“Are we in the right place?”“I am not sure, Your Majesty.”Adam landed on the sandy beach of the island, feeling conflicted. He had no idea where the Southern Trade Union was, and it was the same with the Empress. In the end, they ended up travelling south on the sea. Since Amy wanted to go above the water surface, he had to fly very low, making it impossible for him to have a good view. However, he had to admit that he enjoyed their trip. He sat with the Empress in the middle of the sphere he conjured while Amy and Zafira ran around it in joy. Since it was safe, he didn’t mind the two girls playing around while he had a relaxing chat with the Empress. Since he was away for almost a month, she had so many things to tell him.“Brother, can we play on the beach?”“Sure.”Adam gently rustled Amy’s hair, taking his eyes off the view.He didn’t mind them playing on the beach. As for the creatures like Night lamps or Giant Crabs, he didn’t worry at all. Zafira could crush such a creatu
“Brother. Let’s go there.” “Sure.” “I want more sweets.” “Yes.” “Wait for me to try this dress.” “Yes, Your Majesty.” He passed another snack to Amy and Zafira, who seemed to be enjoying the day most. Adam wondered if he could find any excuse. They made it to the Southern Trade Union after moving toward the southwest for a while. As expected they came to a group of islands filled with sand and dust. Almost all the islands were within close proximity to each other and they rarely had any greenery. The sun was hanging high above their heads. Buildings made of sandstones were scattered all over the place. Besides those buildings, there were many sunshades and vivid tents. Most people here had darker skin tone compared to the others and oily skin. Every street was filled with various vendors and shops with goods from all over the world. Clothing, food, tinkerers, and pieces of jewellery. There were entertainers, poets, and various musicians all over the place. Adam final
“Lady Isla, you should rest.”“Ah… Aunt Margi.”Isla didn’t expect to see their maid to be here this early. She liked this older woman very much. She was nice and helped her a lot. Honestly, she was against taking a maid in the first place, but she admitted it was nice to have some help around. “Don’t call me lady.”“How can I not? Lord Lucas is the head of the city council, Lady Isla.”“But Lucas is no Lord, either. He will not like it.”“Lord Lucas is a Lord to all the people of the Dragon’s Keep, My Lady.”‘Sigh. I guess she won’t understand.’She was honestly proud of Lucas for what he had done over the past two years. In the Dragon’s keep and the surrounding, there was almost no one who didn’t know his name. He had become a respected person throughout the area and even had the say in most matters. Unless the matters exceeded a certain amount of coin expenses, or it affected the entire Empire, many things came within the city council. It gave these city council workers enough a
‘Mother. I am sorry, I can’t look after you.’Matilda felt her pain disappear.She knew this feeling well. The feeling of being numb after getting beaten too many times. She had felt this before, but this time it was different. It was because of the wound she had on her chest. She knew even if she survived, there would be no use. Her legs got crushed by the falling rocks. Even if she survived, a slaver would surely kill her. Because she had no use. Once more she yearned for death, and her wish was finally becoming reality. She wished to die when she saw her father getting beaten to death. She wished to die when the pregnant woman she knew died after she miscarried because she was beaten too much. She wished to die when that woman’s husband banged his head against the cage until his brains came out. She wished to die so many times, but there was something that carried her forward. Her mother. They came all the way together, even after her father’s death. She wished to take care of
“Is that a wounded person?”“Yes.”“Bring them here.”“Alright.”Matilda didn’t know who was asking, but it was the man that carried her who gave the answer. She knew they were already out of the city. The massive gate they passed though was broken and she saw the shattered pieces on the ground. Her legs didn’t stop hurting, but this wasn’t the first time she had suffered from broken bones. Within a short span of one year, she learned a lot about pain and death. ‘They are bringing slaves here?’They walked through people who were sitting here and there. Most of them had reggae clothes like theirs, but she saw some people that looked like commoners of the city. Some of them looked at her with disgust, and she didn’t mind it at all. Because she was used to those disdainful gazes. “Bring wounded to this side.”Her body involuntarily flinched when she heard those words. She didn’t feel any malice from them, but her natural reaction was to be afraid. Because wounded slaves had no use. I
“Really?”Matilda thought she heard wrong.“Of course, but if we delay the treatments it will take a lot more effort.”“Miss, can’t you cast the healing spell to cure it?”“Sadly, no. No one has that level of power. Maybe only the Saintess Wendy or Master Gerard can do it. The one that can certainly do it is the Lord.”“Oh.”The soldier seemed to understand what the woman talked about, but Matilda failed to understand her. Instead, she had several complicated feelings in her mind. These people seemed to not mind how dirty she was. But she felt inferior to this woman with clean attire. Also, they treated her and her mother very nicely.“Hm. If it is delayed it will be a big operation to fix this. But right now she is not a citizen of the Crimson Empire.”“You are thinking about an Elixir, Miss?”“That is the fastest way.”Matilda simply listened from the sideline, not knowing what an operation was. All she knew was this woman was hesitant because she was not from the Crimson Empire.‘
“They Must be really close.”Matilda whispered.“Close? They are husband and wife.”“Really?”She didn’t expect two mighty figures to be actually husband and wife.“Mistress Mila and Lord David are among the earliest followers of Lord Adam. Lord David is also one of the three retainers of Lord Adam, and he is our General. They get to be trained by the Lord himself. How envious!”Matilda felt that David should be the man they just called Iron Bull. She felt she was dreaming when she heard those words. A Beast man had become a General and even the subject of envy of these people.’‘Am I dreaming?’She failed to realise that she was unconsciously curling her finger without any pain.“Alright. You are completely healed.”“Ah… What?”She shook her head and looked at her legs. There were no bruises or any marks left, and there was no pain. She saw the woman in the white dress reaching to untie the planks strapped to her legs.“I… I can do that.”She didn’t want to see this woman’s hands
Alex floated toward the north using his magic. He wasn’t as weak as he once was when he passed through the Summer Palace city long ago. However, it was a lie to say that he wasn’t afraid. Their original battle plan was to separate their enemies by attacking the different parts of the Blood Baron Kingdom at the same time. Also, by using a portion of their units and the help of the Kingdom of Boria, they should have been able to delay the reinforcements from the other five kingdoms. Lady Helen was to show herself at the Dwarven mountain to create a distraction and intimidation. That wasn’t all. He was the one that took out the enemy scouts near the borders of the Crimson Empire with ease. Then he asked for the help of Lady Helen to take on the Wind Hold city to prevent any news from leaking to the rest of the city. He knew their enemies would realise the threat once the army was divided and Lady Helen fortified the Dwarven mountain. It all went as they planned, but he realised h