I Rely on Drawing Cards to Set Up a Persona

Chapter 30.1: First Arrival in the Empire’s Capital

After receiving the news of the emperor’s return to the palace, whether it was the ministers, the Wood race, or the paladins in the main city of Arilance, after being surprised, all prepared themselves in advance. When the magic array opened, the people knelt halfway to greet their emperor.

Before they could stand up, the kneeling ministers noticed several unfamiliar figures beside the emperor, and they looked subtly at the dark-haired man beside him.

They saw that the man’s fair and exquisite face was expressionless. Green gems were pinned in his ears, which complemented his cold golden eyes, moving like the waters of the lake under the moon, but with a touch of majesty that could not be seen directly.

This man is not simple.

The same thought flashed through the ministers, their eyes silently fell behind the man.

A knight wearing a white hood covering his entire face, looking mysterious, stood to the right of the dark-haired man, tense, as if on guard against something.

Next to the white-robed man stood an elderly gentleman in a tuxedo. He was leaning on an ebony cane, and his azure eyes were full of gentleness, kind-eyed, seemingly a butler.

The strangest thing is the one standing on the farthest side, the white-haired young man wearing a broad-sleeved white robe with a silver-white sword behind him. On this occasion, this man still didn’t forget to drink, which was simply rude, but what surprised them was that no one around showed displeasure except for the butler.

The three men surrounded the dark-haired man, revealing a protective posture.

Who exactly are these people? Why were they standing side by side with the emperor? The ministers inwardly wondered.

The vines came in a mass to bring a cool sensation. Feeling the suspicious glances around, Qiao Xingnan, who has long been accustomed to this kind of gaze, had the same expression, but his posture was more relaxed.

Asrit told them to get up.

As if having gone through the process a hundred times, a minister came forward and said respectfully, “Your Majesty, your palace has been filled with ice, and you can go back at any time.”

Asrit was listless, and his attitude seemed a bit sluggish, seemingly too lazy to say a word.

It seems that the heat was really bad.

Originally, Qiao Xingnan heard Luna say that the emperor was afraid of heat and simply thought that he could not stand the heat. He did not expect that he was still very uncomfortable even with so much ice now. It is no wonder that he avoids the summer heat every year.

However, the temperature of Utia Manor is only a few degrees cooler compared to the main city. It is not really that cool, so why would the other party choose to go there to escape the heat?

Just as he was thinking, the vines around him seemed to move closer as if they wanted to make the tyrant cooler.

Qiao Xingnan returned to his senses, his eyelashes slightly drooping.

In the original body’s memory, Arilance had two affiliated Wood clans, so this vine should be the ability of the Wood races under the tyrant.

The races of the Chaos card pool overlap somewhat with this continent, but really, the card pool has many more races than this continent.

In the card pool, the Thunder Vine, Dragon Vine, and Wind Vine are the ones who can use vines, so it’s not clear which one is the Wood branch under the tyrant.

Qiao Xingnan looked at the foreign people below as if nothing was wrong.

He saw three people, two women and one man, standing at the front of the foreign race’s group.

The two women seemed to be sisters from the same branch, with mysterious silver-white patterns depicted on their foreheads. Their long black hair reached their waists, and their long white skirts moved slightly with the wind. They stood in an elegant and graceful manner.

As for the man at the front, his long black hair was softly scattered behind him. On his forehead was a light golden pattern, and his eyes were dark and heavy with seriousness. He obviously did not look old, but he gave people a very old-fashioned feeling.

The three people in front should be the leaders of the Wood race branches that have submitted to Arilance. Qiao Xingnan glanced at the patterns on the foreheads of the three people and lowered his eyes as he remembered the crimson pattern on Zero’s forehead.

After activating into an R card, Zero had a pattern. At first, Qiao Xingnan thought it was just a cool skin, like the games he had played before, and didn’t care much about it.

Now it seems that it is a mark of the Wood race.

Qiao Xingnan faintly sensed that the two women across the room seemed to have had their eyes on Zero.

