Uncle Albert !

Three days later, the caravan arrived, it was full of goods from all other regions, for Stella, this was an irreplaceable opportunity to get to know people from other regions to get an idea about her too.

This was just an average caravan, with merchants selling not small, but not big either. According to Helena's mother, the large Caravans are twice the number of merchants, and most of them are from super-rich and noble families, so they only go to big cities.

Helena and Stella went out to see what goods they had brought, and also for Helena to have a chance to meet Mr. Albert.

The goods were many, and all the inhabitants of the village crowded into the main square. Stella was also taking a look at everything.

"The traders who are in the caravan are from all regions apparently, a few of them are from the South."

While the two are busy, suddenly someone's voice is heard calling out to Helena, they turn to see behind them a man waving his hand. The tall, slender man with silver hair exudes an aura of approachability and wisdom. His eyes, deep and knowing, hint at a lifetime filled with experiences and lessons learned. There's a gentle warmth in his demeanor, reflected in his simple. He carries himself with understated elegance, leaving an impression of both grace and humility.

Helena joyfully called out to him,

"Uncle Albert !"

She went to him quickly and greeted him with a hug. Albert said, "I see that you are getting bigger now, two years ago you were much smaller."

"And I also see that your head is getting completely gray, huh ?"

"I'm an old man now."

Moments later he looked at Stella, who was standing behind Helena, and asked her, "Who is this Miss ? Is she your friend ?"

"Yes, she is also our guest."

"I'm sorry I haven't found out about myself yet, I'm Alina, Sir."

"Nice to see you, Miss, are you from the family ?"

"No, she's not a relative, actually it's a long story, we might tell you if you come home, mother would also like to see you."

"How is Meryl ?"

"She's fine, now let's go home, the food must be ready now."

She dragged him by the hand all the way home, Stella looked at them, they looked more like father and daughter than just relatives. According to Meryl Stella's experience, Albert is a relative of Helena's father's family and was also his close friend.

When they arrived home, Meryl greeted Albert with great pleasure, the food was already ready on the table, in fact, she had sent the two of them outside to look for him. After lunch, we all sat down to talk.

During the conversation, Albert asked Helena, "And now what long story you wanted to tell me ?"

Helena looked at Stella before speaking, she was only asking with her facial expressions, "Can I tell him or not ?"

Stella nodded her head as a sign of approval. Helena told the whole story to Albert, the man seemed very touched by what he heard, and he felt pity for Stella.

When the latter looked at him, she thought to herself, "What would their reaction be if they knew that all this was a lie ?"

After a moment of silence, Albert said, "Miss Alina, I am very sorry for what happened to you."

She has always been bad at responses and compliments, so she had some problems from time to time because of this, because some people like those compliments and flattery to them, and she can't stand it .

"Since they haven't found you yet, how about you come back to them ?"

"How ?"

"I want to say, our next destination is the North, would you like to join us to come back ?"