King Ares Lieyang of the Scorching Torrent Kingdom, the great Dragon Knight, personally visited the Shadowflame Grand Duchy.
This undoubtedly stirred the entire Red Keep and Furious Wind City.
The Elder Council swiftly convened a meeting and decided to welcome King Ares with the highest ceremonial honors. Red Keep, Furious Wind City, and every manor surrounding Shadowflame Volcano would hold grand welcoming ceremonies.
"Regent Lady, please lead the nobles in welcoming King Ares as the mistress of the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family." Chief Steward Lord Kunbei entered the Inner Castle of Red Keep to pay his respects to Regent Lady Princess Anxia.
Selecting the Young Master had yet to conclude.
At present, Princess Anxia and Princess Kunlaya remained the legitimate representatives of the Shadowflame Dragonblood Family. Naturally, they needed to receive the king as the family's hosts.
Moreover, Princess Anxia was King Ares's own daughter.
"Tell Count Merlin that I will." Princess Anxia's voice held neither joy nor sorrow, but a storm had already risen in her heart.
Memories she thought dead surged forth like a tide.
They dragged her back into those suffocating recollections. After Lord Kunbei left, her face turned deathly pale.
Her lips darkened, and cold sweat broke out all over her.
"Mother, what is wrong?" Princess Kunlaya hurriedly supported Princess Anxia. "Are you afraid of Grandfather's arrival?"
Princess Kunlaya, soon to turn thirteen, had already grown into a graceful young lady.
Having cultivated Battle Aura year after year, she no longer wore the dresses she had loved as a child. Instead, she usually wore a knight's training attire.
Princess Anxia wanted to deny it.
Yet every part of her body revealed her fear of King Ares.
In her memories, this Dragon Knight father had once held her as a child and told her stories, tall and kindly.