northernbook Chapter 291 Storage Ring
Chapter 291 Storage Ring
"Clang—"
Leila didn't hold the teacup firmly, and the lid fell off and splashed into the cup, leaving a large stain of tea, which immediately soaked the pearly white tablecloth. She hurried to save it, but the tea still dripped onto the floor along the tablecloth.
Lilith raised an eyebrow and leisurely sipped her tea in the chaos - sure enough, they also had secrets.
"…Why did you think of going to Ozler? Is it because of Daniel?" Catherine thought of the person who had just left and guessed the reason.
"Yeah, you and Leila are partners, so just take her with you, but why is there still the matter of Daniel—" Lilith looked at Catherine with a dissatisfied tone.
"I have no objection." Leila interrupted Lilith, "Whether he goes to Ozler or not is none of my business, and none of your business."
Tsk, this kid! Lilith glared at her and said, "I'm going to tell your mother that this is how you usually talk to me."
"..." Leila pouted and calmed down.
"Ozler is not suitable for exploration now. Daniel went there because Earl Russell ordered him to go there, not for me." Catherine explained patiently, and after thinking for a while, she added, "It's not safe there, Lilith."
Lilith's suspicious eyes flickered between the two of them, and when Leila was about to get angry, she finally compromised - "Okay..."
As if she was eager to go, not because she was jealous, Lilith stood up and grumbled, and stuffed something cold into Catherine's hand.
"For you!" She came to the Rose Building just for this. Now that the thing had been delivered, she said no more words, waved her hand, opened the door and walked out.
Catherine lowered her head and was surprised to find that it was a black iron ring inlaid with a sapphire. The gem was cut into a beautiful teardrop shape and firmly inlaid on the ring base. The gem was - the one her brother Canion gave to Lilith.
Leila also recognized it and snorted, "She finally spit it out."
Catherine was silent for a moment and whispered a spell. The plain black iron began to change, from black to silver-gray, and some wind patterns condensed. The silver was bright and very beautiful, and paired with the dazzling sapphire, the ring instantly became gorgeous.
Lilith used this to make a new space prop for herself - Catherine slowly clenched her hand, it turned out that she had taken this matter to heart.
"Leila, we can't keep it a secret from her forever. You don't know how smart your sister is sometimes. Her grades are always the best in our grade. Rather than letting her keep guessing and testing out of curiosity—"
Catherine looked at the azure gem, as if she saw Lilith's eyes, and felt too ashamed to look directly at it.
"I never agreed with my father's obedience to the king's orders and concealing the matter of Ozler from the people. No matter what my father thinks, I think the king and the church refused to help because they wanted to exhaust the military forces under my father's command in order to feel at ease..." Catherine said this with coldness in her eyes.
"If it weren't for Goletia's support, we wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long... Leila, Lilith is also Goletia's student. She won't be able to completely avoid us in the future. Her classmates and friends will all go to Ozler. Do you think that with her personality, she will stay at the back and watch others risk their lives on the front line?"
"... Let's wait a little longer." Leila pursed her lips, still somewhat reluctant. "Maybe by the time she graduates, everything will be over."
Seeing Lilith's relatives say this, Catherine could only smile bitterly and say, "I hope everything is as you wish."
……
Goletia is becoming more and more lively.
It's weekend exercise time again. As soon as students step out of the school gate, they can see smoke rising from the street opposite the school gate. The most eye-catching thing is the barbecue grill that is emitting bursts of green smoke. The charcoal fire is burning red, and the skin of the chicken being grilled is a human golden brown. The fat is roasted and drips onto the charcoal fire, sizzling, and the fragrance is sent to the students' noses along the green smoke, making them move towards this side unconsciously.
“You said this thing—” [chew chew chew] “Why is it so delicious!” Lucas took a big bite and sighed.
Lilith and her group didn't get a seat, so they stood on the roadside and ate the grilled chicken wings. Lucas no longer had the huge financial pressure like before, and occasionally he would get together with them to enjoy some street food.
"Of course I have to thank Miss Lilith!" The stall owner was a hospitable uncle, who was skillfully fiddling with the skewers while joking with the customers. "If your winery didn't produce so much feed every day, those breeders wouldn't have enough feed to expand their breeding numbers, and the prices wouldn't be so affordable. The sauce you taught me to make is also very popular!"
This is indeed true. Lilith's winery produces a large amount of distiller's grains every day, and all the waste is sold to chicken and duck farmers near Goletia, making the breeding industry outside the city unprecedentedly prosperous. Even in the college cafeteria, chicken and duck meat can often be seen.
The boss in front of him benefited from this. The prices of chickens and ducks dropped, and he was quick-witted and started a small business in the city.
"You're so welcome!" Lilith handed a handful of chicken skewers to Ian and started chatting with the boss with a smile.
"Lucas, what does Ozler look like?" Lulu asked her friend while eating skewers.
"It's really strange. Why do people keep asking me this question recently?" Lucas looked at Lilith helplessly. This guy had asked him the same question before.
"Yes, why do you want to know too?" Lilith turned her head after hearing that, a little curious.
"It's that Daniel again. He's been bragging to the whole school that he's going to Ozler early." Bobby took a bite of the skewer and hissed from the burn.
"Then you really asked the wrong person." Lucas said helplessly, "Not long after I was born, my parents took me away from there. My mother doesn't like to talk about it, and my sister doesn't remember much about it... But she also said that it's not a good place, it's very run-down."
"Ah, then why did Daniel go to that kind of place? And show off everywhere." Sean was even more confused.
"Who cares? Catherine won't take us there anyway." Lily, who had already heard it once, was not surprised at all. She said loudly, "Boss, grill me another 20 skewers. I'll take them home for my sister."
"Ah, I want some too!" Sean's attention was immediately drawn back, and seeing Lilith's puzzled look, he explained, "Hey, buy some more and keep them for when we watch the game!"
"Forget it. I bet you'll be cheating on me every night and won't make it to the game day." Lulu and everyone else looked at me as if to say "I don't know you yet."
Sean got angry and started arguing with everyone. As it was getting dark, Lilith said goodbye to them with a smile and walked towards Cuiliu Lane.
But as soon as she stepped into the shadow of the wall in the alley, she was grabbed by the neck from behind.