Throne Steps

It's night, Ainuma Temple, Saenz's study.

The butler knocked on the door: "Your Highness, Li Chen is here."

Saenz's sitting posture is a bit lazy.He leaned against the back of the chair, clasped his hands slightly on his lower abdomen, closed his eyes as if he was taking a nap, and responded to the housekeeper's words with a vague "hmm".

The butler let Li Chen into the study and closed the door behind him.

"Good evening, Your Highness." Li Chen was holding a tray, and bowed slightly by the door to salute.This time he was wearing the newly arrived summer uniform, white with black stripes, breathable and light.With a shawl, it can block the night wind without losing rigor.

Saenz didn't even have an "um" at the moment.

Li Chen didn't feel the coercion, nor did he notice the stagnant atmosphere, so he took a small step forward tentatively.Seeing that his boss still ignored him, Li Chen walked straight to the desk with the tray in his hand.

"Are you tired?" Although he acted boldly, Li Chen didn't dare to be accused of "sneaky", so he talked while walking, "Why don't you drink the calming tea first, and I'll tell the butler to prepare for your bedtime?"

Saenz still didn't answer.

Li Chen didn't feel embarrassed either.He put the tray by the table, glanced at Saenz, then turned to the sofa and shook the thin blanket.

Saenz closed his eyes and said slowly: "Don't you feel ashamed to grab the job of personal servant?"

"How could it be?" Li Chen walked up to Saenz with the thin blanket in his arms, shook the blanket outwards and covered Saenz's lap, and said with a low smile, "I am willing."

In the past, Li Chen used to say "he will go through fire and water" and "it's an honor", but now he uses a word like a lover's murmur, which makes Saenz's heart skip a beat and detects his different "aggressiveness".

The pure white color raised his eyelids and glanced at the child who was leaning in front of him, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the other's wrist.

Li Chen had just finished covering him with a blanket and wanted to straighten up, but when he was caught, he said in a daze, "Your Highness?"

Saenz didn't speak, and just poured his magic power into Li Chen's veins.Li Chen realized that the boss was checking the status of the remaining energy after the treasure gift, and he didn't resist at all, and taught the pure white magic power to go quickly and gently through the whole body.What's more, when the magic power was close to the source of his heart, he took the contract and expressed his joy several times.

Saenz's strength is just like himself, seemingly friendly but cold, walking his own way without being affected at all.After such a turn, Saenz naturally knew that Lichen's magic source was a little thicker.He didn't follow the cordial tradition of pure white color, but he praised it first, and only put on his wrist with sarcasm: "Dare to take any external force, and dying a few times is not enough."

Li Chen thought to himself that one is a treasure and the other is you, not to mention that both are of great benefit; even if I want to resist, I can't resist.But after thinking about it, the words that came out of my mouth were: "The power of the contract is from the same source as you, and your power is close to me. I am too happy, how can I resist? The power of the treasure is close to your origin, so I naturally also Forget about defense."

What's more, the gift of treasures is something I asked for myself.

Saen Si thought about the faint joy that came from the contract just now, and felt helpless for the child's desperate expression of intimacy.He casually pointed to the chair next to him: "Sit."

Li Chen agreed, but when he looked at the table, another topic came up: "Do you like the theme of this year's performance?"

On the upper right corner of the desk is the album of the main peripheral products of this year's Melting Pot performance.There are two characters on the cover, one with a lion face and one young girl—"Beauty and the Beast".

Li Chen actually arrived before dinner, but he himself was not in a hurry to see Saenz, he just asked the housekeeper to hand over the gift first, as an outpost.Although the gift is co-authored and placed in the upper right corner—meaning that Saenz will not read it temporarily but may read it—at least the packaging has been opened, which means that Saenz accepted the gift.

Now he mentions it again, even Saenz, who is used to his sugar-coated bullets, can't completely calm down, and can only interrupt: "No business?"

This sounded familiar, Li Chen had only asked the chief guard at the foot of the mountain in the morning.But even if Saenz asked him to come, Li Chen could only think of something serious.He pulled the tray on the other side of the desk and picked up the teapot to make calming tea for Saenz: "I don't want to hide the fact that the black swans use Ainuma as their nest, so how about letting it happen?"

Saenz originally asked him to come here to learn more about the gift of treasures, but now that this is the topic, he just smiled and said: "You've already 'killed first, then played', and you still come to me as an 'after the horse'?"

Hey, listen to this Chinese word, there is nothing wrong with it.Li Chen was silent for a moment, and put the teacup on Xiaodie in front of Saenz: "Isn't this going to pass on a story and come to get your permission?"

Saenz picked up his teacup and took two sips.

"Hey, that's it..." Li Chen moved the chair pointed by the previous leader to the person, and smiled apologetically, "I'm going to say, 'The black swan got some people because of the money and effort to build the temple, so they can go to Ainu The right to live in Ma. It’s just that there are too many people disturbing His Royal Highness Saenz not far from Grace, so most of the people living in the temple went to camp at the foot of the mountain.” How? Of course, I have to say that we can only live, and there is maintenance And the obligation to protect the temple, and the rules of the temple must not be violated."

Saenz put down his teacup and looked at him: "Not really."

