Orders Arrive

Above the mission's residence

"Bell, could it be that we're sensing something wrong?"

"One person might misinterpret, but there's no reason for two people to misinterpret!"

"But there are only three humans below, and we haven't found that brat. Moreover, the magic that little girl just used is very similar to that brat Sordil's magic, which could indeed give us the wrong impression."

"This..."

Belserion looked down at the room, sensing something was amiss, but he couldn't find any evidence to refute his old friend. The two remained suspended high in the air, silently watching the room where Sordil and the other two were. A quarter of an hour later, still finding nothing, the impatient Acnologia, unwilling to waste any more time, spoke again, advising, "Bell, you saw it yourself—only the three of them are in this room, and after that little girl stopped casting her spell, neither of us sensed any magic anymore. Doesn't that prove anything? Or do you really think that brat could escape the capital so quietly right in front of us?"

Hearing his old friend's words, Belserion had to admit that he had sensed something wrong. He sighed down and said dejectedly to his friend, "Aku, you're right, we might have sensed something wrong!"

"So what do we do now? Should we go back?"

"Okay! Let's go back!"

"How is it? Have they left?"

After carefully sensing the situation high above and confirming that the two dragons in the sky had left, Diphiya said to Sordil, who was holding Anna, "Sordil, those two people have left."

Hearing this, Sordil first let out a long sigh, then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, inwardly regretting his carelessness. Watching Sordil's series of calming measures, Diphiya asked curiously, "Sordil, who were those two people just now? Why were you so afraid of them?"

After helping Anna to a chair, Sordil looked up at the roof and said with lingering fear, "Those two people were the Wise Dragon Belserion and the Holy Dragon Acnologia."

"What? It's them!"

Upon hearing the identities of the two people, Diphiya instantly jumped up from her chair and walked towards the door.

"Diphiya, stop right there!"

Sordil rushed to the door and stopped the enraged Diphiya.

"Sordil, move aside!"

"Diphiya, don't be so impulsive! Impulsiveness won't solve anything; it will only make things worse."

"But..."

Seeing Diphiya's resentful expression as she prepared to confront Belserion, Sordil suppressed his emotions and gently advised, "I know you mean well, but we're on someone else's turf right now. What if we act rashly and suffer losses? What if we fail to protect Anna and she gets hurt? We went to so much trouble to deceive them. If we expose our identities because of a moment of impulsiveness, how can we face Anna's sacrifice?"

"This..."

"Sister Diphiya, please bear with it for my sake. We'll settle the score with them when we have the chance later."

Having regained her composure, Diphiya assessed the strength of both sides and decided to go along with the plan. She nodded to the two of them, then said indignantly, "Fine! For Anna's sake, I'll let them off this time. Next time, I'll teach them a lesson!"

Fostadu, the mountaintop

"Sister Diphiya!"

"Sister Diphiya!"

"Ah?"

Diphiya, having pulled her attention back from Dragunov, looked at Grandiere standing before her and exclaimed in surprise. Seeing Diphiya's unusual expression, Grandiere asked worriedly, "Diphiya, are you alright?"

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine!"

"That's good! I noticed you seemed a bit distracted earlier, and I thought you weren't feeling well!"

"Sister, you don't know, something happened with Sordil just now, which attracted my attention, so I was a little absent-minded. I didn't expect to make you worry."

Upon hearing that something had happened to Sordil, Grandiere immediately tensed up and hurriedly asked, "Then... has the matter been resolved? Did Brother Sordil get away safely?"

"Don't worry, sister. The incident happened after Sordil left, so it didn't delay Sordil trip. And the matter has been resolved now."

Upon learning that Sordil was unharmed, Grandiere's heart finally settled. Not long after they finished speaking, a streak of multicolored lightning streaked across the night sky from afar.

The following morning, at the mission's residence

"Anna, open your mouth and eat this steak!"

Anna blushed instantly when Sordil handed her the steak. Unfortunately, she was facing a staunchly straight man who had never been in a relationship, so her shyness was perceived as physical discomfort by him.

"Anna, are you alright? Are you feeling unwell?"

Seeing the flustered Sordil and Anna's even more flushed face, Diphiya could no longer bear it. She quickly went to Anna's bedside, snatched the plate from Sordil's hands, pushed Sordil aside, and sat on the edge of the bed to feed Anna. After the awkwardness subsided, Anna's face quickly returned to normal, and the food on the plate disappeared at a steady pace.

The usually incredibly intelligent Sordil was completely baffled at this moment. In order to understand the truth of the matter, Sordil forced himself to reason about the phenomenon, and then he successfully evolved into a ' The Thinker '.

The silence in the room didn't last long before it was broken by a knock on the door. A blast of cold rain hit ' The Thinker,' jolting him out of his complex reasoning. Sordil glared angrily at Diphiya, who had interrupted his thoughts, demanding a reasonable explanation. Diphiya didn't speak, but pointed to the door. Just then, the person outside knelt down.

Sordil snorted and stormed off to open the door. Xiao Qi, watching Sordil storm out, quickly and respectfully handed him the parchment scroll, saying with reverence, "General Oddek, this is the order we just received this morning."

Sordil took the scroll and then said softly to Xiao Qi, "I understand. If there's nothing else, you can go now!"

Xiao Qi bowed and retreated, quickly disappearing into the corridor. After Xiao Qi left, Sordil immediately closed the door and returned to his room to examine the scroll.

"Sordil, what order has His Majesty the King issued this time?"

Sordil placed the scroll on the table and replied, "The king is satisfied with the contents of the treaty and wants us to sign it with the Kingdom of Donagunov immediately."

"Great! Now we can finally relax!"

"Don't be too happy yet! In addition to these, the king also ordered that all members of the Peace Negotiation Delegation except myself must return to Philiers immediately after the treaty is signed."

Diphiya, who was still immersed in joy, instantly fell down upon hearing this.