Law of the Dragon

"I heard that this is already the No.3 challenger this month!" The man at the next table said gloatingly, "Those nobles think their lives are too long, so they all rushed to give them away."

"This one hasn't died yet, and it is said that they used proxy knights, and the nobles are dying." Another person said in a mocking tone, "For the little girl of the Layton family, many people die every month. ah."

Eros listened with pricked ears. He was quite familiar with the surname Layton. After all, the human being with whom he had the best relationship had this surname.I don't know if this surname is common, maybe someone else is talking about it, he murmured in his heart, but he still listened carefully.

"Is there any way, who made that girl look beautiful?"

"Why don't you say, who told that girl to be the fiancee of the Duke of Layton, as long as you defeat the Duke of Layton, you will have both beauty and fame!"

The title of duke of the Layton family is hereditary, and the young Thacklow has already inherited the title, so... Does Thacklow have a fiancée?

"Wow, there are so many gossips in this small place," Eros sighed softly, and when he wanted to listen again, the people at the table were already talking about who gave birth to a boy and who gave birth to a girl. Kind of boring topic.

The topic of discussion at another table caught Eros' attention. They were discussing the notice posted today.

"I heard that some nobles have sent people to the western region to grab land, and they will definitely arrive before the refugees," said a person. "I don't know what His Majesty the King thinks. How can refugees own land?"

"Isn't the result the same anyway?" Another person said indifferently, "The notice is posted like this, and after five years of cultivation, the land will be donated to the cultivator. In this way, the land will not be indirectly given to the nobles."

"Is there any way, this is the king's order." A few people next to him said helplessly.

Eros didn't respond, but Larry turned pale and subconsciously looked at Eros.If this is the case, then father...

Eros was cleaning up the food on the table, and looked up at Larry: "Hurry up and finish eating, it's nothing to listen to."

"Yes." Larry quickly began to eat the food on the table. Although he was taught etiquette by the servants in the palace, he still couldn't change the plundering gesture at the table.

Eros glanced coldly at the people who were discussing the new decree at the next table, and ordered two more apple pies from the waiters who shuttled between the tables.He tossed the coin to the guy, and I said I'd add more, he said to himself.

There are too many gossips in the small restaurant, which adult is a famous playboy, which street has his mistress, or which adult has stayed overnight in Huajie and missed important meetings and other lace news.Some people also talked about the refugees outside the city, it is said that they were driven out by the guards.

"The imperial capital will not let these refugees come in, the slums are much better than them!" one of them said.

Eros propped his chin up and glanced at Larry, the child's bright black eyes flickered dimly, and then continued to eat the food at hand.

Larry can eat very well, but at first he ate very little because he was not used to it. Now he can eat the amount of an adult, but he is still so thin.I hope I can gain weight in the summer, Eros thought nonchalantly, so that other people would always think that he was abusing child labor, and it would be too shameful to walk around with such a thin skeleton every day.

"Larry, I'm going to the third district." Eros said to the entourage sitting opposite him.

The entourage was eating vigorously, then froze for a while, looked up at Eros, wanted to ask something, but his mouth was full of food, and he could only make a "woo woo" sound.

"You can talk to me after you've eaten," Eros suggested to him.

Even though Larry swallowed the food, his expression was still surprised: "...when?" During this time, he was studying court etiquette, and although he had experience as an attendant, the place of the country lord had nothing to do with the palace. Than, so the etiquette has to be relearned.Yesterday, his teacher talked about the travel etiquette of members of the royal family. Needless to say, if you are near a place, if you go to a farther place, for example, if you go to the other five districts, you usually need to prepare two months in advance. Say hello to the local officials and lords, and start preparations together.

"Now." Eros replied.

Larry felt even more unbelievable, and looked up at the noisy surroundings: "...Now? You mean...?"

"Larry, we have already set off." Eros said with a smile, "This is the first stop, what's next..."

"Please, please wait a moment!" Larry's voice overwhelmed the other party for the first time, and then immediately lowered his voice—of course, no one here would pay attention to them. Even if they did, it was because of the other party's gorgeous clothes. Say, we're going to the third district now? No guards? No other entourage? No guard of honor or something...?"

"No, I can take care of myself," Eros said with peace of mind, and then glanced at him, "Don't worry, I will protect you too. Maybe when you come back, you will be a little fatter than now." The other party looked like "I can't believe it", and Eros felt that his prestige was challenged.joke!He has experienced the dark period of demon gods, the cruel demon wars until now, the dragon clan, can't he protect such a small human being and the gem in his body?

"But... I heard that the disaster situation in the third district is very serious. It seems a bit inappropriate for us to go there like this...?" Larry said hesitantly. He had passed the edge of the third district before, and the situation there was very bad.

