Hidden Ties and Ancestral Secrets

Bearnard chuckled in exasperation. "Anyway, that's the gist of it. The funny thing is, you've actually met that brain-dead guy before. He's the one who was spouting nonsense in front of you. But his family does have some connections—otherwise, there's no way he could have smuggled a dark elf into the auction without anyone noticing."

Illiya found it hard to believe.

He turned to look at a certain dark elf, who had remained silent, trying to see if he could find any answers from his expression.

Drow didn't argue—because he had no grounds to.

The whole situation had played out exactly as the City Lord of Haneulseong City described.

Did the dark elf do anything wrong? No! He just wanted to prepare a decent greeting gift when he meet his soul-bonded partner later.

The dark elf was aggrieved, but the dark elf said nothing.

But being stared at with such a doting expression by a light elf made him extremely embarrassed.