Chapter 204 Manor and Homecoming

"puff--!"

Lauren sprayed the drink she had just taken all over the floor.

Letilia and the Morili couple stopped chatting, Yuni, Xia, and Sigri stopped discussing magic chanting, Aiqier and Mengli stopped quarreling, and Rosa raised her head but didn't stop talking.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Lauren's exaggerated behavior.

However, no one knew why Lauren was so emotional. When Nellis said that before, her voice was very low, and the others' attention was not on them before. They didn't know what happened, so they were very curious.

"I didn't!" Lauren didn't realize that her face had turned as red as an apple. She ignored the gazes of others, gritted her teeth, looked into Nellis' eyes, and said word by word: "I, didn't!"

"Really?" Nelisse seemed a little unconvinced and asked back.

"I didn't!" Lauren replied with the same three words.

"If you say it three times, I will believe it." After staring at Lauren for three seconds, Nelise suddenly smiled sweetly, like a blooming flower, so charming.

"Hmph." Lauren snorted lightly, and the blush on her pretty face was alleviated a lot.

She secretly glanced at Luo Qiu and found that the latter didn't seem to care at all. She felt a little disappointed but also secretly relieved.

It was the first time that Lauren saw someone of the same age who was much stronger than her. Naturally, she felt a little moved, but it was just a feeling of affection, not yet to the point of liking him.

What's more, she knew very little about Luo Qiu. Although she admired his strength very much, it was impossible for her to have a heart-to-heart talk with him like she did with Nylis in such a short time.

But Lauren was a little curious why she had never heard Nelise mention the so-called "Sir Knight" before.

You know, Lauren even knows Nellis's true identity, which shows how good the friendship between the two girls is. I thought I already knew Nellis's biggest secret, but now it seems that this little girl has hidden a lot from me.

It seems I need to knock it hard again when I get home tonight.

The celebratory dinner ended with everyone laughing and chatting happily. Before leaving, Lauren found Luo Qiu and handed him a key.

"This is the gift that Father finally decided to give you."

"So efficient?" Luo Qiu took the key and said with a smile, "As expected of a royal family. Princess, where is my new home?"

"It's right here." Lauren pointed to the luxuriously decorated hotel behind her.

"puff!"

Now it was Luo Qiu's turn to be shocked. He had never thought of running a hotel in the imperial capital.

Luo Qiu quickly stuffed the key back into Lauren's hand and said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, I just want a house where I can stay anytime, not such a big hotel."

"This hotel is directly owned by our Clarence family. You can take it with confidence, and you don't need to worry about the management. We can send experienced people to run the hotel. You just need to wait for the hotel's revenue to arrive every month." Lauren explained.

"Forget it, I really don't want it." Luo Qiu refused again and again.

When he was roaming around in "Burning God's Domain" as the 'Thief Saint of Sky', the number one player in the game at that time, 'Thunderbolt', had often tempted him with the position of vice-president of 'Red Ocean', and even promised that as long as he had a title in the guild, everything else would be free, without any constraints, and he would still receive his salary. However, even with such conditions, Luo Qiu was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Not to mention that he is now asked to take over such a big hotel. Although it sounds good that he doesn't need to personally take care of all the affairs of the hotel, every time I think about it, I feel a little worried and always feel bad.

Seeing Luo Qiu's determination, Lauren could only sigh inwardly. She had long felt that it would be impossible to tie Luo Qiu to the Kendenia Empire in this way, but she could not resist her father's plea and came to give it a try. As expected, the result was just as she expected.

Seeing this, Lauren no longer insisted. She stretched out her bare hands to push a few strands of hair behind her ears, took out another key, and said, "This is a quiet manor in the inner city of the imperial capital. The environment is very good. Don't refuse it this time."

"Manor?" Luo Qiu was speechless.

He knew that there were no commercial housing in the other world. Luo Qiu originally thought that they would at most be given a villa or something like that, but he didn't expect that first a luxury hotel came and now a manor. Luo Qiu really wanted to ask, isn't the land in the imperial capital tight at all?

"Manor?" Luo Qiu thought about it and finally accepted Lauren's key.

Well, anyway, he gave a magic spear and did such a big favor to the Kendenia Empire, so it was already a bargain for him to just give Clarence VI a manor.

"I will accept it with disrespect."

Seeing Luo Qiu accept the key to the manor, Lauren nodded with a smile and said, "The interior of the manor has been arranged long ago. You can move in at any time. If you need to move things, we can also help you."

"Moving in? There's no rush for now. Let's wait a couple of days before we decide."

"Really? Please let us help you then."

"If you need me to, I will."

After the two men completed the last transaction, they said goodbye and left.

Nellis originally planned to secretly go with Luo Qiu and the others, but was caught by old lady Lindsay again.

It’s not that the Senli couple didn’t trust Luo Qiu and the others, but Nellis’s identity was too sensitive. If she was discovered in public places, it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, so it would be more appropriate for them to live in the palace for now.

A group of five people walked on the street of the imperial capital. Some of them were talking and laughing as they walked back, but Xia was unusually quiet. She seemed to be a little worried. She looked at the colorful magic lights on both sides of the street, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes from time to time.

Letilia looked at Xia's current state and knew what was going on. She sighed and said, "The concert is over. We have to go back to Rose Lowe tomorrow. Do you plan to go back with us?"

Hearing Letilia ask this question, Xia finally came back to her senses. She looked up at Luo Qiu with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"Are you going back so soon?" Luo Qiu asked in surprise.

"Well, my vacation is over, and I have to go back to work, otherwise my colleagues will start to nag me again."

"Is that so?" Luo Qiu touched his nose and asked, "What about you?"

Of course, this question was directed to Xia.

"Of course I have to go back too. My parents are very worried about me." Xia said lightly. She had already sensed something from Luo Qiu's answer just now.

"I won't go back to Roselowe with you."

Before Luo Qiu finished speaking, he saw Xia's delicate body tremble.

(End of this chapter)