The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

"Bless you, King Balin! You are now King Balin I! Govern this land well; it has been desolate for far too long!" Roland sighed, gazing at the lifeless city of Moria. Years of war and neglect had caused immense damage to Moria. Many roads and bridges had vanished, and many places were impassable…

“Of course! I will! When you come again next time, you will see a real dwarf city!” Balin said firmly.

"By the way! You haven't successfully started up the central furnace yet, have you?" Roland asked, as if something had just occurred to him.

Of course, Roland thought of the Central Forge of Irubor, which had been extinguished for many years and was only rekindled by Smaug's dragonfire... And Moria? The forge here had been extinguished for even longer!
"Not yet, that thing requires an extremely high-temperature flame..." As he spoke, Balin followed Roland's gaze and saw the graceful Ajax and Renoir (the Fiery Winged Dragon!), now a tiny creature wrapped around her hand.
“Perhaps I’ve found the spark to ignite it, if you don’t mind!” Balin stared intently at Renoir.

“Yes! There is no flame hotter than dragon flame, and if there is, it is a higher-level dragon flame!” Roland nodded in deep agreement. If he didn’t have Ajax, the dragon knight general, he really couldn’t help. After all, you can let Kaldo of the Caslo family fan the flames, but it’s more professional to let a proper fire dragon do the job.

"You agree?" Balin cautiously raised his head to look at Roland, after all, without the help of the fire dragon, it would take the dwarves at least several months to ignite that thing.

“You’ll have to ask Ajax. I can’t decide on such things, since it’s not a requirement for combat…” Roland shook his head. Ajax was different from Caslo. Dragon knights who came from formal training were very proud. They would obey their lord’s orders and serve in the war. Apart from that, even the king could not order them to do anything against their will except for war.

What? Why is Caslo so obedient to Roland? Like a lapdog? Hey! Go back to chapter 99! Without the wind dragon blood essence Roland gave him, Caslo would still be a dragon knight, and Kaldo would just be a four-legged dragon at the bottom of the dragon's ecological niche! Let alone Caslo's obedience to Roland, even Kaldo is very obedient to Roland's orders, as evidenced by the fact that Roland has climbed on his back! A proud dragon will not allow anyone other than its knight to climb on its back! Because that's the only undefended part of a dragon's body!

Renoir would never let Roland climb onto his back; at most, he'd just carry him away with his claws...

"Hmm... as expected, the dragon knights I raise myself are much more considerate!" Roland couldn't help but think to himself. Although the dragon knights given as rewards by the system were quite good, they were still not as good as those he raised himself! Look at that big guy, Kaldor, how obedient and cute he is! As for Renoir, Roland hasn't even had a chance to pet him yet!

"Friends! Enjoy yourselves! Come on in and let's sing and dance until we're drunk!" While Roland was still pondering, Balin had already raised his glass to everyone.

"The banquet has started? I want to sit at the children's table!" For some reason, Roland suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

"……"Bahrain.

"..." Ajax and Renoir.

"..." Caslo and Cardo.

“…” Omsk.

"..." A group of dwarves.

"Ah~ Hahaha! King Roland is still a child at heart! Hahaha!" Balin quickly gave Roland a way out with a dry laugh, otherwise Roland would be roasted if things continued like this. "I've embarrassed myself in front of the dwarves!" Caslo covered his face as if he was too ashamed to face anyone and said "indignantly," but in fact, his trembling shoulders had already betrayed the flowery smile on his face.

"I feel so...uncomfortable!" Omske's face turned red, and he quickly lowered his head, his whole body trembling.

"Ahem, you there! Hey hey hey! Yes, yes, yes! Those two over there! Just you two! Stop hiding, laugh if you want! It's okay, everyone has a dark past, right! I wonder who almost got rid of four against one?" From now on, sarcastic remarks have a very vivid expression in the Central Plains.

"Your Highness, if I may ask, is there any story behind sitting at the same table with the child?" Ajax quietly raised her fair hand and asked Roland.

"..." Was Roland going to say that this meant "small-time food grabber"? Or that it was easier to grab food from a child?

“Well…King Roland, there are no children in Kezadoom right now. Can I arrange one for you next time you come?” Balin quietly poked his head over and whispered.

"Hmm... I'm tired! Let's destroy it!" Roland stared blankly at the face leaning closer, spouting nonsense with a straight face. The problem is, fine, you're going to say it, but why are you lowering your voice? A subwoofer? You might as well not lower it at all! With that voice, everyone here probably heard it, okay?
“My lifelong reputation… is gone!” Roland casually tore off a roasted rib, watching everyone whispering and pointing at him.

"System? Is it still alive?" Roland asked expressionlessly as he summoned his cursed offspring system.

"Still alive!" The system replied coolly.

"Do you think I'll get away with killing them?" Roland was already planning to kill them to silence them. After all, if word got out, he would definitely be labeled a pedophile (thinking to himself...). Public opinion is a fearsome thing!

"The system does not recommend the host to do this! Because you can't win!" The system showed no mercy whatsoever.

"Ah! Thank you for your honest opinion!"

After a while, people finally skipped the topic of Roland going to the children's table and started eating and drinking heartily.

Aside from the necessary guards, almost everyone participated in the feast. There was juicy, boneless roast meat, fragrant honey-glazed steaks, fiery rum, toasted bread rolls, and sweet candied fruit… To gather all the necessities for the feast, Roland not only used a lot of miscellaneous food he had received as a reward from the system, but also had Caslo ride a dragon to Brie for a shopping spree. It must be said that using a dragon rider for delivery is probably a first in Middle-earth…

"Ajax, the core furnace here is still shut down. The Dwarf King hopes you can help them ignite it. What do you think?" Unlike Caslo, who was straightforward and decisive, Roland had to be more polite to Ajax, who came from a dragon rider family. After all, the former dragon rider commander was, to some extent, on par with the emperor! Dragon rider generals could stand on equal footing with those grand dukes and kings!
"Oh? What do you mean, Your Highness?" Ajax asked, blinking her large, beautiful eyes.

"It's up to you. If you're willing, go help out. If not, I won't force you. I reckon Bahrain will be coming to find you soon!" Roland shook his head dismissively.