They don't want me to work harder

Still getting closer.

Getting closer……

at last……

Peach petals fall on the pond water, creating warm pink ripples.

Huh?

Hey, hey, hey!

It took a long time for Richard to come back to his senses.

He touched the tenderness on his face and looked around, only to see that the girl had disappeared.

He hurriedly chased out the door, but couldn't find anyone anywhere. He could just smell the faint fragrance left in the air.

But he didn't know that Alice was actually using invisibility and standing three meters away from him.

The girl looked at her sweetheart quietly, thinking a lot.

Of course Alice wants to be with Richard, but she is afraid that if she takes him to Vandan now, will the tragic ending of the simulation happen again?

So after struggling in every possible way, she decided to break up temporarily.

When she truly becomes a competent queen and wipes out all the insects in Fandan, she can grow up and come to find Richard!

This time there will be no black prime minister in Vandan, but it doesn't matter, Richard, because I will live like you, so...

You don't have to work so hard anymore.

The temporary separation is just for a better meeting in the future... Richard Targaryen, fate has tied you and me tightly, and we will eventually meet again.

Hmm... I can't watch it any more. If I watch it again, I won't be able to bear it anymore and leave.

The faint fragrance in the air gradually disappeared.

"This... is really surprising...

Is the [Nian Shang Killer] so powerful..."

Richard was also in a complicated and confused mood, and was stunned for a long time.

He could feel Alice's strong love, but he didn't understand this instant unfolding...

Finally, facing the air, he could only shrug and return to school.

Put aside the unpredictable things for the time being, and people still have to return to reality.

Without Alice, even if he wanted to follow the simulation, it would be impossible, so Richard quickly formulated another plan.

He chose a new silver advancement ritual called the Key of Ten Thousand Gates.

This is a specialized ritual specifically for summoners. It requires the user to use a sufficient amount of mercury to lay an upside-down magic circle in a place in the main world where chaotic time and space energy remains, and then defeat and bathe in the blood of an alien creature.

Once successful, in addition to advancing, the user's mental limit will be increased, and the magic power required to summon alien creatures will be further reduced.

Richard is looking forward to the time when he can summon an elemental hundred team in one go in the future.

As for the location of the ceremony, Richard also had an idea with Teacher Arnold's enthusiastic recommendation.

It was a small city called Nyon, located in the province of Virginia in the southeastern part of the empire, near the middle of the Abalanian Mountains.

Yes, it was very close to Teacher Arnold's hometown. He also used this opportunity to give Richard a list, which was full of souvenirs that he hoped Richard could bring with him when he came back...

This made Richard couldn't help but suspect that Teacher Arnold just wanted to find an errand boy...

But aside from trivial matters, the city of Nyon is indeed suitable for Richard - because there was an accident there 80 years ago when a legend was doing an experiment there, and a large illusory passage was exploded. Although it was repaired later, the chaos of nearby magical energy was not there. improve.

Because of this, a strange monster called the Fungus Beast was born outside Nyon, which needs to be cleared away from time to time.

The school happens to have an internship program that does exactly this.

Then things fell into place.

Richard directly applied for this internship project, completed the existing course assessment in advance, prepared things, and planned to complete tasks and advance to the next level, challenging the achievement of rising to silver in half a year.

In addition to him, Katyusha and Zoe were also traveling with him. Needless to say, the former became more clingy after Alice appeared. Seeing that Richard was about to go out, she naturally wanted to follow him. It happened to have credits. It doesn't count as delaying your studies.

A week later, Richard packed his bags and came to Saint Goethe's door.

Before setting off, he suddenly saw a familiar figure.

"...Linda?"

Hearing Richard's voice, the figure trembled suddenly, like a lamb being chased by a tiger, and got into a luxury carriage on the street without looking back, never to come out again.

Just when Richard was wondering if he had recognized the wrong person, a tall middle-aged man walked towards him.

He was dressed in high-end and elegant clothes, with his hair neatly combed back, a mustache, and a pipe in his mouth. Although his expression was smiling, it always made people feel like there was a knife hidden behind his eyebrows.

He approached Richard, saluted and said, "Are you His Highness the young Targaryen? First time we meet, I am Robert Dulles."

Dulles Sr., Linda's father?The contemporary Archduke of Fire Horse himself?

At this moment, many students at the school gate stopped - they had heard about Richard and Linda these days, and now their eyes widened when they saw this scene.

A standard encounter between enemies, what will happen?Would Dulles Sr. have gone berserk on the spot?

Unexpectedly, Robert just stretched out his hand, smiled and said, "I'm here to thank you. You taught my daughter a crucial lesson in life."

"Their generation, born into wealth, has long forgotten the reason for the rise of their ancestors, and has forgotten how the wolves in the forest bite their prey."

The people around held their breath.

"You're welcome, I don't mind taking a few more classes as long as you need it."

Richard held Robert's hand openly and said instead of looking at each other: "I also heard that the most high-end hunters often appear in the form of prey. Perhaps, this is more worth learning than the wolf cubs who drink hair and drink blood, isn't it?"

"...Ha, that makes sense."

Looking into Richard's eyes, Robert felt an inexplicable pressure. He let go of his hand with a smile on his face and said:

"You want to go out? Then I won't bother you. After all... As neighbors who live only 60 kilometers apart, we will have many opportunities to meet in the future."

"I look forward to it."

After meeting for a moment, the two groups separated again.

It was so bland that everyone eating melons next to them shook their heads.

After Robert returned to the carriage, he recalled the look in Richard's eyes before and murmured to himself: "You are so domineering, the new master of Connaught..."

A voice came from the shadows beside him: "Do you need us to do anything?"

"Of course not. Taking action now will make me a joke...at least, don't rush..."

Outside, Richard turned back, smiled at Zoe who was full of worry and said:

"We should go too."

Just as Alice wanted to return to Vandan and clear away the obstacles, Richard and his team also went further into the hinterland of the empire in pursuit of power, listening to the faintly echoing sounds of battles thousands of years ago.

But no matter who it is, a girl or a young man, an old noble or a commander, they will meet again one day...

...in the arena called Destiny.

Chapter 49 After leaving the school gate, go to heaven and earth

Two days after leaving St. Goethe.

Richard is already at an altitude of 3000 meters.

Of course, he was not kidnapped by some mysterious dragon, but was simply riding on the airship of the Imperial Good Brothers Company.

The principles of airships in this world are similar to those in the previous life. However, due to the big gap in chemistry and materials science, the airships here have to use a lot of alchemical materials and magic runes. Although they are larger in size, they are also more expensive than the Zeppelin in the previous life. Commercial airships like that are much more expensive.

Even in the Empire, there are only a mere thirty or so airships in operation, and the maintenance costs are so high that Connaught can't even afford one if it is given away.

In fact, if it hadn't been for the witch mother before leaving... ah no, it was Saint Goethe's respected principal who gave him a few free tickets, Richard would have been reluctant to pay for the ride.

At this moment, he walked with great interest through the dining room in the airship, which was as spacious as a horse race, and came to the viewing room made of crystal and glass at the end.

Underfoot are the magnificent mountains and rivers of the Holy Roland Empire.

From Idaril to the southeast, you can clearly feel that the large plains are decreasing, and there are more and more hills and mountains...

"Brother Richard! Tell stories, tell stories!"

Before someone could express the poetic nature of a time traveler while observing the scenery, a petite lolita with short blond hair hugged his waist.

His body trembled, and he was busy thinking silently in his heart:

Reject juvenile aesthetics, start from you, him, her... Hey, that's not right!

Richard's eyes glanced at the little Loli's pointed ears, and he curled his lips and said:

"Melissa, as a half-elf, you are done. Strictly speaking, you are the sister and you should not act like a child..."

"what?"

The little Loli was stunned for a moment, but immediately hugged her tighter: "Brother, what are you talking about? I don't understand. Brother is telling stories~"

"Haha, Richard, it's really troublesome for you to take care of my sister."

Richard looked at the slender young half-elf at the door, smiled helplessly, coughed, and told the otherworldly version of Snow White to the Loli on his waist:

"Once upon a time, there was a princess whose skin was as white as snow. She was good at using a meteor hammer and could uproot weeping willows..."

...This half-elf brother and sister were met by Richard on the road. The elder brother was Ewen and the younger sister was Melissa. They were the children of a viscount in the southern border of the empire. They were going home to visit their father and stopped by Nyon.

Both parties were mentally young people, and they started chatting after meeting each other. Finally, by chance, Richard became the ambassador for the alien culture of the earth.

It was only at this time that Richard learned that due to the many great migrations of elves in history, many elven clans that had fallen behind in the past were left behind in the southeastern part of the empire, and now they have basically integrated into the empire system.

Well, Roland Empire’s humanistic knowledge +1

However, not everyone "likes" these elf brothers and sisters so much...

"Richard?"

By chance, Katyusha and Zoe, who were carrying desserts, also came to the viewing room. The latter saw Richard's new loli version waist pendant, and her eyes suddenly lost their luster.

"Time is really cruel to humans. Just a few years have passed, and someone else has taken the position that once belonged to me. Ah, I am so envious of the lifespan of elves... Hmm!"

Richard stretched out his ruthless iron hand and disturbed the little girl's hair, interrupting the inexplicable madness.