Chapter 37: The Undercurrent (4,000 words)
It was already late, and Yu Chen and Daisy accidentally missed the time of the curfew. They couldn't get out of the palace www.biquge.info the pen "Fun", so they had to stay in the palace of the little prince Juan.
Daisy is taking a bath, for an elegant female nobleman, bathing every day to keep her body clean and relaxed is an essential thing, and Yu Chen is lying on his own bed, for him to take a bath twice a day is really a bit difficult for him, besides, he is really scared by Daisy, the scenes of those maids serving are still vivid in his mind.
"Is she okay?" Yu Chen lay on the big bed that should have been soft, and now the figure of the maid lingered in his mind. At his own request, a wooden board was added under his mattress!
Being too soft always makes people lose their vigilance, doesn't it? In human society, Yu Chen still hasn't lost his wildness.
That deep kiss is always unforgettable, and the feeling is indescribable. The two moons are shining, and Yu Chen has fallen asleep.
"Who is he?"
"Well, I guess it's a partner, a lifesaver, I honestly don't know. ”
"My sister trusts him a lot?"
Daisy was a little dazed as if she hadn't heard, and it wasn't until a long time before she nodded softly. She was still soaking in the bathroom, and the rising white mist gave people a hazy feeling, and Daisy's looming figure was too tempting.
The figure in the mist was a little blurry, and his face could not be seen clearly. But the somewhat thin body was very reminiscent of a man - His Royal Highness the Little Prince Juan.
"Sister Sissi, can I wipe your back?" The owner of that voice was undoubtedly His Royal Highness the Little Prince Juan.
Daisy glanced towards the blurred figure in the white mist. "Okay. ”
She didn't even refuse!
Juan's hands pressed on Daisy's shoulders, and he gently wiped Daisy's smooth skin. If you look closely, you will find that the hands of the little prince Juan are also so white and smooth.
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In a secret room inside the White Palace.
"My lord, they don't seem to have made any big moves lately. "The person who spoke was hidden in the shadows, so that it was just impossible to see what he looked like.
"I see, I need to pay more attention to the movements of the Toledo Empire. I'm worried ......" Prince Eugen said only half of it.
"Well, don't worry. The man in the shadows was sure, and he left quietly, except for Prince Eugen, who was confident that he would not be discovered by anyone in the royal city.
Prince Eugen sorted through the various reports on the table, and he did not believe that those people would accept them calmly, and he had to be faster.
At this time, Prince Eugen's face had long since lost the kindness he had when facing his juniors, and was replaced by coldness and solemnity. In the dim light, you can even see the gray of Prince Eugen's sideburns, after all, he is no longer young.
"I will definitely take good care of your child!"
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At six o'clock in the morning, Yu Chen had already woken up, and Daisy was still asleep. Prince Eugen had been tired all night, and now he had just squinted a little.
Yu Chen, who had nothing to do, wandered around the palace, as long as he did not go out of the range of the White Palace, there must be no big problem, but by the pond behind the palace, Yu Chen actually bumped into the little prince Juan, and His Royal Highness the prince was practicing swords by the pond.
The little prince Juan was so engrossed that he didn't even notice Yu Chen's arrival, or that Yu Chen was too close to be too quiet.
His Royal Highness the Prince's swordsmanship is not superb, and he tries to combine the abilities of the Awakened with his own swordsmanship, but it is obvious that the effect is not good, even a layman like Yu Chen can see it.
The little prince of Juan had failed again, he had failed countless times, but he still practiced his sword here every morning. He wanted to prove something, but because of his talent, he stopped there.
Looking at the figure that tried again and again and failed, Yu Chen was thoughtful.
"Try not to condense the water elemental at first, and concentrate on the water when you stab the last sword. Yu Chen kindly reminded.
The little prince Juan looked at the source of the voice, and he saw Yu Chen standing beside him.
When did he appear! The little prince Juan was surprised in his heart, could he be so unbearable? He couldn't even perceive Yu Chen's appearance?
Resentful in his heart, but the little prince Juan still did what Yu Chen did, he had failed countless times, and he didn't mind failing again.
"Bump!" ripples rippled on the water, and all the lotus leaves on the edge of the pond were cut off by the blade of the sword. He actually succeeded in this sword! He could really attach the water element to his weapon! The displeasure in His Highness Juan's heart had already been swept away.
"This person my sister trusts is not simple. Only now did the little prince Juan look up and down at Yu Chen.
