Chapter 70: Free Passage

Chapter 70: Free Passage

Floid smiled at Maryleen and she couldn't deny that he was extremely handsome. If she wasn't suspicious of him then she would have attempted to flirt with him. Well, that's if he wasn't already married. She looked to the side and she saw the duchess giving her a heated stare. Maryleen has been holding the Duke's hand for too long so of course, the duchess would become annoyed. Maryleen immediately coughed she stepped back with a bow.

"I welcome you both. The king is in the castle and we will guide you there in a carriage,"nove(l)bi(n.)com

Floid nodded and he took Rosavellts hand again as they all moved into the town. The carriages were located on the road and they had to first leave the port before they would get to it. As they walked, Floid looked toward Maryleen and saw that she was still stealing glances at him. He wondered if it was because she didn't trust him or if she was just attracted to him. He hoped it was the latter. It would be troublesome if someone like Maryleen suspected them too early. If she suspects them a little later then there won't be a problem at all, but for now, Floid needed her to remain in the dark.

"Oh, you students are here?"

A voice suddenly spoke up from the front and Floid turned to see who was causing them to stop. Two young teenagers were saluting the guards and Floid immediately knew that they were students of Aquinas magic academy. They were wearing the uniform and they were saluting perfectly, with one hand on their chest and their other hand behind their back. It was like they were in front of their superiors.

The head guard nodded to them as he greeted them. The two students were Dray and willow and the head guard immediately saw this as an opportunity to show off one of their best students. He immediately introduced the Duke and Duchess to the students.

"Duke, duchess. These are students of our Aquinas magic academy. They are some of the finest students in all the kingdoms. Especially our honor student, Willow. At her young age, she s already an S-class and we have very high hopes for her."

Once the head guard said this, willow grew uncomfortable as he pointed at her and started to introduce her specifically! This is a duke! She knew why the head guard was trying to hype her so much, it would be good if foreign dignitaries had a good impression of their kingdom. But she was still a little uncomfortable with all the praises.

Floid nodded along as the head guard continued raining praises on Willow, but he wasn't interested in her, he has already seen many strong people in this world, so seeing another strong person is nothing new to him. But what he was interested in was the other person there. Floid spoke up as he looked towards Dray.

Willow huffed and turned away and Dray chuckled as he grabbed her waist and pulled her into a hug!

"H-Hey! Let me down!"

"No! I wanna hug my girlfriend!!"

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The Sea of Aquinas was a large body of water that separated Aquinas from the other two kingdoms. Aquinas floated on a large island in the middle of the sea. It had nothing but water for miles on one side and the other side had ten outposts in an arc. The ten outposts were responsible for watching out for any attacks or threats and informing the kingdom of the dangers before it arrives.

The tower master was named Gareth. He was a slim man who was the captain of one of Maryleen's battleships. He had just welcomed the Duke of Winchester into Aquinas a while ago, but once the duke left, Gareth suddenly got a message from the head captain of the guards saying that the duke was not happy with the treatment he got. Gareth tried to defend himself! He only did the mandatory searches and nothing else, but Trevor commanded him not to search any of the Duke's ships anymore! It would be bad if the duke became angrier!

Gareth was reluctant to obey! His job was the search every ship and make sure that nothing illegal was being brought into Aquinas. What if they don't search the ships and it turns out that the Duke was carrying something dangerous! But Trevor would not allow Gareth to even argue! Trevor said that it was a direct order from the king himself! No one is to delay the ships from coming into Aquinas! If you see the supply ships then just let them pass!!

Gareth finally relented and told Trevor that he would do as he was told. Once Gareth closed the communication circle, he called all the other outposts and told them to allow any ships with the symbol of the red sword to pass without trouble. The other outposts all obeyed immediately and Gareth sighed as he turned and saw a large number of ships coming from the horizon. He didn't know why Trevor was adamant to please this Duke so much! Is this really a good idea!?

A hundred ships were coming towards the outposts and they were all filled with cargo. Gareth knew that they belonged to the Duke once he saw that their flags had the symbol of a red sword on them.