Uchiha Madara felt that he had been standing there for quite a while, yet the guards seemed not to see him at all. Both of them were staring straight at Alustriel beside him.
Uchiha Madara thought that even if he slipped away right now, they probably would not notice.
Just as Uchiha Madara was feeling speechless, someone slowly approached while riding an animal that looked like a hippopotamus.
"Hello. I didn't keep the two of you waiting too long, did I?" Isaral asked Uchiha Madara and Alustriel with a smile.
The two guards standing at the entrance hurriedly bowed when they saw Isaral approaching.
"I didn't ask our city lord to come. I didn't think this occasion suited her, so I came myself," Isaral said.
"On behalf of our city lord, I apologize to you both. I hope you won't mind," Isaral said.
"You really are a smart person. The two of us were just discussing how it would not suit your city lord's status to personally accompany us just to deliver some things," Uchiha Madara said.
"But it seems this had already been considered," Uchiha Madara said.
"That is why I am our city lord's most capable assistant. That isn't merely something people say—I do have some skills of my own," Isaral said.
Isaral climbed down from the animal that resembled a hippopotamus and said, "This is the creature you asked for, the one that can free up your legs."
"Is this thing actually fast? It looks like it might not even be as fast as walking on my own two legs," Uchiha Madara said.
Uchiha Madara looked at the two animals. With their vacant expressions, they truly had nothing to do with the phrase "swift as the wind, fast as lightning."
"Don't worry about that. If it really