Throne Steps

When the situation in the north and the south became more and more tense, Li Chen rushed to meet someone...'s own mother.

Blazing Rose Tanya didn't know what was going on, first she sent a letter to invite people to go, after Li Chen declined, she sent a named mercenary mission.On the official document with the seal of the mercenary guild, there was a place where Li Chen was required to arrive on time.

Fortunately, this official document was directly mailed to Black Swan, and it was not made public, otherwise Li Chen would really lose his temper by the fire rose.

However, after such a toss, Li Chen was also mentally prepared - this trip might not be that simple.

This time, Tania did not decide to meet in her well-known rose manor in the alliance, but in a lesser-known small town in the middle of the country.

Li Chen took people to the town, but did not see Tanya.He was greeted by two female soldiers. After they picked up Li Chen in the restaurant, they took him out of town.

As soon as Li Chen glanced at the two female soldiers, he felt that something was wrong. Sure enough, the place where he stood at the end... really looked like a mercenary regiment's garrison.

"sit."

Just like ten years ago, Tanya, the fire rose, was still sitting at the table with afternoon tea to see him; and different from ten years ago, Tania did not wear her iconic Ruhuo dress this time, but a The dark red dress was covered with a soft armor that was so delicate that it could be used as decoration, not only did it not weaken her charm in the slightest, but on the contrary made her even more heroic.

The two sabers were untied and placed next to the refreshments. Because the scabbards were designed in a simple and elegant manner, they did not look obtrusive when placed with the tea sets with intricate patterns.

She looks like a mercenary.Li Chen sat down and thought, this is not a good omen.

Tania poured him tea, and the casual words seemed to confirm his guess: "How about my residence?"

"This is..." Li Chen recalled the sign he saw at the door, "'Iron Rose'?"

"Hmm." Tanya pushed the teacup in front of him, "Try it, although it's scented tea, it doesn't taste too sweet."

Li Chen drank it obediently.It seemed to him that Tania had dug a big hole and was waiting for him to jump into it.

"I'm starting to build Iron Rose." Tanya's tone seemed to be chatting casually, "After all, it's too boring to drink tea and chat at home all the time, isn't it?"

Li Chen replied: "The residence is very beautiful."

In fact, Li Chen would rather this residence be more beautiful, at least it shows that these girls just want to have fun.However, according to his observation all the way after entering the door, Li Chen felt that the fire rose was probably real.

One of the masters of silver and vermilion was about to set up a mercenary group by himself, and Li Chen couldn't help himself not to think about the conspiracy inside.

However, he couldn't figure out what kind of conspiracy this was.

Moreover, does it have anything to do with me?Why did you call me here? !

"I'm just getting started here, and I still need more help with various things." Tanya seemed to be able to see Li Chen's heart, "But we need to complete some relatively large tasks to make a name... How about it, Black Swan Interested in helping us?"

Li Chen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled mischievously: "You're joking."

From the very beginning, he wanted to drag the black swan onto a boat, so wouldn't the black swan be on the side of the silver and vermilion color?Do you want to pass?

Tania smiled slightly: "Although I am a divorced person, there will be many single girls in my regiment. It is no problem to send out missions with your single men."

Li Chen scratched his head: "This...thank you for your kindness."

"Is it the black swan thanking me for my kindness, or are you thanking me for my kindness?" Tanya's tone became a little erratic, "Excuse me, Lichen, I don't seem to have heard of any fixed emotional objects passing by your side. "

……Oops.

Li Chen's heart skipped a beat, but there seemed to be nothing on his face: "Your Highness has not accomplished his great career, so he dare not love his children."

"Oh?" Tanya smiled lightly, "Saenz is still unwilling to get engaged...is it also because of this reason?"

Li Chen lowered his head slightly: "Don't dare to guess."

"Little black bird, do you think I'm blind? He's the flesh that fell from my body. Don't think that I have been growing up for decades, and even my biological mother can hide it."

Tania grabbed the scabbard, pressed the handle of the knife to Li Chen's chin and raised it slightly, forcing him to look at her.

"He rejected Ruby, what do you think I should think, huh?"

For a moment, Li Chen thought that Tanya would say the line "I will give you 500 million to leave my son".

Fortunately, Tanya is a real nobleman, and she won't be really stupid.

The ruby ​​she mentioned is exactly the daughter of the current owner of Silver Vermilion Color, the eldest daughter Ruby Johe.Ruby's brother is Cervantes Johe, who is not only Saenz's best friend since he was a child, but also almost the only candidate for the next head of the family.

Ruby himself has always been the No. 1 choice for Saenz's wife.

