With his newly worshipped master gone to who knows where, Zane was left alone with the dark-haired beauty,
"Do you like her that much?"
Zane asked as he looked at this princess who still had stars shining in her eyes as she looked towards the direction in which old lady Martha left.
Carsina turned towards her savior and said, "Like is too weak of a word to describe my affection and admiration for her, I absolutely love her. I mean, she is practically a woman I have always wanted to become."
Her tone, which started enthusiastically dimmed near the end as she seemed to be recalling something.
She looked down and said, "She is someone my father told me about when I was still roaming around naively as a child. When he was telling me about her, I could see his eyes filled with pride as Madam Martha, too, was once a citizen of our Lyondyll empire. I wished that one day he would still have that prideful look when he was describing me to someone, I strived to become a daughter he could become proud of. Of course, that was when we were still on good terms, Now...now I can't care any less of what he thinks of me."
Silence ensued, as Zane looked at the beauty who was reminiscing a memory filled with pain.
He asked, "And now you are not trying to become perfect, I suppose."
"Hmm, things happened regarding my mom as a wall formed between us. He became more indifferent."
Zane walked towards her and reached out his hand to pat her head lightly, "Daddy issues, eh? I had them, too. But towards the end, I realized that all he did was what he had to do to protect us."
Carsina looked at the handsome man who tried to comfort her as she beamed and said mischievously as she held the hand, patting her, "It matters not to me how my father treats me, but Sir Zane, It seems you are very concerned about me. What, finally having some thoughts about me?"
Zane pulled his hand back immediately as he snorted and said, "Humph, who is having thoughts about whom. You! keep your hands off me, when are you leaving anyway?."
"Didn't I say earlier? When my father comes back. I will get to Serene City so I can contact our empire's secret Intel gathering organization, Shadow Guards. The city is just a few tens of miles away from the devil mist forest."
Carsina replied.
Zane shook his head dismissively, "And how exactly are you planning to go there? Don't tell me you have a carriage hidden in the bushes."
Carsina looked at him blankly as if the answer was obvious, she stuck her tongue out slightly and winked at him,
"Of course, Sir Zane will be bringing me there with his come out of nowhere magic he used earlier."
Zane held his head with his hands as he thought, 'I shouldn't have involved myself with this woman'
Seeing that Zane was not denying her request, Carsina smiled as she hugged his left arm and snuggled up close, "I knew it. Sir Zane is the best."
He tried to shake her off, but she clung to him like a magnet. He said, "Don't get any wrong ideas, I am going there with you just to get rid of you for good. And I have to gather some Information about this place myself."
Carsina looked at him smilingly,
"Then that's even better. Although I dare not say that they are the best but my empire's Shadow guards are one of the Central continent's most competent Intel gatherers. You can get any information you want, What are you searching for anyway?"
"Everything there is to know about this place." Zane said as he planned his path forward in his mind.
Carsina looked at Zane's determined face and said,
"I have noticed this before but Sir doesn't seem to be from around here, you don't know much about magic classification and Madam Martha even said that you don't cultivate either aura or magic but I have seen you using the same magic Madam Martha used earlier and you even defeated that Kyroserpent Emperor."
The handsome man looked down at the curious girl,
"Isn't it a bit too late for you to be asking these questions? And what will you do by knowing the answers anyway?"
The princess saw Zane ignoring her questions as she asked with her hand covering her mouth, "Sir Zane, are you one of those ascetics who cultivate all their lives and forget about the outside world? It all makes sense now. No wonder you are not enchanted by my beauty it seems you are... already....cut o-"
Zane knocked on the head of this princess who was drowning in her ideas and said with a dark face,
"Woman, I dare you to finish that sentence. Don't go imagining weird things, I am and always be a complete male."
"Of course, of course, I knew Sir Zane must be valiant in these arts with your charms. I beg you to help me start my journey upon this path, which I am currently unknown to." Carsina said as she snaked up towards Zane's body, her hand dangerously moving around his chest and next towards his abdomen when she lost her sense, still drool coming out of her little mouth.
'I regret taking in this woman, She is way too tempting for me.'
Zane gasped for air and thought as he carried her toward her room after making her lose sense.
As this scene was playing, back in the Lyondyll empire, schemes were carried out under the dark of the night as signs of a storm rising were seen.