Alice d'Orléans... the young man remembered this name.

Although the relevant memories are blurred due to the passage of time, Qingdeng still remembers the general content.

With the blessing of the gift of "photographic memory", Qingdeng's memory has always been very good.

About a year ago, when he went to Osaka for the first time to promote the alliance between Qinjin Clan and Calabash House, he met a European man on the street.

This man was entangled by gangsters, and Qingdeng staged a "hero saving the man".

According to this person, he was looking for his abducted daughter.

At this time, he specially took out a photo so that Qingdeng could know what his daughter looked like.

However, due to the backwardness of photography technology, the photo was too blurry, and Qingdeng could not see clearly the specific appearance of the little girl in the photo.

However, Qingdeng did remember his daughter's name - "Alice d'Orléans".

If it's just a name collision, then that's it.

Even Qingdeng, who knows nothing about European culture, knows that "Alice" is a very common female name in Europe.

But even the surnames are the same, and they both have the word "virtue" which symbolizes nobility... This cannot be confused with the word "coincidence".

Elodie noticed something strange about Qingdeng and asked:

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"...It's okay, I just suddenly felt something and felt very emotional."

"Sentiment? What are you feeling?"

"This world is such a small place... Elodie, I may have met your father a long time ago."

When Elodie heard this, her expression suddenly changed and she was shocked.

"Huh? What? Master, have you already met my father?"

"It's a long story. I'll explain the details to you later."

Now that Qingdeng said so, Elodie could only suppress her curiosity for the time being, silently increasing the strength in her hands and holding Qingdeng's hand tighter.

At the same time, Qingdeng lowered his eyelids, abandoned the distracting thoughts in his heart, and prepared for the next "reunion".

After passing through several corridors, finally...the master and the apprentice came to a door with exquisite patterns.

Both Qingdeng and Elodie had made up their minds at this time, and naturally there was no reason to run away from the battle.

Elodie reached out her hand resolutely and opened the door.

As the door slowly opened, a bright golden color burst into Qingdeng's field of vision.

I saw a neatly dressed blond man sitting in the extremely tidy reception room.

He has golden hair, sky blue eyes, and deep facial features that are very different from Westerners. He is about 40 years old, handsome in appearance, with a short beard on his chin, and is very tall and strong.

With just one glance, Qingden recognized him: it was the stranger he met by chance on the streets of Osaka!

He never expected that the stranger he once met by chance would have such a connection with him...

Compared to a year ago, the blond man's appearance had not changed much.

However, perhaps because of his different status, his overall temperament has changed significantly.

Today, he is no longer a poor father searching for his daughter on the street, but a "king" who comes alone to pursue his daughter.

Therefore, he exudes a fierce aura at this moment, like a lion ready to attack.

After hearing the noise coming from the direction of the corridor, the blond man immediately raised his gaze impatiently, staring at the door.

After the door opened, he seemed to have seen some unbelievable sight, his eyes straightened and his pupils shrank into pinhole shapes.

Directly in front of his sight was naturally Elodie.

He was startled for a moment, then showed a look of ecstasy, and murmured uncontrollably:

"Alice...!"

At this time, Qingdeng's words, which were neither sad nor happy, brought his consciousness back to reality from the joy of "father and daughter meeting".

"Sorry for keeping you waiting."

It was only then that he belatedly noticed Qingden next to Elodie.

Seeing a stranger here, he frowned slightly in displeasure.

But soon, he seemed to remember something, and his expression froze.

"Hey...you are...I remember you."

As he spoke, he reminisced.

"We met on the streets of Osaka a year ago, right?"

Qingden Wan'er:

"I didn't expect you to still remember me."

As he spoke, he raised his feet forward, stepped into the room, and sat directly opposite the blond man in a solemn posture.

Elodie followed closely and sat down on Qingdeng's left hand side.

"At that time, neither you nor I came to our door."

"Now, please allow me to introduce myself."

"I am Tachibana Aoden, and I am also the swordsman of Elodie...Alice."

When he mentioned the words "swordsman", Qingdeng emphasized his tone.

Sure enough, the blond man's expression suddenly changed:

"Tachibana Aoden? Swordsman?"

He looked at Qingden, then at Elodie, and said in a deep tone:

"So you are the famous Niou..."

"When I first met you, I felt that you were not an ordinary person."

"Now it seems that my judgment was indeed correct."

"I didn't expect that my little girl would have such a well-established master... Hehe, this is really surprising."

After that, he sat upright and spoke loudly:

"Mr. Tachibana, I have admired your name for a long time."

"My name is Maher Maher d'Orléans."

"As you can see, the girl beside you is the daughter I have been looking for so hard."

After giving a brief self-introduction, Maher turned his head and shifted his gaze to Elodie.

"Alice, I finally found you!"

"As early as a year ago, I received information that a blond girl has become the head of the finance department of the Shinsengumi."

"Unfortunately, I have been so busy with everything that I finally found time to find you today."

"Where is your grandpa?"

"Forget it, this kind of thing is not important."

"Alice, let's go!"

Before he finished speaking, Maher stood up impatiently and reached forward, trying to grab Elodie's wrist, completely ignoring Qingden beside him, as if he was nothing.

Although they had met once before, it was just a chance encounter, and Qingden didn't understand the personality of the blond man...that is, Maher.

The only knowledge Qingden has about him currently comes from the various past events Elodie mentioned just now.

However, based on his words and deeds just now, Qingdeng has roughly figured out his character: he is a very strong person who speaks his mind in his own "world"!

Such people are often very offensive.

Or become a fringe element who is ostracized by everyone.

Either rely on this strong character to do something incredible!

Maher's movement was sudden.

While she was still sitting upright with her front legs, she reached out with her back legs to grab Elodie's wrist.

However, Elodie is not the kind of weak woman who is powerless.

Elodie waved her hand to avoid Maher's grasp, and then flicked her hand again - with a pop, Maher's arm was bounced away.

Facing the other party's astonished gaze, Elodie loudly said word by word:

"Father, please go back!"

"I live a very happy and happy life here."

"I don't want to go with you, and I won't go with you."
To be continued...