The green letter was reduced to a ball of green flames, and the fierce winds abruptly subsided. The ferocious look on Joshua's face also gradually faded, and he reverted back to his usual gentle self. He reached out with his long fingers and caught a piece of white paper, upon which it plummeted to the ground as if it had been struck by an immensely heavy force.
Schubert is dead, so it looks like Irina already knows about what happened in the past. With her intelligence, she'll definitely connect the dots to me, and that will be a fatal blow to our relationship. I have to find Alex and that little brat before she does, then kill them. Only then will she completely give up on me, and when that time comes... Irina, I'll make you marry me willingly. Joshua stood in front of his desk, and a faint smile appeared on his face as he picked up a quill beside him and began to write a letter.
"Dear Irina..."
Half an hour later, Joshua gently waved his hand to dry the ink on the paper. He then carefully read through the letter, which had been rewritten three times, and only after making sure that the tone was sincere enough and that the wording was just right did he fold the letter with a pleased expression before placing it into an envelope on his desk.
"Seeing as you want to know about them, I'll tell you that they're still alive. That way, you won't be in a hurry to exact your revenge, right? Thinking back on what I didn't do back then, I really do regret it. " Green light was emanating from Joshua's finger, and he gently smeared it over the envelope. A series of complex runes appeared on the envelope, sealing it shut.
Joshua snapped his fingers, and the tightly shut door of his study was opened. The butler standing at the door bowed slightly with a small bamboo tube in his hand.
"News from Seuss?" Joshua glanced at the bamboo tube in the butler's hand with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Yes, Your Highness. It was a messenger eagle that just arrived," the butler replied in a respectful manner.
"Give it to me." Joshua waved a hand at him with a calm expression, and as he accepted the bamboo tube, he handed the letter to the butler as he said, "Send this letter to the princess in the Wind Forest as soon as possible."
"Yes." The butler took the envelope with both hands, turned around and left quickly, quietly closing the door behind him.
Josh opened the bamboo tube in his hand, and poured out a piece of paper. After looking at it for a while, he murmured to himself with furrowed brows, "Alex and his daughter might have appeared on the Demon Islands. Seuss has already been in Chaos City for over 10 days, but he hasn't found anything related to Alex. Could it be that my previous judgment was wrong? They're not in Chaos City at all. Instead, they chose a deserted place to hide? "
This time around, Joshua pondered for a longer period of time. Then, he walked over to the table and wrote two letters before placing them into a bamboo tube and an envelope. After opening the door, the butler was still standing respectfully at the door.
"Send this eagle letter to Seuss, and this one to Helena." Josh handed the two letters to the butler, and said in a slightly grim voice, "Also, keep a close eye on any elves from the Wind Forest that appear in Rodu next time. If any of them are behaving strangely, arrest them and interrogate them. I'd rather kill the wrong person than let them go."
"Yes." The butler lowered his head in a respectful manner before quickly departing.
"Alex, you're still as unpredictable as ever. However, I'm going to hunt you down and kill you even if you have to hide to the ends of the earth," Josh murmured to himself with a cold smile.
…
"Mistress, Irina killed Master Schubert; are we just going to stand by and do nothing? Her Majesty has been indulging her in every possible way, yet she's only been confined for a year. Isn't that enough to disappoint all of the major families? "Heidi was looking at Helena with an enraged expression in the cave above her.
"Then what do you want to do?" Helena asked in an indifferent voice as she looked up at the most dazzling star in the sky.
"I think we should unite all of the major families and pressure His Majesty to revoke her status as the princess and her contract with the Tree of Life. Then, we should banish her from The Wind Forest." Heidi gritted her teeth.
"Banish her from The Wind Forest?" Helena looked down at Heidi with a hint of mockery in her eyes as she said, "Do you know that Irina's current powers are second only to His Majesty in the elven race? Even I have no confidence in being able to defeat Irina, who is blessed by the Tree of Life. His Majesty is going to return to the Sea of Stars eventually, and when that time comes, Princess Irina will become the most powerful guardian of our elven race, yet you want to banish her? "
"But … she's too arrogant and unruly to be controlled by you, Mistress. If you support someone else to become the princess and become the new successor to the queen, the entire elven race will be under your control when Her Majesty returns to the Sea of Stars," Heidi said in an urgent manner.
"Why would I want to control the elven race? I want the elven race to become more powerful. I want the elven race to be able to avenge the humiliation of almost being wiped out during the war among species. I want the entire continent to feel fear before the arrows of the elven warriors. " Helena's expression was rather cold as she looked at Heidi, and said, "Hence, you can die, but Irina can't die. Her reputation can't be tarnished in the slightest as she will become the most powerful deterrent to the elven race."
"Besides, how do you know that the queen will return to the Sea of Stars before me? You have to realize that I watched the queen grow up, so I'll be the one to return to the Sea of Stars first. " Helena's expression gradually calmed down, but her eyes gradually lit up with a deranged light as she said, "Power means nothing to me. My only wish is to see the elven race stand at the pinnacle of all races on the Norland Continent. For that, I'll do whatever it takes."
All of the stars in the starry sky suddenly erupted with scintillating light as if they were burning. A vast expanse of light fell upon Helena's body, as if a veil of light had been draped over her body.
Heidi looked up at Helena with feverish tears shimmering in her eyes.
Helena withdrew her gaze, and the starlight also faded as she looked down at Heidi with a calm expression, and asked, "How many of our brethren have returned this month?"
"Mistress, a total of 204 of our brethren have returned this month. 36 of them returned of their own accord, while the others were all sent back. Most of them aren't very powerful; only 20 of them are at or above the 4th-tier, and they've all been assigned to the guardian squad and the major families," Heidi hurriedly replied.
"That's still too few, and far too weak." Helena's brows furrowed as she contemplated the situation momentarily, and said, "Increase the commission for capturing high-rank elves. We want our brethren who can directly enhance the power of the guardian squad, not those who can only do menial tasks. Tell those stupid demons that if they continue to treat us like this, we'll cancel this partnership."
"Yes." Heidi nodded before quickly exiting the cave.
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