I Rely on Drawing Cards to Set Up a Persona

Chapter 26.1: Drunkard Berserking

“Your Excellency, please follow me to the emperor’s study. The emperor will be here soon.” Howard walked up to Qiao Xingnan and explained in a deep voice.

Qiao Xingnan’s heart moved, but he only lightly let out a hum on the surface. It was impossible to show any emotion, and he slowly followed behind Howard.

The manor’s study was not far from the tyrant’s place.

Soon, Howard brought the four people to the study. After that, he apologized to Qiao Xingnan that he needed to leave now to help the emperor. But, of course, this was just an excuse.

“Okay.”

The black-haired man nodded slightly and sat calmly on the chair in the study, and the three mysterious subordinates gathered loyally by his side.

Howard examined them meaningfully. Without staying much longer, he turned around and walked in the direction of the emperor’s room.

If his guess was correct, their emperor should be testing the other side to see if he had any intentions for Arilance.

The emperor was lazy and seldom dealt with political matters in the study, but this was known only to the closest people around the emperor.

Now, the only people in the study are the liar and his party. If they really have bad intentions, they will definitely touch something. The emperor has always been careful, and anything that is touched by others can be found immediately.

However, if they have big plans, they will not expose themselves because of this chance.

Howard’s lips were tightly pursed. Throwing aside the complicated speculations within himself, he only needed to listen to the emperor’s command without thinking much more.

“How was it?” Asrit’s eyes dropped slightly, and his fair hand traced through the golden scales of the python, “Qiao, did he say anything?”

Howard bowed his head in response, “No.”

Asrit hmmed. He casually picked up a confidential document on the table, seemingly not in any hurry to see Qiao.

Howard stood to the side, not daring to make a sound to interrupt, waiting for the next order of his emperor.

After an unknown amount of time, perhaps the time it took for Asrit to look at two documents, bang – the paper was thrown hard on the table.

In the quiet room, the rustling sound of a snake moving around rang out, accompanied by a hissing sound, and the atmosphere was suddenly oppressive.

After a while, Asrit stood up, and there was a coolness in his voice, “Let’s go, we’ll be back later. We still have that group of idiots to settle.”

Howard paused, and his tough brows furrowed. What was the royal family up to again?

Seeing Asrit walking away, Howard suppressed the thoughts in his heart, followed closely behind him, and walked toward the study.

To be honest, he was a little sorry for the emperor.

It’s been a whole year, and the emperor can finally come out to play, but one bad thing comes after another. The person sitting in the study is still unknown, and the pig teammates dragging their feet over there in the main city are more stupid than the other. The internal and external troubles are simply upsetting to hear and see.

But Howard didn’t know that although Asrit was disgusted by the dirty things in the main city, he was happy to test the one in the study. After all, he had a very beautiful pair of eyes.

When he walked into the study and saw the calm golden eyes, the anger that had risen in Asrit’s heart because of those fools subsided, and he laughed lightly: “Qiao, I’m late.”

Howard followed behind Asrit, his eyes sweeping over the men before him. It seemed that the four of them had remained that way since he had left.

The mysterious white-robed man stood silently and faithfully at the side of the dark-haired man, the elegant elder gazed gently at Qiao Xingnan, while the man who had just arrived at the manor also stood beside him in a vaguely protective manner.

The black-haired man surrounded by them in the middle seemed to have long been accustomed to such a crowd of stars. His long hair hung down at his side, and his golden eyes were slightly cold under his slender eyelashes. His face was exquisite, and his thin lips lightly pursed to answer their emperor’s words: “It’s nothing.”

Asrit was clear that the other party had not touched anything in the study. He gently pushed the head of the golden python wrapped around his arm, and his green eyes flashed with a hint of interest. Then, he leaned back on the main seat and asked, “Qiao, What did you come to see me about today?”

“Thank you for your help before. Ster has made the magic scroll.”

Qiao Xingnan’s golden eyes looked at the tyrant. Although he said thanks, but because the materials of the “magic scroll” were legally traded, he did not intend to come to the tyrant to really thank him but simply to be polite.

Seeing this, Asrit gazed into Qiao Xingnan’s eyes with a cordial attitude, “We have such a good relationship. Qiao doesn’t need to come over specially to say thank you.”

As he said that, he praised Ster, “Your butler is really powerful, it’s only been a few days and he has refined a magic scroll.”

No, no.

If it wasn’t for the situation, he wouldn’t have let “Ster” refine so quickly.

There was no expression on Qiao Xingnan’s fair face. After a moment’s pause, he made a few perfunctory remarks and then, as if casually mentioning it, introduced, “This is our country’s paladin, Ruiert.”

Hearing that he had been named, Ruiert, who looked a bit sloppy, resisted the urge to drink. He took two steps forward and greeted Asrit.

Paladin?

Hearing Qiao Xingnan say so, Asrit finally took his sight off Qiao Xingnan’s eyes.

Paladins are generally the most powerful knights in the entire empire. Their authority is above that of the chief knights, and they can even use their military power directly without the emperor’s consent in times of national distress.

Unexpectedly, the man in front of him, wearing a white robe with wide sleeves, was a paladin of the so-called “Chaos Empire”.

Asrit’s nose twitched slightly, and he could vaguely smell a faint whiff of alcohol coming from Ruiert before him.

It’s really interesting.

The smile in Asrit’s eyes deepened, did the paladin drink while on duty?

He glanced at Ruiert and then withdrew his eyes. Although this paladin was worth exploring, he was now more interested in Qiao in front of him.

