ebookland Chapter 226: Rogue Behavior
Chapter 226: Rogue Behavior
"What's wrong with you?" Lilith was shocked. Did Teacher Wolfe have such a big shadow on him? He was scared to tears by just one sentence?
"Well, how about you make up a plausible excuse? I believe Mr. Wolfe is not that unkind."
"...Or does someone owe you salary? Do you need legal assistance? Hey, you won't be able to cry like a pearl now..." Lilith reminded carefully.
Summer has passed, and night has arrived earlier. As Lilith spoke, the street lights above her head were lit up by magic, forming a small circle of light around her, but Lucas was still left outside the light.
"...I'm fine." Lucas' eyes were dazzled by the light, which was refracted by his tears. His eyes were filled with small round halos, and he couldn't even see Lilith's face clearly.
After a while, he finally had the strength to raise his hand and wiped off the mess on his face, "I'm just a little tired."
Really tired.
"You didn't lie to me, did you?" Lilith looked at him suspiciously. Lucas didn't cry when he lost his job because of them. How tired must he be to cry? "If you need help..."
"No need..." Lucas shook his head and laughed again. "No need, Lilith."
"...Okay." Lilith didn't dare to say anything more. It was really scary to see her crying and laughing at the same time.
Lucas nodded randomly, mumbled something, and quickly left the wall.
The campus of Goletia is very large, and the street lights are far apart. There are intervals of brightness and darkness between each interval. Lucas's blue hair appears and disappears from Lilith's sight from time to time, and finally disappears into the darkness completely after turning the corner.
"What a stubborn guy." Lilith muttered, turned around, climbed over the wall and left.
……
"Tuk-tuk-tuk."
There was a knock on the door of Catherine's dormitory. She opened the door and looked at the person in surprise, "You actually know how to walk through the door?"
"Didn't I get scolded after being caught by Leila last time? She said I was a hooligan, how could I dare to refute it? Especially since you didn't speak for me!"
Lilith felt as comfortable as if she had entered her own home. She put the thick documents in her hand on Catherine's desk with a "bang", then turned around and lay down on Catherine's bed in a relaxed manner.
"Pick out the materials from the merchant you want." Lilith completed the princess's task and was extremely proud of herself, as if she was waiting to be praised.
Catherine flipped through a few pages, turned her head to look at Lilith's rogue look, and frowned, "Don't lie on my bed in your outer robe."
"Then it wouldn't be appropriate for me to take it off, would it? I'd be embarrassed!" Lilith was so thick-skinned that she couldn't be impeccably shameless. "I'll cast a cleansing spell on you before I leave."
Seeing that she couldn't get rid of her, Catherine focused on reading the sponsor information and ignored her.
Lilith didn't feel bored either. Instead, she took out two hybridized and ripened apples from her ring, threw one to Catherine, and ate them by herself. After thinking for a while, she said, "I think our student union should not only think about enriching students' entertainment activities, but also pay more attention to their mental health."
"What do you mean?" Catherine did not move her brows, sitting upright and elegantly.
"I saw Lucas today. He was a little...not normal. He was crying and laughing at the same time. It was scary." Lilith took another bite of the apple and said firmly, "He must be under too much pressure! We need to pay more attention to the mental health education of minors, Your Majesty!"
Catherine didn't care. "If it's him, then it's easy to solve. Gold coins can cure all his illnesses."
She glanced at Lilith and said, "Since you care about him so much, I'll leave this kind of good deed to you. Anyway, you look like you don't like the gold coins."
"Why do I feel like you are playing tricks on me..." Lilith muttered, "Although that guy has no morals, I can also feel that he seems to be very reluctant to accept help from others. Poverty is his privacy. I don't want to make my own decision. Besides, he seems to be about to achieve his goal."
"So, I think it must be something else!" A light flashed in Lilith's eyes, and Catherine understood at a glance, it was that familiar gossipy look again.
She turned her head away speechlessly, not wanting to continue discussing anything related to Lucas with Lilith. She continued to look through the information, but saw something different at the bottom.
"What is this?" Catherine took a few glances and then turned to look at Lilith.
"Oh, this is the agent's letter of responsibility. I asked Bella to prepare it. It's for Wichigan County and includes the High Court. You can sign it yourself or have Miss Margaret sign it. It's up to you." Lilith arranged it as a matter of course.
Katherine looked at the blonde girl lying on her bed eating an apple with surprise in her eyes, "…Why?"
"Because the gold coins are too hot to handle!" Lilith rolled her eyes at her and decisively retaliated against Catherine's evil intentions.
Catherine was speechless for a moment with amazement.
"Tsk tsk, idealism is harmful!" Lilith looked at her dazed look and said angrily, "Admit it, you don't have any money at all, right?"
She used to think that Catherine just loved the color black, but after visiting her room more often, she found that she didn't have as many clothes as she did. For a member of the royal family, her clothes were quite simple, not to mention that she was the crown princess.
"I don't have any need for money..." Catherine thought that if she saved some money, her mother would have an easier time.
"Be realistic, my friend! This is a world where you can't do anything without money! Even if you are a magician, you are still controlled by the Philosopher's Stone." Lilith taught her unhappily, "You are not as pragmatic as Lucas in this regard..."
"But this thing, I, I can't..." Catherine weighed the thin pages of paper, but felt very heavy.
She knew how good Lilith's business was. All kinds of liquor were in short supply, especially the medicinal liquor that never advertised its efficacy but was tacitly regarded as a cold medicine. After it sold well, the winery was about to usher in a second wave of expansion and recruitment.
"It's not a bribe, don't worry! I won't use this to make conditions with you in the future." Lilith finished eating the apple, threw the core accurately into the trash can, and cheered.
"It was fine if you worked alone before, but now you have Margaret and Leila, and there may be more people in the future. You are not going to be a stingy boss and rely on empty promises to feed them, are you? Tsk tsk tsk!"
"Although Leila has nothing to lack, you are her boss. You must be nicer to my sister, otherwise, humph!" Lilith bared her teeth and made a threatening gesture.
Catherine's heart felt as if it was blocked by a ball of cotton wool, making it feel warm. She knew that Lilith mentioned Leila at this time deliberately to give herself an excuse, just to save her face.
She thought about what her father taught her, how to get along with friends sincerely. She thought that those were things that should be done with one's best, but Lilith had been practicing them all the time.
She was thinking about herself...
Then she remembered Leila's request about Lilith...
"Lilith." Catherine did not say anything to refuse, but suddenly asked, "What kind of life do you want to live in the future?"
"Huh?" Lilith didn't expect Catherine's topic to be so off the mark, but she still thought about it seriously.
"Well...have enough food and clothing, live a rich life, live in a peaceful, democratic, fair and law-abiding place, keep many cats, and if possible, I hope all my friends can be my neighbors."
"that's it?"
"that's it!"