Throne Steps

Chapter 169 Our goal is the sea of ​​stars!

Yang Xiaoxiao used to think that as long as she left the elves' territory and arrived at the Raetia Alliance, she would be able to find the scriptwriter for the melting pot performance, and then get acquainted with her.In this way, even if she came to another world alone, at least she can find a "citizen"; even if there is no real help, at least she can have some comfort in her heart.

Of course, she didn't seriously think about whether someone would help him find the author.After all, in her opinion, the Elven King seemed to be omnipotent, and his friend—the same too gorgeous pure white color—seemed to have a lot of background.For these people, finding an author shouldn't be a big deal... right?

However, when she actually made this appeal, the answer she got was quite different from what she imagined.

"died?"

It took Yang Xiaoxiao a few seconds to really realize the true meaning of this common word for Letia.She became very surprised, and subconsciously looked at the album next to her: "Impossible! The content of this year's performance is still..."

"That should be one of his posthumous works." Li Chen replied indifferently, "It is said that he has compiled many scripts a long time ago, and handed them all over to the person in charge of the furnace performance."

Then, Li Chen told Yang Xiaoxiao the cause of "Rigsella"'s death.Given Yang Xiaoxiao's level of lingua franca, he spoke very slowly and simply.Yang Xiaoxiao became more and more dazed as she listened. She thought that it was a rare experience for her to travel through time and fall into the elves, but this "death of a fellow villager" sounds as twists and turns as the content of the melting pot performance.

"So he... died in that mine disaster, didn't he?"

"When the scene was cleaned up, the identity of the bones was already hard to identify, Yang Xiaoxiao. I can't guarantee you that Regsella must have been buried there." Li Chen sighed softly, "But he couldn't use magic, his hand Without the power to restrain the chicken, it is still farthest from the exit..."

"...I see." Yang Xiaoxiao wiped her face, "It's very late, I don't want to disturb you anymore, so I'll go back first."

Li Chen stood up: "I'll see you off."

Yang Xiaoxiao said "thank you", then stood up and borrowed a picture album from Saenz, said goodnight to each other, and went straight out.

Li Chen followed behind her, and looked back at Saenz before leaving the door.

Saenz raised his eyelids to meet him, then picked up the teacup and drank the last bit of tea.

Li Chen closed the door.

"Thank you for sending me off. In fact, you are too polite."

Yang Xiaoxiao stood at the door of her room with the album in her arms, saying goodbye to Li Chen.She felt that there was something special about this young man, but she couldn't tell what attracted her attention: "Also, thank you for clarifying my doubts just now, good night."

"Hmm..." Li Chen lowered his eyes and frowned, then took a step back and looked at the door of Saenz's room, "Actually, I have something to say to you."

These words were too ambiguous, and Yang Xiaoxiao's heart beat suddenly.She was afraid that the difference in language caused her to misunderstand. After all, she and Li Chen had only been together for a few days, so it was unlikely that there would be a plot like that of a romantic work; Chen's face.

She lowered her head and said in a low voice, "...you say it."

Li Chen was a little amused in his heart, but he didn't mean to tease this inexperienced girl, so he said directly: "In the future, in front of His Highness Saenz, don't mention Regassera less. No, it should be said, don't mention this in front of anyone name."

Yang Xiaoxiao didn't react for a while: "...Huh?"

"Rigsella is a classmate of Wiggins, the head of the Ainuma Temple, and he was valued by His Highness Saenz in the past." Li Chen frowned and sighed softly, "He disappeared suddenly at that time, which made His Highness and the head very very Worried; and then news of the death came..."

"I see." Yang Xiaoxiao took the words, looked down at the album in her hand, "I won't mention him lightly again."

Li Chen smiled: "That's good."

Yang Xiaoxiao said again: "Apologize to His Highness Saenz for me? I didn't mean to..."

Um?Why don't you go yourself if you want to apologize?Tell me on purpose?Li Chen turned around in his heart, but said on his face: "No need, His Highness knows that you don't know the relationship, so he won't blame you. I'm telling you this now, just because I don't want His Highness to feel sad."

After a pause, he continued: "Then you should have a good rest, we still have a long way to go for a long-distance raid. By the way, I may not be able to arrange people to take care of you as thoroughly as His Highness, and you need to be patient for a while. "

The words were spoken softly and quickly, but in such an ordinary form of greeting that any Rhaetian could understand them.But Yang Xiaoxiao was a novice, so she didn't "translate" everything in her head all at once.Seeing Li Chen's nonchalant expression, she subconsciously thought that it was just some sample sentences to say good night, so she replied: "Okay, I wish you good night too."

Li Chen smiled and left her door.

Yang Xiaoxiao closed the door, leaned against the back of the door and thought for a while, then said in doubt: "He wants to take care of... me?"

Li Chen turned his head and didn't go back to his room, but went to Saenz's door again.

With a twist, the door opened.

He walked in and closed the door smoothly. Saenz was taking off his coat and preparing to wash up, without turning his head, he asked, "Is she resting?"

"Probably." Li Chen shrugged, "Maybe a little guilty, maybe a little confused, who knows?"

