Chapter 272 Old Friends
"Um?"
Lu Yi paused while flipping through the pages casually, narrowed his eyes slightly and flipped back a few pages.
Countless documents are submitted to the palace every day. Among them, most of the documents submitted by noble families are useless. Compared with urgent wars and internal affairs that concern all people, the documents from nobles are mostly greetings and flattery, and there are few matters that need to be dealt with urgently.
When Lu Yi first opened these documents, he ordered that these greeting documents should not be submitted unless necessary.
However, there are countermeasures to every policy. There were many clever people among the nobles who self-righteously picked out some insignificant points of discussion and then used more space to greet and please the new king.
This actually wasted more of Lu Yi's time.
Later, Lu Yi learned to ignore such documents.
As the saying goes, it is better to loosen than to block. Over time, the new king's indifferent attitude from beginning to end made these nobles lose a lot of enthusiasm, and the number of such documents also decreased greatly.
When he was tired of reviewing government documents, Lu Yi would quickly flip through these documents with flowery words and brilliant tone, just to relax his tense nerves.
I didn't expect that today's entertainment seemed a little different.
Lu Yi took out one of the foldered documents.
The Wood family emblem is printed at the top of the document, indicating that the document was submitted by a noble from the Wood family in the city.
The Woods are not an ostentatious aristocratic family; they can even be said to be cautious.
When the new king was younger, he had a certain friendship with Shimona Wood, a younger member of his family, but the Wood family never took advantage of this to do anything presumptuous.
In fact, it was already an eye-opening thing that the cautious and conservative Wood family had a child like Shimona who was not very obedient, not to mention that such an old-fashioned and conservative aristocratic family actually allowed their child to be a tramp!
(In the eyes of many arrogant nobles, bards are no different from vagabonds.)
The corners of Lu Yi's mouth curled up slightly, and he boldly guessed that this document might be a greeting letter from Ximona through the family?
This once loyal brother has truly made his own mark on the path of a bard. Although he hasn't seen him for many years, Lu Yi can still hear his name occasionally.
Under the signature of each moving ballad, under the narration of each mysterious and magnificent story...
Growing up with time are not only the proud children under the spotlight, but also the little pride of the Wood family in places that the camera cannot see.
Over the past two years, there were occasional reports from Klein's servants in remote areas that they were helping Simona Wood. Most of them carried a simple message or two, asking about Lu Yi's recent situation and explaining that their own situation was still okay.
As for anything else, absolutely nothing.
This was the first long letter Lu Yi received from Shimona.
Lu Yi simply opened the metal binder clip and read the precious letter easily and carefully, which came from some unknown corner of the mainland.
[……]
Lu Yi's expression changed instantly, and he slowly straightened his back leaning against the chair.
In the letter, Shimona said that he had mistakenly entered a place that was suspected to be inhabited by dragons, and there were dragon scales as evidence. After seeing the bounty order for the royal city in a remote city-state, he immediately returned to the New Victory Capital. He has now arrived at the royal city and is waiting to be summoned at any time.
Lu Yi immediately sent a car to the Wood family to pick people up.
Shimona arrived very quickly as expected, and it seemed that he had already made all the preparations. Apart from the time spent on going back and forth, he hardly spent even a second more.
Lu Yi dismissed all the servants.
Perhaps none of them expected that they would meet again in such a place and in such a completely different identity.
Lu Yi stood next to the desk, not far from Shimona who entered through the gate.
He could clearly see Shimona's appearance. His face was still the same, but it looked more weathered and rough, and his temperament was more stable.
Lu Yi recalled the scene where they were on a Type IX enchanted steam car and threw explosive stones at the chasing vehicles behind.
Lu Yi smiled knowingly and said jokingly, "It seems like you've suffered a lot in the past few years? Tsk, you look so vicissitudes..."
Ximona, who was bending over with eyes lowered, looked up quietly and saw Lu Yi's familiar face full of teasing.
Although his hair is longer and he looks more imposing, his face hasn't changed at all.
Ximona subconsciously recalled the day when he returned home, when his cousin who used to be the most attached to him cried and rejected his warm hug and called him "weird uncle". What a heartbreaking reaction!
He touched his face sadly and lamented: "This is a man's honor, a medal of time--"
Just with this face, as soon as he entered the tavern, big or small, the waiters would immediately bring him a full barrel of ale.
Shimona's expression was exaggerated, but a complex joy surged in his heart.
What does Lu Yi's intimate attitude mean? After so long, can he still be ranked as a younger brother?
After returning to New Victory, he also traveled around the various city-states in the empire. Shimona knew how much the new king Luyi Victor was loved by his subjects. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was the people's favorite and the hope and faith of millions of people.
Does an insignificant little brother like him deserve to have a place in the society?
Shimona maintained his exaggerated expression, but quietly observed Lu Yi's expression in his heart.
However, Lu Yi went straight past his cautiousness.
"Come on, stop pretending. You might get hurt if you hold it back." Lu Yi said happily, "Where's the dragon scale? Take it out and let us see it."
"Oh ok!"
Shimona's sadness lasted only three seconds before he was interrupted and turned in another direction.
He took out the carefully wrapped dragon scales from the space ring. Layer after layer of cloth was untied, from the outermost layer of coarse linen to the innermost layer of smooth silk. The unique brilliance unique to the dragon scales was gradually exposed.
[It is indeed a dragon scale! I have been looking at it for quite some time, and it seems to be the back scales shed by an adult blue dragon.] 857 said with certainty, [This is it!]
"Where did you find it?"
