Throne Steps

When spring and summer alternate, the momentum of the rain gradually increases, but it is no longer dense, but intermittent.It was originally a bright and cloudy weather, but it became heavy as soon as it was said, and the big raindrops hit the ground, and after a while, it formed the sound of a crashing rainstorm.

The young man with black hair and black eyes originally only quickened his pace when the rain just fell, but now that the rain is pouring down, he just leaned against the eaves beside the street and walked slowly along this small shade Walk.Where there is no eaves, he trots a few steps.Even though he arrived at his destination in a short while, the raindrops blown by the strong wind almost covered his whole body.

He stopped in front of an ordinary house and knocked on the door. Because of the heavy rain, he knocked hard again.

A middle-aged man who looked very strong came to open the door. He was a little surprised when he saw the young man's slightly embarrassed appearance, and hurriedly welcomed the young man into the door: "Why didn't you bring an umbrella?" He closed the door and shouted inside : "Lichen is here!"

"It's just a few steps, I'm too lazy to open it." The young man smiled, raised his hand to rake the top of his head, and immediately rolled down a few drops of water.He looked at himself in the light of the room, and the secret passage really didn't look very good.

A girl appeared in the corner of the open corridor on the second floor, with brown skin and pink lips, and her smile was flirtatious and exotic.Li Chen saw her as soon as he looked up, and nodded to her with a smile, the girl turned and walked back to the other side of the corridor.

At the same time, a man walked over from the side corridor of the foyer. He was tall and tall, with long black hair tied behind his head. It was the former magic archer Fudsi Borgia.He seldom said good things to please others, and when he saw Li Chen standing near the door with his whole body wet, he couldn't help frowning: "You can't even hide from the rain, are you stupid?"

Li Chen grinningly made a gesture to rush over to hug him, but Efdesh's physical skills naturally dodged away in a flash.The archer stared at him displeasedly: "Still tossing, go and clean yourself first. What are you doing at the door?"

While talking, the girl who retreated back appeared again in the corridor on the second floor, holding a thick towel in one hand and a pair of indoor shoes in the other, and quickly walked down to the first floor after a while.

Seeing that Li Chen took off his coat, picked up a towel and wiped his hair, and let the girl help him change his shoes, he began to walk in. The archer's eyes fell on the beach where Li Chen had been standing. water stains.

The girl with brown skin and pink lips is the female officer that Saenz gave to Li Chen. Although she is not the one who takes care of Li Chen the most closely among the remaining four, she is the only one here this time, and she is naturally needed. There is a sense of proportion.She consciously took Li Chen's coat and shoes, and led Li Chen upstairs: "Please go to the second floor to take a shower and freshen up. It's raining so hard, don't catch a cold."

Li Chen walked behind her with a towel on his head, still in the mood to joke: "Oh. Will you heat the water for me?"

The girl giggled: "My fire-type magic, let's save it to ignite the fire."

The middle-aged man and Fudexi stood downstairs and watched the two go upstairs.After a long time, the middle-aged man turned to Fu Dexi: "Uh... Shall I go to the kitchen and make ginger soup for him?"

Looking at the pool of water, Fudexi was lost in thought, and glanced at him when he heard the words: "Such a few drops of rain can make him feverish and burn to death?"

The middle-aged man smiled honestly: "Hey...he's younger than my nephew, and he's still an alchemist. Aren't all alchemists very fragile?"

Fudexi thought for a while, this guy was mainly responsible for dealing with the business, and he didn't follow Samir to perform tasks, so he didn't know Li Chen's real physical ability, and he still regarded him as a weak child soldier.However, although Fudexi felt that this man was a good thing, he still agreed to his plan: "You go."

The man went away in response, and Fudexi cast his gaze to the second floor——I don't know if his injury is fully healed.

When Li Chen finished washing, the rain had stopped.He opened the window in the room on the second floor, and the cool breeze and a unique smell after the rain rushed in, making the feeling of summer not so heavy.

The girl waited for him to drink the ginger soup, then handed him a plate of snacks and made tea, packed up his things and left the room.Archer Fudexi was sitting on a chair, slowly turning the teacup in his hand.He has no taste for afternoon tea, but agrees that such an activity slows down the pace of life and tempers the irascibility a little.

After taking a shower, Li Chen changed into a loose robe, which made his sixteen or seventeen-year-old appearance even younger.At Saenz's, he finally trimmed his overgrown black hair back to short stubble. He looked refreshed, and the noble and cool feeling brought by his face was also weakened a bit.When he stood in front of Fudexi and smiled at him, Fudexi would still think that this was just a child's idea in a trance.

Li Chen could give him this feeling, of course it couldn't have been revealed unintentionally.He is ruthless and complicated on the inside, but on the surface he chooses a self-righteous, clever but inexperienced appearance. With his face, he can be condensed into two words - arrogant.

