Under the Root

"What's the matter, is there something wrong with what I said?" the emperor asked suspiciously. "Oh, minister, do you think there are still too few maids in the palace, and you need to take out your private collection? No need, I have enough here."

"No, not this one. Your Majesty!" The minister stood up abruptly, waving his broad arms exaggeratedly. "Nothing is right, that traitor, that annoying Li Lin, why did he get your reward? It's too abnormal."

"A traitor? Are you talking about Brother Li Lin?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. That person is a threat to the royal power. He cannot be ignored. He must be eliminated, completely eliminated. Only by chopping him up and feeding him to dogs can I relieve my hatred!" the minister said. There was a ghost-like expression on his face.How could that guy who almost blinded his precious eyes let him live so leisurely!

"Oh. I know what you mean, minister." The smile on the little emperor's face did not change at all.It was the same as what the minister saw before Li Lin came to the empire.

"So." The little emperor elongated his tone.

"So?" the minister asked expectantly.

"So chop up this dumb tongue from the Minister and feed it to the dogs, Bud."

So under the stunned eyes of the minister, Bude raised his steel-like arm with a complex expression. At this moment, he faintly thought of a possibility, this possibility...

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"Who are you? If you don't say anything, I will send you to Tyrande's stomach for a good turn." Sitting in the coffee shop he frequented, Esdeath looked at the woman in silver armor in front of him, Said threateningly.

Originally, he was just drinking coffee here as a routine, but this woman sat down opposite her, watching her quietly, without any intention of moving away.

If it was an ordinary person, she might have frightened her away by releasing her murderous aura, but this time it was different.

Because the exaggerated white spear that was as tall as a person in her hand was constantly releasing astonishing energy fluctuations.This reminded Estes that the guy in front of him was not an ordinary person.

"Are you Estes?" The woman put her hands on the table, leaning on her chin and carefully staring at the blue-haired beauty in front of her. "I didn't expect that besides strength, even appearance is so beautiful."

"Oh, do you recognize me?"

"Yes, the former empire is the strongest. How can anyone not know you?" the woman said.

"But I don't know you. Who are you?"

"I, I'm Artoria, General of the Revolutionary Army. Li Linda...well, Li Lin's fiancée." With a cough, the woman who looked exactly like Artoria said.

"Oh, fiancee? General of the Revolutionary Army? It's a pleasure to meet you." Estes closed his eyes.

Li Lin, is this the trouble you mentioned?General of the Revolutionary Army, you hooked up with this!

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ps: this is just routine ps

Chapter 52 Mercury

"Long time no see, Li Lin."

"Long time no see,...Artoria?"

Li Lin carefully looked at the woman in front of him.Feel a little weird.It's not that the appearance is weird, as far as the appearance is concerned, the blond hair, green eyes, and even the murder weapon on the chest are exactly the same as the diners who stayed at home before.

It's not a weird temperament either. The radiant holy spear vividly reflects Arturia's majestic and holy appearance like a goddess, which is completely unmistakable.

What Li Lin really finds strange is the strange behavior.Anyway, just now I noticed something strange, and the protagonist came directly to the door all of a sudden.Is Artoria's IQ....low?This kind of behavior that completely destroys the tacit understanding between the two seems to be self-inflicted.

"I haven't seen the city of Julu yet. Doesn't the host show you the kindness of being a landlord?" Artoria, well, let's call her Artoria.Like an ordinary female knight, Arturia asked Li Lin while smiling dignifiedly. "I really want to hang around here."

"Go shopping?" Li Lin looked around, and now they were in a busy city.

Snack sellers, sundries sellers, dancers, singers, and jugglers abound.

Their voices were noisy but full of life.

It is indeed worth a visit.Besides, since the big bosses are here, it is impossible for those miscellaneous soldiers to fight here without understanding the style.And... still need to confirm.

Thinking of this, Li Lin naturally grabbed Artoria's slender waist.

"Then let's go shopping first. What's the matter?" Li Lin had an inquiring look on his face.

"No, it's nothing." Arturia, whose body suddenly became a little stiff, smiled without seeming to have any abnormality.

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"Julu used to be a mountainous and forested city. Although it has now become a loess plateau due to soil erosion." Strolling in the market, Li Lin "enthusiastically" introduced this religious atmosphere to Artoria City. "However, some good things are preserved for future generations, for example."

"Coal." Artoria stretched out her right hand, pointed to the dark object casually placed aside on the street, and said seriously. "Black gold."

"Yes, the empire has enough coal producing areas in the north. Therefore, the coal resources here have not been developed. But in the revolutionary army based in the south, I am afraid that there is a shortage of coal to make steel. But now is the time for travel, not to talk about politics, Don't talk about politics." Li Lin skipped the topic lightly, and waved his hands as if he accidentally brought up this topic.Then he casually walked to a street stall with ordinary but seemingly mysterious steps, and threw a few shiny gold coins casually.Then he picked up a large piece of greasy barbecue and handed it to Artoria.

"Another usage of coal. In contrast, you are very familiar with this." Li Lin smiled.

"Barbecue? Do you want to eat the barbecue I made for you? If you want, I can make it for you right now." Arturia opened her white teeth, bit off a piece of barbecue, and then looked at Li provocatively. Lin glanced.

"Cough, my appetite has been a little bit bad recently. Let's forget about it." Li Lin retreated instantly.

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"Woo, Aige is not happy." Pouted, Shatiao Aige said unhappily to the long snake with a diameter of one meter in front of him while holding the huge crystal ball. "Very unhappy."

"This is your own choice." The long snake hissed and spit out the letter. This is a silver-white long snake, and its whole body is full of flowing texture like mercury.People who are not familiar with him must not know what he is.

But Aige is different. If there is one person in the sky and on earth who knows the origin of this snake, it will undoubtedly be Shatiao Aige.

"But I'm still very, very unhappy." Ai Ge firmly pressed her face against the glass ball, her beautiful little face wrinkled together.Compared with the usual docile appearance, she is less beautiful but more cute. "So I want to make snake soup, Lucifer."

"I didn't provoke you this time." Obviously, Lucifer recognized the meaning of Aige at once, curled up, and looked at his contractor vigilantly.In view of all the things that happened before, he was not sure whether the beautiful girl was joking or really wanted to do it.