Throne Steps

Four years later, in the suburbs of the capital of the temple, Saenz's mansion.

A young man who hasn't fully bloomed is sitting on the reception chair in the small hall, twirling the teacup with his fingers.His black hair is almost shoulder-length, and it looks neat, but when you look closely, you can find some roughness, as if it has been dusty for a period of time.His eyes are also pure black, this feature is rare among the people of Letia, and it is even more abrupt among the light-eyed people everywhere in the mansion.

Contrary to the black hair and black eyes, he was wearing a uniform with silver and white as the main color.The collar of the uniform is a silk scarf embroidered with silver-gray dark patterns, and a decorative badge is buttoned on it. The cuffs of the coat are tied with golden silk thread, and a pair of white-dyed sheepskin boots are stepping on the stone floor. sound.Wearing this outfit, the young man forcibly concealed his cunning, giving birth to a bit of a sharp sense of abstinence.This is actually the ceremonial uniform of the guards in the Pure White family. The youth doesn't often wear it, but it is made for him every year.

Strictly speaking, young people are not members of the guard.Although the clothes are the same as those of the guards, the badge pattern on the collar is his real identity symbol - the black swan.

The young man drank tea for a while, and the butler came to the small hall: "Your Highness, please go over."

please?I'm afraid I'm going to roll over in a hurry.The young man smiled, picked up a short stick beside him, walked over and followed the butler.

It was early summer and they walked through the corridor, the sun was shining brightly outside the window.The young man felt a little stuffy because he was wearing a full set of ceremonial uniforms, and wanted to pull the neckline, but held back when his fingers touched the badge, and asked, "How is Your Highness doing?"

"It's still the same. Summer is always different for him." The butler is still the same butler that Saenz has been following, so he naturally knows how much he can talk back to Li Chen.Since Saenz won the song of the siren, he has been a little irritable every summer.With the growth in the past few years, Saenz has become more calm and indifferent in front of outsiders, and more casual in front of his own people.When Li Chen accompanied Saenz to explain the Siren's Song, the butler knew the importance of this child in his highness's heart, so he replied half a sentence.Otherwise, with his status as the chief executive, he wouldn't have to report in person and pick up a guard in person.

The young man felt that the answer was similar to what he had imagined, so he answered and fell silent.The butler thought for a while, and added: "He was meeting with the head of the intelligence department just now, and he seemed dissatisfied with their work."

The young man asked, "What happened to them?"

The housekeeper glanced back at the young man, the young man paused and wiped his face: "Okay, I see."

It seems that the scolding of the intelligence department is also related to me, so the leader is preparing for a double attack?The young man sighed silently in his heart, but he felt a sense of appointment that "anyone who should come will come anyway".He twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a low laugh: "Thanks for the reminder."

The butler replied, "His Highness is actually worried about you."

"I understand." The young man lowered his eyes and smiled, "His Highness's trust and concern are honors that I would exchange my life for."

When the housekeeper heard that the performance was going to start in front of him, he quickly stopped talking.Fortunately, the place arrived soon, the butler looked back at the young man, then raised his hand and knocked on the door.

The young man stood behind the butler, the strong contract power made him almost feel the chest vibration caused by every heartbeat.And the other contractor of this contract is only a door away from him, and the power of the contract can almost lock the opponent's position through the door.

"Your Highness." The butler knocked on the door, bowed his head and said, "Li Chen is here."

As soon as Li Chen entered the room, the door was closed behind his back, and he was coerced and "persecuted" as usual.

"Back from playing?" Saenz sat behind the desk, writing something without looking up, "Why didn't you die outside?"

Li Chen's back left the door panel and slowly stood up straight.Ever since he knelt twice under Saenz's coercion, this pure white person never used strength from top to bottom, but always pushed him to the side.The coercion this time was to push him back. He didn't resist at all, and was nailed to the back of the door with a bang.Now to answer the leader's words, Li Chen quickly took a small step forward and stood up straight.

"I have seen Your Highness." Li Chen bowed and saluted, and replied in a slightly hoarse voice, "Even if I don't want to use my death to dirty the ground around Your Highness's feet, I... still hope to see you again before I die." One last look."

As soon as Saenz heard this, he knew that Li Chen was going to start to make trouble.The pure white Third Highness has been tempered by this ambiguous tone of expressing "until death" for so many years, and has already faintly given up the momentum of admitting defeat.It's not that this is his weakness, but that when Li Chen said similar lines, the current situation could always subtly fit, causing the Third Highness to be choked for a while.At the beginning, it was just because Saenz felt that the child had really provided him with a lot of help, so he shouldn't be completely chilled; by now, Saenz had been forced to get used to it.

For example, now, when Saenz heard Li Chen's voice, coupled with the cough he covered his mouth to hold back after speaking, His Highness had no choice but to put down his pen: "Stop acting, sit down when you get hurt."

Li Chen was not embarrassed when he saw that his tricks were exposed, he took a few steps forward and sat down in front of Saenz: "We have intercepted accurate news that a magical beast that produced a magic crystal broke into Samuel. District, that’s why I decided to hunt monsters on the spur of the moment, and it was delayed for a while. The monsters have been auctioned by the chamber of commerce. I’ve seen the valuation, and it’s not bad. After the auction is over and I get the money, the project of the temple can be completed ahead of schedule, so don’t worry Let the crystal ore be produced in large quantities."

