Took Her In

Dole looked at the child in her arms and said with a gratified expression, "You can keep the child with you, or let Rogelich do it. Isn't this his child too?"

Molly hugged the child tightly and said, "All right."

Dole gave a soft sound of acknowledgment. "No rush. Within half a year."

The two of them exchanged pleasantries, while the other two could not utter a single word, their faces bitter as bitter gourds.

The office was deathly quiet, filled only with the voices of those two. Rogelich and Valke felt utterly miserable.

But they also knew that outside, they might be nobles, might be people of standing, but before Dole, they only mattered because of Molly. Without Molly, they were little different from passersby; even getting a chance to meet him would be a tremendous luxury.

After chatting with Molly for a while, Dole had them leave. As they departed, the warning in his eyes never left Rogelich.

He could tell that Molly had not been living well. Otherwise, she would not still be only a level-two Wizard at this point.

Having settled the matter, Dole's figure vanished from the City Lord's Manor's main hall like a bubble.

The gatekeeper sensed what had happened inside and gave a faint, bitter smile.

This job as the city lord's messenger was far too easy. One matter every few months—what a bore!

"Yo, your shabby Wizard Tower has gotten lively. And this is?" The moment Akso entered the Duling Bone Tower, she spotted Elreya chatting with Aixi.

Aixi turned her head and smiled faintly. "Sister Akso."

Akso glanced at Aixi, then at Elreya. "Aixi, this is?"

Elreya had done plenty of homework. The moment she saw Akso, she knew who this was.

Albis City had two level-sevens and one level-eight: