"And what do you want to eat?" Richard asked helplessly, looking at Bibi.

"It's delicious, it's good to eat meat cutlets, roast chicken, fish stew, mushroom soup......" Bibiriso said a long list, and finally added, "By the way, don't forget the wine." Beer and wine are fine, of course wine is better, and I don't mind beer. ”

It's purely a foodie, right...... How was the truth made in the first place......

Richard looked at Bibi with some black lines, pursed his lips and said, "It's too late now, wait for dawn, I'll ask someone to make it for you when it's dawn." ”

"Hmph, don't lie to me. Who knew that Bibi was very witty, and said quickly, "Although I have been in the box these days, I have heard it clearly, you can eat here at any time, and you don't have to wait until daytime." ”

Richard: "......"

After a moment of silence, he exhaled and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to do it for you." ”

Stretched out his hand to ring the brass bell on the side to summon the servant, who knew that the knock on the door sounded first, and the servant named Les reported a little timidly through the door: "Big ...... Your Excellency, you have a guest to visit you. ”

"There are guests?" Richard was slightly stunned, it was midnight, and ordinary people would not visit, and asked, "Who?"

"It's Oscar-sama. ”

"Oscar?" Richard raised his eyebrows, guessing the possibility of the other party coming to visit, and muttered, "This is the original 'one thing to wait for' has a result, and you can put forward conditions?"

Pursing his lips, Richard looked at Bibi in the wooden box, said "I'll talk about it when I get back", closed the lid despite Bibi's objections, and walked out.

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In the parlor on the first floor, Richard met Oscar.

A few simple polite words, and as soon as Oscar waved his hand, someone moved in one after another of the best-sealed boxes, and counted them, a full twelve.

"Richard boy, don't you want the books in the Royal Library, I have already brought one-third of the books you want, and there are many high-value mutilated forbidden spells and ancient materials, which can be regarded as gifts. Oscar waved his hand and introduced, "If you can fulfill the conditions proposed, then the rest of the books can be delivered immediately, and the official library of the entire Soma Alliance will be opened to you." ”

Richard listened, his eyes blinked, but he was not too excited, he knew very well that there was no free lunch, and asked reasonably: "What are the conditions?" Before, you said that you would have to wait for a while, but now is the time, right?"

"Yes, it's time. Oscar nodded, with some sighs, "I didn't think it would be so soon, but the plan hasn't changed much, speaking of which, it's still caused by you." It was the intelligence you provided that had a ripple effect. ”

"Huh?"

"It's been a long story, and I'll talk to you about it again when I have time, but now you only need to know two things. ”

"Which two?"

"The first point stems from the fact of the invasion of the Sika Kingdom tonight, after dawn, the Soma Alliance will officially declare war on the Sika Kingdom, and it will not stop dying. ”

Richard's eyes flickered, and it took several seconds to digest the information in this sentence, which was quite surprising. After all, this is an event that can affect the situation on the entire continent, and even if he won't be involved, he can't help but feel a little surprised. After a few seconds, he asked, "What about the second point?"

"The second point is that Your Majesty has asked you to take up the position of Commander Advisor to the Alliance's forces and help the Alliance win this war. Oscar said seriously, not at all like a joke.

Richard's eyes widened, but he couldn't help but say, "Really?"

"Of course it is. ”

"It's kind of a joke, isn't it? Richard frowned deeply, his first thought was ridiculous, and he said, "You have never verified my military ability, why do you want me to become a so-called command adviser to help you win the war? Just because I provided you with some information, just because I talked with the emperor, and the emperor had a good impression of me? This is not logical, right? In the end, you don't take the war seriously, or do you trust me too blindly?"

Besides, what is the position of command advisor? I've never heard of it. What are the responsibilities of this position, what forces can be mobilized, and how can it be used? Besides, the conditions for helping you win the war are too broad......

In the middle of his sentence, Richard stopped, because he was sure that Oscar must have understood him.

Oscar did understand, and said slowly: "Don't worry, listen to me slowly." The position of Command Advisor did not exist before, and it was just created by His Majesty. The duty is to supervise, plan, command, and mobilize everything related to the war, and theoretically the power is unlimited, and it can be regarded as the commander of half an army. You can do anything that is beneficial to the war if you want, as long as there is no suspicion of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and as long as the commander-in-chief of the army has no valid reason to veto you, then your orders can go unimpeded. ”

"You mean to put half of the fate of the entire Soma Alliance in my hands?" Richard continued to frown.

"Listen to me continue. Oscar raised his hand and said, "The position of command adviser is indeed powerful, but I also know that you don't like to be busy, so if you don't want to, you can just put your name on the list, and things will naturally be taken care of by your subordinates and the real army commander." Believe me, in this war, the alliance has the certainty of winning and winning, you follow the army all the way, and wait for the reward when the time comes. ”

Hearing this, Richard was really a little puzzled. Even if he can see through many things, this time he really can't see through the purpose of the Oscar and the emperor behind it.

Obviously he was given great rights, but he could not bear any obligations? This is not equal at all, it always looks like there is a conspiracy.

In fact, it's nothing if there is a conspiracy, as long as he can get what he wants, he doesn't mind carrying a black pot for a while, or making a cameo appearance as a pawn in someone's hand.

But the problem is, at least let him know a little bit about the situation.

It didn't taste good at all, he hadn't tasted it for a long time, and he didn't really want to taste it.

"Why?" Richard frowned, watching Oscar simply say otherwise, "What is the real purpose?" ”

"There is no why. Oscar was not very cooperative, and smiled, "As for the purpose, that's what I said - to help us win this war." ”

"Mr. Oscar, this is a bit false, you should know that my brain is relatively good, and I won't really believe it. Richard said in a deep voice.

Oscar continued to laugh: "Richard boy, you are indeed smart, but the smarter you are, the more you should know when to pretend to be less smart. ”

Richard listened, his eyebrows furrowed.

He was now completely sure that the conditions proposed by Oscar were definitely very conspiracy, and he did not want to tell him, and this was one of the conditions in exchange for the books he wanted - he could only get everything he wanted if he was willing to stay in the dark until the war was won.

"Alright. Oscar stood up and walked out, saying as he went, "Richard boy, think about it, everything is in front of you, whether you want to agree or not, you can consider it and give me the answer, the deadline is before dawn." It's true that time is a bit tight, but you have to be considerate, after all...... After dawn, war will be declared on the kingdom of Sika, and I, an old man, have to stay up all night running, and I am very helpless. ”

Finally, Oscar spread his hands, showed a wry smile, and walked out.

Looking at Oscar's back, Richard fell into deep thought.

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