Chapter 38: The Heart of the King

  A chapter for tonight~

  "Arrogant Roland, that guy came here with a broken ship, unfortunately... That ship shouldn't have docked on this island, as a result, the whole ship was swallowed up... And Aragon, I brought him here, and we made some trade agreements." Chris said vaguely.

  But this degree of implication is already enough!

  Duvie certainly passed through the history of the Roland Empire! In fact, in the first few years after he came to this world, Count Raymond found him an enlightened teacher who taught him a lot, and Duvie also read the biography of the founding emperor of the empire... He completely regarded that kind of thing as coming.

  Arland Roland. The creator of the great Roland Empire... His life, in Duwei's view, is almost like a legendary YY novel from his past life!

  This Aragon has the same strong luck and strange encounters as many protagonists. To put it in a very fashionable phrase from his previous life: His luck is so strong that it's almost against the sky! His fate is harder than Xiao Qiang's!

  The biography describes the experience of this imperial founding emperor in great detail. Aragon was born into a declining noble family, he was not even the eldest son of that family, but the third son of his father, and had no right to inherit titles, and liked adventurous activities from an early age.

  At the age of sixteen, he left home alone to go on an adventure. Aragorn had once joined some adventurous mercenary troops and was a young man full of adventurous illusions.

  But that era was also the most adventurous era on the mainland! Unlike now, when the entire mainland is dominated by the Roland Empire's thorny flower flag.

  That era of the Roland continent was a Warring States period where small and large countries were fragmented. Local wars continued on the continent, with big and small countries annexing each other, war, intrigue, and conspiracy... It can be said that it was an era that created heroes and legends.

  At sixteen Aragorn became enamored with sea-faring adventures after several years of drifting in a mercenary organization.

  At that time, Aragorn was twenty-one years old and already an excellent swordsman, with some savings from several years of mercenary work. He invested all his property in a merchant ship and embarked on maritime trade adventures.

  But his first experience at sea was a disaster. His ship encountered difficulties and sank, with only Aragorn miraculously escaping to safety, preserving his life!

  All historians believe that... if it weren't for that shipwreck, this great emperor who founded the empire would probably have ended up as a successful maritime trader... rather than an emperor!

  However, after the dream of maritime trade was shattered, Aragon returned to his hometown, where his father had passed away and divided all his property among his sons... Aragon got the smallest share.

  His father was originally a low-ranking noble with only one small title, and the inheritance he left behind would not be much. But Aragon made a move that seemed almost like a defeat to others at the time... He sold all his property and organized a small private army.

  This bankrupting behavior was ridiculed by everyone, because at that time the place where Aragon's old house was located was a peaceful country on the edge of the mainland, far away from war, and did not need any private troops to guard.

  But then Aragon gambled and lost! In less than half a year, war broke out, this small country was drawn into the wars between great powers, swallowed up within a month, and then fought back and forth between two great powers.

  Two of Aragon's brothers died in the war and their estate and farm were burned and looted by the marauding troops.

  Aragorn joined one of the great armies with his private army and got a military position that was not low.

  After this, Aragon began to show extraordinary strength!

  He demonstrated extremely strong martial power, and even on the battlefield, he killed the enemy country's general with one blow. At that time, a well-known high-ranking knight on the continent, later Aragon accumulated countless merits in the war...

  After the war, he was granted a title and received a fief... a piece of land many times larger than his father's territory in those years!

  But Aragon surprisingly refused the call of that great nation, withdrew from the army and turned to the embrace of the Magician's Guild... In less than a year, he actually obtained the qualification of a magician!

  Three years later, the war broke out again, and Aragon had become a high-ranking magician by then!

  Throughout history, no one has ever been able to achieve this!

  Someone once asked Aragon why he became a magician... At that time, the young noble replied: My army needs to have magicians to fight together... Unfortunately, magicians are too rare, I couldn't recruit any magicians, so I had to learn magic myself.

  When the war broke out again, the country where Aragon was located was once in danger, and even all cities were besieged by enemy countries for as long as three months. At that time, the king issued an order to let all nobles in the country lead their private armies to go to the capital to defend the kingdom... and Aragon's private army was the last one to arrive.

  Before then, the armies of both enemy and native countries had been fighting to exhaustion.

  There is no doubt that Aragon's accession was at a most delicate moment.

