Chapter 346: The Plot Thicken

He then excused himself, leaving both of them alone."Is this alright, Princess?" Moria asked with a complicated gaze.

"If you knew how strong he was, would you stop hiring him, Uncle Moria? Let's just take it as our good fortune," Reina said while her eyes flickered with excitement.

With Alex's strength he had seen, he now knew why Alex was so confident in helping her.

'I hope I am not too late, Mom,' Reina thought in her mind.

Meanwhile, Alex had already made his way back. Even though his connection with Vesa was cut, he could still feel people's life force.

As he walked, Alex suddenly stopped. He turned his gaze toward one of the courtyards. A strong life signature had just appeared.

'Seems someone wants to start trouble,' Alex thought with a smirk on his face.

He couldn't help but get used to plot progression from most novels he had read. There was no way a strong person would come in the middle of the night without a specific purpose. S~eaʀᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Alex leaped forward, easily avoiding every guard. The courtyard looked similar to Reina's, making his job even easier as he had already gotten used to the layout.

Landing near the window on the third floor, Alex's finger started giving out a green hue. 'A protection array, unfortunately, the one they face is me.'

His finger started moving skillfully, drawing runes that allowed him to bypass the array without destroying it.

Inside the room, two people were now lying in the bed. Raspy voices and sounds could be heard, making Alex chuckle.

'Isn't she Morgana? But who is that man?' Alex thought while looking at them.

The man had long silver hair and a feminine body. He didn't have any special features, but based on his qi, Alex speculated he had mastery over ice elements.

The man and Morgana kept cooking the rice without care, not knowing they were giving a live show to someone.

After a few minutes, the man lay on the bed with a tired face covered in sweat. Morgana's expression showed she wanted to cook more rice, but unfortunately, the man had already eaten too much until he was full.

"How is your preparation?"

"Don't worry, Darling, everything is prepared.

I will make sure Reina is defeated in the competition. Then we can proceed with the next plan."

"As long as you can send her out of the clan, we will take care of the rest."

Morgana's hand moved flirtatiously, caressing the man's cheek, "Don't forget your promise afterward."

"Of course, after our Zephyr clan takes over Midnight, we will make you our new matriarch. This whole clan will be under your control."

Morgana's lips curled into a smile, "As long as his favorite daughter gets ambushed, he will surely go out to rescue her.

That will be the time for your clan to start the operation. But I don't get it. Can't you just ambush her when she is returning back from the academy?"

"It's not that simple. If she was attacked at that time, the academy would intervene."

"Then what would change? She is still a student at the academy. Won't they intervene if something happens?"

"No, my clan has already made sure of this. When the student faces problems because of their own clan, they won't intervene, except it's when they just leave the academy."

'So Morgana is a traitor… interesting. I bet they also caused the incident with Reina's mother. The patriarch probably sent some of his trusted people to protect her.

The rumor about her mother probably also spread to infatuate the patriarch. But why would the Zephyr clan do all this?'

In novels, usually, the clan's reason would be justified with greed, but Alex knew, in reality, this was not enough justification.

The Zephyr clan might have been able to pull a trick a few times, but as the clan kept growing in richness, other clans started putting their attention on them.

They were not stupid; after some research, they would find out everything. In the past, people would turn a blind eye as each had their own personal goals and benefits. But the situation would change at that point.

The Zephyr clan's existence would become a danger to them.

'This world also faces external problems. The clan that holds the frontline won't just stay still if a new danger starts appearing from the inside.'

Then Alex started thinking if it was possible for those on the frontline to be the ones who pushed the Zephyr clan to do this.

There was no way they didn't hold any resentment. Their family and loved ones died protecting the border, while these clans stayed inside, getting wealthy and busy with their own greed.

Just like Pi's old clan, the impact of their weapon supply was not something small. Alex was sure this would cause many casualties on the frontline as the shipment of weapons and ammunition was late.

'Is this their retaliation? They plot to make even the inner area turn into a chaotic place, forcing some of the clans to move back to the frontline to help them?

But if this is true, this Zephyr clan should be nothing more than their puppet.'

Back in the room, Morgana and the man's talk turned into something useless. It went to their hobbies, eating, and small talk about their lives. Alex couldn't find anything useful, but he still waited patiently.

Alex wanted to know how the man could enter this place. Based on what he had learned so far, the Zephyr clan should have prepared a route or even planted some of their people inside the Midnight clan.

Time passed on; the man started getting dressed and then left Morgana alone. Alex then moved toward the roof, his senses locked on the man's life signature. Find exclusive stories on мѵʟ

'Based on his movement, he is going to the basement. Does this mean there is a teleportation array installed there? But how could something like that exist without anyone knowing?'