Chapter 3918

Xia De thought of a possibility:

"Mr. Bernhardt, you won't also be going to the charity banquet at 'Oakham Park Pavilion' in the evening, right? That is the banquet for fundraising for refugees outside the city."

Oakham Park is the largest park in the Upper City of Arcadia, and the most famous point of this park is that it is about to host the "Delarion-Karsinrik Industrial Expo" next month.

This should have been big news. After all, the previous expo held in the Northern Kingdom lasted for 3 months and attracted more than 3 million visitors.

But it's a pity that the opening time of this expo was determined before the outbreak of the North-South War. Although many exhibitors from the Northern Kingdom had already withdrawn from the expo when the situation was tense before, the war hadn't really started at that time after all. The expo organizers still hoped to let the expo open before the war completely started.

But they were still a month late in the end, which led to this expo being quite awkward. Although the Northern Kingdom didn't issue a ban prohibiting Northern Kingdom people from coming to the South to exhibit, and the Southern Kingdom didn't prohibit Northern Kingdom people from coming, both the number of exhibitors and the expected visitors were greatly affected.

Coupled with the fact that there are refugees everywhere outside the city now, this expo, which should have been a local major event, is likely to be far less lively than previous sessions in the current view. Arcadia is actually the host city of the first Old Continent Expo. The hosting rights have returned here this time, and the whole city is looking forward to it, but encountering the war era, no one has any way.

And this "charity banquet" actually also has the meaning of warming up for the expo. Tonight, the big figures of this city will all be present. Vigo was invited to attend even when she was sick before meeting Xia De, because of this reason.

And Mr. Bernhardt also nodded:

"Yes, it was the Karsinrik Royal Academy of Sciences that gave the invitation to Marquis Fabis, so he asked me to attend on his behalf. This also helps to contact local nobles to see if they understand the situation. So speaking of which, you are in the evening..."

Looking at his expression, Xia De knew what he wanted to say:

"Yes, that lady invited me. I should be attending as a male companion... but I forgot to ask what my identity is, but this time it shouldn't be a cousin. After all, their family has a small population and a distant relative wouldn't suddenly pop up."

Mr. Bernhardt was not surprised at all:

"I knew it... then I'll say some idle words. After all, we are friends, just treat it as idle chat."

"Of course."

"Do you know that the Astley family has the bloodline of the Delin'or Kingdom royal family?"

Xia De nodded:

"I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it. After all, that was a very long time ago."

Mr. Bernhardt introduced to Xia De:

"In fact, the Astley family is not just as simple as having royal blood. The bloodline they claim comes from Duke Astley, the cousin of the last emperor of the Delin'or Kingdom. The relationship between the last duke and the last emperor was quite good. They grew up together, and the duke was also the most heroic resister when fighting against Karsinrik, as well as the last surrenderer.

If Duke Astley hadn't surrendered voluntarily in the end, I'm afraid Arcadia would have been destroyed in the final battle of that year. The Emperor Anjou at that time wanted to give the duke a noble title, but was refused by the latter. He only wanted the management and trade rights of Gray Rock Pass, and didn't want anything else."

The blood-sucking species Viscount paused:

"The above is the information that can be found, and the information that cannot be found is that the Wang Hou of the last Delin'or Emperor suffered from hereditary blood disease."

"Is that so... hmm?"

Xia De leaned forward slightly:

"I remember, the Astley family has hereditary blood disease... Was the wife of that Duke Astley from the same family as the Wang Hou?"

"Of course not, although the duke's wife died young, it can be found that she was just from an ordinary noble family and had no connection with the Wang Hou's prominent family."

Xia De blinked:

"So, was there an affair between the two at that time? Or did the King and the Duke exchange children back then? If it's the former, then it's just a royal scandal of the old kingdom. If it's the latter, then isn't the Astley family..."

Mr. Bernhardt shook his head:

"This is not something we contemporaries can explain clearly, but the Anjou royal family clearly thinks the possibility of the latter is very high. Therefore, Karsinrik is very wary of the Astley family. After all, Delin'or restorationists have been cleared for hundreds of years, and now there is a trend of getting larger and larger instead.

Although the Astley family has never had any nominal connection with them, if I were the king, I wouldn't relax my vigilance. Speaking of which, the Delin'or royal family of that year had already established a very good relationship with our ethnic group. I saw these from the pile of old papers. It's really a pity for their destruction."

Mr. Bernhardt picked up the hat placed on the side, so Xia De also stood up:

"She hasn't told me about these things. I think she also feels that the old family matters are meaningless... then see you in the evening, Mr. Bernhardt."

