Afternoon Tea and Traditional Nobles

As Lu Xing expected, Anne's math class didn't go beyond his scope of learning, not even reaching high school level. It only covered some arithmetic transformations, summing arithmetic sequences, and some geometric constructions used for drawing magic arrays.

Lu Xing focused intently on the class. Afterward, the system prompt popped up:

"You have completed a math class as Miss Anne, receiving a score of ninety-five. Reward: 200 experience points, and Anne gains the mathematical knowledge you demonstrated in this class."

Lu Xing's spirits lifted. Two hundred experience points was almost a whole quest!

It even improved Anne's math knowledge. She would be so happy when she returned.

"Is today's class over?"

After the teacher left, Lu Xing asked the maid with a smile.

Catherine nodded slightly. The knowledge displayed by the mysterious soul in front of her during the math class not only surprised her, but even the teacher was amazed, praising that Miss Anne's math was enough to teach at the Imperial Academy.

Lu Xing waited for a while but didn't see the system prompt him to complete the novice experience quest. He could only turn to Catherine and ask, "What other activities does Anne have this afternoon?"

It was only around three in the afternoon, and a noble lady's day wasn't over yet.

Catherine said in a flat tone, "After finishing her classes each day, Miss Anne goes to have afternoon tea with Miss Meriel and the others, or goes for a stroll in or outside the city, or practices magic, or chats with Philys. But given your ignorance of this world, I advise you not to go anywhere and stay at home to learn more."

After listening, Lu Xing asked her, "Is there a place in the castle to practice magic? I'm not very familiar with magic and want to practice."

Catherine frowned and looked up at him. "You want to use the magic power within Miss Anne's body to practice magic?"

"Is there a problem?"

"I refuse your request. You don't know magic. Randomly using magic power could lead to magic power disorder and harm Anne!"

"Catherine!"

Lu Xing directly ordered, "Take me to practice magic!"

He was no longer a novice from another world; the maid in front of him couldn't easily deceive him.

Lu Xing had learned in the Alchemy class that it was difficult for magic power disorder to occur in a low magic power state. With the magic power in Anne's body, as long as he didn't use more than half, there would be no problem.

Catherine was silent for a while, her expression seemingly struggling, but in the end, she obeyed.

Yet, she said something strange: "You are not my master. I am only following Miss Anne's orders!"

"?"

Lu Xing didn't know what the maid was doing and could only reply with the old saying, "I am Anne."

Catherine lowered her head and led the way, helping Miss Anne into the carriage. They quickly arrived at an open area on the west side of the castle.

Lu Xing asked the maid about some precautions for magic. Relying on the residual memories in Anne's body, he was soon throwing magic spells in a decent manner.

Anne mainly studied Light and Wind Magic, which were variations of Sky and Earth magic. Lu Xing didn't dare to try too much, only throwing a few Light Orb Spells and Wind Blade Spells, and conjuring a few small whirlwinds.

Just as he was enthusiastically trying out magic, a maid hurried over to report, giving Catherine a message.

"Anne's friends are here to have afternoon tea with me?"

Lu Xing stopped and looked at the maid standing before him with her tall figure.

"Yes."

Catherine explained expressionlessly, "Miss Meriel and Miss Renee came together. One is Earl Perik's daughter, and the other's father is a high-ranking knight of the Swinton Family. Because they are good friends with Miss Anne, they came to visit without making an appointment in advance."

Lu Xing thought for a moment, then sighed, "Looks like I can't avoid Anne's afternoon tea time after all. Have someone prepare it. I'll change clothes and go see them later."

Catherine said, "How remarkable, you even know to change clothes."

"After all, not everyone is as brainless as you."

Lu Xing retorted to the maid.

Catherine didn't respond further. She instructed the maids to prepare clothes for Lu Xing, led the two young ladies to the garden, and apologized on behalf of Miss Anne, saying she would be there shortly.

