Chapter 286 Reluctant to Part
Hollen poured the chilled fruit wine from the bottle.
The clear liquor swirled in the glass, and he downed it in one gulp.
The wine glass slammed heavily onto the table with a loud "bang".
Hollen's blue lion eyes were half-closed as he looked at the empty wine glass, and the corner of his lips twitched slightly.
"Who can argue with that?"
When they first met, he had a cold face and didn't give her a friendly look.
Now, they're reaping what they sowed.
Yi Yuexi raised her wine cup and toasted him.
Let's have a toast.
Hollen raised his glass and clinked it against his.
Two disheartened beastmen drown their sorrows together under the moonlight in wine.
Nakan glanced outside twice, then looked at Nafiel and asked him, quite embarrassed.
“Nafel…you, you…”
Nafel: "Okay."
Nakan's eyes widened. "You know what I'm going to say?"
Nafiel looked at him as if he were a fool.
Nakan instantly understood his meaning.
He realized what was happening and burst out laughing.
"How could I forget, we can sense each other..."
Nafiel: "Go to sleep early."
"I'm probably going to be busy from now on."
Nakan didn't immediately understand what he meant by "having a lot to do".
But the next morning, I found out why.
Many of the great beastmen from the royal court sent generous gifts, hoping to pay their respects to the female envoy.
News of their dueling match spread very quickly.
The news of the female ruler leading the Holy Deer Guards spread even faster.
Of course, many of the great beastmen had spies in the royal court, and they quickly confirmed that a new, young female envoy with only seven beast husbands had arrived.
Furthermore, this female messenger will likely marry the Giant Tree King.
If they could squeeze their own orcish offspring into the forest, the orc race would be able to prosper in the Giantwood Forest for hundreds of years to come.
Not many people knew about the Giant Tree King's coma, but not a few either.
However, due to the deterrent power of the Holy Deer Clan, many beastmen dared not make any big moves, and only dared to secretly exert their efforts towards the female envoy Nicola in order to assess the situation in the royal court.
This time, unable to get through to the new female envoy, they still tried to persuade the female envoy Nicola.
After all, few of the Orcs knew that Nicola the Mistress and the Giantwood King had a bad relationship.
In public, for the sake of the stability of the Giantwood Forest, the Giantwood King played the role of a dutiful son, giving her the utmost respect as the only holy female in the Giantwood Forest.
No matter how much he loathed her, he had to consider the stability of the Giant Tree Forest.
The Giant Forest cannot exist without the favored females.
This is the faith of the beastmen and the females, representing the favor of the beast god and the mother tree.
But this time, the female ruler of the Giant Tree King is also a favored female, so the situation will change a lot.
Nicola's palace was filled with boxes of gifts.
Princess Taf, accompanied by her newlywed beast husband, rummaged through the gift boxes, then clung to her mother's hand in a pouty manner.
"Mother, are you really going to help them? If these beastmen from the Great Beast Clan marry Jiang Xi, they definitely won't side with you anymore."
She was weak for many days after she fell into a coma and woke up. The beastmen who were with her also lost a small level of their supernatural abilities, which terrified her.
She didn't dare to cause trouble for Jiang Xi and wanted her mother to step in for her, but unexpectedly, her mother said that her brother forbade them from seeing Jiang Xi again.
Taf was afraid of her older brother.
When they were little, their older brother would take them to play in the Giant Tree Forest, but at some point, his relationship with his mother deteriorated, and he took them to play less and less.
Later, he lived with the Holy Deer Clan for many years. When he returned, his father was seriously ill, and his relationship with his mother and younger siblings had become extremely cold.
Nicola sipped her tea and spoke impatiently.
"Who said I was going to help them?"
Taff: "But didn't the mother and mother accept their things?"
Nicola gave a cold laugh.
"It is their honor to show respect to the females favored by the emperor."
"Female~"
Taf clung to her mother's arm affectionately.
“You are the most honored female in the Giant Tree Forest. What is Jiang Xi? We can’t let her stay and steal your position.”
Nicola patted her hand.
"Don't worry, the mother has her own way of making it impossible for her to stay."
Jiang Xi had a good night's sleep.
When she woke up, Hollen was preparing to leave.
Jiang Xi waved to him while brushing her teeth.
"Bon Voyage."
Hollen walked over, his turquoise lion eyes lowered, and looked at her.
"Can I have a hug, mistress?"
Jiang Xi, biting her homemade toothbrush, stared at him, stunned for two seconds.
The morning sunlight streamed down from behind him, making his golden hair gleam and his clear blue eyes sparkle.
"Ah, oh, okay."
Jiang Xi took out her toothbrush and couldn't help but raise her arm to smell if she had a hangover.
She seemed to have washed herself last night; there was a vague memory of it floating in her mind.
Hollen wrapped his arm around him and pulled him into his embrace.
Jiang Xi quickly stretched out her hand holding the toothbrush to avoid touching him.
It was a warm, spacious, and unfamiliar embrace.
Perhaps it was because of the sunshine, but this warm embrace seemed to be filled with the scent of sunshine, so cozy and inviting that it made me want to go back to sleep.
Hollen held him for a while, then let go and whispered.
"I'm leaving."
Jiang Xi: "Okay, goodbye."
Hollen: "Around when will the mistress return?"
Jiang Xi blinked.
"I estimate it will take another month or so, but I'm not sure."
Hollen: "Alright, I'll wait for the Queen to return in the tribe."
Jiang Xi: "Mmm."
She put the toothbrush back in her mouth and started brushing.
But after swiping for two seconds, seeing that Hollen was still standing, he looked up at him in confusion.
Hollen's blond hair was so dazzling in the sunlight that it was almost blinding, causing Jiang Xi's dark eyes to well up with tears.
She looked away, rubbed her eyes, and spoke very pragmatically.
"If we don't leave now, the sun will get too strong and it will be difficult to walk."
After she finished speaking, she added.
"hot."
Yi Yuexi was setting the table when she saw that Huo Lun was still lingering and chuckled.
"In that case, wouldn't it be better to leave tomorrow?"
Hollen had already eaten breakfast before setting off.
But he dawdled, and everyone knew that he wanted to wait for the female master to wake up before leaving.
But now that the female master has woken up, he doesn't want to leave anymore.
Lu Liufeng walked over and, seeing that he didn't want to leave, said...
"Leaving tomorrow is fine too, it won't make a difference if we leave in a day or two."
Jiang Xi scratched her head.
"Shall we eat?"
Hollen shook his head.
He glanced at the female master one last time before turning and leaving.
"My lady, I'm waiting for you to return to the tribe."
Jiang Xi waved.
"See you in the tribe."
It's not like we're going to die; we'll see each other again in a month or two at most.
She felt no reluctance.
After seeing Hollen off, Jiang Xi quickly washed up and prepared to have brunch.
But as soon as she arrived at the dining table, she saw Yi Yuexi propping her chin up and looking at her with a fake look of sadness on her face.
“If I say I’m leaving, the female master will definitely not be sad at all, just like when she saw Hollen off.”
Jiang Xi took the hot soy milk that Lu Liufeng handed her and took a sip.
"where are you going?"
Yi Yuexi blinked, "Of course it's the female master's heart~"
Jiang Xi: "..."
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