Saenz didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"It's nothing." Li Chen sat down at the table, picked up the teapot and shook it.There is less than half of it left, I can take it back and have a drink for myself later.

But Saenz came over, moved his finger in the direction of the kettle, and then moved his lips.

Li Chen saw with his naked eyes a small fire-type magic circle formed at his fingertips, dissipated, and then quickly became scorching hot in the kettle.

"Soothing tea, huh?"

Facing the pointed question from the leader, Li Chen had no choice but to smile embarrassingly.

"Use this cup." Saenz didn't ask immediately, but put one of the two cups on the table in front of Li Chen, turned and went into the bathroom.

Li Chen looked down at the cup for a few seconds, then poured hot tea into the cup and turned it a few times, then poured the tea into another cup; then, poured tea into the cup again.

He knew who used this cup just now, and he hadn't planned to use the cup here before, but... riding a tiger is hard to get off.

When Saenz came out after washing, Li Chen had already finished his calming tea.Although he only drank half a glass, he still drank it. He was not afraid of Saenz checking his "homework".

However, he was not here to be questioned by Saenz.Therefore, when he met Saenz's gaze, Li Chen immediately took the lead and said: "Do you know that the little dude was arrested by the little sheriff?"

His statement was too far-fetched, and Saenz hadn't realized it for a while: "...What?"

Li Chen coughed, and changed the way of expression: "A branch of the relationship of Hailanzhi was sniped by the Fourth Highness."

"Isn't it normal for Meloyer to be sniped?" Saenz replied casually, his eyes fixed on Li Chen, as if to see why, "Why do you care about this?"

Li Chen pretended to be innocent and shifted his gaze.

"It's too early for nothing." Saenz sat on the edge of the bed casually, "You won't care about a story about 'Little Dude' and 'Little Sheriff' for no reason, justify yourself."

He deliberately bit the word "small" very hard.

Li Chen thought for a while, and then said: "That dude...his father is the lord of a small coastal town, maybe he can send a fleet of ships from his port."

Saenz didn't have as many questions as Fudexi, he caught up with Li Chen's frequency in almost a few breaths.But what he first expressed was not support: "Hey, calculating the law and using Meloyer as a springboard, you are really audacious."

Melloye, the color of sea blue, is an important force in Saenz's faction. Rationally speaking, it is much more important than Li Chen.Due to emotion and reason, it is impossible for Saenz to just let Li Chen aim at Meloyer.

"We just...use the rules reasonably." Facing Saenz's doubts, Li Chen remained calm, "And this is just an opening, and the real fleet may not pass through here in the future."

"But whoever sets this precedent will bear the brunt of the fire, won't he?" The bed is actually some distance away from the table, but Saenz's eyes look like he has already caught Li Chen with his own hands, "You are provoking Divide me and the color of sea blue, huh?"

"There really isn't one!" It was a rare time for Li Chen to be wronged.He is very clear about the significance of Meloyer to Saenz. Even though he knows that Saenz has some strange feelings for him, he still subconsciously believes that this kind of emotion is by no means strong enough to compete with a behemoth like Sea Blue.

"We didn't plan to make a big fuss. It's best to keep this matter as quiet as possible." Li Chen continued, "And in the eyes of that city lord, his son's matter is not life-threatening in the first place, and he doesn't need to risk the world. It's too bad to change the son's 'innocence'. It's too much beyond the reciprocal conditions, so you won't agree to it personally?"

"Sophistry." Saenz sneered, "If it's really my dear fourth brother who is attacking Meloyer, you can get in and hide them? Even if your fleet is small, how can you be there by then? They put the boat out to sea under their noses?"

"...I have a trick." Li Chen hesitated for two seconds before replying, "Everything is only done on paper."

Saenz was stunned, but then he reacted, raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't even have an actual ship? You're forging documents to obtain qualifications!"

"This is already the most 'quiet' choice." Li Chen shrugged, "It's not difficult to get a boat, anyway, the ones that will be declared at that time will not be big boats, so if you have to see it, just borrow a few."

Anyway, the law does not stipulate that the ships in the fleet cannot be rented, as long as a few more lease agreements are made...

Saenz calculated it in his mind and came to a conclusion: small fleet, small port, short-term sea trips, complete paper documents, and low-level officials deliberately loosening the review... This road is really likely to be opened by Li Chen quietly like this .

Then, using this as a model, other fleets will gradually set out, and the superficial situation that the maritime commercial fleet can only be appointed by the royal family will be completely broken.

When the private fleet arrived at sea, it was hard to tell whether it was sailors or private soldiers, whether it was carrying goods or materials for building a base on the island...At that time, the so-called mercenaries in noble families don't even need to be called mercenary regiments, they can just throw them on the island.

Because of this, the royal family, which was still very intimidating, banned private merchant ships from going to sea.

Today, the royal family is in decline, and this system exists in name only.Li Chen made an unnecessary move to go the official route, not only to allow the chamber of commerce to officially intervene in the sea route, but also to pave the way for the mercenary group to explore the sea in the future.

Leti Agua's share is almost complete, so let's go to the sea and occupy the sea as king!