Chapter 24: Lunch at the Palace

After sobering up, King Riku took the water from the maid, and then began to think about the exchange with Kaido yesterday, and after thinking about it for a long time, King Riku made a decision.

At noon, in the tavern, Kaido was still asleep, Lily had already gotten up and started to study the charts, for the two of them, they urgently needed a stable territory for development, as the saying goes, it is difficult to move an inch without money, whether it is to develop a territory or recruit troops, or to buy things from the black market, it takes money, so a stable, wealthy territory is necessary.

Just as Lily was writing and drawing with the chart, there was a sound of a queue outside, and Lily swept over directly when she saw it, and found a small guard of honor walking towards the tavern, led by yesterday's Prince Riku.

Lily glanced at Kaido, who was sleeping, and sighed helplessly, the domineering spirit of the overlord surged out of Lily's body, and rushed to Kaido accurately, without any unnecessary leakage, and Kaido, who was lying on the wooden bed, instantly opened his eyes, jumped up with the eight fasts in his hand, and breathed a sigh of relief after reacting that it was Lily's domineering.

Immediately after that, Kaido also heard the movement outside, and after scanning it with the same color as Lily, he frowned strangely.

"It looks like a guard of honor, not a combat unit." Kaido muttered under his breath.

"Looks like His Majesty King Riku has some plans." Lily stood up and straightened her clothes, looked at Kaido, who was still standing in place, raised her hand to grab Kaido's corner and walked downstairs.

"Slow down, slow down." Kaido, who was caught by Lily, did not resist, but took the initiative to bend down and follow Lily's steps, and for Kaido, who was playing treasure, Lily glanced angrily and let go of her hand.

"Knock knock." As soon as the two of them went downstairs, there was a knock on the door of the tavern, and Yvette, who was wiping the table, did not have time to greet the two and hurriedly opened the door.

After opening the door, Prince Riku, who was dressed in formal clothes, stood outside the door, looking at Lily and Kaido behind Yvette, Prince Riku bowed slightly and said solemnly

"Mr. Kaido, Miss Rose · Lily, I, · Dold III, have been ordered by King Andot II · Liku, to come to the palace for a talk."

"Thank you, Prince Dold, now in the past?" Lily also bowed slightly and said after returning the salute.

"If there's anything to happen to the two of you, we can wait here." The current Prince Riku is like two people from yesterday, full of officialdom.

"Well, we're fine, just go now." Kaido said with a smile that he didn't care at all, for Kaido, when his strength is insufficient, he needs conspiracy and trickery, and his strength is reckless enough to be over, and King Liku is a smart person, he believes that King Liku will not do anything strange, even if his brain is really muddy, the fight will be over.

"In that case, please come with me." Prince Riku breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the door sideways, and made a gesture of please.

In this way, Kaido and Lily followed Prince Riku to the palace under the escort of the honor guard.

......... Fast forward.......

After arriving at the King's Heights, Kaido and Lily looked up at the royal palace in front of them, the kingdom was large and gorgeous, but it showed a sense of oldness.

"It's weird, isn't it?" Prince Riku glanced at the guards behind him and whispered, knowing that with the strength of these two people, he could hear his own voice.

"It's weird, it feels awkward like a lavish thatched house." Kaido spoke first.

"Because this palace was not built by the Riku clan." "This palace is more than 800 years old, and it belongs to the Don Quixote family, the last generation of the Dresrodz royal family. "

"Don Quixote? I seem to have heard this surname. Kaido held his chin and thought for a moment, and suddenly a name flashed in the Valley of the Gods, "Draconian? "

"Yes, after the Don Quixote family became the Draconians, the whole family moved to Mary Joya, and the Riku family, who were the nobles of Dresrodz, was elected as kings, and for so many years, the family rules of the Liku clan forbade extravagance and waste, so in addition to necessary repairs, this royal palace was not taken care of too much." Prince Riku gave the two of them a little bit of national history.

