When the meeting ended and everyone in the Sage Association left, Lin Linggang and Reinhardt left the hall together when they heard someone calling him.
After a slight pause in his steps, Lin Ling turned around and saw Crusch walking towards him quickly. He was not surprised, but asked: "Lord Crusch, what's the matter?"
"Your Highness Zolan..." Although she was wearing a formal dress, the girl who still looked heroic stood in front of Lin Ling. Her expression was a little serious, "Although I am only a candidate for the Dragon Witch, I have not officially become your assistant.
But if you encounter difficulties in handling affairs, you can always come to me for help."
Now that it was confirmed that the boy in front of him would become the king, and that he had become the dragon witch who was most likely to assist the boy, Crusch would naturally not let the boy be tricked by the old guys from the Sage Society.
She doesn't mind letting the boy go through some things to polish his character for the sake of a brighter future for the Lugnica Kingdom, but she won't really let the boy be tricked by others and leave a psychological shadow.
Lin Ling blinked her eyes, then showed her usual gentle and harmless smile, and said: "I will, thank you, Lord Crusch."
Seeing his completely harmless look, Crusch frowned subconsciously, and was about to say something. A soft body suddenly pressed against her body, and Phyllis rested her head on Crusch's.
On his shoulder, he showed a beautiful smile to Lin Ling: "Little Zolan smiles so gently, he doesn't look like a royal cat at all!"
"Phyllis, I'm sorry, you should call me..." Crusch frowned again, but was interrupted before he finished speaking.
"It doesn't matter, it's just a title. I don't mind." Lin Ling shook her head and then added, "Actually, Sir Crusch, you can also just call me Zolan."
"..." Crusch was silent for a moment. She looked at Lin Ling and finally sighed and said, "I'm sorry... you can also just call me Crusch."
"Young Zoran, you can just call me Felice!" Felice added immediately. His eyes fell on Reinhardt, who was standing next to Lin Ling and looking at them with a smile, and said:
"By the way, little Zoran, Reinhardt is your knight now, nya?"
Crusch and others naturally knew that Lin Ling stayed at the Astraea family yesterday and did not return to the palace, so they asked this question.
It turns out that although Reinhardt belongs to the nearby knights and is directly affiliated with the royal family, he is not yet anyone's knight.
Huh? His knight... Reinhardt swore an oath to protect him forever, but is this an oath of allegiance?
It should be counted...?
Lin Ling was thinking uncertainly and subconsciously glanced at the Sword Master next to him. The latter also said at this time: "I am indeed His Highness's first knight."
"Ah la ah la, that's really good, meow!" Although he had already expected it, Felt was still a little surprised after hearing Reinhardt admit it himself.
After all, this is the "knight among knights", Sword Master Reinhardt!
Crusch gave Reinhardt a thoughtful look before saying, "It's getting late. I still have some official business to deal with, so I'll take my leave today."
"Goodbye, little Zoran, nya!" Since Crusch had already decided to leave, Phyllis naturally said goodbye.
"Goodbye, Crusch, Felice." Lin Ling also said goodbye with a smile, and naturally Reinhardt did the same.
After the two parties parted, they returned to the dragon carriage at Karustan's mansion.
"You seem to like His Highness Zolan very much?"
Crusch put down the car curtain that he had raised in his hand and asked with a smile.
"Because little Zoran is a very good child, meow!" Phyllis replied matter-of-factly, "And it's very warm. You can feel it as long as you get close. It's a very warm feeling..."
"Warmth?" Crusch was a little surprised.
"Yes, meow!" Phyllis nodded, as if recalling something, with a bright smile, "I didn't feel it at first, but when I got closer, I felt it. It was very warm and reassuring. It seemed that my mood suddenly changed.
He calmed down... It should be some kind of ability or protection, but a person with this kind of ability is an impossible bad boy, meow!"
"But if you want to be a good king, just being a good boy is not enough!" Crusch paused for a few seconds and said.
Phyllis suddenly rushed over and hugged Crusch's arm, and said with a smile: "But with His Highness here... With His Highness here, little Zoran will definitely become a very good king's cat!"
"And..." Phyllis was already glowing slightly, "If little Zoran can be taught by you, he will be able to understand your will, right? In that case, your wish can come true!"
"The Dragon Miko may not be me..."
"Meow, Your Highness, please stop being so modest on purpose, your smile is showing!"
Facing Felice's teasing, Crusch could only smile helplessly, but his eyes were thoughtful.
Teaching... is not bad...
If I could personally cultivate a wise king... that would be enough!
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"Reinhardt, am I too impulsive today?"
On the way back to the Astraea family, Lin Ling suddenly tilted her head and asked.
"Impulsive?" Reinhardt was a little confused. He didn't understand anything about politics. He said he didn't understand the meaning of Lin Ling's actions at the meeting today.
"Yes, after all, asking for power directly from the Association of Sages in this situation... Although you can definitely get some power, but... you should be patient, and directly expose your intention to take back the power.
Ah!" Lin Ling said, suddenly stopped where he was, holding his head in distress.
——There is no doubt that at this moment, he is once again possessed by drama.
"Ah——?" Master Swordsman was a little confused. His IQ was not low and he had already realized something at this moment.
"Forget it... I wouldn't have been alerted anyway, but now I'm just more alert!" Lin Ling shook his head again, muttered to himself, and looked at Reinhardt with his exposed face.
He smiled and said, "And as long as Reinhardt is here, they can't do anything to me!"
"Your Highness..." Reinhardt looked slightly confused, and he had some vague guesses in his heart: "Are you planning to take back the power belonging to the royal family from the adults of the Wise Society?"
"Yes!" Lin Ling nodded and looked at him, "What's wrong?"
"But...as long as you are crowned in the future, the Council of Wise Men should return the power that belongs to the king to you!" Reinhardt had just finished talking about this guy when he saw the boy he had sworn allegiance to looked at him in surprise.
.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?"
"Reinhardt——" Lin Ling's expression instantly became serious.
"Your Highness, I'm here!" Reinhardt stood up straight with the same seriousness.
"When you go back, tell me your views on the kingdom's current status of nobles and ministers..." Lin Ling was serious and serious, but also a little entangled.
This made Reinhardt feel a little bad, "Yes!"
But he didn't notice that after he answered "yes", the young man walked forward again, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
That's right, Lin Ling did it on purpose again this time.
Because he planned to use this as an excuse to teach Reinhardt, an overly upright knight, a lesson.
It doesn't matter if you don't know how to use intrigues, and it's okay to be honest and kind, but you still need to know what you need to know about intrigues.
Lin Ling didn't need Reinhardt to scheme against others, but he also didn't intend to let the Lord Knight continue to be a stupid fool who didn't notice anything after being schemed against.
You must know that even the best knight Julius still knows that after Natsuki Ang made offending remarks, in order to save Natsuki Ang, he would not hesitate to leave a stain on himself and have to duel with Natsuki Ang in order to appease the other knights.
to prevent Cai Yueang from being killed by the angry knights.
But while many people could see this, Reinhardt completely failed to see the deeper meaning. He blamed himself for not stopping the duel and causing the two friends to become impulsive.
On this point, Lin Ling planned to make the Lord Knight understand what it means to have a sinister heart.
Otherwise, it will be too late by the time the Master Swordsman stumbles.