Chapter 941 (2/2)

“Ahem, fine, I’m just joking around because you were too tense…” Oro acted as if he was hurt. “It’s been so long since we last met. Today, the Flower of Glow is back with us, we must have a good gathering tonight. How about at our usual old place?”

“The Silver Antler Tavern?” Andrea raised her eyebrows. “That place still exists?”

“It is, after all, a Luoxi family business. It won’t close so easily. The manager is quite incapable though.”

“Hey—”

“I don’t have a problem.”

“Then it’s decided. I’ll leave you two alone for now. I have somewhere to be.” Oro waved.

“An, Andrea…” Otto took a deep breath. “I want to talk to you in private.”

Even though he didn’t know why his old friend was willing to let go of such a chance to catch up with Andrea, for him this was an extremely rare opportunity.

He did not want to borrow Oro’s words anymore to tell her that he had missed her. And he could feel the difference in Andrea’s attitude from they the time they met in Neverwinter city. Even though it seemed like she was still in conflict with her identity as a lady of the Quinn family, at least she did not treat her childhood friends as strangers. This was obvious from the way she had smiled before.

“…” Andrea thought for a moment and then nodded. “Let’s go to the courtyard.”

Otto felt his heart suddenly beating faster.

The person supporting her did not follow them, so the two of them, one behind another, walked into the courtyard.

“Are… are you alright?” Looking at the witch’s back, which was shaking as she was walking, Otto wanted to but did not dare to help her. These kinds of gestures had been so common back when they were children.

“This is just a side-effect of excessive use of magic power, it’s not really harmful to the body. Actually, we all have to go through this in order to improve our magic capacity. I’ll be back to normal in two days so don’t worry,” Andrea said while shrugging her arms, “It’s just the two of us now, what would you like to talk about?”

Otto bit his lips. “Do you still remember what I told you in Neverwinter city? That Oro would go to your grave every year and leave flowers…”

“I remember.”

“In fact, there’s one more thing that I didn’t tell you…” He took a deep breath. “I also did the same every year—because I couldn’t forget you. Back at the dungeon, when I heard you saying ‘I am here’, I almost can’t describe the feeling of joy that I felt in my heart. At that moment, I decided that no matter what, I have to say this to you. Andrea, can you stay here?”

Andrea didn’t seem surprised. She only smiled and said, “Thank you, but you are too late.”

“What do you mean by too late…”

“I already have someone I want to always stay beside, so… I won’t be staying in the City of Glow.” She replied seriously in a soft and quick manner, “If you had asked me ten years ago, maybe I would have agreed.”

Otto’s heart sank. “Is it His Majesty Roland? If you mean him, then he’s definitely a better choice than me…”

“I would never compete against Nightingale,” Andrea interrupted him, “I am her most trusted ally.”

“Huh?”

“Um, no, nevermind…” She coughed twice. “Well, it’s not what you think. Otto, witches can’t continue the family bloodline and in fact, I don’t want to be restricted by the rules of nobility. Ten years is a long time. I’m no longer the Flower of Glow that you used to know. It’s better like this, do you understand?”

Otto opened his mouth and was about to say “I’m willing to give up everything about the nobility”, but there was an invisible force that stopped him before he could.

He was also not a capricious child anymore, who could just avoid taking any responsibilities.

It would be the greatest disappointment for his father and sister Belinda.

In the end, Otto could only watch as Andrea’s back disappeared through the courtyard’s entrance.