Kayla and Lia walked side by side. As former comrades-in-arms, the queens of two nations, two girls of the same age, they chose to meet the "resurrected" former king together, for both political purposes and psychological needs.

Compared to Queen Kayla’s openness, Queen Lina’s heart was a mix of different feelings. She had single-handedly endured the most difficult moments of the Dreya Kingdom, changing her mindset, exhausting her wits, and governing the nation, sacrificing all her freedom for her homeland. But now, her pillar of support had returned, the very support that should have been there when she needed it the most.

This feeling of being abandoned yet joyous was twisting the stubbornness of the iron-blooded queen.

She looked at the huge meteorite not far away that had now taken on a different shape, the smoothed sphere being continuously deconstructed in the hands of that tall figure, swallowed by the earth.

Godlike power. Lina Dreya swallowed hard, the battle just now was almost won single-handedly by that person, her nation as well.

"Such terrifying power," she mumbled.

"Indeed, it scared me too, thinking about such a spell descending upon Liveser, I get so nervous, probably won’t be able to sleep tonight."

Lina shrank her head, fearing that her peering might upset the powerful figure.

"Don’t worry, Miss Lina, that person is probably a foreign king from Twilight Memories, definitely a friend of our grandfathers."

"Twilight Memories?"

"Yes, an organization established by deceased kings, our grandfathers were members of it. Grandpa Echel told me."

Lina felt a bit resentful, especially when seeing Kayla proudly mentioning her own grandfather.

She turned her head, sweeping her gaze back to Irene, and then shifted it to the person next to Irene.

"Who is the person next to that strong figure?"

Kayla looked over and replied with a noticeably cheerful voice.

"That is Lyle. Mr. Lyle Butler, my friend, my grandfather’s friend, a member of Twilight Memories."

Lyle... Lina pondered the name in her mind. As a queen who earnestly got things done, she felt this Lyle could possibly be quite influential.

"He seems to have a really good relationship with that powerful person."

"Lyle gets along well with everyone, he has a sort of... a sort of stag’s quality! That kind of... herbivore’s sense of security!"

Lina frowned, what are you so happy about, her unpleasant feeling deepening.

Kayla blinked her big eyes, her cheeks slowly moving closer to Lina.

"Why are you getting so close to me!!!!"

"I want to tell Miss Lina a secret."

"What secret?"

"Lyle should be about our age, his thinking is quite youthful."

So what, "Based on what?" Lina developed a deep understanding of the distinctive temperament of the queen of Liveser.

Kayla showed an innocent smile.

"I guessed it, women’s intuition."

Lina clenched her fists until they creaked, people of Liveser truly... from top to bottom all so irritating.

Then Kayla began to share her experience of the sensation of hugging Lyle for the first time.

How impolite! To hug upon first meeting! And seriously reflecting on the sensation, this terrible woman!

Then she recounted how Lyle hunted a giant bear and obtained the Sword Dance Mandala.

We in Dreya have that too! You just have to win a duel with a knight to get it! Must be much safer than any beast hunting, right!

As they were almost reaching the mountain’s summit, Queen Lina was struggling to hold back. "Why do you seem to know everything, Kayla?" Our situations are so similar.

Kayla tilted her head in thought.

"Because Grandpa Echel talks to me about interesting things from Twilight Memories every day."

"Every day?!"

"Yes, I have been with Grandpa Echel after his death for... about three years now."

The former king was resurrected three years ago? And I am just learning about their existence now!!! The anger of being abandoned gathered in Queen Lina’s desolate heart, as a mature adult. Queen Lina was still trying to justify the actions of her Grandpa Reed.

"Don’t blame Grandpa Reed, my mature self. The founding Reed must also have loved this country. It must have been, he only awoke recently, right, it was only recently discovered that the body was missing, it must be a recent event..."

"Grandpa Echel and Mr. Reed were old friends, oh, and have been bickering like rivals since three years ago. I only found out about it when the former Dreya king visited Liveser not long ago."

Fine then, leaving me and the country behind, you’ve been mixing for three years, and even... even went to visit Liveser first!!!!!!

The mature Queen Lina was furious.

Lyle was having a pleasant conversation with Mr. Irene. As expected, Mr. Irene was also a magical mentor and benefactor, from whom Lyle could learn a lot about casting techniques. He felt Mr. Irene would certainly become friends with a similarly minded academic, though Mr. Irene always responded to his proposals evasively.

"You are the most disappointing grandfather I’ve ever seen!!!!!!"

"And king!!!!!"

The girl’s scream interrupted their conversation.

Lyle saw Queen Dreya shouting at Mr. Reed and then storming off in anger.

Mr. Reed hung his head and signaled the bewildered Defender Knights to follow their queen.

Lyle rejoined them.

"Mr. Reed..."

"This is my punishment, I ignored the hardships that Lina endured alone for all these years, it’s only right." Reed showed a smile uglier than crying, "I have already arranged for the Dreya Knights’ subsequent issues, Lina is a good queen, she will manage everything that follows. I... I’m going back first."

The former king of Dreya, looking dejected, passed through the portal.

Echel turned Lyle around.

"Our great hero, Mr. Lyle, who saved two kingdoms, now there is a difficult task for you to undertake."

"To save a grandfather and his granddaughter. To put it seriously, it’s mainly about providing guidance. How about it, diplomatic envoy, are you confident?"

Lyle couldn’t help but laugh bitterly, "I’m just an outsider, and it’s not my place to interfere with Dreya’s family conflicts."

Echel patted Lyle’s shoulder. "We in Liveser just had a fight with Dreya, and the rumors haven’t died down, so it’s not convenient for us to step in. We can only rely on you, who owe a debt of gratitude to Dreya. You’re a clever guy, capable of anything, you can solve this, right?"

"How am I capable of anything? Even an honest official finds it hard to settle domestic disputes," Lyle reluctantly nodded, unable to resist Echel’s insistence, "I’ll try my best."

"We will also provide assistance; it’s definitely going to be stable."

Lyle suddenly remembered something, took something out of his pocket, and handed it to Echel.

"I happen to have something I can’t resolve myself; please help me think of a solution, Mr. Echel."

"What is this?"

Lyle had a grim face.

"A love letter the Protector of the Nation received."