Chapter 50 Close Rtions


    "We personally wanted to wee you on your visit here, General Marcia," Mia and the other ministers


    who had been waiting for a long time came up to the general to greet her.


    "There''s no need for ceremony. I nned to visit secretly, to patrol. How did the news of my visit spread


    so quickly?" Marcia sternly said, unimpressed by the ceremony. The attention everyone gave her and


    the scious gazes that she was receiving from the men made her ufortable and ill at ease.


    Marcia''s displeased expression began to make all the ministers feel nervous, their stomachs tightening


    in fright. They stood still as they anxiously held their breaths, hoping to give her a good impression.


    Marcia was one of the most powerful people in the Holy Dragon Empire. They all knew that if she


    would want to punish them for their ipetence, she would be able to do it very easily.


    "It is our great honour to wee you here, General Marcia. That is why we did our best to prepare an


    extravagant ceremony. It is our responsibility to do so," came the hurried reply of a minister, a big smile


    stered on his face.


    "I don''t care for the ceremony. I''ve been used to it by now. It''s just the same every time," the general


    coldly stated. She then turned to Mia and said, "Master Mia, please call out all the royal spirit


    maniptors."


    "General Marcia, why don''t you take a rest first?" Mia insisted. She knew that Marcia went for a visit to


    observe the training, but she did not expect that she would actually do it, let alone do it right away just a


    few minutes after her arrival.


    "I believe I have made it clear that I am here to see their exercises," Marcia emphasized. However,


    inside her mind, observing the exercises was just an excuse for her to find the man who had cheated


    her.


    Marcia ordered her soldiers to find Rocky. They had looked for him everywhere, including the dragon


    field, but they did not find any useful clues. But unbeknownst to them, they had already ran into Rocky.


    They were not able to recognize him because his appearance had changed quite drastically since he


    last met Marcia.


    Rocky would be able to finally get Marcia off his tail. However, she was unyielding and insisted on


    going to the dragon field to look for him. Hence, this was the reason for her visit to the dragon field.


    Perhaps it was destined that they would meet again.


    "Y-yes! Of course, General!" Mia stammered, reacting at once. She did not dare say anything else; she


    just bowed down before Marcia and then turned back around to order every young man to assemble at


    the field immediately.


    All the young men then instantaneously marched up to Marcia and respectfully greeted her.


    Marcia looked at each of the young men, but soon shook her head in disappointment, turned to Mia


    and asked, "Are these all the young men?"


    "Yes, that''s all of…" Mia stopped abruptly as she tried to remember something. She turned her gaze


    towards the group of young men. As she initially thought, Rocky was not among them.


    "Where''s Basil Long?" Mia hissed at the young men.


    They all looked at each other, also clueless as to where Rocky was.


    "I''m here," Rocky said from behind the crowd, watching. He overheard Mia asking the other young men


    about him and decided to show up. If he did not appear before Mia at once, he would most certainly get


    punished for it. Therefore, he reluctantly joined up with the rest of the young men. He unflinchingly


    looked at Marcia and smiled, not an ounce of terror on his face.


    Marcia was not able to recognize him at first nce, but she was a bit suspicious that he looked


    somewhat familiar. After carefully watching Rocky for a while, she stared at him, pointed out, and


    bellowed, "It''s you!"


    Everyone was shocked at what had just happened. They had no idea what Marcia meant.


    Rocky was also left shocked at seeing Marcia point at him. He anticipated that Marcia would pretend


    that she did not know him. However, she did in fact went there to find him. He did not realize it until he


    saw the spiteful look on Marcia''s face. It was toote; he did not have the time to conceal himself.


    In addition to the animosity that Marcia felt towards Rocky at that moment, she also felt very confused.


    Rocky had changed so much since thest time they saw each other that she was not able to


    recognize him at first nce. She also found his spiritual power extremely strange. It was not strong,


    but it was not weak either. Nevertheless, it didn''t matter. What was important was that she had already


    found Rocky.


    It was absolutely clear what she would do now.


    "General Marcia, you know Basil Long?" Mia shot Marcia a puzzled look.


