At Dongtian City, inside one of the inns, Sylphia was in her room with the Fifth Finger. She was growing anxious over the news about what had happened on the border between Flacrest and Rivas.
Updates kept reaching her, as the Thunderous Shadow Pavilion had also begun using their own thods to establish communication lines and had arrived at the eting area to serve as eyes and ears.
Everyone around her was already talking about the breaking news, which had brought most people’s activities to a stop. The parents of that sensational figure turned out to be two individuals from opposing families? It was truly spicy news.
No one had ever heard of any closeness or reconciliation between Flacrest and Rivas—let alone a marriage—so this might be one of the possibilities many had already guessed.
Aldrey and Irene had Aldrian without the knowledge of their respective families, which caused stories about them to run wild. Since when had they t like that? Since when had they fallen in love with each other? How could they have had Aldrian without anyone knowing? So many questions had co up, each becoming a topic worth talking about.
"The Evergreen Imperial Family just arrived at the eting place," the Fifth Finger reported after hearing from the communication artifact in her hand.
"The one who ca is Emperor Ladwin himself."
Sylphia was stunned for a mont, but then she sighed. Of course her father would co. This was about Aldrian and his parents, after all. She could already imagine how frustrated he would feel later, realizing that he had known nothing about Aldrian’s parents while so of the imperial families from other empires already knew.
"Dear, I hope you can co back as soon as possible."
This wasn’t sothing she could keep from Aldrian, even if she wanted to. Although she might be interrupting his business with the Xin family, it concerned his parents—he had to know. This was also the mont Aldrian had long anticipated, and he might have to handle it personally.
Suddenly, two figures appeared right inside her room. She was slightly startled, but she smiled as she looked at one of them.
"Dear, you’re back!" she said as she jumped up and hugged Aldrian, who had suddenly appeared inside her room with Xin Haotian. Aldrian smiled warmly and returned her hug with tenderness.
The Fifth Finger was the only one that still shocked by Aldrian and Xin Haotian’s sudden appearance. She had not even had ti to react; they had simply appeared without warning. There had been no signs of energy disturbance or spatial fluctuation, making it seem as though they had materialized out of thin air.
Moreover, had Lady Sylphia not just contacted him a short while ago? Did he use so kind of teleportation technique or formation to get here? But she had neither sensed nor seen any such formation in place.
Ignoring the still-stunned Fifth Finger, Aldrian separated from Sylphia after a few monts and looked at her seriously.
"Tell in detail what happened from yesterday until now. What exactly happened?" he asked.
The ssage he had received from Sylphia had also surprised him. News regarding his parents had already spread widely and with unusual speed. He wondered the origin of these rumors, especially since he doubted the imperial families that knew about his origin would be the ones to release such information. Doing so would only creating fractures in their relationship.
But he did not think much further, as the most important thing right now was to et his parents and be with them during this mont. He had already prepared for this and would take care of it.
After receiving the news from Sylphia, he explained the situation to the Xin family’s group. They understood and decided to remain at the palace until his return. While waiting, they could take their ti exploring the entire palace, as they had yet to properly inspect the vast area during the past few days.
Aldrian then created his domain inside the palace and teleported from there to the inn, where he had already created another domain before leaving. Xin Haotian followed because he also wanted to see how Aldrian would solve his problem. But Aldrian knew that Xin Haotian was more interested in seeing the party and how he would handle it.
In other words, he wanted to witness the chaos.
Aldrian did not mind and brought him along.
Sylphia then told everything that happened after the first rumor about his parents appeared yesterday. Many did not know where the rumor ca from, but the most probable source was within the Flacrest or Rivas families themselves. This was because the rumor surfaced right after the two grand dukes showed their anger and stord out of their mansions toward their neighboring territory.
It seed that soone from those families knew sothing and could not hide the cause of their patriarchs’ fury. The cause, of course, was the affair involving their own descendants—and the fact that they already had a child.
Fortunately, the two emperors from each empire were able to intervene before the fight broke out, as the grand dukes had nearly reached their target.
The cultivators of the two families also followed their patriarchs, wanting to attack each other, but the imperial family intervened, which kept the situation under control for now. They decided that the two families would have a eting, scheduled for today, and the exact ti was nearing.
The other emperors and rulers of major territories were said to be coming as well, which truly astonished Aldrian. The matter had actually spiraled so far that those rulers would co to the eting personally. He had not expected them to spend their ti on this, which allowed him to adjust so of his plans.
He could hasten his plan, and with most of the rulers of the major territories potentially coming, he could use this chance.
Sylphia also explained the incident with the devils while he was inside the core area of the Everlasting Silent Forest. Hearing the explanation, Aldrian’s face turned solemn. His bad feeling grew stronger—this was not good! There must be a plan the devil lord was brewing behind this reckless action.
With this situation, he truly wondered if those emperors or rulers could spare the ti to co to the eting, given that the Seven Deadly Sins were in their territories.
But he also thought that, with this news, the devils’ focus might shift toward the eting.
Sothing that could make all the continent’s rulers unite and even sit in the sa place was not sothing favorable to the devils after all.
However, it still left a bad taste in his mouth that the devils had killed so many while he was inside the core area—especially since most of the Seven Deadly Sins were within his domain, and Pride was in this territory.
He sighed, understanding that Sylphia had not wanted to tell him because she thought it would disturb his work inside the Everlasting Silent Forest. Moreover, the rulers of these territories might be able to handle this problem on their own.
They were a huge force, and if they couldn’t take care of sothing like this, then they would not have survived for long. They had stood until today by overcoming many tribulations, and the devils were only one of them.
"I’m sorry for not telling you this. I thought it would disturb you, and if everything had to be handled by you, it would only beco a burden," Sylphia said apologetically.
"Did I do wrong by that?"
Aldrian smiled warmly and touched her cheek.
"No, it’s okay. Even though it’s unfortunate that many have died, like you said, the rulers of each territory will take care of the problem one way or another. Also, I gained many things inside the Everlasting Silent Forest—I’ll tell you about it later, so you don’t have to feel sorry," he said as he stroked her cheek.She smiled and nodded to him, while Xin Haotian and the fifth finger could only watch this lovey-dovey couple.
"Anyway, let’s go. We need to get to the eting—Father and Mother must be anxious right now," Aldrian said before turning to the fifth finger.
"You stay in this city until we return."
"Yes, Master," she replied, and Aldrian nodded. He then checked on Eleine and Baek Jimin, but couldn’t find Baek Jimin anywhere in the inn or even within this domain.
"Where is Baek Jimin?" he asked Sylphia.
"Ah, she’s at Vera’s place. I think she’s playing with Evin right now," Sylphia answered.
"Alright, let’s pick up Eleine first before we head to Vera’s house."
After that, they went to get Eleine from her room. As expected, the mont Aldrian saw her face, she looked truly anxious. How could she not be, when the news about him being the son of Aldrey and Irene had already spread?
Seeing that Aldrian had returned finally put her heart at ease.
"It’s good that you’re back, young master. Lord Aldrey and Lady Irene might need you right now," she said.
"Yes. Don’t worry—we’ll be there soon."
After a short conversation, Aldrian prepared to teleport all of them to the front of Vera’s house. But before he did, as he sensed the domain he had created over Vera’s house, he noticed another presence in front of the house.
There was a figure there.
The figure appeared to be entertaining Evin outside, while Baek Jimin and Vera watched from their seats near the front door.
When Aldrian activated his Eyes of Heaven to get a clearer view of the figure, his eyes widened slightly. He recognized that person.
"Isn’t that...?"
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