"Sister needs to talk to your father for a bit. Can you be a good boy and play with the maids for a while?"
"Mm!" Little Jimmy nodded vigorously.
Yilin reached out and ruffled Little Jimmy's hair, then turned her face to the two maids beside her and said, "I'm entrusting Little Jimmy to you."
"I want to play with him too!" Gray suddenly raised his hand. In an instant, all eyes fixed on him, everyone looking at him in surprise.
The scene felt a bit awkward. But anyway, *the Lich didn't know what awkward even meant.*
Yilin looked toward Edward III. Edward III forced a smile and said, "The Silver Moon Knight is an excellent knight. Playing with someone like him will surely benefit Little Jimmy's growth, don't you think?"
Upon hearing this, Yilin finally felt relieved and pushed Little Jimmy towards Gray, "Alright, I leave Little Jimmy to you. Do not bully him."
"Mm!" Gray also nodded vigorously.
Soon, everyone left, and Little Jimmy was placed in a guest room on the first floor of the mansion that didn't have windows. Although it wasn't big, it was suitable for keeping Little Jimmy away from the sun, wasn't it?
In the small room, the two maids stood side by side, Little Jimmy looked at them with big, teary eyes, while Gray watched Little Jimmy with curiosity.
"What should we play?" Little Jimmy asked with his somewhat unskilled speech.
The maid said, "How about we play hide-and-seek?"
"No, that's too childish. I'm not a three-year-old anymore. I don't want to play such childish games as hide-and-seek."
"How about we play 'Hero vs. Dragon'?"
Upon hearing this name, Gray perked up.
"But we don't know how to play that..."
"No! I know how to play it! I just watched the stage play last night!" Before the maids could finish, Gray had already interrupted them.
"Really?" Little Jimmy also got excited.
The big and the small ones held each other's hands, it was as if they had met a long-lost friend!
*The Black Cat thought, "Oh no."*
Half an hour later...
"Wah—!" Little Jimmy cried as he burst into the meeting room where a meeting was ongoing, followed closely by Gray and the two maids.
Yilin, Edward III, and the dozen knights present were all startled.
"What's wrong with Little Jimmy?" Yilin quickly asked.
"He insisted that I play the dragon!" Little Jimmy pointed at Gray.
"Why?" Yilin furiously looked at Gray.
"Because they performed the dragon poorly." Gray pointed at the two maids beside him and said seriously.
Silence. Endless silence. The entire meeting room fell dead quiet.
"They performed poorly, can't you play it?"
"I have to play the hero."
"You play the hero, he plays the dragon?" Yilin was dumbfounded.
Pas burst out laughing.
"No laughing!" Yilin scolded.
Pas hurriedly covered his mouth.
The knights in the meeting room were all stifling their laughter to the point of injury.
*Little Jimmy glared at Gray furiously, while Gray stood there with a righteous look.*
Yilin pushed Little Jimmy towards Gray with a blank expression, then said, "Listen, Gray, I asked you to play with him, not for him to play with you. Got it? Little Jimmy plays the hero, you play the dragon, that's final."
With a "bang," the door shut. Gray and Little Jimmy were expelled outside, staring wide-eyed at each other.
"Where were we?" Yilin brushed her hair back and returned to her seat.
"We were discussing the defense deployment," Edward III laughed awkwardly and said, "Yilin, your Silver Moon Knight truly is unusual."
"Is he? Thank you for the compliment." Yilin forced a smile, *her anger burning inside.*
"Why must he play the hero?"
"Because he's a child."
"He's a child, so I have to accommodate him?"
"Wait, I have to accommodate women too. Then don't I only have to accommodate old people?"
"In fact... old people also need to be accommodated. Haven't you heard of 'respecting the elderly'?"
"Accommodate old people too? Then doesn't that mean young men are at the bottom?"
"According to that logic, yes. Children are greater than women who are greater than old people who are greater than dogs who are greater than men."
"Oh my gosh! I chose the lowest status?" Gray was shocked, *he started to wonder if he should one day announce that he's actually a woman, or declare himself to be 150 years old. Then he suddenly remembered that in the Lich world, he was still underage, still a child!*
*It felt truly unfair, being seen as the lowest when he was clearly supposed to be at the top.*
*Of course, this situation couldn't be changed overnight. But, hmph! No matter what, no one would ever expect the heroic, potentially story protagonist Gray to play the villain! Ever!*
*It didn't matter if he couldn't be the hero, he definitely wasn't going to be the villain. This concerned the dignity of a knight who might not be very great now but would certainly be great in the future!*
So, Gray pushed Little Jimmy towards the two maids: "You play with him, I'm leaving."
After speaking, he turned and left. Little Jimmy furiously stuck his tongue out and made faces at him.
Soon, Gray was back on his horse, roaming the streets looking for serendipitous moments to showcase his knightly spirit.
At this moment, a huge trap was awaiting him. Perhaps more than one.
A child walked past Gray and dropped a large gold nugget. Yes, a large gold nugget.
Gray jumped off his horse and picked it up.