Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

When he heard that, Gilbert sighed and relaxed his shoulders. Valeria wore a look of surprise on her face. She couldn't figure out how Rocky was unharmed after the explosion of the wooden man.

"What brought you here, sir?" Rocky greeted Gilbert as if nothing had happened.

"I heard that you and Valeria were fighting so I had to come and stop you. What happened?" Gilbert asked, shooting Rocky a serious look.

Rocky looked at Valeria and smiled faintly. "It wasn't over anything serious. We were just fighting for fun!"

A subtle look of confusion washed over Valeria's face. She had expected Rocky to tell the truth to Gilbert. She had thought she would be punished for attacking him so viciously. What she hadn't seen coming was Rocky deliberately defending her.

A small amount of red tinged Gilbert's cheeks. "For fun? Why would you do that here? You could have destroyed my mansion!"

"Please don't be angry. It really was all in good fun. Miss Valeria accidentally ex

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lbert had sent arrived and announced that the engagement ceremony would be held in three days.

"He must be feeling more anxious than us. I thought he would postpone the engagement because of what happened today!" Elder Leticia was taken aback. Valeria had made a big fuss in Gilbert's mansion and almost hurt their Godly Genius. Why didn't Gilbert lose his temper? Usually, he would try to make things difficult for the Flower Fief and fight for the best interests of the alliance of the two major fiefs. However, instead of blaming Valeria, he decided to hold the engagement ceremony even sooner. It didn't seem like something he would do.

"He must be afraid that I will go back on my word and refuse to get engaged!" In Valeria's eyes, the engagement would not benefit her.

"Or the Godly Genius of the Ghost Fief is unwilling to marry you and Gilbert wants to hold the engagement ceremony as soon as possible in case more unanticipated events occur..." Elder Leticia added.