Chapter 1670 Where is he? "Lady Ariana, the Rabbit-kin State wants an alliance with us. They are offerin-" "Reject them." Before the subordinate could even complete his report, Ariana passed the decision. The subordinates along with the rest of the elves present in the meeting stared at her in confusion. "They are at War with another Beastmen State and they are losing. They have already used all their resources; they do not have anything meaningful to offer. They want an alliance to use our name to scare off their enemy. If it was an allegiance, I would have considered it, but as long as they are using the world alliance, we have nothing to gain here. Not to mention we already have enough alliances with stronger forces, if we form alliances with anyone that comes to us, others will take advantage of it." "..." The Hall turned silent. No one had any words to refute what the princess just said. They were all surprised when the princess first came to the Hall together with the Queen, however, since she just sat next to her mother, after a while, no one paid her any heed. However, as years passed by and as the Queen started leaning towards the princess, listen to her thoughts and correcting her whenever she was wrong, the elders realized it. The Queen was preparing to pass her throne to the Princess. It was a good news, especially when the Kingdom was stable. Yes, there were other candidates for the throne as well, but... who could be better than the daughter of the current Queen and the Elven Hero? Ariana's potential was the strongest. Her position as the next heir was so strong and supported that other heirs and their factions didn't even try resisting, they believed it was better to simply support her and gain some benefits later than standing against her and fighting a losing battle. However, being strong and being able to lead a Kingdom were two entirely different. things. So even though everyone supported Ariana to be the next Queen, they all still believed it would take time. After all, their Queen was still young. They had no reason to rush things when they had all the time in the world to cultivate a proper heir, especially right now, when almost no one could cultivate on their own. It was the best time to learn all these things without being distracted. So for the next few centuries, elders believed that the Queen and the Princess would continue to appear together more often. However, Their expressions changed when the Queen stopped appearing. It started with her missing a few meetings every now and then and the Princess taking the lead during her absence. Soon, however, an announcement was made. The Queen was going into secluded cultivation and all the authority was going to be passed down to the Princess. The Queen stopped coming altogether. The elders were surprised, they were nervous since a child was practically taking over their entire Kingdom, they had second thoughts regarding the Queen's decision, however, the Princess quickly proved herself. Dissolving all their doubts as she continued to lead effortlessly, just like her mother would. Yes, Ariana Frostwillow was a perfect heir. Taking decisions with extreme precision and securing the future of the Elven Kingdom for the next few thousand years. "Are there any other matters that need my attention?" "N-No, Princess." The subordinate reported. The Elven Kingdom was already strong and combined with Nux strengthening their Core by advancing all important individuals to the Saint Stage, their position in Yrniel was unshakable. The only force stronger than the Elven Kingdom now was the Ancestral Order themselves. Yes, there were some other hidden forces, the Black Order still existed, but right now, they were too busy taking care of their own matters than to involve themselves with Yrniel. Not to mention with the Progenitors all awake, they were all on alert. One mistake and they would be annihilated, the Leaders of Black Order couldn't take that risk, they had to lay low. Therefore, Elven Kingdom was currently seeing its most peaceful era, with most of the issues being solved themselves and Ariana simply had to read the report of how things are progressing. "Alright, then the meeting is concluded." Saying those words, Ariana stood up. The elders followed, standing up to show their respect to the next Queen. Ariana nodded at them before she started walking out of the Hall, the rest followed only after she left. "Look at you, walking with your head that high, aren't you afraid that you would fall?" While the princess was walking towards her room, she heard a voice. In an instant, her neutral expression crumbled and a smile appeared on her face. "You are back" "Well, the Knight cannot stay away from the Queen for long, now can he?" "Yes, no Knight is allowed to do that, especially you." Ariana nodded. Elijah chuckled. "What did father say?" Ariana questioned with a nervous look on her face. "He agreed of course." Elijah smiled. "He agreed?" Ariana blinked in surprise. "Why are you surprised? He is getting such a beautiful daughter in law in return, why would he not agree?" "Did he really not say anything...?" Ariana questioned and after a momentary silence, Elijah told the truth, "He rejected me first, just like Mother said, he wanted me to be the next King, but I rejected him. In the end, he could only agree to my demands, after all, I wouldn't listen to him even if he didn't agree. I have the mighty Elven Kingdom on my side." "You didn't fight him did you...?" "No, seeing that I had already made my decision, he thought it was a waste to try and change my mind. He just agreed and wanted us to get married as soon as possible. That's his demand." Elijah replied and Ariana's face turned red. "W-We can do that." Ariana nodded. "We have no other choice but to follow his order." Elijah nodded as well. "Also, he wanted to meet mother, where she?" "I do not know." Ariana replied. "What?" Elijah blinked in surprise. "She gave me the command over the Dragon Army and left. I haven't seen her since." "Did she go to..." Elijah had his doubts. "I still haven't heard from them." Ariana shook her head. She did hear the news that those women had returned to ExceedoGenesis, however, the clan hasn't made any move even after that and even after we contacted them, they only said they will be laying low and are not meeting anyone right now. And... no one saw him next to them." "So... Nux still isn't back?" "That is highly likely." "It has already been 100 years, what is he even doing?" "Well, if he is away from his wives... Then it must be something important, that man cannot stay away from them for even a second, let alone years." Ariana, who had seen their obsession with each other knew how things were. Elijah turned silent. ... "Where is he?" While Ariana and Elijah were talking about other matters, the women back in ExceedoGenesis were receiving an uncalled guest. "Shouldn't you be back in your Kingdom?" "I thought you people were taking me away from my Kingdom." Lyriana replied. "I was told that I only had a few years, I didn't know 'few' meant a hundred years." Clearly, Lyriana was annoyed. She was promised power, she even made the hard decision of leaving her daughter because of it, and now... when she didn't even receive a call, she felt frustrated and betrayed. And Felberta, who could somewhat understand her emotions, took a deep breath and, "He is in a place we do not know how long it would take to come back from." "Where is he?" Lyriana questioned with a frown. "Well... it is complicated to explain. Just know that he does not wish to abandon you, He just... has no other option right now." "So am I supposed to just wait here?" "For now, yes. All of us can only wait here. And trust me, You have it much better than others." Felberta spoke, thinking about another Queen, who wouldn't even leave the room unless it was absolutely necessary. Her condition was just that bad. "..." Lyriana was silent for a while, then, she nodded. "Alright then." Saying those words, the woman walked into the clan. "Where are you going?" Felberta frowned. "What? Didn't you say I can only wait, That is what I am going to do. Prepare a room for me, will you?" "So you are going to stay here? Shouldn't you go to your daughter now that you have some more time to spend with her? Trust me, you won't have this luxury later" "My daughter is all grown up now. My presence next to her would only weaken my resolve." Lyriana replied without stopping. For the first time in her life, Lyriana Frostwillow had taken a selfish decision. 'Heh. Seeing her act like that, Felberta just chuckled inwardly. Then, as she shrugged, she ordered a few slaves to prepare a room for Lyriana before going back to her son and daughter-in-law.