In Duogu Village, at Fann's home.
In the name of the village chief, Fann dripped blood from his fingertips on the contract.
The contract flew into the air and disappeared in a shower of brilliant starlight fragments.
"The contract is concluded." Yelena smiled with satisfaction. "Someone will come to the village later to give you the identity bracelets of the Radiant Throne. Whether it is the contract we have signed now or the special treatment your village enjoys, I think it is enough for only the few people in the room to know about it now. What do you think?"
Vann nodded silently.
If everyone in the village knew about this, there was no guarantee that someone would accidentally let the secret slip to outsiders.
If Duogu Village was labeled as special and unique, it would become a glaring target on the Broken River Plain, extremely conspicuous. The malice from Ilufu and the jealousy from the natives of Broken River Plain would all flow towards their village.
Especially the latter, "Why is your village the only one so lucky?" "Why are you the only ones treated preferentially" - once someone knows about this contract, they will definitely think so.
Jealousy was an exceptionally terrifying emotion, dark and twisted, like a greedy monster. Once it grew, it would inevitably devour and destroy their village.
Therefore, this contract must not be known to more people.
Complex emotions surged in Fan En's blue eyes. In fact, even he himself was worried, "Is it really okay that we are the only ones who escaped?" Thinking of his good friends in the next town, he couldn't help but feel sorry, as if when facing a common enemy, they escaped and only they were saved.
But should we reject the generous conditions offered by the Glorious Throne and put the entire village into the miserable situation of being "bred" just because of apology and guilt?
Fann pursed his lips, his eyes were unusually sharp as he scanned the two adults in the room -
"Derrick Lannon." He spoke each word with emphasis. "I swear to the souls of my ancestors that I will never reveal a single word of what is happening at this moment!"
Derek said in a deep voice: "I swear!"
Lannon also said seriously: "I swear!"
"Okay." Yelena clapped her hands. She felt suffocated by the heavy atmosphere at the moment, so she simply said, "Since the villagers won't be told about the contract, I'll take Ash Elwin first, right? I'll take him away first." She raised her eyebrows, "If we want to keep it a secret, there's no need to say goodbye to everyone one by one, right?"
Otherwise, the villagers would definitely ask “Why are you leaving?” “Why are you taking only Ash with you?”... If you’re not careful, you’ll be exposed.
Derek frowned and raised his hand to make a pause gesture: "Wait a moment. Miss, are you leaving now?"
Yelena nodded confidently, "I am only responsible for signing the contract. A team will be specially assigned to handle the miscellaneous matters later." She looked at Ash with an arrogant expression, as if to say, "My status is much higher than the people behind me." She said, "My time is very precious. Go pack your things so I can take you away."
Ash hesitated for a moment: "I can say goodbye to Mr. Nathan, Mr. Ao..." He quickly listed a long list of people he wanted to say goodbye to in his mind, Aubrey, Shanna, Grandma Lena, Uncle Adi, Aunt Bavra...
Because his thoughts raced so fast, when he said the second name, he had already read everyone's name in his mind - everyone in the village. He wanted to say goodbye to them one by one, to thank them for taking care of him, his favorite people.
It turns out there are so many people who want to say goodbye.
So much so that when he realized this, he shut his mouth and stopped talking.
"...I'd rather not." He smiled and muttered to himself, with two shallow dimples on his cheeks, "There are too many people."
"I'm going to pack my luggage at home." He looked at Yelena, "Please wait a moment."
Yelena was in a very good mood: "Where is your home? I'll go there with you! Hurry up! I'm in a hurry!"
Ash nodded and looked at Vann and Derek, "Village leader, Uncle Derek, just tell everyone that I was taken away as a disciple by the wizard of the Radiant Throne. It's just that time was tight and I didn't have time to say goodbye to them."
"...Okay." Vann walked up to him, looked at him intently, his Adam's apple rolled, and said slowly, "Ash, when you are alone, remember that everyone in the village is always here missing you."
Ash nodded, "Yeah!"
"You are an adult now." Derek raised his hand and rubbed his head for the last time. "Go fly. Everything you wish for will come true."
Ash laughed, "Yeah!"
He opened his arms and hugged Lannon, Vann and Derek beside him.
"I will become a king, the most powerful wizard, and make Duogu Village... No, the entire Broken River Plain, my territory."
***
Under the dazzling throne, the third wizard tower.
Nance sent Ivan away, who was in a hurry to clean up his sister's mess, and lay down on the desk again.
Although the news Ivan brought made him a little excited, the real show would not begin until Yelena brought the boy back. Now... it was still so boring...
He stared at the neatly arranged half-person-high pile of paperwork on the table with resentment. Why had so many things happened in the territory recently?
Ahh, I remember now.
Because the Broken River Plain is open.
Just like a treasure trove of rich resources opened up to the wizarding world, the various decisions and matters that followed, involving interests from all aspects, must have been endless.
I'm afraid I'll be even busier in the future.
This is the intersection and fusion of one continent with another, how can it be so easy?
My head hurts just thinking about it.
Nance continued to be depressed.
It’s so hard…
I don't want to do this anymore...
I want to go back to my own rooftop mountain range and continue to live a comfortable retirement life...
"Bang." The door of the study was pushed open.
You don’t need to look to know who dares to do this.
But Nance still looked up in surprise: "Sigourney?"
He was frightened and subconsciously glanced at the window behind him. It was still daytime outside! Sigourney was actually moving around in broad daylight? !
"Draw the curtains!" Sigourney stood at the door and glanced with disgust at the study where the warm sunlight was pouring all over the floor, but she did not move.
Before Sigourney finished speaking, Nance reflexively waved his fingers - "swish", and the heavy curtains were tightly closed.
The room suddenly became dark.
——All the curtains in the third wizard tower are special alchemical products with the special effect of "shielding sunlight".
But the darkness was only for a moment.
The next second, soft light came on in the study.
"Sigourney, is there something wrong?" Nance looked curiously at the young man who came to his desk at this moment.
Sigourney looked down at him and said, "I suddenly remembered that you are old and you keep jumping around without any consciousness. Sooner or later, your bones will fall apart and your neighbors won't be able to put them back together."
Next door to them are the people from the Pale Throne, who specialize in the undead.
Nance was confused: "So what?" Was Sigourney's rare daytime activity just to mock him for his age?
"The Broken River Plain is open, and there are probably a lot of troubles recently." Sigourney glanced at the pile of documents on the table with a disgusted expression of "see, it's just as expected", "Tsk, if you fall apart, I don't want to beg those dead faces next door. If I owe them a favor, my blood won't be enough for them to draw."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and took away most of the documents, then simply turned and left: "Remember to come to my room to pick them up tonight."
Nance was stunned: "..."
Nance was speechless: "Eh...ah...Sigourney..."
While he was stunned and speechless, Sigourney had already walked away, closing the study door with one hand.
"Yes, did you come here to help me share the work?" Nan Si stared blankly at the few remaining documents on the table, and suddenly raised his hand to rub his eyes, "You little brat, you don't know how to talk properly when you are doing good things! You deserve to never find a partner!"
I wanted to tell him about Yelena's plan, but now...
snort!
Just tell him after he finishes helping with the work!
The author has something to say: Nance (tears in his eyes): My Sigourney has grown up too QAQ
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