Emerald Court,
Igli looked at the human who had suddenly appeared in his home, somewhat bewildered. His right hand rested on the sword at his waist as he watched Li Si warily.
He sensed a trace of danger from Li Si. It was a warning issued by battle instincts honed through countless trials.
When he returned home, he had noticed that the magical door had been opened and thought that his daughter Cecile had come back.
After all, aside from him, only his wife and daughter knew how to open the magical door at home.
His wife was at the Elf Court and could hardly leave, so it could only have been his daughter Cecile.
A thief?
But Igli quickly dismissed that guess. The handsome human youth before him appeared completely at ease, and he had noticed that there were people in the kitchen as well.
"Dad!"
Cecile walked out of the kitchen carrying black tea and pastries. The moment she saw Igli, she called out happily.
"I missed you!"
Cecile immediately set down the pastries and rushed into Igli's embrace.
"Good. Seeing you puts me at ease."
Though he was curious about why Cecile had suddenly come here from Ne Lin City, Igli was still delighted.
A man who valued family deeply, he saw his daughter after so long apart and forgot everything else. Stroking Cecile's golden hair, he said with a smile:
"You're already so grown up, yet you still act like a child."
"By the way, why did you suddenly come to Emerald City?"
Igli suddenly remembered something and abruptly turned to look at Li Si.
Could it be...
Cecile had suddenly come to see him, and there was an exceptionally handsome human youth beside her.
Igli's thoughts immediately went astray. After more than twenty years apart,