In the arena, Richard was originally waiting for someone to come out and announce the result, but he found that the Rob Kingdom delegation who were spectators had all left, and he understood that although the result was not announced, the competition was over.
Waving away the dust in the air, Richard stepped down the half-remaining wooden platform and walked towards the corridor leading to the lounge in the arena.
Princess Ruth, who was in the corridor, took the initiative to greet her. She obviously saw the "accident" happening on the wooden platform. She stared curiously and asked: "Hey, what did you do about that... that explosion just now? Arrived?"
"How did I do it? Hey, you don't have to worry about this. It's my secret." Richard said. Magic salt, a technological product beyond the times, is naturally not good and cannot be told.
Facing Princess Ruth, Richard continued: "In any case, Her Royal Highness Princess Ruth, what I did fully meets your conditions: win, not kill, seriously injured, does not seem to be intentional, there is an accident, and the time is short. I I feel that I have completed what you gave me."
"Uh, okay."
"Then can I collect my reward?" Richard asked, "You said before that your father has a special library, so why not just start there."
"Well, you wait for me here. I'm going to ask my father for the key to the library now. After I get the key, I will come back and take you to that special library together." Princess Ruth didn't hesitate. He quickly said, "By the way, although I have seen that library, I have never been in it before. I am also a little curious..."
With that said, Princess Ruth walked away.
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It had been nearly two hours since Princess Ruth left. Richard was waiting in the lounge inside the arena. He almost suspected that Princess Ruth had left and never returned because of not fulfilling her promise when he heard footsteps outside the door. Come.
"Da da da… "
Footsteps approached, the door opened with a creak, and Princess Ruth walked in.
Princess Ruth walked in with a smile on her face and enthusiasm all over her body. Her whole body gave people a pleasing feeling, as if she was not a princess at all, but a... maid.
Richard noticed that Princess Ruth was holding a large food box in her hand. Before he could ask, Princess Ruth had already opened the food box and took out plates of food from it, towards the table in the lounge. Put it up.
Steak, grilled chicken, cooked fruit, bread with honey...
"Richard, you went on stage just now and defeated that annoying Kelly. It took a lot of effort. You must be hungry. Eat something first." Princess Ruth said with a smile.
Richard looked at Princess Ruth and suddenly realized something. He raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not hungry. Now rather than eating, I want to find out more about what you promised to get from your father." Where is the key?"
"Uh, um -" Princess Ruth's voice was slightly protracted, and she suddenly remembered something. She opened the last layer of the food box and took out a small porcelain bottle from it. She shook it and made a pleasant "ding-dong" sound like the liquid colliding with the bottle. .
"Richard, you're not hungry, but you must be thirsty, right?" Princess Ruth continued to ask with a smile, introducing the liquid in the small porcelain bottle in her hand, "This is my favorite fruit wine, although it is not Very sweet, but very delicious. I guarantee you will want to take a second sip after the first sip, and you will want to take a second sip after the second sip... "
"But I'm not thirsty, and I don't want to drink cider. I just want to ask, where is the key?"
"Ah, you're not hungry or thirsty, then you must be tired, right?" Princess Ruth did not answer Richard's question, but asked with a smile again, and then asked herself, "Well, you must be tired. After all, Fighting on the wooden platform takes a lot of energy. The carriage is waiting outside. I will take you to the palace to have a rest. There is a specialized pharmacist there to apply medicine all over your body to relax your muscles and body. I guarantee that you will be able to eliminate all your fatigue quickly. By the way, the pharmacist is a very beautiful woman... "
"Where's the key?" Richard asked for the third time, looking directly at the smiling Princess Ruth, grasping the key to the matter, and not allowing the other party any room to go around in circles.
Princess Ruth finally couldn't hold it any longer, her smiling expression froze, and she showed a slightly embarrassed look: "That, that... Richard, listen to me..."
"Well, you say."
"Well, listen to my explanation, things are not what you think..."
"Well, you explain."
"Well..." Princess Ruth spoke up, and Richard looked at her seriously and said, "Tell me, explain, I really want to hear your reasons."
"Uh-" Princess Ruth lowered her head and took a deep breath, "Huh-"
Raising her head, Princess Ruth confessed: "Okay, let me be honest with you, that is... I didn't get the key. My father said that his private library is very confidential and cannot be entered casually. That … Don’t be angry first, I assure you, except for this library, you can still read in any other libraries…”
At the end of the sentence, Princess Ruth's voice couldn't help but become smaller, because she found that Richard was looking at her expressionlessly.
"What's wrong? Isn't it okay?" Princess Ruth asked in a low voice, with a guilty look on her face.
Richard looked at Princess Ruth and said seriously: "The noble Princess Ruth of the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom!"
Hearing Richard's name, Princess Ruth's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and she had the urge to tighten her legs. He clearly realized that Richard might be a little angry. After all, that's what Richard called her like this last time, locking her in a room in the White Stone Tower Academy and doing that kind of thing.
By the way, you won’t do it again this time, right
Princess Ruth thought anxiously, and heard Richard say: "Honorable Princess Ruth of the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom! Do you remember what I said before? When you made many requests for comparison tests, I vetoed not one of them, but gave them to you. Find a way to complete it.
The reason for this is to prevent your promise and my reward from being fulfilled without water. Now you tell me that I am not allowed to go to the library that is probably most useful to me and contains the knowledge I want most. So what is the point of asking for payment? "
"I -" Princess Ruth was speechless and looked at Richard a little aggrievedly, "I don't want to do this either, but my father doesn't agree, what can I do? He even gave me a lecture, saying that I shouldn't mess around. Talking and promising people randomly, I..."
Richard didn't speak, but looked at Princess Ruth expressionlessly.
Princess Ruth said helplessly: "Do you really have to go to that library?"
"What do you think?" Richard asked, "The request I made at the beginning is of all libraries. Don't you think it belongs to them all?"
Princess Ruth lost her temper after hearing this. She seemed to have made a decision the next moment. She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, since you want to go to that library so much, then I will make sure you get the key. Well, say Do it! Just wait for me here, and I will definitely get the key back for you, even if I steal it, I will steal it back!"
After saying that, Princess Ruth walked out of the door with a generous and sacrificial spirit of "Thousands of people have gone," "A sword can lead to a quick success, and one can live up to one's youth", and "No one has died since ancient times, but his heart will be remembered for history." .
Very decisive, very tragic, very aggrieved and reluctant...
Richard watched, watching Princess Ruth leave, his eyes flashed and he said nothing.
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