In Padmira, after Landen's proposal in the Banquet Hall had "shaken the gods," a crowd of Legends and Demigods came over, eager to tease him.
Natasha Oak saw Landen and asked, as her first question, "Landen, didn't you marry Wendy before?"
"I really didn't! If you don't believe me, ask Lord Ben!" Landen cried out loudly. "From the very beginning, I only treated them as future Archmages. I never thought about anything else."
"Don't ask me!" Ben turned his head away and said disdainfully. "How could I dare say anything about a Retainer of the Magic Web?"
"Heh, you're quite the sly one. They've all become Archmages, so I doubt anyone else would look twice at them, and other families wouldn't dare pursue them either." Natasha covered her mouth as she spoke. "And you still dare say you had no ideas? I think you planned to keep them all for yourself; you just couldn't come right out and say it!"
"Your Excellency, why don't we talk about something else?" Landen looked at Natasha, then at Ben. He knew these dignitaries had come because he'd invited Vili but not them, so he hurriedly said, "I've still got a Demigod octopus tentacle here. How about I roast it tonight and serve everyone?"
"I didn't expect you'd still have a tentacle left," Saranir said with a laugh as he came over.
"Hehehe." Landen scratched his head, not daring to say anything.
Looking back on yesterday's battle, he still felt a little afraid. He hadn't originally planned to scheme against a Demigod. He'd only wanted to launch an operation against the Sea Monster clans around the White Mountain Peninsula, then trade the spoils for some rare materials from Red Dragon Rock.
But while he was setting up the trap, a Demigod octopus had led