A young woman who seemed to be twenty-five or twenty-six years old stood quietly at the entrance of a manor with two maids of honour, smiling and watching the two carriages stop, seemingly having waited for a while.
The woman's appearance was similar to Freya's, but with less of Freya's sharp temperament and more softness and dignity.
‘Lord Father, welcome to your arrival.’ A gentle voice spat out from that woman's mouth before lifting her skirt and saluting.
When the Baron saw that woman, a smile appeared on his face and he directly jumped off the carriage, striding over to her.
‘Arena, long time waiting!’
Hearing the name uttered by the Baron, Freya, who had just come down from the carriage, froze slightly and turned her head to look at the strange woman who looked somewhat like her, vaguely overlapping slowly with the images in her vague memories before realising that it was her elder sister, who had been married off long ago.
Eric, who had been in the car, on the other hand, looked at her with a confused expression.
The Baron beckoned to both of them and waited until both of them came over, holding one in one hand and smiling at Erina.
‘These are your younger siblings, Freya and Eric, it's been so long since I've seen them, perhaps you've forgotten.’
‘Sister Ariana.’
‘Sister Ariana.’
Looking at the gentle woman in front of them, both of them were a bit formal.
Freya was fine, she still had some impression of Aerina, she just felt a little unfamiliar now, but Eric was the one who had no memories of Aerina since he was a child, so he appeared a little dumbfounded.
When Aerina heard the Baron's introduction, her eyes wandered between the two, and finally landed on Freya, who was wearing a swordsman's uniform, and smiled, ‘Freya, I didn't realise that you've grown so big already, is your interest still riding horses and hunting now?’
The gentle teasing made her feel that Ariana's memories of her were still as a child, but the words were also a way to dissipate the strangeness between the two as soon as she said them.
‘Nah! I only ride occasionally!’ Freya smiled as she looked at her somewhat strange but familiar sister before her.
In her memories, Ariana had always been a well-behaved and understanding girl, she had all the good qualities of a noble girl, gentle and kind, and the only time she was stubborn was in her choice of love.
Unexpectedly, after years of not seeing her, Ariana is still the same as she was at the beginning, time has not worn away those good things about her, and looking at Ariana's dress and attitude, I think that the stubbornness at the beginning of that time was the right bet.
Hearing Freya's answer, Ariana greeted Eric with another smile.
‘By the way, how come I haven't seen Bode?’ Just as the three of them were talking, the Baron suddenly said.
Bode was Aerina's husband, an authentic young merchant, but his family wasn't limited to business, and had a lot of involvement in other industries as well.
‘Bode has gone to Bekaka City, it will take two or three days before he returns.’ Ariana replied, then she peered down at the horse in front of her and wondered a little.
‘Father, why didn't Aunt Mary follow?’
The originally smiling baron's face slightly stiffened, and his low voice said ‘This matter, let's talk about it later. Let's go back first.’
The Baron's sudden change made Ariana freeze, then nodded and said. ‘Alright, let's go back and talk about it.’
Regarding the sudden change in Green Castle, the Baron had only told her some generalities, so Ariana's specific details weren't very clear yet.
Seeing the Baron's appearance, Freya and Eric also knew that the two of them were in need of saying something alone, so they consciously stayed behind and walked.
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The two walked side by side at the front, listening to the Baron's narration, Ariana's face gradually became grave and her brows furrowed.
Because the distance was too far, Freya could only hear some mere words, but even if she heard them completely she wasn't much interested, instead she looked around the manor with curiosity.
The layout of the entire manor was somewhat like that of a large villa in the previous world, with white as the main colour and light yellow through it, and an overall feeling of simplicity and cleanliness.
The marble paved floor tiles, the small pavilions, the small flower beds, all of these could show the level of care that the owner had taken when building this manor.
However, there weren't many servants in the manor, along the way Freya only came across two or three, and all of them were full of spirit, thinking that working here wasn't very hard.
On the whole, Arena's life in the Gargoyle Harbour was good.
Freya nodded slightly, it seemed like it would be good to live here, however, her somewhat lifted mood dropped back down once she thought of the aftermath on her body.
‘The rarity of magical items according to my father only exists in the hands of nobles or powerful people, since I can't get the information...perhaps I can only obtain it through these two ways!’ A flash of grim murderous intent flickered in Freya's azure eyes.
The aftereffects were imminent, a day without resolving them could cause unexpected and huge hidden dangers, if she let go of her suppression of the Qi sensation in her chest now, then with her peak Knight-class strength, even the Baron would probably not be able to control it unless there was prior preparation, and the consequences...were unimaginable.
Since the Dragon Harbour was one of the most luxurious cities in the Rudin Kingdom, it was thought that there were a lot of nobles here, so as long as they didn't reveal themselves, it might be worth a try...
Freyja lowered her head and thought carefully about the feasibility of the matter, and was thinking about what to start with first when the Baron and Arena, who were walking in front, stopped in their tracks.
‘Freya, come over here! There's something to tell you.’ The Baron beckoned, calling her over.
She looked up at the joyful look on the Baron's face and walked over in confusion. ‘What is it, father?’
‘Your sister and I have discussed this and decided to send you to the Dragon Academy to study.’ The Baron smiled and said ‘It's just the right time for the academy to enrol, so you should prepare tomorrow.’
The Baron's words caused her to faintly freeze, ‘But father, we've only just arrived here, you haven't settled down yet, how can I...’
‘No need to say more!’ The Baron interrupted her and comforted, ‘Bailey's injuries have already healed, and it's just these two days that Darmstine will be able to break through to the Knight level, so I've already decided on what to do in the future!’
Although the Baron was speaking in a comforting tone, the determination in his words did not allow her to refute it.
‘Freya, you don't need to push back, since father has already decided, just agree.’ Aerina on the side also smiled and persuaded her, ‘Moreover, I heard that you were originally going to go to the academy, but you were only delayed because of that incident, so it's not too late for you to go now.’
Actually, Freya's heart wavered slightly when she heard those comforting words from the Baron, but still frowned at Ariana and asked. ‘According to father, isn't the Gargoyle Harbour very strict about knowledge? It's not like we're nobles now...’