The Paladin on the Infinite Tour

"Ah...you are flattering, Mr. Exia."

The straightforward compliment made Anna's cheeks blush.

Their wine glasses clinked lightly.

(My lord prince...)

While Alexia was drinking, the somewhat resentful voice of Shajo Ai's song came to mind again.

(What, what’s wrong, Miss Aige?)

(I also want to have a candlelight dinner with you! And... ugh~~~ You have never been so gentleman to me!)

(But this is entertainment, Miss Ai Ge, please understand!)

(Well...I'll go out first!)

As if to keep out of sight, Shajo Aige walked directly from the restaurant to the outside in the shadow, and Artoria also quickly chased after her - this was obviously envy. Previously, Exia and Artoria When I came back from an outing with Miyabi, Sajou Aige had the same reaction.

Then--

"Bronya, how are you? Have you hacked in?"

"Don't rush, idiot Kiana, Bronya must be careful to avoid being discovered."

"You two...isn't this bad?"

As soon as Sajo Aige and Artoria came out, they heard such a sneaky sound.

Following the sound, he came to a bench across the road not far away with his back to the door of the restaurant. Looking at the three people sitting on the bench, Shatiao Aige said: "What are you doing here? ?Kiana, Miss Mei, sister Bronya."

"Ugh!"

Kiana immediately screamed strangely.

"Paji..."

Bronya's hands shook and she pressed the wrong button.

"Ah, it's Aige-senpai."

The only one who was calm was Raiden Mei. Looking at Shajo Aige behind her, Raiden Mei explained: "Senior Aige, actually this is..."

"We are collecting evidence of my brother's cheating."

Kiana, who quickly calmed down, hurriedly explained - even though she had been dragged back before, but under Kiana's hard work, Bronya and Raiden Mei had no choice but to accompany her to come over and have fun. .

If something goes wrong in the future, Kiana will be responsible for it.

(Evidence of Prince’s cheating?)

Shajo Aige raised her eyebrows, and together with Artoria, they got behind Bronya and looked at the portable notebook in her hand. The scene shown above was captured by the surveillance camera in the restaurant. Alexia and Anna!

Kiana/Rainden Mei/Bronya: "!"

Candlelight dinner, Anna who was obviously dressed up, Alexia in formal attire, two people toasting each other and chatting happily...

There is definitely something wrong with this situation!

30. Marry again?

Let’s temporarily go back in time to about two years ago.

That was what happened shortly after Exia gave up becoming a warrior and came to work under Bishop Otto.

"reunion?"

One afternoon, Alexia, who came to submit information to Otto as usual, had a look of confusion on her face.

"Tomorrow night...right?"

"Yes. The other party is a large company that has connections with Tianming. It has prepared a dinner party tomorrow night. I hope I can attend it. It seems that many people from other companies have been invited."

Work-related entertainment.

This is a very common type in Bishop Otto’s work arrangements. Although Tianming has a big family and a big business, it also needs cooperation with other companies. In order to better operate the organization in the future, in addition to its own direct companies, it also cooperates with other companies. It is also necessary for enterprises to engage in exchanges and business cooperation.

"Thank you for your hard work, Bishop...but why did you tell me?"

"Well, actually I want you to go instead of me."

"......Eh?"

Alexia's movements couldn't help but froze: "Do you want me to attend as your agent? But this kind of thing shouldn't be done by Miss Amber..."

"Amber has been a little busy lately and can't really leave. I don't have anyone else I can trust, so I have no choice but to send you."

"...But I have never attended a dinner party like this. Is it okay for me to go?"

To be honest, Exia is not very good at negotiating with people, and he doesn't understand the language art of intrigue. As for the dinner party every night, you don't have to think about it to know what it will be like.

Every glass of wine served at the banquet, the words said by the guests unintentionally... these are all likely to contain some kind of information and hints. Alexia is not confident that she can judge them all, and if it is because of him If Tianming’s mistakes lead to problems in corporate cooperation——

"Hehehe, don't worry, Alexia."

Otto smiled and comforted the nervous Alexia.

"I will teach you the knowledge and details in this area. In addition, I remember that you have not learned the relevant etiquette, right? I will also teach you this part - you must try everything and work under me. I don’t mean to be good at every field, but at least I have to be able to do this kind of thing.”

“…What if I mess up?”

"Nothing can be done." Otto smiled, "I don't have the patience to cultivate people who can't even do such small things well. And Alexia, the first thing I want to teach you is [Don't take them Looking at it], we have the capital of pride and confidence."

"To put it bluntly, the people you will meet at tomorrow's banquet are ignorant fools. You don't need to care too much about their words, deeds and attitudes, just deal with them appropriately, and you only need to do what you think is the best. Use appropriate judgment and do your best to benefit destiny.”

Don't you need to worry too much?

Alexia's palm holding the file was sweating slightly: "I...I understand, I will attend on your behalf tomorrow, Bishop."

"Very good. So without further ado, let's start education from now on."

"......Eh?"

After that, Alexia, who was supposed to get off work on time, was trained by Bishop Otto until noon the next day. Through a large number of real-life simulations, she memorized all possible situations and corresponding response methods, and her words and deeds were all satisfactory. After meeting Otto's standards, he was allowed to rest and sleep.

It was a hell of a night.

Of course, at the banquet that night, Exia gave an answer sheet that Otto later rated as close to full marks. She reached further cooperative relationships with many cooperative companies and raised funds for the Destiny Organization in the next half year. It caused a lot of convenience.

