Volume 3, Chapter 16 – Drawing Aggro

Seeing the pink-haired little girl being taken away by a group of crude, golden-armored knights, Mengxi was undoubtedly displeased to the extreme. However, she was truly powerless to do anything. After Bai Yanluo arrived, Mengxi knew very well that she could no longer take action.

The only thing she could perhaps do was express her inner dissatisfaction through words:

“She’s not some little kid.”

“…”

Hearing Mengxi’s emotionally charged words, Bai Yanluo could not help but be slightly stunned. She looked thoughtfully at the pink-haired girl’s departing figure and said,

“This? You value that child so much?”

“Yes, she is very important to me.”

“Sigh, she’s just going to the capital. It’s not like they’re doing anything to her, so there’s no need to be so anxious,” Bai Yanluo said with some confusion. As she spoke, she slowly stepped forward and draped her cloak over Mengxi’s shoulders.

“Sister Bai, do you know what reason those Royal Knights gave for the arrest?”

“What reason?”

“Colluding with Abyssal Demons and attempting to use Shadow Essence for cultivation. In the laws of the vast majority of countries, including the Snownight Empire, these are capital offenses! It’s the kind that results in the execution of the entire family.”

“Ah? Then, that child, isn’t she in grave danger…”

“Yes.”

Mengxi nodded with considerable helplessness.

In response, Bai Yanluo also showed a bitter expression. She had felt no Shadow Essence at all from Marquis Xiumu, his wife, or that pink-haired girl just now. Considering the current situation of the Snownight Empire, she could roughly guess that this was a power struggle. As for colluding with Abyssal Demons and such, they were nothing more than false charges.

Because of this reason, Bai Yanluo found it truly difficult to accept the execution of an innocent child.

“But Archbishop Mokaro has already signed a treaty with the Snownight Empire’s royal family. We cannot interfere in their internal affairs.”

“…”

“However, we just can’t interfere openly.”

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“Hmm? Sister Bai, what do you mean by that?”

“It’s simple. If you’re so worried about that child, then wait until the Royal Knight Corps is on its return journey and go rescue her. If you’re worried you can’t handle those people, I’ll help you.” As she spoke, Bai Yanluo patted her chest and revealed a very reliable smile.

Upon hearing those words, Mengxi could not help but show a look of astonishment.

“On the way back? Wait, Sister Bai, didn’t you come here to take me back to the headquarters?”

To this, Bai Yanluo chuckled and shook her head.

“No, I am escorting you to the capital of the Snownight Empire, Sky Dome.”

?!

‘What?’

‘Going to Sky Dome?’

In an instant, a deep sense of confusion and surprise surfaced within Mengxi’s pale violet eyes.

“Going to the capital? What’s the situation? Hasn’t the headquarters always refused the Snownight royal family’s requests? Why this time…”

“I don’t know. I’m also not clear on the specific details of what Archbishop Mokaro and Xue Tian’ao discussed. I only know it likely concerns a weapons trade. Mengxi, you know as well that the Archbishop and the Pope are both very interested in those weapons Xue Tian’ao created.”

“So, they made such a deal?”

“Most likely.”

“I see. But making me go to the Snownight Empire… what on earth…”

“Emm, actually, it’s not just you, Mengxi. We’ll be joining Archbishop Nick later. We will set off for Sky Dome as a diplomatic mission from the Ashurmos Church.”

“A diplomatic mission?”

Hearing those words, Mengxi’s brow could not help but furrow tightly.

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“And both an Archbishop and you are going as well? It’s that formal?”

“Sigh, it’s not just us. All the major empires and most of the important powers have sent diplomatic missions.”

“What is that fellow Xue Tian’ao trying to do in Sky Dome this time?”

In response, Bai Yanluo looked toward the direction of the Snownight imperial city with a complex expression.

“The new Emperor’s coronation ceremony…”

On the other side,

After being beaten by Mengxi, Abik left the Marquis Mansion and without a word, he threw the pink-haired girl next to him into the prison cart with a very crude motion, showing no tenderness for her beauty whatsoever. The humiliation of being beaten by Mengxi earlier had made him quite frustrated.

Unable to vent his anger on Mengxi, he could only release his resentment onto the pink-haired girl.

“Stay quiet! Don’t try to escape, or I’ll cut off both your feet!”

After shouting menacingly at Miss Yumo, Abik locked the prison cart door and began running toward his commander’s location, seemingly to report that the task had been completed.

Abik’s seemingly harsh throw did not cause any harm to Miss Yumo. Instead, it caused the prison cart to lose half its health…

A look of indifference remained on Miss Yumo’s face.