    "Basil Long? That actually sounds really familiar..." Marcia''s brows furrowed in concentration. The


    name was very familiar. Moreover, his family name was Long, the royal name.


    "Basil is the youngest son of the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire. He used to be a prince, but not


    anymore because he destroyed–" Mia started to exin, but was cut off by the general.


    "He''s the youngest son of the emperor?" Marcia eximed and then continued to ask, "Has he bonded


    with the Holy Dragon Bead?" She finally remembered why the name sounded familiar; when she


    returned, she heard that someone named Basil Long had bonded with the Holy Dragon Bead. Although


    she was curious about the news, she didn''t really pay much attention on it.


    "That''s right," Mia confirmed, nodding her head.


    Marcia stared at the young man in front of her. She had no idea that he was Basil who had bonded with


    the Holy Dragon Bead. Her animosity towards him suddenly dissipated. Everyone''s eyes were fixated


    on every move as she approached Rocky. She scanned him up and down and said, "I want you to


    apany me around the dragon field. Only you. No one else is allowed to follow us."


    She then started to leave with Rocky. Everyone looked at each other in a mix of shock and confusion.


    Their curiosity was aroused and they could not stop thinking about what the nature of the rtionship


    between the General Marcia and the exiled good-for-nothing prince was. ''Why did she ask him to show


    her around?'' was what everyone thought.


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    Rocky had a bad feeling about the whole situation. However, once he saw the envious looks on


    everyone''s faces, he felt quite smug. ''All of them are probably thinking that there''s something going on


    between us, '' he thought.


    Mia was terribly confused when she suddenly remembered that Marcia had once asked about a man


    called Rocky in the dragon field a little while back when she retrieved the colored pearl. But she was


    now even more confused. ''How did they meet each other?'' she thought. Basil was the youngest prince


    and all the people knew that he had always been sickly since he was a child, often just staying inside


    his room. Marcia on the other hand had been fighting ever since she arrived at the Holy Dragon


    Empire. She rarely ever came back and hardly took part in any celebrations if it was not necessary. It


    was impossible that the two had met before. Even though Mia was very clever, she could not find out


    the rtion between Marcia and Rocky.


    "All right! General Marcia!" Rocky raised up the corner of his lips into a smile and openly cuddled


    Marcia around the waist, showing that they were indeed very close to each other.


    Everyone''s jaws dropped to the floor at Rocky''s actions. Their envious eyes that were as sharp as


    knives were fixed on his hand. They all thought that he would definitely receive dangerous


    consequences from what he did


    because they had never seen a man touch Marcia, not even her hands. The way they saw it, if a man


    dared to try even just a tiny bit of flirting with Marcia, he would most definitely be beaten to death by her


    incredible fighting strength.


    They considered Marcia as a holy symbol in their minds and Rocky dared to—at least they thought so


    —vite her.


    "How dare Basil do that?" Mia gasped. She immediately frowned, wanting Rocky to stop his unrefined


    behaviour.


    However, to everyone''s surprise, Marcia did not start violently beating Rocky. Instead, she brought her


    lips close to his ear. "Do you want to die now? How dare you flirt with me in the public?" she said in a


    low voice, almost growling.


    "You came here to find me. It might not be good news for me, so why not flirt with a beauty while I have


    the chance?" Rocky brazenly teased.


    Marcia was so furious and taken aback by what Rocky said that she was at a loss for words and all she


    could do was glower at him. She did not want to beat up a young spirit maniptor like him because


    she wanted to maintain her excellent public image as a well-respected general.


    However, things had be different in everyone''s eyes. What they saw was Marcia and Rocky


    talking intimately and cuddling with each other. It made them even more curious about many things


    regarding the nature of the two''s rtionship. The prudish nobles and aristocrats carefully watched


    them as they gossiped among themselves. The scene that was happening before their eyes was


    probably the most interesting thing that had happened in their boring uneventful lives. Five versions of


    the story quickly spread among the crowd.


    "Let''s go! There are too many people. We need to find a quiet ce," Marcia urgently said as she


    calmly turned around and got rid of Rocky''s hand on her waist. She then proceeded to directly walk


    forward.