Chapter 3343 The Trial Of The Fool (One Hundred and Forty-Six)
Chapter 3343 The Trial of the Great Fool (One Hundred and Forty Six)
Ten minutes later, thanks to Elaine's poor application skills and bandage-tying skills, Xiao Hui's sprained right leg was at least bandaged.
"The bandage is still good, is it okay?" Elaine asked.
"Apart from the fact that it looks like it's swollen, it's okay." Xiao Hui wondered.
"No, it won't affect your work tomorrow?" the white bear boy asked again.
"No...I am doing it without permission to clean the courtyard. His Majesty the King said, it doesn't matter even if I don't do it..."
"What?" Elaine tilted her head: "You, aren't you a servant in the palace?"
"Not exactly. I just had no one to go to, so I was taken in here by the king." The child replied: "The king said I just need to stay here and not show up. Just do nothing. But I still
If you want to do something, just help take care of the yard."
"Why doesn't uncle let you show up? Uncle Guo, as expected, is still bullying you?"
"No -" Xiao Hui showed a sad expression: "Can you please not delve into this matter?"
But the white bear boy looked at him with that watery, innocent look.
So the gray-red haired lion boy sighed helplessly again: "The king really didn't bully me. I...I have a...blood relationship with the deceased queen. My father took me to live outside, but my father was seriously ill.
Passed away. Before my father passed away, he asked me to come and seek refuge with His Majesty the King. So I came."
The lion boy touched his knees. The color of his knees was different from other parts of his body. The hair on that area was bright red like blood. At first glance, it looked like he was bleeding.
But Elaine can see it more clearly now under the light. The color of Xiao Hui's hair in that part is his real hair color. There seemed to be some kind of gray paint on his body to cover up the red hair. But his knees
When it got wet from the moisture on the ground, the paint lost its effectiveness, and his original coat color was revealed.
"But... the red hair on my body is considered taboo." Xiao Hui continued: "This blood-like hair is said to bring disaster and has been tabooed by other lions. If I appear in public, if people know
Having an unknown person like me in His Majesty the King's palace will definitely bring trouble to His Majesty the King. That's why I can't show up. Do you...understand?"
The white bear boy was stunned for a moment, and then nodded in conviction.
"So, uncle really didn't bully you?"
"No. His Majesty the King is a good man." Xiao Hui took out some gray powder from the cabinet on the side and applied it on his knees.
Soon, the blood-red hair on his knees was stained by the powder and turned a dirty gray-red color. It should be some kind of dye powder...or just talcum powder.
"He even accepted a dirty guy like me... without His Majesty the King's care, I would have been living on the streets long ago."
But Elaine still showed a puzzled expression: "Uncle, uncle... he let you hide here, let you cover yourself with this dirty powder, and made you live so uncomfortable... This is not bullying you.
?"
Perhaps because the question was to the point, Xiao Hui showed a more painful expression: "If this can be considered bullying me, then I deserve it."
"Wha, what?"
Xiao Hui hurriedly stopped the conversation: "You really have to go back, Your Highness. If His Majesty the King finds out that you have been in contact with me, he will definitely be furious."
"But……"
"I know that His Highness the Prince is very kind and would care about even a person like me. But you really don't need to worry about me. Everything is fine. It's okay with me."
The white bear boy showed a confused expression. But because it was too late, he also knew that he had to go back to sleep, so the things here could only be put aside for the time being.
"I, can I come and play with you again?" But he said stubbornly: "If you live here alone, won't you be lonely?"
"I shouldn't even have contact with you, Your Highness."
"I, I don't care. If uncle bullies you, I don't want to bully you with him."
"So His Majesty the King is not bullying——"
"I don't care." Elaine interrupted.
Xiao Hui covered his face: "You are all equally stubborn...it will only cause trouble for others."
"Hug, sorry."
"No, I'm sorry." The lion man said again: "I will tell those who send messages to His Majesty the King tomorrow, saying that I sprained my leg and need to rest for a week. During this time, no one will come here. Come on. You...can come to me, if you only come secretly at night. I hope His Majesty the King will not notice this."
"Okay, okay." The white bear boy tried his best to smile. But in fact, he didn't usually smile much, and his fake smile was very clumsy.
