After that night, I didn't pay much attention to him anymore, and seldom told stories to the two beautiful women either. Because I found that they would occasionally tease me, believing that the reason I liked telling stories and showing off my special skills was just to show off in front of that man.
"After all," one of the beautiful women said slowly, "if a woman has neither beauty nor a good figure, she has no choice but to display her so-called talent."
They were jealous of me and used mean words to satirize me in a roundabout way. Even though I had drawn sketches for them and told them wonderful stories before, I still couldn't win their friendship.
I silently packed up the food box on the ground and turned around to leave.
Suddenly, I realized that the task Han Meilin had assigned to me was quite difficult. It was really not easy to explore emotions in this world.
I had just walked out of the hot spring room with the food box in my hand and was straightening my hair when suddenly I heard a shout. Immediately after that, I was shocked to see a group of tough and burly elf men rush out from nowhere. There were so many of them that they quickly surrounded the entire hot spring room. I screamed in fright, threw away the food box, and raised my hands above my head in a gesture of surrender.
Three people slowly walked out of the elf group, two maids and a noblewoman.
The noblewoman, wearing a long purple dress and a mink scarf and covered with jewels, walked towards me gracefully and slowly. Her makeup was so perfect that it was almost impossible to tell her actual age, and naturally, it was also hard to see her real appearance.
"Excuse me, is Yalunde inside?" Her voice was soft, like the gentlest drop of water, and it could make people intoxicated in an instant.
I was in a daze for a moment before answering, "He is inside."
"Then could you please bring him out?" She paused for a moment and then said gently, "Just tell him that his mother has come to see him."
I felt as if I had been struck by lightning and looked at her in surprise, "You... You are..."
"I'm Peisina Youni, the matriarch of the Peisina family. I've come to pick him up in person today."
So it was her. She was the mysterious noblewoman in black in the VIP room that day. She was wrapped up so tightly that day that even her face was completely covered, so I didn't recognize her at first today.
"Please tell him that the Adona Underground Palace has been controlled by us, and Adona has surrendered. She will be handed over to the king of the Aslan Kingdom for personal handling in a few days."
After hearing this, I quickly ran back to the hot spring pool and relayed these words word for word. He just gave a cold smile, and his gloomy eyes were the same as before. "Tell her to come here in person."
I rushed downstairs again, ran to the door of the hot spring room, and conveyed this sentence to Lady Youni. The noblewoman didn't even frown and said softly, "Please tell him that as the matriarch of a family, I can't go up to pick him up in person. I really have my own difficulties."
I ran back to the hot spring pool again, out of breath and sweating all over my forehead. I ran up to Yalunde and repeated this sentence.
"Tell her," his voice was so cold that it sent shivers down one's spine, "if she doesn't come up in person, I won't go with her."
I had to rush out again. Faintly, I could still hear the gloating giggles of the two beautiful women behind me.
After I told the noblewoman this sentence out of breath, a slightly dissatisfied look finally appeared on her face. She didn't say anything else and stood quietly in place.
Suddenly, Xuedai'er emerged from somewhere. She seemed to have known the noblewoman before. The two of them looked at each other. Xuedai'er walked straight up to her, took a deep breath, and summoned up her courage, "Madam, please let me have a try."
The noblewoman hesitated for a moment, stared at her for a while, and then slowly nodded. Xuedai'er took a deep breath and then walked into the room leisurely.
I didn't follow her. Suddenly, I thought of a question. Since the Adona Underground Palace had fallen and was under control now, and Adona herself was going to be handed over to a king or someone like that for handling, did that mean I was free too? After all, I was forcibly abducted by Adona's men.
I remembered the whole bag of gold coins that Yalunde had given me before. That was something for me to settle down and make a living, and I had to take it with me no matter what.
I immediately rushed into the hot spring room, ran to the floor mat in the hall, lifted the mattress, and fortunately, the money bag was still there. I patted my chest with relief, stuffed the money bag into my clothes, and felt much more comfortable in my heart.
Just as I was about to walk out of the hall, I suddenly saw Xuedai'er and Yalunde walking side by side, slowly walking down the wide stone steps, and the two elf beautiful women obediently following behind them. Lady Youni, who saw him from a distance outside the house, rushed excitedly towards Yalunde, ignoring the dissuasion of her maids.
I didn't pay attention to what they were talking about. After looking around, I sneaked out from the side of the hall.
When I ran to the main hall of the underground palace, I found that it was in chaos. All the maids and servants were running around in all directions, and there was a lot of noise. Many people didn't forget to take advantage of the situation while being busy. With a glint in their eyes, they took away valuable items such as vases, expensive sofa covers, and famous paintings. And several people were having a fierce quarrel over a famous painting.
I also had a greedy thought. I looked around, hoping to find some valuable items too. I wasn't trying to take advantage of others. After all, I had worked here for so long, and Adona hadn't paid me a penny for my work. Those things were what I deserved.