There is a lord who just wants to draw cards, what's wrong with that?

As a bystander, Nats saw it very clearly and secretly sighed that, as expected, Xia was the only safe haven where Domi could find peace of mind.

Chapter 186 Between the Thrones

Chapter 186-185- Between the Thrones

The castle back garden.

It is already halfway through spring, the time when flowers are in full bloom.

The spring plants carefully cultivated and placed by the gardener bloomed into an incredibly beautiful scene at this moment. Against the backdrop of the pure white marble relief, the spring back garden was as beautiful as the mythical Garden of Eden.

Whether it was Grace or the maids, they would come here to relax and enjoy the scenery whenever they had time. Even the air was filled with the fresh scent of flowers.

There is a swing built among the flowers. It was a place that the four siblings loved to come to when they were young. Now Domi often brings Xia here.

At this time, a girl in a white dress as white as a rose was sitting on it, and an equally young boy was standing behind her, pushing the swing forward again and again.

When the swing sways, Xia's soft long hair on her back will be lifted up, sending her unique scent along with the fragrance of flowers to Domi.

It’s so nice to be in this position, and see the cute ankles dangling when they are crossed.

It was almost a tacit understanding between the two of them that they would bring up recent troubles when the atmosphere was relaxed.

Xia said softly while swinging on the swing: "What happened just now? You look very unhappy."

"I really can't hide anything from you..."

Domi then briefly repeated the task given by Carlos.

Xia listened carefully and said, "So that's how it is. Don't worry, I will look for it with you."

"So you're going to the Royal City too? The place you've always hated."

"I haven't been back for a long time... But I have to go back this time so that my father and queen can see you~"

Xia always glossed over such things with a single sentence, but Domi knew about it, but no one ever exposed it.

"It's just that Xia, there is one thing I'm not very clear about."

"what?"

"Is the Queen your biological mother? Just now you called your father Father King, but when you talked about your mother you called her Queen..."

Xia was silent for half a second, then said calmly: "No, the queen is only my adoptive mother. My biological mother died when she gave birth to me."

After hearing this, Duomi also fell silent: "Sorry..."

"It's okay. The Queen is very nice to me. She's just a little strict."

Domi had heard this when he first met Xia. At that time, Xia had to receive boring and complicated super elite education in the palace every day, and only had her own free time at night.

Seeing that Domi looked a little unconvinced, Xia added, "Alger was also chosen by the Queen from among many young people to be my bodyguard. Although she is definitely not as kind to me as she is to her biological prince, I can also feel that she cares about me."

"All in all, the Queen is a good person."

"That's good." Duomi breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, like a son-in-law who was about to meet his parents.

"By the way, where's Natsu?" Xia changed the subject just in time.

"He's probably still eating breakfast in the living room. He has a huge appetite and eats a lot every day."

"Hoohoo~" Xia smiled slightly: "Then we go to the royal city, what about Natsu?"

Duomi thought for a moment and said, "There are still two days left. I will take him to have a good time here. As for whether he wants to go back to school directly or stay here and wait for us to come back and then go back to the academy together, it's up to him to choose."

"Then you must cherish this time and don't let others down."

Domi let go of the hand that was pushing the swing, quietly walked to Xia, took her small hand that was folded on her legs, pulled her up from the swing as smoothly as flowing water, and put her into his arms:

"No, it's us. Let's take Natsu to follow the path we've walked before. I think that will be much more memorable."

Xia was stunned for a moment, and scenes of everything she and Domi and the others had experienced here flashed through her mind. It was indeed quite interesting, and it felt like revisiting an old place.

"Ok!"

With only two days left, under the guidance of Domitia and Morey, Nats traveled all over the beautiful mountains and rivers of Blofeld Territory. By the end, he was so tired of it that he clamored to stay in bed for ten days or eight months.

Then he chose to stay in the castle on the top of the mountain and wait for Domi and Xia to come back from the royal city and take him with them.