"It's a very, very large island, suspended in the air. I'm not sure of its exact location. It was an accident, and an unknown teleportation array brought me there." Shimona hesitated.
"Unknown teleportation array?" Lu Yi frowned slightly and asked, "What time and where exactly?"
"As for the time... maybe three or four months ago? In the Kanamo Desert. I'm not sure which part of the desert it was. The Kanamo Desert is too big. I went in the wrong direction and mistakenly entered the location of the magic circle."
I'm afraid it will take some time to find the location of this magic circle. But what about the royal city?
Who will pretend to be him?
Lu Yi kept thinking about feasible solutions.
[It's very difficult.] 857 was not optimistic about this method. [You and Callisto are both demigods, and you are even more special because of your divine blood. No matter who pretends to be you, it will be very fake, so fake that people who are not familiar with you can see through it at a glance.]
Lu Yi pondered for a moment, then said: [“What if Xiaoyi comes?”]
From a certain perspective, Xiaoyi can also be considered as Lu Yi (elf version).
857 was stunned, and suddenly jumped: [How could I forget about him! This is simply like divine help! ]
[Lu Yi, I will never call you a non-African again. How can you be a non-African? You are clearly a European emperor! A super European emperor!] 857 said excitedly.
[Look, the mermaids have Lulton, he will definitely do his best to help you find it. The dragons are such a difficult problem to find, and yet your former little brother found them! No one can disguise your appearance, hey! Then I remembered that there is a little one who was born from your blood! How can it be such a coincidence...]
[“Maybe it’s because after Xia died, the halo of the protagonist fell on me?” Lu Yi pretended to be serious and said.
857 nodded in agreement: [Then he died a worthy death. ]
Lu Yi thought that if Xia heard this, he would be so angry that he would probably go to hell.
[“I guess it’s not convenient for Saman to help me with this trip…”] Lu Yi rolled his eyes, [“What do you think of Zorn? He’s a capable and trustworthy person.”]
857 pondered: [You can really help him find a job. If my log is correct, his partner burned down the Elven Forest last time.]
Lu Yi raised his eyebrows: ["What does a mercenary have to do with the great nobleman Klein? Let Zorn go with the token and represent me with full authority."]
Meanwhile, at Klein Manor.
"A-choo——"
Zorn covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and got goose bumps for no apparent reason.
…
Elf forest.
The blond, blue-eyed elf boy lay on a thick branch, his eyes fixed on the sky through the gaps between the leaves.
"Xiaoyi! Come down and eat!" Bai shouted from under the tree.
"Xiaobai, when do you think I can go outside?"
Bai knew that the outside that Xiaoyi was talking about was the world outside the Elf Forest.
"At least wait until you are an adult." Bai looked up at him and said, "The elf state can help you save more energy for growth."
Little elf cubs like Xiaoyi, even if they have outstanding talents, are no match for the insidious and cunning humans outside the forest. Leaving the forest is simply asking for trouble.
"With Lu Yi not here, you can only rely on the mother tree for nourishment, so you should save as much energy as possible."
Before he finished his words, Xiaoyi returned to his elf-like ball-like state and rolled down from the branch.
Bai reached out and held him.
The elf cub always has the magic power to soften people's hearts. His round and watery blue eyes flickered, and he asked a little aggrievedly: "Then why didn't Lu Yi come to see me?"
Xiaoyi has accepted the reality that Lu Yi is not his papa, but this does not prevent him from having an innate closeness to him.
His maturity requires Lu Yi's aura. Doesn't this prove that even if they are not father and son, the relationship between them is close and inseparable?
Bai gently touched Xiaoyi's smooth golden hair with his soft fingertips, "Because he is a human, not an elf. Lu Yi has his own responsibilities and life."
"Let's go. Today we have your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus rice pudding. If you really want to see him, I'll take you to see him when you're an adult."
Xiao Yi curled his lips and asked doubtfully, "Really? Weren't you punished for running out of the Elf Forest before? I don't think Uncle Ling will allow you to go out again!"
"You're just a little cub, stop bringing up the adults' past!" Bai said madly.
"I think I heard my name?"
"Father?" Bai asked in surprise, "Why did you come back? Don't elders even provide meals for the meeting now? Mom didn't prepare any for you!"
"You only know how to eat. Is there anything useful in your brain?" the elf elder said angrily.
"There was an emergency. I'm here to pick up Xiaoyi."
Bai immediately closed Xiaoyi in his hand and asked, "What are you going to do? Xiaoyi is a cute elf certified by the mother tree. Even if his birth was a little tortuous, he was blessed by the mother tree!"
The elder slapped Bai's head mercilessly and said angrily: "What kind of image do you have of me? Can the elders still harm Xiaoyi? It was ordered by His Majesty."
"Someone is coming from Lu Yi——"
Xiaoyi, who had been blinking and daydreaming the whole time, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
The author has something to say:
[Hug] It's a great reunion [Spread flowers]
In case some of you have forgotten, let me review the characters here.
Saman (Human) is the senior of Braceside, the head prefect who is one year older than him. He is a noble brother with a unique personality.
Shimona Wood (Human) is the younger brother in the initial map. He left his hometown after the baptism ceremony to pursue the dream of becoming a bard.
Xiaoyi (elf) is a special elf cub born from the Elf God Tree because of Lu Yi's blood.
Bai (elf) rescued the elves in the tavern and took them to the Elf Forest
Ling (elf) Elf elder, Bai's father
Although the Elf King of the Tower (elf tribe) has no role, he still tries to save his dignity hhhh
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