Lu Xing got into the carriage and returned to the house to change into another one of Anne's dresses, a light green short skirt paired with a wide-brimmed round hat. His golden long hair was not tied up but fell loosely behind his head, a very suitable outfit for a garden outing.

Soon after, he met Anne's two little best friends who were waiting in the garden.

"Anne~"

The two noble young ladies, wearing wide skirts and beautiful jewelry, happily came forward to greet him.

The maid helped Lu Xing out of the carriage and whispered, "I hope you remember, you are Anne, not a man!"

"Thank you for the reminder."

Lu Xing calmly got out of the carriage. After being a noble young lady for a day, he had gained some experience.

Meriel and Renee walked over together, happily holding his hands and talking about interesting things they had encountered that day.

It was nothing more than what classes they had attended and what fun things were happening in the city. Lu Xing vaguely responded a few times and managed to get by.

Then they were pulled by the two of them into the flower bushes, where a large sun umbrella had already been set up. Lu Xing sat down with them and pleasantly tasted the tea carefully brewed from tea leaves from the southern part of the empire in the warm afternoon sun.

The three young noble ladies, dressed in exquisite clothes and jewelry, elegantly enjoyed afternoon tea among the flower bushes. The maids and servants who saw this scene from afar couldn't help but cast envious glances.

True noble young ladies were already accustomed to a life above others.

The fake noble young lady felt a bit embarrassed. After finishing the tea, she went into the castle with them to rest.

They didn't do anything else, and couldn't even if they wanted to.

But somehow, as they were chatting, both of them suddenly blushed and quietly asked Lu Xing, "Anne, do you have someone you like?"

"..."

Girls really do talk about handsome guys!

But Lu Xing was a handsome guy, so he had no interest in this.

Meriel whispered, "Recently, Gerard seems to want to pursue me. I haven't agreed. He is handsome, and his family is similar to mine, but I heard he's not traditional. Both his father and mother have a bunch of lovers. I can't stand it!"

Lu Xing, who didn't want to get involved in this topic, was shocked to hear this. Wait, you nobles play so wildly?

Renee covered her small mouth with her hand wearing a white silk glove and quietly said with a smile, "You are traditional, but it might not be the case after marriage. Many people say they are traditional, but they have more lovers in private than anyone else!"

Meriel hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and asked her, "What about you?"

"I'm also traditional. I won't allow my husband to find lovers outside!"

Then, the two of them looked at Lu Xing together and said in unison, "The Swinton Family is the most conservative traditional family in the Northern Region!"

"I'm not interested in these things."

Lu Xing went along with their conversation. He remembered Anne had mentioned in her letter that the Swinton Family was a traditional family.

The two noble young ladies chatted for a while about the handsome men they had recently met. At four in the afternoon, they finally took their leave, satisfied.

After they left, Lu Xing asked the maid, "What is the traditional faction? Do most nobles have lovers?"

Catherine said coldly, "Miss Anne is pure and lovely. She never shows affection for boys. She will listen to her parents and marry the husband they find for her. She will only ever sleep with her husband! Do not defile Miss Anne with such filthy things!"

Lu Xing was shocked. Wait, is there a problem with the system translation? These words are too explicit.

He thought for a moment and asked, "If Anne encountered what happened today, how would she answer her friends?"

"I am not Miss Anne, I don't know how she would talk to her friends, but I know she would never be defiled by such lewdness!"

Catherine spoke very firmly.

Lu Xing thought about it and decided to mention this matter in his letter to Anne, curious about how she would handle it.

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

Almost immediately after he finished writing the letter, the next moment, in the blink of an eye, Lu Xing returned to Earth.

"Anne, I'll take you to dinner! Let you taste the Chinese cuisine on Earth and see how it's different from what you eat in the Northern Region."

"..."

Lu Xing stood rooted to the spot. Xiao Yu, who was pulling his hand, couldn't move him. She finally realized something was wrong, turned back to look, and met his gaze.