Yun and Elysian Heaven stood at the front of the crowd. Dressed as a man, Yun's little face was flushed with excitement. When she saw Lin Qi standing at the ship's bow and waving to her, her body swayed slightly, and she involuntarily took two steps forward.
The warship drew alongside the pier, and a gangway was lowered straight onto the dock. Before Yun and Elysian Heaven could reach the pier, Alda—dressed in the imperial robes of the Dragon Mountain Empire—had already rushed to the gangway with a fawning smile. He knelt reverently before Lin Qi. "Great and invincible Master, you have finally returned! You are like winter sunlight, illuminating the hearts of your humble and devout servants, warming our lowly bodies, and guiding us forward!"
Lin Qi gave Alda a long, hard look, then slowly descended the gangway and viciously kicked him. "You damned idiot, have you caused trouble again?"
Like a ghost, Bilibili appeared soundlessly at Lin Qi's side. He excitedly knelt on the ground, repeatedly kissed Lin Qi's boots, then used his sleeve to polish them until they were cleaner than if a dog had licked them. Gazing fawningly at Lin Qi, he lowered his voice and began tattling.
"Great and majestic Master, that bastard Alda has indeed stirred up trouble! He slept with a visiting princess from the Gallic Empire and got her pregnant! But the problem is, it isn't just one princess from the Gallic Empire. Two princesses from the Harlan Empire, along with more than a dozen princesses from several other empires, all had their bellies swollen by this bastard at almost the same time!"
Lin Qi's hands and feet went numb in waves. He glared furiously at Alda, who was cowering to one side and did not dare move. He truly wanted to