Soon, the negotiations between the Mystical Council and Irene’s side concluded with results.
According to the compensation requested by Scarlett Jennings, besides the replacent of so special materials and magic artifacts, the Demon Hunter Guild was also asked to negotiate for the return of so collections from the Elizabethan Manor to Cathay.
The reason it wasn’t all of them is that it’s understood that returning them all is impossible.
But returning just a portion is enough.
Because Scarlett Jennings had discussed with the Qilin of the Artefact Village about using replicas to replace the genuine items in the collection, which was now ready to be implented.
The Jade Cabbage, which Scarlett Jennings had entrusted with heavy responsibilities, had, over nearly half a year’s accumulation, successfully replicated most of the replicas with its perfect imitation ability.
Taking advantage of this transaction, they could send these replicas to the Elizabethan Manor and swap out those half-soul embedded replicas.
So that decades later, when these replicated replicas vanish, the initial plan of the artefacts can continue.
In the Security Bureau’s office, Scarlett Jennings and the group, including Samuel Chalrs, listened as Simon conveyed the final negotiation results.
"Irene cos from Elizabethan Nobility, so it’s just right for him to handle this negotiation, but it will take so ti. After Irene leaves, the Demon Hunter’s Guild will also send representatives from various countries to learn the magic of the Sea Barrier..."
Simon paused here, suddenly looking at Samuel Chalrs,
"Next, many foreign Masters will gather in Capital tropolitan. Although we’ve already expressed our stance, we can’t rule out those who want to fish in troubled waters and persistently entangle, so my recomndation is for you to temporarily leave Capital tropolitan."
As for Samuel Chalrs, himself waking up after the Dragon Vein regained consciousness would not stay in one place for long.
This ti he stayed in Capital tropolitan after awakening because of special circumstances.
So naturally, Samuel Chalrs had no objection to Simon’s proposal.
He then looked at Scarlett Jennings.
Scarlett Jennings: ...
What are you looking at for?
The question is for you, not .
Though she muttered in her heart, Scarlett Jennings also agreed with Simon’s proposal.
However, just because he had to leave doesn’t an she has to follow along.
Scarlett Jennings no longer had the initial mindset of having to be tied to his side and, besides, she had her tasks to do.
Perhaps sensing her lack of response, Simon cleared his throat and couldn’t help but add,
"Didn’t you tell that if the negotiations ca through, you wanted to return to Artefact Village to check on the replica situation to prepare for the artefact replacent?
It’s just as well; the lord also needs to leave Capital tropolitan for a while, so it’s great for you to go to the Artefact Village together."
It’s not that he has to make this decision, but the proposal to go to Artefact Village together was actually raised by Samuel Chalrs himself.
Clearly, he could have arranged it under the na of the head of the Security Bureau, yet he insisted on having Simon relay it.
Though vaguely perceiving a change in the lord’s attitude towards Scarlett Jennings, Simon consistently felt that this lord’s insistence on accompanying Scarlett Jennings every ti wasn’t rely to soften their relationship.
It seed more like he wanted to protect her at all tis.
Even though he had so guesses, Simon did not bring it up further.
After all, he was just a ssenger doing his job.
Upon hearing Simon’s direct proposal for Samuel Chalrs to accompany her to the Artefact Village, Scarlett Jennings agreed after a brief mont of thought.
Originally, given Samuel Chalrs’ current status, it was naturally impossible for her to ask him to accompany her everywhere.
Now, she no longer had that previous idea of having to be bound to him.
Furthermore... the Artefact Village held a special place for both her and the forr Samuel Chalrs.
She couldn’t imagine how they would interact if they returned together with Samuel Chalrs.
But Simon’s words indeed made sense; Samuel Chalrs would feel more at ease not staying in Capital tropolitan in the days to co.
Ultimately, what made Scarlett Jennings agree was another thing Simon ntioned.
[The lord is solitary; in the past, he never allowed anyone but to accompany him during travels. Now he’s willing to travel with soone, if you don’t take him along, he’ll likely leave Capital tropolitan by himself, and no one will be able to find him.]
In such a special ti, naturally, Scarlett Jennings couldn’t feel at ease letting Samuel Chalrs journey alone.
So despite her concerns, she decided on the plan to go to the Artefact Village with Samuel Chalrs.
However, before her plan to leave Capital tropolitan with Samuel Chalrs could take shape, it was interrupted by another sudden developnt.
This turn of events was nothing else but—
Adam Jennings also ca to Capital tropolitan.
And he brought Kingston Jennings with him.
Kingston’s soul strength had been restored through nurturing, and even his previously frail and sick body returned to normal.
In the past, due to his Child Life, he mostly stayed at the sanatorium; trips like this were extrely rare.
Let alone traveling far with his younger brother.
Since the two were here, Scarlett Jennings couldn’t just leave them and go away.
So she stayed an extra day.
As it happened, staying was fortunate.
Because Adam’s trip this ti, ostensibly to bring Lucas Jennings ho, was actually because of the Benedict Beast.
It’s been nearly two months since Samuel Chalrs said he needed to temporarily borrow the Benedict Jade Body.
In this period, both Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalrs were busy with Sea Barrier matters and the Malice Worm issue, indeed forgetting about this matter.
Though the Benedict Beast was a Divine Beast and didn’t belong to anyone, its current Jade Body was indeed raised by Adam Jennings.
Adam Jennings also had the right to reclaim it.
It wasn’t until Adam demanded it back and they realized the Benedict Beast’s current state that a rare two-point guilt appeared on Scarlett Jennings’s face.
She glanced at Samuel Chalrs.
The latter remained silent for a mont, then turned and returned to his chamber.
Before long, he brought out the Benedict Jade Body and then handed it back to Adam Jennings.
In Scarlett Jennings’s small courtyard, the sumr wind carried a slight heat.
Beads of sweat trickled down Adam Jennings’s forehead as he stared at the Jade Benedict Beast in his hand, his expression slightly dazed, and after a while, he voiced his curiosity,
"Is this... the Benedict Beast?"
Samuel Chalrs looked at the Benedict Jade Body that was already placed back in Adam’s palm, and then looked at him, nodding, "Yes."
Adam Jennings’s mouth twitched.
Beside him, Kingston Jennings and Lucas Jennings couldn’t resist leaning in to take a look as well.
After one glance, they were also a bit dumbfounded,
"This Jade... Was it always this tiny?"
Since Adam frequently carried around the spiritually awakened Benedict Jade Body, the Jennings family had beco sowhat familiar with this Benedict Beast.
Not to ntion, the Benedict Beast had visibly grown larger under Adam’s "feeding."
Lucas Jennings still had a vivid impression of this mystical Jade Benedict Beast.
But why did it, in less than two months of borrowing, shrink from sothing Brother Adam could hold with both hands to...
a mini Benedict that’s only the length of a pinky finger? ???
Not even Lucas Jennings found this unbelievable; Adam Jennings, the original owner, almost failed to recognize it.
Looking at the small, miniature Benedict Beast in his palm, a trace of heartache flashed across Adam Jennings’s eyes. After a long while, struggling slightly, he asked with a hint of resentful discontent,
"Have you not fed it these days?"
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