The Crown Of The Nine Continents
Chapter 148: The Imperial Movement

Ren led Nivania to move quickly to avoid the crowd. When they reached a quieter area, that was when their movements were slowed down.

They initially held hands, but this time it was released by Ren because he thought it was no longer needed.

"Tsh, aren't they really whispering senseless things?" Ren spoke in annoyance.

Those people did whisper something pre-expected, but still there were some things that had crossed the line to make him feel disturbed.

"Which part?" sahut Nivan.

Ren was silent for a moment, he did not expect the question to get a real response, but since Nivania had taken the time to respond then he could not avoid.

"Where might I say it," Ren replied in surprise.

Ren did not understand why Nivania wanted to say that, and before he could think, Nivania suddenly walked quickly and then confronted him from the front.

"Mir ...."

Ren frowned, "What?"

"Anryzel Dirvaren ...."

Now Ren took a step back from feeling a bad premonition. Of course he did it while giving the same response.

"What?"

Nivania took a deep breath, and the bad premonition that Ren felt was actually happening.

"I have restrained myself! Why didn't you say anything at our meeting after such a long time?!"

Surprise struck Ren, how did a Nivan he once knew as a person who was quite calm now turn into someone who was irritable and explosive?

"Say something, or I won't forgive you."

Nivania clenched her hands and showed it to Ren as if threatening. Ren himself did not feel threatened, what to fear from the small and slender hands of Nivania? It even looks cute and adorable in a different sense.

"Ah, fine."

Ren took a step back, changing the position of the right leg to cross with the position of the left leg. Slowly he bent down while putting his right hand on his stomach, and his left hand on his back.

"It's nice to see you back. How's it been all this time?"

The posture that shows the normalization, the sincere speech that is accompanied by sincerity, and the worry that is shown by a question, there is nothing more perfect than this, Ren is sure of it.

However

"No way" said Nivania as if disappointed.

... Why did this failure happen? And it wasn't enough to get there, Nivania continued her words as if showing such deep pity.

"Ren, it looks like you can't treat a woman well, huh?"

The words made Ren feel pitied. For a long time she had never felt this kind of pity, and perhaps Nivania was the only person who could do it.

"Yes, that might be true."

Putting that aside, Ren looked up at the sky to see the sun that had already begun to show the time set by King Esdagius in starting a meeting with the imperial envoys.

It would be very detrimental if Ren missed the meeting with the envoys due to trivial matters. At any rate, he had to convince Nivania to release him to leave.

"Nivania, where do you live?"

A vulnerable misunderstanding occurs when a man asks where a woman's house is, but she is not in a relaxed condition to think about such a thing.

"Eh .. In the meantime, I'm staying at the inn."

The city of Aulzania had so many inns, but it was not a matter of meaning for Mana Perception. The search range can also be narrowed down to a few inns, so finding Nivania is easy.

"OK, wait at the inn, I have some business that can't be delayed."

"What else?"

"I'm coming with you, huh?" persuade Nivania with her eyes.

Ren's eyes glowed to examine the hidden intent. Although Nivania seemed to be feeling a little annoyed but she did not care.

"What does this woman want?" thought Ren in the heart.

"Go to see the king in the palace. You have no problem with that?"

For a moment Nivania's eyes trembled, looking surprised and thinking about something. It was this attitude that made Ren hope that Nivania would give up on following him, but that hope was contrary to reality.

"No problem, I will follow you in silence" he said with seriousness.

Dare to say so indicates that Nivania already understands. This matter was of great importance as it concerned one kingdom and two empires, so why was Nvania so confident in its decision?

"Come, but remember to follow whatever I say."

If it had been like this then his last hope would have been for King Esdagius to forbid anyone not concerned from participating. That way, Ren had reason to reject Nivania's presence in the meeting.

"S-Everything you said?" asked Nivania doubtfully.

For some reason, Nivania looked flushed and embarrassed. Ren is aware of it and thinks Nivania must have been exposed to a strange disease during the trip because of his attitude is really strange.

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Lodysna Empire, Imperial Palace.

Devaran had completely taken over the empire from behind the shadows. Not only did he control the emperor, all the things owned by the emperor were taken over.

The palace that was originally inhabited by the emperor is now captured by Devaran to be inhabited by him and his followers. While Devaran had the main room of the palace, the emperor was diverted to sleep in an ordinary place, but surprisingly no one voiced any objections, including the emperor himself.

If considering this rapid change, it is not impossible for Devaran to officially take over the emperor in the near future. By the time that happens, perhaps the Lodysna Empire will have undergone a real change.

In the main room, Devaran gets word from someone he trusted to send and receive secret mission information that the initial review team for the Loudeas Forest has disappeared.

"They disappeared?"

Devaran was curious how could the three of them just disappear. Although the abilities of the three of them were nothing special, but the fact that they disappeared in the blink of an eye signified the existence of a powerful enemy.

The Loudeas Forest was indeed filled with mysteries, it was highly likely that the three of them had been defeated by an extremely powerful monster. But in the end, monsters remained monsters, Devaran was unlikely to retreat due to the existence of monsters.

"Kogia, Murga, and Waters. They entered the forest in the morning, and sent out a final message two hours later. The message said that if the condition of the forest was ordinary, the monsters that inhabited the place were fairly weak, then after that they resumed their mission, and did not send any more messages."

"So until now they have not given any news? Are you guys stupid!"

BRAKK!

Devaran hit the wall beside him until it cracked. This easily overflowing emotion was one of the few flaws he had. The person who sent the news seemed to tremble in fear.

"Just dealing like this isn't good! Quickly send another team to review their tracks, if it finds any strangeness immediately come back and report it to me!"

Devaran had run out of patience, at first he thought the initial review team had disappeared because it had been confirmed to disappear, but it turns out they were declared disappear because they did not send a message.

The stupidity of his followers made him feel angry. Supposedly, they could ascertain every piece of information first before it was reported to him right?

"B-well!!"

After the person disappeared, Devaran snorted a few times in annoyance. He was upset by several things, one of which was caused by a foolish follower and could do nothing without him.

"If you keep this up .. how can I beat that cocky number one!"

This cruel and impatient Devotional personality is nothing but a sense of competition that never satisfies him. When he, the number two feels competing with the number one in terms of strength, popularity, and achievement, but the person he considers a rival does not even care about all that.

Starting from the day Devaran was humiliated, he actually held a grudge, and swore that one day it would surpass the number one no matter what.