Upon returning to the estate, Alaric headed to his father's study to report what he had heard from William.
"Barbarians…" Lucas frowned.
He participated in the war with the barbarians a few decades ago. The battle made him famous and cented his na as one of the strongest in the empire.
He dribbled his fingers on the table, seemingly in deep thought.
"The Barbarian King is not a foolish man. Sothing must have happened for him to send his warriors near our borders." Lucas muttered.
"I think so too." Alaric nodded in agreent.
Lucas stared at his son and said. "This matter is indeed suspicious, but let's leave it for the ti being. We have more important matters to take care of."
Alaric was taken aback. "What is it, Dad?" He asked with a baffled look.
Lucas adjusted his sitting posture before he replied with a smile. "What else? Of course your wedding!"
Alaric's smile stiffened upon hearing this. He thought that there would be another war. It turned out his father was talking about his wedding.
"You are right. I cannot let Hershey wait any longer. It is ti to announce our wedding date!" Alaric responded, feeling a bit emotional.
In his past life, he had never married Hershey and just kept her waiting for him. He couldn't let that happen again.
"Good! She is a good girl so you must treasure her, my son." Lucas didn't want his son to make the sa mistake he did when he was younger.
"Yes, Dad! I know…" Alaric smiled in response.
After so small talk, he left Lucas' study.
Oh! I forgot to ask Dad if he knows sothing about Mystic Cloud. Never mind, I will ask him so other ti.
Alaric clicked his tongue.
Although he had told his father that he would focus his attention on his wedding, he still sent Franklin and a few warriors to investigate the barbarian sightings in Turtle Fort.
He then went to find the freed won to check on their situation.
"Greetings, Lord Alaric!"
"My lord!"
The won revealed looks of excitent upon seeing him. This man had freed them and gave them the chance to turn their lives around.
Alaric smiled upon seeing the huge improvent in their complexion. When he had first t them in the slave wagon, they looked listless. Only a few days had passed and they were already filled with energy and hope.
"I am glad to see you all in good shape."
Alaric exchanged greetings and polite remarks with them. He then asked them about their accommodation and their new jobs to which the won replied with great enthusiasm.
Knowing that they were satisfied with their arrangents, Alaric excused himself and was about to head to the training grounds when he heard soone calling him.
"My lord, please wait a mont!"
Alaric raised an eyebrow and turned his head. The one who had called him was Lyanna.
"Lyanna, is there sothing you need?" Alaric had placed special attention on her because of her unique talent. He had specifically given her an important position in the household's army.
He noticed that her younger sister Emma was just right behind her.
"My lord, there is sothing that I want to tell you. Can we talk sowhere more private?" Said Lyanna as she looked around with cautious eyes.
Alaric revealed a look of interest. He wondered what she wanted to tell him for her to be this secretive.
"Alright. Follow ." He beckoned to them.
Lyanna nodded her head. She then grabbed her younger sister's hand and whispered. "Things will be alright. I promise you."
Hearing her sister's words, Emma ekly nodded. "Mn."
Alaric brought the two to his study. "Do you want tea or coffee?" He asked them as he pointed to the vacant seats adjacent to his desk.
"There's no need, my lord." Lyanna rejected his offer.
Alaric didn't insist. He took his seat and indicated for them to speak.
Lyanna took a deep breath to gather her thoughts. She then opened her mouth. "My lord, we are from House Jillings, a small rchant family based in Hairo. Our family's business is mostly related to herbs and dicine so we usually spend our ti gathering unique herbs and elixir from the mountains…"
She gave him a short description of their family before she went straight to the topic.
"One ti when we were searching for herbs, we discovered sothing unusual…" Lyanna described the characteristics of the flowers they had found on a mountain near Hairo.
Alaric listened carefully. At first, he didn't treat the matter too seriously, but when he heard her description of the flowers, he thought about one event that happened in his past life.
It was the discovery of the ultra-rare elixir, the Bedeviled Cornelia!
This flower looked like a hybrid of a rose because of the similarities in their appearance. However, this was far from the truth.
The Bedeviled Cornelia wasn't an ordinary flower. It was an elixir that fed on corpses!
At first, it was only treated as a strange flower, but it was later discovered to be extrely useful in growing monsters. If a wild beast consud one petal from its flower, it would have a high chance of becoming a monster!
If he got his hands on these flowers, he could boost the growth of the Saber-fanged Wolves!
While he was imrsed in his thoughts, Lyanna's voice drifted into his ears.
"There's just one problem, my lord… There is a pack of powerful monsters in that mountain and I think they are waiting for those flowers to bloom."
"When you discovered those flowers, what was their color?" He asked.
The Bedeviled Cornelia would fully bloom once their petals turned pink. It was also when their boosting properties started to manifest.
Lyanna thought for a mont before she replied. "I think they were white with so hint of pinkness."
Alaric frowned. This ans that those flowers were about to bloom! If that happened, those monsters would definitely devour them!
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