Vol 1 Chapter 7 (2/2)
A trace of a shed and said, “Today’s ’s command couldn’t have stopped me”
Mila said grinningly, “Father wouldn’t really disobey the orders!”
“That may be difficult to say” While Paladin shter, he didn’t fail to notice the head of silver-purple hair beside her Pausing, he asked, “Mila, who is this guest?”
Yin Qie Zi felt his heart skip a beat heavily
“It’s brother’s friend!” Mila replied happily, and then looked towards Yin Qie Zi
In her knowledge, this would be the part where Yin Qie Zi introduced himself However, Yin Qie Zi didn’t respond When Mila saw that her father was frowning, she immediately said, “Father, this is Yin Qie Zi, the spirit binder that created the orchid flower hair dye medicine”
“Oh, you hter, Warlord Paladin’s expression immediately became much more serious He nodded at Yin Qie Zi “Your medicine made the queen very happy”
Paladin’s voice wasn’t very ware person to obtain such praise from his mouth, a heavy price would need to be paid, so they would usually react ecstatically However, Yin Qie Zi only fell quiet for afaintly, “It’s my honor”
Hearing Yin Qie Zi’s indifferent response, Paladin wrinkled his brow With his status, he wasn’t used to being treated so indifferently
Seeing Yin Qie Zi’s cold attitude, Mila was first shocked, before beginning to worry secretly She spied Owen and Edward carrying a pile of food towards them, and despite the fact that they were still a few dozen steps away, she hastily said, “Father, Prince Edward and Owen are here”
There was no way that Warlord Paladin hadn’t seen through Mila’s words But as a doting parent, there was no way he would unveil her thoughts Instead, he looked towards Edward and Owen’s direction cooperatively
Seeing that his father was looking at hied quickly up to him A call of “Father” was just out of his mouth when he received a reprimand from Warlord Paladin, “You’re 18 years old today yet you’re still running around so carelessly, not acting like an adult at all! Look at His Highness Edward, and learn from him!”
Edward leisurely walked over, and said courteously, “Warlord Paladin, I wish you success in all your battles and wars”
Warlord Paladin nodded, and answered, “And I wish you victory too, Your Highness Edward”
Edward handed over a s so in front of her own father was usually considered both insolent and inappropriate, but the prince knew that the military-born Paladin didn’t care much about etiquette Cohter eatso thin that she looked as if she could be bloay by the wind
Mila took the cake, and after discovering that it was her favorite gooseberry plu the pastry
At this time, Owen also passed some food to Yin Qie Zi, but he wasn’t as attentive as Edward He didn’t even knohat the other liked to eat, and simply stuffed a plate of meat into Yin Qie Zi’s hands
Yin Qie Zi rolled his eyes at Owen The opposite party had eaten with him so many times, yet still didn’t remember the fact that he didn’t eat eon on the plate, and suddenly felt sick He immediately handed the plate back to Oho finally reetically
Paladin’s serious expression relaxed when he saw his daughter eating He looked around and said, “Most of the guests have already arrived, but why haven’t I seen Commander Chris yet?”
Owen said aardly, “Teacher said that he’s not co, that he’s not used to these social occasions…” He saw his father’s face darken, and iift to Mila, and he also gave me a sword”
Hearing this, Warlord Paladin’s expression lightened, and directed his attention to the silent Yin Qie Zi “What has this young iven you?”
Mila said s, “Yin Qie Zi said that I could ask hi, and even when !”
The crowd marveled at this A spirit binder’stechniques As a spirit binder, Yin Qie Zi’s present was equal to giving his everything to Mila
Warlord Paladin nodded, satisfied
At this time, the butler Yehv walked over, and reported respectfully to Paladin, “Master, the cake is ready Would you like to host the cake cutting ceremony?”