"Hunting monsters, why are you going to join in the fun." Saenz wanted to lose his temper again, but this sentence of building a temple for him in order to make money could choke him back.Originally, I wanted Li Chen not to think about money, but it was still a little difficult to hear his voice, no amount of temper could only turn into helplessness: "Get out."

Li Chen grinned and went to the table and stretched out his hand. Saenz held the inside of his wrist, and a healing power of the light system slowly flowed into Li Chen's body, turning along the meridians, which immediately made Li Chen feel better .Li Chen withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "At any rate, I am on a mission as a mercenary. Could it be possible to ask other people to send me out before looking for the monster?"

He had qualified as a mercenary at the age of 16—of course he had set the age of 16—but he hadn't completed a two-star mission until recently.Given that he is an alchemist who is not very good at magic and physical skills, this two-star task was dispatched to other talents to complete it successfully.

Saenz said: "But you dumped the intelligence team again."

As soon as Li Chen heard about this, a standard three-step apology came immediately: "I did not think carefully. Acting without authorization will embarrass the intelligence department, and it is even more likely to cause misjudgment in your decision-making. I will definitely carefully consider the pros and cons next time. Try to report to you before taking action. However, this time the intelligence team actually asked newcomers to practice with me, and I left when I really couldn't cooperate."

So much said earlier is foreshadowing, and finally it is the topic of using new talents for the intelligence team.Saenz knew Li Chen's way of speaking, and he had just learned what they said from the intelligence department, so the issue of responsibility can still be distinguished.After much deliberation, it is still necessary to put two people who specialize in intelligence in Li Chen's team, so as not to be caught all day long if he slips out.

Li Chen didn't know that Saenz was going to install "monitoring" directly beside him, so he only talked to Saenz: "According to the current progress, the temple can be completed this year. How is Wiggins' preparations going?" "

As soon as he mentioned this, Saenz's expression became half a smile: "He is very dissatisfied that the 'Black Swan' is organized among the guards of the temple."

Li Chen took off the badge on the collar flower and played with it between his fingers. The image of the black swan fluttered in his hand.Saenz's words were within his expectations, but still not pleasant: "I see, I have time to take a look."

Saenz glanced at him: "It's just to inform him, why don't we wait for someone to persuade him to nod?"

Even though Wiggins has graduated from Pesa for two years, he still cannot escape his status as a "pig teammate".He has basically mastered his spying skills, as long as he can see them in places without protective barriers, but this takes a lot of energy and cannot be used normally.In addition, Wiggins' other magic scores are mediocre, which can barely be regarded as an intermediate level for Pesa.However, even with such an ordinary skill, the color of his eyes can start to lighten obviously at the age of 20. Li Chen has to admit how much talent he has wasted!

In the few years in Pesa, Wiggins' personal ability is not so much worthy of the original quota of exemptions, but it feels like a great breakthrough.He has long silver hair, and only wears light-colored - more often silver-white-gray-based robes. He rarely leaves his hand with a staff that is almost as long as his height. The top of the staff is shaped like a star. Buckle a white magic crystal.He restrained the habit of bluffing, and gradually became calm and kind when dealing with people, often with a kind smile on his lips.

In this case, the "Black Swan" has become an organization that Wiggins is very reluctant to approach. There are actually not many "black swan" people, and Wiggins has never seen these people, but it does not prevent him from always hearing rumors of "black swan" cruel methods.In fact, rather than saying that "Black Swan" is cruel, it is better to say that it makes the achievement of goals far ahead of helping others.After hearing too many rumors, Wiggins decided that the "black swan" was a shadow, and it was the last resort after the light had nothing to do.As he yearns for the light, he naturally does not want the "black swan" to approach.

He didn't know that Regsella back then had escaped from Samuel and transformed into Lichen.Even the name "Black Swan" comes from the marks he wrote every time he wrote letters with Saenz.

In Li Chen's eyes, Wiggins' behavior was nothing more than an imitation, an imitation of the pure white color.Wiggins should be in line with the imaginary pure white color, and what he does is the same as Xia Luo's posture in order to become a real nobleman.Without strength, no amount of superficial skill is a castle in the air. Basically, Saenz's trusted subordinates don't pay attention to this unworthy guy, let alone listen to his orders.Of course, Wiggins himself can't detect it, because it's too easy for Saenz to win over a person, and a character like Wiggins will only be addicted to it and can't extricate himself.Not to mention that recently, this pure white man's "love" for him has reached the limit-a temple is being erected for Wiggins!

Sometimes, even Li Chen felt that Saenz had gone too far.A temple!Even if it is explained to the outside world as a place for Wiggins to devote himself to the study of prophecy, it is still a naked church-like building!Such a bright target, if Li Chen is Saenz's enemy, he has to think about whether this target appears too easily, and whether he will waste bullets if he hits it.

But Saenz doesn't think so.Although the building was built in the name of Wiggins, it is not necessarily in his hands.Lichen's "black swans" have been scattered all over the place, and they are all incorporated into the temple guards. After all, there is a centralized place.

For the time being, Li Chen didn't dare to think about using this shining target to support people, only thinking that Saenz wanted to support his army of healers in it, so he just commented on Wiggins' temper casually: "Pride and pride ah."

Saenz heard his obviously teasing tone, and replied: "Aren't you proud of being favored?"

Li Chen stuck the black swan badge on his right eye to block it, and smiled: "Then I'll try to be 'proud' to look better."