Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 51 The Caught Little Tail (Second Update)
Qingcui spread its wings and took off, carrying Richard straight into the sky.

Soon, the huge gargoyle landed at the main entrance of the Jinhui Mage Academy.

Richard jumped off the gargoyle and quietly entered the Golden Glory Mage Academy amidst the envious, curious and amazed eyes of a large group of teachers and students.

As the most awesome academy in the City of Travel, it is not an exaggeration to describe the Jinhui Mage Academy as being extremely wealthy and inhumane. The academy is quite large, with teaching buildings, ruins, magic shooting ranges and even hunting forests.

In the past, there were many cases of students getting lost in the Jinhui Mage Academy. Later, the academy forced all teachers and students to add navigation magic to their badges, and such incidents were put to an end.

Richard walked familiarly around the magnificent teaching buildings and the broad campus lake and arrived at the elegant researcher dormitory.

Unlike ordinary teachers' dormitories, the dormitories for magic researchers are independent villas. Each villa has three floors, so even if you live with your family, you won't feel crowded.

If a researcher works in the Mage Academy for more than 20 consecutive years or makes outstanding contributions, he or she can obtain long-term residence rights in the villa, which can be extended at the latest 20 years after the mage's death.

To be honest, although the Mage College is competitive, the benefits it provides to its employees are still very good.

Unfortunately, no matter how good the welfare benefits are, they can only be given to living people. Once a person dies, he or she will not be able to enjoy anything.

Richard sighed, walked to his dormitory in Oxford, and knocked on the door with a heavy heart.

Boom boom boom!
"Hello, I am a colleague of the Oxford teacher, and I have come here to offer my condolences."

Richard shouted loudly.

"Huh?! Here it comes!"

Snap, snap, snap, snap!

Soon, a clear female voice came from the house, followed by the sound of approaching footsteps.

Richard was slightly stunned. The clear female voice in the room actually sounded familiar.

A wave of magical power flashed, and the door of the villa slowly opened.

Looking at the cute face in front of him, Richard opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

At the same time, exclamations of joy were heard from the opposite side of him.

"Ah! Teacher Chad! It's you. I recognized it as soon as I heard the voice."

"Diana. Why are you here?" Richard asked in surprise.

Diana was wearing a clean white short-sleeved shirt and shorts, a slightly tight apron, and a high ponytail. She looked pure and capable. A fragrance like gardenia wafted from her body and went straight into Richard's nostrils.

"The task assigned to me by the academy is to help take care of Mr. Oxford's daughter, Xiaoxiao Niu." Diana's eyes lit up and she asked, "Teacher Chad, the academy said that they might arrange a partner for me to take care of Xiaoxiao together. Could that partner be you?"

Richard: ...

Richard immediately understood why Dean Hank asked him to take care of Oxford's daughter.

He must still be afraid that I would commit suicide, and he saw some unclear relationship between Diana and me, so he wanted to bring Diana and me together, so that she could be my bond and give me the motivation to live.

But he neither said it explicitly nor forced the situation; he simply tried to create opportunities.

Dean Hank knows that Diana and I are both good people, and he will take good care of Niu Xiaoxiao and will not let her suffer any grievances.

This arrangement is both wise and reasonable. Like the wind that blows into the night, it moistens everything silently. Dean Hank, your mentor is like a father.

Even though he was trying to trick me, I couldn't hate him.

Richard sighed in his heart, raised his head and smiled at Diana, "It's not convenient to talk outside, let's go in and talk?"

"Yes! Please come in, Mr. Chad." Diana quickly made way, bent down, picked up the slippers with both hands, and placed them at Richard's feet.

"Thank you. I can do it myself." Seeing that Diana wanted to hold his feet to help him change his shoes, Richard quickly bent down and took the slippers.

He sat on the ground, changed his shoes and asked, "How is Xiaoxiao now?"

Diana was a little disappointed after being rejected by Richard, but she quickly cheered up when she heard Richard's voice and answered seriously:

"Xiaoxiao just cried for a while not long ago and now she just fell asleep.

