"Yes. I think so too. If you don't have any objections, I'll send my people to the Genie Fief right now," Gilbert said.
Elder Leticia nodded eagerly. Her silence was agreement enough.
After that, Gilbert called for a servant and told him to run to the Genie Fief and deliver a message. At the same time, he whispered to more of his people and ordered them to surround the guest hall where Gloria lived.
At first, Gloria expected Gilbert to come straight to her, but a whole day had passed and he still hadn't shown up, so she grew confused.
"My Lady, I have some bad news!" Suddenly, Purple burst through the door.
"What's wrong?" Gloria asked, turning to face her with her beautiful eyes narrowed.
"Someone just stopped me outside. He said that the leader has ordered us to stay in. And I just saw a bunch of masters surrounding our house," Purple replied, looking wary.
"Gilbert must be trying to take the engagement covenant by force," Gloria assumed.
"What should we do? Should we attack them?" Purple stood straight like she was ready to fight.
"No. We should just wait for a while. Ma
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smart enough to destroy my engagement with the Godly Genius of the Flower Fief, but she didn't realize the position she was putting herself in. If I'm right, Gilbert must have put her under house arrest." Rocky knew Gilbert well enough that he understood his inner workings. He had suspected that house arrest would be Gloria's punishment from the moment she tried to come between Rocky and his engagement.
"You're right. She asked me to look for you and tell you to save us." Purple nodded in a hurry.
"Do you think I will help you?" Rocky smiled.
"I don't think so, but she thinks you will..." Purple answered honestly.
"Okay." Rocky marveled at Gloria's thought process. He would go and save her. However, he would do it not because of the engagement covenant. He wanted to secretly make her his ally so that he could have an advantage during the battle of the Godly Geniuses. He knew that open alliances were boring. If two people allied secretly and delivered a fatal blow to an unsuspecting opponent, it would be terrifying. Thus, Rocky would partner up with Gloria to make himself more formidable.