Chapter 148 (1/2)

Chapter 148: Conflict and Opposition 3

‘Kukk, yeah, take the bite!’

Luke, who had done all that work, exploded internally when he looked at the ugly atmosphere which rose in the capital.

If there indeed was a small clash between the emperor and the nobles, then it would surely develop into a civil war.

If a civil war broke out, even if the Emperor won it, he would suffer a lot of damages.

That would be a great chance for Luke to kill on the two enemies that he has.

‘I thought that it would take around 10 years for this situation to develop, but this would unexpectedly save me a lot of time.’

When Luke was in his own thoughts. A group of people had entered the room after a knock.

“Sir Luke!”

A slender beauty with silver hair, among other men approached him.

Anna, who had guided the people inside looked astounded at them.

“Reina?! No, how, why are you here?”

Anna was surprised because the face of Luke was colored with joy and smile.

Before coming to the capital, he had sent a letter to her but never did Luke imagined that princess Reina would come to the capital to see him.

“You had said that you were going to the Capital for rewards. And I couldn’t wait to see you any longer…”

Not knowing that she was getting emotional seeing Luke, Reina’s face blushed at her own words.

“You aren’t hurt anywhere, right?” She asked with her blushing face.

“Hahaha, you see I am all fine. So, have you been doing well? You weren’t sick any time, right?”

“My heart was in dread with the worry of the young Lord.”

“Oh, my…”

The two of them were busy talking to each other after a long time and they didn’t even care if they were being watched or not. It was all because of the time that they had spent far away from the other which made their love grew strong.

But from the standpoint of the others who didn’t know of their feelings, that didn’t mean much.

“Uhm, Lord. Do you not see us?”

“Ah, you people have come too.”

Hans and the other retainers looked sad. It was because the Lord whom they had raised from the stage of a child wasn’t even looking at them, he looked very ungrateful.

Not knowing that, Luke asked,

“How would I even think that everyone would be coming here, especially if there was nothing to report to me?”

“Since princess Reina decided to come, we too wanted to come to see your face.”

The retainers heard that their Lord had survived the Volga Republic War and was set for merit.

But they were all worried that Reina wouldn’t be able to handle herself after meeting Luke.

They were all under the fear that Luke was either injured or hurt and was acting strong for the sake of the princess.

“Take a seat first. And princess, you too sit down.”

Luke making Reina sit close to her looked over at Anna.

“Sir Anna. Please get some refreshments in here.”

“Understood, sir.”

As usual, with her weak voice, Anna had replied and left the room with shoulders hanging.

However, Luke had his eyes only for Reina, so he didn’t realize that Anna seemed unusually upset.

When everyone in the room sat down, they all talked about the current situation.

The retainers looked at Luke’s condition and relaxed a little.

Soon, the reports about the estates began to flow in.

It was the same as the reports which had come in two months back and nothing drastic had changed.

The estate was managed well by the retainers, and the Lamer city was more prosperous than ever, especially after the war, under the leadership of Reina and the Merchant Union.

In addition, the Katarina Magic Tower which was under Mute was growing at a steady rate with wizards flocking in, and Mute going to the streets to pick up kids with magical qualities from the estate.

“And as a result of the Lord’s command, the recruitment is happening steadily, we have seventy thousand soldiers, five hundred knights, and eighty Gigant.”

Luke was satisfied with the difference that he saw from the estate the moment he opened his eyes and the current time.

“You have all been working hard this time. However, we still have a lot to do to achieve our goals.” Said Luke.

“Understood.”

The entire party of Luke responded,

“Ah and, Sir Hans. I heard that the Information Guild was being created, did it happen?”

Luke asked with some thoughts in his mind.

“I was going to proceed with the Lord. Please come inside.”

As Hans clapped his hands, the door opened with a middle-aged man entering.

The man who entered came down and knelt before Luke.

“I am Hudson, Lord.”