lord and his dragon

The first prince confidently handed over the position of crown prince to the second prince, which proved that he recognized the latter's ability. Negrim believed that the second prince would not take the safety of the entire country as a trifling matter. For the existence of an outsider like Negrim , he definitely has his own ideas, and Negrim is not sure that he will be able to convince the other party.

"But it's not the most worrying thing right now," Negrim said, "If we move faster, the first prince must have thought of the same thing, and he will prevent us from meeting the second prince."

Hearing this, the third prince couldn't help speeding up his pace: "I really never thought that there would be such a day when I would unite with my second brother to fight against my eldest brother."

Weiss said blankly: "Is this the only thing you didn't expect? Then I have too many, and I don't know where to start."

Allen said: "Shut up, both of you—can you be faster? We have something urgent to find the second prince."

In fact, this is not the first time Allen has issued such a urging, but the palace man who led the way couldn't help it. He had already used the fastest walking speed, and he couldn't lead a large group of people to run in the palace. will be punished.

A group of people hurried to the palace where the prince lived, but they were all in vain. The guard told them that the second prince had gone to help His Majesty the Emperor very early today. He even ate lunch there and never came back.

No one expected that such a situation would happen. When the third prince heard this, he immediately grabbed his hair and broke down, "What should I do? Why did the second brother go to the father's side today? We can't Going to find someone beside the emperor, isn't that a self-inflicted trap!"

Negrim frowned, and said: "But now we have to go, because when we were looking for the second prince, the first prince must have gone to the emperor's side, if my guess is right, I'm afraid it won't be long, arrest me The guards will find here."

"Don't be discouraged, we still have a little hope," Weiss encouraged himself: "Even if we go to confront the old man, as long as the second child is present, he is very likely to fight against the elder brother. Let's make eye contact with him then. -"

The third prince looked at him like he was looking at a fool: "Eye contact?"

Weiss wasn't joking, and hypnotized himself firmly: "That's right! His eyes are so big, he must be able to understand what we mean!"

The third prince had no choice but to gradually turn his thinking into a fool: "There is some truth in what you say!"

Allen was about to be pissed off by these two idiots, and scolded, "There's a reason for that! Negrim, what do you think?"

Negrim: "Let's see if the second prince can understand our eyes?"

Allen: "..."

Alan looked at Negrim with a clear line of words written in his eyes: I didn't expect you to be such a Negrim.

Negrim is helpless, of course he doesn't want to join forces with Weiss and the third prince, but if he wants to fight in front of the emperor, the second prince must be won, and there is no chance to communicate now, so he can only act by winking ?Even Negrim can only hope for the sensitivity of the second prince.

However, this does not mean that there is only one way for Negrim to go, and his final hole card has not been revealed-as long as Abel is there, the emperor's opinion is not important, whether he wants to drive Negrim or expel him. , Negrim has a way to come back in the end, but without the support of the Blade Empire forces, things will be more troublesome after that.

Negrim's guess was not wrong. They met guards on the way to meet the emperor, and they came to Nigrim. They said that the emperor already knew about the visit of the dragon lord of the Golden Feather Kingdom. Please He went to meet.

From the guard's tone, it can be heard that the emperor's attitude is quite polite. Although he doesn't look down on the Earl of Golden Feather, he has to treat the lord of Gaiden with caution. There are many swordsmen in the Blade Empire, which means that they need weapons. The best weapons on the continent are all produced in Gaedon's marginal forest.

Thanks dwarves for their contributions.

Although it was essentially an arrest, because of Negrim's special status, it looked more like being escorted to the emperor's study.

Emperor Castella of the Blade Empire was dealing with affairs in the study, and the second prince and the first prince stood behind him on both sides, and the two did not even look at each other.

Castella was a tall and burly middle-aged man with gray temples and a straight face. Apart from his calm and prestige, his eyes were as gentle as that of the First Prince.

The second prince is in his twenties, and he may have inherited more of his mother's characteristics. He is very beautiful, and at the same time, just like Weiss said, his eyes are very big. Anyone who sees him will pay attention to him at first sight. His eyes, those blue pupils seemed to be filled with a sea. They were supposed to be as gentle as a soft winter quilt, but the arrogant expression on the face of the second prince destroyed this, making him look like a Mean and bigoted.

Hearing the guards outside the door reporting that people had been brought in, Emperor Castella raised his head and said, "Come in."

