Gold is Justice

"At that time, I really regretted telling her the news about the gold mine in Pelican Town... I regretted even more that I supported her to do something she always wanted to do."

"In the past three years, I have been worrying almost every day and night, whether she is doing well, and whether something terrible will happen to her!"

"What if she doesn't have the right knife and fork to eat her steak? What if she finds too much gold and no one comes to deliver it? If she wants to see an opera, if she wants to see a painting, But what if there's not so much entertainment in those backcountry places?"

While speaking, the expression on the young lady's face became even more tense.But despite being nervous, she finally smiled and said, "But now, I can finally stop worrying~~~ Although I tried my best to meet you once in your semi-finals, I can still see her now." The smile is as bright as before, and I am really completely relieved."

Alice is in a really good mood now, she kept rubbing the little white cat's head, and said softly——

"You know what? Kitten, when I first saw Ariel, I thought she was different."

"She is very cute, she knows how to do things well, and she is also very good at learning. Many times I don't understand things, she just reads them once and understands. And you know? She cooks excellent dishes , These skills are all learned from Miss Maria? Sigh... During the time when Miss Maria was away, I thought I would never be able to eat her food again... Unexpectedly, in the end It turned out to be Ariel who saved my mouth."

"It's a pity, little cat, you can't talk. If you can talk, you can tell me how she's been doing in the past three years? No, no, no, no, in fact, it doesn't matter anymore."

Alice picked up the little white cat again, rubbed its hair gently, and said softly——

"Anyway, I will never let her leave me again."

While the eldest lady was chatting with the little white cat, Ariel in the bathroom was trying to take a bath.

Thinking about it carefully, in order to avoid being discovered by people in the guild, Ariel has always insisted on the strategy of not taking a bath as much as possible.This also made her smell really bad...

But she got used to the smell, so the last time I took a bath... Well, it might have been more than a month ago.Yes, that's right, it was the time I went to the hot spring last time.

Now feeling the warm liquid covering her whole body again, and wiping off the dirt and sweat off her body with a towel, Ariel's face turned red from the steaming water.

However, now is not the time to take a peaceful bath here.She needs to clean herself up as soon as possible, because there are still many things to do tonight.

Thinking of this, she hastily submerged her head in the water, trying to wash her hair and body with saponins.After tossing back and forth for about half an hour, she was finally able to climb out of the tub and walk over to the hanger over there.

There are now two sets of clothes on the hanger.

One set is the civilian suit she just took off.Dirty, tattered, full of mud and even some blood stains on it.

The other set is a very beautiful maid outfit, with everything from lining to coat, from hair accessories to shoes. It looks beautiful. The material of these clothes alone is enough to make ordinary farmers envious for a lifetime.

Ariel looked at the two sets of clothes, thought for a while, and finally stretched out her hand to her tattered civilian clothes.

"Sister Ariel, I'll help you wash this set of clothes? Huh...it stinks...Sister Ariel, it's really lucky that you can wear such tattered clothes...even the lowest class in our duke's mansion... The servants of the chamber pot are also better dressed than yours..."

A maid came in, gathered the civilian outfit before Ariel's hand could touch it, and went out pinching her nose.

Ariel was left in place, facing the only maid outfit left for her now.

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"Miss, I've finished washing."

Hearing the sound, Alice turned her head hastily and looked at the girl behind her.

At this moment, Ariel has already put on the costume she carefully prepared for her. Seeing this blonde doll appearing in front of her again in such a beautiful and exquisite style, Alice immediately stepped forward to hug her happily. her.

"Ariel~~~!"

Being hugged by the eldest lady, although Ariel was a little surprised, there was still a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, and she also reached out her hand and hugged the eldest lady. "Come on, let me have a look! I carefully selected this suit for you! I used the finest silk and invited the best dressmaker in the city to make it for you. Take a look, does it fit?"



Chapter One Thousand and Eight

Alice let go of Ariel, took two steps back to look at it, then clapped her hands, and said with a smile: "My vision is indeed right! Your figure is still so good~~~! As expected, there are only such beautiful clothes It suits you, don't wear those dirty clothes in the future, okay?"

