The girl was not ashamed to ask.
“I… I don’t know either.”
The boy’s face still showed confusion.
But after a while, he stubbornly emphasized again:
“The person I like should have a pure heart, a loyal belief. She should be gentle, kind, pure, and dignified…”
Liuyu: …
This idiot straight guy.
“… She will love me with a heart as pure as a diamond, and she will not deceive me or trick me…”
Liuyu gritted her teeth and decided to add an extra drop of medicine at night as a retaliation.
Chapter 13: Waking Up from a Long Dream
But during the day, the two of them still had many things to do.
Liuyu finally understood how the true European nobles spent their long days:
Not including the marginalized Fergus family.
They were busy, incredibly busy.
Busy with accepting various etiquettes, busy with fencing and horse riding, busy with learning the knowledge and skills that nobles should have.
The Bright Academy aimed to cultivate clergy:
They served the gods, naturally needing elegant conversation, abundant knowledge, and graceful manners.
The first class was a history class, but Liuyu interpreted it as “Love of God education class”.
A professor named Rovrolo taught the class. The professor was not young, with white hair, small curls that reached his shoulders, a pair of golden-rimmed glasses on his nose, and he would push his glasses up every few sentences. He liked to look at people from below his glasses, and he also liked to knock students’ heads with chalk, hitting the target every time.
Liuyu didn’t lose focus.
She was listening with great interest because the secret histories of many kingdoms sounded as bizarre as fiction:
For example, a father had a dream of his son usurping the throne, so he imprisoned his son. When the son grew up, he came back and killed his father, and incidentally took his own mother and sister, involving both heavy taste and dog blood drama.
The second class was a fencing class.
Liuyu originally thought she would be nervous, but when she picked up the sword, her body naturally went into a guard position-
It was because she still had the muscle memory of the original body and had taken the most basic fencing class. She was not bad at some basic fencing poses, and with some extra practice, she gradually got used to it.
Of course, she was still not as good as Princess Mary and the others who had trained with court swordsmen, but she could still manage.
Liuyu studied very seriously.
She never wasted any opportunity to learn.
She endured countless strikes from the cold sword, leaving marks on her tender skin from the fierce impact. Her hand gripping the sword hilt hurt, but she didn’t stop halfway.
In the afternoon, there was only one class on horse riding.
The riding field was wide and endless.
Everyone in the academy received a set of fiery red riding attire, with gold trim and a black belt. The pants were neatly tucked into the riding boots, making them look very spirited.
Liuyu tied her hair up neatly, leaving it slightly fluffy, and put it into a loose bun.
When she walked out of the locker room, she inevitably received a lot of admiring gazes.
“Did you see Mr. Leslie?”
She asked a boy she didn’t know.
“Mr. Leslie?” The boy pointed to the front right, “He went horse riding.”
Horse riding?
Gaia?
Liuyu wondered in her heart as she smiled at the boy:
“Thank you.”
The boy’s face turned red instantly, nodding:
“Mis…Miss Fergus, y…you’re welcome!”
Liuyu was amused by the boy’s naive reaction. Ah, youth, she seemed to have never had such a carefree time when she could easily develop feelings for someone.
She held onto the riding whip she had specially brought, and walked to the right along the path towards the entrance. Sure enough, she saw Gaia on horseback.
He was sitting on the horse, with Prince Carlo and Nataschy standing on either side of the horse. The three of them were talking about something, and Liuyu could see the shy smile on Nataschy’s lips.
“Really, Prince Carlo?” Nataschy smiled slightly. “Oh, that would be interesting.”
Prince Carlo was fascinated as he looked at her, then looked at Gaia.
“What were you talking about?”
Liuyu walked over with a smile.
Prince Carlo placed his hand on his chest:
“Miss Fergus, we were just talking about how we must get Mr. Leslie drunk during the party to see if he can still be as serious as now.”
“Oh, I look forward to it.”
Liuyu smiled.
If he gets drunk, things will be easier to handle.
“Beliyah.”
Gaia looked disapprovingly at her.
At this moment, Liuyu had already walked to his side.
The boy looked down at her from a higher position, and the sunlight cast a soft halo on him. His silver hair was tied up, hanging down like mercury, and a strand fell onto her shoulder. Liuyu was stunned for a moment before speaking:
“Ah, the drunken Gaia must be very cute.”
“Beliyah.”
The boy’s voice was graceful, with a hint of shyness.
Liuyu then realized that this person, apart from being indifferent to everything, seemed to still have a bit of youthful nature.
She smiled:
“But I still want to see.”
“Beliyah, sister…” Nataschy interrupted, looking at her with a hesitant expression. She really wanted to ask Liuyu how she knew about those things.
“What you just said…?”
“… Good horse.”
Liuyu touched Gaia’s horse’s back.
This white horse had sleek muscles and shiny fur, clearly extraordinary.
Professor Edward, the teacher of the horse riding class, stood to the side with his arms crossed and laughed out loud:
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