Chapter 425 Cry for Me (3rd Update)

"Aiwass," Isabel asked seriously, "no offense...but if I remember correctly, you once lived in an orphanage, right?"

"Yeah. Aiwass nodded.

Isabel said softly, somewhat unbearably: "I also went to see the orphanage. The children there were eating a kind of brown paste that I couldn't even understand what the raw materials were, and they couldn't even eat enough. . They don’t have cotton-padded clothes, and they don’t even have hot water for bathing in the winter. There are no separate toilets for men and women, and there are no separate cubicles. Everyone sleeps together, and there are many children on the same bed.”

"The orphanage on Glass Island is definitely different from the outside."

Aiwass sighed and explained: "The orphanage I live in was invested and sponsored by my adoptive father. Although I basically don't have enough to eat, there is meat to eat every week. There is even meat during the holidays. Roast chicken, barbecue, fried cod steaks and haggis pudding. As for not having enough to eat...it's just to keep the children from being too energetic and noisy, just like prisoners are not fed enough.

"As for sleeping - although we don't have separate rooms, we do have separate beds. There are eight to twelve beds in one of our rooms, and I would always sleep with Yulia in my arms. Because if she sleeps in the middle of the night When I wake up, I will be very scared if I can’t see it, and my body temperature will rise immediately.”

"...Even if it's an orphanage, it's different."

Isabel murmured: "Why is this happening..."

Aiwass shook his head slightly and said softly: "Because of the port, Isabel. Glass Island has the largest port in Avalon, and has the most griffons and knights in Avalon to protect merchants and goods. In this way, wealth will naturally increase. People will gather here from all directions.”

Looking at the shocked Isabel, Aiwass felt a little relieved.

——It has to happen once.

Nowadays, Isabel does not have the wandering experience of losing her country and her family, so it is not bad to have such an experience of "incognito private visit".

And the blow she has suffered now, the pain and confusion she feels... it shows that even if she does not bear that kind of pain and does not become the iron-blooded "Queen of Flowers", Isabel still has the kind and gentle heart that belongs to her. .

Being a monarch may be a bit weak, but Aiwass is more willing to serve Isabel like this.

Aiwass comforted softly: "I will help you, Isabel."

Having said that, Aiwass revealed all the previous transactions between Grandet and himself.

Isabel is very smart. No need for Aiwass to explain, she immediately reacted: "With freight railways, the economy of those remote cities should be better, right?"

"The difference between the front and back will only be a world of difference."

Aiwass replied very simply: "If even a horse-drawn carriage cannot transport goods, if a high-speed railway is connected to the whole country...there is no doubt that wealth and happiness will expand at a speed visible to the naked eye."

If you want to be rich, build roads first. This statement is definitely correct.

"In that case...I will have many options!"

Isabel opened her eyes very excitedly, and the emerald green pupils that had been dim due to fatigue and pain became bright again: "Thank you, Aiwass! I will find a way to allow goblins and trolls to enter Avalon for construction. , the port part...well, leave the rest to me!"

At this point, she suddenly paused and asked curiously: "But... the money Grandet gave you, is that considered a bribe?"

But soon, Isabel realized that what she said didn't sound right, so she quickly explained in a panic: "Ah, I didn't mean to interfere, it was your money, and you helped me a lot." . It's just... I'm just a little curious, because it's the first time I've seen it..."

"--Calculate."

Isabel was still struggling with how to ask the question, but Aiwass answered directly and firmly: "It's not just a bribe, but also an incitement."

"Instigation?" Isabel was a little confused.

"Although there is some money at home, the meaning of working capital and fixed assets are different, not to mention that this is a huge amount of money that is completely unregulated by the market. This large amount of living money flows directly into my hands. , I can easily use this as leverage to exert several times actual influence..."

Aiwass explained.

Seeing that Isabel was a little dizzy, her tired brain seemed to be unable to process the information, so Aiwass simply skipped the intermediate steps and directly concluded: "This is his financial support for my usurpation of power."

"……Huh?"

Isabel was stunned for a long time.

She hesitated and made a weak voice: "Do you want to usurp power, Aiwass? It's better for me to just..."

"It doesn't mean that."

