"No, this Lord True Dragon is unexpectedly smart, and also very stingy."
Gandalf's expression changed slightly, and it seemed that he had to start the second plan.
The sun shines through the window and falls on Vivian's long eyelashes.
Gandalf glanced at Vivian tangledly, then sighed, seeming to have made some kind of decision.
"Your Excellency True Dragon, would you like to hear me tell you a story? The story is somewhat long and winding."
Gandalf's heavy voice echoed through the room.
"I don't want to. I think it's more comfortable to finish you off with one breath."
Ron said that he didn't want to listen to any bedtime stories. If he had the time, it would be more practical to study and learn new magic.
Gandalf was teased and a little embarrassed.
But the play still has to go on.
"Then I'll make a long story short. Please listen. Vivian's life experience is involved here. I believe you will be interested."
This aroused his interest, and Ron changed into a comfortable position and let the other party start his performance.
With Gandalf's heavy and magnetic voice, a dusty history is slowly revealed.
Fourteen years ago…
The current king of the Rose Kingdom: Brian XVII had a sudden idea one day this year.
He threatened to take a good look at the land he ruled.
To this end, he held a grand tour of the kingdom. His Majesty the King took his court mage group and part of the army from the royal capital of Ovia. They seemed to be inspecting the kingdom, but in fact they were traveling around.
Oracle Town was one of the towns passed by on the way. The king and the army stayed here for a night to replenish food and water.
It happened to be that night, the king was so drunk that he forcibly had a relationship with a very beautiful commoner woman.
A cliche plot. (Ron complained secretly)
Originally this was a good thing. Although His Majesty the King was dim-witted, he still cared more about his woman.
After she sobered up the next day, the king rewarded the woman with hundreds of gold coins on the spot and ordered the woman and her family to be taken to the royal capital to live.
The person responsible for handling this matter is Gandalf, who is still serving in the court mages.
Later, due to some unexpected events, the king's travel plan was forced to terminate and he returned to the royal capital of Ovia. The pregnant woman was also taken to live in the palace.
She is Vivian's mother.
Originally this was a love fairy tale about Cinderella successfully marrying the king.
At this point, Gandalf glanced at Ron and saw that he was very interested, so he continued to tell the second half of the story.
After the king returned to the palace, his character became more and more violent, and he often executed the maids who served him for trivial matters.
The rose kings of the past dynasties can only have one queen, so the maids and maids who serve the king are actually responsible for the movement of resolving the king's desires, and the children born are nominally raised by the queen.
Occasionally, there are maids who give birth to princes or princesses. The mother becomes a popular person in front of the king because of the value of her son.
One day, Gandalf received a notice from the palace asking him to guard a special group of death row prisoners, including Vivian's mother and the infant Vivian.
Most of this special batch of death row prisoners were women serving the king in the palace.
After Vivian's mother knew that she could not survive, she knelt down in tears and begged Gandalf to take Vivian away. This was a mother's last plea before she died.
Gandalf was a little touched when he saw the mother with pear blossoms and the crying baby in her arms.
That night, under the cover of sleep magic and mirror magic, he successfully took out the baby.
He sent the baby to an ordinary villager's home in Oracle Town for adoption, and gave them enough gold coins to live well into adulthood.
After this incident was over, Gandalf returned to the palace, and the prisoners on death row were secretly executed by the royal guards.
No one else knew about this matter.
"It wasn't until a year ago that something strange happened in the Warcraft Plains, and I was appointed to be the dean of the Magic Branch in Oracle Town, and then I met the baby from back then."
Gandalf was quite emotional when he said this. He originally thought that he would never have a chance to meet this child again in his life.
Gandalf was actually resistant to Vivian learning magic because she looked so much like her mother.
If the king discovers what he did back then, it is very likely that his family will face catastrophe.
Even though he was a great magister, he could not resist the power of the king.
Simply because her magic qualifications are not good, she will probably only be a magic apprentice for the rest of her life. Gandalf turned a blind eye and allowed her to continue studying at the Academy of Magic.
