Five years passed in the blink of an eye.
With the Iris Family as his backing, Su Li had made a roaring success of the enchanted weapon trade in Saining City.
Piles upon piles of gold coins had all gone into his twenty-seven-cubic-meter Space Ring.
As for the royal family—
The lofty king and cabinet ministers had naturally heard that an unregistered, wild Magic Forger had appeared in Saining City—the master Su Li had fabricated.
But the Baris Empire's magic cannons were bombarding the front lines too fiercely. The royal capital was busy every day redeploying troops and raising military funds, with no time to spare for such trifles.
On top of that, Old Ford had been smoothing things over, guaranteeing that these fine weapons would be supplied in full to the kingdom's army.
So those old fogies in the royal family did not say much more.
Su Li had become a special presence in the royal capital. Everyone knew that Old Ford had an extraordinary son-in-law.
No. 18 Golden Broom Avenue.
The summer afternoon was stifling.
Thick bamboo mats covered the grand living room on the villa's first floor. Elena, dressed in a light spaghetti-strap dress, lay sprawled on the mat without the slightest concern for her image.
Saina held a bunch of chilled grapes, peeled them, and popped them straight into Elena's mouth.
Over the past five years, the relationship between the two women had changed in an utterly ridiculous way.
That former urge to swallow each other alive had long vanished.
Elena stayed at the villa every day and refused to leave, wearing Saina down until they became close friends.
Saina usually liked to cook for herself, while Elena, a young noblewoman who knew absolutely nothing about cooking, insisted on crowding into the kitchen to join the