The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 235 Life in the Mansion
To be honest, Ryan was very curious about Alice's father, because he didn't know how a man could make his daughter hate him to the core and love him madly at the same time.

Alice saw Ryan's confusion from his expression. "I can feel that my father loves me from the bottom of his heart and even thinks that I am as important as his life. I am also proud of his achievements in alchemy."

"But ever since I was old enough to understand, he has been busy with work, and I only see him a few times a year. And he is also worried about my safety, and usually doesn't allow me to leave here when I'm alone." Alice seemed a little frustrated when she said this.

"Wait a minute, I can find you a companion." Ryan suddenly thought of something when he heard this and said, "But I have to leave for a while."

"It's okay, I can read a book." Alice took a book from the cabinet next to her and started reading. Ryan quickly opened the space door and went to the radiation world to get something. He didn't come out of the space door until half an hour later.

When Ryan came out of the space gate, he saw Alice still holding the book open on her knees, but he could feel her nervousness from the fact that she had not turned a page.

Alice raised her head after hearing the noise, and was surprised to see a cardboard box more than one meter tall standing next to Ryan.

"What is this?" Alice put down the book and walked over, then looked at the box curiously.

"This contains Mr. Handy." Ryan pointed to the big box beside him that his men had found when searching an underground warehouse not long ago. "It's a robot that can do housework and chat with you. It should be similar to the alchemical puppets you have here. In our place, they are often used as servants or nannies."

After saying that, Ryan waved his magic wand gently, and the box peeled off automatically. A robot with three eyes like an octopus appeared in front of the two.

"Well, let me see the instructions." Ryan took out a small notebook and instructed Alice how to make the robot recognize its master. After all the verification procedures were completed, the robot suddenly activated the jet device below and floated in the air.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Alice. I will be your most loyal companion. You can call me Miss Helen." The robot greeted Alice in a soft female voice.

"This accent reminds me of Curie." Ryan thought as he looked at the French-speaking robot in front of him.

"Can I really be friends with her?" Alice turned to Ryan after chatting with the robot Helen for a while. "To be honest, I haven't made a friend like this who is round and looks like an octopus."

"Of course there's no problem. Friendship is a communication between people's inner selves and has little to do with appearance. I have a similar friend." After saying that, Ryan took out a photo. It was a photo of Curie and Ryan in the laboratory given to her after Curie arrived at the Plants vs. Zombies world.

"Look, this is my friend. She's a very good doctor. You might have a chance to meet her again when she's done with her busy schedule. From what I've seen, she's very curious. If I find a new place, she'll probably come to see it."

"It's amazing, but wouldn't it be a bit too selfish for me to leave Miss Helen at home like this?" Alice made an uncertain sound.

"You are such a kind-hearted girl, but you don't need to worry about this for now. These robots don't have their own independent souls at the beginning. Only after they have close contact with humans for a long time will they slowly realize themselves and have their own souls. For example, my friend is over 200 years old. The reason why her soul was formed is because her three former owners spent their entire lives communicating with her. Let her slowly understand what love is and what self is." "Oh, that's it." Alice nodded, "I once heard my father say that when many top-level alchemical puppets were created, they had souls but they were incomplete. Only when these puppets really come into contact with human life for a long time and understand what it means to be a human can they gradually complete their souls and become real lives."

At this point, a "gurgling" sound suddenly came. Ryan looked in the direction of the sound and found that it came from Alice's stomach. It was no wonder that Alice probably had no appetite after she got sick. Even though she had just received a nutritional injection to supplement her with enough nutrition, she was still hungry after chatting for such a long time.

"Ah, that's really rude." Alice, who was born in an aristocratic family, felt a little embarrassed and her face suddenly turned red. "By the way, it's time to eat now. Ryan, you should come too."

Following Alice to the restaurant, Alice took out dish after dish from a gorgeous copper enamel box nearby, and the temperature of each dish was just right. Seeing Ryan staring at the box in surprise, Alice puffed out her chest and said proudly, "This is something my father invented specifically for me. Any dish put in it can be kept for a year. And the dish will stay the same when it is taken out as it is when it is put in. Every time my father comes home, he will bring me delicious food from all over the country."

Ryan smiled politely and thought, "Alice's father does love his daughter, but he is not very good at raising a child. How is this different from rich people ordering takeout from the hotel every day? Under such circumstances, Alice has not grown up crooked and still maintains a kind soul like gold. God is really blessing her."

Soon, the table was filled with dishes. This was a standard classical French meal consisting of 13 dishes. However, Alice served all the dishes at once for convenience, rather than in the traditional order.

"Oh, sorry." Alice stuck out her tongue. "I'm used to doing this when I eat alone at home."

"It's okay. I'm not a noble and I don't care about these things. But you can tell these things to the robot Helen in the future. As long as you teach her once, she can help you do these things."

When Ryan sat down, he realized that this French meal was for him. Alice put the plate away and opened the door to go out. Seeing Ryan looking at her, Alice smiled and said, "My father told me not to eat greasy food when I'm sick, so these days I've been boiling potatoes at home and eating them with yogurt."

It was no wonder that she was lying in bed unable to move. It would be strange if nothing happened to her with lung infection and malnutrition. Thinking of this, he took out his wand and cast a warming spell on the dishes on the table, then stood up and said, "Let me go to the kitchen with you."

Soon the three of them arrived at the kitchen on the first floor (Helen followed them on the way). Ryan saw several large bags of potatoes piled in the corner of the kitchen and asked, "Are there no other vegetables?"

"But it's winter now, there really aren't many vegetables. The few vegetables my father stored were eaten a long time ago." Alice said in confusion. In her impression, there really were no vegetables to eat in winter. Ryan turned his head and looked out the window. Through the window without curtains, Ryan saw that it was white outside. There was thick snow on the trees and on the ground.

He then remembered that Alice's father was an alchemist, not a druid. It was normal that they didn't cultivate winter vegetables. After all, this was the era of Louis XV, and it was common sense that they couldn't eat fresh vegetables in winter. It was normal for people living in this era not to think of this.

"Potatoes alone are not enough. I'll go find you some vegetables." After saying that, Ryan opened the space gate and headed to the world of Plants vs. Zombies.

(End of this chapter)