The vast size of the capital city makes finding people extremely difficult.
Therefore, having come to no avail, Leon had no choice but to return to Braxton in disappointment.
Leon, head bowed, knelt on one knee on the snow-covered ground, and said apologetically:
"This is my dereliction of duty."
Her self-blame grew stronger, and she kept thinking that if she had delivered the letter faster or given it to Henney first.
None of this will happen.
Seeing Leon's guilty expression, Lia sighed helplessly once again:
"This is not your fault, there is no need to blame yourself."
No one expected that Hene's feelings for Victor were so deep.
After learning of his death, this junior teaching assistant, who was originally just Viktor, simply disappeared.
And nobody can find her.
Now, Lia's biggest worry is that Heni might do something extreme in her grief.
In that case, Lia would also feel guilty for a long time.
Although the possibility was slim, Leah was still worried.
Lia even considered issuing a missing person notice, but doing so might let the Queen know that Victor was not actually dead.
This is not advisable.
Therefore, Lia could only search for it in secret.
She went to Gwen for help, but Gwen also left the capital after learning about Victor's whereabouts.
The person who answered at the Delin residence was Kevlar.
Well, she simply couldn't imagine the extent to which Victor had become a womanizer.
"How come he's involved with every woman?"
Liya had a slight headache.
She even thought of the Kingdom of Kant, a neighboring country, where the Clevina family even had a territory.
The former minor lord there was said to be Victor's adopted daughter.
The news of Victor's death had such a huge impact that it quickly reached the Kingdom of Kant.
Upon learning this news, many lords of that country made appeals to the royal family.
The hope is to reclaim and redistribute the Shurben territory under Victor's command.
However, this proposal was met with strong opposition from the local church and the Cassidra Chamber of Commerce as soon as it was put forward.
Oh right, the bishop of that church was also a woman!
The thought made Lia grit her teeth.
Unfortunately, Helnersen has not been able to return from the south recently.
Since the fall of the south, he led a group of elite demi-human guards from his family to the distant southern wilderness.
Assist the imperial army in guarding the borders and resisting the rampaging monster hordes.
With a large number of family members being transferred, Braxton found himself in a situation of slight manpower shortage.
Therefore, Lia had no choice but to keep Leon at home in order to train more demi-human bodyguards to supplement the manpower.
Otherwise, she could send Leon to the Kingdom of Kant to continue managing that territory.
Thinking about this, Lia, feeling a bit of a headache, asked Leon beside her:
"Did Helnersen say when he'll be back?"
"Mr. Helnarson mentioned in his reply that the situation in the South was tense and it would be difficult to return before spring."
Leon responded respectfully.
After the southern front fell into chaos, large numbers of ferocious monsters spewed out of the open monster rift every day.
The eldest prince, who was in charge of the southern front, had returned to the south before the empress ascended the throne and taken over the monster front.
With the demi-human guards from the Helnason and Clavenna families, the situation of resisting the invasion of magical beasts was greatly alleviated.
But in the end, it's still just treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
Those monsters are endless.
"But Mr. Helnarson's letter also mentioned that the unrest in the South might be related to certain groups."
"They are trying to use this chaos to launch a large-scale invasion of the empire from the south."
Upon hearing this, Leah immediately understood what Leon meant by "certain groups".
Victor once mentioned that there was a group of fanatical believers on the border of the Empire who wanted to enter the Empire at any time.
With Victor dead and a new emperor ascending the throne whose power is not yet secure, this is the perfect time for them to act.
That's why when Victor was telling Leah these things, he instructed her to let Helnathan stay in the South.
Once the situation stabilizes somewhat, he can return and, at the same time, train a group of elite demi-humans who have experienced the baptism of war.
Thinking of this, Lia couldn't help but sigh.
Lia, who bears the heavy responsibility of her family, is now feeling extremely exhausted.
She desperately wanted to find an opportunity to completely release the pressure and emotions that had been building up inside her.
She even felt that she was beginning to hesitate about certain family matters.
But as the manager of the family, she knew she couldn't show any signs of fatigue, even if she was physically and mentally exhausted.
I don't know when I'll be able to see Viktor again.
ah!
That wretched Victor, why isn't he back yet?
Just then, the ground, covered by thick snow, suddenly trembled violently.
The boundless expanse of silver burst open with countless long cracks.
Lia felt a jolt beneath her feet and stared blankly at the snowfield before her, momentarily at a loss.
Leon, standing beside him, quickly stood up, her sharp ears perked up.
Her mysterious and deep eyes gleamed with a sharp light as she surveyed her surroundings.
The surrounding demi-humans also stood up alertly, pricked up their ears, and remained highly vigilant about their surroundings.
“Miss Liya, that sounds like some kind of explosion, but it’s very faint, so it should be nothing to worry about.”
Leon explained softly to Lia, trying to calm her somewhat flustered feelings.
But to her surprise, Leah's expression became even more serious, and she asked urgently:
Can you determine the direction from which the sound is coming?
Leon closed her eyes, carefully feeling the faint vibrations beneath her feet, then turned her gaze to the enormous mansion behind her.
"It seems... to be in the direction of your room?"
Upon hearing this, Lia's eyes widened, as if she had realized something, and she hurriedly ran towards the mansion.
Before leaving, she didn't forget to remind Leon:
"I need to go back. You continue training them!"
"No one is allowed into my room until I come out!"
As she was talking, she dashed into the mansion.
Now only Leon was left standing there, looking completely bewildered.
Uh... what has Miss Lia been doing?
Judging from her hurried manner, it was as if she couldn't wait to see someone.
Suddenly, an absurd idea popped into Leon's mind.
"Could it be... that Miss Lia is secretly keeping someone at home?"
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