"ah?"
"Generally speaking, you need to stand about half a meter away from the girl before you invite her. If you are too close, you will seem rude, and if you are too far away, you will seem too distant."
As she spoke, she actually took out a tape measure.
"…"
Edward sank for a moment, "Being a noble is really troublesome."
"Then there are the angles at which you lean forward and the positions of your hands. There are also some rules to follow."
Audrey helped him adjust it right away. She first hit his lower back, then grabbed his arm and twisted it to a certain angle. "That's about it."
"This posture is obviously not ergonomic."
Edward complained, but still silently remembered the feeling at the moment.
"The next step is how to hold a lady's hand and go onto the dance floor together. Now I'm the man and you're the woman."
Audrey walked up to Edward skillfully and bowed, "May I invite you to dance with me, Ms. Edward?"
"…I am very happy to do so."
Edward stretched out his hand and she held it, then he walked into the "dance floor" with her hand held loosely.
"You need to keep a certain distance while dancing."
"You need to use your left hand to gently support your partner's lower back, and your right hand to gently support your partner's right palm. When dancing, you must grasp the other person's rhythm and coordinate with the other person's dance steps."
"Especially when spinning, men must dance steadily and coordinate their movements..."
Audrey explained the various difficulties and techniques of the duet dance while coordinating the corresponding movements. Edward felt like a puppet, moving along with her movements.
Lilith was watching curiously at first, but after a while she yawned, "How boring."
She walked over, lightly avoiding their slightly messy footsteps, and looked up and said, "Edward, Audrey, why are you two walking back and forth here? Aren't you bored?"
"To be honest, it's pretty boring."
It was Audrey who spoke, "But there's nothing I can do about it. This is socializing. Oops, you stepped on my skirt again._3\3*k~s￠w·.\c￠o¨m_"
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
Lilith shook her head. "Strange person, I'm going out to play~"
After saying that, she jumped onto the windowsill and left quickly.
Audrey's dance lesson lasted until the evening. When she announced the end of today's lesson, Edward lay on the sofa as if exhausted.
Anything that has to do with studying, even sitting face to face with a beauty like Audrey for an entire afternoon, is exhausting.
"You have already mastered the basic footwork today. Tomorrow we will learn some more advanced techniques."
"As you command, my dear Ms. Hall."
Edward pulled himself together and saluted like a gentleman.
Audrey patted his head with a smile: "Good boy~"
"Oh, right."
Edward sat up straight. "I went to the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery this morning and asked the omniscient mirror Arrodes."
"You mean, about the demon dog's owner?"
"That's right! The demon dog's master has left Backlund and is heading to the sea to find an opportunity to become a demigod. In other words, we don't have to worry about him for a while, but if he succeeds in becoming a demigod and comes back, it will be troublesome."
Edward's face was solemn. "The demigod of the Abyss is called a devil. In addition to various more terrifying demonic attacks, he can also control and detonate other people's emotions and gain a stronger sense of malice. I suspect that without using the seal, the saints of the major Orthodox churches in Backlund may not be able to take him down."
The key point is that Edward has never dealt with people of this kind before, and he is not quite sure how to avoid being emotionally manipulated.
Well, so the best way is to not give him a chance to attack! In the original novel, Belia was almost killed instantly the moment he encountered the silver armor.
Unfortunately, even if my recorder potion has been completely digested now, it can only record four demigod-level abilities, and the power is only about 60%. Otherwise, I would record more Spears of Longinus from Bernadette and see if you can withstand it!
Just when I thought of this, there was a knock on the door.
"May I come inside?"
It was Bernadette's voice.
"Come in."
Audrey said hurriedly, "Help me change into some lighter clothes."
Edward touched her gently and changed her into a normal dress.
At this time, Bernadette walked in. Her eyes stayed on Audrey for a moment, and she said lightly, "Is it not disturbing you?"
"No."
Edward waved his wand to restore the things in the living room. "Audrey, this is the mysterious queen, Ms. Bernadette Gustave, and this is Miss Audrey Hall."
"Hello, ma'am."
Audrey was a little reserved, "This should be our second meeting."
"Um."
Bernadette nodded. "Last time we met, you seemed like just an innocent noble lady, but now you seem completely different."
Audrey said shyly, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
"No, I've been in the same situation as you."
