The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 914: Zander’s Experiences
Zander and Aldrian took a stroll in the garden, with Zander walking behind Aldrian. While they were strolling, Zander began telling his experiences in the Orian Continent.
He was registered as an adventurer in one of the biggest adventurer guilds in the Orian Continent and took on many missions. Some of them required him to kill strong bandit groups, and that was the first time he had to kill someone.
As his first experience, of course it affected him, as it was the first time he took someone else’s life. However, he told himself that the ones he killed were bad people, and he had to keep going.
But as an adventurer and as a cultivator, his challenges did not come only from bad people like bandits. There were also cases where other cultivators wanted to kill him for various reasons, so he had to defend himself.
However, not all of his experiences were about killing or fighting. He also built bonds with some people whom he could call companions or friends. They were the ones who sometimes accompanied him on his missions, which made their bond grow stronger.
Zander continued to tell his story until he was finally done when he returned to the Aster Empire. Aldrian nodded, feeling proud of Zander’s achievements and character. At least he was quick to learn the cruelty of the world of cultivators. He was not entirely naïve and could act according to the situation.
His life in the Orian Continent was truly full of challenges, and he experienced hardship just like when he was in the academy. But this time, he could lose his life.
Initially, Aldrian worried that the character that was shaped during his academy days would affect Zander’s character in the outside world. Maybe he would naively act kindly toward others because he did not want to become like his bully in the past.
But it looked like his worry was unnecessary, and Zander could act according to the situation and solve the problems in front of him.
However, Aldrian found something strange in his disciple when he told his story.
"Zander, did you hide a few things from me?" he suddenly asked, which made Zander stunned.
Seeing his reaction, Aldrian knew that he was correct. Zander had something on his mind, and he decided not to tell him.
Zander did not answer immediately. Instead, he seemed tongue-tied, as if he had just been found out for doing something bad. Aldrian did not force him further and simply waited for his answer in silence while they kept walking.
After a few moments of silence, Zander finally released a long breath.
"Well, actually, I got some problems in the Orian Continent," he said. He then told the untold stories.
When Zander told him that he had to face other cultivators, he also had to face some troublesome opponents. In the end, he had to kill some of them, and there were some with quite famous backgrounds.
Because of that, he ended up offending some of those backgrounds, which made him have to escape a few times.
Thanks to his tricks and preparation, he could escape from them, but they were still looking for him to this day.
Even those families tried to approach the adventurer guild he was in to hand him over to them. But fortunately, his adventurer guild is a large guild that does not easily cave in to pressure.However, those families did not give up and used their influence to try to locate him, which until this moment still has not succeeded. He could escape unscathed and return here safely.
Still, the problem is quite troublesome, and those families seem to not be giving up on their search. With their influence, if Zander ever returns to the Orian Continent, sooner or later they will find him. And there is even a chance that they could sniff his trace all the way to the Aster Empire.
Aldrian now understood the problem, but then he asked Zander,
"So why did you decide to hide this problem from me?"
Zander slightly lowered his head. "That was because I did not want to implicate Master. The point of this training is to train myself to face any challenge. If I brought Master’s name into this, then there would be no point to this training."
Hearing that, Aldrian smiled and stopped his steps before turning to face Zander. He touched Zander’s head, as Zander’s height was much shorter than him.
"Good, very good. I’m proud of you."
Zander’s eyes glimmered.
"Now, you can take a rest and do not think about the problems in the Orian Continent," Aldrian added, and Zander nodded.
"Yes, Master."
After that, he walked away from Aldrian toward the main palace. Aldrian kept looking at his figure until he disappeared from his sight before he called Vars through voice transmission.Not even five seconds later, Vars already appeared behind him and instantly went down on one knee.
"Your Majesty," Vars said in greeting.
Aldrian nodded and asked him, "Do you know the backgrounds of those who are pursuing Zander in the Orian Continent?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. They are actually local nobles of some cities, and they are quite influential in their regions. There is one marquess household and two baron households. They belong to Marquess Lored, Baron Croze, and Baron Veric, all of them from the Valhemin Kingdom," Vars answered.
"Their overall power is quite strong, with the strongest among them being from the marquess household, which has a low pseudo-immortal stage cultivator, the former patriarch of the family."
Aldrian nodded. The Valhemin Kingdom is the kingdom where King Frederick rules.
"From your opinion, will those families bring trouble to Zander in the future?"
"Those three families are quite influential in their own regions of the kingdom, which are still quite close to each other. However, their influence does not extend outside their kingdom, so as long as Young Master Zander is outside of the Valhemin Kingdom, he is safer," Vars replied.
"But the problem is, they are searching for information about Young Master through information guilds that have many connections across the continent. Once they know Young Master’s position, they could make a move, whether sending their own cultivators or hiring assassins."
"So the safest option is for him to stay away from the Orian Continent until the situation becomes safe, which will take quite a long time if there is no intervention from Your Majesty." Vars slightly paused.
"But I do not think that Young Master Zander will stay away from the Orian Continent for that long."
Aldrian turned curious.
"Why is that?"
"Well, besides the fact that he has friends there, I think Young Master is attracted to a woman," Vars replied, which made Aldrian raise his eyebrows before he smiled in amusement. He had not heard anything from Zander about this.
"Explain why you think that," he said.
Vars then told his observations of Zander, and it could be said that Zander was attracted to one woman who had become his companion. She was from one of the earl households in the Martal Empire, and they met by coincidence. Since then, they sometimes did their missions together in one group. As time passed, Zander’s behavior showed that he was attracted to her.
"I see. Well, if he wants to come back to the Orian Continent in the near future, then let him be. You can keep observing him, and if there is a problem outside of your power to solve, you tell me," Aldrian said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." After that, Vars disappeared.
Aldrian continued to walk, and he could not help but smile as he thought about how Zander had grown. From his past timid and weak character to now a figure full of confidence who could build his own bonds with others.
He was glad that he could change Zander’s life for the better. He was a diamond that was too valuable to be hidden, and it was only natural that he would form many bonds because many were attracted to him.
He would have many more bonds in the future.
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On the next day, Aldrian received more guests, and this time, it was the Dragon King and the Phoenix Queen. They met in the garden, and after a short greeting, they sent their congratulations for the birth of his little sister.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for the birth of Her Highness, your little sister. This is a gift for Her Highness, and although it is not much, I hope that it can benefit Her Highness," the Dragon King said while giving a wooden box to Aldrian.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty’s family on the birth of Her Highness. This is also a gift for Her Highness. I hope that it can benefit Her Highness," the Phoenix Queen said while also giving a wooden box slightly larger in size compared to the Dragon King’s to Aldrian.
Aldrian smiled and nodded. "Thank you for the congratulations and the gifts. I truly appreciate them," he said as he took both of the gifts.
"Your Majesty, besides coming here to offer our congratulations, we also wish to pick up Spirit Ancestor. I think everything is fine now, and Spirit Ancestor can go back home without any problems," the Dragon King said.