"See you in the evening. If your female companion lets you act freely, I am very interested in seeing your new cards."

The two said goodbye at the entrance of the teahouse. Mr. Bernhardt left by carriage. Xia De saw that it was too lively nearby, so he took a carriage directly to the "Fragrant Residence" and threw the crystal shoe to return home before the maid opened the door.

It was past four o'clock in the afternoon, and only Little Mia was at home. That cat was lying on the windowsill looking out as usual. Although it looked pitiful to be locked at home, in fact, it absolutely didn't want to go out.

Xia De walked over and rubbed the kitten's head before going to change clothes. During this period, the cat just ran to the door of the bedroom and took a look, then wandered back to the windowsill.

"I'm going to attend a banquet tonight, so I won't be back for dinner. Someone will definitely be home in a while, be good and wait for me at home."

Before setting off again, Xia De didn't forget to say goodbye to Little Mia. The cat meowed gently. After Xia De went down the stairs and sent him to the basement, it went back upstairs alone.

Although Xia De didn't spend much time washing and changing clothes at home, when he returned to Arcadia, there was already a sunset in the sky that wasn't there just now.

It took some time to return from the Lower City to the Upper City, and when he arrived at the "Fragrant Residence" again, that extremely tall Miss Eve McDonald was waiting for him at the door. This girl's figure was actually not as good as those "talented people" like Tifa and the dragon maid Gina, but her body proportions were quite excellent.

【Actually, you can just say her legs are very long.】

"She" whispered in Xia De's ear when Xia De greeted the young girl, and Xia De didn't respond to this.

To attend a banquet, the preparation time for ladies is always longer than that for men, and Xia De understood this very well. When he arrived, Vigo was still putting on makeup and changing clothes, so it was her student who was responsible for receiving Xia De.

With Vigo's status, she could actually bring many people to attend tonight's charity banquet, but Miss McDonald was not interested in such social occasions. When Xia De asked her, she said this:

"I still have two papers being revised in my hands. I plan to go to the Candlekeep Library to borrow a few books tonight, and then come back to revise the papers. Before the teacher comes back, I should be able to finish revising the papers. In this way, I can free up time on the weekend to accompany the teacher out for a walk."

This girl looked like the type who didn't like socializing very much. Xia De was worried that the other party would be very uncomfortable being assigned to receive him, so when waiting for her in Vigo's study, he took the initiative to pick up topics that the other party might be interested in:

"Paper revision, did something go wrong? Content? References? Or the most troublesome pictures?"

Miss McDonald was slightly surprised that Xia De would ask like this, but still answered:

"One paper had some small problems with references, so I have to go to the Candlekeep Library to borrow books and reorganize the references; one paper's magazine reviewer thinks my paper has no new ideas, and I plan to write him a long letter, arguing that my theory and technical route are fine. If the other party still doesn't agree with my point of view, I plan to..."

"Change to another journal?"

"Yes."

"Revising papers is annoying, right? After all, I thought there was no problem before submitting it, but there are always some reviewers who will raise various questions. Some can indeed hit the nail on the head, but some questions are really strange, but I have to respond to them with polite words."

The outlander said again, thinking of many things in the past. Although there are many things different between his hometown and this era, there are also many things that are no different.

The girl with beautiful rose-gold hair felt the same way, and her heart was hit by Xia De at once:

"Yes, that's it. For example, in this revised paper, one of the reviewers asked me why I didn't adopt the technical route he studied, but chose a new technical plan.

This question was originally normal. I thought he wanted to ask me about the advantages of my new plan compared to the traditional plan, but after I replied for the first time, he actually said that the existing technical plan is already very mature, and there is no need to take the risk of reshuffling the industrial line to expand new technology..."

Miss McDonald took a deep breath:

"This question is really hard to answer."

"If it were me, I would answer like this: Thank you for the questions you pointed out and the valuable suggestions you gave. I agree with your view very much. But in terms of specific experimental design, our current experiment is only in the laboratory environment, and the purpose of designing the experiment is only to explore a brand-new possibility from the theoretical aspect, hoping to optimize the existing technical plan rather than thoroughly modifying it."

Xia De said, Miss McDonald thought for a while, took out a notebook and recorded the suggestions Xia De gave:

"Answering like this is also possible, but in this way, there are also new problems. According to this line of thinking, the conclusion part and future outlook part of the paper are afraid that they need to be overhauled, but if it is written from the direction of technical optimization, it should be possible to..."