Two days later, in the morning, the Archduke's exclusive super luxury carriage belonging to Carlos was already parked at the door. Carlos knew that the three children still had something to say, so he went up in advance.

Natz woke up early and came to see them off.

Domi patted Naz's shoulder and said, "Just treat this place as your own home. Don't feel restrained."

Natsu clapped his shoulders loudly. "Don't worry, I'm already familiar with many of the maids. There's no such thing as restraint!"

Domi twitched his lips and said, "You kid...you can chat with other maids as you like, but you are not allowed to get too close to Kelsey and Catherine. If I find out, I will come back and chop you up."

The moment he said this, Domi suddenly felt a sharp pain in the flesh of his waist. He turned his head with difficulty and immediately saw Xia's jealous face with a forced smile:

"Why, do you still want to start a harem?"

“No, no, no… Xia, Xia, let go first! Let me explain…”

"Come on, I don't want to listen to your excuses, let's go."

As the maids covered their mouths and laughed softly, Domi was held by Xia and sat on the carriage. She let go in time before Carlos saw it, leaving Domi with a hideous mask on her face, gasping for breath and holding her waist.

Carlos was also an experienced person. He saw through it but didn't say anything. He just smiled with emotion and said, "Okay, let's go."

"Ah."

The man driving outside was no ordinary person either. He was a captain of Bei Luo Shimen, second only to Altaïr.

He flicked his whip and shouted with full force:

"drive!"

The two horses neighed as they moved forward.

The carriage started moving, and Natz quickly followed, shouting as he ran:

"Goodbye, Domitia! I don't know how many days it will take to see you again!"

Duomi also stuck his head out and waved goodbye, and didn't get back into the car until he entered the teleportation array. The next second, the whole car was teleported to the foot of the mountain and sped along the road towards the direction of the royal city...

"That boy should be the dragon slayer magician you mentioned."

Halfway through, Carlos suddenly spoke.

Domi nodded.

"Your grandfather should have told you about the fate and doom of the dragon slayer magician. If you stay with him for too long, you may be tainted with the blood of the dragon clan and it will be dangerous."

Carlos was well aware of the power of the dragon clan, especially the ancient dragons. If such beings came after Domi, who had not yet grown up, or other children, he would not be sure that he could protect them.

"Does father mean for us to stay away from Nats?"

Carlos said nothing to indicate his agreement.

Domi and Xia looked at each other, then said firmly: "Even so, we will not abandon our companions easily. If we do that, we will be no different from mercenaries."

“Maybe that’s a little presumptuous.”

"But father, I still want to tell you that although the nobles are now labeled as blood-sucking, treacherous, and greedy for wealth and power, in the beginning, the most important characteristics that distinguished the nobles from the common people were the integrity, bravery, and loyalty of the nobles."

"I don't think these qualities will deteriorate with the progress of the times. What do you think?"

Carlos slowly closed his eyes, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised:

"I hope you will always remember what you said today."

Because of Carlos's presence, there were no entertainments exclusively for young people along the way. However, I heard many strange stories from Carlos, which was like listening to stories, and was quite interesting.

Several days of journey passed quietly in this cycle. When the silk curtains were opened, the tall and majestic walls of the royal city could be seen in the distance.

That was the city wall that had been repaired twice. The original city wall of the old dynasty was not so high and wide. The new dynasty carried out this project in order to consolidate the majesty of the royal court and prevent the royal city from being breached again.

The continuous city wall continued to the end of the field of vision until it was hidden in the morning mist.

“What a spectacle!”

It was Domi's first time to come to the royal city, and he couldn't help but be shocked by the scene before him. In his previous life, it would have been a definite spectacle.

The Grand Duke's carriage drove straight in without going through any checkpoints and soon stopped in front of the long steps at the entrance of the palace.

Carlos walked down first, and before leaving completely, he said to Domi: "Just follow me from now on, watch and learn carefully, and if you have any questions, ask Her Royal Highness the Princess next to you."

"Ah."

