Tom became Croso's most trusted bodyguard, carrying a plate of sealed dishes to the king's chamber every day after the king's dinner.

He became the object of the admiration of many servants in the royal palace.

William's room.

Magic Mirror Mirror.

An interesting sight is being displayed:

Tom hid in a corner where there were no people and no animals, and with a small knife, he secretly cut out a few small pieces of meat on the corpse of the white snake, put them in the bag he carried with him, and then rearranged the corpse of the white snake, covered the plate, and walked casually with the plate to the king's chamber.

William's fingers swiped across the magic mirror, Tom's face swiped across the mirror, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, "Tom, you've become a dishonest guy too!" ”

During this time, Tom's actions were in William's sights.

William "watched" him from the trembling of his initial actions to the later casualness, carefully scavenging a lot of white snake meat in the king's "dessert".

According to William's observations during this time, the ability to know animal language obtained from the meat of the white snake is not always possessed, but can only be maintained by constantly taking the meat of the white snake.

A piece of white snake meat can only last for a period of time to know the language of animals, and the time is about three days.

This is what William observed.

Because three days after duck time had passed, William found that Tom seemed to have lost his soul, completely out of state, as if he had lost something precious.

It was on that day that Tom once again mustered up his courage and stole the white snake meat from King Krosso.

Then it was out of control and began the days of "preparing for winter grain storage".

As for how did the White Snake come about?

William also found out through the magic mirror.

Every night, a man in black, carrying a pocket sealed with a fire seal, entered the palace, came to the kitchen, and handed the pocket to a hunchbacked mute in the kitchen.

The hunchbacked mute will carefully check the fire mark on his pocket, and after confirming that there is no problem, he will take the bag into the small room inside and close the door.

After a while, a sealed plate of dishes is served.

Then the "honest" Tom would come and take the mysterious dish away and deliver it to King Krosso.

William used the magic mirror to follow the clue of the man in black, and found that the man in black did not know what was in his pocket.

They were only responsible for passing this pocket received from other cities into the palace every day.

There were fire marks on the pockets, and they didn't have the guts to risk hanging them to untie their pockets and take a look!

At this time, William was still unclear about the origin of the White Snake.

So, his gaze followed his pocket and kept back.

From the galloping on the horse, he retreated all the way to the border, into the kingdom of Delgada, and finally near the royal palace in the royal capital.

William's eyes moved at this time, confirming his guess, "Sure enough!" This white snake really came from the snake nest that Krosso said! That snake nest is really not simple, even ordinary white snakes can have such magical abilities, so how much magic should the snake leaf that Krosso has been dreaming of? ”

Unfortunately, the long journey consumes too much energy for the Magic Mirror.

William couldn't keep the Magic Mirror alive, so he let the Magic Mirror cancel the detection, but he remembered the place in the end.

In the future, if William is interested, he can find that place without being told by Krosso.

It's a bit of a pity that William has been under Krosso's surveillance, and it is not obvious to occasionally use the magic mirror to probe, but if he goes out, he will be really discovered by Krosso.

William thought about it for a while, but still felt that Tom's matter was important, so he continued to lurk according to his restless heart of robbing the rich and helping the poor.

For the sake of the golden apple, William had enough patience.

And, judging by Tom's recent actions, this day won't be too long.

Sure enough, a few days passed peacefully.

One evening, Tom took the initiative to visit William's apartment.

"Lord Zorro, I came here this time to say goodbye to you." Tom said reluctantly.

"Farewell? Are you leaving? William asked knowingly.

"Yes, Lord Zorro! I've been here long enough, it's time to get out of here and see the outside world! Tom hesitated at first, but when he said that, his tone became firm, and his eyes were full of longing.

William's heart at this time can be described by a lyric, "I've waited for a long time and finally waited for today", but his face still had to show calmness, nodded, and said approvingly, "Indeed! Continue here, you will only become a frog in the well, and it is better for you to leave. ”

"Frogs in the well?" Tom was stunned.

William explained with a smile, "The frog in the well can only see the sky the size of the well when it looks up. Tom, the palace is the well for you, and you deserve a better future. ”

Tom said movingly, "Thank you, Lord Zorro!" ”

"Silly boy!" William touched Tom's forehead gently, "Maybe one day, I need your help. ”

"As long as Lord Zorro needs my help, no matter what the cost, I will do it!"

"Hehehe......" William smiled with relief.

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The next day, when Tom brought the king a plate of white snake meat, he offered to tell the king that he was leaving.

King Krosso was surprised and offered to keep him, promising to let him take the position of Richard Johnson as long as Tom stayed.

Tom, however, was resolute and politely refused the king's offer, and only begged King Krosso to give him a horse and some travel expenses to let him go out and see the outside world.

Probably because of the guilt of wronging Tom before, King Krosso finally agreed to Tom's request, and chose a horse for him in the stables of the palace, as well as a travel fee.

Tom took everything he had and happily hit the road!

Not long after Tom left, William also said goodbye to King Krosso.

This time, King Krosso didn't want to let William go.

But at William's strong request, as well as his military might, and William promised to help King Krosso get snake leaves to heal his "child" after returning from his travels!

King Krosso had to agree.

But before William left, King Krosso gave William a fee.

That fee was more than a hundred times what the king had given to Tom.

There are two large pockets.

Because he was afraid that it would be inconvenient for William to carry two large pockets, the king specially chose a strong horse for William to use.

This is not over, when William was about to leave, King Krosso came with another pot of wine, and "mourned" to drink with William, asking William to remember to return after his travels.

William nodded heavily, gave the king a deep look, and then drank a glass of wine with him.

After a glass of wine, the king laughed heartily, and a smug glint gleamed in the depths of his eyes.

William also laughed, but his heart was cold, and he scolded King Krosso.

This idiot, thought I didn't know he had some kind of drug in the wine.

The magic mirror monitored King Krosso's behavior, and naturally knew about King Krosso's stay up late to prepare mysterious potions.

William really didn't expect that Krosso, who was so old at his age, would be so handy in dispensing potions.

In addition to configuring the mystical potion, Krosso also deliberately configured its antidote and took the antidote in advance.

In the middle of the night, William naturally easily stole the antidote into his hands.

This is also the reason why William can be proud to drink with the king today.