The airborne dean of the magic academy hinders the interests of many people.
Oracle Town does not have a mayor. It is actually managed by the Crusader Guards and the Academy of Magic. Gandalf's position was originally managed by three vice-principals.
They thought that the next headmaster must be chosen among the three, but they did not expect that a headmaster parachuted into the capital. This made them very angry, and they joined forces to remove Gandalf's power.
Gandalf didn't care about these rights. He was only obsessed with studying magic. He joined the court wizards just to have access to more high-level magic books.
However, the actions of these three people became more and more excessive, and they even began to collect money to manipulate the admission quota of the magic academy.
This made the college a mess, and the poor students had no choice but to give up their magic dreams and join the mercenary group to become mercenaries or wild mages.
Gandalf then made up his mind to get rid of these borers.
"So what are you going to do with them if I'm not called?"
Ron asked curiously.
Gandalf laughed dryly.
"In fact, Oracle Town is occasionally attacked by monsters at night. Even a magic master who is attacked by monsters while sleeping will die..."
Ron mused.
"The story is good, but you didn't tell me anything worthy of sparing your life. These things have nothing to do with me."
Vivian's eyelashes moved slightly.
"I understand what you mean. I tell this story just in the hope that you can treat the child well. If necessary, I can help you unlock the equality contract, as long as you don't hurt the child."
Looking at the silent Ron
Gandalf thought for a moment and spoke again:
"The most valuable item I have is this rare staff. If you need it..."
...
The conversation continued until dusk. In the end, Gandalf paid the price of a rare staff and a copy of all the magic rubbings he had learned, and obtained the true dragon's forgiveness.
Then Gandalf left with the three stunned vice principals.
This was what Ron meant. He decided to stay here for a while. These three people would still be useful in the future, and Ron would have to "check" the gold coins they had embezzled over the years.
It's embarrassing to say that Ron doesn't even have a single gold coin on his body even though he already has the strength of the legendary level. It's really a disgrace to the True Dragon Clan.
Dragon's nature is to collect shiny gold coins and treasures.
Every dragon that is successfully defeated usually ends with the hero returning holding the princess and a large amount of gold coins. This is also the favorite story of the bards.
The room became quiet again, except for the breathing of one person and one dragon.
"They have left. How long will you sleep?"
Ron said looking at the girl who was pretending to sleep.
Although Vivian tried her best to disguise it, the crystal tears on her face betrayed her.
"I'm sorry Mr. Ron, I didn't mean it."
Vivian propped herself up and sat half-sitting on the bed, her sad expression clearly visible. Her slender fingers were tangled together, and her white teeth bit her lower lip.
"Mr. Ron, I..."
"Shut up!"
Ron interrupted her speech. He didn't want to have a scene where the girl parted in a careless manner and then had some regrets for the rest of her life.
This is not a bloody eight o'clock theater!
"I know what you want to say. You don't have to worry about your life experience involving me, because..."
"You are my first friend"
The first friend in this world, Ron added in his mind.
After saying this, Ron grinned, showing his white teeth.
"If anyone wants to draw the wrath of a legendary dragon, let him do it. I guarantee he will regret this decision."
Even God!
Vivian stared blankly at Ron's confident speech, and the sadness in her heart seemed to be diluted a lot.
The birds flying outside the window were passing by, and the bustling crowd was looming in the distance.
Mom, did you see it?
Vivian has made a new friend. Although he has a big appetite and likes to tie people with his tail... he is really gentle.
Ron's voice interrupted her wandering.
"Vivian, I'm hungry"
"Ah? Okay, Mr. Dragon, I'll prepare dinner right now."
"Call me Ron"
"Okay, Mr. Ron"
"Remove it too, sir"
"Okay...Ron"
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The quality of equipment in the star realm is divided into: standard equipment, excellent equipment, rare equipment, epic equipment, legendary equipment, and artifacts.
Equipment above the sophisticated level cannot be mass-produced, and the price is extremely high.
