Isabella the Villainess.

Lexus followed Isabella's voice and came near to the small hill; the hill looked imposing in the middle of the forest.

Lexus jumped the small hill with one leap and landed on the opposite side of it; then he noticed some lights coming out of the hill.

Lexus looked back to the hill and saw a door was open and lights were coming out of it; Lexus entered through the door and stepped inside.

The interior was nothing but plain and simple stone floors and mud walls; Lexus understood this hill was created by humans.

"Look here," Isabella said while she was standing near a pile of food.

"Smoked sausage, chicken, beef—everything we need is here," Isabella smilingly said.

"Yeah, well, it's better than some treasure that can't be eaten." Lexus nodded his head in satisfaction.

"This thing looks fresh. They've looted this recently, from the nearby town maybe," Isabella said, and then she went deeper inside.

Lexus picked a torch from nearby and followed her from behind; the space inside was, although not massive, enough to store large amounts of supplies.

"Look, the treasure." Isabella soon found a box, although it was small but full of gold coins.

"Alright, let's go. We've everything we need now; we can load the carriage," Lexus said, and then Isabella nodded her head while holding the gold box in her hand.

"This carriage is from the town we're going to, so we can't go riding it inside the town," Isabella said while loading the carriage with food supplies and grabbing a handful of bacon and stuffing herself with it.

"That's simple. We don't go there. Look here, the map says we're here." Lexus pointed at the map he just collected.

"Hmm, the map is going to be handy; here, have some smoked sausage; it's good." Isabella gave Lexus a handful of sausage, then wiped her hands with a nearby cloth and picked up the map.

Lexus enjoyed the sausage first, then stood beside Isabella to look into the map. The map was only of the northern region they were in; Lexus also saw his duchy on the map.

"We go here, the Kolar Gold Empire. It's near the Central Region and will take us about 10 weeks with the carriage. We don't have to worry about stupid bandits." Isabella pointed at a location with her dagger and looked at Lexus for approval.

"Alright, we do as you say, but why this empire in particular? There are 2 more empires closer than this empire," Lexus asked; he was still munching this and that.

"Well, the Empire is called Kolar Gold Empire for a reason. The gold there is the second most valuable gold on the whole planet; even immortals of the Ancient Court might be tempted with it," Isabella said in a casual tone, but Lexus got a huge amount of information just with some sentences.

"So, is it the second-best gold? Who has the best on the planet? " Lexus asked; he has a pretty good idea who has it.

"Theodore's, That's a duchy. Although it's a duchy, it's bigger than most kingdoms. Theodorial gold is the most pure form of gold there is. Want to go rob them? I heard they don't have a Theodore on the throne," Isabella eagerly asked, her eyes were glistening with golden color.

"Well, I don't think that's a good idea." Lexus said and looked not that interested.

"Why? Let's go; it'll be fun. I heard no Theodore is present in the Duchy, so the Thaal Kingdom might apply for a war in the Ancient Court soon anyway" Isabella said while she's still interested in looting the Theodore Duchy.

"Well, do you know what my full name is?" Lexus said to calm Isabella the Villainess.

"What? Yeah, I've never asked your full name," said Isabella while looking at Lexus with a curious expression, She never overstepped her boundaries, she respects Lex's privacy.

"Well, It's Lexus Theodore, the one and only heir to the Grand Theodore Duchy," Lexus said this, bowing like a high-ranking aristocrat.

Lexus was trained by maids from his childhood on how a noble should behave and every noble etiquette.

"Ah? You're a Theodore? No wonder." Isabella was shocked hearing Lexus was a noble and high rank at that.

"No wonder what?" Lexus asked with a confused face.

"No wonder you look so good. Even immortals fall to their knees at the sight of a Theodore. They're said to be a different race from humans, considered angels in disguise. That's what I heard from childhood about you guys anyway," Isabella said like a die-hard fan of Theodore's.

"Well, stories are somewhat exaggerated. Let's go. You sleep in the carriage; I'll drive towards the Kolar Empire," Lexus said with a smile on his face.

"Alright, ask for help if needed." Isabella, saying this didn't stand on ceremony, entered the carriage and closed the door.

Lexus didn't mind either; they were very good friends, and you don't pretend in front of a friend.

Lexus went up to the coachman's seat and lashed the horses gently; the horses didn't make a noise, but tears welled up in their eyes.

"These horses are good," Lexus commented as the horses were running maybe around 40-50 MPH.

*Slid*

Isabella opened the small window near the driver's seat and looked at Lexus; his long, light pink hair was flowing with the wind.

"Hey, Dummy, don't beat them too much; they'll die of exhaustion," Isabella said while looking ahead at the green path.

"Alright." Lexus slightly pulled in the reins to slow down.

"And look back, you didn't do it right? That was a dry forest," Isabella said with a little concern in her voice.

Lexus looked back and saw a huge fire was in the forest they were inlast night, and the smoke reached the clouds.

"I?" Lexus tried to remember what he did with fire.

After killing the first patrol guard, he threw the fire torch in the forest, and then after coming out of that room inside the hill, he threw the fire torch in the forest once again.

"Well, I didn't mean to," Lexus said while looking ahead and didn't dare to meet Isabella in the eyes.

"Oh Lex, you're a villain through and through."