442 Great Fire Plan (1/2)

”You must have suffered a lot over there, right?”

”Not at all. This is just some color-changing cream I applied to my skin.” Leon said amusedly with a shake of his head. Rather, he was the one who caused suffering to others.

After receiving the prince's answer, the palace guard nodded before taking a glance at the person by the prince's side.

”This is…”

Darlene had been hugging close to Leon, never leaving his side. While having her arms wrapped around one of his, she glanced around curiously at her new but dark surroundings.

”So this is the Human Domain… Doesn't seem much different to the Infertile Plains…” Darlene softly muttered.

Leon overheard her and ruffled her hair with a smile before saying, ”You haven't seen anything yet. Wait till we leave this place.”

”Un.” Darlene nodded.

Shortly after, Leon turned to the palace guard and said, ”Tell me everything that had happened in my absence.”

”Yes, Your Highness!”

The palace guard saluted with honor and began recounting the details to Leon, listing three main points of interest.

The first was the integration of the three kingdoms, forming the soon-to-be Crawford Empire.

The second was the redirection of the railway construction focus to connect the Capital to the World Tree and concentrating resources in the Grassland Region to build a new capital.

Leon listened attentively.

Heinrich's plans to achieve high-speed transportation was no closed secret. After Leon learned about this plan from the palace guard, he was amazed.

His father had some pretty innovative ideas.

After the palace guard finishing informing Leon of the last point, he nodded and said, ”Alright. I understand now. You can go back to your post.”

”Yes, Your Highness!”

The palace guard left.

Leon glanced up at the skies and saw the dispersing dark clouds. It appeared that Aria's Transcendence was completed not long ago.

Recalling that angelic look, Leon's heart burned with a desire to see her right away.

”Come, I'll show you the Capital on our way to the Royal Palace,” Leon said to Darlene.

”Mm.”

Darlene quickly hugged close to Leon firmly. He held her around the waist before they both took off into the sky, flying straight to the center of the Capital.

The night sky of the Human Domain was clearer than the Dark Continent, and the Capital was thriving with activity and light.

Darlene's eyes slowly widened as she slowly took in the breathtaking view of the Capital.

More importantly, she had never seen the lush green grasslands before. The world beyond the Capital made her widen her eyes in awe. The grassy hills, fields of crops, and rustling leaves of trees astounded her.

”How is it? Still think the Human Domain is similar to the Infertile Plains?” Leon asked during their flight.

Darlene immediately shook her head and said, ”I was wrong. This place is beautiful.”

Leon smiled lightly and increased the speed of their flight.

In a short instance, they quickly arrive at the Royal Palace. After spotting a few familiar figures within the Inner Palace, Leon shortly made his way over before descending.

”Mom, dad, Aria. I'm back—”

Leon called out, but he quickly frowned when his gaze fell onto his father, Heinrich's shoulder.

Elizabeth and Aria turned their heads over in surprise.

They were immediately baffled by Leon's appearance. However, after a moment, it was changed to a pleasant surprise when they recognize the person.

”My son!”

”Leon!”

Leon made his way over with Darlene with a deep frown and immediately carried out medical treatment on his father while asking, ”What happened here? How did father get hurt like this? Who did it?”

Elizabeth and Aria both had many things to say to Leon, but they could only save it for later, after hearing his strings of questions.

”We were visited by two unexpected Transcendents of unknown origins, claiming to be people from the Cortez family. The younger one attacked your father when he was interrupted while trying to ask for Aria's name… I tried catching them but failed to keep up with them in the sky suppression zone.”

Elizabeth began explaining the events that transpired.

After Leon understood everything, traces of anger began sprouting in his heart. Not only did this person had their eyes on his woman, but this person also attacked his father unreasonably.

”Which direction did they go, Mother?” Leon asked with a low tone, suppressing his rage.

Heinrich's wound recovered to a perfect state after Leon applied some Tier 3 Golden Ointment and further boost the recovery speed with Wood Energy.