Book 19: Chapter 64
“These are gifts for King Troy. They were taken from Queen Vera’s imperial palace.”
The youngster had to put his back into it to heave a huge chest with another guard. Ying took the key and unlocked the chest. The chest was filled with glistening gold items. While there was nothing particularly captivating and of high quality, the gold alone was worth a lot.
“Give Queen Vera our thanks for the kind gesture. We will send a gift back later on,” said Ying, nodding then turning around to organise the sailors for the trip home.
Ying considered the youngster’s mission complete. He was there to deliver gifts. Ying had received the gifts, the youngster, therefore, could head back. However, he didn’t disembark. Instead, his gaze swam around on the ship. Ying turned around when she noticed that there was still a gaze on her back. Seeing the youngster still standing there, she furrowed her eyebrows: “Is there something else?”
Ying suspected he might be trying to sneakily take the four sisters back. Troy wasn’t fond of the youngster in any capacity. You might as well say that he wanted to kill the youngster after learning he sneaked off with the four sisters. That was why her master’s attitude toward the youngster was her attitude toward him. She was wary of the younger.
“Umm… I…”
The youngster stood on the deck in an awkward and embarrassed manner. There was one more thing he had to do. His job wasn’t over yet. His job was to deliver the gifts; however, he hadn’t delivered his personal gift. His gift wasn’t for Troy. It was a personal gift he wanted to give.
“Ah, it’s you.”
As Ying was about to force the youngster off the ship, Nona appeared behind him. She cheerfully stated, “You plan to come with us back to the North for a vacation? You’re very welcome in the North. We can take you around. It’s not safe here, but it’s safe at our place.”