Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

An elder of the Flower Fief also came with Valeria. However, although she held a status that of an elder, the woman looked extremely young as if she was just under forty years of age. In fact, as they sat together, she just looked like Valeria's older sister.

"Elder Leticia, it still puzzles me why we have to ally ourselves with the Ghost Fief. There are others out there who are much stronger than them. I thought we are just evenly matched in terms of power. I don't understand why the leader would choose such an average fief," Valeria blurted out her thoughts.

"You are right. The Ghost Fief is not among the strongest ones. However, its leader, Gilbert, is also born from a royal family just like our leader. Hence, both of them have common interests. As for the other seven leaders, despite their close ties to the royal family, they are not born pure-blood," Elder Leticia pointed out.

"That's it? I don't think it's reasonable enough!" Valerie furrowed her eyebrows, thinking that there should be a more specific reason that she did not know.

"Ha-ha! You are such a smart girl. Fine. The real reason why our leader chose the Ghost Fief is that she once had a relationship with Gilbert. That was back when they had not taken over their fiefs yet," Elder Leticia whispered.

"What? Really?" Valeria's eyes widened a little because of shock.

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me time to figure things out." After saying that, Gilbert eventually went on his way.

Meanwhile, in the Ghost Palace, Rocky, who had just said that he was busy, was actually basking under the sun and sorting out some of his medicinal herbs leisurely.

"Hey, brat. The Godly Genius of the Flower Fief came here to see you. Why would you even refuse to see her? Can you imagine how embarrassed she must be?" Esteban said as he walked towards Rocky.

"Then, that is better. If she got angry, she might want to break off the engagement. It will work out in my favor," Rocky replied with a devious smile.

"You, stupid brat. Gilbert must be so furious right now!" Esteban said with a heavy sigh.

"It's going to be all right. Since the Godly Genius of the Flower Fief asked to meet me first, then she should be really eager to formally have the engagement. If that is the case, then we can't let her get what she wants too easily," Rocky said while snickering like a child.

"Well, yeah. I think so too. But I am warning you. Don't take it too far or it will surely end in chaos," Esteban reminded him sternly.

"Of course, you don't have to worry. I know what I am doing."

Hearing Rocky's confident answer, Esteban didn't say anything more. He just turned around and went back inside the Ghost Palace to continue studying the corpse that he had dissected earlier.