Chapter 405 - Split of the Imperial 3 (1/2)

“I did come back in the blink of an eye.”

Seeing the appearance of his big black marbled castle in front of him, Luke mumbled under his breath.

He thought that the technique would be similar to teleport, but it was entirely different.

With the current use of magic, no one could cross over an ocean in an instant, and nor was there any use of complicated spells or teleport gates.

It wasn’t sure.

But if he climbed up to a 10th magic circle which would match with a Dragon force.

‘It could be a godly power.’

Luke already knew that the Saint was a great person seeing how he dealt with Arsene.

But with the current move, Nanda made Luke much more interested in his skills.

“Is this the permanent residence?”

Since it was the first time, Zegal Soha who had come to a strange nation, pointed at the Devil king’s castle and asked.

When she was young, she had seen books with pictures in it which had huge castles and similar structures showing the culture of the Northern continent.

“No, the mansion over there is the permanent residence.”

“Oh, that one. Then what is this castle?”

The person who answered her question was Hwang Bo-sung.

“This was the place where the Devil King lived, a long time ago. Master’s ancestor had defeated him.”

“Ah, then this must be the castle of the warlock Saymon, the one called as the Devil.”

Hwang Bo-sung’s explanation excited Soha.

She heard the story of a hero and the devil who shook the northern continent 500 years back.

However, she never imagined that she would set her foot in the very place.

Looking at Soha who seemed excited, Luke smiled.

“Go and see it later, we should get going right now.”

“Yes, Grace.”

Soha who wanted to address him with the first name thought that a day would come, and silently followed Luke’s steps.

“Our Lord is back!”

When the news of Luke entering through the gates came, Hans, the other retainers, and Erwin who had come to the Rakan estate rushed to the gate.

Luke did inform him that he would be back soon, but they never imagined that they would come back so quickly from the Song Empire, so no one was able to hide their joy and surprise.

“Lord, do you have any idea how this old man was worried?”

“Please be sure to let us know the next time you plan something like this.”

“Lord you are the pillar of the Marquis Rakan. If something happened to the lord, many unfortunate things could happen around here. So be sure to take escorts with you the next time.”

“Understood. I will do that.”

Luke kept on nodding and saying yes to every request of the retainers which poured in like a shower.

Honestly, he had learned something from what happened.

No matter how good a person is, one was sure to fall into a trap.

Luke, who promised to be careful in the future, went close to Erwin.

He greeted her with a pleasant expression.

“You have come here too. The Green Crystal you taught me last time was very helpful for me.”

It was thanks to Erwin that Luke had saved the forest and was going to get a steady import of the Iron Core from the Zegal clan.

“I am glad that it was very helpful to you. I think it helped you a lot more than what I assumed.”

Unlike Luke who was happy to see her, Erwin seemed to answer back in a thick voice.

‘Huh? why is she acting like this?’

When he communicated over magic, Luke thought that she had changed and was much pleasant, but seeing her there, it didn’t seem like the case.

No, it seemed like she turned much colder.

While Luke was puzzled by Erwin, Hans spoke.

“Lord, and these people?”

The two people who stood behind Luke.

An old man who had grey hair on his head and a young beauty of the southern continent.

By looking at them it was clear that they were from the Southern continent.

Unlike the old man who seemed normal, the beauty had two swords dancing at her waist and seemed pretty pleasing to the eye.

“Ah, this is Saint Nanda… no, well, a priest of the Arahan. And this is Zegal Soha, a prestigious student of the Moorim of the Song Empire.”

“Oh my, nice to meet you all.”

“I am Zegal Soha. Please look after me in the future.”

Once Luke introduced them, both of them greeted the retainers.

And seeing that the Lord had brought them with him, the retainers considered them to be as precious guests of their Lord and greeted them.

However, Erwin simply nodded her head.

The reason why she was acting cold towards Luke was because of him welcoming the one called Zegal Soha.

As if Erwin wanted a special place in Luke’s heart, her eyes were open to jealousy.

‘First, you make people worried and then bring back a woman?!’

‘Oh my, this fox-like woman, who is she? A lover of the grace?’

While two women were having a cold stare, Luke moved to the conference room with his retainers.

It was important to speak with them, but there were many things which he had to discuss.

Even though he was constantly bringing in reports from the magic communication, it seemed like a lot of huge things have happened during the days.

And once Hans went into the conference room, he reported the recent events of the Baroque Empire.

“Well, the neutral nobles are claiming to have found the Libiya Kingdom once again, and the Marquis Mayers who just took over the Variand mountains might declare it too?” Asked Luke.

“That is true. Yesterday, Marquis Mayers had sent us a letter of invitation to the coronation banquet, but what are you going to do…?”

At the question of Hans, Luke thought a little and refused.

“Is attending it so necessary? Just send in a letter to congratulate them and end it there.”

“Yes, I will do that.”

There was a saying which said to keep one’s enemy closer than a friend, not just Luke, Marquis Mayers too thought that he would need to keep Luke close to stop the Baroque Empire for a while.

When Hans was done reporting, Luke looked over Rogers.

“What happened to the Albertville estates which fought with the eastern army of the Emperor?”