This Time, To The Believed Path
Alphiella

“Albert, is everything ready?”

“Everything I have checked according to what you requested, madam.”

A few days have passed, now Leana is ready to go to Alphiella. Knowing the conditions there, Leana has prepared enough equipment for his long departure. 

Although it looks excessive, but they still have to be aware of the possibility that will happen there.

As soon as she finished checking the equipment list, Leana immediately prepared to leave. Adde also went with him in

the same horse-drawn carriage.

“Then I'll leave. If there is anything just contact me.”

“I understand mistress.”

As Albert gave his final greetings, their horse-drawn carriage walked away from the Grandall residence.

Leana who looked out then glanced at Adde who was like he wanted to say something.

“Sounds like there's something you want to say, Adde?” Leana smiled with a change in Adde's expression who was now looking at her irritatedly.

“Will the mistress answer all my questions if I ask?”

“If what you're asking is about your duty then I can't say it now. If it's about Alphelia then I suggest that you look at it with your own eyes before asking.”

“In the end I can not ask..”.

Adde resigned to face Leana who continued to cover up his plans.

“Adde, you are an observant person and can read the situation well. Maybe you won't believe it but honestly I trust you enough.”

“Mrs talk as if we have known for a long time.”.

“If that is how?”

“Don't start bouncing mistress.”

If she sees them in her first life, Leana is sure she can't believe that this time she can actually judge Adde as someone younger than her.

In the past even though Adde was younger but because of his seniority who entered first into the shadow organization from him, inevitably Leana could not completely judge Adde. In the end Leana and Adde can only compete as partners outside of their age.

As the one who saved Adde, Leana can feel a wall that is much different from what she felt before.

Although they remain partners, Leana feels a sense of loneliness because their relationship will never be the same as before.

‘To achieve better, it takes a sacrifice..’.

In exchange for his decision in stealing Grand Duke Volfelance's assets and making members of his own shadow, he sacrifices his relationship with Grand Duke Volfelance and his shadowy comrades in this life.

Now it will be viewed differently than it was at the time. Although she still holds the same title in her current life, Leana will still be Leana Grandall and no other. His thoughts made him a little sad and lonely.

As Leana pondered, Adde glanced at his master who wore a lonely expression. He did not know the reason but he felt as if his master was trying to give up something important and Adde could only be silent on his ambiguous position.

***

“ini.. Alphiella.

A part of the forest that became the entrance to the Alphiella region, which welcomed them was a stretch of barren land without any plants decorating. It was as if the place had been cursed.

Leana is sure not only Adde, but everyone she carries is also shocked to see the condition of Alphiella.

He believes that now the preparation is not excessive but is sufficient as they are not two days there.

From the way they entered, it took them several kilometers to reach the dead city of Alphiella and a few more kilometers before entering the territory of the Alphiella ruler's residence.

Who would have thought that the region famous for its former beauty had now become a forgotten dead region.

Leana believes those who have a history in Alphiella can only resign and give up their beloved home.

But this time, Leana has a way to return Alphiella to her condition first. He can do it.

“Mistress, we've arrived.”

When Adde opened his mouth, the knight who walked the front was struggling to open the locked gate of the mansion and was forced to destroy it.

Leana had already given her permission beforehand since she also planned to repair the place.

Alphiella Mansion. This time he will pull out the magic buried within.

Entering the mansion, Leana was greeted with a vast hall filled with dust and darkness. As per his direction, the servant who was brought immediately worked without a second thought.

“I understand, give precedence to what I command for today. If there is still a new time you can start somewhere else.”

“I understand mistress.”

With her permission, Vivy went to the main room.

The first order that Leana gave was to clean up the Alphiella mansion and report the damage that was in the place.

As the servants cleared the contents of the mansion, the knights would clean the training hall and the knight's room in the place.

The place that is preferred to be cleaned on that day by Leana is the main room, butler's room, bathroom, kitchen and dining room.

Beyond that, other places can be cleaned up another day. Leana also tells them not to open some rooms there without her permission, especially locked rooms.

Although Alphiella is referred to as a mansion the place has many secret rooms. When he found it together with his shadow companion, the number of secret rooms in that place was extremely abnormal.

At the time they suspected that the reason why Alphiella's condition became such was a form of karma given to the Alphiella ruler who planned to stab Solfilyan empire from behind, meaning they planned to betray.

Knowing this fact, the emperor's family did not intervene and let Alphiella meet her end and did not even hesitate to remove her from the imperial map.

To be honest, if the theory were true, then the request letter to turn Alphiella on to the imperial side would be as difficult as they could suspect Leana might be plotting with the former ruler Alphiella.

Moreover, not too long ago Leana was just a woman who locked herself in a room without doing anything. 

If Leana suddenly comes out and shows her abilities that are not known to many people, it is not strange if they will suspect Leana and the person who may be behind her.

Leana never plans to attract attention from anywhere, knowing she will hold a super-secret organization like the shadowy organization.

‘If you think about it, Grand Duke Volfelance is really great to be able to maintain the existence of his shadow organization. Given its high position and known to many people.’

Everyone knew that Grand Duke Volfelance's expertise was in his vast and secret information connections but no one suspected him of having a shadowy organization under him.

It was possible that because of his position, the shadowy organization under his command was unknown. Or it could be that the Grand Duke's shadow organization was so competent in their work.

Because basically shadow organizations disguise themselves as assassins or hired people so that ordinary people will not know their real names except their own members.

“Adde, come with me.”

“Good mistress.”

The two walked into a work space there. The workspace is connected to a room like a library that is twice the size of the previous room.

The room has two levels and is almost entirely surrounded by book cabinets and files.

Behind a large workbench is a giant glass that rises from the top end to the bottom end and displays a wide view of the Alphiella.

The room is not secret but has several hidden places that are only known by the owner of the residence.

If facing the giant glass, there is a bookcase near the wall with a gap of sufficient size for hands to enter it.

Grasping a roll of paper in her left hand, Leana groped into the gap with her right hand and tried to reach a point there.

When one of his fingers reached that point, he rubbed his finger against the sharp part there until the blood stained the area.

Not long after, a light appeared from the gap for a moment and Leana took out her hand.

He put his injured finger on a stamp in the document and the stamp disappeared.

Adde took out a handkerchief to clean the wound and bandaged it.

“What was that madam?”

“I just changed ownership of Alphiella. I am now officially the new owner of Alphiella.”

Leana is very grateful because the scroll in her left hand which is the ownership document of Alphiella is the original document.

To change ownership of a territory required an official stamp and blood of the owner. Then to replace it is to overwrite the stamp with the blood of the new owner.

When the stamp has been overwritten, the stamp on the document will disappear and can only be replaced if a new stamp is attached to the document.

'Even if the original document disappears, the registered owner will not change as long as the owner has not reattached the stamp and new blood on the document. If the original document is destroyed, the registered owner must recreate the document with ink mixed with his own blood. What an extreme way.’

Given that she learned of this from observing the work of Duke Leon, Leana became a little upset.

He then tapped on the cabinet with a code and the next second the cabinet looked transparent and displayed a dark hallway behind it. Leana looked back at Adde.

“Adde, when we get to the end of the hallway, I'll explain everything.”

As the two had fully entered the passageway, Leana knocked back the wall of the passage with a slightly different code and turned the bookcase back to its previous state, closing the hidden passage behind her.