Throne Steps

Because of the threat of the black swan, the team of victims did not dare to make any mistakes, and arrived at the resettlement site smoothly according to the scheduled itinerary.

The three of Li Chen didn't even enter the resettlement site, and continued to move forward quickly, and finally arrived at a village near noon the next day.

This is a village in the disaster-stricken area. Due to its general geographical location, the original scale is not large.Coupled with the current disaster-stricken state, the building is basically empty, and it is even more depressed.

But as early as when he was still some distance away from the village, "Giant" Ogysius was keenly aware of something unusual.

"This is..." He squinted his eyes and looked around, "Is it coming soon?"

Li Chen, who was leading the way, heard the words and glanced back at him: "Tsk, how do you know?"

The giant sneered: "Well... the smell of the guardian's 'wolf dog'."

He has the highest pure force value among the three, and of course he is the most sensitive to threats of strength.Li Chen raised his eyebrows and glanced at him: "Your 'dog nose' is very sensitive."

Fudexi turned his head: "Speaking of 'dog nose'... I found it thousands of miles away, who is it?"

Li Chen smiled, and said lightly, "Okay, everyone is in the same boat", and took the lead to hit the horse in the direction of the village.

Even though Ogysius felt some kind of threat and warning, the three Black Swans entered the village unimpeded.

The village was empty, and the traces of life in the past seemed to be getting colder and colder here.Li Chen walked along the small road in the village without looking sideways, and finally when he turned into the alley at the end of the road, two people appeared to block the way.

To be precise, it is to "guidance" everyone's whereabouts.

"You go this way." Although the passerby was wearing casual clothes, under his ordinary appearance, there was a hidden strength that could explode at any time, "The two people behind, please come with me."

Fudexi glanced at Li Chen, didn't care that the other party directly arranged his own itinerary, and got off the horse with Ogesius and went to the side.

Li Chen entered the study.

This is a study room temporarily converted from a farmhouse. The seemingly simple building structure is actually covered with various formations that are invisible to the naked eye, and many necessary supplies have been placed in an orderly manner.Behind the desk full of documents, an extremely handsome blond man in a white robe was sitting there, with various documents spread out in front of him.

As soon as Li Chen entered the door, he said "Your Highness..." and was interrupted by the man's gorgeous and magnetic voice.

"Going to scare the victims?"

Li Chen was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he didn't continue to greet him, coughed and replied: "Well, I'm going."

"In the name of caring about me?"

This is a bit difficult to accept...

"I really care about you." Li Chen said as he walked towards the table, "Don't blame me for just using this as an excuse, Your Highness."

Saenz raised his eyelids to look at him.

"Come on, what are you here for?" Saenz folded the documents in front of him and threw them aside, "I heard that your people have already infiltrated the resettlement site."

"Come and perform." Li Chen shrugged, "I was afraid at first that I misunderstood what you meant, but when I heard the news that you were swept away by the flood, I felt a lot more at ease."

Saenz raised his eyebrows and said, "I was really swept away by the flood, are you kidding me?"

That being said, no matter who looks at it, the pure white color doesn't look like it's just recovering from a serious illness

"I'm also heartbroken because of this news." Li Chen replied, "Many victims of the disaster are eyewitnesses."

Saenz looked at him meaningfully.

"Okay." Li Chen sighed and pointed to his heart, "Your connection has always been stable here. Because of it, I don't have to really panic; because of it, I can come to you without hesitation. "

Saenz replied: "But I did get swept away by the flood."

"..." Li Chen was silent for a while.Rationally, he knows what the standard answer is at the moment; emotionally, he doesn't really want to "hand in the paper".

But he was defeated by Saenz's gaze.Almost no one can resist such charming, seductive, and intoxicating eyes, especially this pure white color deliberately turned the almost transparent pupils back to blue eyes, like the sea, like the sky.With eyes like that, people would promise him anything.

What's more, Li Chen has such a deep connection with this Sarnlich, not to mention that this Sarnlich's gaze does not hide his emotions.

This is too difficult... Li Chen had no choice but to walk forward slowly, and knelt down on one knee beside Saenz.

Saenz held out his left hand toward him.

"I care about your safety, so I came from thousands of miles away according to the induction in my heart." Li Chen held his left hand, put his forehead against the back of his hand, and said slowly, "For your safety, I am willing to pay any price .”

These words sounded like lines, and Li Chen brazenly made up a lie about the reason why he came here, but Saenz didn't show any expression of disgust.

His tone was even gentler and more affectionate than Li Chen's.

"Then you can't use that distant, distinct tone when it's just the two of us."

Li Chen's eyelids twitched, and the tactful refusal came to his lips, but Saenz continued: "Or, kiss me?"

Li Chen wiped his face and stood up: "Let's talk about something serious."

There are actually many serious things that can be said, but the first one must be related to Saenz himself.

"It's been quiet for a while?"