"Then, you really should go back. I have to go to sleep too." Xiao Hui sat on the bed. His bed felt a little dirty, maybe because he often used the powder to dye his hair gray-red. , part of the powder fell on the bed.
"No, don't you want to take a shower?"
"If you don't wash it...if you wash it, won't the hair on your body return to its original color? That...unknown color."
That's obviously just superstition. Elaine thought to herself. Are adults bullying Xiao Hui just because of superstition? It's so unfair.
"Well, since no one will come, why are you still hiding?" The white bear boy then said: "Go and take a bath. Clean your body so that you can sleep comfortably?"
"Things are not as simple as you think." Xiao Hui ignored Elaine's suggestion and lay on the bed, pulled up the sheet and covered himself: "Go back quickly. Good night."
He pretended to be asleep there because he had no intention of talking to Elaine at all.
"It's so late, good night, Xiao Hui." Elaine could only turn around and leave.
"It's not Xiao Hui." The lion boy said: "Eddie."
"Ai, Eddie?" the white bear boy corrected: "Good night, little Eddie."
"Don't put [small] in front of other people's names without permission, idiot." The child complained.
Elaine smiled bitterly: "Then, you are not allowed to call me His Royal Highness."
"...You'd better add whatever you want. You can call me whatever you want." The other party gave up quickly.
On the nights of the second, third, and fourth days, Elaine found an excuse to go to the courtyard to enjoy the cool air, and then secretly went to play with little Eddie.
In fact, it didn't count as playing. The time he could stay in that small room every night was very short, just enough to drink a cup of tea, read comics or something.
Eddie's life is very poor. Although the basic life is guaranteed, there seems to be no entertainment. Therefore, Elaine always steals a few comics that have been read and reads them with the child. The child looks at the comics. Comics depicting superheroes, eyes shining, fascinating. The boy from White Bear originally wanted to give the comic book to Eddie, but the kid refused to accept it, saying that it would be terrible if the comic book was discovered by the king. .With no other choice, Elaine could only bring the comic book with her every time, and take the book with her when she left.
"By the way, what kind of tea is this?" Elaine asked on the evening of the fifth day while reading the comics. The tea in the cup had a reassuring aroma.
"Vanilla tea... black tea mixed with vanilla." Eddie replied, looking at the comic book in his hand intently: "The Kingdom of Solis is a country rich in vanilla pods. Vanilla pods are one of the most precious edible spices in the world.
1. The finest vanilla pods are worth close to gold. This is one of the reasons why the Kingdom of Solis is so wealthy."
"Is this, so powerful? Then this one we drank——"
"It's just crude tea made from the leftover ingredients from other people's spice making." Eddie replied, taking another sip of tea: "I'm sorry, I couldn't bring out anything expensive to entertain His Highness the Prince."
"No, it's nothing." Elaine also took a sip of tea, savoring the aroma wafting in her mouth: "This is very fragrant and delicious."
"It smells just like His Highness the Prince."
"……What?"
"Your Highness, you also smell of vanilla. Is it the smell of the shampoo you usually use? Isn't this your body odor?" The lion boy stopped reading the comics and turned his head: "I
...I like this smell. This smell is the smell of hometown."
"Stupid, stupid..." Elaine blushed.
Then the lion boy's ears moved, as if he noticed something.
He quickly stood up and packed up the things on the table: "Hide, hide under the bed, hurry up!"
"Huh? Why, why?"
"Maybe His Majesty the King is coming. It would be very bad if he sees you here!" Eddie put away Elaine's tea cup and said hurriedly: "Hide quickly!"
With no other choice, the white bear boy got under the bed and hid. He was a little dirty.
At this time, there was also a knock on the door: "Can you come in?"
"Wait a moment...please come in!" Eddie agreed after putting away the comics and teacups.
"Good evening, Eddie." It was indeed the king who came in through the door.
It's really strange that King Thoris would visit such an inconspicuous hut late at night and meet a reclusive young man.
Moreover, the king, who usually smiled at everyone and was very gentle, looked very serious at this time and did not show the slightest smile.
...It seems that he hates this lion boy from the bottom of his heart, but he has to deal with this child.
"Good evening, His Majesty the King." Eddie replied.