Ariel put her hands on her chest, and the smile on her face was still as bright as the sun.She gently lifted the skirt of the maid outfit, bowed to the young lady, and said, "Miss, according to the agreement, I am back. But, it seems that now is not the time for the young lady to have a good time with me? Are you here today?" Tonight, there is a big task to complete~~~"

Miss Jin Guo, who has always been happy, seemed to realize something at this time. She covered her mouth, her face flustered for a while, and she hurriedly ran to sit in front of the makeup mirror next to her, and began to randomly pull her hair with her hands: "I almost forgot about it! Your Highness the Second Prince...the ball of His Highness the Second Prince! Oh! I'm so happy to see Ariel, I even forgot about it!"

Ariel from behind smiled slightly, stepped forward, stretched out her hand and lightly pressed the young lady's shoulder, making her sit upright.Afterwards, she picked up a comb from the dressing table and began to comb the lady's hair carefully: "Please rest assured and leave it to me, Miss. Tonight, you will definitely look beautiful .”

In the lounge, Ariel began to continuously prepare everything the hostess needed.

At this moment, the other accompanying maids seemed to be Ariel's subordinates, obeying all her instructions, and kept bringing all kinds of cosmetics, jewelry, and brightly colored clothing that had been prepared here for a long time.

Picking up the eyeliner, Ariel dipped the color palette a little, then gently outlined the corners of Alice's eyes.After a while, a charming yet pure and lovely look appeared in her hands.

"Sure enough, your skills are better, Ariel."

Alice looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but praise——

"During the time you were away, I felt like I couldn't even draw my eyebrows well."

Ariel smiled slightly, and said: "Miss is born beautiful, but our entire Blue Bay Empire recognizes the number one beauty, no matter how she wears makeup, she looks good. I just did some icing on the cake."

While talking, Ariel began to put peach blossoms on the corners of Miss Jin Guo's eyes.At the same time, he glanced at the earrings brought by the other maids next to him. After pondering for a while, he shook his head and asked them to change another pair.

"Hey, don't tease me with this kind of thing anymore. When others talk about it, I will take it as a compliment. We are good friends and sisters. Just tell me something else."

"Say something else? Say what?"

"Just tell me about your adventures in the past three years! Your guild has won the championship now, there must be many legends of sword and magic in it?"

Ariel put down the blush pen in her hand, looked at the young lady in the mirror, nodded, and then said with a smile: "How can there be so many legends? It's just very difficult to make money. It's not as good as those in operas." The so-called soul-stirring stories about the brave and the devil. But Miss, how is your situation now? Since I have heard outside that you and His Royal Highness the Second Prince are already engaged, so... I am not here During this time, how is your progress?"

When talking about the marriage with the second prince, the curious expression on Alice's face immediately turned into longing and anticipation.While her blond maid was combing her hair and arranging her hairstyle, she raised a finger and said with a serious and simple face——

"Ariel, you don't know, this boy Chao is really—really—really bad! Do you remember the days when we just entered the old vine tree?"

Ariel held the cloud-like blond hair in her hands, combed it carefully, and said with a smile, "How could you not remember? When I entered the dormitory, someone mistook me for the young lady."

Alice giggled, then reached out and stroked Ariel's hair, and said with a smile, "Isn't that because you have blond hair like me? I still remember the news of 'blonde beauty' in our dormitory." The legend about it caused those male classmates to come to see me all day long, and it is thanks to you to help me lure them away."

After a little bit of memory, Alice shook her head quickly and continued: "I should have told you at that time, right? Because I am a girl, I can only apply for the Department of Economics. In order to get a graduation ( Harmony) diploma, so you use my name to study, and I go to the martial arts department to learn swordsmanship. At that time, I didn’t know that His Royal Highness the Second Prince was also in the martial arts department at that time. As soon as I went, he followed the usual You want to bully me and make me look ugly."