The guard opened the door first, followed by Negrim and Abel.

He only wanted to see Lord Dragon alone, how could two people come in?Castella frowned, and was about to speak when the third prince came in after him.

Why is there another one?Before Castella could open his mouth, Wes also squeezed in.

Castella: "???"

Allen who just walked in: "?"

Castella: "..."

If there were only three people in the study room just now, and the atmosphere could still be called serious and tense, now six or nine people squeezed in all of a sudden, it looks like a chaotic meeting of elementary school students.

Castella obviously felt the same way. He glanced at the people in the study and said speechlessly, "Why are there so many people here?"

The guard had no choice but to report the truth: "Return to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Third Prince, Earl Acres, and His Excellency Allen were originally with Lord Dragon Lord. His subordinates invited the latter, and the rest followed."

Castella: "...All right, then you go out."

The guards were eager to hear this order, and after saluting, they hurriedly retreated, leaving a few people staring at each other.

The big eyes refer to the second prince, and the small eyes refer to the third prince and Weiss. According to the original plan, the latter two began to wink at the second prince as soon as they entered the door, but the second prince did not understand the meaning of these two people and thought that They are mentally ill.

Seeing the second prince standing behind the emperor and rolling his eyes at them, Weiss and the third prince collapsed for a while, so they had to turn to Negrim for help, but Nigrim didn't have time to answer them at the moment, he had to Find a way to deal with the emperor.

Castella originally wanted to express his dissatisfaction with Negrim's move of bringing the servant into the study, but three other irrelevant people also ran in, a son, a nephew, and a great swordsman. He couldn't say it right now. What's the matter, I can only glance at the other three people, and said to Negrim lightly: "The Blade Empire should have welcomed the arrival of Your Excellency the Dragon Lord, but that was with prior knowledge, and you did not say anything. After entering the country, I secretly gathered my son and courtiers to do some tricks, isn't that bad?"

Negrim said: "I have to say sorry for this matter, but I think His Majesty should know what I am here for. This potion incident affects not only the Blade Empire, everyone on the continent will Becoming a victim, if I hadn't made such a judgment, I wouldn't have rushed to the blade and caused misunderstanding."

Weiss also hurriedly said: "Yes, old...Your Majesty, I invited Negrim to help you. You also know about the plot of the Dragon Clan, right? This matter is too serious, and it is definitely not something we can handle easily by blocking the news. of."

The corners of Castella's mouth twitched. It's okay not to mention the Dragon Clan. When mentioning the Dragon Clan, he remembered the oolong he wrote to Sapiantia. The latter laughed at him so much that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage. .

Castella was unhappy, so he said blankly: "The Blade Empire doesn't need any help."

Hearing this, the third prince frowned and said, "Father, this is not about our empire, but about the entire continent! If the matter of the medicine cannot be resolved, then we will be killed by those lunatics who took the medicine before the dragons attack." Wear down—I... I'm not saying that people who take medicine are crazy, but..."

Castella didn't pay attention to the third prince's incoherent opinions at all, and the first prince also stood up, looked straight at the third prince, and said in his usual calm and reliable tone: "Everything is just speculation, I don't deny the possibility of the dragon's conspiracy, but we don't have any evidence to prove that those medicines must be made by the dragons, and they must be harmful to people. In fact, if the medicines are indeed useful, then not only will we not lose combat power, but It will add a lot of available manpower."

"I have another piece of news I want to tell Father," the eldest prince showed a gentle and confident smile: "I have learned more about this potion during this period of time, and found that it has a variant that can directly change the physique of ordinary people. Changing into a swordsman physique, if we use it properly, then our combat power will be greatly improved, as long as there are enough people who become swordsmen, even if the dragons attack the mainland in the future, we will be invincible!"

"You lied!" Before Castella could speak, the third prince couldn't bear it any longer, and said with red eyes, "Are you still my elder brother? How could you tell such a lie?! You clearly know that those medicines are not What a good thing! Father, what the eldest brother said is all lies, that potion is a conspiracy of the Dragon Clan, it will only make people crazy, it will not make people better at all! The reason why the eldest brother said this is only because he He also took that kind of medicine himself! He wants to regain his strength and wants to go crazy, he wants to betray everyone! He wants to kill us!"

