Blood tax

Chapter 197 Happy Birthday!I am a gift!
"Mura, what should I do with the birthday party and gifts for the noble lady?" Griffith tapped on the table and asked Murat in a low voice, who was reviewing for the exam.

"Simple, oversized cakes, teddy bears, and overwhelming heart-shaped paper fireworks at the birthday party."

Heck, how did I forget that this guy's fiancée is only 12 years old, this experience means nothing.Griffith turned his head bitterly, seeking help from others.

"Midian Maier, how should I prepare a birthday present for a girl?"

Midian Maiya thought for a while, and said proudly: "You are asking the right person. A piece of Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 7, preferably with blood on it, bring two bottles of wine and the story of your battle victory, call Everyone, prepare a table of barbecue."

Ophelia nodded deeply at the side, and snapped her fingers at Midian Maier, "Six bottles!"

"..."

I was wrong, I was wrong!I shouldn't have asked these weirdos.Griffith rubbed his forehead.

I have to ask a normal, sensible person with similar environment and ideas to me as a reference!
Lana next to Griffith Lala, this guy is lowering his head to review, so as not to fail himself.Griffith asked: "Lana, how do we prepare presents for the countess's birthday?"

The tall hussar glanced at his classmate.Don't look at Ranawei being fierce and fierce, he is one of the few well-educated people in Shutoral.Soon, he understood what Griffith was asking:
"Everyone's situation is different, and it is impossible to generalize.

"I recommend you a way. First, prepare a lot of flowers and a bottle of wine."

Well, this start sounds pretty good, as expected of Lana!Griffith nodded seriously.

"Then prepare a big cardboard box and red silk."

What are these things for...

"Flavour yourself, put on your best uniform, and your medals,"

You don't need to say it...

Lana looked at Griffith with sincere eyes, and said seriously: "Then tie a bow tie with satin, jump into the box, bring wine and flowers, and close the box. Ah, right! There must be a note on the outside of the box , it says - happy birthday! I am a gift!"

……

Second Age August 1444, 6.

Sonia finished the whole day of exams and returned to the dormitory exhausted.

Griffith and everyone ordered a grand dinner for her in the best private restaurant on campus, and invited everyone to attend.Fiona acted furtively as if conspiring with Griffith, and did not appear in the room.

Sonia took off her shoes and lay on the bed, hooking the slippers with her smooth little feet.

I didn't expect Griffith to be so attentive. I'm so happy. It's the first time I left home to celebrate my birthday outside.I was a little lonely at first, but now I feel so happy!

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a particularly large box in the corner of the bedroom, with cute pink stickers on it, and hastily wrapped it in red satin.

"What is this?" Sonia walked over to check the big box while taking off her coat.There was a note on the outside of the box, with a line written on it:

"Happy birthday! I'm a present!"

This is Griffith's handwriting, what a big gift!He only has 300 silver Lang per month. It is wrong to spend money so lavishly. I will criticize him later.

But, so happy!I have never received such a big gift!The pony my dad gave me doesn't count, uh.

Sonia also took off her close-fitting clothes, and hurriedly changed into a party dress.Without a maid by my side, I have to do these things myself, but it is not easy at all.

She dressed in a hurry, and the dinner party was about to begin.Unlike Galadia and Fiona with long straight hair, her long blond hair has always been combed very carefully, and it is made into a bun like young leaves and flower buds, and a strand of blond hair will hang down if you are not careful. become untidy.

As the protagonist of the party, her dressing time is a little too late.

Sonia combed her hair quickly, and glanced at the big box in the corner from time to time.

I really want to open it now, the gift from Griffith must be different!He is very good at learning from other people's experience, but also has his own ideas.

But there is no time, the dinner party will start soon, and everyone is waiting for me!Such a big gift will be unwrapped later.

Sonia looked in the mirror to make sure her hair was done.She hurriedly pulled up her skirt, stepped on her high heels, picked up the hem of her skirt and ran out.

……

The party was really great, pink paper fireworks were scattered everywhere.The cake is so big and tall that it can be divided into one piece for the whole grade.

And it's delicious, Griffith must have tried several before choosing the style.Sonia was overjoyed.She received many gifts and had a lot of fun with everyone.

Oddly, Griffith didn't show up until everyone shared the cake.This is definitely a problem, even if the world is about to be destroyed, he will not miss this!
"Does anyone see where Griffith is?" Galadia, who was dressed up, stood for a long time holding a large piece of cake left for Griffith, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and asked everyone, " I'm curious what he's going to get for his birthday, hmm."

"That's right, where did he go!"

"How could this wood be late today!"

Midian Maiya, who drank a few more glasses, yelled: "Don't criticize Griffith, his gift is very good, he is wearing a full set of cavalry uniform and a medal, and the gift is the Sequence Seven 'Wizard' extraordinary characteristic captured in battle Jewels, on velvet!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ophelia kicked him.

"Hey, why are you doing this! Leaking secrets is not good!" Some people who knew about Griffith's plan began to criticize Midian Maier.

Sonia's eyes lit up, and she was beyond happy.At the birthday party, my own knight gave precious combat captures as gifts, or the crystallization of the characteristics of a precious spellcaster. Is there a more meaningful, more decent, more precious, and more perfect gift than this?This gift and heart simply needs a kiss from the countess to put it in place.

Galadia curled her lips a little disappointed.She also felt that this gift was good or not, but it was not for herself.

"It's just~" Sonia suddenly remembered something, "I saw a big box in the room, it was very big, it was a gift from Griffith, Extraordinary properties don't need such a big box."

The whole place is quiet...

Fiona supported her forehead and almost fainted. After a while, she said with difficulty: "I moved that box in with Griffith."

