Thales closed his eyes hard and exhaled a long breath.

Infinite depression and anger welled up in my heart.

"Not just Rumba, not just King Nun..."

"The self-righteous secret science department always wants to have everything in its hands..."

"The so-called father who is arbitrary and arbitrary never cares about other people's wishes and moods..."

"They catch me off guard every time," Thales rubbed his brows, as if he wanted to spit out all his dissatisfaction over the past month: "I really want to do something..."

"Um."

"Of course, they probably still blame me for being clever and ruining their plan," Thales then sneered and said sarcastically: "Of course, if it weren't for me, they would probably be celebrating their victory in a corner.

"

"Um."

Thales sighed.

"And I have neither the qualifications nor the position to accuse them," the prince said lonelyly: "Just like you, I am nothing at all."

"……Um"

"Stop saying 'um'."

"Um."

"Well, it seems you are indeed distracted."

"Uh-huh?"

Little Hua Tou raised his head as if suddenly awakened.

I saw Thales leaning on the wooden box and tilting his head, looking at the frightened girl with a helpless smile in his eyes.

Little Huantou lowered his head in embarrassment and stretched out his hands to cover his face: "Well, I just..."

Thales exhaled from his nose and smiled slightly.

"never mind."

He shook his head helplessly: "Okay, thank you for your considerate 'comfort', and thank you for patiently listening to me pour out my sorrows..."

But at this moment, Thales suddenly felt his shoulders sink.

He turned his head in surprise and saw the little slipper approaching him, opening his small arms, one back and forth, and hugging his neck tightly.

Thales stared blankly at the little slipper who was so close at hand, and at her clean and fair face - only her big eyes in a pair of thick-framed glasses stood out.

"What are you doing?" he asked blankly.

Little Slippery's chest was pressed tightly against Thales's shoulder. Her expression was sincere and serious: "Comfort you."

"Comfort?" The confused Thales was slightly startled, and felt dumbfounded...

"This is what my mother did a long time ago." Little Slippery put her arms on Thales' neck with more force. Her expression looked particularly stubborn and serious: "When I was sick or hungry, my mother

She would hug me - I didn't want to, so she just hugged me from the side, from dusk to dawn."

Thales, who was hugged by her, narrowed his eyes: "Do you remember your mother?"

Little Slippery's chin pressed on Thales' shoulder: "Yes, but I don't remember clearly."

Thales looked at her serious expression and asked subconsciously: "What happened next? What happened to her?"

Little Hua Tou's body trembled slightly.

Her expression darkened.

"She sold me," the little slicker said with disappointment: "She was very poor. She went to work very early every day and didn't come home until very late at night with very little food."

"She has to sell me, otherwise," the little girl said silently, with a rare stubbornness on her face, "otherwise she won't be able to survive."

Thales sighed.

Nicolai from a distance saw this scene: two children clinging tightly to each other.

The Fallen Star frowned and stepped out.

But his shoulder was grabbed by a hand.

"They are just children." Michael, with an indifferent expression, pressed Nicolai's shoulder and shook his head slightly.

Nicolai looked deeply at his old colleague and said nothing more.

"So, this is your way of comforting me?" Thales smiled softly.

"I have a suggestion. When you grow up, you'd better get rid of this habit - you can't comfort people like this when you see them."

The little slipper nodded and said innocently: "Oh."

"Okay, let me go," Thales patted Little Slippery's hand and said with a smile, "before Nikolai rushes over with a knife."

Only then did the little slipper let go of the little prince.

"Well... don't worry about failure." She seemed to be uneasy about her comfort effect, and still murmured:

"One moment of victory or defeat, but a fleeting wave, a century-old chess game is the foundation of eternity."

Thales raised his eyebrows and chewed on this sentence: "Who said this...?"

Little Slippery's eyes lit up, and he seemed to be overjoyed that he had found a topic that interested Thales: "Your King."

Thales frowned: "Ours?"

"Um."

"The 'Wise Lord' more than a hundred years ago, Mindis Bright Star III," Little Huitou nodded, seeming to have entered the reading state with her eyes shining again: "After the nightmare bloody reign of the 'Red King' ended, the little slipper nodded

He ascended the throne, governed the country with superb political skills, and survived the Fourth Continental War."

Thales's heart moved.

Mindis III.

"I remembered that the reign of Mindis III was obviously later than that of Medir IV," Thales realized something in his mind: "But in the currency of the stars, Mindis's head is engraved on the silver coin, which is longer than that of Medir IV."

The value of your copper coins is even higher."

etc.

A wise king?

This name...

Both King Nun and Charmaine Lombard mentioned him invariably, with some sighs in their words.

On the way to the Northland, Putilai also mentioned that Mindis III was the leader of the cross-sea alliance with Suye - thus changing the shape of the continental war in one fell swoop.

"A century-old chess game is the foundation of eternity?" Thales murmured.

Thales turned his head sharply.

"Tell me about Mindis III," the little prince's serious expression seemed to frighten the little slipper: "What did he do to be called a 'virtuous king'?"

"After the Grand Duke Solon, the number of books in the library has increased very little, but," Little Slippery said timidly: "Although the Star Country calls him a 'virtuous king', but..."

"Among the famous three kings of the stars, the people of the North admire the 'Oath Keeper' Midir IV who is alone in the north, followed by the Renaissance King who expands the territory. On the contrary, they do not think highly of those who have not made much achievements in battle.

'Wise King', even the Northern People's "A Brief Summary of Political Affairs in 500-600 Years of the End Calendar" said that he was a weak king who compromised with the common people."

Thales's heart shook slightly.

The King of Weakness?

He reacted and his eyes became sharp.
Chapter completed!