Chapter 50 - 2.11

As Xu Jiaqi fell asleep, when she woke up, a new day already greeted her.

A few moments later, several maids came to seek her out. Saying that the people from Palla had arrived in the Dukedom last night and that she would be prepared to be taken away today.

Today was a special day, so there were more maids attending to her than just Lily.

Xu Jiaqi stretched her body out, letting a sigh as she knew that today would be filled with nothing but travelling, travelling, and travelling. She looked at the map and knew that Palla was terribly far. It would take at least three days to get there with the fastest carriage, not counting the stops and breaks.

She was also reminded of the Knight that she requested to follow her. Zenith Ahgren. His name was rather pretty, it suited her type. The reason why she had requested for the man to follow her was not just because of a mere joke as she had said to the Duke, but because she saw something inside the man that she couldn't bear to miss out on.

She was someone who is very good at judging other people's interest and intentions. If her eyes haven't failed her yet, then this man named Zenith Ahgren was someone who she possessed an extremely high amount of energy. Only, he did not seem to make any efforts to use it yet.

It was only when she was grabbed by the man was she able to feel a terrible shock go through her bloodstreams, as if there was a rush of ecstasy that attacked her without stopping. It felt like every single sense of her was stimulated became overloaded.

This kind of man, there can only be one explanation for it. He was like a walking magic battery, someone who possessed a lot of energy to the point that blind interaction could provide another with substantial mana right off the bat. Without having to do anything, he was excreting magical energy from all parts of his body.

If a high ranking magician encountered Zenith Ahgren, then they would certainly bend over their proud backs to try and recruit him with all their might. Unfortunately, no one succeeded to realize this quality of his before Xu Jiaqi found him, so the cake could only be taken by her.

For her, if she were to train until she completely wasted up her mana channels, she could restore everything like it was brand new just by holding hands with this man.

With a sly smile, she thought about all the possibilities that he could do with him. Every time she was tired, she could just latch onto this man, who felt like an ice cream bar in the middle of a hot summer day. An oasis in the desert. It was just too delightful to think about.

She could spend all day and night training whenever she wanted, and could also train her magical aptitude by touching Zenith. It was like a shortcut to heaven.

Anything to catch up with the leads. She would do anything to surpass them.

Making creepy giggles in between her actions, the maids who came to assist her instantly became apprehensive and further lamented the young lady's fate. Although they did pity her, they didn't have the qualifications to sympathize or help her. Because they only had one job and that was to serve the family, they quickly got Xu Jiaqi ready and sent her to Reginald's office, leaving her alone.

Xu Jiaqi was in a very good mood, so she knocked and entered the room with high spirits. Inside, she was able to find an enraged Zenith Ahgren who was holding his anger back as much as he possibly could. His fists were already balled up, and drops of blood were already seeping from where he lodged his short nails in. His face was already reddening and it seemed like he could burst out at any given moment.

Looking at such a man's condition, Xu Jiaqi only had one thing to say, and that was to shamelessly apologize.

Even though she may have did an unreasonable thing to the man, it was for her own benefit. If the man follows her lead well and trusts her, then Xu Jiaqi was sure to be able to snatch that Saintess position for good and reform the world as the mission wanted her to do.

She only needed to collect properties that would help her, and one of them was Zenith Ahgren's aptitude towards magical energy.

Just from a single glance, because she had been practicing like crazy and had a massive potential in magic, she had already jumped over the beginner levels and entered intermediate stages. She could tell that Zenith did not have a trace of magical complexity. But due to her being assisted by the System's scanning, she knew that Zenith indeed had an immense amount of this bluish cold mist that constantly emanated from him.

Reginald seemed to have noticed the slight change, but did not dwell on it further because he was far away from Zenith and couldn't feel the full extent of it. Zenith's full effect activated when he came in direct contact with her.

Thinking about that moment once again, she shuddered and approached her father, standing beside the depressed Zenith Ahgren like she did nothing wrong.

There was a clear hateful glare that came from Zenith, as if blaming her for everything that happened. Naturally, everybody knew about Ariel's status and where she was going. Her conditions.

There was no way the Duke would willingly send a knight to 'protect' her, when it was clear that Ariel would not survive the events over at Palla.

Thus, there could only be one culprit as to why Zenith was being sent away.

"Good day, Esteemed Lord. This lady is ready to depart from this filthy place." Xu Jiaqi greeted the man with the perfect noble etiquette.

Yes, the culprit can only be Xu Jiaqi, otherwise known as Ariel Maine.