Chapter 71 Small Mistake

After arriving in the urban part of Peters City, Lothur did not go directly to the Frost family estate but rather to the medicine store he had previously passed.

With his mission completed, he wanted to immediately deliver the 10 kilograms of Tooth Grass to that establishment and receive the confirmation medal to collect his awards at the academy later.

Once a person or business establishment puts missions at the Morning Star Academy, upon completion, a student or group would have to take the proof to the academy or to the person who created it.

Usually, the first way was the most common, preventing ordinary people from dealing with some problems. Take, for example, the case of a foolish student who forces his way over academy clients.

Such a thing was not common to happen, but it was also not rare to the point that people ignored the possibility. Spiritual cultivation gave people much power, and some could easily lose control and act brutally against ordinary or weaker people.

Therefore, one could never be too careful!

But in the case of the medicine harvest that Lothur had done, as it was part of the mission to use the items borrowed from that establishment, the medicine had to be delivered directly to that place.

But since the mission payment was made directly by the academy, Lothur needed to collect the proof that he had completed his duties, the confirmation medal.

With this in mind, he entered that sizeable old house with a crooked roof and the name One Thousand and One Medicines on the outside.

...

"Hello, I am here to deliver the 10 kilograms of Tooth Grass."

Lothur said that as he approached the reception desk of that place, next to the old woman who had attended him the day before.

"Oh? You got back pretty fast, huh?" That person, who was wearing a large green apron over her white clothes, said this as she looked in surprise at Lothur. 'For a mortal, you're extremely quick at what you do!'

'I wonder if he was lucky to find everything he needed in one area?'

But she did not invest much of her time in this little matter, only having gotten a good impression of the young man in front of her. "Well, that's all right. Ten kilos of Tooth Grass and all the items I lent you earlier."

She then gave Lothur a red medal, the item he needed to complete his mission.

After storing it in his spatial ring, Lothur smiled and said goodbye to that person, heading back to the Frost estate.

He wanted to know how to sell the poisonous claws of the spider he had killed. Still, since he had heard that such a thing could be considered valuable, Lothur did not want to talk about it with strangers.

Instead, he wanted to talk about the method and place of selling this item with Elke, Viktoria, or Annaliese, these three women he felt he could trust regarding this.

Viktoria particularly would not be his first choice. Still, since she seemed to have a vested interest in maintaining his well-being, Lothur did not think she would try to harm him. So, he had some confidence in her, despite the differences between them.

On the other hand, he had not forgotten the previous assassination attempt and wanted to find a way to resolve such a thing.

He did not know how he could have offended those three people, but something told him that more people were after him and that those three were just someone's minions. And thinking about it, he was not willing to ignore that event!

'I think talking to Anneke is the best way for me to try to work this out...'

'Anna and Elke will probably be apprehensive if they hear about that and will try to take my problems to other people.'

'Anne, on the other hand, has a maturity and knowledge that is more advanced than those two.' He made up his mind before finally entering that estate of his wife's family.

...

After some time in his room resting, Lothur heard someone knocking on his bedroom door.

"Scumbag, I know you are there. Open the door!" Elise's voice sounded behind that wooden door, awakening Lothur from his sleep.

"Tsk!"

"What do you want?" He asked aloud, still lying on his bed.

"The young miss wants you to accompany me to her."

"Oh?" He jumped out of his bed and opened that door, revealing to Elise his naked torso.

Seeing the well-defined muscles of the silver-haired young man, Elise clenched her hands as she thought of what she had already seen and the frustration she had gone through in the last 24 hours.

'That bastard!'

'Besides being a shameless person, he does everything the wrong way!'

'Why didn't he show up at any places I went? Did he know I was after him?' She wondered as she watched Lothur dress, irritated by her recent failure.

The blonde woman who had 'stolen' the prizes from Lothur's efforts had obviously been Elise. She had set out earlier to finish him off, but by the will of fate, nothing had happened according to her plans.

First, her underlings had been strangely eliminated. Next, she had wasted all her time wandering around that forested region without finding any trace of him.

'Damn it!'

'I have to find a way to get rid of this nuisance! Only then can our organization get closer to the Frost family...'

"Come on. I'm ready to see my beloved wife." So Lothur said to that woman right after he locked his room, ignorant as to the plots related to Elise and the mysterious organization behind her.

At the same time, this young man watched her for a moment, curious to check whether or not she could cultivate.

He could hide from many cultivators, even Viktoria's powerful parents... So, why would others not be able to do the same?

Lothur was not of this place and had much to learn about the cruel ways of the cultivation world. But he could not ignore his curiosity about this person who was so close to his wife and had always shown hostility to him.

'Hmm, as expected, I don't see anything.' He pondered after not receiving a response from the system...

After that, the two proceeded in silence to Viktoria's residence, where this woman was already waiting for Lothur.

...

"Elise, you can wait for us outside. I want to talk privately with Lothur." Viktoria said to her servant before closing the door of her residence and beckoning Lothur to sit down somewhere.

"Dear, what do you want with me? Are you by any chance worried to know what I did the last day?"

"Tsk!"

"I see that you keep yelling absurdities..." She smiled coldly, sitting in a lovely white armchair in front of him.

She then went straight to the point, looking at him thoughtfully. "Lothur, my sister told me what happened between you two."

"She did?" He said that in surprise, rising from the sofa he was on, incredulous.

'It can't be!'

'Annaliese wouldn't say such a thing to her!' He broke into a cold sweat as he thought about what might happen if such a thing had reached Viktoria.

And seeing the calm way that woman looked at him, he began to feel even worse since it was never a good sign when a woman seemed to be calm in situations like this.

Gulp!

"I must say, that truly surprised me when I heard..."

"Really?"

"I don't doubt it." Lothur swallowed his saliva, already preparing to be taught a good lesson in this place. "Maybe we'd better not take it so seriously..."

"Hmm? Why?"

Gulp!

"You're not angry?"

"By the way, you didn't tell your parents about this, right?" He looked at her apprehensively.

"Of course not!"

"What good would it do for me to tell my parents?"

"Sigh!"

"Good, or your mother would eat me alive..."

"But aren't you outraged? The other night you didn't seem happy at all. What's changed?"

"We even..."

"Hmm? What are you talking about? Why would I be angry with you for wanting to learn to protect yourself better?" She looked at him strangely.

Lothur then almost showed his great surprise as he realized that he had made a small mistake and almost revealed what he should not have.

'Damn, I almost told her about my kiss with Annaliese!' He massaged one of his cheeks, trying not to look at Viktoria. 'I almost guaranteed my own end!'