Chapter 168 The Incoming Sacred Glory (1/2)
When Rhode brought his subordinates to leave High Cliff Village, there was another scene in the Deep Stone City castle.
The Administrative Officer of Paphield Area and Lord of Deep Stone City, Klautz, lowered his head, his face green while looking at the ground. The holy power around him into a gentle breeze similar to a spring wind, but gave off a completely different feeling to Klautz.
”I haven't been in Deep Stone City for such a long time,” Lydia said softly. She was enveloped in light, looking outside the window to see Deep Stone City's scenery. ”It's still as beautiful as before, nature's masterpiece combined with human wisdom and hard work. Such a perfect combination. Nothing can be compared with this, don't you think so? Sir Klautz?”
”Just as you said, Your Highness.” While answering her question, Klautz rubbed the sweat on his forehead.
Right now, his heart wasn't as calm as his appearance. It was no wonder that the moment Her Highness and the Grand Mage suddenly appeared in his residence, his heart almost stopped. If it weren't for the many hardships he had experienced and the fact he was considered as an important person, he would have been scared to death already.
Klautz couldn't be blamed for being too overly sensitive, because Lydia rarely left the Golden City. She usually would send her subordinates to handle sensitive regions. From this point, it could be seen that the trust Lydia had in her subordinates could be considered an unusual indulgence. To the contrary, for her subordinates, her trust wasn't only motivation, but also pressure. They could fail or made a mistake, but Lydia wouldn't allow them to fall into despair or change their own aesthetic value. Before, Lydia had sent a brave warrior to govern the Western area, but in the end, that brave warrior fell due to the Merchant Association's sugar-coated bullet. The rumor said that Lydia was very disappointed about this matter and very clearly expressed it.
Even if this matter had already passed for many years, whenever Klautz remembered that incident, he couldn't help but feet a chill down to his spine. He hoped that he would never receive encounter such a situation again.
As an Administrative Officer, Klautz believed that he had never done anything to violate her aesthetics value. But he could not be sure that he had never done anything so serious to make her come here herself. No matter how he thought, he couldn't think of the reason behind why she came to Paphield area. Is it because the sudden increase in price caused by the Merchant Association? But this kind of small thing wasn't enough to make Her Highness Lydia to come here personally, right?
Even though he was curious, he wasn't as stupid as to ask this question. He only welcomed Lydia while speculating the reason she had came here.
”Humans are a miracle of this world. Among them, there will be some who glitter and even their existence will attract my attention.”
Lydia smiled and turned around, walking away from the window to sit on the sofa. She wore a luxurious and elegant long robe. The quality was top notch and even accentuated her body line. Her six wings kept fluttering and turned the entire living room into a fairy tale.
Grand Mage Amund silently sat beside her and wryly smile. He didn't say anything and also didn't have to say anything. Originally, he didn't agree with Lydia going to Paphield area at this kind of time. Although they did it in secret and no one know about it, Her Highness had always been high profile since she was young, and it seemed that no matter couldn't be hidden for too long… Anyway, let just see what'll happen.
”Sir Klautz.”
”Ah, yes! May I help you, Your Highness?”
”I heard that some interesting thing started to happen in Paphield area.”
She lazily leaned into the sofa while crossing her hands. She smiled and looked like a child that couldn't wait to hear an interesting story.
”Although I have received the report, a stiff rigid record like that can't represent anything. How about you report it to me once again?”
”This…”
Hearing until here, Klautz wryly smiled. He almost understood the reason Lydia came here. ”I understand, Your Highness. But please don't be angry because my proficiency in story-telling isn't too good.”
”If the story itself is wonderful enough, I don't care about the storyteller proficiency; I only care about the level of wonderfulness.” As for Klautz's answer, Lydia only smiled. ”If it's really an interesting story, then no matter who tells it, it will still be wonderful.”
Hearing Lydia's answer, Klautz no longer thought over this and lightly coughed. After that he straightened his posture and looked at her with serious expression. ”This story started from two months ago…”