However, even if Yumo didn’t care, the other people inside the prison cart were suddenly consumed with anxiety. Several maids rushed forward and surrounded Yumo in their midst.

“Miss Xia’er, are you alright?”

“Are you injured? Did they do anything to you?”

“Those damn Royal Knights, how could they treat the young lady so crudely! A fall like that must have hurt a lot, right? Miss, are you okay? I’ve secretly hidden some medicine; do you need it?”

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The servants’ words of concern continuously reached Yumo’s ears, causing Miss Yumo to reveal a slightly touched expression. However, while being moved, Yumo could not help but frown after seeing the familiar faces among the maids.

“Duo’er? Why are you all here too?”

“Naturally, we were caught by those knights.”

Yumo’s personal maid, named Duo’er, shook her head quite helplessly.

To this, Yumo showed a confused expression.

“Didn’t they say they were only arresting the head of the house and direct relatives?”

“Sigh, that’s what they said at first. But after the Marquis was arrested, these Royal Knights became unscrupulous. They began arresting the Duke Family’s close associates, saying they were suspected of being accomplices and had to be taken back for investigation. They probably want to uproot the Duke Family’s influence in the Northern Frontier in one fell swoop.”

As she spoke, Duo’er sighed in a very desolate tone.

“I see…”

Yumo murmured with a complex expression and looked at the neatly aligned Royal Knights and the massive crowd of people outside the prison cart.

Despite taking action against a heroic family that fought the Abyssal Demons, these knights did not have a trace of guilt on their faces. What they had instead was a sharp, murderous aura. It seemed these knights loyal to Xue Tian’ao fully believed that the Duke Family was involved with the Abyssal Demons.

As for the citizens the Marquis had exhausted himself to protect, the way they looked at them now was also filled with distrust and suspicion. There was no sign of protest at all, which was quite chilling to see. It appeared the matter regarding Yuan’er had already spread among the citizens. Presumably, these Royal Knights had started spreading this news before they even took action.

She hadn’t expected that one day, she would actually be caught up in a power struggle.

It was truly a strange feeling.

‘Are these people going to escort me to the capital? Emm, then I might as well go there for a bit.’

‘It’s time to see that Chosen Son for myself…’

‘But…’

Suddenly, her body trembled, and Yumo looked toward the Marquis Mansion with a complex expression, specifically toward where Mengxi had been resting earlier.

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‘Since I was suddenly taken away, she must be very worried, right?’

At the same time, on the roof of a residential house not far from the Marquis Mansion, several young men and women dressed in Blackrose Family uniforms were standing, silently watching the Royal Knight Corps’ convoy in the distance. When they saw those golden tin cans throw the pink-haired girl so crudely into the dilapidated prison cart, everyone could not help but clench their fists.

Murderous cold light overflowed from their eyes.

The powerful battle aura permeating their surroundings also gradually began to go wild. The originally sturdy wooden house, under the baptism of this faintly visible aura, gradually entered a state on the verge of collapse. One of the muscular, hot-tempered corps commanders suddenly shouldered two massive axes.

“Damn it! What kind of bullshit Royal Knights are they?! How dare they treat Lady Yumo like that?! Do they want to die?!”

As he spoke, the aggressive big man prepared to charge out and fight the Royal Knight Corps to the death!

However, just as he was about to take action, a pink-haired girl in front of him suddenly raised her hand to stop him. In response, the big man looked somewhat displeased at the little girl in front of him who was a full meter shorter than himself.

“Commander?! Why are you stopping me?!”

“Don’t be in a hurry. Those people can’t hurt Lady Yumo.”

The girl called Commander, who was Qiu Mingtong, the commander of the Autumn Fall Corps, spoke calmly.

“I know that! Even if those people used full firepower for a whole year, they couldn’t possibly hurt Lady Yumo. But the attitude and behavior of these people is truly intolerable! We can’t even pamper Lady Yumo enough, yet these bastards dare to be so disrespectful!”

“I know you’re angry, but you must endure. Now is not the time to act.”

As she spoke, an indescribable chill was suddenly released from Qiu Mingtong’s eyes, directly shocking the big man into silence. Clearly, in terms of inner dissatisfaction, Qiu Mingtong was not the least bit weaker than the big man; in fact, she surpassed him.

Staring fixedly at the golden army not far away, Qiu Mingtong’s pale gold eyes were full of murderous intent.

“Right now, we cannot openly break ties. First, inform the Duke of the matters here and request further instructions.”

“Yes, Commander…”