058 Prince Charming arrives
In fact, the situation was even worse than Larry had expected, and by the time he was about to get out of here, the sound of horses' hooves was already ringing outside the door.
A series of tight hooves was followed by a heavy muffled thud.
The sound of heavy footsteps in iron armor was quite steady, and the footsteps of the comer moved very regularly, which looked like the physical fitness of a long-trained warrior, so before Larry could say that he was going to leave here, the comer had already pushed open the door of the wooden house and walked straight in.
The cabin may have seemed a little too small for him, with the top of his head almost resting against the doorframe, much taller than Larry, and perhaps because of his armor, he looked much stronger than Larry.
The silver-white armor was lined with black soft armor, decorated with a blue cloak and gray fluff, and the long sword straddling his waist almost caught up with his own height.
Undoubtedly, a knight in the truest sense of the word, both in terms of his outfit and temperament.
But he's not the older brother that Lily has said before, Knight of the Round Table, Kai, for the simple reason that Larry knows this knight.
"Ah, Gao Wenqing, welcome to my home, is there anything that my brother wants you to convey?"
Yes, not Kai, but the chief of the Knights of the Round Table, the knight known as the Knight of the Sun, and the origin of the term Prince Charming, Gawain, the Knight of the Round Table.
"Good morning, Miss Artoria, I'm sorry to have come to tell you this in a hurry, Kay was ordered yesterday to deal with the newly landed enemy on the southern coast, so I'm very sorry that he can't come back to meet you today, as promised."
As he spoke, Gawain bowed slightly, he really deserved to be the origin of Prince Charming, and his every move was full of gentlemanly demeanor, no, in this era, it should be a chivalrous demeanor, which is an elegant attitude that Larry can never do.
"I see, you don't need to apologize, my brother is fighting for the stability of the country, this is the duty that you should perform as a Knight of the Round Table, but you still have trouble Gao Wenqing to come and convey this, it's me who should say I'm sorry, I'm really tired of you."
As she spoke, Lily also bowed slightly, both of them behaved with great grace, which made Ryry's heart a little weak, and the behavior that was full of gentlemanly demeanor just now was still a little worse than the two.
Speaking of which, isn't Prince Charming paired with an angelic girl?
Thinking about it for a moment, Larry looked at the two in front of him again, but he couldn't feel this way.
Indeed, on the other hand, how do orangutans fit together with lions?
"No, I'm here today for something else, but until then....." Gawain looked down, glanced at Larry, and asked, "I don't know who this is?" β
"Larry Charmis, a globetrotting intelligence merchant." Larry didn't directly say that he was an intelligence merchant walking in Britain, after all, he was not familiar with the current Britain, and the Knights of the Round Table were undoubtedly aware of the existence of figures like intelligence merchants, so it was not a good thing to conceal it, and it would be much better to say it directly.
"Intelligence..... Merchant? Gawain's eyes narrowed slightly, obviously he had doubts about Larry's identity, but in the spirit of chivalry, he didn't point it out directly, but said jokingly, "I thought this was Miss Artoria's crush, this is really rude,"
Gawain bowed slightly to Lily again to apologize.
Instead, Lily smiled and replied, "If I had known Mr. Larry any longer, maybe it would have been like that." β
Obviously this is a joke, so Larry is eager to ask, is that what you knights are joking?
However, the slightly tense air has been eased a lot.
"So, where is Mr. Larry from? You also know that although the king of Bei has been defeated by the king, the world is not so peaceful, so if it is convenient, please tell me your true identity. β
"Ah, that's right." Larry smiled, not showing any panicked expression, because in the split second, he had already figured out how to deal with it based on the available information.
"I came from the Roman Empire, because the distance was relatively long, the cost of the passage was not calculated, and I was not familiar with geography here in Britain, so I almost starved to death in the fields, but thanks to Miss Artoria, I saved my life."
The king of Votigeng has been exterminated, and Kai has been sent to the southern sea to deal with a new enemy, so it is obvious that the new enemy is from the European continent, and the reason for choosing Rome is simple, Rome is located on the Mediterranean coast, as long as there is France in between, Gawain has no way of knowing the true situation of Larry.
If Gawain hadn't explained Kai's situation to Lily, Larry might not have been able to settle his identity so easily, after all, he didn't know anything about the situation in this era, and it would be easy to expose it casually.
At the end of the day, Larry's resilience is pretty good.
"I see, Rome? Do you have any information to tell the king? Considering that Rome is a long way from Britain, Larry has to work hard and almost die on the road to come to Britain, obviously not for the sake of a small business.
"That's right, about my majesty of the Roman Empire, there is some information that I want to reveal to King Arthur of your country, but I didn't expect to meet Gao Wenqing, one of the Knights of the Round Table, and I still have to thank Miss Artoria again."
This sentence is pure nonsense, although Larry hopes that the current emperor of the Roman Empire is a tyrant, but no one knows if there will be anything else, after all, even Lily has no half-dime relationship with King Arthur, so he did not say His Majesty's name.
The next step can only be said to be one step at a time, and the most important thing at this stage is not to be suspected by Gawain.
"And what are you looking for?"
Without profit and business, it is impossible for Larry to come to Britain to provide information without seeking profit.
"Gao Wenqing, I understand your thoughts, but you may not know that the highest interests of businessmen are the interests of the country."
Apparently, Gawain was stunned by Larry's words, and he didn't understand what Larry was saying.
"I am an intelligence businessman, although the amount of intelligence in the war era will be much larger, but it is also accompanied by great danger, I am just a small businessman, I don't want to live under the fire of war day and night, so I am willing to take some of Your Majesty's little secrets, in exchange for your country's assistance, this is my idea."
Probably no businessman's head would be so white.
In fact, in the first sentence, Larry is telling the truth, but the second sentence is completely pretending, after all, no one would think that a fool would engage in espionage, and Larry's purpose is to convince Gawain that he is a naΓ―ve businessman.
After all, the fear of being in the middle of war day and night, and still running to Britain without any pains, is in itself contradictory.
"I see, is that so? I understand. β
Gawain didn't fully believe it, and there was still doubt in his eyes, but this didn't affect him, he didn't continue to ask, which meant that he was hesitating.
And that gave Larry plenty of opportunities to have a good time with the Knight of the Round Table.
On the one hand, it is convenient to integrate into the world, and on the other hand, it is also to get in touch with the characters of this era without causing too much impact.
No historian cares about a non-existent and historical intelligence monger.