Chapter 103

Edgar chatted a couple of pleasantries with a smile, then personally began leading the way up front.

Luge smiled beneath his face cover, strolling along behind, admiring the scenery inside the castle all the way; one could tell the Fendis Family had put considerable thought into this slightly squat castle. Seeing him admire it all the way, Edgar also seemed very pleased.

Under Edgar's guidance, the two stopped before a massive bas-relief mural.

"This mural predates this castle; it originally stood in the ancestral manor, depicting the ancestors' deeds when founding the city. At the time, thirteen powerful noble families followed the Fanxing Family to participate in the Pioneering War, and my ancestor was merely a mercenary captain from the Abyss Cave Area. He had wide connections and gathered the strength of dozens of mercenary groups to join the Pioneering War. This is the scene of the ancestor slaying the Fendis Beast, and our family is named because of it. That Pioneering War was unexpectedly arduous; by the time it neared its end, of the thirteen noble families only five remained, and that was also our Fendis Family's opportunity……"

Edgar slowed his pace, sweeping past the painting-scroll-wide and long mural. He spoke generously and passionately in his honest voice up front, and Luge listened with relish from behind.

The two gradually went deeper into the castle.

It seemed they had delayed a bit on the road; the evening light had already slipped away quietly, and the castle now appeared quite dim and secluded.

"Lord Luge, we've arrived up ahead; everyone is very much looking forward to your arrival." Edgar said with a smile.

"When does that lady set off?" Luge said.

"Probably tomorrow, or wait one more day; that Adult may still have some matters." Edgar said.

Talking, the two came to a spacious hall; lamps were set into the walls, and some servants and knots of people were chatting idly inside.

Edgar strode forward, raised his palm and clapped, drawing everyone's gazes over.

"Welcome, our Lord Luge!"

Edgar finished speaking loudly, then quickly stepped to Luge's side.

"Lord Luge," he said in a low voice, "I'll take my leave for a moment to notify that Adult; I'll be back very soon."

Luge smiled and nodded; in the distance quite a few people were saluting him from afar.

Edgar quickly climbed a stairway to one side, reaching the hall's second floor. This spacious hall was mostly open straight up to the high dome, with only a portion divided into two floors. The melodious, soothing music came from several performers on the second floor.

Luge couldn't be bothered to chat with those people; he casually found a spot to sit down. Those people also seemed remarkably tactful — not a single one came over to talk nonsense with him.

A servant walked over, presenting eight kinds of drinks for him to choose from; one of them even gave off a pink fluorescence.

"What's this green one?" Luge pointed at a cup and asked.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, this is Green Moon Wine." The servant said nervously.

"Made from a green moon?" Luge teased offhandedly.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, it's a kind of Worm Essence. First you must use a kind of mycelium to contaminate that kind of worm; after raising them successfully, only at each worm's antennae can you extract a little, then blend it with crushed, fully fermented Luminescent Moonberries unique to Twin Moon City……" The servant spoke at a measured pace, gradually no longer so nervous.

"Then what about this glowing one?"

"This one uses a small amount of a special underground beast's fresh blood as garnish; this beast blood has a peculiar spicy sensation. The main ingredient is still mushroom wine, but the mushroom species is extremely special……"

Luge listened for a moment and found it interesting, so he simply had him leave all of them.

He thought to himself, even if he couldn't drink them all, he could put them into the Abyssal Bedroom Space for Aijin and the others to taste.

The servant was obviously stunned for a moment upon hearing this request, but quickly recovered.

In this short while, some newcomers arrived at the wine party.

But none came to disturb him.

Luge was very happy to see this scene.

He finally picked up that cup of pink glowing wine; since the servant said the main ingredient was still a kind of mushroom wine, he naturally had to choose this one — his impressions of both Crying Mushroom Wine and Sour Mushroom Wine were quite good.

The remaining seven cups, he directly put into the Abyssal Bedroom Space.

He had just raised the wine cup to his mouth when he discovered those few newcomers staring at him, which annoyed him greatly; actually, from just now, although these people didn't come forward to greet him, they would always look over here while chatting and discussing.

Suddenly, the music stopped.

Edgar's figure appeared on the hall's second floor.

Luge lifted his eyes, searching beside him for that female Wizard Apprentice's figure; pity, he didn't see her.

"Everyone, I want to tell you a story, a story about a Wild Wizard swindler, a base, ugly, rude Wild Wizard, who used despicable means to deceive the Fendis Family's guest, deceive that kind Wizard Adult from the Upper Realm, and at the same time deceive me, bringing shame upon the Fendis Family with its long history."

With Edgar's words, the hall's heavy doors slowly closed.

"No one may be rude to the Fendis Family's honored guests; no one can let the Fendis Family be shamed."

Edgar continued speaking, as if it were lines of a stage play he had to finish, but clearly his honest voice doomed his performance to be clumsy.

"Now, this damn swindler has already come here," Edgar paused, smiling, "Honorable Lord Luge, do you recognize this Wild Wizard who shamed the Fendis Family? It's said he has the appearance of those stinking Kobolds."

"Oh? Then Lord Edgar, how did you know he is a Wild Wizard?" Luge still sat in his original spot, wine cup in one hand, smiling.

"You want to deceive me again, Lord Luge?" Edgar replied in a deep voice.

Luge merely smiled and said, "I remember, at the Gladiatorial Arena I solemnly warned you not to speak recklessly; I really am just a Wild Wizard."

Did Edgar go to such lengths just to take revenge on him? Just to take revenge on a Wild Wizard who shamed him?

Luge didn't think so.

The other party even dragged in family honor — simply laughable.

This guy whose only honest feature was his voice was merely finding a far-fetched excuse to kill him.

And the only one who could definitively know he was a Wild Wizard was Lorigo Fanxing. But this Young Master of the Fanxing Family wouldn't, and had no reason to, go to such elaborate lengths to find a way to kill him.

Thinking charitably, it could only be that while Young Master Lorigo was trying to secure a Passage Ticket to the Wizard Domain for him, he leaked some information, letting someone who wanted him dead find out.

Otherwise, given how solemn Edgar and the others were that day toward the person from the Wizard Domain, they absolutely wouldn't dare lightly make a move on him with unknown background.

"You deserve to die." Edgar seemed very angry.

Luge looked utterly unconcerned, scanning the people around; there should be many Supernatural Realm experts among them, or perhaps all of them were. And if Edgar really was, as speculated, just a little guy running errands for someone, then Supernatural experts beyond Edgar's capability might appear here.

(Chapter End)