Unbeknownst to Fredhardt, the two troublemakers plus one indifferent adherent had already hit the road after rcilessly emptying the Cestine palace’s armory. One can only imagine what Fredhardt’s face looked like when he found out about this.
anwhile, in the SUV Lory, Fargo and Zhao Li Xin were excited for their first new trip after a very long ti. Not only did she take weapons and gadgets for their upcoming adventure, she also sneaked into the kitchen and took a lot of snacks, dessert, drinks, and everything that looked tasty.
She knew that when the kitchen staff knew about this, they might think soone had robbed their kitchen.
But Lory was quite curious about how the head chef reported this to the palace security chief. Dare they say that perhaps a thief managed to get through the layered defenses of the Cestine palace, but instead of taking valuable objects such as precious relics, important docunts, and whatnot, the thief wiped off all the food in the kitchen.
Lory shook her head. She decided not to worry about it and focused more on enjoying the remaining bento box in her spatial ring. Such exotic taste could not be found anywhere else in her world.
This taste reminded her of the cultivator world and all her friends there. "I forgot how delicious Chef Hei Shen’s cooking is. This is so delicious, try this!" Lory fed the crystal dumpling to Zho Li Xin, who happily accepted it.
The fragrant sll filled the entire car, making Fargo, who was driving, lose his focus. "Hey Lory, is your food that delicious? Co on, give so..." he asked curiously.
"You drive Fargy," Lory annoyed that Fargo ruined her lovey-dovey ti with her handso husband.
"Co on, just a little bit, pleasee...." he begged coyly.
"Don’t act cute, don’t you feel ashad of your age!" Lory said in disgust.
Fargo felt like his heart was being stabbed by a needle. "Why are you so an to ?" Fargo felt hurt, Unfortunately, Lory didn’t care about him and continued to flirt with Zhao Li Xin
Annoyed, Fargo clicked his tongue and muttered, "No wonder people say, the older you get, the worse your temper is."
Lory could hear him clearly, her anger instantly flared, "Hey, you think I’m old now?"
Fargo quickly defended himself, "It wasn’t , you were the one who said that."
"I did not!" Lory argued in a high-pitched voice.
"Yes, you did," Fargo replied.
"Did not"
"Did too."
Lory huffed angrily while Fargo turned on the music and sang while pretending not to notice Lory’s annoyed expression.
Zhao Li Xin was watching Fargo and Lory bicker back and forth with amusent. He thought their interactions were endearing, and they looked like siblings. Furthermore, because they both changed their hair to the sa blonde color, they really did look like siblings.
Lory’s relationship with Fargo and the others was much closer than any imperial family he knew. In fact, if it weren’t for Lory, he wouldn’t have believed that the relationship between the royal family and their subordinates could be as close as a real family. Lory really opened his view of the world.
Suddenly, their car slowed down, and Fargo grinned as he turned his head over his shoulder, "Lory, I think there’s soone who can’t wait to et you."
Lory had just finished her al Lory stored the food box back in her ring. After that, she peeked from behind the driver’s seat, "Who is it?"
On the side of the road, a jeep was parked, and a middle-aged man with slicked-back gray hair and a full gray beard was leaning with his hands folded on his chest against the back of his jeep. Fargo was montarily stunned, for he had never seen Leon look so...trendy.
Fargo knew the old man must have tidied up his appearance beforehand because he had never seen Leon this neat, even his clothes looked fashionable with a black T-shirt, jeans, and a dark blue coat. Fargo was curious who bought that dark blue wool coat.
Why is Fargo so curious? Because for so many years he had only seen Leon wearing military clothes, whether training clothes, combat clothes, or formal clothes, they were all military uniforms.
Fargo saw Leon straighten his back the mont he saw Fargo’s car slowing down. The old man looked very nervous yet excited at the sa ti.
Fargo shook his head and smiled. He knew exactly how it felt. Leon stood with his hands resting behind his back, his eyes were sharp and intimidating, but if one looked closely, they would see how tensed his body was.
The SUV car stopped, then the door at the back seat opened, soon after a blonde woman wearing a hoodie got out of the car, even though she had changed her hair and eyes, even so, Leon could recognize her imdiately cause it’s impossible mistaken that face, that smile and that warm gaze radiated from her eyes.
"General Leon," Lory tilted her head and smiled sweetly.
The tears at the corner of his eyes threatened to fall, so Leon reflected and raised his head, then took a deep breath to control his emotions.
After he managed to control his emotions, Leon took a deep breath, then lowered his head. He fixed his posture and then gave a deep bow, "Welco back, Your Highness," his voice filled with longing, joy, and relief.
