Hours later...
As they were arriving in Peters City, Annaliese stopped her horse so that she and Lothur could say goodbye and thus return separately to the Frost estate.
Almost no one knew that they had gone on a mission together, so they could not just walk through the gates of the Frost estate or even enter Peters City together.
That would be too suspicious!
Thus, they naturally prepared to go their separate ways once they got close to this place.
Lothur looked at his sister-in-law and then said. "Anna, you may return to your family's estate. To avoid problems, I will stop by the Cultivation House to finish the mission and buy some items."
"This week, I will take the test to become a formation master, so I need some materials."
Annaliese knew how important it was for Lothur to be recognized as a formation master, which would be necessary to legitimize his projects and attract investors. And since that would give them the time needed for their arrival not to be associated, she was alright with his suggestion.
"Fine... But what will you do next?" She asked, a little worried about what he would do because of what happened on Friday night.
Lothur made a slightly more serious expression. "I will talk to Viktoria and then to your parents. After that, I will find a hotel or inn to stay in while I get funds and find a house."
"Sigh..."
"OK, I'll see if I can find my sister to talk to her before you do..." Annaliese commented in a sighing tone before kissing him and parting from him.
As she rode on her horse back to the Frost estate, Lothur looked at her status, noting that she had improved 1.9 attribute points since their first time together.
[Name: Annaliese Frost]
[Cultivation: level 8]
[STR: 33.6] [CON: 40.2] [DEX: 36.3] [AGI: 34.6]
As for him, he had not improved from Saturday night to now as he had not trained other than having fun with his sister-in-law.
With that, he ran towards the Cultivation House, where he intended to do what he had told Annaliese.
...
While Lothur was doing his things, Annaliese was face to face with her older sister in the living room of Viktoria's residence.
"How did your mission go? Well?" Viktoria looked with a smile on her face at Annaliese, curious about her twin sister's adventures.
Viktoria loved Annaliese as much as this sister-in-law of Lothur. She might not show much of that on the surface, given her personality and responsibilities. But she cared about her younger sister.
With that said, seeing that her sister was becoming more responsible and had even gone on a mission to train, Viktoria could not help but be happy and ask Annaliese that.
"I did well... But let's talk about more important things, sister." Annaliese looked determinedly at Viktoria.
p Viktoria smiled as she saw the expression on her sister's face and asked. "Oh? What's more important than that?"
"You and Lothur. You can't divorce, sister. Lothur is a good person. It would be a great loss to let him go."
"Uh? What are you talking about?" Viktoria asked as she became more serious. "How do you know that Lothur is considering separating from me?"
Lothur had brought it up with Viktoria, and this woman only discussed the matter with her parents. So, she was surprised at Annaliese talking about it when this woman had stayed away from home for most of the last few hours.
Annaliese then told the truth. "Before I left, I met with my brother-in-law to see if he was OK. He told me about his plans."
"So, that was it..." Viktoria sighed. She would prefer if Annaliese were not involved in these family headaches. "Don't worry. I won't allow Lothur to get away from me."
"Who do you think I am, Anna? A woman who gives herself to a man and allows him to go away?"
"Not a chance!"
"He did what he did because he wanted to. Now he has to take responsibility!" She said with a smile on her face as she massaged one of her sister's hands to comfort her.
"That..."
"But what do you intend to do? Lothur doesn't seem willing to go back on his words..." Annaliese said with a bit of distrust in her voice.
"Don't worry. I have a method to calm my husband down. I'll find a place for him and me to live, and when he calms down, I'll bring him back home." She said.
"Have you thought about that too?" Annaliese curiously looked at Viktoria, finding it amazing that the two had thought of the same thing.
"Were you here to suggest it to me?" Viktoria smiled as she brought a cup of tea close to her mouth. "It seems my little sister is growing up..."
"Tsk!"
"Don't talk to me like that! Anyway, I'm glad you're not going just to let him go. Lothur is very special and worth has what it takes to be by your side, sister."
"So, I'll give you another piece of advice..."
"What is it?"
"You should talk to that redheaded girl, Elke." She said, looking into Viktoria's eyes earnestly. "I get that Lothur is a womanizer, and if he's not restrained, all of u... Cough... All of you will suffer."
"Then you'd better work together with her, sister."
Annaliese wanted to work together with her sister differently than Lothur wanted, of course. But she could not do that now. So she had used Elke for that, who she was sure would realize the advantages of them teaming up against him.
"You what?" Viktoria stood up, annoyed at hearing that she needed to unite with Lothur's lover. "You don't think I can handle him alone?"
Annaliese understood the problem and bitterly laughed. "Don't be offended, sister. But I have talked to Lothur many times, and I can see that he will not change easily."
"Then why don't you work alongside that girl? If you don't do that, I'm sure there will soon be a fourth or even fifth woman in his life!"
"Fourth? Don't you mean third?" Viktoria awkwardly said.
"Yes, third, whatever." Annaliese stood up and turned away from her sister, afraid that Viktoria would try to analyze her body closely.
She walked toward the exit of Viktoria's residence as she said. "Anyway, think about it. I'll talk to Elke so she can look you up, so try to have an open mind about it."
Viktoria clasped her hands together, feeling that there was something wrong with her sister. But since she would not suspect Annaliese, she just considered that this woman was concerned about her happiness.
"Tsk!"
'My own sister doesn't trust my abilities to put him in line!'
'Damn it!'
'Will I have to subject myself to working with that girl? That will be humiliating!' She looked down at the floor angrily.