Reception room.
Lin Ke first gave Count Akel a grateful look.
If Count Akel hadn’t diminished so of the white-haired old woman’s montum, maybe he would have suffered more later.
Now, this was an easy matter to handle.
Lin Ke looked at the old woman and said, "You, earlier I was detained by Puxin... by the baron of our own family, so my teacher ca to rescue . This is an internal affair of the Azanen Clan, right?"
"Moreover, even if it isn’t, I’m the only disciple of my teacher—a great Starlight-level ntor. If I died, and my teacher, in extre anger, accidentally destroyed a city... Should we bla my teacher? Or bla that baron who inexplicably wanted to imprison ?"
"Besides, the result now is that my teacher hasn’t killed anyone, rely caused a certain degree of panic, and Parrot City has already been restored under my caretaker’s governance, so..."
Lin Ke finished in one breath, boldly gulping down a cup of Gula Milk, and said, "So, my teacher is innocent; please, leave."
The white-haired old woman’s face turned uglier upon hearing this, wanting to say sothing.
But after glancing at Ove behind Lin Ke, and then at Count Akel, she ultimately stood up without a word, walking straight to the door.
However, as she reached the door, she turned half of her wrinkled cheek, looking at Lin Ke and Count Akel, rasping, "I will report everything that happened here to the Eternal Freeze Court and relay the information to the Holy Life Alliance. You..."
"Hmph!" Ove interrupted her with a cold snort, heavily tapping the Thunder Staff in his hand.
"Boom!!!"
He interrupted the old woman, saying, "If you don’t leave now, I’ll kill you!"
Lin Ke and the others felt nothing, but the old woman staggered back a few steps in fear, falling to the ground.
The thick book in her hands flipped open with a "rattle," with so pages shredded by an unknown force into confetti, floating down.
A streak of blood flowed from the old woman’s mouth.
"Get out!" Ove shouted domineeringly.
The old woman imdiately panicked, disregarding her dignity, and awkwardly hurried out of the castle, followed anxiously by her servants rushing out of the reception room.
Witnessing this scene, others silently labeled Ove.
Skilled with lightning, easily angered... Hmm, perhaps also showy, liking to steal the lilight... Seems like we’ll need to prepare grand setups in the future...
Seeing Ove’s domineering deanor, Akel contemplated internally.
The green-eyed girl was wide-eyed, thinking: Such a cool old man! Hmm, just a bit short of my father, just a bit... But it seems they both love the lilight.
In the eyes of these guests, Ove’s actions were just a love for the lilight, a strong desire to show off.
This old white-haired woman, once she becos strong, we’ll need to find an opportunity to get rid of her... Lin Ke, watching the old woman leave, took note of her.
Once the white-haired old woman left, Lin Ke turned his gaze to the two peculiar beings over there.
One claid to be an envoy of the Mountain Duke, a Cat-man.
This Cat-man, like Knicks, resembled a large, bipedal, humanoid cat, not the kind with animal ears and a tail like a cat-girl.
A bit disappointing.
The other was a giant frog from the Lava Swamp, and their intentions were unknown.
Lin Ke’s first encounter with such non-human creatures naturally piqued his curiosity.
The Cat-man and the purple giant frog exchanged glances as Lin Ke looked over.
Then the Cat-man spoke first, "I bring a ssage from the Mountain Duke, please wait a mont."
Saying that, the Cat-man touched a furry earring in the shape of a ring on her raised left ear.
Space Ring!
She then retrieved a black stone, the size of a glass bead, from it.
This was a mory Stone.
The Cat-man activated the mory Stone, and a projection appeared before them.
It showed a large bearded face, eyes wide open, looking at the mory Stone.
Not far behind this bearded face stood a tall, imposing figure, seemingly speaking to the bearded man.
"... Is it ready, brother?"
"Has it started? Rember to focus on my back, oh, how’s my husky voice now? And, have that Angry Wind Wing-Displaying fellow blow stronger, a legendary being, why is the breeze so weak, also..."
