Throne Steps

In view of Saenz's frequent tricks to summon people to Kieran, Li Chen had no choice but to respond positively, and ran to the meeting at the right time.

Kieran, as a port city directly facing Pesa, was originally the busiest when Pesa started school and vacation.In recent years, because Pesa's campus cultural activities have begun to open to the public—actually, tickets for the performance of "The Melting Pot" have begun to be sold to the public—therefore the crowds began to gather more than a month before the holiday.The president of "The Melting Pot" who directly approached Li Chen to discuss the script - that is, the eldest son of the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce - since he became popular through the performance, naturally he would not see the commercial value of Kieran.As early as two years before Pesa opened the ticket sales for performances, the family of the chairman of the chamber of commerce concurrently operated the business of performance-related products in Kieran's store.When the performance of the melting pot is officially opened to the public, they have also turned the part-time operation into a chain store specializing in performance-related products.

The chamber of commerce is not the only one who smells business opportunities.Kiran was originally a transportation hub, with solid commodity supply channels, which could support the operation of various shops, large and small.And the movements of the merchants, in turn, drove the development of various urban configurations in Zilan.For a while, the entire economy of Kieran was driven by the merchants, and the chamber of commerce grew, directly overwhelming the church and the mercenary union, becoming the largest organization in Kieran.

That is to say, under such a premise, Saenz set the identity of this secret trip as a merchant.Li Chen's setting is the merchant's younger brother.

The hotels near the port of Kieran have always been one of the places with the best business. Almost every hotel in this area has opened the first floor as a restaurant to handle the flow of people attracted by the "Melting Pot" performance.A young man who hadn't fully grown—or a teenager—was walking quickly in a street lined with hotels, his eyes quickly filtering through the house numbers of each hotel.When he found that the name he was looking for was not nearby, he walked faster.

Four guard-like men followed beside and behind him, fending off the crowded crowd for him from time to time, but he himself didn't seem to care much about the crowd.Finally, he saw a store name, smiled, and walked over quickly.

There were quite a lot of people in the restaurant of this hotel, and it was very noisy, but he just stood at the door and glanced twice, then rushed towards the young man who was eating at the corner table: "Brother!"

The young man with brown hair and blue eyes was slightly handsome, but overall he looked very unfamiliar.Although Li Chen had never seen this face before, the contract tied to his heart gave clear guidance, and he would never admit his mistake.Besides, the opportunity to become brothers and sisters with pure white color is rare, and he decided to take advantage of it from the very beginning.

Saenz tore Li Chen off his body expressionlessly: "Sit down and eat."

Two of the guards behind Li Chen turned around and walked out, and two more came over, and saluted Saenz with a slight leaning and nodding: "Master."

"Well, you eat too." Saenz nodded, and then patted Li Chen away again, "If you don't sit down and eat, get out of the door."

Li Chen stared at the other party meaningfully, dragged the stool next to him and sat down, and made up his mind to be next to Saenz: "I haven't seen you for so long, I miss my brother. Did my brother miss me?"

Saenz is now sure that Li Chen is determined to be a demon.He glanced at the child beside him who had a "joyful meeting" expression, and turned to cast a puzzled look at the guard following him.

The guard knew that he had to ask this question, so he didn't retreat to the table next to him when Saenz ordered him to eat.Now that Saenz had a question, the guard replied in a low voice: "The young master fell off his horse the day before yesterday, and he traveled all day and night before his injury fully healed. I'm afraid his body is uncomfortable."

Saenz raised his eyebrows, turned his head and sneered: "Can you fall while riding a horse?"

Li Chen also sneered at him: "I calculated the landing pressure according to its mass, jump height, angle and distance, and calculated the pressure according to the area of ​​its hooves, and made the square crystal after repeated adjustments. I haven't seen whether the smashed wind magic can hold up the horse's shoe, but it first gave me a look like stepping on a pit, who is to blame?"

Li Chen said this passage in a profound and inscrutable way, and in fact it was just to bluff Saenz, and he didn't need to understand everything.Sure enough, Saenz went over the words and immediately picked the point: "Are you experimenting with concealing the whereabouts of horses?"

This matter was first mentioned by Saenz and Li Chen.But because he himself knew that it was a bit whimsical, so considering the situation at that time, it was just a sigh.Unexpectedly, Li Chen actually put it in his heart, and now it is still at the point of experimentation, but the timing of the experiment is not right-of course, even if Li Chen put it on purpose at this time and let the result go, Saenz did not. Method.

Saenz is so used to this method of "I didn't suffer this to make you happy".After all, no one can maintain a serious and unforgiving attitude towards a person who is wholeheartedly dedicated to himself and always tries to help him achieve his goals—even though the way of asking for credit is very demonic.

Li Chen was disgusted enough with Saenz, and returned to his normal state: "A complete failure, the horse is too easily startled. I thought it was too simple, and there is a long way to go."

Saenz said: "Leave it to the group of alchemists to study, what effort do you waste?"

Li Chen originally wanted to reply "I am an alchemist", but felt that it was not good to talk back to the leader like this, so he just kept silent.

