Chapter 1034 Return

Chapter 1034 Return

The soldiers were gathering on the top of the wall, watching out for visitors or demons.

"We have gotten a lot of visitors in the past few weeks..." New novel chapters are published on

"Yeah. But the crown prince was only here for less than a day."

"Shhh... Don't say anything about the crown prince. It was said that the crown prince visited the Moon Temple for some reason and that was the last thing he visited before leaving."

"Either way, our city sure has become popular. The walls have been repaired and the living condition has improved drastically."

"That's right. Even my wife has been smiling continuously in the past few weeks. I never thought that when the young Earl took over this area, all this dream could happen."

"That's true. I thought I would be rotting here until I died fighting against the demon in the near future."

"I'm glad that the Earl is a good lord. He makes me want to serve him even more."

"The only way we can pay him back is by keeping this city safe."

The soldiers were chatting before they heard a shout coming from the side. "There is a figure coming toward here."

"!!!" The soldiers were startled as they immediately went to the edge of the wall to check it. There was indeed a figure coming into the wall at high speed.

"Not good. Get ready."

"The gate is closed. He might try to climb the wall."

The soldiers gathered while raising their swords or spears, ready to take on this figure.

This person moved so fast that they didn't manage to take a look at his face. But it all changed when this person climbed the wall.

"Hoop..." He exhaled his breath, finding himself surrounded by the soldiers who were pointing their weapons at him.

"Who are—" One of them shouted to identify the intruder, but he abruptly stopped when he saw the person's face.

Even the other soldiers dropped their weapons subconsciously.

They all couldn't help but drop to their knees while shouting, "My Lord."

"Oh. You guys have a good reaction time. To think you manage to surround me first before I reach the wall." Noel smirked.

The soldiers panicked, never thinking that they had actually pointed their weapons at their lord.

But before the situation became even worse, Noel said, "It's fine. You guys are just doing your job. So, is my wife... I mean, is the lady here?"

"Y-yes!" They all answered, nodding their heads furiously.

"That's good. Well, you guys can continue working. And... don't tell anyone about my coming back yet. I want to surprise them." Noel winked his right eye playfully to ease their mood.

"I was inside the carriage most of the time though."

"Hahaha. It must be very boring."

"Yeah. And also, I met your father. It appeared that he wanted to call your brother back to let him succeed the house," Noel explained.

"Really?" Anna looked up, recalling all the memories she had with her brother. "It was truly unfair to him. Even in my past life, my brother couldn't really go back. I heard that he was married to a woman he knew in the military, along with two more women from political marriages.

"In my previous life, I was so uncontrollable that he might be in danger if he went back, so I guess Father had no intention to call him back to protect him.

"In this life, I was so bright that I was seen to be his successor. But because I'm with you now, it's a relief for him too. If you are any less than what you're today, people from the family will definitely object to this marriage or at least force you to marry into the Stargaze family instead of me becoming the successor of the family.

"But because you are like this, no one can object to our marriage. With me leaving the family, Father can finally call my brother back. It's truly unfair for my brother. Even my memory of him is pretty limited because he was sent to the border when I was young.

"I wonder if it's possible for me to repay him back..." Anna looked down.

Noel smiled. "Don't you worry about it. I'm thinking about stretching our highway into your family's territory. And this is a perfect chance for him to get used to the politics and learn how to negotiate, considering there are a few nobles between our territories."

"Ah!" Anna nodded furiously. "That's true."

"Mhmm... I know you have a lot of regrets from your previous life. I want to help you fix all of them."

Anna chuckled. "Thank you. But I'm planning to do the same. Now that I think about it, I wonder what regret you had in your previous life."

"I don't know how many regrets I had in my previous life, but I believe that I have fixed the biggest regret."

"The biggest regret? What is that?"

"In our previous lives, I was doing all I could to fix you, right? I did everything in order to change our fate..."

"Ah!" Anna seemed to have come to a realization. "Don't tell me, the biggest regret was..."

"Exactly." Noel had a big smile on his face as he didn't hesitate to say, "My biggest regret in that life must be the fact that I couldn't have you when I loved you so hard... No, should I say that my biggest regret was that I couldn't say 'I love you' when I fell so hard for you?

"No, no. It must be where I have to pretend to not have you in my heart even though I yearn for the time when you can be by my side."

Anna's cheek reddened as she couldn't help but press her lips onto him while saying, "You're such a smooth talker. Now that we have the marriage certificate, should I try to call you something else?" Anna had a cheeky smile on her face before her expression turned innocent yet affectionate before she spoke with a seductive voice. "Dear..."

Noel's body shuddered. It felt like all the reasons in his mind had disappeared as Noel simply lifted her up and carried her inside the mansion.

To their surprise, they actually met the mayor after entering the mansion with a mountain of papers in his arms.

"My... My lord..." The mayor was startled, making Anna embarrassed. Anna said, "Someone is looking. Put me down."

Noel ignored her and simply said, "Give all the reports tomorrow. Today, I'm going to rest after my long journey. No need for the maids, the lady said she's going to take care of me personally."

Without hesitation, Noel walked past him. The mayor couldn't help but smile, saying, "Yes, sir."