Ciel, who had just left the clinic, was about to take a carriage to Amy’s house, but she forgot that she hadn’t brought any money with her today.
Therefore, she gave up on taking a carriage and walked directly to Amy’s house.
By the time she stopped at the entrance of Amy’s house, the noon sun was already high in the sky.
The maid in the garden seemed to have spotted Ciel first. She ran to open the door and bowed, “Miss Ciel, are you here to see Miss Amy?”
The maid knew Ciel was Amy’s good friend and was very kind, so she wasn’t too hesitant.
“Yes, is she home?” Ciel asked.
“Yes, she is in the back garden. I will take you there.”
The maid slightly stepped aside. After Ciel entered, she walked along the garden path to the back garden.
“Please wait a moment, I will call Miss Amy.”
Amy, who was trimming with scissors and bending over, looked up towards Ciel. When she saw Ciel, her eyes lit up. She directly dropped the scissors and ran towards Ciel.
Just as Ciel had a premonition of being hit directly by a headbutt, Amy slammed on the brakes. She put her right hand on her hip and pointed to the flowers behind her with her left hand, saying proudly, “Look! How is it!”
Amy was already interested in gardening. After learning about the existence of the “Gardener” path, she had almost wished she could sleep in the garden recently.
Under her meticulous care, the plants and flowers here had full vitality, gently swaying in the sunlight, as if in a painting.
Ciel smiled and nodded. Her gaze scanned the flowers before her. Suddenly, a familiar flower flashed before her eyes. She walked to this flower, pointed to it, and turned back to ask, “Amy, what is this?”
“Violet. But it’s a wild one. It was just transplanted not long ago.”
Amy walked to Ciel’s side, half-knelt, supported herself with her hands on her knees, and said with a smile, “Violets usually don’t rebloom in this season, but wild ones bloom longer.”
Ciel nodded. She had learned some more knowledge that might be useful when she drank potions in the future.
It was mainly because this flower looked too much like the engraving on the “Deadly Blood Roland” gun body, so even Ciel, who didn’t know much about flowers, could recognize it at a glance.
Thinking about it now, “Deadly Blood Roland” had flower engravings, and the bullets fired were seeds… It was probably a transcendent item from the “Gardener” path.
[Translator’s Note: For your information, Roland (罗兰) from Deadly Blood Roland (致命血罗兰) can also be translated as Violet (紫罗兰).]
Looking at it this way, the combat capability of a “Gardener” should not be too bad, but for the current Ciel, Tier 1 potions and transcendents were already a bit underwhelming.
As long as she could plan in advance, she could even crush Tier 3 transcendents.
After strolling around the garden with Amy for a while, Ciel finally began to talk about the main business.
After briefly mentioning Avena’s mine situation, Ciel brought up the matter of them preparing to go to Ansu City together.
“Ansu… Are you leaving Berren City?”
Amy looked at Ciel, her voice a little low.
Ciel nodded and said, “So I came to ask if you want to come along? Go to Ansu and enroll in Augustus University in October.”
Amy blinked her eyes, saying with some hesitation, “I… I might not be able to pass the entrance test there…”
Amy’s classical studies and math grades were only slightly above average. She wasn’t yet excellent enough to be admitted to Augustus University.
Although her father was a noble, he wasn’t at a level where he could get a recommendation letter from a major noble or scholar—even if he could, the cost would be quite astonishing.
At least Augustus was still a bit distant for Amy.
“My father told me to join the Church of the God of Order and then apply for admission to Cambridge University… He said it would be easier that way.”
Amy said somewhat dejectedly.
Although both were top universities, they were relatively far away. Moreover, Cambridge University was almost entirely composed of church members. Amy, who was basically not religious, was also a little worried about university life.
Hearing about Amy’s situation, Ciel nodded slightly… That was easy to solve.
“Hehe, did Miss Ciel come to play with Amy?”
At this moment, Amy’s father happened to walk out from the back door, leaning on his cane. He looked at Ciel and smiled, “My apologies for interrupting your chat… But I must come out and thank you for the potion you sent before. I haven’t found a suitable opportunity to visit.”
“Thank you for your generosity, Miss Ciel.”
Baron Hastings took off his hat, expressing his gratitude to Ciel.
“You’re welcome, Baron Hastings,”
Ciel slightly nodded, smiling, “Amy is my friend. This is just a small matter.”
“Thank you again, Miss Ciel.”
Baron Hastings said with a chuckle, “Then I won’t disturb you anymore. Another day, I will bring Amy to visit again…”
Just as Hastings was about to turn around and leave, Ciel called out to him.
“Please wait a moment, Your Excellency Baron.”
Ciel spoke, pointing to the stone table and chairs in the center of the garden, and said, “Would you mind chatting for a couple of minutes?”
Although Baron Hastings had a look of confusion on his face, he still walked over and sat down on a chair.
“The thing is, Miss Avena and I are both planning to enroll in Augus…”
After telling Hastings about planning to go to Ansu City beforehand to get used to it, and planning to bring Amy, and also helping Amy get a recommendation for admission, the smile on Baron Hastings’ face never stopped.
“I have no problem at all. I just don’t know about Amy…”
Hastings looked at his daughter with a smile.