The fact that the person in charge of the "Black Swan" is a young man is actually only known to a very small number of people.These people were either loyal to Saenz or Li Chen, plus the three from Rock Eagle.Of course, at present, there are only three people who actually have a contract of loyalty with Li Chen, and the rest—including the female officer next to Li Chen—are projected on Saenz.This situation is also related to the fact that Saenz's strength is extremely high, and it is difficult for loyalists to turn the tables, while Li Chen can only easily suppress three people who have no source of magic power and fighting energy.Leaving aside this situation, there are only 20 people who know the true identity of the person in charge of the "Black Swan", and each of them is an expert in their own field.Others, even the members of the "Black Swan", only thought that Li Chen was assigned to the "Black Swan" only because he was favored by Saenz and because he had some skills.Most people think that Li Chen is not a member of the "Black Swan", but rather a mouthpiece for Saenz.Because of this, the two heads of "Black Swan" took such good care of him.

Saenz built the "Black Swan" for Li Chen, and controlled the protective net so tightly, it can be said that he took great pains, and let his closest confidantes understand how much favor this wimpy boy deserves.As for Wiggins, even if His Highness established a temple in his name, his confidantes would not take a guy with little credit in their eyes.But the housekeeper and captain of the guard who knew Li Chen's "life experience" remembered that Regsella was Wiggins' servant before, and now Wiggins has become a target in front of Regsella, and he couldn't help but feel that life is like a story. Book.

In any case, Li Chen is the person in charge of the "Black Swan", and Li Chen is also the person who pries the cancer of the Lone Wolf.Even if he was able to achieve outstanding military exploits at such a young age, he is just a young man with half-dried hair drinking tea from a teacup.

When Fudexi came back to his senses, he couldn't help squinting his eyes.This kid is a ruthless and sinister poison blade, so there is no need for others to worry about it!

Li Chen still had that expression of pretending to be steady, and put the cup back on the plate: "Where's Clement?"

Apart from Saenz, Lichen does not intend to tell anyone else about Akye's true identity, especially the people from Yanying.Although Akeye is only a former quasi-leader, who knows if this title will cause trouble.In order not to waste unnecessary thoughts, Li Chen and Saenz simply and rudely concealed Akye's real identity as soon as they communicated, only saying that he used to be a small person in charge of the internal affairs of the Lone Wolf, and after offending others After being thrown into the mine for a long time, the name is Clermont.Of course, they also said that because Li Chen and Clement's identities should not be disclosed, they made up a story that they fled to Saenz together.

Although Yanying and Fudexi hated the lone wolf very much, they still wouldn't confront such a small character. Besides, they didn't know if the person locked up in the mine would catch up with their enmity with the lone wolf.Anyway, now that the lone wolf's nest is taken away, this Clermont is still leading the way, Yan Ying and Fudexi have already drawn him into the scope of "our own people".

In Li Chen's words, "the enemy of an enemy is a friend".

Today's Akye, who is on the same level as Fudexi, is considered by outsiders to be the two heads of the "Black Swan".Li Chen is not surprised that a person in charge like him sometimes goes to do some errands.It was Akye who just wrote to say that the person had arrived, but he is not here now, so he still has to ask.

Fu Dexi glanced at him: "Didn't you say you want the album of this year's melting pot performance? He is afraid that the first batch will not be available, so he has made an appointment!"

Clement looked quite indifferent and ruthless, and he had to run away for such a trivial matter, and Fudexi, who was left to wait for Li Chen, was also convinced.It's all because of Lichen's childish face. Over the past few years, he has trained everyone to look like a housekeeper and nanny. Clement is like this, and so are the four female officers. Even the people in "Black Swan" are partial to taking care of him. , It's simply unhealthy.

But it's not just because of Li Chen's training that the female officials are like this.Earlier when they were under Saenz's command, they all saw how Saenz treated Li Chen.Your Highness will help those who pour tea, how dare they not have the self-consciousness of being a close female official!

Most of the people who were considered to have "captured" Saenz's "favor" are still acting obediently: "He also went to run for this matter in person? It's raining heavily, when is the appointment not an appointment?"

Fudexi guessed that it was because Li Chen would come today that Clement remembered to make an appointment.As for Li Chen's reaction, it's all about getting cheap and being good-looking, virtuous!

Li Chen saw the disdain on Fudexi's face of "I can't stand you guys", he pursed his lips and smiled: "I will go to the performance after a while, actually there is no need to buy it."

"You didn't say it before, but now you're telling him to go in vain, and you have to clean up the mess yourself." Fodhi paused, then asked again, "Didn't you plan to go to the witch's place?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "I won't go."

Li Chen originally only said that he wanted a picture album, but now that he can go to the performance in person in a blink of an eye, he even put off agreeing to the witch.Who gave him the ticket and who let him go, Fudexi can almost guess with his toes.It is said that Clement is good to him—in fact, "Black Swan" said that the two responsible persons are very partial to Li Chen, but Fu Dexi firmly refuses to admit it—in fact, it is the one who is really fond of Li Chen. Your Highness.Clement just went to buy a picture book, and His Royal Highness even sent the tickets, high bar.

However, Fudexi is not incomprehensible.If Xia Luo escaped from the lone wolf in one fell swoop, organized a counterattack, and robbed the crystal mine, the brother-in-law of Captain Kaga is definitely no less than Saenz's favorite.

Just as he was talking, someone knocked on the door, and then the girl with brown skin and pink lips reported outside the door that Clement had returned.