"I see, then it's not surprising." Kaido nodded, and his favor for the Riku clan was even higher.

The three of them entered the palace, and the guard of honor was disbanded at the gate, they were set up by the ministers to support the king, and they would not enter the palace normally.

"Hahaha, Kaido, Lily, you're here." Instead of sitting on the throne, King Riku stood in the hall waiting for the two.

"Hmm, your Excellency, King Liku, I was very happy with the wine last night, and we will have another drink together one day." Kaido stepped forward and hugged King Riku, and deliberately increased his pace and swayed, revealing the mace behind him, when he just came in, the guards did not let the two hand over their weapons, Kaido's actions were a small temptation, if there was no ghost in his heart, he would not notice this, and if there was a ghost in his heart, he would definitely show a flaw.

Very good, King Riku didn't notice this at all, and reluctantly hugged Kaido, who was leaning over, and nodded to Lily who was standing behind, and Lily nodded and smiled.

"Come on, two, I didn't have lunch, I asked the chef to prepare, yesterday you invited me to drink, today I invited you to dinner, hahahaha." King Liku boldly led the way and led the two to the banquet hall.

In the banquet hall, there was only one round table, and two enlarged, two elevated, and four chairs, and King Riku sat on the main seat, and Prince Riku sat beside him, and Kaido and Lily were not polite, and sat down separately.

"Thank you for yesterday's wine, now taste my treasure, hahahahaha, this is a little raisin red that has been put for 40 years." After taking their seats, King Riku himself poured wine for the two of them and said.

"It tastes good." Lily took a sip and smiled at King Liku, but Kaido was a little unimpressed by the wine, it was too sweet for his taste.

King Riku, who sat down again, clapped his hands, and the waiter brought a plate of delicacies to the table, the dishes were not exquisite, but they smelled delicious, and they stood out in large quantities.

"It's all Dreslodz's specialties, you're welcome, you're welcome, eat as much as you want, it's not enough."

Hearing the words of King Liku, Kaido was not polite, inserted a large meat steak and swallowed it in two bites, and suddenly Kaido's eyes lit up, this taste is really good, the meat steak is handled just right, it will not be undercooked and difficult to chew, and it will not be too soft and rotten to cause no chewiness, and the sauce on it also has a faint aroma of wine, which is in line with Kaido's intentions, and he raised his fork again and began to sweep.

King Liku didn't mind Kaido's wild way of eating, but joined the food war with laughter, and suddenly the four of them began to eat with their heads buried in it, and no one said anything.

After a while, the well-fed crowd began to chat while drinking the black tea brought by the waiter.

"Kaido, Lily, our Dressrouse food isn't bad?" King Liku said with a smile.

"Hmmm, that's good." Kaido smiled and nodded.

"Then after eating, I have something I want to ask the two of you."

Kaido and Lily thought at the same time that if it was just a meal, King Riku wouldn't have to invite the two of them so ceremoniously.

"King Liku, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Lily replied with a polite smile.

"That's right, I remember last night when I was drinking, Kaido said he was going to create a pirate group, right?"

"Well, that's right." Kaido nodded, putting away his smile.

"So, I wonder if you two are going to build a ship to go to sea? Although it is not as good as a professional shipyard, the shipbuilding skills of Dresrhodes are also good, and if you two need it, I can provide the boat. "

"Rather than shipbuilding, our idea is to lay a basic foundation first to facilitate the recruitment of crews." Lily and Kaido looked at each other and said with some reservations.

"Really? That's great! When King Riku heard the words of the two, he was overjoyed at first, and then shouted to the guards, "Bring me the chart!" "

After a while, a guard walked over with a chart centered on Dresrodz.

King Liku laid the chart directly on the table, pointed to a place on the chart, and said:

"What do you think, how is this place?"

Kaido and Lily looked down at the same time, only to see the words "Steel Islands" written in the place pointed by King Riku.