"Why do I smell something?" the king asked after sitting down.
"I made herbal tea and just finished cleaning it up. Would your Majesty the King also want to drink some?"
"No need." The king refused firmly: "I heard you sprained your foot. How is it?"
"It's no big problem. It will heal soon." Eddie looked at his feet. His ankles were still tied with the bandages that Elaine had bandaged for him.
"What a poor bandage. Did you bandage it yourself?"
"Yeah." The young lion man sat down and faced the king: "Excuse me, His Majesty the King came to visit late at night. What's the matter?"
"Let's talk about your whereabouts." The king said in a cold tone: "It is not an option to keep you in the palace. I have already discussed it with others, and several families are willing to adopt you."
"I don't want it." Eddie muttered: "I just need to stay here...I can stay here for the rest of my life. I want to see him, even if I just look at him from a distance. He is my only relative, you can't
This separates us."
"No! You don't have this qualification!" The king became furious: "You are the child of that woman and that guy, and you have dirty blood flowing in your body!"
"Even so," facing the angry and terrifying king, the lion boy still responded with a calm expression: "I still have to stay here. I know that if His Majesty the King sends me away like this, I will
I will never have the chance to see him again. Then one day, I will grow up like a commoner, and he will become the next king. The distance between us will become farther and farther, and I will never see him again in this life.
I can't do it. I don't want to be like this."
"If you stay in the palace, you will not shorten the distance with him. What do you want to do? Want to meet his brother one day?" The king's face became even worse, from the original red face to livid: "
Do you want to tell him that the mother he admires is actually a slut who goes out to have affairs with others, a despicable woman? Do you want to...ruin all this?"
"No. No -!" The young man shook his head: "I won't do anything. As long as I can be here and watch him grow up from a distance, that's fine. One day he will become the king, and I will never
He's just a humble servant in the palace. But I can watch him from a distance, and that's all."
"Why should I trust you?" the king asked: "You were so arrogant when I was alive. God knows when I am no longer alive, will you tell this secret to that child? You may really bring this secret to the world.
Go to the grave?"
"I won't say anything. If he knows the truth, it will definitely hurt him. I won't hurt him. It's enough that the only one who gets hurt is me." Eddie promised: "And even if I tell him the truth, he will
Do you believe it? This is just a joke made by a civilian. No one can prove it and no one will believe it."
"Really?" The king suddenly stood up: "I believe you for the time being, but for the time being -"
Only halfway through his words, the king suddenly stretched out his big hand, grabbed Eddie's throat, and hung the thin child up: "——Or I should just kill you. The dead will not reveal secrets.
of!"
"Uh... uhhh!" The lion-man boy let out a cry of pain, but the sound gradually weakened. The king's big hands were so powerful that he could actually strangle Eddie's throat in an instant, and even the throat and cervical vertebrae were broken.
He was irreparably damaged. But he just strangled it, and gradually increased the strength of the stranglehold.
"You are as arrogant as that guy. You are as stubborn as that woman. They passed on their worst traits to you, especially the cursed red hair." The king muttered while hanging Eddie up: "Why?
I have to take care of a brat like you. Why is it always me who gets hurt? Why is it always me who is betrayed? What did I do wrong? Am I not good enough for that guy and that woman?"
"Help...life...!" the child shouted in a low voice, almost using his last breath.
Elaine hid under the bed and shivered. She originally wanted to rush out to help Eddie, but found that she had no strength to move or even make a sound. If he went out at this time, the king might even kill him too——
That's what his intuition told him.
However, after a few seconds, the king still let go of his hand and threw Eddie to the ground like a used dirty rag.
"Your begging voice is the same as that woman's..." the king said painfully: "You only know how to beg for mercy, but you don't know how to apologize. That woman never apologized to me in the end. Even though she was lying on the hospital bed and died in depression, she still
You have never apologized to me. You mother and son are both such excessive people."
"Ahem, cough...yes, I'm sorry..."
"I don't want to listen to you [I'm sorry]. I want to hear that person say [I'm sorry], but I will never hear it. Your apology is not sincere at all. You don't know why you are apologizing at all. You...you were born into
It was a mistake in this world." The king said angrily, and then he opened the door.