Chapter 169 Friends and Heart
IceFire Clan residence.
Gale and his girls had finally arrived at the place and were heading toward Gale's bedroom. He wanted to take a rest with his girls. But Julie would not be coming, as she told them she wanted to help the clan and maintain it as she was still the matriarch of this clan.
To which, Gale respected her decision very much. He wouldn't hold them back from whatever decision they made but would only step in when he felt they were doing something wrong.
What Gale didn't expect was that the other girls also wanted to go and help her. They can't just sit back when people need them the most.
Gale could just sigh and let them go too. However, before going, they invited Gale, which he bluntly refused. In the first place, he didn't have much heart for helping others, and even if he did, he couldn't accomplish anything as he didn't have any noticeable skill in this situation.
Gale headed toward his room after seeing them leave.
However, he hadn't gone deep into the building when a servant came before and said. "Lord, you have some guests."
"Guest?" Gale wasn't surprised by the servant calling him Lord, as many had already seen him and the girls together. With how contiguous they were, everyone could already make guesses, and the news from the people present at the scene might have already spread it, confirming the guesses.
"Yes, lord. They are Yuki and Freya. They say they want to meet the Lord right now." The servant said it respectfully, not daring to raise his voice.
"Oh." Gale understood the reason for the guests the moment he heard the names, especially Yuki's. "Let them in. I can't let a friend wait outside. Led them to Julie's garden"
"Yes, my lord." The servant nodded his head at Gale's leaving figure. Then he also left to do his job.
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In Julie's garden.
"So many things happened in such a short time. It all feels like a dream." Gale said, caressing the flower beneath him.
Gale might be appearing calm, confident, and arrogant in front of others, but he was still an outsider who was not used to such spectacles and wonders. As an earthling, he had only seen scientific things and grew up with what people from this world would call 'extremely normal'.
"But it isn't like that, I am complaining." Gale said, smiling at the blue sky that was about to see dawn. "It is just that I have never felt this before. The time spent in this world felt more fulfilling to me than on earth. I have never felt this much freedom before. The wives I will call my family now, the children I will have, and the strength I need to keep powering up to keep them stronger. I have so many things in such a harsh and jungle-like world where the strong could eat the weak any moment."
Knock Knock
Suddenly, the sound of knocking came from the door leading to the garden.
Gale knew who was here, so he said it without asking anything. "Let them in."
The door instantly opened. From it emerged Yuki and Freya, who were looking around curiously. They saw a plain garden with all kinds of flowers that would mostly be seen in the winter blooming proudly.
Yuki and Freya's eyes finally landed on Gale, who was sitting on a bench leisurely, looking back at them.
"Welcome, Yuki and Freya. Come take a seat." Gale warmly greeted them and told them to sit on the chairs before him, which he had brought earlier.
Yuki and Freya sat on them, without any further talk. However, just as Yuki's ass landed on the cold, wooden board, he started firing his question. "Oi, quickly tell me, how are you alive? I heard you were dead. That made me so sad, I also wanted to find the culprit and take revenge for you. But it looks like it is no longer needed."
Gale answered with a chuckle as Yuki's concern warmed his heart a little. "Who told you I died in the first place?'
"Huh? So you didn't die? You were alive the entire time! If so then whose dead body was that?" Freay suddenly jumped in, expressing his bewilderment.
"Hahah, miss Freya. Do you have any proof that it was my body?" Gale was having fun, playing this game of guesswork with them. "Hiding only one truth can lead to a completely different conclusion."
"Hmmm." Yuki rubbed his chin and pondered loudly. "So, you faked your death. After completely utilizing this role, you felt you had to discard it might bring unnecessary trouble. If that is true, then I have to worry about you. I can't think of such things when making plans. I only know how to fight."
Yuki let out a sigh, indicating he had already given up.
Hearing these, Freya couldn't help but ask. "I won't tell you anything about why you did this, but was this the end goal of your plan?"
Freya was referring to the big invasion that happened and the loss their town had to take. She couldn't let it slide, as she held it very dear to this town.
Gale answered back with a smirk while shaking his head in dismay. "The intention of my plan was not this kind of war. I only wanted to incite the war between Ragingwave and Burnheart, which will just take place here and will result in a small amount of destruction, compared to what we got."
"What I didn't know was that the Burnheart family colluded with the Demon Blight Sect. That brought a big disaster and would have accelerated more when the White Jade Sect joined. Still, Vik was able to stop the Demon Blight Sect himself, which is very commendable. Unfortunately, Brustiar's son had already been brainwashed by the bee queen, and he sent a desperate message to her in hatred for his brother."
"If you tell me, it is everyone's fault. Human hearts ambition is not to be trifled with." Gale said this with dismay and a bit of amazement.
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