Louis said: "Mr. Long, do you think it's fun?"
Male Dragon: "It's fun!"
Louis added: "I heard that your Sapphire Dragon has always produced military experts. What do you think of our Go game?"
The male dragon sighed: "Mysteries are endless!"
Louis nodded and said: "Before the emperor succeeded to the throne, the son of the Duke of Argyll was ordered to enter the palace to pay homage."
"In my spare time, I was invited by the young emperor to play chess together."
"Both of them are noble people from Tianhuang. They are deeply familiar with the culture of playing chess. They are indistinguishable from each other."
"In addition, the Duke of Argyll is too powerful and has a tendency to overturn the situation. Naturally, his son does not have much respect for the emperor, and his tone is slightly frivolous."
"Do you know how the Emperor handled this matter back then?"
Seeing the eyes of the two ancient dragons looking at him, the cloaked men and royal guards behind him became curious.
Louis then said calmly: "Although the emperor was still very young at the time, he was so high-spirited that he could not be provoked by others. He had practiced Nine Swords since he was a child, and he was not considered an adult."
"The enraged emperor stopped playing with him. He picked up the chessboard and smashed it hard on the head of the son of Argyle. The ordinary chessboard was not light, and the royal chessboard was even heavier."
"And just like that, the son of Argyll fell in a pool of blood, never to be heard again."
Louis said calmly: "There are good players, good players, and ordinary players in Go. If someone insults the power of the empire, then we will lift the chessboard and let it see what a black move is."
The two dragons were frightened and angry, and the female dragon beside them let out low roars.
The dragon's blood gave them strength and glory, and extended their lifespan. But when they heard Louis's sentence, they seemed to hear the footsteps of death.
This is not telling the story of the emperor. It is clearly telling the two dragons about the Unser Empire's attitude towards this matter.
What's even more terrible is that at this time, the two cloaked men standing behind Louis took off their hats.
One of them had a white beard, and it was Gandalf, the white-robed mage who had communicated with Louis before.
The other man was wearing armor and just stood there with a solemn expression on his face, like a moving city wall.
Louis looked at the heavy sword on Gandalf's back with some speechlessness and said:
"Lord Gandalf, I told you that 'having a sword but not using it and not having a sword are two different things', but I didn't tell you to directly equip yourself with a heavy sword."
Gandalf touched his beard and said with satisfaction: "With all kinds of magic to strengthen the body, the mage will not be weaker than others in battle."
William looked at the other costumed knight hesitantly and whispered: "Grandpa?"
Louis:? ? ?
Okay, okay, William, do you still have such a family background?
But Louis had business to do.
He looked at the two dragons with burning eyes and saw that the two dragons were already holding their tails and running away as if something was wrong.
Seeing that the first salute and then the attack were effective, Louis stopped threatening and said slowly:
"Don't be nervous. As long as you don't act recklessly, we can have a good communication with Eunse."
"Playing Go or something like that is too advanced. Let's just play backgammon honestly."
——The implication is, to put it simply, don’t push me there. If you want a corpse, what can you do?
The two dragons looked at each other, and finally the female dragon sighed:
"That makes sense. If we need to retrieve the bones of our compatriots, what price will we have to pay?"
Louis smiled.
After doing so much, isn’t the core purpose just to take the initiative?
Dragon is a very proud creature.
Although the two dragons look "very weak" now, they were frightened by the emperor back then.
I really think these two dragons don't have any temper, that's just a lack of brains.
Intuition told Louis that the emperor could not take action casually now.
If not, Beatrice would not be allowed to supervise the country now.
Therefore, without any guarantee of crushing the two dragons, Louis did not want to actually fight them.
——But they are also not allowed to take the initiative.
If you want to get your bones back, you have to pay the price.
As for what price?
Let's decide!
This is the purpose of paying homage first and then fighting.
Obviously, now that the two dragons realized that humans had no intention of backing down, they finally chose to give in.
This time, the two dragons finally did not hide the lion, but Lu Mingfei.
The slight anger in Xionglong's eyes eventually turned into deep helplessness:
"Okay, we can do whatever we need, but please don't go too far."
Louis nodded.
Everything goes well, what to talk about with the dragon next is Beatrice's matter.
Huh?
wrong!
It's not entirely his business either.
Louis' eyes sharpened, and he looked at the two dragons up and down, making their scalps numb, and then said:
"Mr. Long, Ms. Long, is Go fun?"
The two dragons nodded frequently.
Even if they were intimidated, it would not stop them from loving Go.
For them, this new toy is the pout in the eyes of the angler, the Gwent card in the hand of the wizard, and the five knock-up wires seen by Yasuo players——
It's simply tempting!
Louis said with a smile: "I want to give my fiancée a gift. If you don't mind, I can use some chess records of national chess masters to exchange for something with you."
He pointed to the dragon horns on the female dragon: "You can get your dragon horns at any price."
The two dragons looked at each other.
Turn around and communicate mentally.
Xionglong: "Is he trying to intimidate us?"
Female Dragon: "Maybe it's the Emperor's wish?"
Male Dragon: "Why do I feel unbelievable? Including what he just said about the emperor doing when he was young, I have never heard of it in the Dragon Empire."
Female Dragon: "Just tell me, does this look like something the Emperor can do?"
Xionglong: "...This is true. I would question others doing this. The Emperor is a fierce man."
Female dragon: "That's it, isn't it? I don't care if he's taking the opportunity to strike or if he really wants a gift, I'll just give him a dragon horn."
Xionglong: "I feel sorry for you. Alas, it's all because the king was so reckless back then that we are still here to suffer."
After a final discussion, they turned to look at Louis and nodded.
The female dragon looked hard, broke off the dragon's horn, and handed it to Louis.
Louis looked at the dragon horn intently, with a little desire in his eyes, but he suppressed it in the end.
This is his gift to Beatrice.
…
After Louis and the two dragons agreed to talk on another day, Louis and the others left the Burning Smoke Mountains.
On the way back, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.
William on the side approached Louis on horseback and asked curiously:
"Your Highness, is what you just said about the Emperor true?"
Louis said solemnly: "Of course..."
William looked straight.
"...It can't be true!"
This is just a joke he adapted based on the story of Emperor Jing, the chess sage of the Han Dynasty.
Louis rolled his eyes: "This time I arranged a wave of emperors with the permission of the superiors."
William nodded, believing what Louis said.
What Louis didn't notice was that behind him, two old men riding horses were whispering.
"Where did he hear the old story about the Emperor killing the son of Argyle? Wasn't this matter silenced?"
"You ask me, how do I know? I'm just an iron guard."
"So the emperor really played Go back then?"
"Who knows? I don't pay attention to their daily entertainment."
In the sky, a dragon flaps its wings and flies high.
Underground, the silhouettes of people traveling far away merged with the bloody color of the setting sun.
