Anthony was a very friendly person, and when faced with this not particularly difficult request from Qingdeng, who had saved their lives, he almost nodded without any hesitation.

After thanking Anthony, Qingden turned his gaze back to the snack shop outside the window.

At this time, Qingden suddenly heard Toudo's surprised emotion coming from behind him:

"Huh? There is actually a Ukiyoe hanging here."

Attracted by Toudou's emotion, Aonto and his party turned around.

I saw an A4-sized ukiyo-e hanging on the east wall of the study.

This Ukiyo-e is a landscape painting.

The background is the city of Edo at night.

Two men in black, one tall and one short, were galloping on the houses that were arranged very densely and compactly.

Of the two men in black, the shorter one wore a scarf, only showing a pair of eyes, while the taller one wore a black fox mask.

Seeing the two men in black painted in the painting, the expression on Qingdeng's face suddenly became extremely strange.

"Oh, this." Anthony glanced at the painting hanging on the wall and smiled helplessly, "This is the painting Elodie bought a few days ago."

Qingden stood closer to the ukiyo-e and carefully looked at the two figures painted on the painting: "Are the two people in the painting...the cat monk and the fox monk?"

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Elodie took two quick steps and stood next to Qingdeng.

"Yes! It's the Cat Monk and the Fox Monk!"

After saying that, Elodie raised her head and looked at the painting on the wall excitedly. Her delicate face glowed with a ruddy luster, and the skin on her entire face showed a white and rosy color.

.

Qingdeng's expression became a little weirder, but he quickly relied on his own self-control to control the changes in the expression on his face.

"Miss Elodie." Qingden shifted his gaze from the painting of the fox monk and the cat monk... that is, the painting of him and Kinoshita Mai, to the body of Elodie next to him, "You... are very

Do you like Cat Monk and Fox Monk?"

"Yes!" Elodie nodded vigorously, her eyes rippling fiercely, like twinkling stars, and her face became more rosy, "I admire them both very much! I think they are really amazing!

How dare you confront those evil people and maintain the peace of this city!"

Worship... Hearing this word, Qingden couldn't help but look weird again. He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He quickly raised his hand to pretend to wipe the sweat from his lips, but in reality he was trying to regain control of his expression that was almost out of control.

A few days ago, Qingnogang found out: peripheral products of him and Mai Kinoshita have recently begun to circulate in the markets of Edo...

As he and Mai Kinoshita were like Batman in Gotham City, they continuously attacked the evil people in Edo. Based on Mai Kinoshita's original popularity, the current popularity of "Cat Little Monk and Fox Little Monk" has already

It's so high that many very business-minded people are starting to produce related peripheral products...

A mask of the same style as him, an ukiyo-e depicting him and Mai Kinoshita... As far as Ayoto knows, these products are selling very well.

Originally, Qingdeng didn't pay much attention to this matter.

It was impossible for him to run to those merchants with such arrogance and say, "I am Hu Xiaoseng, please give me the royalties."

In addition to feeling dissatisfied with these unscrupulous merchants who are using his and Kinoshita Mai's names to make money, Qingto also has no ability to control the peripheral products of him and Kinoshita Mai on the market.

Qingden never expected... that he would find the peripheral portraits of him and Kinoshita Mai at the home of Elodie, who is Kinoshita Mai's best friend, and even heard Elodie say that she admired them both...

At this moment, Qingdeng didn't know what expression to put on.

For a moment, Qingto suddenly wanted to know whether Kinoshita Mai knew about this and what kind of expression he showed after hearing about it for the first time...

"I'm sorry, Mr. Tachibana, for making you laugh."

Perhaps because he was worried about the negative impact of loudly expressing his admiration for two phantom thieves who had been in the limelight in Edo in front of a "sheriff" like Aonto, Anthony quickly walked away while smiling apologetically.

Arriving at Qingdeng’s side.

"I don't know if it's because she has read too much Robin Hood, but Elodie particularly likes these two strange thieves."

"Although the recent deeds of Cat Little Monk and Fox Little Monk are indeed worthy of admiration, but..."

Anthony paused, thought about his words, and then continued:

"Mao Xiaoseng has a very detailed record of theft. He is a disgusting thief who has stolen many people's money. He is not someone worthy of worship at all."

"Hu Xiaoseng has just emerged recently. Although there is no record that he has participated in thefts with Mao Xiaoseng, he is Cat Xiaoseng's companion after all. I guess in Mao Xiaoseng's previous series of thefts, Fox

Xiao Monk must also have done a lot of support work for Cat Xiao Monk behind the scenes."

