Chapter 157 Journey
Returning to the Heaven Valley Alchemy Shop, he immediately met Anna waiting in front of the shop.
This time her appearance surprised him a little.
She was wearing tight trousers covered by a short skirt as well as a fantasy-style shirt with her red hair in a ponytail.
It made her look so much younger than her age that one would think she was probably under 30.
Aldric's eyes flickered as he watched her, not knowing why she looked like that.
Usually she always wore elegant dresses that basically highlighted her identity as a respectable middle-aged woman.
"Lady Anna..." Aldric greeted her in a rather low voice.
"Let's go to the back, the ark is ready," the woman said.
She gestured for him to follow her to the backyard of the shop.
The ark was the one from yesterday. It seemed that the West Gate Merchant Alliance had still managed to get their arks back.
"Are you alone, Lady?" asked Aldric as he did not find any of Anna's subordinates following onto the ark.
"For a mission like this, we don't need many people," Anna replied.
"Besides, you're very strong, so I'm not worried about just you," she added with a faint smile.
Aldric, "..."
Rumble!
The ark began to fly, moving southward from Heaven Valley City and Eldorn Territory.
It was now noon and hot, staying on the deck was obviously uncomfortable, so Aldric followed Anna into the ark's hull which had many rooms.
The woman led him to the balcony just like yesterday.
The balcony on this ark was larger in size with two tables that each had four chairs.
"Sit down, Aldric..." Anna sat down early and invited Aldric to sit in front of her.
She took out snacks and drinks from her Storage Artifact.
He sat down rather slowly, occasionally looking up at her face.
"Lady Anna, your appearance today is uncharacteristic..." He finally commented on her appearance.
This rather intrigued him, as to what made her adopt the style of a young lady.
"In any case, we will be traveling to Eldoria Province then after that we will be going to the Torgan Tribe's territory. Not to mention the possibility of battles, so I decided to change the style to one that is more relaxed and comfortable to move around in. Do I look strange in this style?" Anna replied and asked, occasionally looking down to gaze at her own figure.
She seemed to have become hesitant because of Aldric's comment.
"No, no..." Aldric quickly replied.
"You look younger and more charming, I'm just surprised," he said.
"Really? I look younger?" Her words seemed to surprise him greatly.
Aldric realized that he had said too much.
Even if it was true, this would make Anna ask him a lot of questions.
However, he had already said it, there was no way he would say anything different now.
He then nodded in response, trying not to speak in the hope that Anna would not take his words too seriously.
Only, even though he only nodded, she looked so happy that her lips curled beautifully.
"Every now and then I do want to look like this in the real world, but I always hesitate, worried that it will only make me look strange, like an old woman trying to be a young girl," she said.
"However, since you said I do look younger, I feel more confident to use this style in the real world..."
Aldric, "..."
"Lady Anna, I think that although you look younger with this style, your usual style looks more extraordinary. It fits better with your identity as a woman of great wealth," he said, trying to influence her mind that she was more attractive.
Not that there was anything wrong if she used this kind of style in the real world, but Aldric found it strange that her confidence had increased because of him.
However, Anna shook her head as she replied, "sometimes I want to look like an ordinary woman with an ordinary life."
"Hahaha, even if you use this kind of style, I think you still look unusual," Aldric replied and what he said was indeed a fact.
Perhaps she could look like an ordinary woman if her natural beauty was low. Unfortunately, she had above average natural beauty, even the aura of a noble lady.
"There are things that cannot be lost..." Anna agreed with his words.
"However, I feel more comfortable blending in with this style," she said.
Aldric found it difficult to comment further so he could only smile as if to say she was right.
"Come, drink and eat!" Anna saw that Aldric still hadn't eaten the snacks she provided, so she pushed her plate closer to him.
Of course, Aldric did not refuse.
The ark's speed was really very fast, but it was easier to see the scenery below during the day.
The further they went, he found that the nature was more and more beautiful where there were many hills full of green grass and then there were small rivers that were very clear, full of fish.
He saw village after village that seemed to be very prosperous.
Perhaps as far as the journey to Eldoria Province was concerned, the region they were about to pass through was a very safe region.
"By the way Lady Anna, is it through the capital of Eldoria Province that we can go to the moon?" asked Aldric, remembering about the civilization on the moon.
It was said that the path to it only existed in major cities, he wondered if the capital of a province had that path.
"I'm afraid there aren't any there either..." Anna replied while shaking her head.
"It should only be in the royal capital."
"I see..." Aldric was a little disappointed but didn't think much of it, knowing that it was too far for him now.
He surveyed the scene below once more while thinking what else he would talk about.
Meanwhile, one of his clones was still quietly following Kamon and Melly.
They were really looking for people to join the mission.
And it seemed that they already had a list of the strongest players in Heaven Valley City other than those recorded at the Sky Door. Stay tuned for updates on empire
Aldric saw them meet Luca, but the latter also refused this mission.
Perhaps the man was worried that there were bad schemes that the two people would do to him.
After meeting Luca, they actually met Elsa.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om