As he looked back, Lin Mo's memories took him to a year and a half earlier.
After the broad framework for reorganizing the Joint Legion and negotiating the Autonomous Region had been finalized, the proposed marriage alliance between Great Xia and the Elves was formally put on the agenda.
Great Xia's leadership gave it their full support, and the unspoken understanding between Lin Mo and Fendona had finally been brought into the open through that awkward yet sincere bookstore stroll and movie date.
Over the next six months, like the most ordinary couple in the world, they squeezed every possible moment out of their busy work schedules to spend time together, awkwardly yet passionately.
Lin Mo took her to sample all kinds of Great Xia cuisine and taught her how to use a phone and order takeout.
Fendona, in turn, pulled him along on walks beneath the ancient, tranquil shade of the elven forest, sat on the edge of a cliff playing an elven wooden flute for him, and danced gracefully for him among the trees in a long dress.
Their feelings deepened naturally, and six months later, Lin Mo made an official visit to Lothia, the Elf Royal City, and met Elf Queen Ellari.
As the high-level negotiations drew to a close, the Elf Queen glanced at Fendona, then quietly fixed her gaze on Lin Mo.
Lin Mo was somewhat puzzled by her stare, but then something occurred to him, and he felt a little guilty.
There was no getting around it. Fendona was an elven princess, related to the Queen, who was her elder.
Now that Lin Mo and Fendona were in love and would soon be joined in a marriage alliance, the Queen counted as his elder too.
Just as Lin Mo was about to say something,