Because of his outrageous behavior during the day, which he had indulged his wife in hiding from him all afternoon, the Duke told him, "The lady says she will stay in the guest room on the south side tonight."
The Duke drank the rest of the red wine in his glass in one gulp, his face expressionless.
"very good."
Conrad, having delivered the message: "..."
The duke looked at him expressionlessly. "So, why would there be 'guest rooms' in my castle?"
Conrad: "..."
The Duke didn't want any nonsense answers.
He jumped up and paced restlessly back and forth in the room like a beast.
This reminded Conrad, who was tidying up the glasses, of male animals when spring arrived.
The Duke, who had suddenly stopped, said, "No, I'll go and bring her back."
Conrad nodded calmly. "Good idea, sir."
The Duke, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped in his tracks. "Have you checked those 16 Golden Knights?"
"These sixteen are all still unmarried." The professional butler was well aware of what his master truly cared about.
The Duke frowned. "They must all be married by at the latest within a month."
Li Aili never expected that someone would be awake in the middle of the night and come knocking on her door.
She opened the door without warning, and was then simply picked up and carried away.
Li Aili: "!!!"
Enraged, Li Aili slammed her knee into the scoundrel's chest. The result was like her knee hitting marble, the pain bringing tears to her eyes.
The scoundrel carried her straight back to his bedroom's side room in one go.
Then, he shoved the person into the blanket, turned around, and strode towards the master bedroom.
Li Aili crawled out of bed, grabbed a pillow, and started throwing it at the scoundrel. (╬◣д◢)
As the Duke backed away, he caught the pillow and gently tossed it back onto Li Ai Li's bed.
He retreated to the doorway, dodged, and slammed the door shut.
...
Before dawn the next day, a series of rustling footsteps could be heard at the entrance of the West Forest.
Peipei, who was being 'displayed' at the door, groggily opened her eyes, looked around but couldn't see anyone...
The little tree spirit tilted its head back, closed its eyes, and continued to sleep soundly.
rustling...
The thick snow on the ground was trampled into a row of small, indented footprints.
Around the newly excavated artificial lake in the West Forest Center, a ring of thriving trees has grown.
All kinds of trees... all kinds of trees with huge snakes hanging from them...
Li Aili went from being afraid of snakes to becoming desensitized to Naga animals.
Very well, the moment to test our friendship has arrived.
"Zhenzhen, get ready to go—" A voice suddenly rang out in the forest, startling many tree spirits by the lake into turning back into human form.
The enormous Naga hung like a 'shawl' on the shoulders of the tree spirits.
Zhenzhen Badanmu looked around warily, but didn't see anyone. Then, someone gently patted her on the back.
"It's me, Ellie. Let's get ready to go!" Ellie whispered.
Zhenzhen looked up at the sky in a daze.
Oh! So the sun has already risen... wait, why is only half of it up today?
No, this is the moon.
Zhenzhen: "..."
Not seeing anyone, the tree spirits yawned wearily and turned back into trees to rest.
Li Aili lowered her voice, "You go call the Dragon Slayer Team, I'll go call White Rose and Bognar. See you at the Alchemy House in Central City."
Zhenzhen, also nervously lowering her voice, asked, "...Wait, why are we acting like thieves?"
Li Aili lowered her voice even further, "Good question. You'll understand when you find a paladin boyfriend who's as quick-witted as a dog."
Zhenzhen: "..."
The centaurs lived not far from the tree spirits.
The white rose is easy to find; the white-bodied centaur sleeps alone far from the herd.
Before Li Aili even got close, White Rose twitched her ears and opened her eyes alertly.
“It’s me, Ellie.” Li Ellie’s voice was extremely low, like that of a thief.
White Rose quietly stood up and walked over to Li Aili's voice.
"Ellie, why are you up so early?"
Li Aili lowered her voice, "Good question. I've decided to teach my boyfriend a lesson. Let's go call Bogdard."
The Emerald Dragon slept deeper in the West Forest, but they hadn't gone far when they saw Bognar yawning.
"My lucky star guided me to get up early this morning."
Li Aili: "..." Your destiny star is really hard to evaluate.
It's incredibly accurate with small things, but for big things... well, let's just say it's not that it's that accurate
As dawn broke on the horizon, the group quietly slipped away.
On the terrace of the master bedroom on the third floor of the north wing of the castle.
The man, dressed in a black silk robe, leaned against the carved railing with one hand, while holding a slip of paper in the other. On it, in delicate handwriting, were written:
I'm leaving now~ Don't worry about me~
The shadow beneath his feet twisted.
"Go."
Countless shadows sprang from his shadow, like hounds of hell, chasing after the departing Li Aili.
"Ellie, how much longer are you going to make me wait..." The late morning breeze seemed to shatter the man's words.
Knock, knock knock.
"Come in, Conrad." The Duke turned and went back to his bedroom.
His voice wasn't loud.
Conrad respectfully pushed open the door and entered.
"My lord, news has come from the Shadow of the capital that the king has issued a decree abolishing the title of Duke of the North."
"And ordered the Duke of South County and the Duke of West County to jointly attack Wolf Winterwolf."
...
As dawn broke, everyone gathered at the entrance of the alchemy workshop in the central city.
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