Chapter 450: The King's Request
Although Sophie is a fifth-order great mage strength, she seems to be quite mature in her behavior. But the fact is that she is still a little girl who is only 8 years old, so Jia Zhengjin said that he wanted her to show her magic strength, and he didn't doubt it at all.
But she also has a temper: "My magic is not for showmanship!"
"It's not a show, it's just to prove your strength!" Jia Zhengjin said with a smile, "Although you are a princess, if you want to be a guest in my Holy Dragon City, you need to follow my rules! Just as if I go to the Salves Kingdom, I should also abide by the laws of your country, the principle is the same!"
Hearing Jia Zhengjin's words, Sophie lowered her head and pondered for a moment before replying, "You're right!"
"Then prove it!" Jia Zhengjin said with a smile, "Activate the image inside!"
"Since I want to see the proof, then I will fulfill your request!" Sophie took the Philosopher's Stone and gently held it in her hand. Inject a little magic into it, and the mage immediately bursts upwards with a fan-shaped light. In the light, an old man wearing a royal robe and a crown appeared.
He is said to be an old man, but he is actually about fifty or sixty years old. It's just that he has a long beard on his face, so he looks old.
"Whoa!" The moment he saw the image, Polypoch and all the members of his caravan immediately knelt down on one knee in unison, bowing their heads respectfully and motionless.
At the scene, only Jia Zhengjin and Princess Sophie stood face to face.
"Honorable Lord Keane of the Holy Dragon City," the image spoke to Jia Zhengjin like a real person, "I am the king of Salves! For some unspeakable reasons, I have to ask you for help temporarily! Although we don't know each other, we have always heard that Lord Kean, the lord of Holy Dragon City, is unparalleled in his benevolence and has a broad mind that embraces everything......"
Who spread this rumor? The corner of Jia Zhengjin's mouth twitched.
The image is one-sided, so naturally he will not react to his expression, but he continued: "It may be a little abrupt, but I hope to be able to leave Sophie in the Holy Dragon City for the time being, and ask Lord Keane to protect her safety during this period! After my domestic problem is dealt with, I will take her home immediately! There will be a lot of thanks afterwards, no matter what Lord Keane wants, even if I pour the whole country's efforts, I will definitely repay it!"
The image vanished, and Polipoch and the caravan fell to their knees, only to slowly stand up.
"Uh-huh!" After the image disappeared, Little Lori Sophie looked up at Jia Zhengjin with an impatient expression, "It's okay now, right?
Seeing her little ghost, Jia Zhengjin couldn't get disgusted. If a girl of the same grade as him behaves like this, according to his temperament, he will be driven away directly!
From Sophie's expression and attitude, it can be seen that she is no stranger to this image. It shows that before this, in fact, she should have seen it a few times herself.
To be honest, Jia Zhengjin didn't really want to keep this little princess. Because her style of acting reveals a kind of royal arrogance and pride, she doesn't even take Polypoch and them seriously. If she didn't have the identity of the city lord of Holy Dragon City, it was estimated that she would be no different from everyone else in her eyes, and her attitude would be completely different at that time.
Besides, who is spreading rumors outside? Where is he who is unparalleled in benevolence and has an all-inclusive mind? To put it so nicely, it is actually just one word -- good old man!
Of course, Jia Zhengjin is not a good person, and he doesn't bother to be a good person!
But King Salves said that it is impossible to lie about the fact that he will devote all his strength to fulfilling one of his requests, right? After all, he is the king of a country, and he has in his possession a video of him saying these things.
Jia Zhengjin pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but turn his head and whisper to Polypoch who stood up: "Hey, is your Salves Kingdom rich?"
"It's okay!" Boripocchi didn't understand why Jia Zhengjin had this problem, so he thought for a moment and replied, "Although the overall strength of our kingdom is actually not ranked on the mainland, in terms of the country's wealth, it can at least rank in the top 30 or so!
"Above average?" Jia Zhengjin nodded slightly, then there is no problem! In that case, if he asked the Salves Kingdom for a few million gold coins afterwards, it would certainly not be a problem, right? He himself said that he would pour out the strength of the whole country! Millions of gold coins are just a few million gold coins, and they don't need the power of the whole country, and the nobles can just get together a little! Will a few million be too little? Or will they need 10 million gold coins at that time? In other words, can they get their treasury out? Will the people in the country really make up the money?
"Lord Kean?Lord Kean?" When Jia Zhengjin was in a position to decide how the reward should be determined, Polypoch interrupted his train of thought.
"What are you doing?" Jia Zhengjin, who came back to his senses, was originally fantasizing about the fun of counting gold coins, but was a little unhappy when he was suddenly interrupted.
"Would you like to invite our Lord Sophie into the city to rest first?" said Polypoch respectfully, "and she has been suffering a lot with the caravan every day. And I don't have a good appetite, and my body is emaciated!"
Jia Zhengjin glanced at Sophie, who was still a little chubby, and said in his heart that this can also be called body emaciation? But after all, people are also guests, and after thinking about it, they can ask the Salves Kingdom for a sky-high protection fee, and they don't have to worry about not giving it. He smiled at the moment: "Of course! I immediately asked people to arrange the best accommodation, and at the same time set up a banquet for Princess Sophie! There is no other place in the Holy Dragon City, and there is the most food." ”
"Great!" Polipoch breathed a sigh of relief, he was worried about what would happen if Master Keane didn't agree to keep Master Sophie. It is impossible for the caravan to carry Master Sophie all the time, because if it really encounters the team of thieves who want to assassinate Master Sophie, the caravan's guards will not be able to bear it!
"Okay, everyone follow me into the city first!" Jia Zhengjin said loudly, "Everyone have a good rest today, and the important things will be said tomorrow! Let's go! Let's go! Hurry up and drive all the carriages to the city!"
"Wait!" Polipoch and his caravan were up to action, but little Lori Sophie looked at Jia Zhengjin with a displeased expression, "Where's my pick-up mount?"
"What? What is the mount?" Jia Zhengjin looked confused when he heard this.
"To take the mount is to take the mount!" said to little Lori Sophie, looking up at her in displeasure, "Do you want me to walk in?
It's too rude to walk in? Jia Zhengjin was speechless, who didn't walk in by himself? He turned his head to look at Polypoch.
"Master Keane," Polipoch said to him softly with a wry smile, "I'm sorry! Our royal family does have such a greeting ceremony, and before any prince and princess returns to the palace, they must be carried back with a war horse or a dragon mount covered with red cloth on their backs! It's just that our Sophie is young and persistent after all, do you think you can settle for a little bit?"
"It's so troublesome...... Jia Zhengjin wouldn't have taken care of this little Lori if he hadn't thought about the return of the Salves Kingdom!