  In the final battle, Aragorn himself once again slew the enemy's commander-in-chief Lin, a great knight! And in the subsequent battle of magical powers, Aragorn actually cast a forbidden-level spell, instantly killing the enemy country's chief court magician on the spot!

  The war situation turned sharply downward... After that, the war ended, and the national regime, which was severely damaged, was almost taken over by Aragon! At that time, the king had to grant Aragon as a duke.

  A year later... the king died (on this issue, historians have always had disputes, and most people privately believe that the timing of the king's death was too 'coincidental', just when Aragon's prestige reached its peak, the old king passed away without leaving a direct heir, causing the country's highest leadership to fall into an awkward situation where no one inherited it. Although various historical materials do not explicitly record this, the text subtly implies that this matter is likely to have a complex relationship with the great founding emperor.)

  The ultimate beneficiary, without a doubt, is Aragon.

  He married a collateral niece of the old king and then proclaimed his wife queen!

  Three years later, the queen died of illness, and Aragon was formally crowned as His Majesty the King!

  In later history.

  Arland Roland was molded into an invincible commander, leading his army to victory after victory, annihilating countless nations and unifying the entire continent in less than fifteen years, planting the thistle flag on every corner of this land! With one hand, he created the Roland Empire that has lasted until today!

  All of this is just like a story from a standard legend, isn't it?

  Du Wei racked his brains to recall everything he could remember about the life of that founding emperor...

  Obviously, as Chris said... Aragorn met this demon's servant when he failed in his first maritime adventure activity.

  And then Aragorn suddenly rose like a meteor on the continent of war... which was after that sea adventure experience ended!

  It's clear that the founding emperor must have gained some benefit from this deal with the devilish servant!

  Reminds me of Aragon's almost magical life and his great achievements...

  And now, this demon's servant brought up the word "transaction" to Duwei...

  Du Wei suddenly felt his heart, which had been calm for over a decade, start racing!

  "Charming little aristocrat, your heart is racing." Chris said with a perfectly timed smile.

  Du Wei took a deep breath: "Respected Mr. Chris... My heart is racing... That's because I'm being tempted by the devil!"

  Chris's sinister smile grew even more, he suddenly waved his hand lightly and tapped it, the two women Vivian and Joanna behind him hummed at the same time, then fainted softly.

  "Our transaction will remain unknown to others." Chris smiled: "When they wake up, they'll forget what happened here and even forget me."

  Opportunities are right in front of you!

  Du Wei's breathing quickened: "A deal?... Speak up, what can you give me... and what are you prepared to take away from me?"

  Chris didn't answer Duvie's question directly. He said slowly: "Don't you want to ask what I gave Aragorn in the first place?"

  "I think I can guess a bit." Du Wei hesitated for a moment before responding slowly.

  What did Chris give Aragorn?

  Du Wei's first thought was of Aragon's earth-shattering strength! Compared to the Holy Knights' powerful martial skills! And the high-level great magician's powerful magic!

  Both of these have made Aragon a strong presence at the top of the continent! He can defeat his opponent's strongest warriors on the battlefield, and also defeat their magicians! And successfully shaped an invincible commander image, making thousands of soldiers almost worship him with their lives!

  At the same time... Du Wei was also suspicious of one thing.

  It is... recorded in history... Aragorn apparently spent his life fighting countless battles, yet seemed to have never been wounded! Even in his old age, he was not ill or in pain, but died one evening, in his sleep.

  His life was almost perfect.

  "Besides formidable martial skills and magic, you also gave him a nearly indestructible body?" Du Wei asked tentatively.

  "It's not immortality, it's a body without a fatal weakness." Chris smiled: "Just as Aragorn left here, I dug out his heart. His person left here, but the heart stayed in this place forever. So he can hardly be hurt again! Because even the most lethal injury, the most lethal poison, cannot harm his heart... his heart stays with me."

  Du Wei's mouth and eyes twitched at the same time!

  Heart?

  "You wouldn't want my heart too, would you?" Du Wei looked at Chris with some ill intent: "What do you plan to do with the heart? Are you going to eat it or something? Fried or grilled?"

  "None of them." Chris seemed to ignore Du Wei's sarcasm, and calmly replied: "I left his heart with me, just as a keepsake. A true king's heart... a king's heart... is there anything more interesting than this collection?"

