I don't remember how long the previous battle lasted, and I can't remember how many swords the Iron Beard slashed at me, and how many swords I blocked.

All I know is that when I opened my eyes, I saw a snow-white roof, lavish wall decorations, and a large bed that could sleep seven or eight people.

Get up slowly, climb down slowly, and feel very relaxed when doing all this, without the slightest sense of tiredness.

When I sat up from the bed with my feet firmly on the ground, supporting my body, I felt a sense of powerlessness that I had never felt before, and I almost broke me.

Staggering against the wall, gasping for breath, sweat pouring out of his pores and soaking through his clothes.

Leaning against the wall for a long time, I finally regained my strength, put my arms on the wall, and slowly walked towards the gate.

By the time I reached the gate, I had regained enough strength to walk alone without leaning against the walls.

When I opened the door, it was a long corridor, and as soon as I stepped forward, I was startled by the rough voices that suddenly came from both sides: "Lord An Xiaoyi, you are awake!" ”

Looking left and right, there were two guards.

I nodded and said, "Wake up, can I ask, where is the bathroom?" ”

"Okay, please come with me!"

Without waiting for me to say anything, two guards supported me left and right, and walked deeper into the hallway.

Soon, they stopped at a door: "This is the usual bathroom of the princes." ”

I nodded, and it seemed that in their eyes, I, a foreigner, was of the same status as their prince.

As soon as I entered the bathroom, I saw a sturdy dwarf bathing in the hot spring pool, and while soaking, he was still humming a very charming song.

Before I could hear the lyrics, the dwarf suddenly stopped humming and turned slowly to look at me.

Suddenly, he was stunned, stunned for a few seconds, stood up from the hot spring, took two steps, and approached me, with an excited face.

I was horrified by that expression, for fear that he would deliberately do something wrong.

I saw that a pair of his stubby hands stretched out, grabbed my arm tightly, and said, "An Xiaoyi, you are An Xiaoyi!" ”

I was confused by his excited look, and it took a while before I said, "Uh, I'm An Xiaoyi, who are you?" ”

"I'm the second son of the Dwarf King, we've met before," he squeezed my hand excitedly, and said, "But it's no wonder you've forgotten me, we don't have any entanglements except for the previous relationship, but I can't forget you!" ”

"Uh...... I don't think about men like that."

"Don't worry, I don't have that kind of thought about men, I just can't forget you, not only because you are my brother-in-law, but also because of your strong strength" His eyes became even more enthusiastic: "And I heard that you fought with Iron Beard yesterday, and the battle was quite fierce!" ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince" I said: "Although saying this may lower your opinion of me, I still have to say that the so-called fierce is only for me, for the iron beard, I am afraid it is far from this standard, his strength is not at all what I can touch so far, I am afraid that the opponents who can really make him play a fierce state are only those who are also national forces." ”

"It's not important" The second prince said: "It's not important at all, what I'm optimistic about is not what you can force the iron whisker to, but your spirit, your unyielding, ashamed to say, even if I have been crawling in the dungeon for many years, in the battle with the iron whisker, I can't help but feel timid, but you are different, although your strength is not as good as mine, but your spirit is a hundred times tougher than mine, I really can't imagine, in the face of that terrifying mountain of coercion, how do you maintain your mentality?" ”

"...... on this point"

I was a little embarrassed, and I couldn't tell him that it was my knife that constantly stimulated me with words, and stimulated my indomitable spirit.

If that were the case, he would probably think I was insane.

But if I don't say that, I can't find any good reason.

So I was silent.

Unexpectedly, silence has become an answer.

Second Prince: "I understand, it seems that the real strong-mindedness does not need to be answered in words, but to experience it with your heart, so you choose to be silent, is that what it means?" ”

"Ah," I nodded thoughtfully, "You're right. ”

That's right, from the very beginning, all I was thinking about was how to find an excuse to cover up the facts, and you are good enough to help me fill this gap, thank you so much!

In the subsequent bathing time in the hot springs, the second prince said a lot of words full of admiration, I listened to them tirelessly, but it was not good to leave directly - the hot springs were indeed too comfortable, so comfortable that I could endure the chatter.

Finally got out of the bathroom, changed into the clothes prepared by the guards in advance, and under the guidance of the guards, I went to another place.

In the meantime, the second prince still tirelessly chattered, but when I walked to the middle of the corridor, the lively second prince was silent, and stopped at the same time.

I was a little puzzled by his behavior, and when I was far away, one of the guards said, "Please don't worry about the second prince's reaction, this is normal." ”

"What's normal?" I was puzzled.

The guard smiled slightly, and said: "The second prince has always been lively and naughty, and some do not conform to the image of the prince in my king's mind, so he has often been punished by my king since he was a child, and now although he has grown up, the shadow of punishment when he was a child has been buried deep in his heart, so he has never dared to get too close to my king, and even as long as it is not summoned by my king, he generally refuses to approach this room." ”

"So there's still this past," I smiled, "It's quite interesting." ”

The guard sighed and said, "Actually, my king also loves deeply and is responsible, but the second prince doesn't understand his thoughts. ”

Looking at the guard's look of hatred for iron, I kind of wanted to laugh.

He must have a good relationship with the Dwarf King, otherwise he wouldn't casually talk about the Dwarf King's family history.

Soon, we came to two huge gates, and when we pushed them open, a magnificent hall was revealed, with crystal ornaments, gold-encrusted walls, marble floors, and white marble ceilings.

This is the most luxurious place in the entire Castle Palace, the back hall.

It is usually used for grand banquets, but it can also be used as a place for leisure and entertainment.

The dwarf king was playing chess with the goblin king, and when he saw me coming, he smiled, stretched out his hand and pushed the chessboard, and said, "Xiao Yi is awake!" ”

I heard a loud bang, and the chess pieces fell to the ground, and a few of them fell to the ground, and the bones were spinning.

"Oops, it's only two moves away from winning, you stinky chess basket, and you use this excuse to destroy chess!" The Goblin King slapped the table and said angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense" The dwarf king looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and he refused to admit it, and said, "I just accidentally knocked over the chess pieces." ”

"Why didn't you flip it when you won!" The goblin king was even more angry: "Why is it that every time I am about to win, either the chess pieces are overturned, or the table is not strong!" ”

(End of chapter)