"It's really inappropriate." Eros nodded in agreement unexpectedly, "Well, let's go to Layton's house after eating. Thakro should have gone home. The three of us will go together."

Larry sat there dumbfounded, I didn't mean that at all, okay?

Of course, Eros would not care about Larry's opinion. Precious gemstones are for collection. Opinions should not come from gemstones, right?So he urged Larry to finish his meal quickly, took him back to the uptown, and then asked for directions to the Layton's house.

Usually at this time, Duke Thakro Leighton has already returned, but today he didn't even see a shadow.Eros lamented that "the Duke and the like are really hard work", and took Larry to wait for Thakro in the living room of their house. Anyway, they can start at any time.

"Their desserts are delicious," Long, who has always loved beef and sweets, strongly recommended baked pudding and blueberry muffins to Larry, and then said in a complaining tone, "I think there is an excellent dessert chef in the imperial capital." They were all abducted back to their own homes by that bastard Sacron!"

Larry had just finished his lunch, and he didn't eat as much as the dragon, so he ate his baked pudding mouthfully. The thought of the king leaving home and inspecting the disaster area was really overwhelming.Thinking of the captain of the guard, Hasen, and a group of ministers who searched the palace to no avail, there is an urge to burst into tears. This is simply too deceitful, isn't it?

As a result, they didn't wait to come to Duke Sacre, but saw a girl push the door and walk into the living room.

A beautiful girl with eyebrows and eyes similar to Sacre's, her curly black hair reflected her skin better than snow, her small face, and big dark blue eyes looked at them curiously.

It was the first time for Larry to see such a beautiful and lovely girl, so his face blushed immediately, and he didn't even know where to put his hands, which really embarrassed the teacher who taught etiquette.

Of course, Eros was not much better, he could hardly look away from the girl, and the surrounding was so quiet that it was almost as if his own heartbeat was left.Originally wanted to laugh at Larry, but found that he was not much better!

"It's so beautiful..." He heard himself muttering to himself, staring unblinkingly at the jewel... worn by the girl.A blood-red ruby ​​the size of a pigeon egg is inlaid on a tray made of mithril, as if holding a cluster of bright and dancing flames. It is so delicate and incredible, and it has nothing to do with the clumsy craftsmanship of humans.Eros was almost certain that it was the work of elves.

He was so attracted by the beautiful gemstone that he almost wanted to go up and snatch the necklace off, and then take it back to his lair, never to be seen by others.But at the critical moment, his poor self-control finally took effect, so he kept comforting himself.You have all the wealth in this country, don't give up those wealth just for the necklace in front of you...Of course I know it is beautiful, but now I must not startle the snake...

So, Thakro, who came back from the palace, looked depressed and saw his cousin Delia who was at a loss and the two children with straight eyes in the living room.

"Cousin?" The girl saw her handsome cousin standing at the entrance of the living room with a gloomy face, and ran over quickly. The two people sitting on the sofa turned their eyes following the girl's position, only then did they find that Duke Sacre was standing at the door .

"Are they your guests?" Delia asked her cousin. She was just curious about her cousin's guests just now, but she didn't expect it was just two children.Although it was said that they were only two and a half-year-old children, Delia was a little embarrassed to look directly at her like this. Fortunately, she had long been used to the sight of men admiring her.

"Well," Thakro turned his head, trying to force back the enthusiastic gazes of the other two people——As soon as Larry saw Thakro next to the girl, he almost immediately lowered his head, not daring to turn his head any further. Lift it up; the other one is the king, so he is not a character who can be frightened away by Thakro's sight, and he continues to study the patterns of other gems on the girl's body nonchalantly.

"That... I just..." The girl struggled to choose her words, and finally gave up, "I'm sorry, cousin, I should leave." After saying this, she performed a court salute, and fled with her skirt in her hands No matter what, she always felt that the blond boy's eyes were about to strip off her clothes with enthusiasm, which was very, very embarrassing!

Seeing his cousin fleeing like a butterfly, Sa Keluo closed the door of the living room somewhat depressed.Walking in front of Eros, he shook his hand: "My cousin has already left."

"Ah? Oh..." Eros came back to his senses and sighed with some regret. His cousin has a lot of good things on him.

"The eyeballs are about to fall out." Thakro looked at him mockingly.

Normally Eros would definitely refute, but now—who wouldn't be tempted to see so many treasures, that little girl is like a gem display rack, it's really hard not to be tempted!

Seeing Sa Keluo's increasingly gloomy face, Eros quickly switched to another topic: "That... Thank you for your hard work today, Duke."

"You're welcome." The Duke's words seemed to be fished out of a glacier.

"Well, I have one more thing, I hope you can help me." Eros quickly showed a bright smile.