Seeing that the child seemed to agree with his words, Saenz turned his head and gave the female officer next to him a look.The female officer understood, and immediately withdrew from Saenz's right hand side to Li Chen's left hand side, and began to serve Li Chen for dinner.

Although Li Chen's injuries were not serious, he was so tired from being crowded back and forth just now, so he ate slowly.In the second half of the journey, he saw that Saenz was just eating two bites of food in a dispensable state, and realized that his leader had finished eating and was eating with him, so he immediately accelerated his eating speed.

Saenz noticed the child's movement, but put down the tableware directly: "Don't worry, take your time."

Li Chen responded without slowing down.

Saenz smiled, and didn't stop him anymore, he just stretched out his palm and put it on Li Chen's back through his clothes, the warmth brought by the light healing technique spread from his palm to Li Chen's whole body: "Where did you hurt?"

Li Chen swallowed the last mouthful, and wiped his mouth happily: "Skin trauma, it looks serious, it doesn't hurt muscles or bones."

He's not stupid, he really fell off the horse and doesn't know how to protect himself?It is one thing to "act like a baby" in front of the leader, but another to ensure your own safety.

Seeing that his expression didn't seem to be fake, Saenz thought for a while, turned to the female officer and said, "You wait here for the rest of the guards, come and talk to me after making arrangements."

Li Chen had already rested in Kilan for a night before coming out to find someone. When he went out today, he only took four people with him, leaving two at the previous resting place.After entering the door just now, two guards turned around and went out again, just to go back and call their teammates.

The female officer was handing Li Chen a clean handkerchief to wipe his hands, and immediately responded to Saenz's order.

"As for you..." Saenz looked back at Li Chen and got up first, "Come here."

Li Chen didn't have the slightest doubt, he obediently stood up and followed Saenz upstairs to his room.

Because he was only out to watch a performance, Saenz did not bring many people with him. He only equipped a few guards and a female officer according to the "ordinary" merchant status of "buying performance tickets", and did not bring any housekeepers and doctors.However, according to Saenz's ability, it is more than enough to deal with ordinary trauma.So as soon as he returned to the room, Li Chen consciously took off his coat under Saenz's meaningful gaze, and approached him with only a short-sleeved long shirt to "beg" for treatment.

Saenz used healing magic to turn him around during the meal before, and now looking at the exposed wound on his arm, the healing trend is indeed good, but he can still see the tragedy of falling from the horse from its coverage and color.Saenz pinched the child's wrist and looked back and forth at the wound, his fingertips suddenly lit up with pure white light spots, and then stretched out to stick near the wound.The wound that was still scabbed quickly gave birth to a new skin epidermis, and it was completely restored in a short while.

Saenz removed the light spot: "Where else?"

Li Chen silently pointed to his left knee.

Saenz gave a glance to the side: "Sit."

Li Chen sat down as he said, and consciously turned up the left leg of his trousers—fortunately, the pants were loose—until the wound above the knee was completely exposed.He didn't dare to let Saenz squat down to heal himself, so he turned around again, and put his left foot almost on the chair next to him, so that Saenz could sit down and heal himself.

Sure enough, Saenz sat on his left, his eyes stopped on the metal circle of the child's left ankle, and he moved away after a few seconds, bringing his fingers gathered with pure white light spots to the side of Li Chen's knee.

Although Li Chen's growth rate is slow, he has grown from a child to a young man, and the existence of the metal circle is more and more worrying.The growth of the bones makes the margin of the metal ring smaller and smaller. I am afraid that one day the tightening of the ankle will affect Li Chen's activities and even affect his growth and development.However, after so many years, the rare metals have failed in every round. Li Chen tricked Locke into trying the great sword, but there was no good news.If the metal ring is not removed, Li Chen will not be able to relieve his worries for a day.

Saenz still has doubts that this may be a sign of a slave owner, so apart from worry, he is more upset about the unwarranted feeling of "being coveted".Li Chen knew how territorial his boss was, but he didn't dare to say clearly that these were definitely not slave shackles.If he was too sure and Saenz suspected that he knew how the metal ring came about and who could open it, how could he find any reason to evade the leader?

The atmosphere became subtly harmonious under the premise that Saenz didn't want the children to be more worried, and Li Chen was afraid of being questioned about the facts, and the silence was not embarrassing.After a while, Li Chen finally remembered something: "I heard on the road that the heroine of this performance is the eldest lady of the Meloyer family?"

Saenz raised his eyes and glanced at him, as if to say "Why are you so boring".

Li Chen smiled and said, "I'm just curious. There is only one Beren in the generation of 'The Color of Sea Blue'. Where did the eldest lady come from? It can't be because I am too young that I haven't heard of it."

Saenz saw that the wound seemed to be healed, so he stopped the treatment, and replied in a casual tone as if talking about the weather: "Branch, 14 years old."

"Oh... 14 years old." Li Chen put down his trousers slowly, "It's the age to enter society."

Saenz obviously felt that there was something in the child's words, so he turned slightly to look at him.Sure enough, Li Chen immediately smirked.

"Speaking of which, it will take four years for her to get married. Your Highness hasn't gotten engaged yet. Is it because you are waiting for her?"