OBS Chapter 3963 Old News of Delineor
Chapter 3963 Old News of Delineor
Chapter 3963 Old News of Delineor
Shad considered one possibility:
“Mr. Bernhardt, you’re not going to the charity gala at the Oakham Park Pavilion tonight, are you? The one that raises money for refugees outside the city.”
Oakham Park is the largest park in the Upper Town of Arcadia, and it is most famous for hosting the De la Réun-Carsenrick Industrial Fair next month.
This should have been big news, considering that the previous expo held in the North lasted for three months and attracted over 3 million visitors.
Unfortunately, the opening date of this exposition was set just before the outbreak of the North-South war. Although many exhibitors from the North had withdrawn from the exposition due to the tense situation, the organizers still hoped to open the exposition before the war truly began.
However, they were still a month late, which made the expo quite awkward. Although the North did not issue a ban prohibiting its people from participating in the South, and the South did not prohibit its people from coming, both the number of participants and the expected number of visitors were greatly affected.
With refugees now scattered throughout the city, this exposition, which should have been a major local event, is unlikely to be as lively as previous ones. Arcadia was actually the host city of the first Old World Exposition, and the hosting rights have returned to it this time, which the whole city is looking forward to. However, with wartime, no one can do anything about it.
This "charity dinner" also served as a warm-up for the expo. Many important figures in the city would be attending tonight, which was why Wei Ge accepted the invitation even though she was ill before meeting Xia De.
Mr. Bernhardt nodded:
“Yes, it was the Royal Academy of Carsenrick that sent the Marquis of Fabius the invitation, and he asked me to attend on his behalf. This also helps in making contact with the local nobles and seeing if they are aware of the situation. So, speaking of which, who are you tonight?”
Judging from his expression, Shad knew what he wanted to say:
"Yes, that lady invited me, presumably as her date. But I forgot to ask her identity. But this time it shouldn't be her cousin, since her family is small and a distant relative wouldn't suddenly appear."
Mr. Bernhardt was not surprised at all:
"I knew it. Well then, let me chat a bit more. After all, we're friends, so just treat it as casual conversation."
"of course can."
"You know that the Astley family has royal blood from the Kingdom of Delineor, right?"
Xia De nodded:
"I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it, since it happened a long time ago."
Mr. Bernhardt then introduced Shad to him:
"In fact, the Astley family is not just about having royal blood. Their claimed lineage comes from the Duke Astley, the cousin of the last emperor of the Kingdom of Delineor. The last duke and the last emperor had a very good relationship. They grew up together. The duke was also the most valiant resister in the battle against Carsenrick, and the last one to surrender."
If Duke Astley hadn't surrendered at the last minute, Arcadia would likely have been destroyed in the final battle. The Emperor of Anjou wanted to grant the Duke a noble title, but the Duke refused, only requesting administrative and commercial rights over Greyrock Pass, nothing more.
Vampire Seed Duke paused for a moment:
"The above is the information that can be found. The information that cannot be found is that the queen of the last Emperor Deringer suffered from a hereditary blood disease."
"Is that so?"
Xia De leaned forward slightly:
"I remember the Astley family had a wife who had a hereditary blood disease. Was she from the same family as the Queen?"
"Of course not. Although the Duke's wife died young, it can be found that she was just an ordinary noblewoman and had no connection with the Queen's illustrious family."
Shad winked:
"So, did the two have an affair back then? Or did the King and the Duke exchange children? If it's the former, then it's just a royal scandal of the old kingdom; if it's the latter, then isn't the Astley family..."
Mr. Bernhardt shook his head:
"This is something that we, as people of this generation, cannot explain clearly, but the Anjou royal family obviously thinks the latter is very likely. Therefore, Carsonrick is very wary of the Astley family, after all, the Delineorian Restorationists have been eradicated for hundreds of years, but now they are showing a trend of growing in number."
Although the Astley family never had any nominal connection with them, if I were king, I wouldn't let my guard down. Speaking of which, the Delineor dynasty had established very good relations with our people back then; I've read this from ancient documents. Their demise was truly a pity.”
Mr. Bernhardt picked up the hat that was placed to the side, and Shad also stood up:
"She never told me about these things, probably because she felt that family history was meaningless. Well then, see you tonight, Mr. Bernhardt."
