Chapter 421: Chapter 421: Sis, What Are You Doing? (First Update)
Karsath knelt respectfully before Xue An.
“My lord! I, Karsath, shall never forget the debt of my rebirth,” he declared. “From now on, wherever your sword points shall be the direction I advance!”
Anastasia also knelt down beside him, “Witch Anastasia shall never betray you, my lord!”
The emotions of these two were indeed stirred and complex at this moment.
If it weren’t for Xue An, Karsath would surely have fallen into an eternal abyss of suffering; and if that were the case, let alone staying together forever, even a single meeting would be unlikely.
Therefore, for Karsath to say that Xue An had granted him a new lease on life was no exaggeration.
Xue An just smiled, “Stand up, I saved you because I thought you were a decent person, not because I expected anything in return.”
Karsath and Anastasia said nothing more and obediently stood up.
Given their characters, they could not have expressed an abundance of gratitude, choosing instead to bury this debt of kindness in their hearts, remembering it forever.
Then, Xue An turned his head and looked at Fan Mengxue, who was whispering with An Yan.
These two women had been chattering non-stop since earlier.
A long-missed smile also appeared on Fan Mengxue’s face.
At this point, An Yan said to Xue An, “Husband, let’s follow Meng Xue to the Dark Council to take a look!”
Upon hearing this, Karsath and the others hastily spoke up, “My lord, now that the Church of Light has been eradicated, and you temporarily have no place to stay, why not stay at the Dark Council for a few days?”
Xue An was slightly startled, then smiled and nodded.
With their speed, returning to the Dark Council located in the mountains of Europe took but a moment.
Upon arrival,
An Yan curiously examined the skeleton guards, even reaching out to touch one.
The skeleton guard glanced at her impatiently, “Sis, what are you doing?”
It spoke in a pure Northeastern Chinese accent.
An Yan’s eyes gradually widened in disbelief.
In front of the Dark Ancient Castle, nestled in the European mountains and steeped in a millennium of history, a skeleton soldier speaking in a heavy Northeastern Chinese dialect was a picture of sheer comedy.
Karsath quickly explained, “My lady, these skeletons are a legacy from the medieval era, some even older than this ancient castle. They have developed consciousness, and as for why they speak Mandarin…”
Karsath pointed to a few skeleton soldiers in the corner who were absorbed in watching a comic dialogue show on their smartphones, and said with some helplessness, “Ever since the advent of smartphones, these skeletons’ lives have become more colorful.”
The skeleton soldier glanced at Karsath, “Yo, handsome young man! What’s this? Finally hooked up with the witch lady? Tsk tsk!”
At the words “hooked up,”
both Karsath and Anastasia twitched slightly, but they said nothing, for these skeletons had become sharp-witted, practically the Dark Council’s mascots.
They couldn’t be fought nor scolded, and had to act as if they hadn’t heard a thing.
As for the others, they burst into hearty laughter.
An Yan couldn’t help but chuckle, the slight fear in her heart vanishing. She patted the skeleton on the shoulder and then gave a thumbs-up.
“You speak northeastern dialect really well!”
“Do I? I think so too! And I don’t just speak the northeastern dialect; I can even say a few phrases in Cantonese, listen here, ‘Lei hou ah!'”
The skeleton soldier chattered away endlessly.
Xue An, caught between laughter and tears, led an excited and curious An Yan into the ancient castle.
Due to Xue An’s arrival, the castle was a hive of activity.
A dozen maids were hurriedly preparing the cutlery for the banquet later on.
But upon closer inspection, you’d realize that these maids were actually ghost brides.
And seven or eight dwarves were using their inherently delicate hands to arrange the dinner table.
Various monsters and demons that only appear in European legends gathered in abundance, leaving one to marvel at the sight.
Meng Yan chuckled to the side.
“These are monsters that were oppressed by the Church of Light to the point of having nowhere to go, and then they were sheltered by the Dark Council!”
Xue An nodded in agreement.
An Yan, however, was looking at a few little elves fluttering in the sky with stars in her eyes.
“Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian would definitely love these little elves if they were here!”
Xue An couldn’t help but smile upon hearing this, “Then let’s call them over, and invite the Dark Night Elf folks as well!”
As he spoke, Xue An used the mark he had inscribed on the Elf Sanctuary to immediately notify Chloris, the Elf Mother Goddess.
With this mark, Xue An could enter the Elf Sanctuary or directly inform Chloris at any time and place.
Soon after.
Xue Xiang and Xue Nian, who were playing joyfully in the Elf Sanctuary, both appeared in the Dark Ancient Castle.
Following behind them were Isabella, Youna, and others, and at the very end, even Elder Luna stepped out of the sanctuary and came to the castle.
The Dark Night Elves have always been neutral, but that doesn’t mean they have no contact with the various parties.
Especially as the spokesperson for the Elf God, Elder Luna naturally had dealings with all sides.
So, the members of the Dark Council and she were all old acquaintances.
After exchanging pleasantries, everyone sat down together.
The wine was a unique treasure produced by the Dark Ancient Castle’s own estate, unavailable for purchase anywhere else.
The dishes were made from various rare ingredients.
When it came to food and drink, these old-timers who had lived for thousands of years were naturally very particular.
However, expressing gratitude was even more important during this meal.
Everyone raised their glasses to toast to Xue An frequently; Xue An was not one to refuse.
The feast lasted until late into the night, leaving both hosts and guests thoroughly pleased.
Xue An and An Yan stayed in the most prestigious guest room.
The two little girls also joined in the fun and insisted that Xue An coax them to sleep.
Xue An then happily patted the two young ladies and told them bedtime stories, eventually lulling them both to sleep.
After hearing the gentle snores of the two girls, Xue An quietly stood up and said to An Yan, who lay beside him with a smile, “Are you tired?”
An Yan shook her head, then smilingly said, “Let’s go see Meng Xue, you’ve got to heal her injuries!”
Xue An was slightly startled; he had just been thinking that but didn’t expect An Yan to beat him to it, so he smiled and said, “Let’s go together then!”
An Yan laughed, “Alright, my husband, could I not trust you? Go ahead!”
Xue An still hesitated.
An Yan beckoned seductively and said in a silky voice, “Come here!”
Xue An leaned in, “What would my dear wife like to command?”
An Yan planted a kiss on Xue An’s neck, leaving a bright red lipstick mark.
“There, I’ve stamped you, now you’re mine!” An Yan said with a giggly smile.
Xue An was both amused and exasperated, pinching An Yan’s little nose.
“You! You really are a little fool!”
“Go on then, make it quick! I’ll wait for you to come back to sleep!”