Asrit has always been a skeptical person. He did not believe in Qiao Xingnan’s imperial status in the slightest. Now, he slowly came to peel back the secrets hidden by the man before him, which was really something else for Asrit.

Qiao Xingnan naturally knew very well that the tyrant had been watching him.

He was calm on the surface, but there were a million horses running in his heart. Be calm, Qiao Xingnan hypnotized himself. Besides coming here to indicate the matter of the scrolls, he had to brush the goodwill of the tyrant and could not be as cold as now.

So, after the tyrant once again said a few words of nonsense, Qiao Xingnan followed and responded with a few more words than ever before.

All the people present were not fools.

This liar has always talked little, and it is extremely rare to talk much like this now. Perhaps he is in a good mood because of the arrival of the paladin, or maybe he has another intention.

Either one of them is interesting.

Asrit’s eyes lit up with the intention to keep talking. The golden python on his arm looked at his inexplicably excited master, flung his tail, spat its tongue on the other’s shoulder, and squinted its eyes to snooze.

On the side, Howard saw the emperor’s intention, bowed slightly toward Asrit, and quickly turned around and left the room so as not to disturb the emperor’s mood.

“Qiao, let them go out and rest for a while too.” Asrit said meaningfully, “So that we can chat freely for a while.”

Qiao Xingnan wanted to refuse.

However, he knew that the tyrant was probably trying to test himself by detaching the three. In order to gain the goodwill of the tyrant, he certainly could not refuse. His lips moved slightly, his eyes passed over the three people, and his eyes were dark with deep meaning: “Retreat.”

Follow the plot persona, please everyone, we absolutely must survive!

Uncle Ster passed him a reassuring look. Do not worry, my master. I promise to look down on this punk next to me every second.

Qiao Xingnan received the signal and was slightly relieved. Uncle Ster is very reliable and should be able to control the scene. In addition, he can also borrow Zero’s body to assist from the side. As long as Ruiert was not too outrageous, he would never be exposed in front of Howard and the others.

Not a big problem!

The three men bowed to Qiao Xingnan and withdrew from the room. In the entire study, only Qiao Xingnan and Asrit were left at this time.

“Qiao, how are you getting used to living in the manor?”

Talking about such grounded things? Qiao Xingnan was wary in his heart.

“Well, it’s different from my country’s manor in some places, but it’s something else.”

Asrit seemed interested: “Oh? What is the difference between Qiao’s manor and here?”

The trial has begun. Qiao Xingnan was able to say the above words, so naturally, he had already prepared for it.

He’s a professional when it comes to bluffing.

“My manor?”

Asrit hmmed, and his eyes lingered on the other man’s face. When the man with the original detached attitude mentioned the manor of his territory, his golden eyes were much gentler, and the corners of his mouth were hooked with a few soft curves, like the first melting of ice and snow, as if he had a deep affection for it.

“Unlike here, my manor has a lot of foreign races. The lake has mermaids that serve Tianming. At night, you can hear the chanting of the Spirit race on the observatory and the winged and demonic races on duty patrol the sky above every day.”

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The black-haired man stopped after a few sentences. He pursed his lips and said hesitantly, “Even if it’s a little different, it’s no big deal. It’s interesting to live here in the manor.”

His golden eyes carried thoughtfulness and care as if he was worried about his pride being damaged.

The content of the words makes people feel that it is false upon hearing. How can so many foreign races submit to one country at the same time and get along so harmoniously? Knowing that different foreign races live together without fighting is even greater.

But it must be said that these eyes are really somehow heartwarming, so heartwarming that Asrit thinks that maybe there really is such a manor full of foreign races.

Asrit’s eyes lingered for a moment on Qiao Xingnan’s eyes. If it was this angle to gouge out the other’s eyes, it should not harm its beauty.

After Qiao Xingnan stopped talking, he saw that Asrit had not reacted at all, and his eyes were still staring straight at himself. Suddenly a chill rose up, this tyrant would not be thinking how to take his own head, right?

“Asrit.” The displeased voice carried a hint of coolness, “What are you looking at?”

Asrit’s green eyes were smiling, and he looked up naturally, without a trace of modesty: “I’m looking at Qiao.”

Qiao Xingnan was silent. He felt that the tyrant in front of him seemed to be a bit sick in the head. What was so good about himself?

Of course, this is not something that Qiao Xingnan would say directly. He just hmmed very coldly. Regardless of whether the tyrant believed his words just now, it was impossible to poke his lie.

Asrit smiled and said, “Qiao’s country has many foreign races, which are rarely seen in this continent of ours. If I have the chance, I will definitely visit Qiao’s territory.”

“Hmm.”

Qiao Xingnan was not afraid. Even if Asrit really wanted to go in the future, he must have run away before that.

Asrit looked at Qiao’s calm expression, chuckled, and turned to say, “This manor is actually quite boring. The main city of Arilance will be a bit more interesting than here.”

With that, he introduced Arilance.

In fact, Qiao Xingnan would ponder over every move of the tyrant inwardly. According to his analysis, the tyrant would never suddenly have the urge to introduce Arilance to him, and there would probably be other purposes behind it.

However, this is really what he wanted to know.

If he went to the main city of Arilance and was in the dark without knowing anything, the plot design would be a problem at that time.

Therefore, even though he knew that it was a pit, Qiao Xingnan had to jump into it. He deliberately showed a very interested look and listened to Asrit talking meaningfully about everything in Arilance.