686: 679 686: 679 “I understand.” Luoer nodded.
“Do you understand the first phrase or the second?” lia stared at him and asked with a smile.
Luoer didn’t respond, but coughed and lowered his head.
In front of lia, Luoer always felt overshadowed by her, she liked being in control.
Even in difficult tis, Luoer rarely saw her being passive.
“I have prepared a banquet for you.” Seeing Luoer’s shy appearance, lia revealed a smug smile and continued.
“That’s not necessary.” Luoer declined gently.
“Not just for you, but also to enhance our friendship with the headquarters.” lia said.
“Alright.” Luoer nodded and reluctantly accepted her words.
lia was smart, she invited Luoer in the na of official duties, making it difficult for Luoer to refuse.
“As for your mission, don’t worry too much.
I have deployed two border infantry regints made up of Odelanqi people.
Even if they encounter resistance, they are fully capable of stopping those people and retrieving your things.
You may not even need to mobilize the Advance Team.” lia reassured Luoer.
“I hope so.” Luoer pressed his lips together, agreeing with lia.
The two walked along the smooth stone path to the garden in front of the mansion.
Looking at the towering mountains in the distance, Luoer suddenly thought of sothing and asked: “lia, how is the situation in the Masaya Kingdom?”
“Whom do you want to ask about?” lia turned her head and asked him.
“About everyone and everything.” Luoer replied.
“Everything remains the sa,” lia said, took a step forward, looked at the distant peaks and spoke with a touch of lancholy, “In the southwest of the Kingdom, the rebels are rampaging and the court is in constant dispute.
However, the only consolation is that my father no longer sends people to ask to return for marriage.
Even if I return, I probably won’t have the peace to be a princess.”
She said this and a self-mocking smile slowly appeared on her originally lancholic face.
Based on her tone, Luoer preferred to interpret it as her feeling relieved.
“If I go back, I will wear the crown bestowed by the Pope himself, ascent to my throne, and make those who once looked down upon and arbitrarily ruled over submit at my feet.
I want to see their astonished looks, and make them pay for their past actions.” lia stared at the peak in a daze, uttering these words absently.
After a slight pause, she turned her head to look at Luoer.
She chuckled, and continued; “I’m very thankful to have t you.
I’m pleased that I didn’t let you down.
I’m happy my intuition was right.
Now that the headquarters and the Church Court are getting along well, as long as I manage the relationship with the headquarters, I will have the opportunity to be accepted by the church.”
“Actually, I never quite understood why a girl would be so intoxicated with power,” Luoer walked to her side and said lightly, “But I understand you, because you don’t have any way out.
You refuse to be arbitrarily ruled by others, you just want to hold your life in your own hands.
I once was startled by your seemingly cruel decisions, but now, I can calmly accept everything you have and what you are striving for.”
“Thank you for understanding ,” lia said, unable to help but lean her head towards Luoer and rested on his arm, saying with relief, “I thought that I had been very lonely.
Thank you for standing by my side and speaking such words to .”
“Actually, I don’t quite understand the joy that power brings to people.
Perhaps it’s because I am indifferent to fa and fortune.
I always feel that power is a reward, but at the sa ti, it is also a heavy burden.” Luoer didn’t reject lia’s action, but looked into the distance and said lightly.
“You may not yet understand the benefits of power, but once you experience more, you will inevitably crave it.” lia said, arm-in-arm with Luoer in an uninterrupted motion.
“Why do you speak so confidently?” Luoer was taken aback and couldn’t help but ask.
“Because I understand you,” lia raised her head to look at him, fearlessly eting his gaze and said with a smile, “Want to make a bet with ?
I bet that in the future, you will struggle tirelessly for power.
Why?
Because we are the sa kind of people, that’s why I understand you.”
Luoer stared at her, taking a while to recover before humorously replying, “Perhaps, maybe it’s just because I haven’t been beaten up by life yet.”
Hearing his words, a captivating smile tugged at lia’s lips; her big eyes also shaped into beautiful crescents.
After the smile, lia pondered a mont and continued, “When the tree that shelters you falls, you will be lost and strive to beco the tree yourself.
Luoer, we don’t cherish what we never had, but once we’ve had and lost sothing, we will do everything in our power to regain it.”
“The sea can hardly forgo its past, right?” Luoer couldn’t help but recite this line of poetry.
“I understand.” lia smiled sweetly at him, recognizing the Chinese phrase Luoer had just spoken.
The two of them stood quietly together, clinging onto each other.
What worried Luoer was that lia didn’t continue teasing him, nor did she have any other intentions.
This allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief at least, knowing he had not betrayed Tangmo and Baiyue.
So, under lia’s arrangents, the Advance Team temporarily stayed at the iliya Camp.
Luoer instructed Tangmo to notify the air fleet to maintain surveillance, and to coordinate with the Border Infantry Battalion that lia had sent.
Once the target was spotted, they would imdiately establish a three-dinsional support network to assist the ground units, and the Advance Team would promptly leave the camp, parachuting into the combat area to retrieve the goods.
Tangmo’s main job was to take care of Feng.
She was essentially her logistics captain.
However, upon arrival at iliya Camp, she delegated caring for Feng to Baiyue and devoted her attention to Luoer to prevent Princess lia from kidnapping him.
For Tangmo, lia was indeed a formidable rival.
Momo had also warned her to be cautious of the interaction between Luoer and lia.
You could say they were worrying needlessly because in terms of their personality, Luoer and lia were not complentary.
Luoer was of a dominant nature, although he has a good temper, it didn’t change the essence of his personality.
What he needed to balance him was soone relatively weak-willed, not soone with an equally strong will.
The biggest difference between lia and Tangmo was that lia was truly dominant, while Tangmo could only be considered as faux dominant.
As Cheng Ziang had said, lia was just as capable as Luoer in decision-making, even surpassing him in so areas.
This could shake his authority, which Luoer wouldn’t allow.
In the advance team, although Cheng Ziang also had decision-making power, he acknowledged his role as a consultant and inspector general.
His responsibilities were to devise strategies and monitor Luoer’s decisions.
Ultimately, the final decision still lay in Luoer’s hands, which made Luoer able to tolerate him.
Although Tangmo often clung to Luoer, making him tornted, she didn’t have the ability to make decisions on vital issues, she simply obeyed Luoer’s arrangents.
This made Luoer tolerate her persistence.
One could say that, apart from Luoer and Cheng Ziang, almost everyone in the advance team held a subordinate position.
This outco was preferable for Luoer, who would not ignore these fundantal issues due to his patient and mild manner.
So understanding all these facts, Tangmo had no reason to worry about the threat lia might pose.
Luoer wouldn’t marry a woman more dominant than himself, as it would turn his household upside down.
Of course, if lia was willing to change for Luoer, it’s not impossible.
However, judging by the current situation, it seems that lia would rather stay the course in her pursuit for power.
Reviews
All reviews (0)