Chapter 400 - Leavers & Stayers (2/2)

Christie delightfully nodded and swiftly began to pack the sketchpad and paint brushes On the other hand, Rhode quietly observed the little girl and hopelessly revealed a bitter s his head after a fewout of her roo Christie over to the Fortress froht be a fierce war However, Rhode was also worried of leaving Christie alone in the stronghold especially after hearing Shauna’s report — Rhode wouldn’t be so innocent to think that the Southern bastards would only want to simply discuss some business with hiood Now that Rhode’s entire elite forces were shi+fted towards the Land of Atonement, he didn’t have the free time to appoint someone to specially protect Christie However, this increased the chances of her facing threats Many people knew that Christie and Rhode had a close relationshi+p Furthermore, Rhode had always doted on this ‘sister’ of his Froh for Christie to be targeted byforces

Rhode didn’t wish that Christie would end up suffering in the Fortress, but he was also worried about leaving Christie alone In the end, he decided to let Christie irl chose to stay, at most Rhode could send someone to look after her since there’s the Su to follow him to the Fortress, then… Rhode would need to work harder

But that’s not a bad thing

Rhode shook his head with a bitter smile He descended the steps towards the hallway of the first underground floor

At this moment, the entire basement was empty with only odd sounds resounded from the hallway Rhode directly stepped towards a sturdy, locked door and knocked

Those disorderly noises stopped shortly after and a ti!”

Accoing could be heard After a fewreturned to silence As the door unlocked, it slowly creaked and Lapis appeared before Rhode

“Ah, S-Sir?”

Lapis was startled and she hurriedly took a few steps backwards The maiden subconsciously patted off the dust on her clothes before tiaze

“Y-You’re back…”

“Yes… Since I’ve completed the Fortress matters, I have returned to check around”

Rhode curiously looked over Lapis and the state behind her seemed to have just suffered fro?”

“Ah, I, I was only doing so the alchemy of Beherical equip it But I still need to continue experiht, ill leave this for later”

Rhode interrupted Lapis’ speech with his hand He knew that although Lapis usually was a tiarding her own profession, she wouldn’t stop speaking for at least 30 minutes to an hour Rhode didn’t have the mood and time to listen to her on this topic, which hy he swiftly cut off her words

“The Fortress there is ready and I want you to pack up now Bring everything over to the Fortress… Don’t worry, I have prepared a specialized alchemy workshop for you I think you will like it there”

“Alchelistened by the two keywords The ht

“Okay, Sir No probleet your dinner soon”

“Of course, Sir, I will not forget!”

Lapis iet ready Shortly after, Rhode could hear the usual clanging sounds froain

She’s really…

Rhode shook his head helplessly and turned around

As he arrived in the living roohtened and she instantly ran to his side

“S-Sir, you’re here at the right time Someone’s here to see you”

“SeeShauna’s words

“Who is it?”

“He’s Matt, from Silver Libra Trade association…”

“Oh?” Rhode twitched his brows “Let him in”