As soon as Anthony finished speaking, Elodie, who had just seen stars in her eyes, immediately looked sullen.

And when he heard Anthony call Kinoshita Mai a "disgusting big thief", Qingteng's eyes also flashed with an imperceptible flash at the same moment. Not to mention the people around him, even Qingteng himself didn't realize it.

The look of displeasure.

Qingdeng pursed his lips, and then moved his lips. When he was about to say something to Anthony, Elodie beat Qingdeng and said:

"Grandpa, what Mao Xiaoseng and the others stole were the money of evil people!"

Probably because it would be impolite to speak French that they didn't understand in front of Qingdeng and others, Elodie did not communicate with her grandfather in French, but used French to speak French, regardless of whether it was standard or fluent.

Can't fault the Japanese language.

"Isn't stealing the money of evil people not stealing?" Anthony frowned slightly, "No matter what, stealing something is stealing something. No matter what thing is stolen or who is the target of the theft, theft is still theft.

"

Every word in Anthony's words reveals his displeasure with the cat monk.

"This is different!" Elodie started a tit-for-tat confrontation with Anthony without giving in. "Cat Monk, Fox Monk, they all dare to attack those evil people who can't even touch the government, and they dare to let those evil people eat a lot.

The suffering. This alone is enough for us to respect them!"

"Okay. Let's talk about these later."

"Grandpa KFC" frowned and glanced quietly at Qingdeng and the others... He must have been concerned that it would be indecent to make a noise and argue in front of guests like Qingdeng and the others, so Anthony wanted to end the conversation.

But Elodie was unyielding and completely ignored what Anthony just said, "We'll talk about it later."

Elodie was seen overlapping each other, and the two small hands placed in front of her navel were slightly clenched, and the light in her sky-blue eyes like a sunny summer day suddenly became much sharper.

"Grandpa, your remarks... are really annoying."

"I like to use human standards to demand brave and noble people who are willing to confront evil people."

"It is required that their conduct, style of life, and methods of conduct must be upright, in compliance with the law, and without any mistakes."

"Once there is even the slightest flaw in their body that you don't like, you can say that they are just mediocre with a condescending attitude."

"Then he often shows mercy to those evil people."

"If Lucullus had done anything thrifty, it would have seemed like he wasn't so bad after all."

“If Abagon in Molière’s novel let go of the money bag he holds tightly in his hands and gives a little money to the poor, which is just a drop in the bucket for him, you may think that he is actually a kind-hearted philanthropist.

Bar."

"As long as these bad guys do a little good deed, they will receive your applause and cheers."

"This way of treating heroes and villains differently is so ridiculous and annoying."

"It's just because there are so many people with ideas like yours, grandpa, that people become more and more willing to be villains!"

Anthony's mouth was slightly opened by Elodie's refutation, and he was speechless.

Not to mention Anthony.

Aoto and others... even Saito, who rarely showed fluctuations in emotions and expressions, were all dumbfounded at this time and focused their attention on what they just said, which was not something that a 12-year-old girl could say.

The words of Elodie.

Although Qingdeng and the others don't quite understand Western allusions such as Lucullus and Molière's Aragon, they can all roughly understand its meaning.

Everyone's astonished eyes were focused on herself... but Elodie did not show any stage fright. She continued to look at Anthony with a firm look that did not give in.

"...Okay, I admit that I did go a bit too far just now." Anthony sighed softly, "Elodie, let's discuss the merits and demerits of Cat Monk, Fox Monk and others later.

Let's go out for now. Staying here will affect the work of Mr. Tachibana and the others."

Elodie was startled, and then seemed to realize that this was indeed not the right place for a heated argument with Anthony.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Tachibana." Elodie turned around, slightly lifted the skirt of her white tutu with both hands, and saluted Qingden and others with an apologetic expression, "I've made you see a very indecent sight.

scene."

"It's okay, it's okay." Qingdeng quickly smiled and waved his hand, "We don't mind."

"Mr. Ju, let's go out first." Anthony smiled apologetically at Qingdeng again, "If you need anything, such as food or drink, just come to us. If we can help, we will do our best to help.

.”

After saying everything he needed to say in one breath, Anthony led Elodie and Leroy out of the study under the watch of Qingden and others, whose expressions of surprise had not completely dissipated.

As soon as Elodie and others left, Nagakura grinned and said to himself:

"What an amazing little girl..."

Nagakura's muttering expressed the thoughts of everyone present, including Qingto.

…
To be continued...