That Little Bastard

The next day in the morning, a carriage set off from Delta city to Trynis City, Capital of Arda Kingdom.

Several S-rank and A-rank Imperial guards were protecting the carriage. Some from the shadows, while some moved around the carriage on foot cautiously.

Though they were more scared of that demoness sitting in carriage than anyone else who may or may not attack during the 1-week journey!

Inside the carriage, 4 people were sitting.

Valentina was sitting across Ares, Noah, and Gina who were sitting in an order.

Through some 'mysterious understanding' or 'womanly senses' they came to an agreement to sit in such an order.

Gina was the director of 'FashionX', she wanted to deal with some bugs in the rebellious kingdoms, where business was getting slow due to the rumors of a possible civil war and Noah's connection with it.

So when Noah visited Gina last night for some 'physical training', he told her that he will be going to Arda kingdom for negotiations, thus Gina asked for a 'ride', which Noah enjoyed very much!

Ares was glaring at Gina, her gut feeling was telling her 'something'.

Gina was sitting like a dignified director should, in a noble and elegant manner with one of her legs over the other. She wore a white shirt with a pencil skirt and high heels.

Ares was wearing a cute black short skirt, blacktop, and black shoes while Valentina on the other hand was wearing a long black hoodie as her arms were casually hidden in the pockets and white sneakers.

She liked hoodies for some reason and decided to keep multiple sets of long hoodies for herself.

Ares was holding Noah's arms tightly as if protecting him from all the bad luck and continuously kept staring at Gina and anyone with a pea-sized brain could guess what she was trying to say:

'WHORE! STAY AWAY FROM HIM! HE IS MINE!'

Gina didn't mind Ares's glare and treated her gaze that was spewing sparks of lightning as thin air as if saying:

'Heh~ We will see... After all, you are her twin SISTER! hehe'

Valentina who was sitting on the other side alone was in deep thought as if she was mentally telling everyone:

'My thoughts are mysteries! Only I know what I think about. Not even the Author dares to intrude upon my thoughts!'

Noah coughed slightly and started a conversation since things were becoming more and more awkward with each passing second.

"Mother, How many daughters King Abbott of Arda kingdom have?" he asked with a straight face.

Ares's grip around Noah's hand tightened but Noah had a thick skin, literally!

Valentina broke from her trail of thoughts and squinted her eyes a little but she responded nonetheless.

"None"

"What about his wife?"

"He had one, she died 5 years ago"

"How many concubines?!"

"He had two, one was a whore who got caught sleeping with a royal guard and was executed on the spot, the other hanged herself because she thought she wasn't funny."

"What about his mother!?"

"Yes, she is alive but her lifespan is about to end, so she is probably living her last moments on her deathbed."

"What about her sisters?"

"Mhmm" Valentina tilted her head a little and fell into deep thought as if she was trying to recall something...

"Yes, I think he has one who is alive, healthy and-

"Finally!!!!" Noah exclaimed with joy

"-married" Valentina continued.

"EVEN BETTER!!" Noah was truly happy about finally hearing some good news.

Though internally Noah thought King Abbott was such a pitiful man.

'Sigh~...some people are just really unlucky with women.' Noah sighed slightly thinking about the poor King Abbott.

Valentina thought Noah wanted to have some cards to play and negotiate with King Abbott, so she didn't think too much about it.

After all, knowing your enemy makes your job easier than facing the unknown.

Gina didn't care much about politics, she only wanted the best for business.

Ares on the other hand was having a bad...very bad premonition!

Although she could feel Noah's love and care for her, other than that, her connection with Noah was very vague.

But-

Her 'womanly instincts' were screaming:

'Don't let your brother get near King Abbott's sister! That WHORE is bad news!!'

Twelve hours passed by in a flash and it was already late, so they decided to camp.

Ares and Gina set up their tents around Noah in an orderly fashion as if it was natural while Valentina's tent was set up in front of Noah.

Imperial guards set up their tents deeper in the forests around Valentina, Noah, Gina, and Ares and they decided to keep a watch in regular intervals.

Ares, Noah, Valentina, and Gina went inside their tents to rest. Though sleep is not that much necessary for cultivators, nobody likes to not relax at all.

A few minutes later, Noah came out of his tent, sensed his surroundings, and felt that Ares was asleep so he went towards a particular tent.

.....

At the same time...

Delta city, Delos Empire

Empress Mary's room, The Palace.

More than 48 hours have passed since 'Empress's assassination attempt', compared to Noah's expectation, Mary's eyelids started twitching uncontrollably as soon as the sunset down.

Her fingers shivered slightly.

Although most of her body was still out of her control, she was gaining control of her primary senses slowly yet steadily.

For some strange reason, her body was brimming with fury and all that fury was directed towards one person...

Her entire killing intent leaked in the Palace.

The entire palace went into an alert mode.

Medical experts and guards rushed inside her room.

The guards quickly started checking around for intruders and medics went directly to the Empress's side to check on her condition.

They were surprised to see Mary gaining consciousness within 2 days. They all expected her to gain consciousness after 6-7 days.

Suddenly-

Mary's eyes snapped open as she screamed in an enraged voice "THAT LITTLE BASTARD!"