Chapter 1310 - Angel and Dragon (3) (1/2)

“At the end of the day, I still made my way here.”

Gazing at the castle bathed in the moonlight, Rhode couldn’t help but scratch his head and mutter to himself.

Based on the news from his younger sister, it seemed like a pregnant dragon needed 30 to 50 years to give birth to her child, which explained the low birthrate of several powerful races. The process of conceiving a child was more than half of the human lifespan. Moreover, even after the child was born, the child also required a long, long time to grow from a young age. Take Erin, for instance. She lived for four to five centuries since she was born, and despite that, she looked like a 16 or 17 years old. This went to show how slow dragons grew, which kind of put Rhode’s mind at ease a little. Because even if Erin were really pregnant with his child, she didn’t need to fight against Chaos with a big belly. After all, no matter how busy his side was, the situation wouldn’t last more than a year or two. And according to the younger sister, even if Erin did conceive his child, the effects on her would be basically zero. After all, a dragon’s body was still really strong and healthy, and normal injuries wouldn’t affect the child too much either.

But even so, Rhode eventually came to the Moon City. Although he wasn’t sure about Erin’s pregnancy, those words from Lydia also weren’t entirely not reliable either. However, since Lydia mentioned about Erin’s weak health, there had to be no doubt about it. That was why after serious considerations, Rhode finally decided to check on Erin. Even if he didn’t discuss anything about her pregnancy, he had to care for her in terms of her identity as the Dark Dragon. After all, the combined strength of the five Creator Dragons were needed to open the plane channel in the future. If Erin were to get into a mishap like her big brother, things would be much more troublesome.

As the Darkness Capital had been demolished into scraps by Lapis’s Plane Destruction Bombs, it was inevitable for the Country of Darkness to move its capital. In the end, Erin chose the Moon City, located in the southwest and in the middle of the Moonlight Forest, as the new capital city of the Country of Darkness. This land was Erin’s, to begin with, and could also be considered her villa. Although it was a bit out of place to be used as a capital of a country, the Country of Darkness itself had also lost a large chunk of territory, so it was like a perfect match…

But after witnessing the Moon City for the first time, Rhode had an inexplicable feeling of déjà vu.

In the shimmering moonlight, the white, towering castle by the sea glowed softly against the darkness of the night and seemed incomparably bright in comparison to the pitch-black ocean under the night sky. For some reason, upon seeing the Moon City, Rhode couldn’t help think of the Munn Kingdom’s Golden City. Although the geographical locations weren’t quite the same, both cities felt equally beautiful and mesmerizing. The Golden City was as dazzling as the sun, while the Moon City was as bright and crisp as the moon. Looking from a distance, the Moon City was built on a peninsula surrounded by a dark ocean, glowing brightly like a full moon in the night sky. No one could ignore its brilliance.

It seemed like it wasn’t without reason that Erin and Lydia were so close with each other.

“Master, you’re here.”

With Rhode’s identity, he didn’t need to inform of his arrival beforehand. As a matter of fact, before he arrived, he had already informed Angelina through spiritual communication. At that moment, Angelina stood at the entrance of the Moon City, ready to welcome him. Upon seeing his arrival, she stepped forth and bowed immediately. She intended to hold a grand welcome for him, but he wasn’t interested in such formalities in the slightest. Besides, it would also waste his time, so he rejected her idea. This time, only Angelina was here by the entrance to invite him in.

Despite being a city of undead creatures, the Moon City was much more livelier than other cities. After all, this was Erin’s fief, and she was quite fond of humans. For that reason, there were more humans in the Moon City as compared to other cities. According to Angelina, this place was also a territory shared between her and Garcia. However, she was in charge of the east, while Garcia watched the coast in the west. That was because undead creatures disliked the ocean, which was the opposite of humans. Come to think of it, Rhode was really curious as to how these people were going to fish a land of eternal darkness. That would be a problem too, wouldn’t it?

But this time, he didn’t come to the Moon City to explore their customs.