Warlord Paladin looked at his daughter Seeing that she had finished eating, he told Yehv, “It’s rather late, so let’s begin”
“Yes”
Yehv signaled the servant at the door, and then handed over a glass cup and a silver fork to Warlord Paladin
Warlord Paladin tapped on the glass to attract everyone’s attention He then walked towards the middle of the hall Owen and Mila followed closely behind him
Edalked beside Yin Qie Zi With his status, he should have been walking side by side with Warlord Paladin, but he knew that today’s star wasn’t hily stayed behind In order to not to raise any disputes, he even pretended that he hung back to talk with Yin Qie Zi
Although it was pretend, Edward couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Yin Qie Zi curiously Owen’s gossip partner wasn’t only Mila, there was also him So he was also someone who had also heard the name “Yin Qie Zi” for a year Now that he had finally seen the individual in person, how could he not be curious?
The person beside hi everyone always noticed was the silver-purple hair, but Edward noted instead, that the other’s eyes were a dark red color He had thought it was black at first Humans’ eye colors were reen, brown, and naturally, black
He had thought that Yin Qie Zi’s eyes were an ordinary black, but looking from up close, he discovered that they were actually a dark red Yin Qie Zi’s hair color was very light in color, his skin was even paler, but his eyes were such a dark red that it looked kind of strange
At this time, Yin Qie Zi turned to look at hihtly, as if he couldn’t understand what Edas looking at
Edward sht that Mila’s skin was already as white as snow, but only afteryou do I realize what snohite truly looks like”
“I don’t get htly
“Owen alsomedicine, and that he’s never went to your house and found you away”
Hearing this, Yin Qie Zi said icily, “What else did he say about me?”
“Oh…that depends on how ly, far too happy to get his best friend in trouble
Yin Qie Zi scoffed
Meanwhile, Warlord Paladin stopped in his tracks Behind him stood his children, and in front of him was the cake that the servants had placed
The servants handed hie silver knife to cut the cake Warlord Paladin took the knife, raised it high above his head, and then yelled loudly, “May the Goddess of Victory forever bless the kingdom of Zhan Yan”
Everyone in the room yelled after hidom of Zhan Yan”
Warlord Paladin sliced the cake, and swiftly cut away a few pieces According to tradition, the birthday star was always the first one to get a slice, and the cake was then distributed according to the social status of the guests
After Warlord Paladin had cut off slices of the cake for the servants to put on plates, he took a plate, and looked in Owen’s direction The latter immediately stepped forward
Warlord Paladin handed hi, “Owen, His Majesty and your teacher Chris have agreed to let you become a War-Glaive today”
Owen took the cake, and knew exactly what he should say Iive my thanks to His Majesty, to father, and also to Teacher Chris I’uidance”
After finishi+ng, everyone clapped loudly with sest War-Glaive
Even so, everyone had already guessed what his present would be What they wereto give to his beloved daughter Mila Soee, she should already have a love interest in mind
But much to everyone’s surprise, Warlord Paladin didn’t say what present he was giving to Mila Instead, he just handed a slice of cake to her He quickly cut another for Prince Edward, and then told the servants to cut and distribute the rest of the cake
Finally, Warlord Paladin put his hands, one each, on Owen and Mila’s shoulders The commander who had led armies said with rare emotion in his voice, “Owen, Mila, you two are my prides”
Hearing those words, Owen and Mila both sh he had been hit hard His originally pale face was now far paler and bloodless
“Mr Yin Qie Zi, are you alright?”
Yin Qie Zi turned around, Yehv was looking at hie it no matter how hard he tried He said with a strained voice, “I don’t feel well”
Yehv looked at Yin Qie Zi’s face, and immediately cried, “Your face is very pale! Please come with me, I’ll take you immediately to the doctor…”
Yin Qie shook his head, “It’s fine It’s an old problem I just need some rest”
“Is that so?” Yehv was still very concerned, “Then I’ll prepare a guest room for you immediately If you truly don’t feel well, please don’t try to hide it, and coht away”
Faced with Yehv’s concern, Yin Qie Zi nodded his head calmly
“Please come with me”
Yin Qie Zi followed quietly behind Yehv all the way out of the great hall While he was leaving he turned around, and happened to see Owen glancing at hi was fine, and continued with Yehv to the guest room
Yehv opened the guest room’s door, and said respectfully, “Please wait here a moment, I’ll send a maid around to attend to you”
“No, it’s all right” Yin Qie refused “I’m not a noble I don’t need any one to serve me!”