As soon as the third prince said this, Negrim knew it was not good, and as expected, Castella was furious, and scolded: "Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about? How can you say that about your elder brother? What else can I do? Who told you about strength?!"

The third prince trembled in fright, and only realized after seeing Castella's face. Their father has always loved and believed in his eldest brother. Apart from pure fatherly love and appreciation for his talents, there may be regrets And guilt, just as the third prince never allowed Negrim to "slander" the eldest prince at the beginning, the emperor would never allow the third prince to slander his eldest brother.

Originally, Castella wanted to give Negrim a warning that was neither soft nor hard, and then sent him back to Gaydon, but he never expected that the words of the third prince would directly ignite the anger in his heart. It was Negrim's fault, and he didn't look good to everyone at the moment, and said directly: "I have made my own decisions on these matters, and the Dragon Lord doesn't need to stay in the Blade Empire any longer, please go back to Gaydon, I will send They were escorted all the way."

It was said to be an escort, but it was actually to forcibly expel Negrim.Everyone's hearts sank, the third prince's eyes were even redder, and he stared at his elder brother unwillingly, but he knew that if he continued to make trouble, there would be no results, and I'm afraid it would only make his father even more angry.

The eldest prince smiled at the third prince, and said: "Father, the third younger brother is not talking nonsense, he was just deceived by others and misunderstood this matter, there is one sentence he said is right, I did take that medicine. "

As soon as the eldest prince said this, everyone was stunned, and Castella immediately turned to look at him, both shocked and frightened.

The eldest prince calmly said to him: "I didn't intend to hide this from you from the beginning. After all, when the side effects occur in the early stage, you must have the help of other people to get through it."

"To be honest, I met with the alchemist who developed the medicine. He told me the original intention of developing this medicine, and briefly demonstrated to me the changes that would occur after taking the medicine. It does make people go crazy, but after that the symptoms will disappear, and those who have taken the medicine will recover their strength before the injury, even stronger than before." The eldest prince said to Castella firmly: "I know you You don’t necessarily believe me, so we can do an experiment, because the swordsman’s physique is resistant to drugs, the period of side effects in the early stage will be very long, so we can find an ordinary person to test the drug.”

"Under normal circumstances, even ordinary people will need to spend more than a month to fully return to normal after taking the medicine, but I know that the current situation cannot make you wait that long, so we can increase the dose of the medicine, One week, just one week, I will be able to prove the power of this potion to you," the eldest prince looked at his father seriously, and assured him: "I've confirmed it, there will never be any problems."

Castella has always believed in his eldest son, and the eldest prince has also proved to him countless times that he is trustworthy. When he said this with such certainty, Castella could not help being a little shaken.

In the final analysis, there is really no conclusive evidence for the information about the Dragon Clan and the potion, but Alan heard it from outsiders, but the eldest prince is his son, and he knows each other better. If he wants to make a comparison, he is of course more willing to believe the eldest prince. Prince.

Weiss saw the wavering on Castella's face at a glance, and couldn't help but said: "As someone who has experienced this matter, I really understand your thoughts now, the third brother and the eldest brother have been brothers for more than ten years I didn’t even understand him. You and him have been father and son for 30 years, but you don’t see any difference, but 30 years is twice as many as ten years! Didn’t you hear something wrong with him? If it was the old big watch Brother, there is no suggestion to use ordinary people for experiments! He has changed, old man, open your little eyes and have a look! He has changed! He is crazy! He has cooperated with the dragon of the Dragon Clan !"

As the son of Castella's younger sister, Weiss has always been favored, and in some places he can even get better treatment than the eldest prince. For example, he is often the same age as the Emperor of the Blade Empire, and the latter has never blamed him. He, but this time the situation is different. In addition to the eldest prince, people from other countries such as Negrim were also involved. Castella's original position was that he did not want people from other countries to get involved. This time, Lian Weiss No words could change his mind.

However, his tolerance for this nephew is still there, so he didn't blame him for being offended, but just angrily said: "Shut up too! I haven't pursued you for secretly contacting people from other countries behind my back. You know this is leaking state secrets." Is it? Your elder brother has the ability to prove what he said, what do you have to prove that the Dragon Lord is not a spy?"

As soon as Weiss mentioned this, he became dumb. He opened his mouth and found that he really had no evidence to prove that Negrim must have come to help. I have been cheated, I feel guilty when I say this, how could I hide it from Castella.

