Athy in Another Land

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I'm so pumped up with the latest update of the webtoon yesterday! A new moment between Athanasia and amnesiac! Claude? Yes please!

And please enjoy this chapter!

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(Obelian Empire, Emperor's Office)

"Your Majesty, " even without the Emperor's full attention at him, Felix continues his report. "I have sent some knights to investigate about Sir Luke. "

He presented a short stack of paper before the blond. "This is the written reports by the knights about where he lives, all of his transactions, and his current connections to the Empire. "

"..." the blond scanned the paper in his hand quickly before burning it with his magic, the ashes vanishing in thin air.

"According to the knights, Sir Luke is a former traveller, but he has no known place of origin. Based from the townspeople that know him, he arrived at the Empire around seven years ago with Miss Athy, after his wife died in Arlanta due to some complications after giving birth. "

'Like Miss Diana, ' Felix absentmindedly thought to himself.

"Sir Luke became a merchant, but some of them claims that he was still travelling in and out of the Empire. He often leave Miss Athy with a friend of his, while working out for the whole day. "

'Papa is a really busy man, so he wouldn't easily notice if Athy's is gone. ' he recalled that that was the child's words yesterday. It made him sad that Miss Athy is left to some random person when her father is gone.

"They said that Miss Athy is a very adventurous child, so she will always sneak out behind adult's back just to go on her 'journey'. So none of them weren't actually surprised when she disappears all of a sudden for many hours. "

"They call it 'journey'? " the blond sneered. "How interesting. A child breaking inside the Palace undetected would create rumors that the royal knights are bunch of incompetent men. "

"Your Majesty, our knights are highly trained and I will testify for their credibilities myself. " not that Felix was offended by the Emperor's words, but he had personally tested the abilities and capabilities of the knights to know that all of them are no pusher.

"..." Claude tapped his pen against the table.

"B-but I can think of one possible way for Miss Athy to enter the Palace, Your Majesty. " Felix stomped down the urge to shudder as the cold gaze of the Emperor shifted at him. "There is a group of merchants that entered the Palace yesterday. "

"...merchants? " an amused smile appeared in the Emperor's face. "Those impudent barkers from yesterday? "

"..Yes, Your Majesty. " Felix hesitantly nodded, remembering the grim accident that befalls on those merchants when they actually dared to sell fake magical staffs to the Emperor, using the trading system of the Obelian Empire shamelessly.

"Continue. " the knight almost flinched at the blond's voice.

"S-so, I am thinking that Miss Athy had somehow sneaked inside the Palace using those caravans from the merchants. " Felix said. "She must have stumbled upon the carriages by accident, and she was brought inside undetected. " he finished.