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Book 10, Baruch – Chapter 19, Kingdom

Linley clearly could sense hohen he held Alice in his ar, he had felt happy But nohen he held Delia in his arms, Linley felt, in the deepest part of his heart, a sort of contentment, a spiritual fulfill Linley’s heart had totally melted

Delia’s face was covered with smiles She had never been so happy before

“Linley I’ently whispered into Linley’s arrant hair and touched her sleek shoulders

Delia obediently rested herself against Linley’s chest She h I’h woman who could make even an Emperor feel nervous was now as obedient as a child

“It’s real, it’s real” Linley could feel the war arose in his heart

Delia suddenly raised her head and looked at Linley haltingly “Linley, if one day, Alice comes to find you, ould you do?” Delia was truly afraid, afraid that Linley would be taken away by someone else

“Alice?”

Linley’s hand paused, but then he continued to stroke Delia’s hair He said coo I feel neither love nor hatred to her After all, she can choose who she likes…” Linley stroked Delia’s face and chuckled, “Delia, don’t overthink things I’ll never leave you If I abandon you…then I would truly be an utter fool”

“Delia, ahed, laughed very happily

“You are a genius You are the greatest genius in the Yulan continent” Delia harru lips, Linley suddenly had an urge…without hesitating at all, Linley lowered his head and planted a kiss on Delia’s lips Delia see, and her body quivered But then, she sank into the kiss…

This was the second kiss Linley and Delia had shared

The first was that night at Wushan township

After that, they were a long ti in Linley’s embrace A hint of shyness was still on her face To Linley, Delia was so utterly ht now

“Ah, hell, I can’t watch any more, I can’t watch any more, I can’t watch any more!!!!” Suddenly, Bebe burst out from underneath the lake water

Linley and Delia both were startled

Bebe, in hed openly and honestly “Uh, sorry, Boss! Sorry, Boss’ Wife! You two can continue”

“Boss’ Wife?” Linley and Delia couldn’t help but begin to laugh

“So you were peeking the entire tiuessed by now that Bebe was peeking the entire time, and actually, Bebe had utilized the Shadowshape technique and been hiding within the shadows of the lake

Linley hadn’t been searching for Bebe with his spiritual energy, so naturally he hadn’t noticed

“Punish me?” Bebe pondered for a moment “Oh Punish me with a lady ht now” Bebe put on a very pitiable look

Linley and Delia couldn’t help but both begin to laugh

“Unfortunately, I aht appear once in a thousand years” Bebe sighed, then tittered “Boss, Boss’ Wife…when are you gettingimpatient for you”

“Get married?”

Linley looked at Delia It was indeed tiovernor’s manor Blackdirt City

When Barker and the others saw Linley and Delia holding hands and walk in together in such an intimate manner, all of them were stunned Zassler was the first to recover and intentionally said in a loud voice, “Lord Linley, what’s going on between you and Ms Delia?”

Because of Linley’s status, when they were in front of other people, Zassler addressed Linley as ‘Lord’ Linley

“Delia and I are getting married” Linley sical spell, instantly causing everyone present to explode with sound

“Wow! Getting married?” Gates was the first to shout

“Whoaaah! Ms Delia, you and Lord Linley are getting married? Wonderful!” Rebecca jumped up in excitement as well The entire hall instantly becale person whose smile was rather forced Jenne In recent days, Jenne had i the affairs of the Duchy

She hadn’t expected to suddenly receive this sort of news

But of course…Jenne had expected that this day would co which Linley kept from Delia, and she knew of the history between Jenne and Linley S, Delia walked over to Jenne, then took Jenne’s hands in her own in an extreat the smile on Delia’s face, Jenne nodded

Delia immediately pulled Jenne into a friendlywith her

Linley walked towards Barker, Zassler, and the others “Delia and I have already co cere will be three hed as he looked at Barker “Barker, I think…in the next three ood if we can take over the nearby Duchies and found a Kingdom before threewith Delia to be an exciting affair

But three months, in Linley’s opinion, seemed to be rather short

“Three months? No need” Barker was extreh”

“A anize and drill the troops in a anize the conquered Duchies That’s all rather troublesohed loudly “Lord, there’s so you aren’t aware of Please take a look” Gates walked to a ood look at the current disposition of forces in the Anarchic Lands These twenty-plus Duchies all belong to the Radiant Church, while these all belong to the Cult of Shadows But these…these are unaligned”

Linley immediately understood

This power distribution was quite strange

The Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows both controlled Duchies in the center of the Anarchic Lands as well as in the south They occupied more than half of the Anarchic Lands Only the northernned