Volume 4, Chapter 9 – A Filial Daughter and a Loving Father. Really??

“Tch, idiot.”

After cursing Luo Fei with obvious irritation, Ailiya’s expression became somewhat more serious.

“So, Father, you came back this time to hand things over to me, right~”

The silver-haired girl’s lips curved up slightly as she asked with a seemingly kind expression.

Upon hearing this, Luo Fei, who was leaning against the sofa, stiffened. He thoughtfully glanced sideways at the mountain of documents piled on the office desk, as well as the two cartloads of files beside it.

Enmm,

This damn girl… did she know I was coming back… and deliberately leave all this work for me?

Hmm,

It must be like that. Otherwise, this girl shouldn’t have left so many official duties unprocessed while slacking off like crazy here.

Hmph.

After snorting coldly in his heart, Luo Fei took a deep breath and suddenly revealed a benevolent expression belonging to a father.

“Ailiya, although I would very much like to hand things over to you and help you handle some troublesome matters. But right now… sigh, up north, the Vassals of Sky’s Corrupted Beasts have started getting restless again. I need to deal with things over there first. The Lingyuan family affairs will have to continue troubling you for some time.”

“I can help with guarding the northern territory too.”

“No, no. The northern territory is getting more and more dangerous now. It’s better if you don’t go there, Ailiya. Leave those dangerous matters to me to handle. You don’t need to worry about them.”

Luo Fei spoke earnestly, his deep red eyes filled with ‘righteous and dignified bearing.’

At first glance, Luo Fei seemed to be quite a qualified father, wanting to voluntarily take on dangerous tasks and let his daughter stay in the safe zone.

However, Ailiya, who knew Luo Fei’s true nature well, couldn’t help but roll her eyes after hearing these words, looking disdainfully at her father who was putting on an act.

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“Who are you trying to fool? Do you think I’m an idiot, you old geezer?”

“Huh? Where did I lie? I’m doing this for…”

“Give it up, Father. Do you think I don’t know what the situation is up north?”

Facing her father who was still pretending, Ailiya said disdainfully, her beautiful eyes showing undisguised coldness.

“After the Celestial Blight was driven back two years ago, the Vassals of Sky have been very well-behaved. Vassal Tier sightings in the northern territory have only occurred once in the past six months, much lower than before. The Vassals of Sky haven’t even approached the safety line, obviously still recuperating. What danger is there? You staying in the northern territory is obviously just to slack off.”

Ailiya mercilessly exposed Luo Fei’s thoughts.

“The northern territory is about to enter a period of border defense equipment updates and maintenance, as well as troop rotations, so there’s suddenly a lot more work. You lazy bastard found it troublesome, so you took the opportunity to come back and see how much internal affairs the Lingyuan family has. If the Lingyuan family doesn’t have much going on, you’ll rotate with me. If the Lingyuan family has more affairs, you’ll find an excuse to continue returning north… You old geezer, don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking.”

Although in the eyes of all Lingyuan family servants and the vast majority of Westivian Covenant citizens, Luo Fei was a hero who dedicated himself to the alliance’s safety and stayed year-round in harsh frontier regions.

But Ailiya, who knew Luo Fei’s true nature, was very clear that this guy just didn’t want to manage the Lingyuan family’s internal affairs… which was why he hid at the northern front lines all day long.

Maybe he really did want to resist the Vassals of Sky before, but recently he’s definitely just trying to slack off!

“You can fool Grandpa Naro and the others, but don’t think you can brush me off with this nonsense, thank you.”

“Tch.”

Seeing his thoughts completely seen through by Ailiya, Luo Fei couldn’t help but click his tongue, showing a trace of displeasure.

“Fine then. Since that’s the case, let’s decide the old way.”

Saying this, Luo Fei drained his tea in one gulp, then this head of the Lingyuan family went to a nearby wall and pressed his hand against it. Accompanied by the sound of mechanisms operating, a large opening suddenly appeared in the wall surface.

Through the opening, Luo Fei pointed toward the distant training ground.

“We start counting at three. I’ll only use Early Divine Departure Realm level power. Whoever reaches the training ground first wins. Whoever loses stays at the Lingyuan family to handle official duties. Any problems?”

