Making Singles Suffer

After Xizhalansa finished speaking, Sordil immediately closed his eyes and contacted Oddek to confirm Anna's whereabouts. A moment later, Sordil opened his eyes and turned to Grandiere and the others, saying, "Grandiere, wait for me here. I have some things to take care of."

Just as Sordil was about to leave, Grandiere stopped him and said, "Sordil, I'll go with you!"

Sordil extended his right hand and gently patted Grandiere's palm, then said, "Don't worry, Grandiere, I'll be in no danger!"

After calming Grandiere, Sordil subtly winked at Igneel, signaling him to ensure everyone's safety. Igneel nodded almost imperceptibly, indicating he understood. Then, Sordil turned to Xizhalansa and said, "Let's go, take me to Queen Irene!"

Royal Palace Courtyard

"Your Her Majesty Irene, what exactly do you want to do?"

Anna glanced at Irene across the long table, who was sipping red wine, and asked curiously. At the same time, she mentally cursed that bastard Sordil, who had betrayed his apprentice, countless times.

Irene swirled the wine in her glass, then took a small sip before gently placing it on the table. After doing this, she slowly said, "Anna, don't worry, I won't hurt you. I just want to use you to invite your teacher over, that's all!"

Upon learning that she had indeed been "invited" here because of that idiot Sordil, Anna cursed Sordil in her heart for the nth time. Of course, she was also praying that Sordil would arrive in time; otherwise, she wouldn't just be invited for a meal. Time slipped away quietly during the long wait. Irene's patience, like the red wine in her glass, was gradually disappearing, and Anna's life was also drawing closer to death as the wine dwindled.

Just as the wine was about to be finished, a sigh came from the sky.

"Irene, why are you doing this to yourself?"

Looking at the silver-haired boy in the sky, Irene put down her wine glass, then raised her head and said, "Whether I suffer or not is my business, not yours. I just want to know clearly, why did you leave me?"

"Didn't I tell you? You were just a tool for me to learn Augmented Magic. Now that I've learned the magic, I naturally have to leave you!"

"You're lying! You clearly like me, otherwise why were you crying when you left yesterday?"

After his escape from love was exposed, Sordil turned his gaze to the distance and stammered, "That... that's... that's because... oh, right! It's because the wind got in my eyes yesterday, that's why I shed a few tears."

Listening to Sordil's amateurish, cannon fodder-level lies, Anna felt an urge to choke on her own words, but she forcibly held back. What if Irene on the other side was also at this level? Wouldn't she have escaped a disaster? However, the next second she fell from her beautiful fantasy into the harsh reality.

"Ha ha"

"Ha ha"

"When you left yesterday, the door was tightly closed. Where did the wind come from? Do you really think I'm an idiot?"

Watching Irene laugh, Anna felt a chill run down her spine, as if her head would fall to the ground at any moment. She gave Sordil a tragic look, then, tears streaming down her face, swept the food off the table, enjoying her last supper. However, the next thing she heard was a shout, not an order to execute her.

"Sordil, I ask you, is the real reason you rejected me because you are a dragon and I am a human?"

Sordil's face twitched, and then he said in a trembling voice, "I'm not separating from you because of this, but because I already have someone I love. I don't want either of you to get hurt, so I have no choice but to do this."

"My sweetheart? Is it Anna?"

"Puff!"

Startled by Irene's fierceness, Anna spat out all the food in her mouth and stared at Sordil and Irene in astonishment.

"Big sister, you two are fighting like gods, please don't drag this salted fish into it, okay?"

Whether he heard Anna's inner complaints or had a pang of conscience, Sordil decisively shifted the blame away from Anna.

"The person I like is not Anna, but a dragon named Grandiere."

"Haha! In the end, isn't it because you're a dragon and I'm a human? But let me tell you, regardless of whether this Grandiere exists or not, you must marry me, unless you want the United Front Alliance to disband!"

"I'll say it again, there's no way I'll marry you, and the United Front Alliance can't be dissolved!"

Seeing the atmosphere gradually become tense, and for the sake of her own life, Anna had no choice but to act as a peacemaker and try to reconcile the two.

"Teacher, please come down first. Whatever happened, we can sit down and talk it over. Why make things so tense?"

"Aunt Irene, please calm down and don't take my teacher's stubbornness to heart!"

Sordil glared at Anna, then slowly descended. Irene, pleased by the "Master's wife" address, raised her glass in a toast to Anna.

After the two sat down facing each other, Anna said, "That's more like it. If there's a problem, let's discuss it properly, and then it'll be resolved, right?"

"Hmph! Anna, you tell that blockhead for me that he has to marry me, or the alliance will definitely disband!"

Seeing the two people facing each other and still needing a megaphone, Anna shook her head speechlessly. However, in front of these two big shots, she still had to do her job as a megaphone, so she had no choice but to relay Irene's words to Sordil verbatim.

After hearing Anna's message, Sordil said angrily, "Anna, tell her that marriage is impossible, and dissolving the alliance is even more unacceptable. Tell her not to act like a child!"

Anna had just walked up to Irene and hadn't even spoken yet when Irene, who had intercepted the message, said directly, "Anna, go tell that blockhead that I'm not throwing a tantrum. If he doesn't marry me, Cuiyi'aorshu will use that as an excuse to break away from the alliance. Then, some duchies, not wanting to offend the Kingdom of Tsuyioru Xiu, will have no choice but to leave the alliance as well, and the alliance will become an empty shell in name only."

Anna had no choice but to go to Sordil again to relay the message. This time, before she even reached him, a new message arrived.

"Anna, tell the Queen that I've taken care of Cuiyi'aorshu, and she doesn't need to worry!"

Before Anna could even lift her foot, Irene had already finished updating the chat messages.

"Anna, tell that blockhead that alliances obtained through the threat of force are unreliable! Moreover, doing so could incur the wrath of King Cuiyi'aorshu, and if he stabs him in the back, the entire Ishgar will perish for his recklessness."

Having learned her lesson from the harsh realities of life, Anna didn't rush off. Instead, she stood firmly between the two, quietly waiting for the next chat message to be sent.

"Anna, tell the Queen that I have a way to make Belmod obedient, so that she dares not disobey or harbor resentment!"

"Anna, tell that blockhead that when people are pushed to the limit, they can give up anything. Tell him to be careful and not to make things worse!"

Seeing the two of them so focused on each other, Anna wanted to shout something.

Is it really meaningful for you guys to torture each other like this?