Magus Tech Chapter 57: Forest dinner
The dinner party was in progress, and the food on the table was very rich. It was also mainly because during the day, after Li Cha accepted Gro's invitation, he followed him for half a day of hunting, and finally hunted a lot of wild game.
Although there are not many large beasts, there are quite a few small animals. Now there are roasted meat of pheasant, wild duck, partridge, hare, and wild goat on the dining table.
Prince Gero was sitting in the middle of the tent, chatting intensely, waving his arms and constantly talking about something.
Li Cha sat on one side, holding a knife and fork to cut the half-burnt meat steak, cut into pieces, and then sent it to his mouth, chewing and swallowing slowly. Because there is no seasoning, just a little salt is added, the taste of the meat is not very good, even worse than domestic meat animals. However, Li Cha still ate blankly, occasionally looking at Gero and nodding to show that he was listening.
Pandora was sitting next to Li Cha. She was more interested in tableware than in food. There was no need to move the meat steaks on the dining table, but they were just fiddling with the silver knife and fork with great interest, and their eyes were faintly shining, which fit the image of a giant dragon after discovering the treasure. After fiddling for a long time, I brought the fork to my mouth and tentatively bit it off.
In order to ensure hardness and reduce costs, silver tableware is generally doped with some copper and tin, but Pandora's teeth are not comparable to the teeth of ordinary little girls. Bite down lightly, and immediately a clear tooth mark appeared on it.
Bite again, another tooth mark.
Keep biting, the third tooth mark...
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After a while, Prince Gero's topic had come to an end, and he concluded: "In short, this is how the entire Emerald Kingdom looks like."
Li Cha nodded, knowing that the Emerald Kingdom that Gro spoke of is the country where this forest is currently located.
According to Gero, the area of the entire Emerald Kingdom is about three times that of the Blue Lion Kingdom, and its population is a little more than twice that of nearly three million, making it a medium-sized kingdom. It is slightly inferior to the Pulan Kingdom and the Yas Kingdom, but it is not too weak.
After hearing this, Li Cha then asked, "Are there no wizards in the Emerald Kingdom?"
"Wizard?" Gro was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "There should be very few, even if there are, they are all passing by. According to some sayings, it seems that the island is too barren, and there are very few wizards in need. Some spell materials. Therefore, wizards generally live on the mainland. Some people who are talented to become wizards will be picked up by special boats every once in a while and go to the mainland to study."
"Mainland?" Li Cha said to himself and nodded. He knows some vague geographical information. The current Blue Lion Kingdom, Emerald Kingdom, Pus Kingdom, and Yas Kingdom are actually all on a huge island called Smans Island. Although it may be the largest island in the world, it is still an island. Not to the mainland.
The real mainland and this island are separated by a large sea area, which can only be reached by boat. However, there are many sea monsters, sea monsters, and pirates in the sea, and there are powerful storms from time to time, and the ship will be destroyed if you are not careful. Therefore, Smans Island has very little communication with the mainland, and it is in a semi-closed state. Only some courageous captains will trade.
At this time, Ge Luo suddenly looked over, his eyes flickered, and he asked with some expectation: "Uh, that...Your Excellency Wizard Richard, can you teach me spells, can you help me become a wizard?"
"Huh? Why?" Li Cha looked at Gero and asked, "Why do you want to be a wizard?"
Gro pursed his lips, took a deep breath and said, "Because, I can only live if I become a wizard."
"Huh?"
"Listen to me..."
Next, Li Cha heard a story very similar to what he had experienced.
Gro is the prince of the Emerald Kingdom, but he is not the only prince. In fact, Gero's father, the king of the previous generation, had five sons in total, and Gero ranked second, who is 16 years old this year.
On top of him, there is a 35-year-old elder brother. Below him, there are three younger brothers. The third brother and the fourth brother were one and two years younger than him respectively, while the fifth brother was only three years old.
Ge Luo's eldest brother was the crown prince appointed by Ge Luo's father. After the death of Ge Luo's father, he became the new king smoothly. After that, Gero noticed some changes, and found that someone seemed to be against him, targeting him in every way. In addition, only the youngest fifth brother got the title and territory, while he and the other two younger brothers waited for three months without getting it, so he couldn't help but worry.
Ge Luo's worry is very reasonable: he and his other two younger brothers have not been very close to the eldest brother, and have little communication with him. After all, there is an age gap. Now the eldest brother probably feels that they are a threat and wants to get rid of them all, so he has been delaying the division of titles and territories, restraining them in the capital, and when the time is right, it is easy to do it.
For this, Ge Luo was very nervous. The reason why he went out to hunt was because he wanted to stay away from the capital for a while. But this is only to ensure temporary safety after all. From Gero's point of view, maybe only by becoming a powerful wizard can the big brother be afraid, and he won't do anything to him, so that his safety can be guaranteed.
After listening to Gero's narration, Li Cha's eyes flickered, and he said, "Actually, you don't have to be so pessimistic."
"Huh? Why?"
"In my opinion, your situation is not so bad." Li Cha breathed out lightly, "If your elder brother really wanted to do something to you, he would have done it long ago. After all~ IndoMTL.com~ By now, you have started to be vigilant, and it will obviously be difficult to deal with you. It is better to get rid of you when you are not vigilant at the beginning.
Now that your youngest brother has been entrusted, you and the other two younger brothers will also be entrusted sooner or later, but they may be entrusted to some poor places. Delaying time now is wearing out your patience. When the fief is settled in a year or two, you will accept it no matter how bad the position is, because at that time, in your opinion, having something is better than nothing. "
"Is that so..." Gro thought thoughtfully.
"To be honest, you shouldn't have left the capital." Li Cha continued, "In the capital, you are the safest with your eldest brother around. Because something happened to you, others must contact him body. Therefore, he will not do anything to you, and will restrain other people not to do anything to you.
And once you leave the capital, it will be difficult to say. Your death can be entirely attributed to some accident. Especially when hunting in the forest, it is entirely possible to fabricate some reasons for being attacked by wild animals, accidentally injured by arrows, or the horse fell from fright.
Your older brother doesn't want to kill you, and some other people don't necessarily want you to live. For example, some big nobles standing behind your elder brother, as your elder brother's alliance of interests, killing you will have a lot of benefits for them, at least they can bite off a piece of meat from the territory that will be allocated to you.
Another example is that some enemies behind your elder brother kill you to slander your elder brother and shake your elder brother's position, so as to achieve some goals. To the extreme, another example is the neighboring enemy country, if they want to start a war, killing you or arresting you is a good means.
In short, in the capital, you are actually safer than you think. And now, in this forest, you are more dangerous than you think. "
"This!"
Gro was startled.