"Then what do you want to eat?" Richard asked helplessly to Bibi.
"As long as it's delicious, such as fried steak, roast chicken, fish stew, mushroom soup..." Bibili said a lot, and finally added, "By the way, don't forget the wine. Beer and wine are all fine, of course wine. Even better, I don’t mind the beer either.”
This is just a foodie... How was the truth made in the first place...
Richard looked at Bibi with a dark look, pursed his lips and said, "It's too late now, just wait until daybreak. I'll ask someone to do it for you later."
"Humph, don't lie to me." Who knew Bibi was very witty and said quickly, "Although I have been in the box these days, I have heard clearly that you can eat here at any time, you don't have to wait until daytime. "
Richard: "..."
After a while of silence, he exhaled and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to do it for you."
He stretched out his hand and was about to ring the brass bell on the side to summon the servant. Unexpectedly, a knock on the door rang first. The servant named Les timidly reported through the door: "Sir... Sir, there are guests who want to visit you."
"Is there a guest?" Richard was slightly surprised. It was midnight, and most people wouldn't visit. He asked, "Who is it?"
"It's Mr. Oscar."
"Oscar?" Richard raised his eyebrows, guessing the possibility of the other party coming to visit, and murmured, "This is the result of the 'thing we are waiting for'. Can we put forward conditions? Doesn't it mean we have to wait? One to two months, you came here so quickly, could something have happened?"
Pursing his lips, Richard looked at Bibi in the wooden box and said, "We'll talk about it when I get back." He closed the lid and walked out regardless of Bibi's objection.
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In the living room on the first floor, Richard met Oscar.
After a few polite words, Oscar waved his hand, and someone moved in one after another well-sealed boxes. I counted twelve in total.
"Boy Richard, don't you want the books in the Royal Library? I have brought one-third of the books you want. In addition, there are many high-value incomplete forbidden spells and ancient materials. They are considered gifts. ." Oscar waved and introduced, "If you can fulfill the conditions proposed, the remaining books can be delivered immediately, and the official library of the entire Soma Alliance will be opened to you."
After hearing this, Richard blinked, but he was not too excited. He knew very well that there was no free lunch. He asked rationally: "What are the conditions? Before, you said you would have to wait for a while, but now is the time?"
"Yes, it's time." Oscar nodded and sighed, "I thought it wouldn't be so soon, but the plan didn't change much. Speaking of which, it was you who caused this. It was the information you provided that created a chain reaction. "
"Um?"
"It's a long story. I'll talk to you in detail when I have time. Now you only need to know two points."
"What two points?"
"The first point stems from the fact that the Sika Kingdom invaded tonight. After dawn, the Soma Alliance will officially declare war on the Sika Kingdom and will fight to the death."
Richard's eyes flickered, and it took him several seconds to digest the information in this sentence, which was quite surprising. After all, this was an event that could affect the situation on the entire continent. Even if he would not be involved, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. After a few seconds, he asked aloud: "What about the second point?"
"The second point is that His Majesty has asked you to serve as the Alliance Army Command Advisor to help the Alliance win this war." Oscar said seriously, not joking at all.
Richard's eyes widened, but he couldn't help but say, "Really?"
"Of course it is."
"This is a bit of a joke." Richard frowned deeply, his first thought was absurd, and said, "You have never verified my military capabilities, why do you want me to become a so-called command advisor to help you win the war? Just Just because I provided you with some information, and just because I had a conversation with the emperor, the emperor had a good impression of me? Isn't this logical? Is it because you don't take the war seriously, or do you trust me too blindly
Besides, what is the position of command advisor? I've never heard of it. What responsibilities does this position have, what strengths can be mobilized, and how does it work? Besides, the condition of helping you win the war is too broad..."
In the middle of speaking, Richard stopped because he was sure that Oscar must understand what he meant.
Oscar did understand, and said slowly: "Don't be impatient, just listen to me. The position of Command Advisor did not exist before. It was just specially created by His Majesty. The responsibilities are supervision, planning, command, Mobilizing everything related to the war, theoretically unlimited power, you can be regarded as half the army commander. If you want, you can do anything beneficial to the war, as long as there is no suspicion of collaboration with the enemy and treason, as long as the army commander has no legitimate reason to veto you, then you The orders can flow unimpeded."
"You mean to leave half of the fate of the entire Soma Alliance in my hands?" Richard continued to frown deeply.
"Listen to me and continue." Oscar raised his hand and said, "The position of command advisor does have great power, but I also know that you don't like to be busy, so if you don't want to, you can just name it, and things will naturally happen to your subordinates and The real commander of the army is responsible. Believe me, the alliance is sure to win this war. Just follow the army and wait for the reward when the time comes."
Hearing this, Richard was really confused. Even though he could see through many things, this time he really couldn't see through Oscar and the emperor's purpose behind it.
He was obviously given great rights, but he could not assume any obligations? This is completely unfair. It always looks like there is a conspiracy.
In fact, it doesn't matter if there is a conspiracy. As long as he can get what he wants, he doesn't mind taking the blame for the time being or being a chess piece in someone's hands.
But the thing is, let him at least know a little bit about the situation.
The feeling of being kept in the dark like this was not pleasant at all. He hadn't tasted it for a long time, and he didn't really want to.
"Why?" Richard frowned, looked at Oscar and said directly, "What is the real purpose? I want to know."
"There is no reason." Oscar was not very cooperative and smiled, "As for the purpose, it is what I said - to help us win this war."
"Mr. Oscar, these words are a bit false. You should know that my brain is still relatively easy to use and I won't really believe it." Richard said solemnly.
Oscar continued to laugh: "Boy Richard, you are indeed smart, but the smarter you are, the more you should know when to pretend not to be so smart."
After hearing this, Richard raised his eyebrows.
He was now completely sure that the conditions proposed by Oscar definitely contained a big conspiracy, and he did not want to tell him. This was one of the conditions in exchange for the books he wanted - he could only be willing to keep it in the dark until the war was won. Only then can you get everything you want.
"Okay." Oscar stood up, walked out, and said as he walked, "Boy Richard, think about it carefully. Everything is before your eyes. Whether you want to agree or not, you should consider it carefully and give me the answer within the deadline. It's before dawn. The time is indeed a bit tight, but you have to be considerate, after all... war will be declared on the Sika Kingdom after dawn, and an old man like me has to stay up late and run around, which is very helpless."
Finally, Oscar spread his hands, showed a wry smile, and walked out.
Looking at Oscar's back, Richard fell into deep thought.
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