Tom became Crosso's most trusted guard again. Every day after the king's dinner, he would bring a sealed plate of dishes to the king's room.
He became the object of adulation and admiration by many servants in the palace.
In William's room.
On the magic mirror.
It is showing an interesting scene:
Tom hid in a corner where there were no people or animals. He took a knife and secretly cut out a few small pieces of meat from the white snake's body. He put them into his bag, and then took the white snake's body away.
He rearranged the dishes, covered the plates, carried the plates as if nothing had happened, and walked towards the king's room.
William's fingers traced Tom's face on the magic mirror, and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "Tom, you have become a dishonest guy!"
During this time, Tom's actions were all within William's sight.
William "watched" him move from the initial trembling trepidation to the later nonchalant attitude. In the king's "dessert", he carefully plundered a lot of white snake meat.
According to William's observations during this period, the ability to understand animal language obtained from white snake meat is not always available, but must be maintained by continuously taking white snake meat.
A piece of white snake meat can only support the understanding of animal language for a period of time, which is about three days.
This is a fact observed by William.
Because after three days of duck time, William found that Tom seemed to have lost his soul and was completely out of state, as if he had lost something precious.
It was also that day that Tom plucked up the courage again and ate King Crosso's white snake meat.
Then it got out of hand and the days of "preparing food for winter" began.
As for where the white snake came from?
William also found out clearly through the magic mirror.
Every night, a man in black would enter the palace with a bag sealed with a fire seal, come to the kitchen, and hand the bag to a hunchbacked mute in the kitchen.
The hunchbacked mute will carefully check the fire mark on the pocket. After confirming that there is no problem, he will take the pocket into the small room inside and close the door.
After a while, a sealed plate of dishes will be brought out.
Then "honest" Tom will come over, take away this mysterious dish, and deliver it to King Crosso.
William used a magic mirror to follow the clues of the man in black and found that the man in black did not know what was in his pocket.
They are only responsible for delivering this bag received from other cities to the palace every day.
There was a mark of fire on the pocket, and they didn't have the guts to risk hanging to open it and take a look!
At this time, William still didn't know the origin of the white snake.
So, his eyes followed the pocket and kept looking back.
From the road where the horse was galloping, we retreated all the way to the border, entered the Kingdom of Delgada, and finally arrived near the royal palace in the royal capital.
William's eyes moved and he confirmed his guess, "It's true! This white snake really comes from the snake nest that Crosso said! That snake nest is really not simple. Even ordinary white snakes can have such magical abilities. So powerful.
How powerful is the snake leaf that Rosso has always dreamed of?"
Unfortunately, the long journey consumes too much energy from the magic mirror.
William couldn't keep the magic mirror up, so he asked the magic mirror to cancel the detection, but in the end he remembered the location.
If William is interested in the future, he can find the place by himself without Crosso telling him.
It's a pity that William has been under Crosso's surveillance. It's not obvious when he occasionally uses a magic mirror to detect it, but if he goes out, he will definitely be discovered by Crosso.
William thought about it for a while, but still felt that Tom's matter was important, so he suppressed his restless heart of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and continued to lurk.
William had enough patience for the golden apple.
And, judging from Tom's recent actions, this day won't be too long.
Sure enough, a few days passed peacefully.
One evening, Tom took the initiative to visit William's residence.
"Lord Zorro, I came here specifically to say goodbye to you." Tom said with some reluctance.
"Farewell? Are you leaving?" William asked knowingly.
"Yes, Master Zorro! I have stayed here long enough. It's time to leave here and see the outside world!" Tom hesitated at first, but then his tone became firm,
His eyes were full of yearning.
William's heart at this time can be described by a lyric, "I have waited for a long time and finally waited for today." However, he still had to show a calm face, nodded, and said approvingly, "Indeed! If you continue here, you will only become a well."
Frog in there, it’s better for you to leave.”
"A frog in a well?" Tom was stunned.
William smiled and explained, "When the frog in the well looks up, he can only see the sky as big as the well. Tom, to you, the palace is that well. You should have a better future."
Tom was moved and said, "Thank you, Master Zorro!"
"Silly boy!" William gently touched Tom's forehead, "Maybe one day I will need your help."
"As long as Master Zorro needs my help, I will do it no matter what the cost!"
"Hehehe..." William suddenly smiled happily.
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The next day, when Tom brought the white snake meat plate to the king, he took the initiative to mention to the king that he wanted to leave.
King Croseau was surprised and tried to persuade him to stay, promising that as long as Tom stayed, he would replace Richard Johnson.
However, Tom was determined to leave and politely refused the king's request to stay. He only asked King Croseau to give him a horse and some travel expenses so that he could go out and see the outside world.
Perhaps due to the guilt caused by having wronged Tom before, King Croso finally agreed to Tom's request and chose a horse for him in the stables of the palace, as well as a travel fee.
Tom took all his things and set out happily!
Not long after Tom left, William also said goodbye to King Crosso.
This time, King Croso did not want to let William go.
But under William's strong request, his mighty force, and William's promise that after returning from traveling, he would help King Crosso get snake leaves to treat his "child"!
King Croso had to agree.
But before William left, King Croso gave William a gift.
The fee was more than a hundred times what the king gave to Tom.
It holds two large pockets.
Because William was afraid that it would be inconvenient for William to carry two large bags, the king specially selected a strong horse for William to use.
This was not over yet. When William was about to leave, King Croso came over with another jug of wine. He wanted to drink with William "sadly" and asked William to remember to come back after his travels.
William nodded solemnly, looked at the king deeply, and then drank a glass of wine with him.
After a glass of wine, the king laughed heartily, with a proud light shining deep in his eyes.
William also laughed, but his heart was cold, and he scolded King Crosso.
This idiot thought I didn't know he had some kind of drug in his wine.
The magic mirror monitored King Crosso's behavior, and naturally knew that King Crosso stayed up late to prepare the mysterious potion.
William really didn't expect that Crosso would be so good at preparing potions despite his age.
In addition to preparing the mysterious potion, Crosso also specially prepared its antidote and took the antidote in advance.
Late at night, William naturally stole the antidote easily.
This is also the reason why William can have a drink with the king so boldly today.