Ever since he knew that there was such a number one person as Ruby, Li Chen knew that Saenz would definitely face the issue of "whether to marry Ruby" one day.It's just that he never expected that he would also have a part in this topic.

Perhaps, he didn't think of it, but subconsciously excluded himself,

Now it seems that self-suggestion is useless, and countless prayers have all become a passing cloud.

"Uh... I don't know what happened." Li Chen tried his best to look innocent, "If it is true as you said, I can only express my regret."

"Everyone thought that they would come to fruition, but the facts are always unexpected." Tania stared at him, "What do you think happened?"

Where did the accident happen... It can't be said that I suddenly fell from the sky, surprise is not surprise, accident is not accident, right?Li Chen felt that he was standing on the crater of a volcano, and every question of Tania had a hook, trying to pull himself into the hot molten molten liquid and burn it directly.

"I don't know what His Highness thinks, and I only met Miss Ruby once..." Li Chen carefully considered every word, "I really don't understand what happened to the two of them."

Tania asked again: "Don't you think they are a good match?"

Li Chen's "tightrope walking" skills are also top-notch: "I'm just an outsider, and I don't even know them very well."

But Tania caught the point: "'Don't understand'? Really should let my son hear it for himself, that's how you comment on your relationship with him."

Li Chen acted as if he didn't understand, and blocked back directly with the "propaganda slogan" that Black Swan often said: "Black Swan is just a unilateral follower of His Highness."

"His follower, hmph..." Tanya chuckled, or sneered, "Follow, what is it because of extravagant expectations?"

My extravagant hope is really different from what you imagined... Li Chen replied firmly: "We were moved by His Highness, and we followed him. We only hoped to witness the glory of His Highness without asking for anything in return; we only hoped that we could help him when he needed it." To him, without asking for anything in return."

This statement is basically the same as chasing idols.If Tanya wanted to hear it, Li Chen could recite more and more disgusting ones.

The kind of fanatical followers, but only dare to look at idols from afar, and will run away and faint when they get close.

Listening to Li Chen's "heartfelt words", Tanya took a sip of tea slowly: "...you are really amazing."

Li Chen didn't know what she was referring to, he didn't even dare to thank her, he just smiled quietly.

"Then let me just say it." Tanya put down the teacup, "No matter what you think... you, stay away from him."

Raging Fire Rose has a reputation for being straightforward and hot, but Li Chen actually experienced her "noble conversation".

Don't lie, Li Chen felt really terrible.

Fortunately, Tania's original purpose was probably just a warning. After the overlapping traps and the problem that sounded like a double-knife in the next second, she let Li Chen go.

Of course she knew that the black swan could not move.But as Saenz's biological mother, and as a member of Vermilion Color, she had no choice but to strike out what she thought was an unstable factor.

In fact, to a certain extent, she also achieved her goal, because when Li Chen heard that Saenz had rejected Ruby, he immediately felt chills.If Saenz knew that Tanya had asked him to warn him... Hehe, Li Chen has already started to think about what reason to refuse this year's melting pot date.

According to Li Chen's understanding of Saenz, these things will only make Saenz more and more determined!

Until he led people out of the town, Li Chen was still a little wandering on the horse.Leaving Saenz's personal feelings aside, Yin Zhuzhi's recent mention of marriage is because of any changes...

"Not right."

The one who interrupted Li Chen was the captain who led the team this time—the giant Ogysius.He rode back to the vicinity of Li Chen, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid it's not safe here."

In order to save time, they were walking through a forest road with few passers-by. The surrounding vegetation was lush and the wind was rustling.Li Chen rolled his eyes calmly. Although he didn't notice anything, he chose to trust the fighter with higher force value.

"Listen, everyone!" Ogysius suddenly raised his voice, "be vigilant and prepare to pass here at full speed..."

Suddenly there was a long whistle in the forest——

"Enemy attack!!!"

Before he had time to accelerate, Li Chen grasped the reins with one hand and the short staff with the other, and raised his hand and sent an ice blade towards the forest that seemed to be moving!

Sa——

It didn't hit anything, but the branch that suddenly increased its voice in that direction was restless, indicating that there was indeed someone!

Just when a magical retaliation came, around Li Chen and the others, there were already black swan magicians propping up the barrier, and the powerful energy collided, causing the frightened horses to almost overturn the riders on their backs!

Ogysius jumped off his horse and drew the huge sword on his back: "Concentrate! Keep the formation and don't get scattered! Protect the middle!"

Huh-bang! ! !

There was an explosion in the middle of the air, and Li Chen, who was surrounded by black swans, couldn't help turning his head, his eyes widened.

This fireworks...!

"Oops! Fire Rose!!!"

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