Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter V Chapter 176

After a long journey. Marianne, Liliana and Kyrant finally reached the gate of Strongfort's residence.

Meanwhile, Echidna has just finished with Iris's little game. "Uhh! I just want to go back to my mom. Her aunt and maid really treated me like a doll. It could be that a ruler of the dragon race was wearing those shameful clothes." He complained as he walked with a bag of cookies in his hand.

Almost every day Iris forced Echidna to wear a variety of children's clothing. Echidna became an interesting subject to relieve fatigue and stress after a hard workout. Iris and Jane dress her up and dress her in various dresses.

At first Echidna had rejected Iris's request, but when he was offered a variety of delicious food, of course Echidna's belief faltered. For the sake of the delicious sweets on Iris's table, Echidna willingly endured the embarrassment. Because he had never felt so much pleasure for a delicious dish for thousands of years.

"What the dragons eat is very unappetizing". Her lips.

That is, in the end Iris and Jane managed to bribe Echidna with a bag of biscuits, cakes and other sweet snacks.

Iris looks very enthusiastic when she sees Echidna wearing her used dress when she was a child. Very funny, cute and adorable.

He screams with excitement.

Coupled with Echidna's face that truly resembled Alice, Iris's spirit became even more burning. In fact, she had already arranged a plan to call a fashion designer to make more Echidna dresses.

Although Echidna is not actually her sister, they are very similar. Iris thought it was a rare opportunity. It was like she was playing little Alice.

Echidna was walking towards the park to enjoy a small snack that he got from his labor.

"Who would believe that the leader of the dragons walked in this cute dress and appearance." Then he put a piece of pastry in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

His steps stopped when he sensed the arrival of someone who gave off a familiar feeling. "This energy, although not as strong as my mother, but I'm sure that she trained the same techniques as my mother and the only person who could do that."

Echidna turned around, she immediately walked towards the front door.

Arriving there, he sees Kyrant and two young girls with him. Hubert the butler was welcoming them.

"This smell and energy came from the girl, I'm sure she must be the one." Echidna's eyes were on Marianne.

He also approached them.

Kyrant, who first sensed Echidna's presence, turned his head and greeted her. "Your Majesty." Sapa Kyrant while bowing his head.

Marianne and Liliana were shocked by what they saw. ""A-Alice?!""

The little girl resembling Alice with black hair and red eyes appeared before their eyes.

She looks so cute in her dress.

Marianne and Liliana were anxious to hug, and pinched both of Echidna's little cheeks.

Liliana who was about to be lulled shook her head. "No, no. Not that, it's not something to admire. What really happened to Alice?" Mind worried.

"Uhh~ sister~ hehe.. funny~" muttered Marianne while grinning.

Marianne could not help the natural beauty and cuteness of the sweet little girl in front of her. He unconsciously leaned closer to Echidna as if he wanted to catch her.

From the side, Liliana could only pat her eel in her mind. He sighed and quickly pulled Marianne's sleeve. He's cleared his throat. "Mr Princess." Call her.

Hearing Liliana's voice, Marianne came to a realization. He almost acted too late.

He immediately went back to his feet and pretended as if what he had just done had never happened. "Ehem, ahem."

After all he should be able to maintain his image and behave like a princess. But right, his eyes were hard to turn away from the little girl in front of him.

Echidna glanced at Liliana and Marianne in turn. "This woman was emitting a powerful Holy energy and the other one was, unmistakably, she must be that person named Xiao Mei. Mama said that she also reincarnated into this world. I was thinking of looking for him. But who would have thought that we would meet so soon." Her thought.

Marianne felt strange because the little girl who looked like Alice was constantly staring at her.

Is she really Alice? But it's not like Kyrant said he didn't go with her.

Hubert then said, adding to their confusion, "She is not Miss Alice. She's named Echidna, she's Miss Alice's daughter." Definitely brief.

Whether he was intentional or not, Hubert should have gone on to explain Echidna's identity but he didn't.

Marianne and Liliana were instantly shocked, they were speechless. What Hubert delivered was like a lightning strike that suddenly appeared in the clear sky.

"Pu, Alice's pu-pu-daughter?!" Liliana's lips clenched open and closed. His eyes widened in disbelief at the sight of the little girl before him. There was a lot he wanted to ask but his head still had trouble digesting what he had just heard.

Marianne's reaction was not much different from Liliana's. He froze with a paled face. "Ba-ba-how can?! How could he already have a daughter..." Her inner speech stuttered. His eyes could not stop staring at Echidna from the tip of his foot to the tip of his head.

