Chapter 284: Duke Thorin knew Alexander Ridley.

Akia maintained a neutral look on her face and she gave Amelia the same answer that she had given her before. She was like a cassette player that was playing one line of the same song.

"Very well." Amelia stood up and she left the hall.

As soon as she entered her carriage, she told her right hand woman, a knight named Hilbert. "Send someone to Nemoris secretly and look for anyone named Mirena and...." She paused and sighed. What it did matter anyway, her return would make no difference. "Never mind."

Amelia decided to let go of the secret which she had been told by her mother, a former lady in waiting of the dead empress.

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While Roland and Sigrid were having dinner with Elarin and duke Thorin on the balcony of the royal dining room, he shared with them how his day had gone. He had just finished telling them all about his new fortification plans for the walls in Nemoris when Sigrid decided to share something she had heard from her system.

"I reckon we won’t have to worry about Medoris for a while."

"And why is that?" Elarin asked.

"Haven’t the knights and soldiers guarding the wall told you about the fires in Northern Medoris? With their king dead and that golden throne they are so proud of empty, every high ranking noble with power is scrambling to become the next emperor." She shared.

Duke Thorin put his fork down and pulled a saucer with a slice of a white chocolate cake. "Let me guess, Alexander Ridley has taken the north."

swiped a glass of pear juice which fell down. "Grandpa,

the royal family for sleeping with his brother’s wife, he lived a hard life. His father sent him to the north with no wealth and an empty fief in a territory that

guarding the Northern boarder were no different from barbarians and thieves. They stole from the people, killed them and did as they pleased. Poverty and despair was all one could find in

not the northern Medoris I remember."

turned to her, all with curious

to Medoris?" Roland asked

worried about the follow up questions. Her family was not from Eldoria, they were from Medoris. Her father had escaped

old Elarin, her mother and her injured father had survived the massacre. Her father had used the little money he had to pay for his

the journey. Her mother had decided that not even Nemoris was safe enough and crossed to Eldoria. Elarin’s mother had died when she was fourteen and

and risk it all was because someday, she planned to avenge the wrong that had been done to her family. No matter how old that noble man was, as long as he was breathing,

you to Medoris?" Roland asked

think she remembers much." Sigrid answered for Elarin, saving the woman from thinking and stammering as she came up with an answer. "Anyway, back to you grandfather. Did you personally know this Alexander Ridley? Should we help

exclaimed. "My love, slow down. How have we gone from the life story of Alexander Ridley

is either we agree to become friendly or we go to war. Right now seems like a great

with red wine. He snatched it quickly and placed a large blue berry

She opened her mouth and took one big bite. The juices of the berry fell on different parts

had been watching her and waiting for this to happen. Elarin was so amused that she even slapped the table as she

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