"Brother, I’m not getting it! Can you check?" a honest voice sounded, and the picture shook, going dark.
Then voices continued to flow from it.
"... Oh, Andrew’s Leg! Joseph, I’m going to throw you to those Mountain Giants in the Abyss as man bait!!"
"Wait a mont, I’m learning fast!" The picture wobbled again, then stabilized, turning into darkness.
Lin Ke: (ㅍ_ㅍ)
Ove: (ㅍ_ㅍ)
Antova: (ㅍ_ㅍ)
Fulon: (º﹃º)
...
The man with a face full of beard was Joseph, the person she served, the Mountain Duke... The Cat-man bowed slightly, her face unchanged, seemingly not embarrassed at all.
—if you ignored the fluffed-up coat and the flushed cheek under the fur.
"Brother, it’s working!"
At this mont, the bearded man nad Joseph shouted, and the projection from the mory Stone imdiately changed.
It paused for two seconds, then a scene erged.
The expanse of endless wilderness and vast, boundless skies appeared before Lin Ke and the others.
And amidst it all stood a figure on the cliff, upright, like a sturdy green pine, planted firmly between heaven and earth.
With the gusts of wind, dium-length golden hair danced freely.
The grandeur of the sky and the majesty of the earth were both forcibly severed by this figure, and an aura naturally exuded.
Vast, grandiose, proud, and magnificent.
Seeing the tall figure presented in the mory Stone, all earlier embarrassnt vanished.
Lin Ke only felt deeply awed and subdued by this man’s charisma.
"Father?!"
"His Majesty Insomnia?!"
At that mont, the green-eyed girl and Count Akel spoke simultaneously.
This is His Majesty Insomnia?
And also...
Father???
Lin Ke looked at the green-eyed girl, his pupils quivering greatly again.
This is a... Princess?
Whoa.
Just then, a deep voice ca from the mory Stone.
The voice of His Majesty Insomnia was very magnetic: "Little fellow from the Garoce house, before that little Garoce cos back, your Azanen Territory needs to hold strong for the beast tide that cos every six years."
ntioning Garoce, the tone of Insomnia Emperor seed confident Garoce could co back, filling Fulon and Antova with joy.
"When I saw the little girl Fulon with you inside her belly, I thought about your fate, how to say... Young fellow, grasp it well." Saying this, His Majesty Insomnia’s figure slowly faded away.
The projection on the mory Stone ended, only a few words were spoken in short.
The Cat-man stepped forward to recover the now white mory Stone, her hair still puffed up, but her voice was steady:
"Sorry, it was a single-use mory Stone given by the Duke, I didn’t know it contained a ssage from His Majesty."
Lin Ke paid no mind to this, instead asking, "Is His Majesty Insomnia currently in the Endless Mountain Range?"
The Mountain Duke, a top noble of the Black and White Kingdom, His Majesty Insomnia’s half-brother, reportedly very close.
"Yes, Mr. Lin Ke." The Cat-man’s voice was soft and sticky.
Lin Ke nodded, then looked again at the green-eyed girl: "Your Highness the Princess, what brings you here?"
A princess wouldn’t co to the countryside just to spend leisure ti...
"I’m here to have fun." The green-eyed girl said casually, stuffing the last piece of sour fruit cake into her mouth, speaking in muffled tones: "Father told ... co... here... this... cough... cough..."
She seed choked, coughed twice, and swallowed the remnants in her throat.
Then she continued: "Father told to co here, to the Lava Swamp, saying there’s so disturbance here, to let kill so Magical Beasts for fun,... oh sorry, not you guys of course."
The latter part of the sentence was directed at the purple giant frog.
Afterward, the girl said to the silent Lin Ke: "You can call Rica, and I’ll call you Lin Ke!"
The girl smiled, dimples and small canine teeth appearing together, sweet and cute: "I still want more! I want more cake!"
"In return, I’ll keep you from now on!"
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