Chapter 295: Roxie's All-Out Persuasion
That day, following Roxie's previous instructions, Shien left Lasha at home to look after the still-sleeping Aiyi while the members of Vivian's Squad went out on a shopping spree, then headed alone to the royal palace to visit Roxie's room.
This time, there were far fewer young noblemen outside Roxie's chambers. Whether it was because the destruction in the royal capital had affected so many noble families, leaving them busy handling the aftermath at home, or because they knew Shien was coming today and did not dare show their faces before the ruthless man who had tamed a black dragon and dealt the Kingdom Knights devastating losses, no one knew.
Even the female knights of the Sacred Sword Knights looked at Shien differently now, making it clear that the rumors surrounding him in the kingdom had become far more shocking than before.
Of course, Shien did not care about that in the slightest.
As long as no one came looking for trouble with him, he was more than happy to enjoy the peace and quiet.
But he had not expected that when he entered Roxie's room, not only was Liyadella, the First Princess, sitting there with a smile, accompanied as always by her guard knight Shana, but Roxie even tried to recruit him and make him a noble.
That did not seem like something Roxie would do.
At the very least, in the past, Roxie had never actively tried to recruit him. She had merely formed a private friendship with Shien in her own way.
Yet today, Roxie had said something like that.
After his initial surprise, Shien immediately looked toward Ria beside him.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ria seemed to notice what Shien was thinking. Raising a brow, she said,