"Doesn't it look good? His Royal Highness's thinking seemed to have taken a jump.
As for why the little prince Juan didn't go to his master to teach him, after all, Prince Eugen is not just a saint-level awakener, he is also a heavenly knight! That explosive muscle is the proof of his knighthood, don't look at him as a nobleman, Prince Eugen has no less life and death experience than any adventurer. However, as a nobleman, it is really a little indecent, and Prince Eugen has always wanted to be promoted to a saint-level knight, so that the muscles in his body will slowly calm down. In this way, he can seduce more noble ladies, ahem, no, how can it be said to be a seduction, obviously attracted! Prince Eugen was also a romantic seed when he was young.
In fact, Prince Eugen didn't want Juan to practice swords, he preferred him to become more elegant, so Juan's daily practice was secretly carried out in the early morning.
"Do you want to go out for a walk? The little prince Juan was the first to break the silence.
"Okay. Yu Chen did not refuse, in his opinion, although the palace is big, there are too many restrictions after all, compared to here, he wants to go to the city to have a look.
Under the leadership of Prince Juan, Yu Chen successfully passed through many sentry posts, and it can be said that the inventory of the palace is still quite strict. It took a lot of twists and turns for the two to finally get out of the palace.
It's not yet seven o'clock in the morning, and even the sun is lazy, and the people who shine on it are very comfortable.
"Fresh fruits! Fresh fruits! You can taste dragon fruit from the Oriental country for only 1 gold coin!"
It is worthy of being the royal capital, the streets have been so prosperous so early, Yu Chen's heart sighed, when has he seen such a prosperous and lively scene in the wilderness. However, if Yu Chen knew that he was not in the capital of a small country, and there were many more prosperous places than him, I don't know how Yu Chen would feel. And in the far east, the capital of the Xia Dynasty, there is a prosperous city in the world - Xia Jing. Now Yu Chen didn't know that his mother was in the prosperous and distant Oriental city.
Yu Chen's eyes only glanced at the fiery red and bright fruit, and the little prince Juan immediately helped him buy this dragon fruit.
"No, for you. The little prince Juan handed the bright red fire dragon kingdom to Yu Chen.
Such a 'precious' gift made Yu Chen a little embarrassed to accept it, now he has the most basic understanding of what human society says, this one gold coin is enough for Uncle Kaito's family to eat for several months!
Seeing that Yu Chen had some hesitation, the little prince Juan frowned. "If you give it to you, hurry up and take it, isn't it a man, why is it such a mother-in-law!"
Stimulated by Juan's words, Yu Chen accepted his kindness.
"Dragon fruit?" Yu Chen thought to himself that this was really a strange name, fire he understood very well, and the bright red color easily reminded people of flames. And what about dragons? What's that?
Yu Chen's muttering was clearly heard by Juan. "What a redneck, I haven't heard of dragon fruit, how could Sister Sissi be close to such a person. ”
Although the little prince Juan thought so in his heart, he still opened his mouth to solve Yu Chen's doubts.
"The name of dragon fruit comes from the fire dragon because of its bright red color and the fact that its skin resembles the scales of a fire dragon. ”
"Fire Dragon?" This was the first time Yu Chen had heard the name of this creature.
The little prince Juan looked at Yu Chen with eyes like an idiot. "Oh my God, there are still people in the world who don't know about fire dragons!"
Looking at Yu Chen's wooden expression, Juan supported his forehead. "You've never heard of dragons, have you?"
Yu Chen nodded seriously.
Then the little prince Juan's heart collapsed. "That's where Sister Sissi found this cannon!"
In his heart, Juan already had some not-so-good ideas for Yu Chen, and after seeing Yu Chen's nod, he subconsciously blurted out: "You don't even know dragons! That's the most powerful creature in the world! Every saint-level powerhouse takes dragon slaying as a sign of his strength!"
"Can the most powerful creatures be slaughtered by humans?" Yu Chen expressed puzzlement.
The little prince Juan was drunk, and he didn't want to dwell on the topic.
Suddenly, His Royal Highness the Prince's momentum became fierce, because his master, Prince Eugen, was also once a peerless powerhouse who had slain dragons!
But after all, what does Prince Eugen have to do with Juan when he slays the dragon? Yu Chen said that he was puzzled why Juan's momentum had risen so quickly......
"Can I eat it?" Yu Chen looked into Juan's eyes.
