"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 the raw materials of, 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 winter. There are no separate toilets for men and women in the orphanage, and there are no separate cubicles. Everyone sleeps together, and there are many children lying 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... that's to prevent the children from being too energetic and noisy. Just like prisons don't let prisoners eat enough.
"As for sleeping - although we don't have a separate room, we do have a separate bed. There are eight to twelve beds in one of our rooms, and I would always hold Yulia and sleep with her. Because if she sleeps in the middle of the night
When you wake up, you will be very scared if you can't see me, and your 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 Isabel who was shocked, 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 just 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.
.
As a monarch, he may be a little weak, but Aiwass is more willing to serve Isabel like this.
Aiwass comforted softly: "I will help you, Isabel."
After that, Aiwass revealed all the previous transactions between Grandet and himself.
Isabel is very smart. Without Aiwass' explanation, she immediately reacted: "With freight railways, the economy of those remote cities should be better, right?"
"The difference between the front and back is just a world of difference."
Aiwass answered very simply: "If even a place where horse-drawn carriages cannot transport goods is connected to a high-speed railway that runs across the 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 saying is certainly true.
"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 she should ask the question, but Aiwass answered directly and definitely: "It's not just a bribe, but also an instigation."
"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 are rich' probably means this."
"...So is he a bad person?" Isabel paused for a while and asked.
"He is not a good person. But we may not be unable to cooperate."
Aiwass smiled and said: "After all, people are not good people, but money is good money. With his sponsorship, all the painful and painful things you are worried about 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 saying it was a hug, it was more like a head-on collision.
She buried her head in Aiwass's neck, half-knelt with one leg on Aiwass's thigh, and crouched down, burying her head on Aiwass's shoulder. It was as if she was trying to calm down her silent crying.
Is it a sad sigh, or maybe it's just a yawn after waking up from a big dream... She took a deep breath with trembling, and slowly and slowly exhaled the warm breath.
Her body also trembled slightly as she breathed in. As she breathed, she hugged Aiwass's elbow and fingers a little harder.
Even while holding Aiwass's neck and taking deep breaths, Isabel tried hard to keep a distance between her body and Aiwass.
Aiwass initially thought this was Isabel's alienation, but he soon realized that it was just polite.
Because Aiwass never did anything too transgressive towards her, Isabel did not want to use her power to force or hint Aiwass.
...What a naive and shy coward.
She doesn't look like a beautiful girl with extraordinary beauty, but like a little boy who has never been in love and is cautious.
"It won't be a problem to come over again."
Aiwass sighed and whispered in Isabel's ear.
He reached out and hugged Isabel's back hard, so that her back would not be so tense, but let her relax and lean in completely. Then he pushed the crown on the table further to prevent it from spilling.
black tea.
Just by being pressed against Isabel, Aiwass could clearly feel the weight of that heavy dress. Not to mention Isabel who had been wearing it.
"Sorry, Aiwass..."
Isabel's voice was very soft. She almost greedily inhaled the moist breath on the neck of Aiwass who had just taken a shower. Her fingers unconsciously grasped his long white-blond hair as cold as jade: "I just want to rest."
a while……"
As she spoke, her voice gradually became tinged with a slightly less obvious cry: "I'm so tired...I don't know what to do...Fortunately, I have you..."
"You are making rapid progress, Isabel."
Aiwass comforted softly: "Few people can change everything in such a short period of time... This is enough to be called a miracle."
What he said came from his heart.
From the very beginning, I didn't dare to talk to strangers, to now I can pretend to be my identity and go on private visits alone; from having to ask my teacher and grandmother before I dare to do anything, to now, I don't have any fifth-level confidants to protect me.
Under the circumstances, she traveled around the country alone to complete the tour ceremony; from the beginning, she opened her box after speaking three sentences during the promotion ceremony, and now she can go to unknown cities alone to investigate civilians without being identified...
Isabel 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 harder, as if hugging himself.
——How long has it been since he awakened the memory of his past life? How long has it been between knowing that the world he knows is about to be destroyed, and him completely solving it all...?
It seems that there are only two months left.
Aiwass seemed to be saying this to Isabel, as well as to himself.
He whispered in Isabel's ear: "So don't cry. I'm with you."
But when Aiwass said these words, Isabel couldn't hold herself any longer. She trembled all over and cried out.
Aiwass was a little at a loss for a moment - after crying for the first time, Isabel's sobs became louder and louder.
It feels like grievance, but also like venting; like mourning, but also like relief.
While she was sobbing, she apologized vaguely, saying aggrievedly that she shouldn't cry...
This made Aiwass feel helpless as he hugged Her Majesty the Queen, who was only one year older than him, and comforted her like a child, "Oh, it's okay to cry occasionally." He didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
But for some reason, Aiwass's mood improved inexplicably.
There seemed to be dark clouds that he himself had not noticed, and they were all driven away from his heart by this cry.
——It was like Isabel cried for Aiwass who never cried.
Chapter 3, an update of 8,000 words!
It was a bit late to ask for leave yesterday, so I will add another chapter + update early, which is considered as compensation for taking leave!