  Du Wei sighed... Although he felt that this matter was definitely not as simple as what Chris said, since the other party was not prepared to tell the truth, he had no way.

  "So you've only left Aragon's heart?" Du Wei furrowed his brow: "No other conditions?"

  "None, just one heart."

  Looking at Du Wei's bewildered eyes, Chris smiled and added a sentence: "To personally create a king and hold his heart in your hands... the pleasure of such things is unimaginable, my dear little noble!"

  Du Wei sighed.

  "Alright, what are you prepared to take from me?" Du Wei smiled and said: "If you want my heart, then I don't guarantee that I will definitely agree with you."

  "No, no, no. Having one king's heart as a collectible is enough for me. I don't like doing repetitive things." Chris smiled and said: "Besides... it has been so many years since then, my abilities are fading and weakening. I'm afraid I also can't give you an ability as strong as Aragorn's. Aragorn took away half of my magic when he left here! Otherwise, do you think a knight could easily become a great magician?"

  No wonder... Du Wei whistled softly.

  "And besides, that Aragon guy ultimately reneged on our agreement too. There were some final terms in our deal that he didn't fulfill." Chris shook his head: "So I found out that this kind of one-off transaction is really too risky for me. If you leave here and don't follow my agreement, I'll be powerless because I'm a prisoner locked up on this small island. So... after going through Aragon's deal, I've thought of a way... which is to divide future transactions into several parts instead of giving you all the benefits at once."

  "For example?"

  "For instance... I can give you a little taste of the sweetness first, my dear little aristocrat. Then, you have to do some things according to my requirements, and after you've done them, you come back here to see me again, and I'll give you new rewards!" Chris smiled slyly.

  "Sweetie, will you give me a sweet head?"

  "You can have anything you want." Chris's smile was really evil at this moment!

  His voice also carries an inexplicable temptation!

  "I can give you anything! Although it won't be too powerful, it's enough to move anyone's heart! If you like women, I can give you a pair of 'Enchanting Eyes'! Then when you gaze at any woman, the other party will definitely fall deeply in love with you! For example, these two female magicians, if you like them, as long as you take a glance at them, they'll even be willing to strip and dance in front of you! Even if the woman you like is a holy maiden dedicated to the gods... as long as you take a glance at her, she can remove her divine robes and display her beautiful body before your eyes for you to do as you please..."

  Uh... seems like I'm getting a little excited...

  Du Wei sighed... This was indeed a good condition, but it seemed that it was not enough for Du Wei to nod his head.

  "You know, I'm a nobleman. I think I shouldn't lack women." Du Weihan expressed himself: "And I'm not that kind of very good-looking man."

  "Alright... if you don't need a woman that urgently, I can give you a giant dragon's heart instead! Your current body looks very weak... hmm, after switching to a giant dragon's heart, your body will rapidly become stronger! You'll possess the same mighty physical strength as a giant dragon! You can become an invincible warrior on the battlefield! And... I can even throw in a little extra gift... such as letting you use a small portion of dragon language magic."

  Du Wei imagined himself becoming a strong and muscular man in his mind...

  Forget it...

  "Sorry, I'm just not interested in war. Great military power doesn't make me feel any safer... In fact, from a historical perspective, the vast majority of great warriors have only played the role of thugs for those who truly hold power."

  "Then I'll give you the power." Chris thought for a moment: "If you like power, I can give you the ability to see through people's hearts, so that your eyes can see through all the disguises of your opponents, and your ears can directly hear the voice of the other person's soul! These will allow you to occupy the most advantageous position in politics... With your clever mind, you will become an outstanding figure of power in the shortest possible time!"

  "I am the eldest son of the Vice-Chairman of the Imperial General Staff." Du Wei sneered: "The first in line to inherit the Rolin family, do you think I will worry about my position and power in the future? My father will soon become the military commander-in-chief of the empire, or even the prime minister. And I may very well inherit everything from him! So, sorry, your proposal cannot move my heart either."

  Actually, Du Wei was lying.

  But Chris was still stranded on the island and had no idea that Du Wei had already been stripped of his position as heir within the family!

  Even a powerful and wise thousand-year-old monster like Chris couldn't help but feel annoyed.

  "Little aristocrat! What is it that you want!"