Melanie's slippery face hard and knocking a chestnut on her clever little head, Leon, amidst the Original Sin Demon God's cry of pain, complained helplessly:

"If you could use one-tenth of these messy little thoughts on your studies, you wouldn't have to make up homework until midnight… Brother can stay at home for more than a week this time, and then he has to go on a long trip again… Oh, right, where is William?"

Thinking of Veronica's instructions before he left the palace, Leon said with a smile:

"The business trip Brother is going on in two days can take William along, and let him open his eyes by the way."

"Brother?!"

Hearing Leon's words, Anna, who was stewing soup, was shocked and couldn't help but call out. Leon naturally understood her concerns, gave his sister a comforting look, and explained gently:

"This time is different from the past. It's just gathering the royal families of the Twelve Kingdoms to talk about things. There is no danger at all… It just so happens that William has always been very interested in this, and Veronica also feels that he has talent in this area, so I will take him to see it by the way."

"I see…"

After hearing Leon's explanation, Anna, who was startled, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then said with a slightly worried expression:

"But… isn't it a bit too early? William is not even eight years old…"

"Age is not the key. It mainly depends on whether it is suitable. William does have talent in this area. Besides, you also know that William is different from other children, so he cannot be treated entirely as an ordinary child."

After explaining his thoughts, Leon looked at his sister, who was biting her lip unconsciously and looking a bit dazed, and continued:

"Although school still has to be attended and homework still has to be done, since William has the idea of going in this direction in the future, it is better to let him participate in advance to try. Anyway, there are me and Veronica to check in the end."

"If he really comes into contact with these and finds that it is different from what he imagined, and loses interest in these, then it is equivalent to trial and error in advance. If he still wants to go in this direction, then we might as well focus on cultivating him later… In short, taking William to see it will definitely do more good than harm."

"This… then alright…"

Although she still had no bottom in her heart, looking at Leon's serious expression, the thin girl bit her lower lip and nodded slightly, acknowledging Leon's plan.

Although the big and small things of the Bobby Laien family were basically decided by Anna, the eldest sister, once Leon, as the eldest brother, opened his mouth seriously, Anna would not violate his meaning, so the matter of taking William to the meeting was basically decided, and then…

"What about me? What about me?"

Seeing that after the two speakers of the Bobby Laien family chatted for a few sentences, they even discussed how many days William should ask for leave from school, but they didn't mention themselves, the Original Sin Demon God, who had been holding back from interrupting, finally couldn't help it. She stood on tiptoe, raised her hand impatiently, and said pitifully:

"Brother! Good Brother! You will definitely take me with you, right?"

"Oh right, almost forgot you."

Leon, who had deliberately left her out for a while, patted his forehead and showed a sudden realization.

"You can't even finish your homework, and you still have time to read gossip newspapers. You'd better stay and make up your homework~"

"Ah?"

"Rest assured, although William doesn't have to go to school, his homework will not be less, and because he asked for leave, it will be doubled!"

After comforting the disappointed little sister, Leon added with a smile:

"However, he probably won't have time to do his homework when he goes out to play. It just so happens that you are staying at home to watch the house, so you can do William's homework together!"

"…"

"?"

"Wuwuwu!!!"

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…

You really are…

Watching Melanie, who sat across the table from him, sniffing her red nose incessantly and hiccuping every time she took a sip of fish soup, Anna couldn't help but roll her eyes at Leon, who was sitting beside her.

How old are you, still bullying a child… Let me see how you coax her!

I was just teasing, who knew she would take it seriously…

After patting Melanie's back and helping her, who was crying until she hiccuped, to smooth her breath, Leon, whose family status had plummeted, had to accompany her carefully and remind:

"Drink slowly, it's easy to choke if you cry while eating…"

"Hmph!"

Facing the comfort from her big brother, the Great Sin of Gluttony, Melanie, who had been driven to tears by the frustration of triple the homework, leaned forward stubbornly, dodging her hateful brother's hand as he tried to help her catch her breath. She then clutched her small soup bowl, which was the size of an orange, and began to gulp it down fiercely in a fit of pique.

Just drink! Just drink! I want to choke myself until I cough!

Hmph, childish!

After seeing Melanie's sulking behavior, William, who was sitting next to Anna, sneered, then picked up his children's fork with rabbit ears at the end, stabbed the fish meat in the plate, and tasted it carefully.

These tender fish belly meat left by Anna before stewing the soup, only two or three strips can be cut from a whole fish, are the most tender parts of the whole fish, and also the essence parts that taste best.

These tender meats with fat like snowflakes don't need much cooking at all. Just blanch the fish skin with boiling water, modify the flower knife along the texture of the fish meat, smear a little coarse salt mixed with black pepper, fry the edges slightly charred with olive oil, and drizzle with a few drops of sauce, which is supreme deliciousness.

It's just that these fish meat segments are not difficult to make, but they have high requirements for fish.

Because this kind of fish will die not long after leaving the water, it must be caught temporarily to ensure the fresh taste. If you want to eat it, you have to run to the outer river pier separated from the sewage outlet on the other side of the Royal Capital to queue up to buy it, and you have to get up before five o'clock, and you may not be able to buy it.

So even Anna, who is usually so diligent, thinks this fish is troublesome to make and basically doesn't want to do it. Only on the days when her eldest brother returns from a business trip will she get up early to buy fish, stew soup, and fry meat, and do such a time for her eldest brother, herself, and others, so…

Strike first!

After swallowing the fish meat in his mouth and feeling the charred fragrance remaining between his lips and teeth, William didn't hesitate to extend his fork and stabbed at the fish meat segment in the Demon God's plate.

