Chapter 7: When the Show Begins
Richard Harman has been very happy lately, and with the information from the family spies every day, he feels like a greedy treasure hunter, about to reach the place where the treasure gathers.
"Good news, my lord!" Zero, who was the head of intelligence, appeared behind Richard, who was playing chess, and knelt down on one knee and said: "Under the persuasion of me for many days, a member of the Oldney family told the secret hidden that day, and the little one has sorted out the documents for the adults to see." β
"Oh? I'm going to say it so soon, I thought the man would be stubborn for a few days, although I already guessed that it had something to do with Xavier's granddaughter, but the detective game is over, so let me see what the secret is. After speaking, he took the information presented by Zero and looked at it carefully.
"Hmph, hahaha, what a great talent, just looking at the data on this paper, even I can't help but be jealous of this girl named Firena, but she is really a hot existence!" Richard smashed the information in his hand with a fighting spirit, took out the king of the black square on the chessboard, and rubbed it to think.
After thinking for a long time, a crazy smile appeared on Richard's face again, and he casually pressed Wang Qi in front of the white king and said with a smile: "General, Xavier, just exchange this secret for my future glory in the federal capital, hum hum." β
"By the way, Zero, I remember tomorrow is the 6th birthday of the little girl named Firena, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"Very good, you go and prepare a small gift for me, tomorrow I will visit in person, I want to give Xavier a big surprise, I hope that the visit of this old friend of mine will not scare him out of his heart disease, hum."
"Yes, the villain takes the order."
At the same time, at the door of a luxurious villa in the suburbs, the Grand Elder of the Oldney family stood at the gate, as if he was expecting something.
With the sound of breaking the sky one after another, a team led by ten star-level powerhouses and more than 20 firmament-level powerhouses appeared in front of the Great Elder.
"Higgins Oldney of the Oldney family, welcome to the arrival of the Imperial Envoys, the humble house is shabby, and I hope that the envoys are Haihan." The Great Elder saluted the star powerhouses who led the team, and then led everyone into the villa.
In the envoy group, a big man who seemed to be the leader said to the great elder: "Lord Higgins, due to the recent busy war in the empire, and according to the regulations, legend-level powerhouses cannot meddle in the world at will, even if they are star-level powerhouses, if they are rashly less, they will be suspicious of the Quartet, so Your Majesty only sent us and others here, but I believe that it is enough for us to kill a little imp who has not yet grown up." β
"Of course, of course, I naturally know the strength of the adults, so please inside, please inside."
Walking into the villa, the luxurious decoration is not far behind the main family of the Oldney family, some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and swords are rare in the world.
"Lord Higgins really enjoys life, such a luxurious humble house, but it makes people yearn for it."
"Your Excellency, the envoy laughed, if you like it, you can take it back and enjoy it."
"Lord Higgins laughed, we came to help your lord on the order of my emperor, my emperor appreciates your wisdom and decisiveness very much, and hopes that when the time comes, your lord will be loyal to the empire and do his best for the empire."
"This is inevitable, I am willing to swear to the God of Light, I am willing to sacrifice my life for Your Majesty!"
"Lord Higgins's loyalty is really admirable, I believe that my lord's words and deeds will move our emperor, but Lord Higgins, does that little girl really have the god-level talent you said? Of course, I didn't doubt the words of adults, but I was afraid that if something went wrong, it would be a crime of deception. β
"Of course, what I said below is true, tomorrow at noon, that little girl and her family will surely spend their birthday in the hall, and then you will only need to bother your lords with a little effort, and it will be effortless to capture that girl alive, and then you will know the truth when you test what you say below."
"Okay, by noon tomorrow, we and the silver, gold, and diamonds that have been ambushed in the city will attack the Oldney family in one fell swoop, and Lord Higgins will be able to succeed in one fell swoop.
"Haha, borrow your auspicious words, and when the time comes, you will have to say a few kind words in front of the emperor." The Great Elder smiled and said to everyone: "Your Excellency, please take care of yourself, I have been out of the city for a long time, and if I don't go back, I am afraid that I will be found to be suspicious, so in the end, I wish this operation a great success." β
"Well, I wish this operation a great success! Then after noon tomorrow, Lord Higgins, I will be able to taste the party hosted by you in the Oldney family. β
"It's easy to say, then my lords, I will say goodbye." After saying that, the Great Elder dived into the shadows and disappeared.
Sensing that the Great Elder had already walked away, a Firmament-level powerhouse said to their leader, "My lord, we need to help this guy......"
"Needless to say, no matter how you toss, you are also a rat who can't see the light, I just need to complete the order of His Majesty the Emperor and capture the little girl alive."
"Yes, I'll understand." After saying that, they each chose a room and waited for tomorrow.
After a night of silence, the moon hid in thick dark clouds, as if to herald the coming storm of tomorrow.
The next morning, Firena received a birthday greeting from the system as promisedβa saint quartz and a wise fierce fire, but in case a big guy was summoned, or a big news was made that would end badly, Firena decided to save the saint quartz first and wait for the evening to summon it.
"Oh, Maste, isn't that your birthday? It's improvised, but this poem is for you. With that, Shakespeare appeared at Firena's side and gave her an improvised sonnet.
