Chapter 925 - : Unsettling Night (1) (1/2)
Chapter 925: Unsettling Night (1)
“Miss Emily?”
Rhode revealed an uncharacteristic surprised expression. He had never expected to meet Emily here.
Emily Edward, daughter of the chairman of Edward Trade Association in the southern Munn Kingdom, Fiat.
The most unique and memorable thing about her was that she successfully became a merchant and yet, was determined to become a Travel Merchant instead. Back then when Rhode went to Fiat to eliminate the enemies, he disguised himself as Miranda and interacted with Emily for a period of time, which he eventually triggered the hidden mission. But for the sake of the bigger picture, he had to abandon the mission and it became the first ever mission that was marked with an ‘Incomplete’ in this world. If Rhode were a perfectionist, he would have felt uncomfortable every time he saw the grayed-out mission. But he didn’t take it to heart and initially thought that that was the end to that matter. However, never did he expect to meet her again.
Rhode scanned the young lady curiously. Compared to when he first met her in Fiat, Emily seemed much more mature now. It was apparent from her confident smile that she was satisfied with her life. It seemed like she had sneaked out of her family and fulfilled her dreams. But he didn’t know what happened in between though.
Shane was gentlemanly enough to make an excuse and left as soon as ‘Miranda’ and Emily met each other. Shortly after, they found a relatively empty spot and reminisced about the old times. But before that…
“Miss Miranda, she is…”
Emily gazed curiously at Angelina who had been following quietly behind Rhode. Rhode waved his arm casually.
“She’s my servant.”
“I see…”
Emily scanned Angelina from head to toe. The latter was resentful because it felt extremely insulting to be looked at by lowly humans as though she was an animal. If it were in the past, Angelina would have let her have a taste of her foolish mistake. But now, she could only lower her head and adopt a humble stance.
“Your servant is really beautiful, Miss Miranda.”
Emily looked at Angelina and gave an admirable sigh, totally unaware that she had just escaped death. She recalled when ‘Miss Miranda’ came to Fiat, she had also brought two servants in the name of Celia and Celestina. Those two servants were absolute beauties and Emily didn’t expect to see yet another adorable servant.
Emily was thrilled to see ‘Miranda’ again and Rhode learned from her about the situation after he left Fiat.
It was after the end of the internal battle.
After the North-South internal battle ended, the Reformist Party was swept into trash cans while the South experienced social and political unrest. Although Fiat wasn’t closely related to the Reformist Party, it was still seriously impacted. But Rhode didn’t know if they were fortunate or not, because after he crumbled Edward Trade Association’s mine, which forced them to stop providing ores to the Reformist Party, it in turn helped them to escape a catastrophe from the clearing of accounts. But he had in fact gone too far, which caused the entire mine to collapse and made it impossible for them to dig up new mines. Besides, their competitors seized the opportunity and snatched many of their businesses which forced them to reconsider other business opportunities.
On the other hand, Emily convinced everyone in the trade association to allow her to travel. Thereafter, she had been traveling in the identity of a Travel Merchant with the experiences that Rhode had given her and thoughts that she mulled over. She performed outstandingly in the Light Mainland over the past two years. However, unlike the Travel Merchants who settled down after earning a fortune, she preferred to roam the continent in search of more precious and rare goods. This story wasn’t too different from what Rhode experienced in the game.
It was due to this that after Emily heard about the situation between Highland City and the Void Territory, she came to try her luck for some interesting business opportunities. Of course, she knew that her basic sword skills could only protect her from minimal dangers and besides, as a Travel Merchant, she also carried several expensive items with her. If she didn’t have that little bit of brain, she would have been taken advantage of by others a long time ago. Therefore, she studied the situation in Highland City before arriving and paid Shane a visit who was in charge of the Alanic Family in this city. Shane was interested in her identity as a Travel Merchant which led to him mentioning about Miranda who had left him with a deep impression.
Emily didn’t expect to hear her name in this city at all and was over the moon. After she became a Travel Merchant, she did look for Miranda and indeed had some relations with the Seren Trade Association. Fortunately for Rhode, Gillian had reorganized the Seren Trade Association and started working on their intelligence network and the members didn’t know much about Miranda. In fact, most of them didn’t know her whereabouts at all and all they knew was that Miranda seldom returned to the trade association. Although this response left Emily dissatisfied, this also resolved Rhode’s crisis from another aspect… At least his identity wouldn’t be exposed.
Emily was like a student who learned lots of things with great pains and was eager to find her teacher to prove her progress. Besides, she had indeed benefited from the knowledge that Rhode imparted her in Fiat. It was especially after she became a Travel Merchant when she realized how important the knowledge was. Although it didn’t make her an overnight millionaire, it gave her clearer judgment to work in safer environments just like what ‘Miss Miranda’ said—money can be earned again, but one only has one life. Emily remembered this advice deeply by heart and gave up decisively on decisions which eventually saved her from trouble. If not, no one knew where her dead body would be at right now.
Judging from another angle, Rhode could be considered her ‘life savior’ and not only once.
“But… You’re really fortunate. It hasn’t been peaceful recently and it is really dangerous for a merchant to travel alone.”
Rhode said with admiration. It was true that it hadn’t been peaceful in the Light Mainland. After the internal battle between the north and south, the attack that the Country of Darkness launched on the Light Mainland was also incredibly fierce. It could be said that the area was in turmoil and chaos of war. It was especially so for the Country of Light, where problems arising with the refugees, bandits and thieves also wreaked havoc everywhere. Under such circumstances, it was remarkable that Emily achieved such results while being alone.
“Eh heh heh.”
Emily stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.
“Actually… I’ve been traveling with someone. Just like what you said, Miss Miranda, it hasn’t really been peaceful. I think that life is more important than everything else since money can be earned again. Ah, by the way, allow me to introduce to you Miss Miranda.”
Emily quickly scanned the surroundings and spotted her target. She ran up and dragged her out of the crowd.
“She is Miss Stefania. I’ve been traveling with her all this while, Miss Miranda. She’s just like you, a Travel Merchant.”
“Oh?”
Rhode revealed a curious expression but in fact, he was shocked and had even prepared himself for a fight. On the other hand, Angelina instinctively took a step back and stared at the young lady. Both of them discovered that before Emily pulled that young lady out from the crowd, they didn’t detect her presence at all!
This was an absolutely strange phenomenon. Rhode was the dragon soul heir while Angelina was a royal vampire. It went to show how unimaginably powerful she was to be able to conceal her presence before them!
“Greetings, I’m Miranda Seren.”