After bringing his younger sister Xiya out of the cellar and letting her continue her training on her own, Xiao Yun began planning what came next.
Now that he had come into contact with this world's "extraordinary" power, he had to pursue it.
But Baron Raik of this place was already dead. If he wanted to ask about the origin of that ruby, he could only go to other noble territories, or even the royal capital, and seek information from some important figures.
Moreover, with Baron Raik's death, this once relatively peaceful noble territory could no longer be stayed in. Sooner or later, it would be swallowed up by the surrounding nobles.
Although Xiao Yun had the ability to help the Raik family hold onto their territory, why should he? He had come to strengthen himself, not to vie for supremacy in the mortal world.
Then I'll go to the royal capital. I should be able to find the source of this "extraordinary" power there. And while I'm at it, I'll marry Xiya off. With my strength, finding her a good family shouldn't be difficult, Xiao Yun thought.
But plans could never keep up with changes.
Xiao Yun never expected that both he and Milder had been deceived by that bastard Baron Ted. Baron Raik was not dead.
"B-Baron Raik!"
"Greetings, my lord Baron!"
Before the sturdy castle, the guarding soldiers saw the white-haired old man returning on horseback and immediately dropped to one knee in shock and terror.
Though this white-haired old man was very aged and deathly pale, utterly different from the high-spirited Baron Raik of before, as if he had suddenly aged twenty years, his features still revealed that he was Baron Raik.
The guards found nothing strange about this. They all knew that formal knights expended