"With my IQ, I can make it up to this level." Li Chen didn't take Saenz's words as objections at all, "You have no objection, so I'll spread it?"

Saenz glanced at him, and Li Chen returned a flattering smile.The leader was noncommittal, Li Chen had always been thick-skinned with him, so it was assumed that he agreed.

But after the trivial matters are laid out, Li Chen can't talk about it any more, and takes the initiative to enter the topic that should be confessed: "You are extremely talented and capable, help me see it?"

Saenz had expected this topic, but he never expected it to start like this, and was puzzled for a while: "What are you looking at?"

"See if I still have the power left by Zhenbao in me." Li Chen smiled, "When I asked yesterday, the Black Swan people said no. But what is the relationship between you and Zhenbao? Compared with my abilities, my ability pales in comparison. Without a word of affirmation from you, how can I feel at ease?"

Hearing this tone, Saenz wondered why the child was still seduced by the gift of treasures in front of the majestic pure white color, and replied with a mocking tone: "The black swans are indeed a bunch of idiots."

Li Chen heard that what he picked back was actually a joke, and deduced that the leader would probably not get angry because of the delay in reporting, so he couldn't help but feel relieved.Shunzui replied with another sentence: "Indeed. Without you giving me a fake tiger's prestige, how can I, a little bastard, be able to subdue a group of old bastards?"

Li Chen's words were indeed a little self-deprecating.Both Akeye and Fudexi are in his hands. With these two people working together to rule, can the mere lone wolf old department turn the world upside down?What's more, the "black swans" not only regard Li Chen as Saenz's straight line, but also saw with their own eyes that the two responsible persons took good care of him. Who would not want to offend this existence beyond the mascot?

Saenz has a high position and authority, and he has heard so much flattery, and sometimes it is too annoying.But when Lichen said such words, Saenz would be able to respond to him three times more patiently: "Did I let you pretend to be a tiger?"

Although the answer is not very nice.

As long as Li Chen is willing, he can answer anything: "It's me, Jiyue, holding a chicken feather as an arrow, you can spare my life!"

After drinking the calming tea, Saenz couldn't think of anything to be angry with Li Chen. He leaned back in his chair and said, "What's interesting about being a think tank and making yourself look like a jester?"

Li Chen took the initiative to put away the tea set, and after hearing Saenz's joke, he turned around and smiled at him: "It's as sweet as it is."

Saenz's heart skipped a beat.Although he usually heard a lot of the other party talking about horse racing, he was touched twice unexpectedly tonight-of course it was only a very small touch-and he couldn't help trying to find out the tricks played by the other party while replying: "The power of the treasure in your body has indeed already disappeared. Gone. But it seems you should confess something else."

In fact, Li Chen just switched channels too quickly, and suddenly a serious sentence was mixed in with the teasing, which is nothing new.But people always care a little more about those they trust. Li Chen has been attacking Saenz since he was young, and even took the risk to help him survive the "Song of the Siren" period.At that time, they faced each other day and night in distress, and today Saenz has very little defense against him.What other people do to make jokes, if Li Chen does it in front of Saenz, it will have more effect.In the past, Saenz was still a bit serious when joking, let alone serious words, and even refused a few times.

Li Chen never thought that the little tricks would work on Saenz, so he didn't realize that Saenz was secretly observing him.He just sat back beside Saenz, and after listening to these words, he was silent for a while, and replied: "Then, I'm afraid."

Saenz was about to listen attentively to his description of the gift of treasures, but Li Chen opened his mouth with a strong sense of worry: "The gift of treasures to me is just a few words, but it's a small matter, forgive me for talking about it later. It's just that I heard that His Highness I seldom use calming tea anymore, and now the shrine is full of light formations opened by Grace, but you instead... Today and a few days ago, I poured it with my own hands at least twice——Boldly ask, do you have any differences? ?”

In the middle of saying this, Saenz had already guessed what Li Chen was going to ask.But when the child asked, the pure white His Majesty had a feeling of "you dare to ask".

Relying on his closeness to the leader, Li Chen took the pole to give himself a sense of presence, and by the way, see if he can get some secrets and errands from it.To put it bluntly, it means "Daddy, you don't seem happy, do you want to wear a little padded jacket to relieve your boredom and beat bad guys?"

In fact, Grace drank tea before just in case, but drinking tea today is really a little irritating.However, Saenz did not intend to explain in detail, and just replied directly: "There is a difference. It is just uneasy. I am afraid that Wiggins, the chief director of the temple, will not be able to do it tomorrow."

Sure enough, a gossip exploded.Li Chen didn't think that Wiggins' kung fu could turn the world upside down, so he understood that his leader was restless but not dignified.However, the line of pure white color has always been a top-notch skill in nourishing Qi, and Saenz also regarded Wiggins as almost a clown.Li Chen was still a little curious that the chief director of the temple still had the ability to arouse the anger of the leader.

"The kindness of Zhao Zhao is not over yet, how can he still pierce the sky?"

Seeing Li Chen's disapproving expression, Saenz wanted to frighten him, so he pretended to say in a low voice: "He said that Suoyang's matter may be fought in the near future and innocent people will be affected, and he wants to go to the southwest to give Suoyang's attention The people are praying!"

Li Chen was stunned: "What the hell?"