By the way, that night Bishop Otto stayed in his room and played games all night, and directly passed the highest difficulty level of the latest successfully developed game.

[Bishop Otto is really ruthless and unjust at times.]

This was Exia's only thought after learning the inside story.

...

Then, time returns to the present.

"I always feel that you are a little different from the image I know, Mr. Exia."

When Alexia was tasting a vegetable dish, Anna suddenly said this.

After a slight pause, Alexia first put the vegetable jelly she had picked up in her hand into her mouth, swallowed it and then asked: "Is it different...? May I ask what Miss Anna knows about me?" Woolen cloth?"

"Well...it's basically the image on the organization's internal forum."

Perhaps because of drinking a lot of red wine, Anna's cheeks are slightly red now.

"The Bishop's right-hand man, the hero who defeated the Herrscher... All I know is this description, so before we meet, I actually think you should be a little bit off-limits to strangers. In addition, Bianca mentioned you to me as a very capable and reliable person."

"Do you and Bianca know each other? Miss Anna."

Anna nodded slightly: "It's not so much that I know her... In fact, it can be said that I admire her very much. Like many other Valkyries, a powerful Valkyrie like Bianca is a role model and idol for each of us. , I have also been working hard towards her goal since I became a Valkyrie. Occasionally, I will exchange letters with her."

(Bianca has this kind of relationship with Miss Anna...I haven't heard her mention it. Well, I have some personal relationships that I haven't told her about.)

Thinking this, Alexia put down her fork: "So, now that we have actually met, has Miss Anna changed her mind about me?"

"Yes."

Anna basically thinks there is nothing wrong with the image of Alexia described by Bianca. From the image she heard from Kiana, she can piece together the image of a brother who cares about his family.

There is nothing like the [no strangers allowed] image that Anna imagined.

"Mr. Exia, you are truly a very good man."

It was a simple sentence, but Anna felt that it was the most complete description for Alexia.

Alexia smiled slightly: "Thank you. Although it's the first time I've met you, I also think you are a very outstanding woman."

"Mr. Exia..."

The blush on Anna's face became a little thicker.

Then——

"Um...Mr. Exia, can I ask you an inappropriate question next? It's...something that the family has asked me to do."

(Family...the Shaniyat family?)

"What is the problem?"

"Excuse me...Does the Kaslana family have any intention of marrying again with the Shaniyat family?"

31. Puppy love is prohibited for minors!

——Marriage!

Hearing these words from Anna's mouth, Alexia instantly showed surprise.

He never thought that Anna would talk about this kind of thing.

After picking up the wine glass and taking a sip of red wine, while creating air conditioning to quickly calm down again, Alexia smiled and said: "It really surprised me, Miss Anna can also joke."

"It's not a joke."

Anna shook her head slightly.

"This question just now was specially asked by an elder of the Shaniyat family...to ask you."

If Kiana and others could hear this sentence, they should be able to recall what they heard Anna say when she was on the phone with someone on the parking lot.

Regarding having dinner with Alexia today, Anna had reported it to the Shaniyat family. After all, she would live in this family after returning to the headquarters, and as a member of the Shaniyat family, she wanted to have dinner with Cass. When the eldest young master of the Lanna family meets, he should report to his elders both emotionally and rationally to avoid any problems.

The Shaniyat family didn't have any objections to Anna's behavior. After all, the two families were considered in-laws, and it was good for the younger members of the family to get along well with each other.

However, the target was Alexia Kaslana, the child of Siegfried and Cecilia, and the most famous hero in Destiny now, who single-handedly defeated the Herrscher's warriors.

Although Alexia did not know his life experience until a few months ago, the fact that he is the first candidate to be the next head of Kaslana is known to both the Kaslana family and the Shaniyat family. Regarding the third collapse, I'm afraid the Kaslana family has completely determined the status of his family's successor.

In this way, this is not a meeting between the younger generations of the family, but a meeting between the agents of the Shaniyat family and the Kaslana family - even if they themselves may not be so conscious.

In this situation, the thought that the Shaniyat family had was - [Worry].

The three royal families of Destiny, in addition to the Apokalis family, the Kaslana family and the Shaniyat family, have actually been in decline over the years.

The Shaniyat family lost Cecilia during the second collapse, and the name of the saint passed down by the family is still vacant to this day, without any heir.

The head of the Kaslana family defected a few years ago, and the whereabouts of the family's God Key are unknown. If Bishop Otto had not found Exia, the direct bloodline of the Kaslana family would have been in crisis.

The situation is not optimistic for both families.

However, the Kaslana family now has Alexia - a popular person next to the bishop, who is very likely to make the Kaslana family rise again!

Even though the family has been friends for hundreds of years and became in-laws more than ten years ago, the Shaniyat family can't help but worry about their own situation.

If Kaslana regains her former glory, then the status of the Shaniyat family...

[As far as we know, the eldest young master does not have any marriage contract yet - if he can make a marriage contract with someone in our family, just like his parents, then the Shaniyat family should can recover]

[Try asking tonight, Anna]

This is the instruction Anna received from the clan today, and this is also the reason why she is asking this question now.

(I just want to have a brief chat with Mr. Alexia. Why does the family do such unnecessary things... I will definitely be misunderstood by Mr. Alexia now, alas~~~)

She invited herself to the meeting with the idea of ​​​​getting married - Anna thought that Alexia probably thought so.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

"Marriage..."

After holding her chin and thinking for a while, Alexia asked: "Then I can understand...Does Miss Anna want to marry me?"