Ariel couldn't help but laughed a little. After combing the young lady's hair, she looked at it again, then nodded in agreement, and said, "Yes, it was very popular at the time. The girl in the same dormitory My classmates all came to tell me that my master was being bullied. I was so scared that I couldn’t even read the book, so I rushed to the field of the martial arts department without stopping. I still remember that I cared too much for the eldest lady at that time, even I directly attacked His Royal Highness the Second Prince." Alice smiled and crossed her hands in front of her chest, and said, "Yes, yes, it was because you were rude at that time, but Tide has been targeting me since then. Obviously like I made a name like this and put it in the economics department, but in fact there are many girls who go to the fighting department or the magic department to study, but he still troubles me all day long. At that time, I really hated him Woolen cloth."

Ariel nodded lightly, put her hands on Miss Jin Guo's shoulders, looked at the mirror repeatedly, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the eldest lady's hair and makeup, she breathed a sigh of relief.At this moment, the maid next to her brought over a row of jewelry again. After looking around, Ariel chose a sword-shaped topaz pendant and a pair of crescent-shaped earrings for the eldest lady to wear.

"Don't move around, Missy, or the hair you've managed so hard to get will be messed up again. Don't touch it with your hands. If you move this hand again, I will beat you."

Facing the maid's scolding, Alice couldn't help sticking out her tongue, and sat down obediently, letting her manipulate her.

Seeing that the eldest lady was not moving, Ariel smiled slightly, hung the pendant on the back of her neck, smiled at the appearance of the eldest lady in the mirror, and said, "So, why is our eldest lady doing this now?" What about the high spirits? Looks like something must have happened in my absence that I don't know about?"



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Alice's face turned red when her blond maid said it.She wanted to cover her face with her hands just now, but her disobedient hands were slapped off by her blond maid, and she was reprimanded: "Don't touch your face, it's a bad habit to put on makeup after a long time. To change."

Alice stuck out her tongue, tilted her head and thought for a while, and then continued: "Then... it should be what happened after you left."

Speaking of this, Alice suddenly turned her head and smiled at the blond maid behind her: "After all, I haven't asked you, how did you learn so fast? In just three years, you can learn what you need seven years ago. I have learned everything I have learned in eight years! When I put on my graduation cap and went on stage to accept the principal's degree award, I even felt like I was dreaming!"

Ariel smiled and said: "No, compared to those in the martial arts and magic departments that require actual combat, the things in the economics department are relatively simple in general. In Missy, you can go to the martial arts department to put your name on it." When I was young, I had nothing to do and could only read and study, so the speed was naturally faster, which is really nothing."

There was a hint of loneliness on the face of this young lady. She stretched out her hand and hugged the little white cat back from the dressing table. She held the little white cat in her arms and gently rubbed it. ...Sometimes I really regret that I should not grant you a wish after you finish your studies. In this way, you can continue to be by my side in the name of a maid, and the two of us will study together under the name of the martial arts department. You also How nice it would be to be able to stay in Lao Tengshu for a longer period of time, learn more things, and not have to go outside to do so many hard things~~~"

With a smile on her face, Ariel asked the eldest lady to stand up, while appreciating the clothes that the other maids brought up, observing them one by one.In the end, she settled on a yellow evening gown studded with clouds.

"Don't talk about me, miss, let's talk about the matter between you and His Royal Highness the Second Prince? I have heard a lot about your affair with His Highness the Second Prince when I came back this time. I heard that you two are still together Are you fighting side by side? Come on, get your belly in, and wear a corset~~~!"

Ariel called two maids from the other road to come together, and several maids helped to tighten the waistband together.

What is enviable is that the waistband, which would be very painful for ordinary women, is not difficult for this Miss Jin Guo.She put it on just after taking a breath.

"Oh, have you even heard such rumors? It's embarrassing..."

"Don't touch your face with your hands!"

