NoGift Chapter 191: she'll definitely break him

ARGENT'S face was dark. If it was possible, black liquid would probably drip out of it because of how dark it was. The reason? Because of a particular person missing right now inside the shuttle.

Let's go back an hour ago to know who it was.

= [An hour ago] =

After Anthea finished talking to Jaxon, she stood up. Although she felt a bit wobbly in her feet, she could still walk a short distance. She walked towards the door of the shuttle and went out.

Her eyes first landed on the elf. Rembering her conversation with Jax just now, she couldn't help but sigh. Once the two t, it would be hard for her friend but much more so for the elf. She couldn't even begin to imagine that scene.

The mont she went out, the twins imdiately walked to her.

"Mother, why did you suddenly walk here? What if you accidentally tripped?"

"Mother, are your legs okay?"

Aurum and Argent said almost at the sa ti.

"You two, being unconscious for almost three months doesn't necessarily an that I beca an invalid," Anthea said helplessly. She could see by the reaction of the two that they have been really scared by her sudden kidnapping.

Then she noticed two unfamiliar faces. Both were young n. One had ssy reddish-brown hair and a pair of dark brown eyes. He looked easygoing and the type that would just go with the flow. But there was hidden strength in those eyes. Which ant that when it ca to things he believed in, he would do everything to protect it.

The other one had long black hair tied in a ponytail behind his back. His pair of obsidian black eyes were sharp and seed like it could cut into anything. His features obviously belonged to soone who was born from the East. But unlike most n there who had delicate features, he was tall and full of overwhelming montum.

"These two are?" she asked.

"Good morning, Duchess. I'm Clay Grunewald, an associate of your children," Clay said with a smile, introducing himself.

Aurum glanced at Clay. This was actually the first ti she heard the guy's full na. She was a bit annoyed by that. Why didn't she or her brother ever bothered to ask him that? Well, during that ti in Shandra, they thought that their eting was just a brief one. So having a na to call him was already enough. But then, they t again here. With all the things they had to do, asking Clay his surna was probably the last thing that would cross their mind.

Even though still a bit annoyed at herself, Aurum was glad that she finally knew Clay's full na.

Lei Feng, on the other hand, raised both hands one fist was over another palm. Then he bent forward, doing the standard Xing bow. But it was not just that. The bow he made was sothing that only a junior would give to a respected elder. "My na is Zhang Lei Feng. It's an honor to et you, Your Grace."

By the way the two introduced themselves and their accents, Anthea could imdiately tell that Clay most probably grew up in a commoner family probably sowhere in the Southwestern continent while Lei Feng must belong to an aristocratic family in Xing.

She smiled at the two. "It's nice to et the both of you."

"Mother, Clay was a big help during the whole operation of getting you back," Aurum said like so proud mother hen.

"No, I really didn't do much," Clay said, a bit embarrassed. Because he truly didn't do that much. At most, he only provided so support.

Aurum elbowed him. "Don't be too modest. No matter how small your part was, you still helped. That's what's more important."

Clay turned to Aurum. Without him even knowing, a soft smile already crossed his lips.

Anthea looked back and forth between the two. Although she still didn't know what thod they used to get her back, she was much more intrigued by the interaction between the two. This was the first ti she had seen her younger daughter being so actively close to a boy. She wasn't sure if she should be worried or not.

Both her children would soon turn 15. They were already at the age where they would be curious of the opposite sex. Despite being mature for their age, there were still a few things that she needed to explain to them. But seeing Aurum's interaction with this boy Clay, she was kind of glad to see her acting like a girl her age should.

Then she glanced at her other daughter. She raised one of her brows when she saw Argent frowning while looking at the two. Anthea sighed. No doubt, this daughter of hers was being an overprotective 'brother' again. She should probably have a longer talk with Argent. And remind her, just in case, she had already forgotten, that she was actually a girl.

Argent cleared her throat. "In terms of helping, then Lei Feng also did his part." She turned to Lei Feng. "Right?"

Lei Feng glanced at Argent. Her expression was simply telling him 'co on, tell them proudly all the big help you did'. But he couldn't do that. Especially since all he did was to use his Gift to produce a storm-like effect. He couldn't possibly act all proud just because of that. He was not so thick-faced that he could do that in front of Argent's mother.

So he could only say, "Um."

Argent imdiately noticed Lei Feng's ear tips turning red. Why was this guy being shy again?

"Then you have my gratitude, both of you," Anthea said to the two young n.

"Lady Anthea, Black and White also did a lot to help," Black suddenly inserted, looking up at Anthea with a look clearly saying 'praise ! praise !'.

Anthea looked down at Black and smiled. "Yes, Black did good." She turned to the white-haired girl as well. "White too."

Black smiled happily while White just quietly smiled.

"Mother, are you already done talking to Uncle Jax?" Argent asked after a while, in which her mother nodded. "What did he say?"

"He'll et us in your island," Anthea answered.

So, it's decided. They're next destination would be Argent's island. She turned to the two n and told it to them.

"I'm going with you. I'm still on vacation, so I still have a lot of free ti left on my hand," Lei Feng simply said.

Argent was starting to wonder just how long this vacation was. Could it be that Lei Feng never had a vacation ever since he beca a soldier so the Emperor allowed him to leave indefinitely?

"As for , I plan to go back to my sister. I've been gone for so long, she's probably already dying of worry," Clay said. "Regarding our deal, you could just find anyti you wanted. You could contact and I'll give you my location."

"Then let Black send you back. I'll lend you one of my flying cars," Argent said then took a capsule from her space ring. She turned to Black and gave the capsule to him. "Black, send Clay to his sister, okay?"

"Okay, Master! Black will do definitely do a good job!"

"Brother, could I go with them as well?"

Everyone, well, except for Lei Feng, the elf, and White, turned to Aurum when she said that.

"You wanted to send Clay back?" Argent asked, making sure that what she just heard was right.

Aurum nodded hesitantly. She didn't know what ca over her. She just knew that she couldn't say goodbye to Clay without even talking to him properly. And she couldn't exactly do that with all the people around.

"It's alright, Aurum. You didn't have to do that," Clay said. Although, for so reason, what she said sohow made him extrely happy.

"But I insist!" Aurum said before turning back to Argent. "Please, Brother. Promise, Black and I will be at the island by evening."

Anthea looked at her youngest daughter's persistent face then at her eldest daughter's increasingly dark face. "It's okay, Aurum. You can go."

"Mother--!"

But Argent's complain was drowned by Aurum's squeal. "Thank you, Mother!" she said, hugging Anthea's arm.

"Just make sure you won't do anything that a lady wouldn't do," Anthea whispered in a way that only Aurum could hear.

Aurum suddenly blushed but still nodded.

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And thus brought the current situation inside the shuttle that was flying back to Argent's island.

Argent suddenly broke the pen she was holding. If that Clay even tried to do sothing inappropriate towards her sister, she'd definitely break him.