It was nearly late at night, and the banquet hall was full of people. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Evan pretended to be drunk and lay on the table, next to Illya also drank some wine, and was falling asleep with a coquettish smile on the jar of wine.

Thorne had a special status, and no one dared to persuade him to drink, so he drank only a small amount of wine, and was now sitting soberly on the throne looking at the mess in front of him. Trem was worried that Evan would let him come forward to bring it up, so like Evan he refused to come, and he was drunk and unconscious.

Ai Wen's eyes opened a slit, he scanned the surrounding situation, and when he felt that the time was right, he pretended to be drunk and got up. He slumped over and grunted comfortably.

"Are you awake?" Thorne said, somewhat surprised. "I thought you'd be drunk until tomorrow before waking up. ”

"Huh. Evan scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Oh—I see!," Thorne realized, and took the lead to the separate meeting room and sat down. Evan followed him inside, and the servants handed over the decanting soup.

Evan didn't speak immediately, but waited for the servants to leave, took a sip of the soup, and praised, "Good soup!"

"Thank you. Thorne also lifted the soup bowl and took a sip, "Now you can talk about it, what are you looking for me?"

"It's a bit of a problem, and only the prince can help. Evan said with some compliment.

"Eh, with the relationship between the two of us, you can just call me Thorne!" Thorne interrupted Evan with a nonchalant wave of his hand. "Go on, what's the matter?"

"That's right, Thorne, you should have noticed, the girl who followed me today. Evan thought about it, and at a loss for words, reminded Thorne to take the initiative to guess.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that, I already knew about you bringing two elves here. We dwarves and elves do have some festives, but it's only a small thing, and it's been so long. Although we don't have the slightest contact with the elves now, it's just because we're too far away from the elves. Thorne took a sip of soup and smacked his mouth.

"I see. Evan pretended to be stunned, and then said with some embarrassment: "But this girl, called Eliya, is not an elf. ”

"Huh?" Thorne shook his hand and nearly spilled the soup. "And what race is she?"

"She lives on the top of the hill opposite. Evan didn't say it explicitly, but only vaguely pointed out Elia's race. "It's a relative of my family, and it's my cousin. ”

"Awesome!" Thorne was not intimidated by Elia's identity, but raised his thumb with bright eyes. "You can kidnap a dragon as a follower! You are truly the grandson of the War Lord!"

"Ahem—" Evan coughed. "Well, I'm a little worried, if Elija's identity is revealed, will it cause some unnecessary controversy? Of course, I can guarantee that she will never take the initiative to hurt the dwarves. ”

"Don't worry, let's not talk about whether anyone can see through her identity. I'm here, and I'll solve it. Thorne smiled and said confidently.

"That's good, thank you so much. Evan breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully.

"It's just a trifle!" Thorne shook his head nonchalantly, and drank the decanter soup in one gulp. After putting the bowl away, he stood up and rubbed his stomach, and said with some annoyance: "I have been grounded by my father for several months, and I haven't exercised well, and now I don't know if I can lift the big knife." ”

"The prince likes to practice martial arts?" asked Aven, frowning inconspicuously.

"I like to go on adventures the most, and in order to survive in all kinds of dangerous situations, a good martial artist is naturally essential!" Speaking of this topic, Thorne was a little excited, and he didn't notice the rustiness in Aven's tone.

"I heard a story a long time ago. Evan said. "Would the prince be interested in hearing it?"

Thorne heard that Evan's tone was wrong, and said with some surprise: "Please speak!"

"A long time ago, probably at the end of the Arcane Empire. Humanity in the East has begun to divide and gradually eliminate the Arcane Empire's influence on its territory. At this time, there were many large countries in the East, and one of them was called the Principality of Sao. "Evan began to adapt a version of the "Gaia World" based on the story in Chu He's memory.

"After several generations of tireless efforts by the Grand Dukes, the Principality of Ao finally gained a relatively independent status and had a high prestige among the surrounding small states. "Evan introduced the situation of the Principality of Sao, these are real histories, the royal family of the Principality of Ao is considered to be the royal ancestor of the Allen Empire, and these are recorded in the genealogy of the Allen royal family.

"By the time of Grand Duke Sao V, the Duchy of Sao had become one of the overlords of the East, and Ao V naturally proclaimed himself king. Evan continued. Feeling that his achievements were higher than those of his previous ancestors, Sao V began to become complacent and gradually neglected the government. ”

"Ao V loved swordsmanship, and preferred swordsmen to fight each other in front of him, and it would be even more exciting for him to shed blood in a contest. He had 500 swordsmen under his command, and every sacrifice and ceremony would be performed in a competition. As a result, there was a popular trend of sword fighting in China, and people died in the competition every day. Evan kept making it up.

One of the ministers, sensing that the country would be weakened by this, went to find Roy, the hermit. "Roy was a famous thinker, mage, and samurai at the end of the Arcane Empire, and he is considered the ancestor of the samurai profession, and changed the situation of the arcane empire's spellcasting profession over other professions, so that warriors and other professions can rise to the top.

Roy received the invitation, but declined. He was disgusted with the world by the corruption of the Arcane Empire, and he did not want to be associated with mortal things. ”

The minister's invitation failed, and when he returned to the country, he came up with another plan. He spoke to Theo V, saying that Roy was one of the few swordsmans in the world. Moved by this, Ao V sent someone to invite Roy into the palace to perform swordsmanship. ”

"Roy was living in seclusion in the territory of the Kingdom of Sao, so it was difficult to refuse the king's invitation. He came alone to the palace, and his dusty temperament was greatly appreciated by the king. ”

"Theo V invited Roy to watch the battle of his swordsmen, and only 300 of the 500 swordsmen survived, and 200 of them were wounded. Roy couldn't bear it in his heart, but Sao V looked down on Roy because of this, thinking that he didn't dare to see blood and must have no ability. As Evan said this, Thorne couldn't help but smile. Roy's fame and achievements were so great that none of the archmages of the Arcane Empire dared to despise him, and they didn't expect that he would be looked down upon by the king of a small eastern country.

"In order to verify Roy's skills, Sao V asked to see Roy's sword. Roy then said that there were three kinds of swords in the world, and he only had the worst one. Evan said.

"Which three?" Thorne asked, as he heard it.