Obviously, these two women should have known about the existence of the pattern from the mouths of the tyrant and Howard and guessed that Zero was from the Wood race.

However, the matter of Zero being a Wood race was nothing, even if it was discovered. Qiao Xingnan’s eyelashes fluttered. After all, in his script, his own country would have had numerous foreign races.

Even Asrit knows that there are countless foreign races in the Chaos Empire, and the matter of his close knight being a foreign race is not surprising.

It was just that since they were of the same Wood race, so perhaps Zero would be tested by the Wood leaders soon. Once they had settled in, they would still need to find a way for Zero to successfully survive their tests.

Qiao Xingnan temporarily suppressed his thoughts and turned his attention to Asrit on the side.

At this moment, Asrit spoke perfunctorily to his many subjects and raised his eyes to meet Qiao Xingnan’s eyes with a slight smile.

“This is the emperor from the Chaos Empire.” Asrit’s voice carried a hint of weak laziness because he was very hot: “After this, Arilance will become a friendly empire with the Chaos Empire.”

Qiao Xingnan didn’t expect the tyrant to reveal their identities so quickly. He inclined his head and nodded slightly as if it was natural when the tyrant looked over.

“How come I haven’t heard of the Chaos Empire.”

“Since when did we have an additional Chaos Empire in the Uyasor Continent?”

When the ministers below saw the black-haired man, they felt that the identity of the other party was not simple. Still, after hearing that the other party was the emperor of a country, the ministers’ first reaction was that the emperor had definitely been cheated!

What kind of emperor would run away to another country with only two or three people? Not to mention, how could it be such a coincidence that the emperor met the emperor of another country when he was just going on a summer vacation? Given that the liar was still around, as well as His Majesty’s character, the ministers could only politely ask the emperor questions.

The three Wood race leaders, however, kept their elegant posture and looked gently at their young master.

Asrit swept a glance at the ministers below, and before they could say anything, the ministers instantly shut their mouths.

Now is not the time to ask such things.

It was too hot, and for them to ask so many questions would only cause the emperor’s displeasure.

“Tomorrow night, I will hold a banquet for my friends, and the whole country will celebrate together.”

A banquet?

The expression on Qiao Xingnan’s face remained unchanged, but his heart skipped a beat.

Like a brat who just messes up and won’t clean up, Asrit threw down these words, not caring what the people below thought. Then, he looked at Qiao Xingnan and invited him to go with him with a smile.

“It’s my pleasure.”

Qiao Xingnan’s tone was calm, but in fact, he could not wait to give this person, who was talking and doing things in bursts, a fat beating.

The smile on Asrit’s face remained unchanged as he pulled Qiao Xingnan into the vehicle.

Ster, Zero, and Ruiert followed Howard to the back of the vehicle.

The carriage from the outside is not small, and the inside is even more spacious. There is also a large basin of ice in the middle and a group of vines outside the carriage wrapped around the carriage. There was a mass of ice in the window, and it was as cool as an air-conditioned room once you got in.

Asrit seemed to be in better spirits. He looked at Qiao Xingnan with a smile on his face: “Qiao, tomorrow at the banquet, I will issue the emperor’s decree. You can give me the information of your two relatives, and all my people will pay attention to those two in the territory of Arilance.”

“If we don’t find them, I can communicate with the four surrounding empires as well.”

Qiao Xingnan smiled with a slight relief and said with a hint of gratitude in his voice, “Asrit, thank you very much.”

“It’s nothing. We are friends and will remain friends in the future.” Asrit casually said.

In fact, his words were less of a test.

When he knew that this man had a storage tool, Asrit was convinced that he was not from the Uyasor continent.

Of course, the other party’s identity is still a mystery, and Asrit will not let down his guard.

Soon, the magical beast’s car came to a halt, and Asrit gestured for Qiao Xingnan to look: “You will stay here for the time being. If something comes up, then you can come to me.”