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“No.”

Ailiya calmly shook her head and slowly walked to a position alongside Luo Fei.

After glancing at Ailiya who was already in position, Luo Fei took a deep breath and assumed a sprinting stance, his internal spiritual power spreading out and enhancing his legs.

“Then, ready~, 1… 3!!”

Skipping ‘2’, the moment he shouted ‘3’, Luo Fei shot toward the training ground like lightning, enhanced by crimson spiritual power.

“Hey!! You old geezer! You’re cheating!”

Seeing this, Ailiya couldn’t help but roar angrily.

“All’s fair in war! I only said we’d start at ‘3’! I never said it had to be ‘1, 2, 3’! Hahaha!!”

Luo Fei responded quite arrogantly, even somewhat irritatingly.

After that, Luo Fei couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to Ailiya’s reaction and rushed toward his destination with all his might. The Lingyuan family had so many affairs, Luo Fei didn’t want to waste his precious time on them.

Seeing the training ground getting closer and closer, Luo Fei’s lips gradually curved upward, revealing a pleased smile.

-“I won!”-

However, just when Luo Fei thought he had achieved great victory and gained the right to choose, intense stabbing pain and numbness suddenly transmitted from his abdomen without warning, directly causing this head of the Lingyuan family to tremble all over. His sprint came to an abrupt halt, and he crashed headfirst into the ground.

“Boom!!”

In an instant, bricks and tiles scattered and dust flew everywhere.

Clutching his stomach with a pained expression, Luo Fei unconsciously bit his lip, his crimson pupils filled with bewilderment.

What’s going on? Why suddenly?

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“Huh?!”

Recalling the cup of tea he had just drunk, Luo Fei immediately showed an expression of sudden realization. Then, the silver-haired man glared viciously behind him, at that silver-haired girl with a playful expression.

“You, you actually!! Drugged me!”

“Specially formulated for you. Do you like it, Father?”

Ailiya chuckled lightly as she passed by Luo Fei.

As a Peak Divine Departure Realm existence, Luo Fei undoubtedly had strong resistance to drugs and abnormal conditions. His body quickly broke down the drug Ailiya had given him. However, this brief delay had already given Ailiya the advantage, surpassing and even leaving Luo Fei far behind.

Luo Fei wanted to pursue, but it was too late to change anything.

Seeing this, the unwilling Luo Fei angrily shouted:

“Despicable!”

To this, Miss Ailiya glanced back at Luo Fei dismissively:

“All’s fair in war~”

“Tch~”

Clenching his fists, although extremely displeased, Luo Fei could only helplessly watch as Ailiya reached the training ground first.

A few minutes later, watching Luo Fei clutching his stomach with a gloomy expression, Miss Ailiya’s lips quietly curved upward.

Seeing Luo Fei suffer was undoubtedly quite pleasant for Ailiya.

“You just work hard here. I’ll handle those trivial matters at the northern front.”

Hearing these words, after sighing, Luo Fei spoke again:

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“Let me handle the northern territory matters.”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing this, Ailiya frowned unhappily and glared at Luo Fei warily:

“You old geezer, you’re not thinking of going back on your word, are you? And you call yourself the Covenant’s First Celestial Augur Knight!”

“Stop calling me ‘old geezer, old geezer’ all the time… I’m still young! Call me ‘Father’ properly!”

Raising his hand to his forehead, Luo Fei said helplessly:

“I’m not trying to renege. I’ll handle the Lingyuan family affairs properly. But let me still handle the northern territory matters.”

“Huh? You’d be that kind?” Ailiya stepped back suspiciously.

“What exactly do you take your father for… sigh.”

After sighing, Luo Fei solemnly raised his head and met Ailiya’s gaze.

“Mainly, you have more important matters that need handling.”

“More important matters?”

“Yes.”

Nodding, Luo Fei carefully took out a proclamation bearing the Westivian Covenant’s national emblem from his chest pocket and handed it to Ailiya.

“In two weeks, the appointment ceremony for the new Celestial Augur Knight will be held in the capital. Ailiya, you should go prepare.”