After a while, Richard followed the servant and saw Oscar in the yard.
As expected, Oscar was indeed here to deliver something. He came with several carriages. At this time, people were unloading the boxes from the carriages and moving them into the room to put them away.
Richard checked the contents of some boxes and found that they were all the materials he wanted from the Royal Library.
Seeing Richard finish the inspection, Oscar said from the side: "Almost all the things are here, they were just taken out from the Royal Library - the city is already in turmoil, but few people pay attention to this matter.
There are a total of twenty-five boxes of information here, including most of what you need - only a very small part - about one-tenth. It is placed in the deepest secret vault of the Royal Library. It is difficult to take it out, so I give As compensation, I will give you all the information of high research value that I can find.
If you insist on wanting the rest, that's fine, but you'll have to wait for a few more days, and I'll make it up to you then. "
After hearing this, Richard moved his eyebrows. He had to say that from Oscar's words, he could tell that Oscar was quite sincere.
After all, it was not easy to figure out the missing information, but the other party took the initiative to explain it and offered compensation and solutions.
Afterwards, Richard nodded, expressing general satisfaction and not fussing over anything - if he cracked the Balta script, the difference between nine-tenths of the information and all the information would not be too big, so there was no need to make a fuss over the last tenth.
Looking at Richard's appearance, Oscar breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, the original promise has been fulfilled. Can you return His Majesty's contract?"
"I should hand it over to His Majesty in person, right?" Richard said.
Oscar was stunned after hearing the words, opened and closed his mouth, and said sadly: "There is no longer this chance, His Majesty has really passed away."
"Huh?" Richard couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Really? What's going on?"
Oscar shook his head with some confusion: "Originally, I thought that the eldest prince assassinated His Majesty so that he could inherit the throne. But what happened at the inheritance ceremony today changed my mind again, and even now I can't see the situation clearly. , the entire Charia and the entire alliance are in chaos."
After a moment of silence, Oscar looked at Richard with a somewhat pleading look and said, "Although I know this is a bit excessive, if possible, I would like to ask you to handle the current situation, resolve the chaos, and return to the alliance. calm."
"How was it?" Oscar asked seriously at the end.
After hearing this, Richard thought for a moment and shook his head: "Sorry, Mr. Oscar, I'm afraid I can't."
"Well, I didn't think it would come true." Oscar sighed, looking a bit older. He didn't mention getting back the emperor's contract, turned around and walked out the door.
"Mr. Oscar." At this time, Richard stopped Oscar.
"What?" Oscar stopped, turned around and looked up, asking with some expectation, "Have you changed your mind?"
"I didn't." Richard said, "I just want to tell you that the reason for rejecting you is not you, but me. Don't blame yourself. I am a very selfish person, so I don't have enough interests. He will do things that have nothing to do with him, that’s all.”
"What if there are enough benefits?" Oscar tried to persuade.
"Will there be any?" Richard asked back, "Not to mention the books in the Royal Library, the promise is not fully fulfilled. Just what I remember, you still owe me three unfulfilled requests, right?"
Oscar was silent and smiled bitterly: "Well, I'm overthinking it. Indeed, I can't give you anything now, and even if I give it, you may not want it.
Having said that, you are not a member of the Alliance and have no sense of belonging. You really shouldn't be responsible for saving the Alliance. Alliance matters need to be resolved by the Alliance people themselves, so let me do it. "
"Then I will bless you, Mr. Oscar." Richard said, blinking his eyes, "Considering that the alliance is not very stable now, if there are no accidents, I will leave here and go to my fiefdom 'Salin' Let's see, maybe I will stay there for a long time and conduct my research. We have been in contact for a long time, and we have a bit of friendship. If you can't stay in Xiaya, you can go to Sarin to find me."
"'Sarin'? Looking for you? Well, if that's the case, I will." Oscar said impolitely, then paused, lowered his tone, and said with a joking smile, "But I think it's more There is a high chance that I will die in Xiaya, maybe for the sake of friendship, you can avenge me?"
Richard smiled in cooperation, thought for a while and replied: "Mr. Oscar, if you die, then the three requests you promised me will be gone. For me, it is a big loss... If it would not be involved at that time If you get into big trouble, I will definitely help you get revenge."
"Hahaha, okay, okay, then thank you, Richard." Oscar laughed out loud after hearing this, no longer hiding anything or expecting anything.
Because Oscar has already heard from Richard's words that Richard is indeed capable, but he will never give it for free. He thinks more about himself, so he will try his best to avoid falling into the quagmire of the alliance... As Richard himself said before Like everyone else, he is a selfish person.
Selfishness and selflessness are opposites.
"Then I'm sorry to bother you. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." After Oscar knew that he couldn't get help from Richard, he no longer hesitated and said goodbye, "When you left Xiaya to go to Shalin, I should I won’t have time to see you off, so I wish you a smooth journey in advance.”
"Thank you, Mr. Oscar. Goodbye."
"Goodbye, Richard." Oscar waved, turned and walked outside, and walked out of the reception area under Richard's gaze.
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The black-faced old man Oscar left the reception desk, boarded the carriage, and sat in the carriage compartment.
With a "rumbling" sound, the carriage started, and the wheels ran over the bluestone ground, heading towards the depths of the night.
In the carriage, Oscar closed his eyes and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, one of the two figures sitting in the carriage with Oscar suddenly spoke - he was wearing a brown robe, and he was none other than Nagarjuna, who had the strength of a fourth-level wizard.
"Sir, how is it? Has that person agreed to your proposal?" Nagarjuna asked.
Oscar opened his eyes, glanced at Nagarjuna and Zonghu next to Nagarjuna, shook his head, and breathed out lightly: "No."
"It seems that the other party has no thoughts about the alliance at all. He is more selfish than me."
"Actually, selfishness is the reason given by the other party." Oscar said. Seeing what Nagarjuna wanted to say, he raised his hand to stop it, "Okay, let's stop this matter. If the other party can really take action, Help is indeed a good thing, but you can't pin all your hopes on one person. The alliance is not the other party's alliance, it is our alliance. It was really saved by the other party. It is a blessing but also a shame, so let us find a way ourselves. "