northernbook Chapter 389 Growing taller
Chapter 389 Growing taller
"You want to quit the student union?"
A huge solid wooden bookshelf stood from floor to ceiling, occupying an entire wall of the student union president's office. When they first established the student union, this place was empty except for dust. Over the years, it has been filled up bit by bit by the diligent president. At this moment, the owner of the books was standing on a ladder placed on the wall of books, turning his head to look downward and behind him.
"hey-hey."
Lilith, holding onto the ladder, forced out a simple smile. Today, she had braided her blonde hair into two thick pigtails, and then pulled them upwards, like two inverted golden goat horns softly attached to her ears, which weakened her usually fierce temperament a lot. At first glance, she looked like a well-behaved and lovely shepherdess.
If it were a normal day, such a change of style would definitely win a lot of praise, but at this moment, the attention of the people in the room was obviously not on these details. Leila's criticism came from behind -
"What are you up to? Isn't that competition about to start? Haven't you seen how busy Her Highness Catherine has been lately? Not only are you not helping out at this time, you're also going to quit and quit?"
——I really can’t be nice to this sister for more than three days! Leila glared at Lilith.
Lilith's neck shrank shorter and shorter during Leila's series of questioning, and finally her head was almost directly resting on her shoulders, making her look so timid and pitiful.
There was a thumping sound of footsteps coming from the side, and the vibration was transmitted to Lilith's palm. She looked up at Catherine who was walking down the wooden ladder, and felt as if this elegant girl in black dress was dancing in her palm. After walking down a few steps from the top of the wooden ladder, Catherine simply sat down, so that her line of sight was parallel to Lilith's.
"Why?" Catherine looked at Lilith's eyes with some confusion. She had not assigned any tasks to the vice chairman this year, so why did she scare her away?
"Yes, we need to give young people more opportunities..."
Lilith's eyes rolled around. "I think there are several juniors who are capable of doing my job. I will promote them to enhance their sense of collective honor and belonging to our Goletia..."
Catherine just sat there quietly and blinked at Lilith, neither believing her rambling nonsense nor exposing it.
"Well—" Lilith couldn't make up any more stories in such a look, and she sighed in a compromising manner, "It was you who made a promise to Bobby, promising him that he could go to Ozler if he won the game. Now he is determined to win the college cup, and he has begged me several times. Lulu Hannah and Gianna both agreed. I really can't bear to keep rejecting him."
"When did I promise—" Catherine's face showed a trance for a moment, and then she remembered something and looked at Leila behind Lilith.
Now Leila also remembered, and suddenly became busy with a guilty conscience. She took out a clean cloth and began to carefully maintain her greatsword. She was so focused that she didn't even look up, trying to polish away the wear and tear on the sword with her eyes.
"...I think Bobby may have misunderstood what I meant." Catherine had a headache. Such an expression made Lilith's eyes widen instantly and she suddenly rushed to her face.
"Hey, hey! You won't go back on your word, will you? You are the future emperor, you must be honest in what you say. If Bobby knew that his efforts for so long were meaningless, he would definitely collapse. He might even turn evil. You know what evil means, right? I told you--"
"I know, I know." Catherine stepped back two steps to avoid Lilith's questioning. "So you want to participate in the competition with him?"
Lilith nodded obediently.
Catherine looked at Leila by the fireplace again, who didn't react, so she simply nodded -
"Okay, I support your decision."
"Really?!!"
Lilith jumped excitedly. Fortunately, Catherine took two steps to avoid it, otherwise she would have been hit on the chin by her iron head. "I won't give up. I have listed the merchants who have cooperated happily in previous years for your reference. In addition, I have already prepared those championship rewards--"
"No need, Lilith." Catherine looked at her and smiled. "Margaret has saved a lot for me over the years, and there will be ticket revenue from this year's game, so you don't have to worry about these things at all... Good luck."
Lilith had prepared countless plans when she came, but she never expected that Catherine directly agreed to her resignation before she had even used any of them. Now she felt excited and confused, and just watched Catherine smile foolishly.
"Ahem—" Leila cleared her throat behind her, "I just happened to be free at that time—"
"But you are not old enough to go to school, Miss Taylor." Lilith ruthlessly rejected Leila's joining.
"Hello--!"
"If you want to blame someone, blame your princess. She is the one who made the rules!" Lilith turned around and saw Leila was about to stand up angrily. She said this and ran out.
"I thought you wouldn't agree." Catherine smiled as she watched Lilith slip away quickly, then turned her gaze to Leila. There was some curiosity in her smoky gray eyes - compared to Lilith's impulsive decision, Leila's failure to stop her seemed even more unreasonable to her.
"...I really don't understand her as well as you do." Upon hearing this, Leila gave up chasing Lilith and sat back next to the fireplace. There was some discouragement in her tone, but the little knight quickly adjusted his mentality.
"You're right. A girl like her will never stay in the rear and wait for the dawn..." After seeing this clearly, Leila gave up her previous plan. "Since she will go to the battlefield one day, she must undergo more training now, so that she can become the sharpest blade on the battlefield, so that... so that she can live longer."
As Leila spoke, she wiped her sword. The silver light shone on her face, even the fine hairs on her face were clearly reflected.
"What's more -" Leila said reluctantly, "She has great talent. Maybe one day, she will surpass me... I also want to see how far she can grow. You too, right, Your Highness?"
Catherine smiled at the red-haired girl and nodded, then watched her finally wipe the sword and stand up.
"Speaking of which—" Leila gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, pulled it to her chest and compared it left and right, "Your Highness, do you think I have grown taller this year?"
She felt the hilt of the sword was in a different position.
"Yes." Catherine looked at her carefully and confirmed, "You have grown taller, Leila."
I don’t know if it’s because of her age, or if the messy potions developed by Lilith have taken effect, but Leila’s height has changed significantly. The little girl has grown a lot taller this year.
Before Leila could feel proud, she asked with sparkling eyes, "Can I also participate—"
"No."