"Damn! What the hell is this? Unfinished ghost romance? Undead hybrid?" Liu Zhenhan looked like a cat that had stolen some chili peppers, his paws tangled, and he plopped down on a chair, unable to speak for a while.
Guoguo lifted her official robe, holding a half-bitten ginseng potato on the table, and gleefully imitated a zombie hop, her little bottom shaking like an electric motor.
"You little sea snail~ you little sun-never-sets~" The little parrot squawked chaotically, chasing Guoguo’s behind, scolding: "You little prisoner~"
"So... are you still going to chase me away now?" Axianu asked awkwardly, her tone still as stiff as a rolling pin: "If you still want to chase me away, when my child grows up, I’ll have him turn you all into mush!"
Liu Zhenhan rolled his eyes at this little girl.
A few of the boss ladies giggled and quickly stood out to smooth things over, hurrying to take Axianu away.
Richard, this reckless young man, was quite different from others. If he were provoked and got angry, throwing out a "sacrificial aura," those boss ladies’ dreams of holding grandchildren would be completely shattered.
"A female dragon acting on maternal instincts is beyond reason," Grand Duke Rivaraldo said, a hint of ambiguous smile on his shoehorn-like old face.
This statement was indeed true, as the extremely low fertility rate of the Dragon Clan made every female dragon possess an exuberant maternal instinct.
Liu Zhenhan felt this deeply, as just a moment before, Ruona had perfectly demonstrated this point.
"Second brother, did you handle the things I asked of you this time when you came back?" After seating Kaka’s father and those near-bare retinue, Liu Zhenhan ordered the maids to serve some exquisite tea.
"Commercial trade is a small issue, little K thinks," Kaka mischievously crouched on the chair, winking mysteriously at old Liu: "This time I brought my father to Florence with me not only to thank big brother for saving my life but also to tell you some great news."
"You’re getting a wife?"
"My wife? Damn! Don’t even know if she’s out there yet!" Kaka’s crude remark barely left his mouth when his old man slapped him on his skull.
"How can you talk like that?" Rivaraldo’s beard was twisted with anger. He didn’t know what had gotten into this son, who suddenly started to curse, which he never used to do.
"Big brother, here’s the deal," Kaka said, rubbing his head and grinning cheekily at old Liu: "The Dubin Kingdom in our Hundred Thousand Mountains is holding a royal meeting to decide whether to send troops to aid Beamon!"
After saying this, Kaka eagerly hoped to see an eruption of joy and excitement like lava on old Liu’s face.
But he was disappointed.
"Second brother, I know you’re doing well in the Dubin Kingdom! In fact, with your family’s strength, you’d do phenomenally well no matter which kingdom you pledge allegiance to!" Liu Zhenhan shook his head noncommittally, laughing coolly with his head down: "But second brother, you need to understand something, politics never operates on sentiment! Uncle, don’t mind me saying something slightly disrespectful— even if every Druid in the Ashmillan Tribe were a great Costa, the kingdom you pledge allegiance to might not give you face to send troops to help a nation with whom they have no dealings! Brother, war takes lives and costs money! I appreciate your efforts for me, but it’s unnecessary! Completely unnecessary!"
"We Beamon can fully resolve our matters ourselves, we’re not so desperate that we need to borrow troops for war!" Liu Zhenhan waved his hand, stopping Kaka, who was red-faced and ready to argue, and continued: "You’re a few hundred years old now, how can you be so thoughtless? Why do you think the Dubin Kingdom would heed your proposition? Calling them to defend the Aegean? The Sea Clan and Demon Clan can’t even reach the Hundred Thousand Mountains, their target is the mainland, what does it have to do with the Dubins?"
"Richard..." Grand Duke Rivaraldo chuckled: "... Pardon my forwardness, may I ask you a small question first?"
"In the era of the first demon-god war, after the incarnation of the Beamon war god Kampas descended to the mortal world, he used his formidable strength to kill the Witch King Nai’aozu in the final battle. Where did the divine incarnation of the war god ultimately end up?"
"According to our Hippo Epic records, our four joint kings once invited the war god incarnation to rebuild a home together, but the war god politely declined, saying: My life is destined to roam the wilderness, I belong to that vast wild!" Liu Zhenhan was well-versed in this piece of history: "This line is also a maxim of our priests; ever since, all our priests have taken trials and journeys as their training theme."
"But Kaka tells me Elise, also known as the Aegean Flower from the legendary four strongest friends of the war god, has returned to life." Check latest chapters at novel★fire.net
"As you can see, this timid yet beautiful elf is Elise," Liu Zhenhan picked up a flawless, attractive jaw: "She’s far from the strongest, back then she was just a secondary character in a supporting role."
"You dead Richard, say that again and I’ll shoot you with arrows!" Miss Elise was displeased, who likes having their past exposé like that.
"Esteemed Elise, Kaka learned from you that the war god’s incarnation at that time was named Rexa, who was a half-beast, half-ogre hybrid, is that true?" Grand Duke Rivaraldo watched Aegean Flower with deep respect, though inwardly he was a bit skeptical; how could she be? It seemed to be this little girl who made offensive remarks about Dubin warriors’ attire not being part of the Druid fashion when they had just entered earlier.