The shadow leaps continued without pause until noon the next day when Luo Fan finally returned to the Duke's mansion.
Back in the familiar embrace, Luo Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His ability to escape is getting stronger and stronger. During this high-intensity escape, Luo Fan even sensed a trace of spatial element fluctuations, which was an unexpected surprise.
If you put this thing on the blade, what defense can't you cut through?
"Brother Fan, you're back!" Xue'er heard the familiar voice transmission and tightened her embrace around the slime.
"Hmm, we got a lot of good stuff this time, and most of it is ice-related. Xue'er, you're in luck!"
"Thank you, Brother Fan!" The little girl happily snuggled up to him.
"Is the Ice Spirit Grass still effective after you took it?"
"It's definitely not as big as the first time, so it doesn't matter whether I eat it or not."
"What about the Ice Spirit Fruit?" Luo Fan said, taking out a blue fruit the size of a longan and stuffing it into Xiaoxue's mouth.
"This is delicious!" With that, the Snow Woman entered into meditation.
"As long as it works! As for the Ice Spirit Grass, let my Ice Clone try it too. Maybe it will help me understand something?" Luo Fan thought to himself as he swallowed an Ice Spirit Grass.
"Luo Fan, have you found the way to advance the Snow Maiden?" Ai Li didn't expect Luo Fan to come back. She had been busy lately and hadn't had time to talk to him.
"No. I reckon only the real Fabings family would have such information. We'll figure something out later."
"Oh, never mind if we can't find it. Maybe we can find it in the capital?"
"Okay. I'm going to meditate now, my magic power has been depleting a lot lately!" After saying that, the slime in Ellie's arms fell silent.
Time ticked by, and the time for the academy ranking battle drew ever closer; it was almost time to set off.
During this time, Ellie also made arrangements for the mercenary group, which will travel with the academy.
The Duke and Duchess had already set off for the capital to arrange things there, and even Kerry was taken along. He was already old enough to graduate early from his third year, but he hadn't qualified for the competition yet, so he had to leave with his parents first.
Meanwhile, the Bing Si family, whom Luo Fan had been keeping a close eye on, had all returned to their fiefdoms after that incident. It seemed they were preparing for some kind of northern expedition, seeking help from their main family in the snowy plains.
Luo Fan stayed somewhat bored beside Ai Li, quietly waiting for the day of departure. He had finally learned magic during this time, although he only had that blue clone, and although he only knew the Ice Spike spell, it was still a great improvement.
Just then, someone who surprised him came to visit Ellie.
Looking at this person who was no longer very familiar, Luo Fan vaguely remembered his furious face when he first arrived. But now he seemed somewhat dejected, as if he were in a bad situation.
"Marquis Claire, what brings you here?" Ellie looked at the familiar stranger, surprised that he would come.
"Ellie, please help me for the sake of me being your father, okay?" The Marquis hesitated for a moment, but still said, "If you can return to the family, I can even pass on the title to you ahead of schedule."
"Tell me what it is first. You should know that I will be leaving Sacred Heart City in a while," Ellie said calmly, having composed herself.
"I hope you can send your mercenary group to help me eliminate the rampant monsters in my territory. I really can't afford to hire adventurers from the guild right now."
"Ellie, please come back and help me. I believe that as long as you come back, our family will definitely be able to overcome this crisis."
"What were you doing back then! I never thought that someone as proud as you would end up like this." Luo Fan muttered to himself.
"They probably have their eyes on your current wealth, Ellie, and your connections with those important figures. If you help, the Claire family should be able to recover quickly."
“I just didn’t expect him to wait until now to come to you. I had heard from Tije before that their family was not in a good situation.”
"And your slime, I know he can understand what I'm saying. I hope you can persuade Ellie, after all, you wouldn't want your master to be without a father, would you?" Marquis Claire looked at the slime beside her and continued to persuade her, starting to play the family card.
"Damn, you've even come after me. I wish I didn't have you. You helped Ellie when she was poor and down on her luck, and now that she's finally made it big, you have the nerve to come crawling back to me."
"Ellie, you're a real piece of work as a father!"
"Stop talking, I'm not going back. Now that we've severed ties, my only family now is Liz, Daisy, and my mother," Ellie shouted, directly interrupting the rambling Marquis and the whispering Luo Fan.
“I’m your family too!” Luo Fan added softly, but Ellie ignored him.
"As for what you mentioned, I won't send anyone over without sufficient compensation!"
"Ellie, are you really that heartless? Don't you care about family ties at all?" After her pleas went unanswered, Claire's attitude hardened considerably.
"Ha, family ties. You throw them aside when you don't need them, and only remember them when you do. All these years, have you ever treated me and Liz well?"
"When you kicked your sister out, did you think about her? When I went to find her, did you try to stop me? When I made a slime contract and embarrassed you, did you consider my feelings?"
"Claire, all you care about are your two precious sons, when have you ever thought about us!"
"Since you'd love for us to leave, and since you despise my mother so much and dislike us so much, why did you even come looking for me!"
After a scathing rebuke, tears streamed down her face, and Ellie felt a strange sense of relief.
She now has her own family and friends, and lives a peaceful life. The so-called title holds no appeal for her. Moreover, within the Claire family, this title carries no real weight.
"I...I'm sorry. Please help me this once, for the sake of the money I gave you before, okay?" Claire's tone softened.
"My dear Ellie, what you just said was fucking satisfying. But I still have to help. As for the reward, haven't you always wanted to know the truth about how your mother left?"
“I think he probably knows something. I heard that there are traces of battle left by that old man, your mother, in his fiefdom.”
Luo Fan remained calm. During this time, he had consulted a great deal of information in order to investigate Lis's advancement and his own transformation. He had even found some references to the past events of the Carlisle family.
If I go to the capital, I probably won't be able to come back anytime soon. Now is a good opportunity to investigate Ellie's mother's situation thoroughly.
With Luo Fan's reminder, Ellie also came to her senses.
"I can agree to that, but you need to answer some questions."
"No other compensation needed?" Claire asked, as if she had just thought of something.
"No need! I just want to know why my mother left for the Demon Sealing Tower, and why the battle took place in the fiefdom?"
It was indeed about her mother.
Claire sighed, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
"I'll tell you what I know once we get to our fiefdom! Sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing!"
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