Seeing Red Gloves appear, Liu Zhi felt both surprised and certain.
He was certain Red Gloves had finally figured out his place and understood why Liu Zhi had recruited him. But he was surprised by how Red Gloves had known Liu Zhi needed him to open the boxes.
Seeing Liu Zhi's expression, Red Gloves continued to grin. Rubbing his hands together, he said to Liu Zhi,
"Your Majesty, there's something I'd like to tell you."
Liu Zhi didn't rush to have Red Gloves open the boxes. He found a place to sit, and when he held out his hand, a cup of wine was placed in it.
"Go ahead. What is it? Has your younger brother come back?"
Red Gloves rarely appeared before Liu Zhi. On the few occasions he had, it had always been because of his younger siblings.
His younger sister had always worked at one of Liu Zhi's research institutes, where she was responsible for studying machinery.
The young goblin called White Gloves had some talent, but the things he made never seemed like the sort of things a goblin would make. Still, Liu Zhi needed to accumulate technological knowledge, and one more researcher couldn't hurt, so he had let White Gloves continue.
His younger brother, Black Gloves, on the other hand, had returned once before, only to run off again.
That reckless fellow had never feared death. Besides, he had no way to improve his strength and had remained at level 4. Given Liu Zhi's current strength, there was no particular reason to keep him around, so Liu Zhi hadn't paid much attention to where he went.
Seeing Red Gloves now, Liu Zhi realized that he still had this subordinate.
"Yes. But, Your Majesty, I'm not here because of my brother. My brother brought a child