Chapter 204 : Troublesome

    "The best wife, huh?" Two voices echoed outside the carriage. A moment later, the door swung open, revealing two stunning beauties on the other side.

    "So she''s the best wife huh?" Amelia questioned with a raised brow.

    Anna didn''t say anything, but she had the same expression on her face as Amelia.

    "That''s the perks of being the first wife, sorry ladies," Lilia said, flashing a grin while raising her hand in the peace sign gesture.

    Amelia and Anna raised a brow in surprise at Lilia reply, ''She seems to have slightly changed.''

    Lilia appeared happier than usual, and that simple gesture of hers was evidence enough.

    Unbeknownst to them, a hidden burden had weighed heavily on Lilia''s heart throughout the passing years. It stemmed from her loss of powers and the stagnation in her training in Zid. However, with her recent breakthrough in the control of Zid, that burden seemed to have vanished, or at the very least, lightened significantly.

    "So, how''s everything going?" Alex inquired, swiftly changing the subject.

    "Before we get into that, how are you feeling? And what happened back there? Grace refused to give us any details, just mentioned that you fainted," Anna asked in an even tone, though Alex could sense an underlying worry in her voice.

    ''It would be surprising if she disclosed what actually happened,'' Alex chuckled internally.Ne?ww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com

    "Nothing happened, I just fainted due to overexertion," he lied through his teeth.

    He did want to say the truth to his wives, but he was certain that Grace could probably overhear them, so he refrained from saying the whole story.

    "See, you should have let me support you; you wouldn''t have ended up so exhausted," Anna lightly scolded.

    Alex grinned and drew Anna closer.

    She didn''t hesitate, granting him permission to proceed with his intentions.

    Alex brushed his lips against hers, planting a gentle kiss. "Apologies, I''ll heed your advice next time."

    "You better, otherwise..." Anna''s words trailed as a frown appeared on her adorable face.

    "Your eye color changed?" She asked, her tone filled with curiosity.

    When they met in the circular room, Alex was wearing a smoke mask, and since he couldn''t conceal the true color of his eyes like he could with his hair, Alex''s mask didn''t have a visor, so the girls couldn''t notice the changes then.

    She was the oldest here and claimed to have seen so much that not even the Lust Artifact truly shocked her, so he thought she was the most likely to have information about it. Unfortunately, much like the others, Grace shook her head.

    "Never heard of a heart or any living organ able to enhance someone''s strength," Grace stated.

    "Then I''ll try to find out myself what that thing was," Alex retorted. He already had a starting point for his investigation, and it was the Night organization. He just needed to locate one of their bases, and with some luck, there might be information about the other bases in the treasure he obtained from their treasury.

    "Forget it," Alex waved his hand, "tell me, how are things going with our news subordinates ?" Alex inquired.

    "Well, after we brought the carriage down, Amelia checked on them to see if there was anything wrong, fortunately, none of them seem wounded or sick. After that, we divided them into groups, and they are currently waiting for the food Anita is cooking," Anna reported.

    "Anita is cooking? I thought you would be the one to do so," Alex remarked, raising an eyebrow in surprise.

    "She insisted, claiming that she was a good cook," Anna shrugged.

    "Anita? New recruits?" Lilia looked at the two of them curiously.

    "Ah yes, I forgot to inform you. You see, after I found your unconscious body..." Alex then proceeded to explain to Lilia what had happened.

    "So we gained a bunch of new recruits, each of them at least at level 1, that''s good," Lilia remarked after Alex recounted everything that had happened to her. "But what do you intend to do with these new recruits?"

    "I''m also curious about that," Grace added, her tone reflecting genuine interest.

    "I plan on training them as soldiers, but fighting isn''t for everyone," Alex explained. "There are bound to be some among them who either can''t fight or are better suited for something else. Those individuals will be directed to another field." Meanwhile, his hand subtly moved and lightly squeezed Anna''s plump butt, playfully teasing her.

    ''What is he doing right now?'' Anna wondered with a speechless expression as she felt Alex fondling her butt while they were sitting just in front of his grandmother!

    ''Heh, don''t look at me like that. I know that the exhibitionist you are probably likes it,'' Alex thought when Anna glared at him.

    He really enjoyed teasing that wife of his because of her reaction, but he also liked the feeling of her soft butt, so it was a double pleasure for him.

    In the end, Anna could only shake her head and try her best to concentrate on the conversation while her buttocks were being played with.

    "Where do you plan to keep them, though?" Grace inquired. "I don''t have to tell you, but both cities under our possession are heavily monitored by either the main branch or the imperial family. Bringing in such a large influx of people, each of them at least level 1, is going to arouse suspicion."

    Although the power, resources, and other assets their branches had access to were not as abundant as before, the emperor and the current patriarch were still very wary of their branch''s activities. They were closely monitoring everything happening inside and outside of their territories, and they surely wouldn''t overlook a convoy of carriages containing hundreds of people entering either city.

    ''Tsk, it''s going to be troublesome.''