"Oh my God!" Juan's heart had completely collapsed, and his outlook on life had completely collapsed at this moment.
I re-examined Yu Chen, and my good impression of Yu Chen helping me just now was gone. The little prince Juan felt that he really couldn't communicate with him......
Yu Chen saw Juan's appearance and understood if he had said something wrong, in his opinion, all powerful beasts could be eaten, at least he had eaten a lot.
"Can you take me to some places where ordinary people live?" Yu Chen peeled off the dragon fruit and handed half of it to Juan.
The little prince Juan took the white and tender dragon fruit, and he really couldn't see through the young man in front of him. But since they are all out of the palace, after all, he has also helped himself, so let's help him in this little matter.
"You practice swords every morning?" Yu Chen's question was always so straightforward.
"yes, that's my habit. Juan did not shy away from the young man in front of him, because he didn't know why Yu Chen was so easy to give birth to a sense of trust.
In fact, Yu Chen had already noticed that Juan's little prince's hands were very smooth, these were a pair of ordinary nobleman's hands, but this would never look like the hands of a perennial sword practitioner.
Sighing slightly, Juan was a little helpless, and he stuck it to Yu Chen's ear. "To tell you secretly, I practiced swords behind my master's back, and the master didn't like me to play with these weapons, he just wanted me to become an excellent awakened person. But I like to practice swords, so I quietly asked my father for a lot of sesame oil from the East, and the sesame oil from the Poison Kingdom is a recipe for skin care!"
"Don't tell the master!" Juan said playfully, as if there was something wrong with being playful with men, whatever, because Yu Chen felt that it should be playful.
In fact, Juan doesn't like to practice swords, he just wants more people to recognize him, why can Sister Sissi practice swords, but he can't, it's not fair.
Juan's voice was so comfortable that Yu Chen's ears rustled, and he even had the urge to let him whisper in his ear again.
"What's wrong with you?" Yu Chen calmed down.
It must be that he is not very suitable for human society, and Yu Chen has found a very lame reason for himself. Likes to have a man whisper in his ear, it's so scary just to think about it......
Walking into the civilian neighborhood, the western part of the city is still lively and noisy, but everywhere it looks a little shabby.
To be precise, Yu Chen was not taken to the civilian area by the little prince Juan, but to the most dilapidated slum in the city. As for the commoners and the poor, in the eyes of His Highness Juan, the difference is not very great.
The scrawny puppy, the old man begging on the side of the road, the filthy color of the gutter, and even the foul smell. The little prince Juan hadn't actually been here once, and he had some of a distraction now.
"I can't figure out why he wants to be here, is it because he was once a pauper?" thought His Highness Juan.
"Are you born with a hierarchy?" Yu Chen saw this scene, and he couldn't help but think of what the maid had said to him, it seemed like he didn't even know her name, right?
"Okay, noble, okay, noble, I haven't eaten for two days, can you pity my old man?"
The old man's begging voice interrupted Yu Chen's thoughts, and looking at the ragged and skinny old man Yu Chen, he couldn't help but feel compassion.
Touching his body, Yu Chen was indeed a little embarrassed, because he found that he had no money at all! Usually all expenses are paid by Daisy, how can Yu Chen have money on him?
The old man sighed softly, and he left slowly with some awkwardness. At this moment, His Royal Highness threw a gold coin into the old man's broken bowl.
"Thank you, thank you, noble!" the gray-haired old man hurriedly bowed to the two.
Yu Chen hurriedly helped the old man up, while the little prince Juan subconsciously took a few steps back, because the old man exuded a foul smell.
Now Yu Chen didn't know that their seemingly well-intentioned actions had brought death to this powerless old man.
Leaving the Slum Valley, the two of them wandered aimlessly, and before they knew it, they walked up to the city tower, because Yu Chen said that he wanted to see the scenery of the city.
"What's that?" Yu Chen pointed to the big boat on the canal.
"That badge looks like it belongs to the Borg, it should be the fleet of the Marquis Borg's family. "Juan has some nonchalance.
On the canal next to the royal city, there is an endless stream of ships, and the most conspicuous of them is the merchant fleet of the Marquis of Borg's family, and it is said that they have brought a great gift to His Majesty this time!
Because it will soon be the celebration of the 40th anniversary of His Majesty's accession to the throne!
The workers on the wharf were busy carrying their goods, and I heard from some of the old workers that the offering of the Count of Borg must have been very important this time, and that the waterline of the ship was much deeper than in previous years.