CHAPTER 67: HOT-HEADED BIMBO

’But before that, let’s look at the classes and increase my power as much as possible. It’s better to be careful.’

Lucien made up his mind and looked at Malcolm, saying:

"Grandfather, I’m done with the things here. Let’s leave now. I have something to take care of."

After saying that, he directly activated the teleportation array, which he could now control after gaining authority over the Dimensional Vault.

"Huh? Hey, I still need to leave my imprint on the Core Orb. Otherwise, I won’t be able to enter here in the future!"

Malcolm was stunned by Lucien’s sudden move and hurriedly tried to stop Lucien.

Poor him, Lucien was in a hurry and merely waved his hand, dismissing him lightly.

"Don’t worry. I’ll let you do that later. Right now, I’m in a bit of a hurry."

Lucien said it so magnanimously, as if he were doing Malcolm a favor, leaving the old man speechless.

"You... wait..."

Unfortunately, unlike Lucien, he didn’t possess any space-type skills and couldn’t stop the teleportation at all.

Well, he could stop him with force, but how could he?

Unwillingly, he was teleported away along with this ungrateful grandson of his, who had looted his wealth and wouldn’t even spare him a glance now.

"Grandfather, I haven’t adjusted to my class yet. I will leave now. Let’s talk about other things later."

The moment Lucien appeared in the dome-shaped chamber from earlier, he said goodbye to Malcolm and directly left the place.

"Yeah, yeah... now that you have gained everything you want, why would you stay with me now?"

Malcolm mumbled, seeing Lucien almost running out of his house. Why didn’t he see him in such a hurry before?

’Forget it. It’s good that he cares about his strength now. Hope everything will be better.’

Malcolm shook his head and left the chamber, slowly arriving at the backyard.

"Did you do it?"

He then suddenly asked, seemingly to no one, to which a low voice replied right after.

"The rumour has spread. It should be okay."

With the voice, an owl suddenly appeared, perched on Malcolm’s shoulder just like a ghost.

"That’s better. It should be okay now."

Malcolm nodded, feeling a little relaxed. Now that people knew he no longer had the token, they should leave him alone.

"When are you going to the Shadow Kingdom?"

Velmara suddenly asked after seeing him relax. His big eyes seemed to want to visit that dungeon, too.

"Hmm... I don’t know. From what I learned, you will get notified once the Domain Dungeon opens. So, let’s wait a little while."

Malcolm replied lightly. Then, as if he remembered something, he looked at Velmara and said,

"Since you’re free this time around, why don’t you guard that little guy for a while? I heard someone tried to assassinate him before."

He hadn’t forgotten what Lucien said yet. Although Lucien said he killed the assassin, the true culprit was still out there.

So, it was better to let Velmara guard his grandson for a while. Although Lucien was a little annoying, he was his only grandson after all.

Not to mention, that guy now had an entire Dimensional Vault with him.

"Hmm? Lucien?"

Velmara tilted his head as if surprised, and then nodded slightly.

"Okay, let’s do that. I am quite interested in him too. You search that assassin or whatever."

After saying that, he suddenly disappeared from Malcolm’s shoulder, leaving Malcolm all alone.

’...Now that this issue is over, let’s see who tried to assassinate my grandson. It seems that, due to being dormant, everyone has started to disregard my Goldveil family.’

Malcolm thought with cold eyes, then quickly took out a command token from his ring and gave a command.

"Warden, do something for me..."

***

"Who are you?"

Lucien couldn’t help but ask the tall, beautiful lady standing in front, blocking his path.

He was minding his own business and hurrying toward his mansion on foot when she appeared out of nowhere as soon as he reached the empty lot.

’Why do I feel like I’m getting robbed?’

Although the girl was stunning, with waist-length red hair, golden-amber eyes, and a slender figure, her wild aura and fiery breath made anyone who looked at her instinctively wary.

"Sera Edoria, the Eldest Princess of the Edoria Kingdom. Can’t you even recognize royalty?"

Sera looked Lucien up and down as she introduced herself. The coldness and sarcasm in her voice were crystal clear for everyone to hear.

"Oh? Eldest Princess?"

Lucien was truly surprised. After all, although the girl wore formal clothes, there was no insignia marking her as royalty.

How could he have known she was from the royal family?

Still, basic etiquette had to be observed. So, Lucien just slightly bowed,

"I’m sorry, Princess Sera. I didn’t recognize you earlier. But... why are you here?" Lucien directly asked, not wanting to waste time.

"Tch... is this how you greet royalty? You have no manners at all."

Sera was already biased. So, whatever Lucien did, she would immediately point out his flaws, making Lucien speechless.

’Can you be serious? I greeted you. Shouldn’t that be enough? Why are you being pushy now?’

Lucien was quite confused.

He was minding his own business, and she directly blocked his path. And now she was angry that he didn’t greet her in the way she wanted.

’Even in this world, girls are so unreasonable.’

Lucien realized belatedly.

"Forget it. Let’s not talk about that now."

Sera lightly brushed this topic off herself and then suddenly looked at Lucien with a cold look,

"Tell me this first. Why did you reject Dorian’s proposal?"

She asked, with clear hatred visible in her eyes, leaving Lucien stunned.

He could see that if he answered her wrongly, this girl might attack him right now.

From the aura alone, he knew he was no match.

"What proposal?"

Lucien asked, with confusion in his eyes, although he was surprised that it was related to his encounter with Dorian.

’What did that guy say that this girl is so angry at me?’ he thought, finding the whole situation weird.

"Don’t play dumb. I already know from Dorian that you rejected the opportunity to enter the Phoenix Nest."

Sera didn’t buy his obliviousness, though, and directly poured out what she knew. Then, she pointed at him and asked,

"Is it true that you didn’t want to enter the Phoenix Nest because you are afraid of pain?"

She then looked subtly below him and said sarcastically,

"Heh... Just because you’re afraid of a little pain, you ignored my Phoenix Nest? Are you even a man?"

The contempt in her eyes was so clear that Lucien could feel it from a distance.

’What the heck is with this girl?’

Lucien couldn’t help but curse.

Why was his encounter with girls always so weird?

Did he do something wrong to have his manhood attacked like this?

"Lady, whether I accepted the offer or not doesn’t seem to be your concern, does it?"

Lucien wasn’t a punching bag. If someone disrespected him for no reason, why should he show a friendly face?

So, he addressed Sera coldly, calling her Lady, not caring whether she was a princess or something else.

Honestly, he didn’t have a good opinion of this so-called royal family. They have no normal members at all.

’One is a succubus, another wants to snatch something from us, and now this one...’

Lucien suddenly looked at Sera condescendingly, matching the way she’d looked at him earlier, and thought:

’A hot-headed bimbo?’