The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Connor's first thought was that Augustine had not annuled the engagement, but then he heard from Isa that Capet and Anjou had been destroyed.

This left Connor even more dumbfounded.

Hearing this news was even more shocking to Connor than seeing the destructive white light directly.

"You mean, in the outside world..."

"There's been a civil war in the North."

"Kappe staged a coup."

"My son-in-law, along with my daughter, has taken control of Capet?"

"Was that white light also caused by my son-in-law?"

"In the end, my son-in-law went from being the governor of the North to unifying the two kingdoms and becoming the emperor of the empire, while Lena became the only empress?"

Isa nodded as she looked at Connor, whose face was filled with disbelief.

Connor's mouth gaped wider and wider, and his originally melancholy face now looked somewhat abstract due to his dislocated jaw. This was even wilder than the wildest rumors Connor had ever heard, especially when he heard about Lena's extraordinary intelligence.

Not only Connor, but the others in Hidden Mountain Territory were also increasingly shocked as they listened. If Connor's mouth was about to dislocate, Rubin and Theodore's mouths were about to fall to the ground.

"Your Holiness, are you sure the Queen is Lena and not Ruby?"

Isa frowned and said seriously, "According to Imperial law, marrying a girl Ruby's age is illegal!"

"But Lena, are you... are you sure?"

Clearly, even Connor was somewhat incredulous, let alone Lena, who was known for her "intelligence."

Connor wanted to say something more, but then he thought that time really can change a person, so he didn't say anything in the end. Maybe Lena really has grown up?

Isa clearly didn't know how to explain, so she could only say, "I will send someone to take you to the imperial capital. You will know when you arrive."

Then Isa looked at Theodore: "The Randolph family, is that right?"

Theodore, who was still in shock, immediately approached Isa with eagerness upon hearing his family's name, and said in a humble manner, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty."

But before he could finish speaking, someone immediately restrained Theodore.

"The Randolph family is currently under investigation. You should go with them and see if you can provide any clues."

Upon hearing this, Theodore trembled and was then dragged away.

Rubin struggled to put his dislocated jaw back in place. He wanted to say something, but couldn't utter a word. He could only stare blankly at Connor. Prima, standing next to Connor, shrank back in self-consciousness. Everything that had happened today was too surreal, so much so that no one present was prepared.

Looking at everyone present, Rubin knew that for the next few years, Hidden Mountain Territory would have no shortage of topics to talk about.

......

When Connor arrived at the nearest train station, he was still dizzy. He had only been missing for six or seven years, but it felt like he had been missing for six or seven hundred years. The outside world had become so incomprehensible to Connor.

Although he was dizzy, his mind was still clear, and Connor explained to Isa exactly how he had disappeared.

"The situation was complicated at the time. I thought that since I couldn't escape anyway, I might as well take a gamble. So I threw away everything on me that could prove my identity, leaving only a piece of clothing, and tried to escape using magical items that could change my appearance and suppress magic."

The plan went smoothly. With the technology available at the time, after altering his appearance and suppressing his magic, there were almost no ways to find Connor directly. In addition, the things Connor threw out successfully attracted the attention of the guards, allowing Connor to blend in with the adventurers and leave.

But perhaps because he acted too convincingly, and because his magic was suppressed, Connor, who was alone and looked very weak, became the target of groups of "adventurers" at the time. He was knocked unconscious and sold to human traffickers in the Southern Territory. His amnesia was just a coincidence.

It was precisely because the transfer was carried out through the underworld of those so-called "adventurers" that the capital city naturally had no way of finding out. Although some of the human traffickers disguised as adventurers had noble backing, they would not report the sale of an adventurer that no one knew. Even if they did report it, the adventurer would seem to have nothing to do with the missing "Connor Lars".

Moreover, the relationship between those nobles and human traffickers was purely one of mutual benefit, not one of superior and subordinate. In those days, finding someone with amnesia and an altered appearance in a vast sea of ​​people was extremely difficult, like finding a needle in a haystack.

After a long and arduous journey, Connor was finally taken in by Prima and settled into a stable life.

Although the magic items gradually lost their effects during their wanderings, Connor had completely transformed into Larsen by then, until he recently regained his memories.

Prima lost her confidence instantly after learning Connor's identity, but fortunately Connor is now confident in leading Prima out of Hidden Mountain Territory.

It wasn't until she heard Connor's account that Prima understood the true nature of the person she had taken in.

It can only be said that everything is arranged by fate.

Before leaving, the kind-hearted Rubin gave his daughter a series of instructions: observe more and do less, try not to speak, stick close to Larsen, and listen to Larsen in everything. If they really got married, he told her not to pay attention to anyone who tried to get close to her, not even if Rubin himself came.

Prima kept all of this in mind and stayed by Larsen Connor's side every step of the way.

Since Isa was traveling to the former capital of Anjou, she left after sending someone to accompany her.

On the speeding train, looking at the ever-changing scenery outside the window, Connor felt that he was not ready. After all, reality was more magical than Connor had imagined, especially when he saw those obelisks rising from the ground.

The closer Connor got to the original capital, the more he felt like he had entered another world. Especially when he saw the giant dragons that occasionally swept across the sky, Connor really wondered if the flow of time in Hidden Mountain Territory was different from that outside.

However, along the way, Connor also saw a lot of hanging corpses, especially in Anjou, and judging from their clothing, they all seemed to be of high status.

This made Connor slightly nervous.

The imperial city did not hold any special welcoming ceremony for this father-in-law, nor did it release any news. But Connor felt that this was fine. He had been away for too long, and this was a good opportunity to see what the outside world was like now.

The streets were clean and tidy, with no pungent smells. The entire imperial city was bustling with activity, filled with the sounds of vendors hawking their wares. Look at the daytime illuminated signs and the busy merchants coming and going.

Compared to Prima, who was curiously looking around, Connor appeared much calmer. However, the shock Connor was experiencing was no less than that of Prima. Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar King's Road, Connor finally understood what it meant to feel like he was in another world.