“Then…please allowYin Qie Zi frown, Yehv added hastily, “I’ll only come once Once I’m sure you’re fine, or if you’re asleep by then, I won’t disturb you”
Yin Qie Zi was silent for a moment, but then nodded his assent
“Then please rest well”
After saying this, Yehv bowed, and slowly exited the roo the door behind him
Owen…Mila…
After the door was closed, Yin Qie Zi slowly knelt down, and buried his face in his hands
He would have never have guessed, that even after so many years, he would still feel his heart thenever he heard those two narit his teeth to keep hier on his waist and letting his hatred explode in West’s face!
“West…” No! Yehv ht still be outside the door
With that thought, he h to keep quiet His restraint made his chest hurt
After waiting a while and thinking that Yehv had left, Yin Qie Zi couldn’t help but shout quietly, “Zhan· West ·Paladin! You don’t have the right to speak Owen and Mila’s naht to call your children by these two names…I won’t allow it!”
West, I’ll make you pay the price You took Owen fro from me!
Yin Qie Zi clenched his fists so tight that his nails dug into his flesh His dark red blood oozed out and stained the white gloves…After a while, he finally noticed, and hastily took theloves were already ripped and dyed red, no longer usable
He still needed to return the clothes to Owen!
Yin Qie Zi sighed, took his gloves off, and looked around The guest rooht purple, and many of the decorations were silver Purple and silver…clearly this wasn’t a coincidence, uest room was specially prepared for him?
Maybe Owen had already decided to invite him to stay for a few days after the banquet He didn’t knohat Owen planned to do, but this suited his wishes He had spent a lot of tiet into Warlord Paladin’s mansion
He just didn’t think it would be that hard…He had spent a whole year before finally receiving an invitation to coally
Actually, getting Owen’s trust wasn’t hard; it was his father that was far too careful with things Strangers couldn’t even think of coet close to the defenseless Mila; that was even harder than getting near the king!
But it was entirely his fault
Back then, he had been far too hasty, too eager to get revenge that it caused him to fail The result of his failure back then caused West to becole opportunity…However, even thetime
Twenty years had passed since then This period of ti to humans, but to him, the as short
The mistake back then ht hi, he’d make West just like him…
Empty-handed!
It was only when Owen stuhts He looked at Oith a frown
Owen rushed forward and grabbed his shoulders “Yin Qie Zi, are you alright? I knocked for a long tiht you fell over dead…You really scared me!”
“Who fell over dead?” Yin Qie Zi snapped, and then re well” as an excuse to leave early He immediately added, “It’s fine, just an old problem”
But Owen frowned and said, “Fine? You’re even paler than usual If you were lying on the bed, I would definitely think you were dead”
“I’m fine, don’t randomly curse me!”
Yin Qie Zi retorted angrily, but upon seeing Owen’s stunned expression, he realized that his emotions were too out of control
He suddenly said “Owen” and took out a s, and threw it to the other “Your birthday present”
Owen fu, and opened it Inside were three thumb-sized bottles, thite and one red”
“Drink one bottle athese will make your physique better, but not by a lot You’ll probably just run faster, juer”
“That’s ‘not a lot’?” Oidened his eyes, and cried, “There is really such medicine? How come I didn’t know about it?”
“Don’t expect me to make more for you I’ve only just made this one set” Yin Qie Zi rushed to explain “Some really rare spirits are required to make this, and the success rate is also really low Litelli helped ed to make this one set of spirit medicines It’ll probably be even harder to find the ive you”
Hearing this, Owen looked disappointed, and ive out… This must truly be hard to make, other spirit binders probably can’t even make it”
After ht that your presence at the banquet was your birthday present to me…in short, thanks”
“You’re welcome”
Really…you’re welcome
Yin Qie Zi glanced at the red bottle, and then said pro”
Owen said hastily, “Let’s eat breakfast tomorrow, okay?”
“As long as you don’t forget that I don’t eat ain!”
“Ah, hahaha…”