Castella snorted coldly, and said: "Just follow what the boss said about the potion, and there will be results after seven days. If you can't recover... then I will find an antidote, and I will not let that dare The alchemist who lied to us, if the situation is not right, I will naturally make a decision whether to ask for help, but if it is really like what the boss said, it is actually a good potion, and I will give a reward and use it. "

"Father!"

"His Majesty!"

"Shut up!" Castella yelled, and turned to look at Negrim: "Your Excellency, Dragon Lord—"

When the Castella family was quarreling, Negrim had already foreseen the result in advance. Neither the Third Prince nor Weiss would be the opponent of the First Prince, and his intervention by an outsider would only make His Majesty the Emperor of the Blade Empire even more suspicious. , so he didn't waste his time trying to convince the other party, but kept silently looking at the second prince behind Castella.

The second prince and him looked at each other, but the time was too short, and Nigrim didn't know if the other party understood what he meant, and what kind of attitude he had, but he still insisted on completing his eye contact plan until the card Stella called his name again.

Negrim turned to look at him and said, "To be honest, it's not for the Blade Empire, but for the entire continent. I don't want to leave here."

It was so ridiculous to say this, and Castella didn't pay attention to what he meant at all. He was about to call the guards, but he heard the second prince who had been quietly behind him say slowly: "Then stay here."

Castella: "???"

Castella turned to look at his second son. Since he became the crown prince, the second prince has been diligently learning from Castella how to be a monarch, but his biggest shortcoming is that he looks down on people who are weaker than himself, Rarely speaks for others, and this is the first time he has spoken on his own initiative, and Castella was shocked.

The second prince did not stay by Castella's side like the first prince, but walked down unsteadily, bowed to Castella, and said, "Of course the eldest brother can prove whether what he said is true or not." Really, but driving people away before the results come out, the dragon lord is unconvinced. Besides, what Weiss said is a one-sided statement. Before the results of the experiment come out, isn’t what the elder brother said is not a one-sided statement? I think The Lord of Dragons should stay first."

Seeing that Castella was frowning, the second prince said: "I know what you are hesitating about. I have been worrying about what my father is worried about, but now the situation is complicated and there must be a compromise, so I am willing to take on this job. When the Dragon Lord stays in Blade's Edge, I will monitor his every move, and if he tries to do anything that will damage the Blade's Empire, I will expel him immediately."

Castella didn't speak, and the second prince raised his voice and said, "Don't you believe my judgment? Or do you think I will do things that will harm the country?"

Unlike the incongruous third prince and Weiss, the second prince is the heir apparent. How could Castella not believe in his judgment? Not only did he believe it, but the first prince in the past also believed it. As for the latter, it is even more ridiculous , Why did the second prince harm his own country?After Castella's death, he is the new emperor. Can he still get higher benefits?

In the end, Castella chose to trust the second prince. His rejection of Negrim only came from the other party's unclear purpose. Since the second prince was willing to vouch for him, he didn't necessarily have to offend the man who held the dwarves. The lord cannot.

"Since you said so, then the Dragon Lord will leave it to you for the time being. Everything will be resolved after seven days."

The eldest prince frowned. Negrim will be expelled after seven days. This is not the result he wants. As long as Negrim and his black dragon stay in the Blade Empire for one more day, Alan Hans will have to go It was dangerous, so he said coldly: "Second brother, your idea is good, but if you failed to catch him and finally asked him to spread the news to the outside, what should you do?"

The second prince lazily raised his head to look at his elder brother, his sea-like blue eyes were full of contempt: "What should I do? Naturally, I will bear all the responsibilities. I will face any situation that may happen, and I will take responsibility." Clean up all the mess that has been made because of my choices."

"I can do it all," he stared at the eldest prince without blinking. "What about you? Brother, can you bear everything?"

The eldest prince looked at his second brother who had never been as good as himself, and his expression twisted for a moment.

The second prince hooked the corner of his mouth and said: "You can't, no matter it was the previous time or this time, you can't, sober up, let yourself go, you are just an ordinary person."

After all, the second prince ignored the elder prince's livid face and his father's frowning, and staggered to the side of Negrim, raised his chin, and looked at him through his nostrils.

Negrim: "..."

"The lord of the dragon?" The second prince's tone was very awkward: "What are you still doing? Come with me."