Qiao Xingnan looked at the palace prepared for himself, then hmmed and politely said, “Many thanks.”

The palace is similar to Gothic architecture, with pointed arches he saw when he went to Europe to get materials. The colors are strong, but it is even more brilliant, and there is a golden lion in the center of the fountain. If not for Qiao Xingnan’s good determination, his eyes would probably be unable to move away.

Such a large gold lion, if exchanged to the system, his family of three cards do not have to worry about how to upgrade.

“The palace I live in is very close to you. You can tell Ilir if there is something.”

Ilir also followed the group back to the capital from the manor.

Qiao Xingnan smiled and nodded, and then got out of the car. Ilir stood outside with the three of Zero, waiting for Qiao Xingnan.

As Qiao Xingnan got out of the car, two vines followed him, just over Qiao Xingnan’s head.

“It’s hot, it’s cooler with ice.”

After finishing this sentence, Asrit leaned on his head, yawned, waved his hand, and left.

Qiao Xingnan paused. He did not expect the tyrant to be quite attentive. After that, he did not think much more and took the few people back to the palace assigned to him by Asrit.

From the outside, this palace is already very gorgeous, but walking in is even more stunning. The murals along the corridor carved with great beauty, the courtyard with different shapes of flowers and trees, the tall golden lion fountain, etc., are very attractive to the eye.

Qiao Xingnan lowered his eyes as if he was tired of looking at it. The three people around him also seemed to be used to seeing such a magnificent place and were familiar with it.

There are also servants serving in the palace, Qiao Xingnan’s finger moved slightly, and Zero on the side looked to Ilir: “These people, do not go near the emperor’s room.”

Ilir nodded: “I will instruct them. If something happens, just summon them.”

Afterward, Ilir called for the eldest maid of this palace and explained Qiao Xingnan’s words to them while instructing the maid to treat these distinguished guests carefully.

After that, he took them to get familiar with the palace and then left to attend to his own business.

“Your Excellency, your bedroom has been tidied up.” The eldest maid bowed her head and said respectfully.

Qiao Xingnan hmmed and told the maid to retreat to attend to other matters while he took his three subordinates back to his room.

Once he entered the room, Qiao Xingnan’s face, which had been tense all day, relaxed.

“This place looks pretty good.”

Ruiert said as he took another sip of wine.

Ster didn’t refute Ruiert’s words at this time, walked over and poured a cup of tea for Qiao Xingnan, and handed it to him.

“Thank you, Uncle Ster.” Qiao Xingnan took a small sip and then said, “It’s been a long day. We just arrived and met so many officials of Arilance. As you all saw, we must always be cautious in front of them in the future.”

Zero listened in a daze, nodding in agreement from time to time, and it was not clear if he had understood.

When Ruiert heard this, his drinking stopped, and for the first time, his expression was somewhat serious: “The four humans who stood at the front were very strong, and I can’t beat them even when I’m berserk.”

Qiao Xingnan paused. He remembered that it seemed that the four human beings standing in front were carrying swords.

“Those could possibly be the paladins of Arilance.” Qiao Xingnan frowned slightly, “In addition to the paladins, there are also those leaders of the Wood race branches.”

Once he heard the Wood race, Zero moved slightly: “They, strong.”

Perhaps because they are the same Wood race, Zero felt the powerful aura of the Wood race on them when they appeared from the magic formation.

The situation was not optimistic.

Zero’s meaning is obvious. He is much weaker than the Wood race leaders, and if they tried a little, with Zero’s current condition, it is highly likely that he would reveal himself.

Qiao Xingnan pursed his lips, “We have to go to the banquet tomorrow. Not only do we have to maintain our current state, but at the same time, we also have to guard against their probing.”

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The other three could also understand the current critical situation, and none spoke out to interrupt Qiao Xingnan’s thoughts.

“I’ll consider the next script first. You guys go rest first.” Qiao Xingnan said, taking out a pen and paper from the system space to carefully think about what should be done in the future.

The three cards no longer disturbed their master when they saw this.