After a night's rest, the team got back on the road the next day and finally arrived at the Maple Leaf Mountains at noon.
"Wow~ It really has a completely different aura than those boring hillsides in the royal capital..."
Looking at the distant scenery from the car window, Lawrence was very excited.
Unlike ordinary nobles in the royal capital who have many opportunities to travel around during holidays, Lawrence, who grew up abroad, has very unfamiliar memories of the country to which he belongs.
Looking at the magnificent colors in front of him, the mountains were red and the forests were dyed, Wayne also felt that his mood had broadened a lot.
"This town is actually built on the mountainside...but the scenery is very pleasant."
Looking around, there are not many tall buildings, only some scattered small houses hidden by lush foliage.
As soon as he finished speaking, President Raphael explained: "I came here once a year ago, and the residents here told me that their ancestors were actually civilians who had lived at the foot of the nearby mountains for generations."
"Due to the tourism stimulus plan promulgated by the former prime minister many years ago, more tourists came to the Maple Leaf Mountains. So the locals specially established a new town here, named Maple Leaf Town, and relocated some residents here Life."
No wonder the architectural style is so unified. It is very different from the poor people we saw in the past who could only use wooden frames to build their shelter.
Wayne nodded.
"...This will not only provide some convenience for tourists who want to climb mountains, but also increase local tax revenue." President Raphael smiled. "Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with you and Chris."
"Huh?" Wayne was a little surprised.
But then he reacted quickly.
"Is it grandpa?!" Chrissy said what he wanted to say before him.
Raphael nodded and said, "Yes, that's the gentleman."
…
After knowing that this place had something to do with her family, Chris's enthusiasm for Maple Leaf Town obviously increased a lot.
As soon as she put down her things, she couldn't wait to take Wayne outside to have fun.
"Wayne~ Just come with me and have a look~"
"Didn't you listen to President Raphael's advice? There are a lot of foreigners here, so it's best not to leave the team." Wayne was reluctant.
Even though the local area has tried its best to develop many profitable projects, due to environmental and scale constraints, there is actually nothing interesting. It's nothing more than eating two special dishes, drinking a few glasses of local wine, and then playing a few dice games... and so on.
But what really made him lose interest was not just because of this.
"We'd better rest for a while, after all, we have to climb mountains tomorrow," he said.
The carriage couldn't get out of the steeper places, so it was foreseeable that they would have to walk a long distance next.
When she heard the word "climbing", Chris' face suddenly fell.
"Wayne~"
After thinking about it, she took Wayne's hand and held it against her chest, and her voice began to sound sweet. "I know you can't bear to watch me climb the mountain so hard..."
The softness on a large scale makes people think about it.
However--
"I can't bear it." Wayne's words left Chris speechless.
She threw him away angrily, "Ven, I've seen through you!"
Chris expressed that she was extremely disappointed with him, turned around and went back to her room, sulking alone.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Lawrence, who had been watching the play from a distance for a while, suddenly came closer. "Girls are really scary creatures~"
He seemed very touched.
Wayne glanced at him and said nothing.
"Why don't you agree? Let's have fun outside for an afternoon, and then drink some wine in the evening..." The more he described, the more excited he became.
"——Then you will drop out of school and go home to have a baby, right?" Wayne broke the fantasy in his mind.
"Uh..." Lawrence laughed awkwardly, "That's all."
Wayne ignored him and sat down in a corner of the hotel lobby, looking absently at the scenery outside the window.
The view here is very good, and you can see at a glance the long winding road paved with stone slabs at the door, and the mountain peaks further away.
For some reason, Lawrence also came over and sat opposite him.
"well……"
He shook his head and sighed.
"If only I had a girlfriend, she would pull me to act like a spoiled child." While sighing, he also looked sideways out of the window.
The sun was still shining brightly at this time, and Lawrence's eyes were filled with yearning.
Wayne, who originally didn't want to talk to him, became alert immediately after hearing these words.
"Didn't I tell you? You must have money first." He said calmly. "However, you are not even willing to dance. It is difficult for people to believe that you are sincere."
Perhaps after a period of precipitation, Lawrence's attitude was not so resistant when the matter was brought up again.
But he was still in trouble.
"I really don't understand how dancing can be equated with love."
"That's because you didn't turn around!" Wayne's fingers tapped on the table.
“It’s not that dancing = love, it’s that dancing = money = love.”
"As long as you leave this matter to me to run, and then follow my instructions exactly, I will ensure that you get rich."
When he said this, his tone was very arrogant.
Lawrence fell silent.
"If you have money, will you be able to catch Echos?" he asked.
"Not necessarily."
——In fact, it must not be possible.
"What if we fail?" Lawrence was worried about this.
If you lose face and don't get the results you want, wouldn't you suffer a big loss?
"If it fails—"
Wayne supported the table, leaned forward slightly, and slowly said a few words: "Don't you still have money?"
Lawrence's pupils dilated, as if he was enlightened.
"...Yes, you are right." He murmured.
"Even if it's not to pursue Ecos, even if it's just to make the concert go smoothly, money is indispensable..."
Wayne smiled as if he had a winning chance.
“Once you realize this, the next step is easy.”
——Lawrence, go and feel the love of rich women!
Many feasible plans came to mind, and he was determined to customize an exclusive happy package for Lawrence.
By the way, you can also make some auxiliary preparations for your own long-term planning.
If we talk about family development, he would have been hesitant before because of the Edgeworth family's interference...
So now, all he has in his eyes is the expectation of this struggle.
When the day comes when the Edgeworth family has to ask for something from them, what can even Minister Franz himself say to object?
Rather than treating Songli's power as one's own, of course it would be more powerful to directly cultivate a direct lineage team.
