Chapter 1045 - Rest Day
Ion didn’t respond to Rhode quickly or launch another attack. Through Alice, Rhode more or less understood the reason why Ion didn’t attack again. Apart from Rhode, Nalea and Siena also posed quite a huge threat to Ion. The fact that Rhode summoned so many demons to the main plane and started a bloodbath was specifically for show. With the twin sister’s wisdom, it was impossible for them to not realize who Rhode was going against. If they didn’t take action, perhaps Rhode and Ion would lead the continent to turmoil. War had nothing to do with justice and evil and its process was to kill and be killed, destroy and be destroyed, and wreck and be wrecked. Casabianca was only an extreme example but even so, it exemplified the nature of war.
Rhode could finally heave a sigh of relief, at least for now, as this might possibly be a short-lived period of peace.
“Clean here, and clean there. We must make this place sparkle like a shiny gem. Our beautiful master is picky and we will be in trouble if Master isn’t happy. Our beautiful master is scary and will simply kill, kill, kill…”
“…”
Rhode gazed grimly at the singing fairies who were cleaning the porcelains along the corridor. Meanwhile, the fairies who were seeking death totally didn’t realize how close they were to tasting death as they flapped their wings and worked hard to wipe the place. Their melodious singing sounded like sounds of nature to most people, but beware, that was under the premise that they weren’t aware of the fairies’ language. On the contrary, once one understood their language like Rhode did, one would sense a deep, natural feeling of maliciousness.
After staring at the fairies for a few moments, Rhode shifted his gaze away and considered if he should get his younger sister to shut down the auto-translation feature specifically targeting the fairies’ language. It was impossible to ask the fairies to change their ways because this was simply their way of speaking. If Rhode were to ask them to shut up, they would simply turn into mutes. Of course, on the good side, these fairies were innocent and straightforward. But on the bad side, these little fellas were entirely black on the inside and just a bunch of inconsiderate beings… Fortunately, most people didn’t understand their language. If not, perhaps Marlene and Lize would have lashed out at them already. Rhode couldn’t imagine their reactions once they heard the songs of the ‘busty silver-haired cow’ and ‘golden washboard’. Perhaps from a certain aspect, it would be worse than the end of the world.
Rhode shook his head at this thought and tossed the ridiculous thoughts to the back of his head. He strolled toward the window and gazed at the beautiful city before him. Hovering in the air was Grandia, as mesmerizing as usual. The sun shone dazzlingly from above the pitch-black sky on the enormous city as though it was floating in the sea of white clouds and amplified its fresh, exotic beauty. Rhode stepped out of the palace and went on the green, lush lawn that was cleaned and trimmed. The fairies might be talkative, but they were rather serious in their work.
It was just that their mouths were simply unbearable…
“… Rhode…”
At this moment, Rhode heard Christie’s voice and turned around to see the petite, little girl smiling and scuttling toward him with arms spread wide apart. Bell followed behind her closely as usual, but unlike in the past, she wore a plain, black dress today. Even though Rhode didn’t assign Bell any additional work, her duty was basically to accompany Christie. On the other hand, Christie was also glad to have a companion of the same age by her side. After all, others were occupied with work and even Anne who ate and slept all day would follow Rhode whenever he had to leave. This was why Christie spent most of her time alone with Bell by her side—so she wouldn’t be that lonely, at the very least.
Rhode turned to her curiously.
“…”
Upon hearing his calling, Bell lifted her head, her motionless eyes glinting in some panic and complications. She gaped, but eventually shook her head, saying nothing. Rhode observed her expression and pondered in silence. Then, he extended his left hand and petted Bell’s head.
“…!”
As soon as Bell sensed his touch, she opened her eyes wide and stared at him in disbelief. She shifted her gaze to Christie, before back to Rhode. Then, she took two steps back, turned around, and left all of a sudden. Rhode and Christie were baffled to see her behaving this way. They watched as Bell walked away from them, before exchanging curious gazes with each other. It wasn’t surprising that they were so astonished because Bell was usually an emotionless person. She never spoke, only quietly followed Christie and Rhode, and would do anything they told her. But something was obviously off with her reaction just now…
What exactly happened?