"See you tonight. If your girlfriend lets you do whatever you want, I'd be very interested to see your new cards."
The two said goodbye at the entrance of the teahouse. Mr. Bernhardt left in a carriage, while Shad, seeing that the area was too noisy, took the carriage directly to "Fragrance House". Before the maid opened the door, he threw away the crystal shoe and returned home.
It was a little past four in the afternoon, and only Mia was home. The cat, as usual, was perched on the windowsill looking out. Although it looked pitiful being locked up at home, it definitely didn't want to go out.
Xia De went over and rubbed the kitten's head before changing his clothes. During this time, the cat only ran to the bedroom door for a quick look before wandering back to the windowsill.
"I'm going to a banquet tonight, so I won't be home for dinner. Someone will definitely be home soon, so stay home and wait for me."
Before setting off again, Shad didn't forget to say goodbye to Mia. The cat meowed gently and followed Shad down the stairs to the basement before returning upstairs alone.
Although it didn't take Shad long to go home to wash up and change clothes, when he returned to Arcadia City, the sky was already filled with the glow of sunset that hadn't appeared before.
It took some more time to get back to the upper city from the lower city, and when he arrived at "Fragrance House" again, the extremely tall Miss Eve MacDonald was waiting for him at the door. This girl's figure was actually not as good as that of "gifted" people like Tifa or Gina the Dragon Maid, but her proportions were quite excellent.
Actually, you could just say she has long legs.
She whispered in Shad's ear as he greeted the young woman, but Shad did not respond.
Ladies always have more time to prepare for banquets than men, something Shad understood perfectly. When he arrived, Viggo was still putting on makeup and changing clothes, so her student was in charge of greeting Shad.
Given Viggo's status, she could have brought many people to tonight's charity gala, but Miss McDonald wasn't interested in such social occasions. When Shad asked her, this is what she said:
"I still have two papers to revise. Tonight I plan to go to the Candleburg Library to borrow a few books and then come back to revise the papers. I should be able to finish revising them before my teacher returns, so that I can have some free time this weekend to go out with him."
This girl seemed to be the type who didn't enjoy socializing much. Xia De worried that she would feel uncomfortable being assigned to greet him, so while waiting for her in Wei Ge's study, he proactively brought up topics that might interest her:
"Where did the paper go wrong during revisions? Was it the content? The references? Or the most troublesome part—the images?"
Miss McDonald was slightly surprised that Shad would ask such a question, but she still answered:
"One issue is a minor problem with the references, which is why I need to borrow books from the Candleburg Library to reorganize them; the other is that a reviewer for a journal felt my paper lacked originality, so I'm preparing to write him a long letter arguing that my theory and technical approach are sound. If they still disagree, I intend to..."
"Change to a different journal?"
"Yes."
"Revising a paper is annoying, right? After all, you think there won't be any problems before you submit it, but there are always some reviewers who will raise all sorts of questions. Some of them are indeed to the point, but some questions are really strange, and you still have to respond to them with polite words."
The stranger then reminisced about many things from the past. Although his hometown and this era are different in many ways, there are also many things that remain the same.
The girl with beautiful rose-gold hair wholeheartedly agreed, feeling as if Shad had struck a chord with her:
"Yes, that's right. For example, in this revised paper, one of the reviewers asked me why I didn't use the technical approach he was researching, but instead chose a new technical solution."
This question was perfectly normal; I initially thought he wanted to ask about the advantages of my new solution compared to the traditional one. However, after my first response, he surprisingly said that the existing technical solutions were already very mature and there was no need to risk reshaping the industry chain by developing new technologies.”
Miss McDonald took a deep breath:
"This is a really difficult question to answer."
"If it were me, I would answer like this: Thank you for pointing out the problem and giving valuable suggestions. I agree with your point of view. However, in terms of specific experimental design, our current experiment is only conducted in a laboratory environment. The purpose of designing the experiment is merely to explore a completely new possibility from a theoretical perspective, hoping to optimize existing technical solutions rather than completely modify them."
As Shad spoke, Miss McDonald thought for a moment, then took out her notebook and wrote down Shad's suggestion:
"That answer is acceptable, but it also introduces new problems. Following this line of thought, the conclusion and future prospects sections of the paper would likely require major revisions. However, if the focus is on technological optimization, this approach should be feasible."