Li Chen was taken aback, looking at Saenz.Saenz was not in a hurry to continue explaining, and Li Chen didn't ask questions right away. After a while, Li Chen came to his senses.

"Oh, you want to 'make a fortune in silence'." Li Chen said, "I mean, you want to take advantage of this 'distress' to recuperate, so that others can't see you, so that you can focus on the southwest go."

Saenz did not deny it, it seems that Li Chen guessed right again.

"But you are now famous in the Northland, and you can say that it has been very popular for a while." Li Chen propped his chin, "Is this a waste?"

Says Saenz: "It's because of the sudden stop on the 'boom' that it's more effective the second time around, isn't it?"

"Did you know that many of my plays in 'there' are performed like this—a character suddenly disappears in a catastrophe, as if he has been involved in destruction by an inescapable disaster." Li Chen touched Touching his chin, "Then, on a certain day, at a certain time, he appeared again."

Li Chen's eyes gradually emptied, as if he was entering a certain situation, and the language with a certain tone and rhythm gradually exaggerated a certain atmosphere.

"At that moment, it seemed that time stopped, it seemed that the scene was reversed, and it seemed that his famous words were ringing in people's ears."

Li Chen focused his eyes on Saenz.

"Then he said: 'I'm back'."

Saenz looked at him, and after a few seconds, he smiled and said, "It's in line with my imagination."

"What if I say that most of the characters that appear in this way are villains?" Li Chen raised his eyebrows, "Is this also in line?"

"Why not?" Saenz replied, "I'm a 'villain' to a lot of people, aren't I?"

Big brother, little brother, other eternal colors, and now the royal family and other nobles.The heirs of both the pure white color and the royal family are changing and competing.No one can withdraw from it, everyone is besieged on all sides, and everyone has to confirm the "enemy" from the intricate relationship, and then find the "enemy of the enemy".

"What's more, I'm not really retiring." Saenz said again, "'The Great Moment' can allow me to have more followers to choose from, and 'Temporary Silence' can make people who are eager for fame and fortune leave my network automatically. around."

"You always see farther than I do." Li Chen smiled, "Then it seems that I am a black swan with a white belt to 'add drama'?"

"How come?" Saenz leaned on the back of the chair, supported the armrest with one hand, raised his chin slightly and looked at Li Chen, showing a smile.Even if this is a casual action belonging to "Saar", the pure white color is also very charming.

"The 'black swans' are here, which also shows that my situation this time is really 'not optimistic', doesn't it?"

Li Chen really admires Saenz's thick skin for saying that himself.But since Saenz plans to be a little quieter, how to choose after the black swan is also a big problem.

But let's solve the immediate problem first: "By the way, I have to send a letter to Amoya through the divine bird."

Saenz was not surprised: "You want the chamber of commerce to support relief supplies?"

"No, no, of course you are the one who supports the relief supplies." Li Chen replied, "It's just a chance for the chamber of commerce... to secretly 'do good'."

Saenz narrowed his eyes: "You want him to be completely bound to me?"

Li Chen opened the information that Saenz had just shown him, pointed to one of the pages and said, "Of course I believe you have enough funds for these materials. But it will take too much manpower and material resources to prepare these materials and transport them to the disaster area." , it is better to leave it to a professional chamber of commerce.”

Saenz doesn't buy the benefits: "You know, I don't mean that level."

"Well, the level you just mentioned..." Li Chen closed the file and said, "To be precise, it's 'campaign donations'."

Campaign donations are not uncommon in Li Chen's original world, and they are not completely unfamiliar in the Rhaetian League.But as a proper term, this is the first time Saenz has heard it.

So the pure white color said: "Continue."

"Your funds are all used to buy supplies, no problem, but other hidden expenses are so-called 'donations'." Li Chen continued, "Amoya is actually bound to you a long time ago, but now it's his It’s time to contribute. And if you don’t start when his strength is still weak, it will be difficult to contact him after he really speaks for himself in the chamber of commerce.”

"Let the chamber of commerce that is not in the north handle the relief supplies, and let Amoya openly use this as an excuse to contact the northern business..." Saenz said coldly, "You want to help him enter the northern market."

"...I don't deny it." Li Chen looked at the other party without any guilt, "At this time, in this place, helping him is helping you."

Saenz also looked at him, but didn't speak.

Li Chen took a deep breath slowly and said, "Because I know that the battle for the successor of the pure white color is not only aimed at the position of the pure white patriarch."

Saenz didn't move, but the invisible contract was like a shackle, entangled Li Chen more and more tightly, making his heart pound.

Saenz blinked slowly: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course." Li Chen replied, "I'm saying—just like other nobles trying to suppress the eternal color, and the royal family trying to revive the imperial power, the pure white color may not be desirable, nor may it be impossible, and go a step further."

That's right, what Li Chen was talking about - the throne that commands the entire Raetia Alliance.