"So where is Griffith?" Sonia asked without thinking.

"Griffith is in the box."

……

The exam was finally over, but Griffith was not in a relaxed mood at all.

Galadia's birthday is two months away, and he has to prepare in advance.The only ideas are used on Sonia's birthday, which can make the students laugh for half a year.He had to come up with a better one for Miss Elf.

Ah, it's so difficult!No idea at all.

Griffith scratched his head, unable to find an answer.He could only change his mind and think of something else.

What exactly is the Deathrattle Order planning?The known information is what they created with Raven's large amount of life and psychic energy, and they must have plans for the next step.Griffith had a feeling that he would encounter them again in the not-too-distant future.

While thinking, he recorded the time and summary of the incident on paper, sorting out the cause and effect.

At this time, a charming fragrance of roses appeared behind him and poked over his shoulders.

"What are you thinking about?" Galadia almost put her chin on his shoulder, looking at him and at the messy records on the paper.

"I'm thinking."

"What are you thinking about?"

"Think about your birthday present and some other things." Griffith raised the quill, scratched Miss Elf's nose with the feather, and drove her to a chair beside her.

"Why do you need to write the timetable and events when thinking about birthday presents?" Galadia looked at him holding a large thick book. "You are obviously thinking about other things, how dare you fool me. Hmph!"

"I thought about your birthday first, and then I thought about other things."

"Well," the elf pouted and looked at him, "The gift you gave Sonia was really thoughtful—ah!"

"..."

I knew it would be like this!Griffith's whole body became alert.But he had been on guard for a long time, and he knew that the girl would ask him this way:

"It was a drill. I gained valuable experience and data and learned lessons."

"..."

"Through this exercise, I have mastered the scale of birthday gifts, learned enough lessons from the traps that I cannot escape from, and have a deep understanding and reflection on past work. I can avoid the recurrence of previous mistakes.

"I don't believe Lana's bad idea anymore!"

Griffith said a lot of things eloquently, which made Galadia unable to listen.In the end, she was embarrassed and looked down at her shoes: "It's just a birthday present, don't do this, you can't delay your studies."

"Of course, there's only one problem."

"What's the problem?"

"Your birthday is on August 8, and it's summer vacation at that time. Will you go back to Canaan?" Griffith raised a most concerned question.

"Yes~" Galadia's eyes suddenly lit up, she nodded and said, "I may not be able to come back until school starts, this birthday is also my coming-of-age ceremony, and I must spend it in Canaan.

"But, hey, don't get excited, sit down, you can give me the gift in advance! If I feel bad, I can ask you to change it before my birthday!"

This was really the last thing Griffith wanted to hear.He subconsciously asked:
"Can't we see each other for two months?"

The elf's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she felt that she was waiting for this: "It's about the same. It may not be that long. We can have a summer inspection together in the first half of the summer vacation, can't we?"

"Aren't you going to Bai Yelan?" Griffith asked with a worried face.

"Where are you going?" Galadia looked at his depressed face with a look of dismay. "In short, we can't see each other for a while. When I come back, school will already start!"

"Hey..." Griffith sighed heavily, feeling extremely heavy.The upcoming happy summer vacation instantly turned gray.

"Actually, don't worry," the elf girl said contentedly after she had had enough fun and found all the places where Griffith's sudden attack caught her off guard, "It's not completely impossible. In early August, I can invite You come to Canaan."

what? !

For a moment, Griffith thought he had heard wrong.

Canaan is the kingdom of God in the world, and any entry of human beings needs to go through a substantive review.In theory, even a human king could be denied entry.

"I'm the consul's daughter. It's no problem to invite a human as a guest." Galadia was very satisfied with Griffith's expression just now and her harvest today. "I will let Sidious give Earl Lamor sent a letter, starting from August 8th, you will be on a mission, take a fast boat and enter the country on the 10th in the name of official travel, you can stay for no more than 15 days, and then return to school with me!"

This is really a dreamlike thing!
Griffith was as happy as a dream.This is more than ten days alone with Galadia!If nothing happened, I would be sorry for the gods in the sky, wouldn't I! ?
Galadia then said happily: "In the past few days, you have to get along well with Sidious."

That's natural, I feel that Sidious is actually easy to get along with, and I will call you when I am in danger.Griffith nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go shopping in Canaan together." Miss Elf continued.

Yes, yes, this is it!

"You can visit and use the Great Library of Canaan."

Awesome, I'm going to check out the truth about Chaminos.

"Listen to the proceedings of the Canaan Senate and get to know the elders who are close to my family."

If you can't wish for it, you can't leave behind learning and growth.

"Have a meal or something with my dad and my clan."

"..."

"I want to introduce you to him."

Ah, this.Griffith's face was pale, and his heart was beating like a marching drum. His face was covered with sweat, and he said with difficulty: "Well, Mr. Consul, maybe..."

"What could it be?" Galadia tilted her head and looked at him with a smile, "Maybe it will kill you?"

Yes, that's basically what it means.Griffith nodded reluctantly.

The consul's daughter said seriously: "Why, do you still want to get away with it? The Villanoy family knows about you, and my mother and her sylph elves also know about you. They know that you and I wiped out Goblin, Watchfort saved me, and I fished you out of the Whispering Forest, and you still called my name on the battlefield. They probably didn't know that time in the Black Territory.

"You are a human, and I am an elf. We still live in the same place almost every day. This may be the case for the next three years. In fact, I should have consulted my family for such a thing."

Such a thing, what kind of thing... Griffith was terrified, almost terrified.He stammered and asked:
"What should I prepare?"

Galadia looked at him, thought for a while, and realized that she didn't know the answer to this question:
"How many more lives are prepared?"

(End of this chapter)