76 Chapter 76: Arrival (2/2)
Caesar stashed it inside of his breast pocket and nodded towards the guard, ”we'll be on our way then” he spoke in an urgent tone.
”Yes, yes, go ahead” The guard rubbed his hands together and smiled widely.
*clak*
*clak*
Caesar advanced the horses forward and soon left the ragged checkpoint in the dust, once they were a fair distance away, Caesar lifted his head and looked at Edward curiously.
”If the border guards are so pathetic, why doesn't your clan just leave?” he asked
Edward shook his head with a complicated expression, ”the fox-kin, no, all of the dark continent races are too prideful for that… None of us are willing to leave our ancestral ground” Edward replied.
”So your clan is willing to die and marry their empress over,instead of leaving? That sounds like pure idiocy to me” Caesar whispered under his breath.
”Hmm? Did you say something?” Edward looked at Caesar bewilderedly.
”Haha, nothing of importance… you should go wake up Ahri and bring her the good news” Caesar replied with a slight smile.
Edward nodded and squeezed through the small carriage window, Caesar was going to stop the carriage so he could walk through the door, but this development was more interesting.
Finally, after about 15 or so seconds, Edward made it through the window and went to go wake up Ahri.
Once Edward got through, Joe replaced him and squeezed through the window with relative ease…
”The perks of being small, am I right?” Caesar teased once Joe sat his bottom next to him.
”Hmph, I was going to have a man to man talk, but you just missed out” Joe grumbled angrily.
”But we are a man and half a man when put together, where is the other half? haha” Caesar laughed quietly and effectively eased Joe's nerves.
”Alright, alright, enough joking around… what's your plan, brother?” Joe's smiling expression was replaced by a serious one as he changed the subject.
Caesar's expression also turned serious as he understood the gravity of the matter… ”it's quite ruthless, Ahri won't like it” Caesar spoke in a hushed tone.
”She won't like it, but it's necessary, right?” Joe asked suspiciously.
”She clearly trusts and loves her clan, however, from what I've heard… it's full of spies, traitors, and power hungry nobles” Caesar explained quietly to Joe.
Joe nodded his head, ”so what are you going to do about it?” he asked.
Caesar smiled widely, ”when you know a spy exists, how can you not utilize it in your favor?” Caesar asked with a chilling smile.
Joe's spine shivered and he leaned back on the carriage, ”you know, I thought the cold Caesar was gone after I saw your warm expression with that lass on this trip…”
Joe paused for a second and continued.
”But it would appear, it's only for that girl in which you can show your warmth” Joe murmured and looked towards the sky.
”being kind to your subjects is a big mistake, it's like letting them have a chance to walk all over you...” Caesar spoke casually.
Joe offered a silent prayer to the fox-kin… how would they know about the monster that was heading straight for them… it's their empresses lover to boot.
Caesar urged the horses to go even faster, he stroked his chin and held a contemplating expression.
'I would need to see their situation first hand if I want to fix it… But since they are a prideful race, they probably won't listen to me easily. Sigh, this will probably be more work than I had initially thought' Caesar thought inwardly and glanced at his surroundings.
The dark continents terrain wasn't much different from Rahvin kingdom, it was still sunny and looked clean… Caesar had expected it to be dark but was pleasantly surprised.