Lory chuckled, then opened her arms and hugged the big old man. "It’s been a long ti, Leon."
This ti Leon cannot stop his tears from rolling down his face, he presses his hand on Lory’s shoulder to assure him this is not a dream cause he had this kind of dream before.
Lory let go of her hug, then Leon turned around to wipe the tears on his cheeks. A mont later, he collected himself and smiled as if nothing had happened.
"Did you cry, old man?" Fargo would not let this chance to tease Leon.
Leon turned around with a sullen face. "Shut up, I’m just sweating, it’s so hot today, why did you take so long and make wait?" He took out his anger on Fargo.
"How should I know, you were waiting!" Fargo protest.
"I don’t care, it’s your fault!" Leon adamantly put the bla on Fargo like a stubborn child.
Fargo rolled his eyes, knowing it’s no use to fight this stubborn old man. Leon snorted, then his eyes caught at one of the most beautiful n he had ever seen in his life.
The man’s expression was cold, but there was a hint of warmth in his eyes as he looked at Lory. Although he described him as a beautiful man but he didn’t look feminine, but more like an exquisite Adonis statue he saw in a museum, but more than that...why did he look familiar.
"Excuse , Your Highness, that man—"
Lory’s face bead, she stretched out her hand to call the man, "That’s my husband, his na is Zhao Li Xin. Honey, co here!"
Leon saw the cold man’s expression lt instantly, and his eyes sparkled like stars in the midnight sky as he walked towards Lory with long strides.
It didn’t take a genius to know that this man was head over heels at Lory, which is good. Lory wrapped her hand on Zhao Li Xin’s arm, then turned to Leon.
"Let introduce you, this is one of our best generals, he is also one of the commanders who accompanied to defend L’markiet, his na is General Leon Blackburn." Lory excitedly introduced Leon to Zhao Li Xin.
Knowing that this man had accompanied Lory in one of her most difficult tis, Zhao Li Xin’s attitude naturally softened. Zhao Li Xin even generously extended his hand first, "Nice to et you, General."
Leon shook his hand firmly, then he felt Zhao Lin’s grip, and he looked at him curiously. "Strong grip, calloused hands, nice posture, you seem well-trained."
"He does, we already exchanged a few blows on the training ground, so I can vouch for that," Fargo affirms it.
Leon’s interest was imdiately aroused when he found out that Zhao Li Xin managed to spar with Fargo and earned his praise.
Well, that wasn’t easy, especially with his position as Lory’s husband. Leon imagined Fargo must have higher expectations about Zhao Li Xin.
"Really..." Leon gives a brief assessnt to Zhao Li Xin before he speaks with anticipation, "I hope you will grant the honor of sparring with this old man soti."
Zhao Li Xin replied, "It will be my pleasure."
The confidence and calmness that radiated from Zhao Li Xin made him feel satisfied. The man looked strong and intelligent.
Leon looked at Lory with an approving look, "You found a good one here, Your Highness, honestly, I was worried you might pick a crude-frivolous type of man like a certain soone over here..." He threw a disapproving look at Fargo.
"Hey, what’s wrong with ?!" Fargo felt wronged.
Leon gave him a bad look, "You change won like girls change their clothes, and you flirt with any girl you see!"
Fargo opened his mouth, but no words ca out. After a brief mont, he gave in and nodded, "Okay, you’re right..."
"Of course, I am!" Leon quipped.
Lory squeezed Zhao Li Xin’s arm affectionately the proudly said, "Don’t worry Leon, my Li Xin has never been involved with any woman, before or after we got together, he doesn’t even let a woman get closer than two ters, he is the most loyal, faithful and honest man I have ever t,"
Zhao Li Xin’s smile grew wider like a blooming flower as he heard Lory praise him excessively in front of her people. Zhao Li Xin felt relieved because even though he did many wrong things in the past, he did one thing right, which was not getting involved with any woman before he t Lory.
He was glad that all his efforts to keep won away as far as he can finally paid off.
Leon was stunned, soone with Zhao Li Xin’s appearance had never been involved with other won before he t Lory. Honestly, if he didn’t know Lory better, he might have thought Zhao Li Xin was lying.
On the other hand, Fargo might not know the details, but he could guess from the way Zhao Li Xin behaved towards people other than Lory. It was not an exaggeration to describe Zhao Li Xin’s temperant as colder than an iceberg.
"Well, that’s good to hear, maybe soone can learned sothing from Mr. Zhao here," he threw sarcastic remarks at Fargo.
Fargo shrugged nonchalantly, "Sorry, old man, I like won too much."
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