“Where’s Erin?”

Following Angelina into the Moon City, Rhode sized up the castle around him and asked casually. He had to admit that this place was really made to Erin’s liking. At a glance, one could see expensive artwork hanging along the corridor. And in addition to the paintings, there were also some unknown, ancient artifacts dug out from the ruins that were very pleasing to the eye under the illumination of luminous pearls. Rhode estimated that if all the treasures in this corridor were to be recovered, they would be worth enough to buy half of Casabianca.

“Her Majesty Erin is handling some government matters right now, but it is also about time for afternoon tea.”

Angelina said, leading Rhode further down the corridor. Along the way, beautiful young ladies in maid costumes bowed to them. But what astonished Rhode was that he sensed that they were mostly ordinary humans and not undead creatures at all. This felt rather strange because earlier, judging from the information that Angelina gave him, it sounded like her forces had clearly expanded. But now… It seemed like she wasn’t as successful as he had thought.

“What’s with the maids?”

“Her Highness Erin still prefers humans more, and because of what happened to His Majesty Ion before, Her Highness Erin isn’t really that fond of vampires anymore. That’s why I didn’t get my subordinates to serve Her Highness Erin. My subordinates are responsible for foreign diplomacy and intelligence reconnaissance at the moment. The maids here are all dispatched by Sir Garcia. In terms of loyalty, there is no problem.”

“I see.”

Upon hearing Angelina’s explanations, Rhode nodded. He had also gotten Angelina’s report about the dealings between Ion and the vampires, so naturally, Erin must have also witnessed that scene as well. It made sense that she wasn’t very fond of vampires. If it weren’t for the fact that Angelina had always been on good terms with Erin, it would have been impossible for her to get the support she received from Erin now.

But looking at the indignant way Angelina talked about Garcia, it was clear that she felt rather upset, which was quite a normal reaction. To put it bluntly, the Country of Darkness was a nation of death, and mortals had no place here. Even amongst the four legendary generals, the one with the lowest status was, in fact, Garcia, not Ashvril, the reason being that Garcia was human. That was why Angelina was unhappy with Garcia. Although Garcia, being one of the four legendary generals, was powerful and wasn’t going to live less than 100 years like an ordinary human, he couldn’t be compared to long-lived undead creatures. Despite that, he was still valued highly by Erin, so it wasn’t surprising that Angelina felt a little depressed about that.

However, it wasn’t something of Rhode’s concern. He roughly guessed that Erin was doing this to check and restrain the power of her men. But this was an internal matter of the Country of Darkness, and he had no right to interfere. It was also true that Angelina’s desire for power was a bit too strong. If she didn’t restrain herself, it would be hard to guarantee that she could achieve her goal of becoming one of the four legendary generals.

On the other hand, Angelina also didn’t seem to have the intention of letting Rhode put in a few good words to Erin for her. Angelina casually mentioned this topic, but their conversation quickly returned to the right path.

“How is Erin feeling lately?”

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Her Majesty Erin… She isn’t acting strangely from before, so everything should be fine.”

Upon hearing Rhode’s question, Angelina hesitated for a while and eventually answered. As a matter of fact, after Rhode looked for Angelina and inquired about Erin, Angelina volunteered to be Erin’s personal servant again. Of course, with her identity, she couldn’t possibly be by Erin’s side 24/7. But in response to her master’s expectations, Angelina bit the bullet and gave Rhode the answers he wanted.

“I see…”

Rhode responded plainly to Angelina’s reply.

… She’s got nothing on her end. Looks like I can only rely upon myself then.

And the moment this thought came up in his mind, Angelina gaped with a difficult expression, pondered for a while, and said.

“Erm… Master, although Her Majesty Erin is fine, she did face some trouble recently.”

“What trouble?”

Rhode asked with a twitched brow. Upon hearing his question, Angelina thought about it, but eventually continued.

“… According to my investigation, there seems to be someone chasing Her Highness Erin…”