However, the Demon God, who was unusually familiar with his nature, even when she was drinking fish soup with the bowl, still locked her eyes on her own plate, not daring to leave for a moment.

After discovering the looting from William, the children's table knife in her left hand, which had been prepared, just gently flicked, and the bitter and prickly kale next to it was dialed over, accurately falling under the fork attacking from the opposite side, blocking this disaster for the delicious fish meat segment.

Hmph, naive!

Looking at William, whose eyebrows were slightly raised in surprise, but had to stab the bitter kale back and fill it into his mouth under the glare of his eldest brother and sister Anna, the Original Sin Demon God couldn't help but sneer in her heart, then sucked her nose and looked at her eldest brother beside her, with tears in her eyes:

"I really don't need to stay and watch the house?"

"No need, no need!"

After throwing a grateful look at his good brother who specially helped to make a fork and saved himself from the family status, Leon raised his hand and swore:

"This time, just treat it as a summer… uh… autumn camp. Both of you, little Ai Li, and your sister Anna, all go!"

Am I going too?

Hearing Leon's words, Anna, who was picking fish bones for William, was slightly startled, then couldn't help but say:

"Brother, where are we going this time? Is it far from the Royal Capital?"

Oh right… just busy coaxing Melanie, I haven't said the location of the gathering yet.

Leon, who found his negligence, patted his forehead and answered:

"Kingdom of Mo Erna! The gathering place this time was chosen in the Royal City of the Kingdom of Mo Erna."

"Royal City of the Kingdom of Mo Erna? Golden Township?!"

After hearing this name, Melanie, who was waiting for fish meat beside Leon, couldn't help but exclaim, her big eyes wide open, and asked with shock:

"Is it that Golden Township where it is said that there is gold everywhere, and if you trip on the road, you might be able to pounce on a piece of gold nugget?!!!"

"Where is it so exaggerated… Speaking of which, you really should read less gossip newspapers…"

Stabbing the fish belly meat in his plate and filling it into Melanie's wide-open mouth, blocking those rumors, Leon complained speechlessly:

"These are all rumors. If it were really like what you said, you could pick up gold on the road, then gold wouldn't be as valuable as it is now."

"Brother is right."

After picking up the hot milk by his hand and taking a sip, then licking the white circle left on his upper lip, William said slowly:

"Although the Kingdom of Mo Erna is known as the Township of Gold and indeed has many gold mines with huge output, it is actually a mining power and a commercial power."

"And the nickname of the Kingdom of Mo Erna as the Township of Gold is not because it is rich in gold, but because it is the commercial center of the entire Western Continent, and it also holds two fastest sea routes to the Eastern Continent."

"Oh…"

Hearing that although the Golden Township is wealthy, it is not really possible to pick up gold casually, the Original Sin Demon God was disappointed… but soon regained her spirit, chewing the fish meat in her mouth and shining with eyes:

"So is the business there very developed? Then can I also go and do some… Oops."

"Swallow things before you speak!"

After poking Melanie's forehead, Leon waited for her to swallow the fish meat in her mouth, and then nodded:

"It's good that you are willing to understand. And this trip we go by sea. Your sister-in-law originally prepared to take a batch of goods there, including new products from several research institutes, and a series of industrial products that have been mass-produced, to see if we can find partners."

"According to your sister-in-law's meaning, if you want to follow, it's fine. She can lend you some interest-free start-up capital, and leave a separate small cargo hold in the ship for you. You can stuff whatever goods you want into it."

"Wow

"You're early."

After casting a glance at the overjoyed Melanie, Leon spoke up to add:

"Your sister-in-law also said that although you can hitch a ride this time, it won't be for free. No matter how much you earn in the end, she will treat you as a joint venture partner of the royal family and, in accordance with the kingdom's recently promulgated new tax law, collect thirty-seven percent of your net profit as tax."

"No problem!"

After hearing the supplementary conditions Leon proposed, Melanie couldn't help but pat her small chest firmly, beaming with joy as she said:

"The principal was borrowed interest-free, the goods can be obtained at the procurement price, and I can even tag along with sister-in-law's caravan to get a bulk discount... Never mind thirty-seven percent, even seventy-three percent would still be a huge profit!"

"That... could it be that I remembered wrong? In fact, what she said was seventy-three percent?"

"Big Brother!!!"

"Ahaha, thirty-seven, it's thirty-seven, that's right~"

After teasing Melanie casually, Leon returned the fish belly meat that Anna had placed on his plate and said with a smile:

"Your sister-in-law said that for William and Melanie, being able to get involved is the best gift, but you are different, so she asked me to specifically ask you if there is any gift you want."

"Me?"

Anna was stunned upon hearing this, then said somewhat uncomfortably:

"Please thank sister Veronica for me, but I don't think there's anything I want... Or perhaps grant another round of funding to the poorhouse? There are many blind children there now, and Auntie Mary has been wanting to hire a few teachers to teach them how to read and write Braille..."

"That is money the municipal department should provide. As long as Auntie Mary submits an application explaining the situation and it passes inspection, the funding can be obtained. Moreover, recently Heaven's Mountain... um... in short, blindness may be curable in the future.

Besides, these things are what I or Veronica should do; they cannot be considered a gift for you... Anna, what Veronica and I mean is, is there anything special you want in your daily life? Whether it's an object or anything else, it's fine."

What do I want?

Upon hearing Leon's words, the thin, slender girl, who still looked somewhat frail despite being well-cared for over the past half year, couldn't help but ponder slightly before shaking her head in a troubled manner:

"I don't think I have anything I particularly want. If I really had to say..."

That would probably be for everyone to be well, so there wouldn't be any more children like us in the past, for whom even surviving was difficult? Hmm... by the way, what is that sound? Why is there a bell tolling?

(End of chapter)