His face looked sad and disappointed. He looked back at Liliana. His expression said as if he was asking for help and needed an explanation.

How can Liliana help him, she herself does not know where everything can happen from until Alice has a daughter.

Is that true? Or am I hearing wrong? Liliana doubted her audience. She who usually acted calm and graceful could not help herself at this moment.

The news was shocking to their mentality. Echidna looks like a little girl in her 10s, so how can Alice have a 10-year-old daughter at 16?

What exactly happened?!! Marianne could only bite a finger inside her head.

The two wanted to deny Hubert but as they glanced at Echidna and watched her little white face closely. Anyone would think she was Alice. No. gabe. The daughter of Alicia Lein Strongfort.

Both of them took a deep breath. With an awkward smile, they tried to greet Echidna. Marianne and Liliana resigned and tried to accept the reality even though they were actually quite reluctant.

They waved at Echidna and greeted her gently. "H-hello..."

Echidna was silent, she did not respond to their greeting but continued to stare at Marianne.

Because Ernard was not home, Liana came to replace him to welcome the arrival of his two guests. "I'm sorry for being late in welcoming you Princess, Miss Saintess."

"No Madam. It was my fault for coming without telling you first." Marianne's polite reply.

"Good afternoon aunt." Sapa Liliana's.

Matilda and Strongfort's family relationship was familiar even before she became a Saintess. Liliana's presence in the Strongfort family was like a bang for them and so was Alice with the Matilda family.

Echidna. "Ah, grandma!" He walked and stood beside Liana.

The call of the little girl sounded melodious in their ears. She looks cute when walking on her little legs.

Liana smiled as she looked at the confused faces of Marianne and Liliana. "Mr Princess, Lilia. You don't have to panic. Echidna was Alice's daughter, but she wasn't her real daughter. She was his adopted daughter however..." Liana paused for a moment. "Please enter first. I'll explain it inside." Further.

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"Flooded. I could feel the life of many people from that room." Alice pointed towards a room that was in the corner of one of the magnificent buildings standing in the middle of the city.

"Then, when are we going to move mom?" Ask Elysia.

"Wait for tomorrow night. The man named Azeer will be back by then. He's the owner of that house and we need him to dig up more information."

Elysia nodded in agreement.

After getting information from the bandits earlier. Alice with Elysia immediately set off for the city of Amira. According to the bandit chief, they were merely carrying out the orders of a palace official leading the region. He was a man named Azeer.

The bandit chief did not know about his characteristics but he managed to get information that the man who hired him was a Palace official.

The rewards are big and attractive. The bandit chief doesn't care about diplomacy or about trade. He just needs to execute his mission. And when he succeeded, he was tempted by the beauty of the elves as he looked at their faces.

Initially the bandit chief decided to 'play' with the elven women. Unfortunately they have a special protector that makes it unable to touch them directly. As a result, out of anger, he arrested them and decided to sell them as slaves.

Thanks to them, he earned a lot of bonuses from his mission. Although it was actually the last day for him to enjoy all his possessions.

Arriving at Amira, Alice quickly moves in search of information about the man named Azeer. Neither the characteristics nor about his activities and wealth.

"Different from the kingdom of Solus which has banned the existence of a system of slavery. In the Arachmeian Empire itself still legalizes it." Alice clucking. "disappointing."

While monitoring the building, they decided to take an inn close to the building.

"Hehe, thankfully the bandits had money." Said Elysia grinning as she tossed around a bag of money in her hand.

"Oh, yes, mother. I think we should--" too"

Elysia.

A little boy suddenly shot up quickly and snatched his money bag.

"Aahhhh! My money!!" His shouting.

Alice shook her head and then sighed.

In his heart he was actually laughing. Who told him to let his guard down and dare to play his money in a crowd like this. His inner.

"Mom, I'll go after him." Elysia said, then she ran after the boy with all her might.

As she reached the last intersection where the boy was missing, Elysia was confused. He did not know about the city. He was confused to go to the alley on his right side or his left side.

Elysia was annoyed at scratching her head. "That little thief! Just be careful if I get you."

Elysia decided to go to the small alley on her left.

He had not expected as he continued to run down the alley, it turned out to be a dead end.

Elysia cursed in her heart. He kicked sand on the ground.

Elysia turned around. Disappointed and sorry, he decided to return to his mother.

"Is this really yours?" Said a man outside the alley as he held out a bag of money.