! ! !
Wayne's scalp was numb at these few words from Minister Franz.
Especially when Geli was startled for a moment and then walked towards him with a curious expression.
what to do? ! Adrenaline is pumping!
"Your Excellency Ecos?"
Ge Li showed a polite smile and said softly: "I'm sorry...Father left you in my care. I hope you won't dislike it."
Ah, it's embarrassing to pretend to be a girl in front of your girlfriend.
but……
It seems like it’s been a long time since Kareli smiled at me so purely.
In addition to being ashamed, Wayne felt a little disappointed.
"I don't like feasts."
he said suddenly.
Ge Li was a little surprised by what he said, but she quickly reacted. "Then please, Mr. Echos, please follow me to the second floor of the banquet hall to rest. It's quieter there and no one will disturb you."
Wayne nodded with a wooden face.
"Also, don't call me Mr. Echos, just call me Echos." He whispered.
Geli smiled and said, "Actually, I also think Sister Echos is about the same age as me..."
Please don't! This title is even more outrageous than before!
However, Ge Li happened to turn around to guide him, and did not see the extremely distorted expression on his face for a moment.
"..."
Wayne felt like he was speechless.
Moreover, he discovered something very serious.
That is, when Song Li stays by his side, he can no longer meet her as Wayne.
If you do this forcefully, even if you don't get involved on the spot, it will easily arouse a high degree of suspicion.
never mind……
Still safety first.
Silently giving up the idea of taking the opportunity to hang out with Song Li, he felt at ease instead.
——Since it is Echos who is standing in front of Song Li at this time, Wayne has nothing to do with me.
I took Ecos to the second floor of the banquet hall. The privacy here was obviously much stronger, and the sound coming from downstairs was very small.
"This living room is also a place for entertaining guests. There are also several temporary guest rooms here."
Perhaps because he thought Echo was a girl, Song Li introduced him into a larger guest room without too much precaution. "Sister Echo can rest here for a while. The party has just begun and it won't end so early."
Then, she said slyly: "Actually, I occasionally find opportunities to run away from annoying banquets and hide secretly by myself..."
"Then don't I provide you with a perfect excuse?" Wayne joked.
"That's right, but it's best not to tell my father." Ge Li said.
She was wearing an expensive dress, with a purple gauze skirt covering her body, revealing her perfectly formed shoulders, neck and collarbones.
Her long, smooth brown hair was tied up on top of her head, and she wore a small top hat as an embellishment, which attracted Wayne's attention.
Kareira-san looks so cute...
Wayne couldn't help but want to bully her.
But doing those things with Echo's body would only scare her.
Thinking like this, he felt a little bitter.
Seeing that he didn't speak for a while, Geli asked curiously: "Sister Echo, why did you suddenly come to our banquet today?"
The whereabouts of this mysterious powerful man have always been elusive, and it has never been reported that he has had close relations with any force.
The more convincing theory among the royal capital's senior officials is that she is likely to come from another far away country and stay here temporarily for unknown purposes.
But since she had never had any entanglements with any force before, why did she take the initiative to show her favor to the Edgeworth family tonight?
Yes, that's right, the deeper meaning of participating in this banquet is to show friendship to the Edgeworth family.
Ge Li was thinking seriously, could it be because:
The Edgeworths had exactly what Echols needed.
"...Because it's boring."
Wayne answered somewhat perfunctorily.
——You can’t say that I actually want to see you, right?
In response to this careless reply, Geli's eyes flashed slightly, obviously not believing what he said.
However, she did not continue to ask.
Wayne couldn't think of what he was going to say to Song Li as Echo, so he had to pretend to be interested and look at the furnishings in the room.
"Are these rooms specially used to receive foreign guests?" he asked.
"Yes." Ge Li told the truth.
"Although people generally don't drink excessively at banquets, sometimes guests do get drunk, so we have to let them stay in the guest room temporarily."
As if she was afraid that Echos would doubt the sanitary conditions, she explained a little more: "Ah, but don't worry, everything here will be cleaned after every banquet."
...What a wonderful place.
Wayne thought for the umpteenth time that it would be great if it wasn't Echos who was here now, but Wayne.
He passed by the large, soft-looking bed and sat down on the leather chair next to it. Geli followed him in and sat on the chair next to it.
"Are you sure it's okay to just accept me alone? There should be Miss Songli and your friends downstairs, right?" Ecos actually wanted Songli to leave first, and then she would wait for an opportunity to see if she could take advantage of the loophole. .
But she shook her head and chuckled: "Of course Sister Echo is more important now. Friends can also see each other on a regular basis..."
In fact, we can see each other usually, but you don't like to talk to me recently.
Thinking of the times in the academy when Geli deliberately ignored him several times, Wayne felt a little resentful.
Suddenly, he had an idea.
"Is there anyone you like, Miss Song Li?" Aikosi asked coldly.
——I am so smart.
Some things you can't say to your lover may not necessarily be unspeakable to other friends of the same gender.
In particular, this friend doesn’t know himself very well and has little connection with his daily life. Isn’t this the perfect person to talk to?
Hearing what he asked, Ge Li was obviously stunned.
Wayne didn't miss the flash of sadness in her eyes at that moment.
"Yes, yes..." She did not deny it.
However, she had no intention of going into detail. Instead, she forced a smile and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about him. In fact, there is nothing to say."
Seeing her pretending to be fine, Wayne felt a pain in his heart.
"Does he... make you feel disgusted?"
Geli was obviously not used to communicating about emotional matters with people he was not familiar with yet, but seeing that Echoes seemed to really care about him, he couldn't help but feel a little warm.
"Of course I hate it..." she said without hiding it.
Got the expected answer.
Wayne only felt that his whole heart had become numb, and every beat was extremely difficult, losing its supposed vitality.
really.
Still hated.
"——I hate him because I like him so much."
