81. Master Gran, Take The Blame
"Eh? What is this?"
Xia Yi looked at the sentence with a bit of surprise.
The Return of the True King?
A False King?
A Blood Sacrifice?
Isn't this the biography of the Dragon Kings through the ages? Why would there suddenly be an incomprehensible riddle appearing?
She rubbed her eyes, wanting to take a closer look, but found that the sentence had already disappeared.
"What the heck! Did I see it wrong?"
Xia Yi felt strange in her heart, closed the book, and upon opening it again, she found the last page was blank, with nothing on it.
At this point, the atmosphere gradually became eerie.
She felt a chill in her heart, the more she thought about it, the more hair-raising it felt.
Could it be—
"Ghost!"
Xia Yi simply threw the book under the bed, then covered herself with the blanket and fell asleep.
…
"Ah ha~"
Xia Yi yawned.
She hadn't slept until very late last night because she was reading the biography of the former king.
Because she had classes in the morning and was woken up by Sera, Xia Yi was a bit sleepy today, and she almost fell asleep during class.
Thankfully, under the threat of homework warnings, she managed to hold on until now.
But now, she was really a bit sleepy.
The little princess walked drowsily in the palace, yawning from time to time. The maids in the palace saw her and couldn't help but smile knowingly, thinking that Her Royal Highness the Princess was still so cute.
Unseen, Xia Yi's popularity among the group rose.
Her dignity value dropped again.
She didn't know that after her outrageous actions during this period, the imposing image she had managed to build in the battle of the Blackstone Kingdom was almost completely gone.
"Right, I haven't rewarded the little hamster yet."
Xia Yi suddenly remembered this.
She had promised to give the little hamster a big gift bag.
So she went to find the omnipotent maid Sera and asked for a bag of nut snacks.
Hearing the request, Sera laughed.
"Your Highness, it's not tea time yet, are you thinking about snacks already?"
"It's not for me, it's for the little hamster!" Xia Yi emphasized, " "I'm not that greedy, I wouldn't eat it!"
"But usually, don't you sneak off to the kitchen in the middle of the night…"
"Ah! Stop changing the subject, we're discussing the little hamster's snacks, Sera, just tell me if you'll give it or not!"
"Alright, alright, Your Highness, don't be in a hurry."
Although Sera sometimes teased Xia Yi with slightly harsh words, she was still very fond of the little princess and quickly prepared a bag of nut snacks for Xia Yi.
Xia Yi happily took the nut snack gift bag and headed to the back garden.
"Little hamster, are you there~" In the back garden, Xia Yi called out.
"Squeak squeak squeak!"
The little hamster heard Xia Yi's voice and ran out of the bushes, the little marshmallow ball moving quickly on the ground, and soon arrived in front of Xia Yi.
"Hehe, little hamster, haven't seen you for a day, did you miss me?~"
Xia Yi squatted down and poked the little hamster with her finger.
"Squeak~"
The little hamster lay on the ground, letting her poke its belly.
After teasing it for a while and feeling satisfied, Xia Yi poured out the nut snacks.
"This is your reward."
Seeing this, the little hamster excitedly squeaked and pounced on them.
"Slow down, look at you, you're so small, and you've almost stuffed yourself full."
Xia Yi watched the little marshmallow ball stuff its cheeks with food, making its face bulge, and its adorable appearance made her laugh.
"Little hamster, you did a great job yesterday!"
"How did it do a great job? Tell me~"
"That's because—uh!!"
Xia Yi quickly realized.
That was Xia Lulu's voice, and she almost fell for it a second time.
She was on high alert, picked up the little hamster from the ground, and quickly retreated several steps, creating distance from the suddenly appearing Xia Lulu.
"Xia Lulu, why do you keep popping up like that? Don't scare people!"
Xia Lulu innocently said, "What do you mean popping up? I've finished dealing with state affairs, so naturally, it's my rest time, isn't it normal to come to the back garden?"
"Um, when you put it that way, it does seem normal…"
"Speaking of which, daughter, why did you suddenly bring snacks to feed the little hamster?" Xia Lulu narrowed her eyes, "What has it done to deserve a special reward from you?"
"This…"
Xia Yi was at a loss for words.
"Speaking of which, this little hamster left the back garden yesterday and went to some strange places. Regarding these, daughter, do you have any clues?"
"Ah! Little hamster, don't run around!"
Xia Yi exclaimed dramatically, throwing out the nut snacks, and the little hamster, seeing this, immediately turned into a speed demon and chased after the snacks, disappearing into the bushes.
"Xia Lulu, you see, the little hamster loves to run around like that, I don't know where it went yesterday, I really don't understand what you're talking about!"
Xia Yi was internally cursing her own terrible acting skills, laughing awkwardly, which was too suspicious!
"Hehe…"
Xia Lulu laughed meaningfully but didn't pursue the matter further.
"Would you like to have some tea together?"
"Sure."
Xia Yi agreed.
Normally, she would never do this, but after reading after reading the biography of the former king last night, she had some matters on her mind that she wanted to discuss with Xia Lulu.
Following Xia Lulu, they walked together to the center of the garden and sat down at the open-air tea table.
"Daughter, is black tea alright?" Xia Lulu asked.
"Yes," Xia Yi nodded in response.
Xia Lulu seemed to be in an unusually good mood today, taking the initiative to start brewing tea.
Xia Yi watched her boil the water, take out the teapot, scoop in the tea leaves, and when the water boiled, she began to pour…
"Frey," Xia Yi suddenly mentioned the name.
Xia Lulu looked up.
Oh no!
Xia Yi covered her mouth, realizing she had accidentally spoken out loud the thoughts in her heart.
"Xia Yi, how do you know this name?" Xia Lulu inquired.
Xia Yi was too nervous to reveal that she had followed Xia Lulu to the library to sneak… no, to borrow books.
So, the little princess thought of someone—
Gran!
Old man, it's decided, you're taking the blame for me!
"Gran mentioned it," Xia Yi said, averting her gaze guiltily, "During class, he suddenly brought up this name. I had never heard it before and found it strange."
"So it was Gran, huh? He really is getting a bit senile, daring to mention that name. It seems I must go back to my office later and deny his application for magical research funding," Xia Lulu said with a cold laugh.
Xia Yi silently mourned for Gran for three seconds.
But it should be fine, right? After all, Gran's applications for magical research funding had been denied many times before, so he probably wouldn't mind one more rejection!
"…Is that name not to be mentioned?" Xia Yi asked softly.
This was what she was concerned about. Ever since reading the biography of the former emperor, she had many doubts.
Perhaps only Xia Lulu could answer these questions and clear up her confusion.
She shifted her gaze back to Xia Yi.
"Xia Yi, I didn't expect… you'd dare to ask me directly."
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