"Ah... ah! Good, good! Woohoo... Ariel, you are so strict~~~"

After coddling the maid who had been with her since she was a child, Alice exhaled slowly, and after feeling the tension in her waist, she said with some longing——

"Now that I think about it, maybe it's because I graduated as the youngest economics student? Ever since you left Lao Tengshu, Ariel, the tide suddenly came to me from time to time."

"Although at the beginning I thought he was still not very likable, but as I got in touch with him for a long time, I gradually discovered that Prince Chao also has many advantages."

"We started to practice swords together and learn to fight together. Although I am still far from his in case, these exercises are just for moving the body, but the cooperation between us is indeed getting better and better, and he is not Bully me again, but start looking at me with that look..."

Ariel moved the skirt over, helped the eldest lady lift her foot to put it on, and asked, "What look?"

Alice couldn't help but blushed, and said, "It's...that kind of look. That kind of look that I like the most...His Highness Chao Chao has also started to look at me with that kind of look. During the few years you were away , we go on vacation together, take a boat on the sea to enjoy the moon and stars together, he will come to see me on my birthday, give me a birthday gift, and take me to many, many big occasions. From his I can see it in his eyes, when he looks at me, I can see my own reflection in his eyes... Oh, Ariel, you haven't been in love yet, when you have a liking in the future If you are a real person, you will understand the feeling."

Dress up the eldest lady, put on the bracelet and ring, and carefully put a beautiful crown on her head.

Looking at the young lady who is completely immersed in the beautiful fantasy of future life, Arrow couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Turning her head, she took a pair of crystal shoes from a maid, picked up a shoehorn, knelt in front of Miss Jin Guo, picked up the crystal shoes and shoehorn, and said, "Come on, stretch your feet, Missy. "

Alice nodded, sat on the seat, and raised her feet.However, after the blond maid put one of her feet into the beautiful crystal slipper, the maid stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong? Are you still in pain?"

Alice looked at the maid in front of her with some worry, for fear that the pain caused by the battle just now had flared up again?

Ariel shook her head lightly. She picked up the other crystal shoe and the shoehorn, and while helping the lady put on the shoe, she said, "Miss, do you really understand that if you really marry For His Royal Highness the Second Prince, as your maid... I also need to be married as a dowry."

The eldest lady's eyes were round, her face was innocent and simple, and she said: "I know, isn't it always like this? During your absence, my father said that you might be dead, and you still want to I will change a maid to be my dowry. However, I have always believed that you will come back safely, so I insist on not changing! It is great now, after you accompany me to marry Prince Tides, you will no longer be like Ma Miss Leah suddenly disappeared like that. We can be together forever, and I am really happy to think that we can be together forever, Ariel."

Using a little force with his fingers, he gently pushed the eldest lady's feet into the beautiful crystal slipper.

Ariel lowered her head and helped the eldest lady arrange the bows on her shoes. At the same time, she also said in a soft voice——

"You...wouldn't you have any objections? If I marry the second prince together as a dowry, then it means that at some point, I will... have the second prince. Don't you feel uncomfortable? Your own husband , is now lying on another woman's bed, doing the most intimate things with other women."

Alice looked down at the maid in front of her, but now the maid kept her head down, and she could only see her beautiful blonde hair.

Regarding her question, Alice thought for a while, then smiled slightly, and said: "It shouldn't matter, right? After all, when I can't serve Her Majesty Tides at certain times, Ariel, my best friend, I just I need you to help me share that pressure~~~"

As she spoke, Alice stretched out her hand and hugged the blond maid's head, using a little force to lift her head up.

The eldest lady looked at the maid tenderly, and said slowly with the softest kindness in the world——

"Ariel, I know what you are worried about. You are worried that I will be angry, worried that I will be unhappy, and worried that I will question you for taking away His Highness Chao's love for me, aren't you?"

Ariel didn't respond, she just raised her head and looked at the eldest lady.

"If it were another woman, I think I should be angry. I would wonder if His Highness Chao's look at me was fake. I'm afraid I won't be able to figure it out, and I will feel betrayed."

"But you are different, Ariel."

"Since I was a child, you have been with me all the time. To me, you are my best friend."