Bernadette smiled slightly and said, "This is determined by the origins and status of different people. It was not until later that someone showed me the truth behind the false prosperity."
"Dad once tried to change all this, but unfortunately one day he seemed to have suffered a huge blow and never recovered from it. He no longer had the ambition he once had."
"Oh, sorry."
"That was a long time ago."
Bernadette looked at Edward at this time: "Do you want to record it now?"
Edward nodded quickly and said, "Okay! Should we find an open space?"
"No, did you forget that I can create a separate space?"
As soon as he finished speaking, peach blossoms bloomed in the house. Suddenly, a thriving peach forest appeared all around them. In the distance were green mountains. The three of them were already in the Peach Blossom Spring.
Audrey looked at everything in front of her and was amazed. "In just a moment, I was transported from the house to the peach blossom forest in the valley. Does this space really exist?"
"No, it is located in the gap between reality and the spirit world. It exists and does not exist at the same time. Therefore, it is generally difficult to break through."
Then she turned to Edward: "What do you want to record?"
"One Spear of Longinus, one Emperor's New Clothes, and two more... I haven't decided yet. Do you have any good suggestions?"
She did not give a direct answer: "You can consider the opponent's ability."
Edward thought about it and realized that this time he was going to deal with the demigod of the Rose School - a puppet. In addition to possession, he could also transform into occult puppets, magical paper figures and other items. Through the established connection, he could curse the target in various ways and cause harm to me by hurting himself.
In addition, he also has a seal of a demigod-level thief's path. Edward is well aware of the terrifying power of the [stealing] ability.
"The Emperor's New Clothes can help you be immune to the puppet's curse ability for a period of time, but considering its duration, I suggest you record two."
Bernadette continued, "As for the seal of the thief's path, you can record [Alibaba and the Forty Thieves] to deal with it."
Huh?
This kind of ability doesn't seem to appear in the original work.
"What does it do?"
"It can allow you to have forty-one minds in a short period of time, each of which is a separate you. Its original function was to assist in thinking and fighting, allowing you to come up with the best way to deal with the enemy in the shortest possible time. It can also be used to deal with thieves who try to [steal] your thoughts."
Edward suddenly realized.
"Well, let's get started."
Bernadette took a step forward, without any movement, a long spear of ancient style, with balls of fire from the tip to the handle, and blood-red flames appeared out of thin air, shooting out with a suffocating and terrifying aura.
An illusory notebook immediately appeared in front of Edward: "Record, record, record."
Failure, failure, failure.
The success rate of a Sequence 6 recorder in recording extraordinary abilities at the demigod level is so low that it requires a strong person to be patient and use his abilities over and over again in front of him regardless of the cost.
Therefore, both the apprentice path and the fortune teller path are based on popularity. If a recorder or an ancient scholar does not have good popularity, then he is nothing!
An hour later, the three men reappeared in the house.
Two Emperors' New Clothes, one Alibaba and the Forty Thieves and one Spear of Longinus have all been recorded, and some low- and medium-sequence abilities such as Starlight Cage and Starlight Leap have also been recorded.
Bernadette did not stay long. She left a message saying "I'll ask you to translate a few pages of the diary in a few days" and then turned into foam and disappeared.
"call--"
Audrey let out a long sigh, "Ah, this is so stressful."
Edward smiled and said, "You don't usually act like this when facing Mr. Fool?"
"It's different."
She looked around carefully and lowered her voice, "I'm just worried about being exposed in front of her!"
"Hmm."
Edward scratched his head, "In fact, I almost told her the truth today."
"ah?"
"But she doesn't seem to want this."
Edward thought for a moment, "Maybe, she saw me as a hope? A hope that finally appeared after more than a hundred years of searching... Maybe she didn't want to break it and let herself fall into despair again."
"But I don't think she's that kind of person."
Yes, Bernadette also misunderstood Mr. Fool in the original book, but she quickly resolved the misunderstanding without any entanglement.
"By the way, she said her brother will come to see me in the next few days." Edward explained, "Her brother Bonois is a Sequence 2 angel. His status in the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery... is probably no lower than that of the Pope."
Audrey blinked blankly: "So this Pope... no, angel, is here to see Dad too?"
"…"
She pinched her forehead and sighed, "Oh my God, I can't imagine how this is going to end."