After learning about the death of her Oxford teacher, Xiao Xiao became particularly insecure. She cried from time to time like a child.

Upon hearing that Xiao Xiao had just fallen asleep, Richard's voice suddenly became much lower.

"She doesn't look like a child, she is a child. Although she is tall and you can't tell from her appearance, Xiaoxiao is actually only 9 years old.

She is quite smart and has skipped grades twice. If she hadn’t skipped grades, she would still be in primary school now.”

Richard sighed: "Oxford loved Xiao Xiao very much, and the father and daughter depended on each other for survival. Now Xiao Xiao is left alone, which is really a sin."

“Yeah, yes, fate is so unfair.

Xiaoxiao is so well behaved. When I first came, she didn’t dare to cry during the day for fear of causing trouble for me.

After I found her crying secretly under the quilt at night, she became more relaxed in front of me.

She went with me early this morning to handle various procedures for the Oxford teacher, and has not eaten yet.

I was just going to make her some lunch while she was asleep and give it to her when she wakes up."

Diana pointed to her apron and said, "I just prepared the ingredients and you, teacher, are here."

"I see. Then don't do it. I'll do it. You should also go and rest for a while."

Richard said this as he turned his purple cape in front of him and used it as an apron.

"Teacher, you can cook?" Diana blinked in surprise.

"I have lived alone for several years. If I didn't know how to cook, I would starve to death. Don't worry, my cooking skills are pretty good. Although not as good as the halfling chefs in restaurants outside, my food is definitely delicious."

Capa, Hank, both legends, have recognized my cooking skills.

"Wow, I'm so looking forward to it. Teacher, I'll wait for you in the room on the far left on the second floor." Diana said happily.

Richard watched Diana tiptoe up to the second floor and smiled slightly.

All magic researchers' villas are of the same layout and have the same kitchen location.

Richard easily found the kitchen and rolled up his sleeves to show off his skills.

He checked the seasonings in the kitchen and the ingredients prepared by Diana, and then an idea suddenly came to his mind and he quickly started preparing.

Snow salt, caramel honey, rosemary...the ingredients are very rich.

Look at me making a honey-glazed beef brisket that will make their tongues salivate.

It was a good idea, but when Richard was about to make a fire, he froze in place.

The villas provided by the Mage Academy for magic researchers are naturally equipped with top-notch furniture on the market, all of which are magic furniture.

These furniture all require a little magic as a trigger to start.

The same goes for the stove.

Without magic power, these convenient and easy-to-use magic furniture became bulky ornaments for Richard. Richard exhaled lightly, his expression somewhat gloomy. The desire for magic power also surged in his heart again.

It would be too pitiful if we cannot enjoy the convenience and magic brought by magic in this world full of magic.

"Forget it, let Diana work harder."

He had just boasted in front of the students, and now he turned around and asked Diana for help. This was a very low move, but Richard had no choice but to do this.

"Teacher Chad."

Just as Richard wiped his hands and prepared to leave the kitchen, Diana's head suddenly popped out from the kitchen door.

She skipped to Richard's side like a little deer, touched the stove with her hand to inject magic power, and then said with a smile:

"Teacher, Xiaoxiao is sleeping soundly. You don't need me to take care of her. Let's cook together. I'll help you and learn your cooking skills. Next time, I'll cook for you."

"you……"

Seeing Diana's curved eyes, Richard smiled helplessly but moved.

It is most difficult to accept the kindness of a beautiful woman.

Before, I couldn't be attracted to Diana because of the age gap and my position as a spy.

I can only keep dealing with her feelings.

But now, due to a series of coincidences, I seem to have lost the position to continue rejecting Diana, so I should face up to her feelings.

Thinking of this, Richard did not continue to reject Diana's kindness, but smiled and said:

"Okay, let's do it together."

"Hmm? Hmm! Hmm!!!" Diana was very surprised by the sudden agreement. She pulled Richard's clothes and said with shining eyes: "Teacher, is it really okay?"

"Of course. No, I should say that without you, it's impossible.

You help me control the heat, Diana."

"Okay, okay! I love helping the teacher control the heat the most."

