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. After thinking it over for a long time, King Riku made a decision.

At noon, in the tavern, Kaido was still sleeping soundly, and Lily had already gotten up and started studying the sea chart. For the two of them, now they urgently need a stable territory for development. As the saying goes, without money, it is difficult to move forward. Whether it is developing a territory or recruiting soldiers, or buying things on the black market, money is needed, so a stable and wealthy territory is necessary.

Just as Lily was writing and drawing on the sea chart, the sound of a queue came from outside. Lily's observation color directly swept over and found that a small guard of honor was walking towards the tavern, led by Prince Riku yesterday.

Lily glanced at Kaido who was sleeping soundly, and sighed helplessly. The domineering aura flowed out from Lily, and flowed to Kaido accurately without any extra leakage. Kaido, who was lying on the wooden bed, opened his eyes instantly, holding the Eight Fasts and jumped up, and he breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that it was Lily's domineering aura.

Then Kaido also heard the movement outside, and after scanning with the observation color like Lily, he frowned strangely.

"It seems to be a guard of honor, not a combat unit." Kaido muttered in a low voice.

"It seems that His Majesty King Riku has some plan." Lily stood up and straightened her clothes. Looking at Kaido who was still standing there, she raised her hand and grabbed 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. For Kaido who was playing tricks, Lily glanced at him unhappily and let go of her hand.

"Knock, knock, knock." The two had just gone downstairs when the door of the tavern was knocked. Yvette, who was wiping the table, had no time to greet the two and hurried to open the door.

After opening the door, Prince Riku, 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 am Riku Dord III, and I am ordered by King Riku Andot II to invite you to the palace for a chat."

"Thank you, Prince Dord, shall we go now?" Lily also bowed slightly and said after returning the greeting.

"If you two have something to do, we can wait here." Prince Riku is now completely different from yesterday, speaking in an official tone.

"Well, we have nothing to do, let's go now." Kaido said with a smile without any concern. For Kaido, when he is not strong enough, he needs to be scheming and scheming, and when he is strong enough, he will just be reckless. Moreover, King Riku is a smart man. He believes that King Riku will not do anything strange, even if he is really confused, he will just fight.

"In this case, please follow me." Prince Riku was obviously relieved, walked out of the door sideways, and made a gesture of invitation.

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

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

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

"It's very strange." Prince Riku glanced at the guards behind him and whispered. He knew that with the strength of these two people, they could hear his voice.

"It's quite strange. It feels like a luxurious thatched house." Kaido spoke first.

"Because this palace was not built by the Riku family." Prince Riku said, "This palace has a history of more than 800 years. It belongs to the previous generation of the Dresroz royal family - the Don Quixote family."

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

"Yes, after the Don Quixote family became Celestial Dragons, the entire family moved to Marijoa. At that time, the Riku family, who were nobles of Dresroz, were elected as kings. Over the years, the family rules of the Riku family prohibited extravagance, so apart from necessary repairs, this palace was not taken care of too much." Prince Riku briefly popularized the history of the country for the two.

"I see, that's not strange." Kaido nodded, and his favorability towards the Riku family increased.

The three of them walked into 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 at ordinary times.

"Hahahaha, Kaido, Lily, you are here." King Riku did not sit on the throne, but stood in the hall waiting for the two.

"Well, your Excellency King Riku, I had a great time drinking last night. Let's have a drink together someday." Kaido walked up to King Riku and hugged him, and deliberately increased his pace and swayed, revealing the mace behind him. When he just came in, the guards did not let the two surrender their weapons. Kaido's move was a small test. If he had no evil intentions, he would not notice this. If he had evil intentions, he would definitely reveal his flaws.

Very good, King Riku did not observe this at all, and reluctantly hugged Kaido who leaned over, nodded to Lily who was standing behind him, and Lily also nodded and smiled.

"Come on, you two, you haven't had lunch yet, I asked the chef to prepare it. Yesterday you treated me to a drink, today I'll treat you to a meal, hahahaha." King Riku led the way generously, leading the two to the banquet hall.

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

"Thank you for the wine yesterday, now try my collection, hahahahaha, this is a small raisin red that has been stored for 40 years." After sitting down, King Liku personally poured wine for the two of them and said.

"It tastes very good." Lily took a sip and smiled at King Riku, but Kaido was a little cold to the wine. It was too sweet for his taste.

King Riku clapped his hands as he sat down again, and the waiter brought plates of delicious food to the table. The dishes were not exquisite, but they all smelled delicious, and the portions were large.

"They are all specialties of De Les Rozes. Don't be polite. You can eat as much as you like. There will be more leftovers."

After hearing King Riku's words, Kaido was not polite. He picked up a large steak and swallowed it in two mouthfuls. Kaido's eyes suddenly lit up. The taste was indeed good. The steak was cooked just right, so it was not undercooked and difficult to chew. , not too soft and chewy, and the sauce on top still has a faint aroma of wine, which is exactly what Kaido wanted. He raised his fork again and started to clean up.

King Riku didn't mind Kaido's wild eating style. Instead, he laughed and joined in the food fight. The four of them immediately started eating without anyone saying anything.

After a while, everyone who was full of wine and food began to chat while drinking the black tea brought by the waiter.

"Kaido, Lily, the food in our Dressroz is pretty good, right?" King Riku said with a smile.

"Uh-huh-huh-huh, that's pretty good." Kaido smiled and nodded.

"Now that we're done eating, I have something to ask you two."

[Coming] Kaido and Lily thought at the same time that if they were just having a meal, King Riku wouldn't have to invite them so grandly.

"King Riku, it's okay to say so." Lily replied with a polite smile.

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

"Yeah, that's right." Kaido nodded and put away his smile.

"That's right. I want to know if you two are planning to build a ship and go to sea? Although it is not as good as a professional shipyard, the shipbuilding technology of Delisroze is also good. If you two need it, I can provide the ship."

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

"Really? That's great!" King Liku was overjoyed when he heard what the two said, and then shouted to the guards, "Bring the sea chart!"

After a while, a guard came over holding a chart centered on Delesroze.

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

"What do you two think of this place?"

Kaido and Lily looked down at the same time and saw a line of words [Steel Islands] written on the place pointed by King Riku.

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