Several hours later.
Inside a quiet room.
Yuan Yujun was still handling various affairs.
After glancing at Ling Wuyuan, who had returned successfully, she asked without even raising her head,
"Did things go smoothly?"
Ling Wuyuan nodded repeatedly.
"Fairly smoothly."
"At the very least, I didn't run into any unexpected problems."
Yuan Yujun immediately said with satisfaction,
"That's good."
"What do you plan to do next?"
Ling Wuyuan thought for a moment before replying in an orderly manner,
"First, I'll deal with those seafolk."
"After all, the time is about right."
"Then, I'll take a trip to those Mobile Ancient Ruins—"
His tone was exceedingly casual, as casual as deciding when to go shopping.
All that could be said was that, in Ling Wuyuan's judgment,
those two matters truly were about as difficult as going shopping.
Upon hearing that,
Yuan Yujun glanced at the darkening sky beyond the window.
"When will you set out?"
"Tomorrow morning."
"Then..."
As they chatted, Ling Wuyuan slowly walked over to Yuan Yujun's side, gently wrapped an arm around her waist, and boredly turned his gaze toward the various affairs she was handling.
Though he had never done anything similar, a casual glance was all it took for him to see that they were basically everyday matters.
The more important ones were greetings, tributes, and probing attempts from the various superpowers of the [Golden Mist Continent].
But honestly,
they were all boring things.
They were not worth caring about at all.
Ling Wuyuan even smiled disdainfully.
"Those people really are flattering themselves~"
"They're making it sound as if we came back because of them—"
Hearing his muttering,
Yuan Yujun immediately shot him another irritated glance.
"Isn't this all your fault?"
"That [Ice Erosion Cold Boat] is so enormous that its arrival couldn't possibly be hidden."