Chapter 370 - You Never Told Me Tha (2/2)

“Thank you for your trouble.” Knowing that Cage made the trip for Roland, Andonara spoke gratefully.

“That’s all right. We’re family.”

Roland was slightly embarra.s.sed, but he couldn’t say “Uncle” out, at least not for now.

Then, the three of them chit-chatted, and Cage talked about the interesting situations he encountered when he was a mercenary.

About three hours later, the carriages came to a city.

After the regular inspection, the carriages entered.

There was not a Magic Tower in the city, so the six magic apprentices simply went shopping. They were too humble to meet a mayor.

Cage took Roland and Andonara to the mayor’s house. Without submitting an invitation card or anything, he simply said to the guard with a smile, “Tell Zell the Baldy that I’m here.”

From that, Roland knew that Cage must be a regular guest of this place, and he was very close to the mayor.

As expected, the guard replied with a smile, “Mr. Cage, Mayor Zell has been upset. He keeps yelling at us. It’s great that you’re here. Talk to the mayor and have a drink with him, he’s been lambasting us.”

“Huh? What’s Zell mad about this time?” Cage shook his head and said, “Go tell him that Cage is here with his niece and nephew-in-law.”

The guard glanced at Andonara. Flabbergasted by her beauty, he didn’t come to his senses until a moment later. Then, he ran back into the house, blus.h.i.+ng.

Soon, a man in black and white formal clothes, who had a gloomy face and a slim body, walked out of the house.

He seemed rather angry, but he smiled the moment he saw Cage. It was like a s.h.i.+ny beam of sunlight in a sky full of clouds.

“You finally got the time to visit me.” The man moved his eyes to Andonara. He was astonished at first and puzzled soon after. “Have we met before, beautiful lady?”

Andonara smiled and said, “I am Andonara. If I remember correctly, you must be Lord Pettus Zell.”

After a shock, Cage said with great enlightenment, “We must’ve met in the capital before.”

“But I remember that Queen Andonara had different hair and eye colors,” remarked Pettus in confusion.

His eyes were full of suspicion.

“I had a minor accident recently.” Andonara smiled gracefully. “My hair and eye colors were slightly changed.”

“Is that so?” Pettus seemed convinced. After all, Andonara’s face was still the same, and she looked even more gorgeous than before with the new hair and eye colors. He moved his eyes to Roland and said, “Then, I a.s.sume that you must be the renowned Mage Roland and the legendary Queen Stealer.”

Roland was stunned. “Is that my t.i.tle?”

“It’s your secret t.i.tle. Taking the queen away without being punished by the royal family, you’ve done what most men wanted but never had the guts to try.” Pettus praised Roland and looked at Cage. “Then, how are you related to the queen?”

“She’s my niece!”

After a brief silence, Pettus complained, “You never told me that before.”

“For a good reason,” Cage said solemnly. “My niece was young and ignorant back then, and you were l.u.s.tful and had a sweet tongue. I feared that she would be tricked by you, so I intentionally never talked about Anna with you.”

With pain on his face, Pettus said, “You don’t trust me? If I had known she was your niece and she was so beautiful… I would’ve definitely pursued her.”

“Get lost.”

Pettus shrugged and said, “Come in.”

Everybody entered the manor, and Pettus led the three of them to the terrace on the second floor.

Then, the butler served fruit wine, cakes, and local snacks with the servants.

This manor was located at the top of a hill, and the terrace was faced with a lake. The view was quite good.

The gentle breeze from the lake was comforting.

Raising the wine cup, Pettus sipped it and asked, “Old friend, what has brought you here this time?”

“Can’t I just come to check up on you?”

“I don’t buy it,” Pettus said without hesitation. “You were beaten by me last time, which was very humiliating. I estimated that you wouldn’t be back until at least half a year later.”

There was curiosity in Roland’s and Andonara’s eyes.

With embarra.s.sment flas.h.i.+ng on his face, Cage coughed and said, “I’m actually here because I want to ask you about something.”

“What is it?”

“Have you ever heard the term Arcane Windrunner before?”

Pettus was briefly dazed. “Where did you learn that name?”