The sun hung high in the sky, shining brightly.
"Romon, we won't ask where you're going, but please return safely!"
In a stretch of wilderness, Eileen, dressed in a priestess's robes, spoke her farewell in a faintly subdued tone.
Beside her stood Bell and the two children. As they looked at Romon, all their eyes had reddened.
"My lord, we'll always wait for you at home. Please make sure you return safely. Sister Eileen, the children, and I will all be waiting for you to come back."
Tears rolled in Bell's eyes, yet she forced herself not to let them fall.
Although Romon had found a reasonable excuse, his underlying tone had made his family—who were extremely sensitive to his disappearances—immediately notice that something was wrong.
Alice and Ruxiji looked at their father, their eyes full of anxiety.
Both children had matured early. They knew their father was leaving on another long journey, yet they could not stop him. This was something very important to their father.
Their father was a Highness, and a Highness had to do what a Highness was meant to do. At this moment, they only hated that they were too weak—so weak that they could not help their father.
Thinking of this, Alice said to Romon, "Father, you must return safely as soon as possible. I can't follow you or be of help to you now, but give me a few more years, and I'll definitely become your pride!"
"Me too, Father. Please make sure you return safely. Sister Eileen and I will work hard to train ourselves and grow quickly, becoming your pride!" Ruxiji said with a solemn expression.
Romon and Eileen both smiled in comfort when they heard this.
Bell looked at her daughter with a complicated expression. She seemed to want to