Taking the poem from Shakespeare, Firena folded it in half, carefully put it into the space of the system, and said, "Thank you, Caster." β
"Well, Master, get up, it's almost noon." Shakespeare danced and said, "Your play is about to start, master, how can you be late as the protagonist." β
"Yes, yes, I'm curious, why are you more excited than me today?" Firena said curiously.
Shakespeare smiled and said excitedly: "Sa, who knows, fate has already been written, and master, I am looking forward to who you can summon tonight!" β
After saying that, Firena turned into a little golden light, and Firena did not doubt him, thinking that Shakespeare's current excitement was due to the desire for companions, so she didn't bother to pay attention to it, called the maid, washed up, changed into new clothes, and was pushed by the maid to the dining room.
"Grandpa, father!" Xavier and Sherman waited there early in the dining room.
"Haha, my granddaughter is really beautiful today, okay Firena, come and eat the cake." After saying that, Xavier ordered the maid to serve the cake, and personally inserted 6 candles on top of the cake, and then turned the candles on the ground.
"I want our family to be happy together every day." After saying her wish, Firena blew out the candle in one breath.
"Firena, it doesn't work if you say it." Sherman looked at her daughter and said with a smile.
"But Firena misses her mother and brother." Firena coquettishly looked at Sherman and Xavier.
Sherman was silent for a moment after listening to her daughter's words, then touched Firena's head and said: "Firena, my brothers and my mother have their own affairs, so we can't be together all the time, but Dad promises that next time Firena celebrates her birthday, our family will be together for your birthday, okay, now Dad will cut a cake for you to eat." β
Just as Sherman was cutting the cake again, the butler hurriedly ran in and presented a gilded greeting note and said, "Lord Richard, the lord of the city, has asked to see her, saying that he has come to congratulate Miss Firena on her birthday. β
Sherman frowned, took the post, and said, "Why didn't that guy Richard stay in the City Lord's Mansion and come to us to do something?" β
"Richard, that guy is very ambitious, if it weren't for the chance, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been sent here to be an idle city lord, invite him in, I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in this little fox's gourd." Xavier also looked at the post for a while, but he planned to respond to the changes with the same thing, and first see Richard's intentions before discussing it.
"Hahahaha, it looks like I'm here at the right time." Before he could see him, Richard's voice came in: "Everyone said that Sherman, a muscular boy, was a beautiful girl, and when I saw it today, he was really a very iconic little sister." β
Walking into the restaurant, Richard looked at Firena carefully, then put the gift box in his hand on Firena's hand and said, "So beautiful Miss Firena, I wish you a happy birthday today!" β
"Thank you for the gift, Lord Castle, it would be better if you didn't speak ill of my father."
When Richard heard Firena's words, he was immediately stunned, and then laughed at Sherman: "Hahaha, Sherman, I didn't expect you to give birth to such a clever daughter, it's really enviable." β
"Okay Richard, tell me what your purpose is today, I don't think you're just here to congratulate." Xavier said coldly.
"Don't be so wary of me, old man Xavier, I'm here today with sincerity." As he spoke, he took out two pieces of magic paper from his clothes and handed them to Xavier and Sherman.
In the Nanya Continent, magic paper has a very good fireproof, waterproof and anti-corrosion effect, and is a necessary thing to record some books and sign some important contracts.
"Hmph, I didn't expect that there are still some moths in our family that haven't been cleaned up." Looking at the terms of the magic contract, Xavier's facial expression became even colder.
"Don't say that, old man Xavier, without these people, how can we have the opportunity to cooperate more deeply."
Xavier looked at Richard and said calmly: "It's not impossible for us to sign this agreement, but we have to add a few additional terms, if you agree, of course it's the best, if you don't agree, then don't blame the old man for breaking the net." β
"First, you return the scum of the family in your hands to me, and I will personally dispose of it."
"Yes."
"Second, withdraw all the spies you have planted in my house, and if I find out that there are spies or your people, then this agreement will be null and void."
"Absolutely." Richard nodded: "Of course, you also have to withdraw all the spies arranged by my side." β
"Of course this is no problem, then the last one, the two families help each other, if our direct family members of the Oldney family are in trouble, you have to help us as much as possible, of course, our family will also fully support your ascendancy."
Richard hesitated, but finally agreed to Xavier's three terms, and then the three of them waved their hands and added three terms to the magic paper, along with their own names.
After exchanging agreements with each other, Richard put the agreement into his space ring, and said with a smile: "Things can be done, I won't disturb the reunion of your family, I'll go back first to make more preparations, and I hope that the old man can help me a lot, then I'll go first......"
"Boom." Before the words fell, with the sound of the collapse of the building wall, the momentum of the ten star powerhouses and many firmament powerhouses rose to the sky, and some people with low strength could not bear these momentum and were directly pressed to the ground and fainted.
Then a deep voice came from outside and said: "The Odney family fornicated with the demon clan and activated the secret method of the demon clan, and now the evidence is conclusive, if you don't want to die, kneel down and wait for the inspection, otherwise, there will be no forgiveness for killing, do it now!" β