Chapter 1692


    Eventually, Kurt drove to the airport as fast as he could, but it was toote.


    Vivian had already boarded the flight by the time he got there, and he could only watch as the ne


    flew past his head.


    Zoom! The deafening sound of the ne''s engine caused him to stop in his tracks.


    For what seemed like forever, he simply stood there looking up at the sky with a nk look on his face.I


    didn’t want this to happen, but I can''t have her risking her life with me in that d*mned ce.


    Xayden told me that she had already been infected by that nasty stuff! I can''t imagine how things would


    be if he didn''t show up! The experiment fromst night has shown me that there isn''t a single healthy


    individual in the entire royal family.


    They''ve all be hosts to the parasites, and the tribe will most likely be next.


    There''s no way Vivian will be safe if she stays there! Kurt''s slender fingers trembled by his sides as his


    handsome face turned terrifyingly pale.


    Even so, he simply waited until the ne was out of sight before retracting his gaze and walking back


    like a lifeless puppet.


    Something big happened in Elysium on the night that Vivian had left.


    After checking the date of Kurt''s birthday, the high priest imed it wasn''t a suitable day for a


    celebration.


    Some people spected that it was because a huge snowstorm woulde in a few days.


    ording to their superstitions, it was incredibly inauspicious to have the future sessor chosen on a


    snowy day.


    As such, the vigers got busy with the preparations to bring Kurt''s birthday celebration forward.


    The office had to take over the orders signed with the overseas merchants after Vivian left, so Riley


    hade over in person.


    "Ms.Cooper? I can''t believe they had youe all the way here in this bad weather! Why didn''t they


    send a guy over instead?" the staff on duty eximed when he saw that they had sent a fragile- looking


    woman over.


    Riley replied with a smile, "Everyone''s busy now that it''s the end of the year.Since I happened to be


    free at the time, they decided to send me instead.I''ve been here before, so it''s fine.Besides, Xayden is


    here!"


    Xayden was rummaging through his moisturizing cream when he heard that.He then looked up at Riley


    and shed her an awkward smile in response.


    The two of them went to inspect the goods that day.


    Since Riley''s status wasn''t as high as Vivian''s, she didn''t have to go see the king in the pce.


    All she had to do was keep an eye on the goods.


    Fortunately, the Elysians were rather fast workers.


    Despite having only half a month, Riley was able toplete the orders on time every day after taking


    over for Vivian.It wasn''t until three dayster that she noticed that the production of silver jewelry had


    slowed down.


    "What''s going on? We''ve onlypleted two-thirds of the orders for today! There''s still a third left!" she


    asked with a frown.


    The Elysian supervisor quickly exined, "It''s probably due to the cold weather.Production has been


    affected by the freezing rain and snowstorms in the past few days."


    "Yeah, that''s true..."


    Riley had a look of concern on her face.


    As there was nothing she could do about the weather''s effects, she had no choice but to inform the


    overseas merchants about the situation.She told them that there would be a slight dy in handing


    over the goods due to the extremely harsh weather.


    Riley breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the merchants were very understanding of the


    situation.


    However, her feelings of relief were short-lived.


    She had assumed that they would be able to get the production back on track the next day, only to


    realize that it had decreased even further.


    On top of that, the quality of the goods had also deteriorated.


    Most of the products were rather rough around the edges.


    "What on earth is going on here? Did the cold affect their craftsmanship as well?"


    Unable to stand it any longer, Riley headed over to the houses of the silversmiths to find out what was


    going on.


    Upon arriving at the houses of the tribesmen in charge of silversmithing, she realized that they were not


    cking off at all.


    In fact, they were all working really hard in the extreme cold.


    Riley then went straight to the house of a middle- aged woman and called out to her, "Ma''am, are you


    working in there?"


    There was no response from the woman, but a dog that happened to be trotting past started barking at


    her like crazy.


    "Go away, you stupid mutt!" Riley eximed in shock.


    Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    Having been alerted by the sound of the dog barking, someone came out from the woman''s house and


    shooed the dog off.


    "What brings you here so early in the day, Ms.Cooper? We haven''t made much of the products yet"


    asked the man, seemingly afraid of her showing up.


    "Huh?" Riley grew increasingly confused when she saw the odd expression on the man.