The next afternoon.

The carriage sent by Oscar arrived as promised, carrying Richard from the courtyard and down the street towards the center of Char, and finally entering a complex of extremely ornate buildings, which was the palace of the Emperor of the Alliance in Char.

In a spacious warehouse-like palace, Richard met the so-called Emperor of the Alliance.

The Alliance Emperor sat on a special wide chair, nearly a meter wide, and even so, some parts of his fat body inevitably "flooded" out of the chair. The other party has no mana fluctuations in his body, and he looks like an ordinary person, but his huge body brings inexplicable pressure, and he doesn't look like a person, but more like a bear in human skin.

In fact, one of the other party's names is called brown bear.

Emperor Brown Bear - Pyotr Romanov!

At this time, the other party pressed a pair of hands like fans on the armrests, his gray eyes stared at the air in front of him, his eyes were deep, his expression was not majestic, and he was more like a thinker than an emperor.

It's just that this thinker is so fat that people can't help but wonder if the other party is thinking about what to eat for the next meal.

The waiter who led Richard in, after watching this scene, whispered: "Your Majesty, the person you want to meet has arrived." ”

Emperor Peter replied from his contemplation, waved his hand to the attendant to stand down, and cast his gaze at Richard with interest.

"Richard Austin, right, I've wanted to see you for a long time. These were the emperor's first words.

Without waiting for Richard to respond, the second sentence followed.

"From Oscar, I already know a lot about you and appreciate you. ”

"Uh......"

"I believe you are a very clever man, much better than the moths I have who only know how to embezzle. Moreover, you are a very capable person, after all, you got the list of Oscars that he has been talking about for a long time.

You know, last year, Oscar almost forced me to mobilize a full 10% of the budget to fund his intelligence agencies to get that list at all costs? Fortunately, you helped him get it, otherwise I might have to consider dieting, or not making new clothes for a year, to help Oscar squeeze out this budget. ”

"Even......" Richard didn't know how to answer. He could hear the emperor's words, some jokes, but there were too many slots. Does the other party want to say that because he is too good to eat, he will eat up 10% of the budget? Or is it because he is too tall to make clothes, he can also use 10% of the budget?

Fortunately, the emperor spoke like a cannon, and did not give Richard time to respond, and continued.

"In addition, I also believe that you are very strong, much more powerful than most of the guards in this palace. After all, you can stay in that Truth Society, and listen to Oscar say that in the last moments when the Truth Society is lurking, it seems that something has gone wrong and you are forced to fight a big battle.

Afterwards, Oscar sent someone to see it, and the people who came back reported that the entire area was completely destroyed, and no one survived - except you. Look, you alone can wipe out one of the other side's divisions, which is worth the army that costs me a lot of military money every year. Perhaps, I should give you the position of a general, and try to keep you as much as possible, so that I can save a lot of military expenses, lest I have to be careful with every meal. ”

After talking for a long time, the emperor finally stopped, as if he had thought of something, waved his hand at Richard and said, "By the way, you can just sit casually." Don't be nervous, it should be me who should be nervous, and the group of guards hiding outside the door, I'm afraid that you will suddenly kill me. ”

Richard sat down on a chair in the palace and smiled at the emperor in response. After all, in the face of the other party's violation of the routine, I really don't know how to answer appropriately, so I can only let the other party play.

After listening to the other party for a while, Richard seized a vacancy, looked at the other party and asked, "Your Majesty, listen to Mr. Oscar, you called me here to talk to me about something?"

"Well, yes, it's something to talk about. ”

"Excuse me, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, just a casual conversation. ”

"Casual talk?" Richard genuinely suspected he had misheard.

"Yes, casually. The emperor confirmed, "The trivial things in reality will be handled by Oscar and the rest, and it is not worth wasting my time as an emperor." I invite you to come here for the purpose of having a casual conversation with you to let go of your guard and get to know you as a person. After all, you're a hero of the Alliance, and I've got to have an impression of you. ”

"But even if we talk casually, we have to have a topic, right?"

"That's right, too. The Emperor nodded, agreeing, and thought for a moment before speaking, "I heard Oscar say, you want to borrow books from the Royal Library? So, you are very interested in books, right, you should have read a lot of books." Let's talk about your favorite book, maybe I happened to read it, so I can share my thoughts. ”

Do you want to have a book exchange meeting?

"......" Richard hesitated for a moment, then whispered an answer, "Bix's Self-Examination." ”

This is a popular book on the mainland, but it is more niche, it is philosophical, that is, a medieval philosophy book. Because the text is obscure, the sentences are long and difficult to understand, and the content is boring, so very few people read it, and most people use it as a hypnotic tool.

The reason why he said this book was to euphemistically end the topic, so that the emperor who did not follow the routine could return to a relatively normal conversation a little.

Who knew that the next moment, the emperor's eyes lit up, and he said with a little surprise: "You actually read this book, it's really good, in fact, I have also read it." ”

"You know, I like the content of the second part of the book, that is, Bix's discussion of cognition: is there an innate deficiency that leads to a series of cognitive errors, I think......" The emperor spoke fluently, which fully proved that he really did not lie, but really read it, and read it deeply.

At this time, Richard couldn't help but be silent, and looked at the emperor he met for the first time with some wonderful eyes.

"Anyway, I think Bix's is basically right. After talking for a long time, the emperor summed up, and then looked over, "What about you, what do you think?"

"I ......" Richard took a deep breath, a little regretful that he actually said the answer "Bix's Self-Examination", which led to a very abstract philosophical discussion, but only a little regret. He had read this book several times, and combined with the knowledge of some philosophical books on the planet, it was easier to digest and understand, so he was not afraid to talk.

"Whew-"

Exhaling the breath he had inhaled, and looking at the Emperor, Richard thought for a moment and said, "I basically agree with His Majesty's words, but there are some discrepancies in some details, mainly the third, fifth, and eighth points in the second part of Bix's content. Bixes said that part of people's cognition comes from the inheritance of blood, and I am more inclined to be influenced by the family environment, I think ......"

“......”

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