Volume 3 Chapter 7
7. Rich Loli, How Terrifying!
Xia Yi took out a box. Upon opening it, a radiant glow of various colors burst forth.
Inside were crystals of different attributes.
There was crimson representing the fire attribute, azure representing the water attribute, snow-white representing the ice attribute…
Upon seeing those lights, Keith lost his composure, his face greatly changing, almost jumping up from his seat.
“This, this is?!”
Keith’s breathing quickened.
Although his family had fallen from grace, he was still a noble after all. He considered himself knowledgeable and understood that these attribute crystals of various types were extraordinary.
Generally speaking, different types of magic stones were needed to make weapons or magic scrolls.
Magic stones were also divided into different categories according to their characteristics.
The most popular among nobles were crystals.
Compared to those ores that required complex processing, high-quality crystals could even be directly used in the production of luxury goods. Moreover, compared to ordinary luxury goods, crystal luxury goods were even more eye-catching. At high-class noble parties, they could transform one into the most dazzling person in the crowd, stealing the limelight!
When Xia Yi opened the box, these crystals could actively emit light, indicating exceptional quality. To the naked eye, there were no impurities in the crystals at all, and the purity was very high, far surpassing other crystals.
Keith was already drooling with desire, staring at the loli mage in front of him with puppy eyes.
“Miss Xia Yi, you…”
Xia Yi made a gesture that made Keith’s heart race!
She pushed the box forward.
This clearly meant—
“This is a meeting gift. I hope Mr. Keith will accept it. After all, I may be imposing on the Lawrence family for some time to come,” Xia Yi said.
Bullseye!
Keith beamed with joy, “Miss Xia Yi, you’re too polite!! We really can’t accept such a precious gift!!”
“It’s not precious, not precious at all, just a little token of appreciation. Lucia couldn’t come in person due to work reasons, so she entrusted me to pass it to you, the Lawrence family. After all, we’re long-term partners,” Xia Yi said. “Please don’t decline.”
She was telling the truth. These crystals weren’t hers anyway. Lucia had given them to her, and she had no use for them herself, so she might as well give them to the Lawrence family.
They might be quite rare for humans, but among the dragons, they were nothing special.
“Since you’ve put it that way, I understand. Come, someone, accept Miss Xia Yi’s gift!”
Keith stood up and called for servants from outside to receive the crystals. He even specifically instructed them to handle them with care.
“I understand, Lord Keith. Please rest assured,” the servant replied.
“By the way, where’s my niece?” Keith asked. “Didn’t I say to call her over to receive the distinguished guest together?”
“The young lady… said she was practicing swordsmanship… and had no time…”
“Tsk, what practice? She never knows the occasion. Go, call her over to meet Miss Xia Yi!”
“As you command, Lord Keith!” The servant left.
Keith had long been displeased with his niece, who never listened to him and only knew how to oppose him… If it weren’t for his late brother’s will, he wouldn’t bother to care!
But for now, the most important thing was to properly entertain the guest before him.
After all, she and the power behind her were now the Lawrence family’s patrons.
Although Keith felt strange from the bottom of his heart about a force with unclear origins and background yet exceptionally wealthy, they had given too much.
After all, this money could help the Lawrence family, so he didn’t pursue the matter.
“Miss Xia Yi, may I ask how Miss Lucia is doing recently?” Keith returned to his seat.
“Lucia’s been quite busy recently. However, she expressed that when she has the opportunity to return to the Rhine Kingdom, she will personally visit the Lawrence family. She has always praised the excellence of the Lawrence family to me.”
“Haha, Miss Lucia still recognizes our Lawrence family so much. We are also grateful to Miss Lucia. Without her assistance, our Lawrence family would have fallen into a quagmire,” Keith paused for a moment. “I wonder if there’s anything Miss Xia Yi needs our Lawrence family’s help with?”
“Mm, I’ve been traveling outside all this time. Now that I’ve returned to the Rhine Kingdom, I want to start anew… But I’m in a bit of an awkward position with my identity, and I might face obstacles everywhere. That’s when Lucia mentioned the Lawrence family to me…”
“What is your relationship with Miss Lucia?” Keith asked curiously.
From Xia Yi’s tone, it seemed that Lucia held her in high regard.
“Lucia is my family’s maid.”
“Maid?!”
Keith almost cried out.
My goodness, if even the maid is so powerful, how terrifying must the force behind her be?
Moreover, the loli millionaire in front of him had always exuded a unique noble aura. Upon careful thought, it was truly terrifying!
“What’s wrong? Don’t you believe me?”
Xia Yi showed the Lawrence family’s medal that Lucia had given her.
“This is indeed the medal we gave to Miss Lucia back then, Miss Xia… Yi!”
Keith almost changed his address to “Little Ancestor” just now.
“If you don’t mind, from now on, you can use our Lawrence family’s identity to conduct your activities… When the time comes, you can publicly claim to be a distant relative of our Lawrence family. Regarding your identity, I will also help you handle the relevant procedures as soon as possible.”
“Then I’ll have to trouble you, Mr. Keith. From now on, I am… Xia Yi · Lawrence. With the noble identity of the Lawrence family… It will be much more convenient for me in the Rhine Kingdom.”
Xia Yi roughly understood why Lucia disliked these nobles.
They were all money-grubbing fellows. As long as you gave them enough money, they could immediately change their attitude.
The key point was that the dragon way of whoever had the strongest power had the say couldn’t be used in the human world for the sake of blending in… It was indeed quite a grievance for Lucia, a powerful dragon, to be unable to use it.
“Miss Xia Yi, our Lawrence family has always been your partner. Rest assured!”
In order to curry favor with the other party, Keith took the initiative to ingratiate himself.
“The matters you have always instructed us to do, we have been completing them properly, including this year. Miss Lucia’s orders… We already sent the funds under the Lawrence family’s name in January.”
Xia Yi was actually a bit concerned. Lucia’s activities in the human world were all under Xia Lulu’s orders. These were all secrets that few people knew about.
Coincidentally, she could learn the truth through Keith today.
She wanted to see what kind of evil plot the wicked Silver Dragon Queen had been scheming behind the scenes!
“Oh, what was that?”
Keith revealed the truth.
After listening, Xia Yi stood there, stunned, her mind in chaos, and it took her a while to come back to her senses.
“What did you just… say?”