Chapter 951 Negotiation for the Trip

Chapter 951 Negotiation for the Trip

Unfortunately, the peaceful time couldn't last long.

Just one day after their return, Anna had to leave again.

They used the cover of the night so that no one would know she was gone. They would realize it sooner or later, but it didn't mean much.

Anna was accompanied by Dimitri, who had to finish all the matters before the people reached this city. Of course, Balott tagged along since he had to handle the negotiation.

"I'm leaving them to you, Dimitri." Noel gave a gentle smile.

"Yes, Master. I will not let any harm befall them." Dimitri nodded with a serious expression.

Noel then turned to Anna. "Be careful out there, will you?"

"Don't worry. I will return as soon as possible."

"I don't mind if you take longer as long as I can see you safe and sound." Noel shook his head. He could handle all the problems as long as he worked hard enough, but he would have a headache when he saw her injured.

"Emm," Anna mumbled and just hugged him for a moment. She wouldn't be able to see him for a while.

After Anna became bolder, Noel also became accustomed to this kind of action. He just enjoyed her company, fully knowing that she wouldn't be here for a long time.

Sadly, they had to go soon. So, Noel had no choice but to let her go.

"I'm going."

"Take care." Noel nodded while waving his hands.

The three immediately rode the horses to the north, planning to meet Damian.

Noel stood still until he couldn't see anymore.

Fortunately, the journey was safe as the Greenwood Kingdom had killed all the demons around them.n-.o-)V-/e-/l--b))I/.n

It only took them three hours to reach their destination. Since they left past midnight, the sun was about to rise when they were about to reach their destination.

Anna couldn't show herself even to the Greenwood Kingdom since her existence here was a secret. Meanwhile, Dimitri and Balott had reached the Greenwood Kingdom camp.

It wasn't a big camp, but it should have contained one to two hundred soldiers. And with Damian at the helm, it was going to be hard to defeat them.

lightsnοvεl "Who are you guys?" A scout suddenly found them and asked out loud while holding his sword.

Dimitri seemed to have sensed the scout and took out his badge. "I am Dimitri, the butler of the Ardagan Family. I'd like to request a meeting with your commander. It's fairly important."

"!!!" The scout widened his eyes for a moment. He obviously understood that they were here for the sake of the Ardagan Family. So, if the Ardagan Family visited them, they had been told to treat them as their highest level guests. And he had known Dimitri's name as he was one of the most important people in the family according to the report the second princess had sent. "I understand. Please wait for a moment; I will report to the commander immediately."

They followed the scout to the gate of the camp before the guy informed Damian. As expected of Damian, he was already awake a long time ago and was swinging his sword when the scout told him about Dimitri's visit.

It didn't take too long for Dimitri and Balott to reach Damian's tent. He was accompanied by a rather skinny man. His frame didn't look like a fighter, but his gaze kept examining them.

"May I know the reason for your visit this time, Dimitri?" Damian asked.

"The master is thinking about proposing something."

"Oh? I'm all ears." Damian nodded. He perfectly understood that Noel would be generous whenever he made a proposal. It wasn't that he was kind, but he simply didn't want to get the feeling that they owed them something.

"Hmm?!" Anna politely bowed her head while saying, "Good morning, Aunt Leysha."

"Oh my. Your reaction is so fast I can't even surprise you." The same lady Anna encountered during her demon subjugation had once again appeared before her. She was none other than Noel's mother, Leysha Ezenholm.

"The fact that you are here is already a surprise. May I presume that there is another camp ahead?" Anna asked with a solemn tone, knowing that Noel's parents were still helping him in the shadows.

"Yeah. Once we knew that Dimitri visited the camp, he said 'If you want to help, then go. You have met her before, so meeting her twice shouldn't be much of a problem since it's not like she will go anywhere near the kingdom.' Do you want to go somewhere?" Leysha asked.

"That's..." Anna hesitated before saying, "I don't think I will answer that question when there is another pair of ears listening to our conversation." Her gaze was locked on the empty space on her left.

Nothing happened until Leysha said, "She got you good, huh, Silvester?"

"I apologize." That voice was followed by a snapping sound as the light started bending around him and a figure appeared out of nowhere. "My apology. I am Silvester, the former Pillar of Espionage of the Ardagan Family. I greet young lady Anna."

Anna couldn't help but furrow her eyebrows. She managed to find him because of her instinct. If she was a normal person, she wouldn't be able to find him at all. His strength barely reached Spirit Grandmaster, but the way he disappeared was so skillful. Not many could find him.

With him, Leysha, and one more person who was known to be the former captain of the Ardagan Family's garrison, their current power consisted of three Grandmasters and a handful of experts. Anna was quite impressed that they had this kind of power while hiding.

"I'm fine here, so please return for now." Leysha waved her hand.

"Understood." Silvester disappeared once again. This time, Anna felt the danger was moving away, so she finally stated, "I wish to go to the former territory of the Ardagan Family."

"The former territory? Are you talking about our Ardagan Family?"

"No, even older than that."

"!!!" Leysha was quite surprised that Anna knew about the location. Even if they wanted to explore it, they didn't know the location, so they had never set out. "Are you sure you know the location?"

"Noel and I had visited that place once, together with Damian and Dimitri." Anna confirmed it without hesitation. "Right now, Dimitri is talking with Damian to have him escort me there."

"Only both of you are going?"

"Yes. Unfortunately, Noel couldn't send anyone else due to the current situation. And it's not like we can take advantage of the Moon Temple for this, so only two of us will go."

Leysha thought for a moment before nodding her head. "Alright. In that case, the three of us will go. With me here, the journey will be much safer, right?"

"I can't deny it, but are you sure about this?"

"Yeah. I'm quite curious about the former territory as well. Luke still has Silvester and Raven, so he should be fine. He has given his permission too. As much as I want to just tell Silvester and Raven to follow us and ditch the Greenwood Kingdom, we can't do that at the moment. Silvester is still tracing the demons while Raven is building traps to intercept them."

Anna obviously didn't have any objection if such a strong person would accompany her. And both of them thought of another purpose for this trip.

Yes, both Anna and Leysha wanted to form a good bond with each other. Leysha wanted to know more about her future daughter-in-law while Anna wished to know Noel from Leysha.

While they were focusing on each other, Dimitri's voice suddenly echoed in their ears.

"Is that you..."

Both of them couldn't help but turn around, seeing Dimitri's shocked faces. Dimitri rarely showed his expression, so this was indeed a rare occurrence.

In the past, Leysha and Luke had told him to accompany their son and protect him, but they never told him where they would go or what their goal was.

So, it was a shock to be able to meet them again. After all, Luka and Leysha were the ones who changed his life. From the path that covered his hands with blood to the one that took care of others.

Dimitri just walked to Leysha before falling on one knee and saying, "I'm glad that you are in great health, Madam."