Chi!

Richard placed the steak covered with honey sauce in a frying pan coated with olive oil.

Thick white smoke, accompanied by fragrance, gushed out, surrounding the kitchen, competing with Diana's scent.

Richard picked up the snow salt placed aside and sprinkled it evenly on the honey steak.

"Teacher, honey steak should be sweet, right? Why do we need to sprinkle salt on it?"

“The right amount of snow salt is different from ordinary salt. Snow salt can soften the beef, make the steak taste more delicate, and add flavor to make the honey sauce sweeter.

The only thing to note is that snow salt is a tiny crystal composed of ice elements, so the amount used should not be too large, otherwise it will easily cause stomach contraction and reduce appetite.

"Yes, teacher. I understand. But I seem to have learned some useless knowledge. Snow salt is such an expensive seasoning. I probably can't afford it."

Diana stuck out her tongue, looking playful. Richard paused. He suddenly remembered that Diana and Xiaoxiao were in similar situations, both lost their fathers at an early age, but Diana was luckier, her mother was still alive, but her mother was not in good health, and it was very hard for the mother and daughter to depend on each other.

Because her mother often needed to go to the hospital for examinations and rehabilitation treatment for chronic diseases, Diana has been very independent since she was a child.

It was because I knew Diana's background that I took extra care of Diana in her studies and life. I also paid for Diana's mother to have surgery to remove the root cause of the disease.

I didn't expect that Diana would develop a crush on me because of this. Maybe I had inadvertently replaced the father's position in Diana's heart.

Fate, amazing.

With a sizzling sound, Richard turned the steak over with a spatula amid the smoke.

He carefully used a brush to apply honey to the steak, while glancing at Diana out of the corner of his eye.

Diana stood beside Richard, using magic to help him control the temperature.

She seemed to be worried that she was not doing well enough, so she behaved very carefully, her long eyelashes fluttered, and she looked a little nervous.

Regardless of whether he wants to face up to Diana's feelings for him, there is a small tail that needs to be resolved.

While cooking, Richard pretended to be nonchalant and asked Diana:

"Diana, have you seen the latest news reports?"

"Of course, Mr. Chad, especially the news reports about you. I don't miss any of them."

Richard's heart skipped a beat. He nodded silently several times and asked the dangerous question in his mind as calmly as possible:

"Then you should have seen the news about my confession to the Lord of Xingge City in the newspaper."

Diana paused for a moment, but quickly continued to control the heat calmly.

"I saw it." She replied calmly.

Richard was a little surprised. "Then don't you have anything to ask me?"

"Teacher, what do you want me to ask you? Your relationship with City Lord Xingge? How do you feel about City Lord Xingge? Do you love me more, or do you love City Lord Xingge more?"

Diana's voice gradually became low. She squinted her eyes, looked up at Richard, and asked faintly, "Or, teacher, why did you lie in front of the media?"

Richard: ...

Sure enough...Diana knew.

Richard tilted his head in confusion:

"What do you mean by lying? I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Humph... Mr. Chad, you can fool others, but you can't fool me.

I have observed you very carefully. You are a person who is very insecure in your bones. Compared with active offense, you prefer passive defense.

Even if you really like the City Lord of Xingge, you will help her in various ways, attract her, make her fall in love with you, and then actively pursue you, and then reject her tactfully, instead of confessing to her in the newspaper. "

When Diana said this, there was already a hint of gnashing of teeth in her voice.

“Most importantly, teacher, when you confessed to her in the newspaper, you used my words!

When I talked to the teacher face to face for the first time, my heart was hit hard by the blessing of the Holy Spirit Aruchi.

I fell hopelessly in love, deeply in love with you. I know very well that I am poor, of humble status, and insignificant, and I am not worthy of you, my teacher, so I rationally suppressed my love in my heart and never expressed it.

This is the beginning of the love letter I wrote to you. Teacher, you took my lyrics, modified them, and published it in the newspaper to confess your love to the Lord of Xingge City!

Who would use other people's confession words to confess to someone they truly like? "

(End of this chapter)