The Golden Throne

Chapter 190: Talking to Hu Long

Liu Feng turned around to the familiar voice. He knew that he heard it a few times before, and knew that whoever called him knew who he actually was.

Liu Feng was greeted by a smiling Hu Long. He was beaming as he looked at Liu Feng. Hu Long was quite a few heads shorter than Liu Feng, so he strained his neck to look up.

“When did you come here, big brother?”, Hu Long asked again.

“Me? I came here just now. It is a good thing that I met you at the right time. Tell me. What all happened while I was gone? Did anyone bully any of you? Don’t worry. Big brother will take care of everything.”, Liu Feng smiled as he sat down to the side, and gestured towards Hu Long to sit next to him as well.

Hu Long nodded as he sat next to Liu Feng readily.

“We are being treated very well, but those big brothers and sisters, you know right, the ones who are as big as you, but not as big as real adults, they don’t like us for some reason. As if we stole something from them. They have been giving us a cold shoulder. One of them almost slapped sister Hua, but I stopped her.”, Hu Long said.

“Almost slapped? When was this?”, Liu Feng asked coldly.

“It was a week ago. After we took care of the whole city, we were strolling around the plaza. One of the new children was hit by the soldiers because he was talking to one of the aunties. I quickly defended him. Then, the king came and banned disrespect to all the people from the cities that we conquer. The other king. Not the first king. There are so many kings that it is confusing. But, after all of that happened, these students heard this, and they started scolding us, saying that because of us, their parents were in a bad mood. It was very confusing.”, Hu Long said.

“Don’t worry. Now that I am here, I will make sure that all of that will be taken care of, very, very well. All of them will be punished. You did the right thing. Of course, you are probably much more mentally mature than those students. You went through things that they did not.”, Liu Feng sighed as he patted Hu Long’s head.

“I will always be thankful to big brother for saving my life from that horrible person.”, Hu Long beamed.

“It was my responsibility. You shouldn’t thank me for it.”, Liu Feng shook his head. “So then, tell me. Anything here catch your eye? There are a lot of open stalls here right? You must have liked something.”, Liu Feng said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

“Nothing. All of these are boring. But I want those sparkly things that everyone is pointing at the demons. The magic bursts are so interesting. I wonder if I can do that too.”, Hu Long asked.

“You want a gun? You know what, I will modify one for you later, where you can directly use your mana as the ammunition. For now, it is better if you stick with normal toys.”, Liu Feng chuckled.

Across the street,

“Who is that man? He is talking to the small demon like he is talking to a little boy. Does he not know who he is? That is the one who made the whole entrance look like that. I pity the young man. He is out for a world of pain.”, one of the soldiers said as he was walking.

“I didn’t know that those kids opened up though. Every time one of the soldiers even initiated a conversation, their responses have been cold. As if we took away the world from them.”, another soldier pitched in.

“Of course they will. Do you not know how the mage tower chooses its disciples? It takes in orphans from around the cities of the city that it is based in and then raises them. These are all orphans who learnt everything the hard way, on the streets. Of course, they must have had some bad encounters with soldiers.”, the former said.

“But still, it is very interesting. I never knew that that boy could smile like that. He was like one of the worst behaving ones. He spoke to even the general so coldly, and he had such a domineering stance in such a small package, that I thought he was incapable of smiling.”

“I just don’t know though. Who is that young man. He does not have any badge, and he is not wearing a uniform. Could it be, he is a civilian? Who knows how he might brainwash this kid. We cannot let this happen.”, the soldier said.

“Stop overthinking it. What will you do if it was actually one of the bigger officer’s sons? You would be screwed. Just shut up and sit down.”, the soldier next to him scoffed.

“Well, you are right about that. God, these days all these noble children are walking around, and it is getting so irritating”

“Hey! Wait a minute. What is that?”, the soldier looked at the city lord’s mansion. From the gates, a stream of civilians were walking out in an ordered form. At the start of the line, a soldier was walking. He went to one of the officers and spoke to him.

The officer nodded and turned around. 

“Someone, prepare a meal for ten thousand people. Stat!”, the officer shouted.

The soldiers around him scurried away, The officer looked around and locked gazes with Liu Feng. He had some surprise in his face which turned to anger. He walked up to Liu Feng and was about to shout, when he saw Hu Long, who was sitting next to him.

“Ah! The disciple of the mage tower. What are you doing here, talking to this unidentified man?”, the officer asked.

“Unidentified man? What are you talking about? This is my big brother. He is the one who took me to the mage tower.”, Hu Long said.

“Please don’t joke. That is something that the crown prince did. Wait a minute! Don’t tell me. Your Highness?”, the officer stuttered.

Liu Feng chuckled. Seeing this as a confirmation, the officer immediately knelt. All of the soldiers stared at this with shock and mouths wide open.

“That is definitely the king’s illegitimate son. For sure.”, a comment came from the side.

“Why can’t it be the actual son? I mean, no one ever saw him before.”, one soldier said.

“Now that you say it, I can see some clear similarities between him and the king. He could be our crown prince, the future king, Liu Feng.”, a soldier said.

“Our next king is this unassuming?”, one of the soldiers asked.

Liu Feng could hear the conversations involving him as clear as day, but he did not care to address them.

“You may rise. I will inform my father, His Majesty the king of my arrival myself. Please do not let him know. It would be bad faith to let someone else let him know of my arrival.”, Liu Feng said.

“Yes, Your Highness.”, the officer nodded as he quickly left the scene.

“Big brother. Why did they stop calling you young lord, and start calling you Your Highness?”, Hu Long asked him.

“Because then I was a Young Lord of the city. Now, I am the crown prince. So, I am considered the Highness, who is going to become the next king.”, Liu Feng said.

“This is all so confusing. I don’t know why they don’t just call everyone by the name.”, Hu Long said.

“Honestly, a kid like you is supposed to make all the rules. Only then will they be free of stupid greed and jealousy. You kids are really the purest of all. It is a shame that the world wants to taint you with their opinions.”, Liu Feng sighed.

“Big brother, did anyone tell you? You talk like a man who is about to die. You do not sound like you are just six years older than me at all. You sound even more boring than some of the soldiers who wanted to speak with me here.”, Hu Long said.

“Is it? Then looks like I have to work on fixing it. Or else, your sister-in-law will leave me.”, Liu Feng joked.

“Sister-in-law? What are you talking about big brother? You never introduced me.”, Hu Long pouted.

“All in due time. All in due time. One thing after another. There is so much that is to happen. Oh god, how I wish I can just skip time to the time when this whole demon thing is taken care of.”, Liu Feng said out loud.

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