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Richard looked at the Alliance Emperor and asked: "Your Majesty, are you sure you will cash it within five days? But... what if you can't cash it?"
This is simply a naked suspicion of the Emperor of the Alliance. If it were placed on the grumpy Emperor, he would probably become furious at the next moment. However, Peter Romanov was just stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Haha, it seems that you are really You can’t trust me a little bit. Anyway, after all, you did help the alliance complete the task beyond the specifications, and I should ensure that you can really get the reward, so how about this, I sign a contract for you? "
As he spoke, Peter Romanov walked to the side and walked to a stone table.
He took out a piece of parchment from the stone table, grabbed a large quill with his big hand, dipped it in ink, and started writing on the parchment. After he finished writing, he showed it to Richard. .
Richard glanced at it and saw that the content above was what the other party promised just now, but what made him raise his eyebrows was the last line, which was the penalty for breach of contract given by Peter Romanov - "If you make a mistake, the Soma Alliance Anyone who holds this contract can take everything.”
This is a very severe punishment. It is not simply using a person's identity or reputation as a mortgage, but directly using a country as a mortgage - if the person holding the contract is an ordinary person, it is just a joke without the penalty of breach of contract. , but the person holding the contract is Richard, which is different. Richard is the number one contributor to the destruction of the Truth Society. With his strong strength, he obtained this contract, which really poses a powerful threat to the alliance.
From this point of view, Peter Romanov really had no intention of breaking his promise, so he dared to sign the contract.
Reaching out to hand over the contract, Peter Romanov said half seriously and half jokingly: "With this thing, if I can't give you what you want within five days, then on the sixth day you can take away everything in the alliance, well, including Those women in my palace—as long as you don’t dislike them.”
Richard: "..." He really couldn't answer this. To be honest, he was really worried that the Alliance Emperor would send a few women over as compensation and then offset the reward - then he would suffer a big loss.
"Are you satisfied now?" Emperor Peter Romanov smiled and thrust the contract into Richard's hand.
Richard didn't answer. He thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, there is actually a little thing I want to trouble you with."
"Um?"
"There is something missing from this contract."
"What?"
"Your signature." Richard said seriously.
As we all know, a contract must have a signature to be considered a complete contract, otherwise it will be just a paragraph without beginning and end, without any binding force, and it may even be taken out as a forgery.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Alliance Emperor forgot this small detail, so Richard reminded him rudely.
"Well… "
For a moment, Peter Romanov's expression became stiff, and Oscar couldn't help but turn his head.
"Hahaha!"
But the next moment, Peter Romanov laughed, patted Richard's shoulder with a bear-like hand, and said: "Not bad, not bad. I have to say, I like you more and more, Richard!"
After saying this, Peter Romanov raised his right hand, and a ruby ring on his right middle finger lit up, approaching the parchment.
As soon as the ring surface touched the parchment, there was a "sting" sound and the smell of burnt fur. When the ring surface was lifted, a miniature flame burning mark appeared on the lower right side of the contract. If you look carefully, you can see the handwriting of "Pete Romanoff" written clearly in the center of the mark - this is a magic seal, which is more difficult to forge than an autograph.
After doing this, Peter Romanov put the parchment into Richard's hands again and asked, "Are these ready?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Richard said, taking the parchment and putting it away without hesitation.
"That's good, you can leave now. I'm going to discuss some things in detail with Oscar."
"Yes, then I won't disturb Your Majesty." After Richard got what he wanted, he didn't want to stay any longer. After all, the new "Medium and Long-term Research Plan" had not been finalized yet, and he was waiting to go back and continue to complete it. He said goodbye politely, turned around and left the underground hall quickly.
After Richard left, Peter Romanov looked at the direction in which Richard left for several seconds. After a while, he turned to look at Oscar and said: "Oscar, I now find that I really appreciate you as a young friend more and more. No, it’s just a pity..."
"What's the pity, Your Majesty?"
"It's a pity that I don't have such a son." Peter Romanov shook his head with regret.
Oscar: "..." He couldn't answer this.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about some important things." Peter Romanov waved his hand and changed the subject, "Next, I want you to..."
"Yes." Oscar responded, listening carefully and nodding while listening.
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Time passes quickly.
Soon, night came.
In a gorgeous mansion, a man wearing black clothes sat in the study, looking at the door from time to time, as if waiting for something.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
After a while, rapid footsteps sounded, and a short subordinate pushed the door open and entered. He knelt down on one knee and reported: "Your Highness, the investigation has been completed. The previous intelligence is true. We can take action directly."
"Really?!" The man in black clothes was overjoyed when he heard this, and couldn't help but give the order, "Okay, now..."
As a result, before he could finish his words, there was another sound of rapid footsteps, and a second subordinate ran in. He also knelt down on one knee and reported: "Your Highness, the latest news is that there is movement in the garrison outside the city. In addition, there is movement in the south. The private soldiers from two mansions, three mansions in the north, and one mansion in the west are also being mobilized, and the situation is not good."
"This..." The man in black frowned deeply after hearing this, "What is going on? Do my brothers also want to take action? In this case... I will follow suit, I am afraid that I may not be able to take advantage of it. Ah, but..."
At the end of the sentence, the man in black hesitated.
"Da da da… "
At this time, steady footsteps sounded and approached from a small cubicle inside the study, and then an old man with a transcendent temperament walked out.
The old man has white beard and hair, and is wearing a light gray robe with many moon phase patterns printed on it - there are full moons and waning moons, which looks extremely mysterious.
The most eye-catching thing is the other person's eyes. At first glance, there is nothing special. After looking at it for a long time, you can vaguely see that the other person's pupils have a faint red luster, like two blood-red full moons.
After the old man came out, he said slowly: "Actually, now is a good time to take action."
"Huh? Why, teacher?" After hearing this, the man in black clothes turned his head and looked at the old man in confusion.
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