Finally arrived at the royal city!

If this was an RPG game in the previous life, this should have been a major achievement in map development, but at the same time, I also had to face Xia's parents, and I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, which manifested in my avoidant eyes and a little weak legs.

At this moment, Xia seemed to have a telepathic connection with him. She gave him a reassuring look and took the initiative to pass her hand to Domi:

"Help me down, my knight."

The warmth in her hands was indeed transmitted to Domi. Miraculously, the slight nervousness in his heart disappeared immediately. He became shrewd and confident again and began to actively observe his surroundings.

You can see many brightly dressed people standing on the steps next to the carriage. Some are there to greet you, while others are there to find fault.

At this moment, the full-level Lionheart Empire aristocratic etiquette that he had drawn long ago came in handy. Under the gaze of the ministers who came to greet him, Domi helped Xia get off the carriage in an extremely elegant and standard manner. His posture was so standard that there was nothing wrong with it.

Domi seemed to have noticed the praise from the group of people and felt secretly proud.

Oh, my eyes are the ruler!

These people are a mixed bag, most of them are court officials who are pro-Bloomfield family and some nobles with similar stances, others are spies sent by various forces. Among them, there is a group of people who are worthy of attention - the people sent by the Queen.

With Domi's extraordinary observation skills, he could find that this person was hiding in the crowd, furtively writing and drawing on a small notebook, probably giving him a score.

As for where this score will end up, the answer is already clear.

However, Domi believed that he would definitely not lose points in terms of etiquette. If so, it must be that there was something wrong with his brain or eyes.

Carlos walked over and Michelle, who lived next door, came out. It turned out that he was there too.

That's right. After all, they are all great nobles. In special circumstances like discussing national affairs, how could someone of his level not come?

"I've been waiting for you, Carlos."

"Long time no see, Mitch. By the way, I forgot when the meeting started."

"You'd better remember some things and come at one o'clock in the afternoon."

"It's still early."

Mitch smiled helplessly: "I guess you're the only one who feels so confident."

At this time, he saw Domi and the other person following Carlos, and he stepped forward to greet them.

When facing elders, only the younger generation should bow. Domi and Xia bowed together:

"Uncle Mitchell, it's nice to see you again."

"Me too, Domi. Princess Xia looks very well too, and much healthier than before."

"By the way, I heard that Ai Wei is in the same class with you? Did you study hard and eat well?"

The moment Domi saw Mitch, he had expected a conversation like this, and he responded very swiftly, almost praising Ai Wei's diligence and eagerness to learn to the sky. At the same time, he also made Mitch feel very comfortable praising her, after all, praising someone's daughter was equivalent to praising himself.

"Is that so? Haha, is that so? Then I feel relieved." Mitch turned around and said to Carlos, "Carlos, you really gave birth to a good son. With such a big mouth, he will never suffer any loss."

"Well, don't be polite, just go in.

Domi, you probably have some people you need to see in person, but before that, I will take you to see His Majesty first."

At this moment, Domi and Xia both felt uneasy. The emperor was the only person Xia didn't want to see, and nothing good had ever happened since they met him.

Among them, only Carlos and Domxia, there is no need for the others to meet again.

Entering the palace, passing through the magnificent corridors and the large and small palace gardens and fountains, you can see countless maids and guards along the way.

Here is the heart of the most powerful empire on the main continent.

I walked all the way to the largest door, and I had to raise my head to look up when I saw the top of the door. Such a big door looked very heavy, and the two armored men standing guard in front of the door could grab the pure gold door handle and pull it open.

"crunch-"

The red carpet is laid from the entrance to the emperor's throne. This is the audience hall, also known as the "court hall" in the conventional sense.

All important state affairs had to be discussed here, with civil officials standing on the right, military officials on the left, and nobles in the middle. Only enchanted armored guards stood on both sides, holding long axes.

The king of a country, with white hair already on his head, was sitting solemnly on his throne, his slightly cloudy eyes exuding majesty without even being angry.