Aiwass waved his hand: "I mean, he is cultivating my ambition by lifting the constraints I am subject to... The saying 'men become bad when they have money' is probably what it means."

"...So is he a bad person?" Isabel paused for a while and asked.

"He is not a good person. But we may not be able to cooperate."

Aiwass smiled and said: "After all, people are not good people, but money is good money. With his sponsorship, all the worries and pains you have can be solved. You don't have to worry about these things, leave them all to me." Just come and solve it..."

Just when he said this, Isabel suddenly stood up from the table and threw herself into Aiwass's arms.

Rather than a hug, it was more like a head-on collision.

She buried her head in Aiwas's neck, half-knelt on Aiwas's thigh with one leg, and crawled on her stomach, burying her head hard on Aiwas's shoulder. It was like trying to calm her silent crying, or sighing sadly, or just yawning after waking up from a dream... She took a deep breath with trembling, and then slowly and long exhaled warm breath.

Her body also trembled slightly with the inhalation. With her breathing, she hugged Aiwas's elbows and fingers slightly harder.

Even when she hugged Aiwas's neck and took a deep breath, Isabel tried to keep her body at a distance from Aiwas.

Aiwas initially thought that this was Isabel's alienation, but he soon realized that it was for politeness.

Because Aiwas never did anything too excessive to her, Isabel did not want to force or hint Aiwas with her power.

...What a naive, shy and coward.

She doesn't look like a beautiful girl, but rather like a boy who has never been in love.

"It's okay to come a little closer."

Aiwass sighed and whispered in Isabel's ear.

He reached out and hugged Isabel's back tightly, so that she wouldn't have to tense her back like this, but let her relax and lean on him completely. Then he pushed the crown on the table a little further away to prevent it from spilling the black tea.

Just being pressed by Isabel, Aiwass could clearly feel the weight of the heavy dress. Not to mention Isabel who had been wearing it all the time.

"I'm sorry, Aiwass..."

Isabel's voice was very soft. She almost greedily inhaled the damp breath on Aiwas' neck after taking a shower, and her fingers unconsciously grabbed his cold white-gold hair: "I just want to rest for a while..."

As she spoke, her voice gradually became slightly sobbing: "I'm so tired... I don't know what to do... Fortunately, I have you..."

"You have made great progress, Isabel."

Aiwass comforted her softly: "Few people can change everything in such a short time... This is enough to be called a miracle."

He said this from the heart.

From not daring to talk to strangers at the beginning, to now being able to disguise her identity and go on a private visit alone; from having to ask her teacher and grandmother before doing anything, to now traveling around the country alone without the protection of any fifth-level confidants, to complete the tour ceremony; from the beginning when she opened her box with three words in the promotion ceremony, to now being able to go to unknown cities alone to investigate civilians without being discovered...

Isabelle gradually became stronger and grew up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From the beginning to now, only two months have passed.

Aiwass closed his eyes slightly and hugged Isabel more tightly, as if hugging himself.

——How long has it been since he awakened his past life memories? How long has it been since he knew that the world he was familiar with was about to be destroyed, and how long has it been since he completely solved it all?

It seems to have only been two months.

Aiwass's words seemed to be spoken to Isabel, and also to himself.

He whispered in Isabel's ear: "So don't cry. I'm with you."

But when Aiwass said this, Isabel couldn't hold it back, her whole body trembled, and she cried out.

Aiwass was a little at a loss for a moment - after the first cry, Isabel's sobbing became louder and louder.

It seemed aggrieved, but also like venting; it seemed like a cry, but also like peace of mind.

While she was crying, she apologized incoherently and vaguely, and said aggrievedly that she shouldn't cry...

This made Aiwass helpless to hug the Queen, who was only one year older than him, and comforted her like coaxing a child, "Oh, it's okay to cry occasionally", not knowing whether he should cry or laugh.

But for some reason, Aiwass's mood inexplicably became much better.

It seemed that there were dark clouds that he had not noticed, and they were dispelled from his heart by the cry.

——It was like Isabel cried for the never-crying Aiwass.

Chapter 3, 8,000-word update!

I was a little late for leave yesterday, so I’ll add one more chapter + update early as compensation for the leave!